Search Results: Authors starting with L from Books Boheme

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial hardcover textbook. Quarto (9 15/16 x 7 5/8 inches; 252 x 194 millimeters). 433 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Minimal bumping to corners. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. Nice copy.

New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1988. Hardcover. Good. :: Cosmetic Science and Technology Series Volume 7 :: A critical study of antiperspirant and deodorant technology -- giving special attention to the correlation of subtle difference in the chemical structure and efficacy of the activated forms of antiperspirant salts. :: Textbook. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 158 millimeters). 419 pages. Condition: Good+. Crown of spine bumped and chipped, corners bumped. Binding a touch loose, gutter split in rear that has been tape-repaired. Shelf-wear abrasions to boards. Prior owner's name on front free endpaper.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. :: A doctor, followed by his exotically beautiful nurse, is stabbed in a woodland grove at the edge of the Candy estate. :: Original dust jacket 'Bookmark' still attached! :: Bound in publisher's textured black cloth, front board bears title and author lettered in orange. Title, author, and publisher emblem on spine. Duodecimo (7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 191 x 129 millimeters). 302 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good+ dust jacket. Lightly soiled, corners gently rubbed, spine ever so slightly faded. Endpapers and pages age-toned. Dust jacket is worn, chipping and tears along edges particularly at top and bottom of spine. Hinges split, cracked and flaking.

San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Includes softcover advance proof copy. :: Phantasmal visions- a young writer, a beautiful widow, a family curse - Belvedere house, the striking mansion whose features suggest a face hidden out of view. :: Bound in publisher's black cloth. Title, author, and publisher lettered in silver down spine. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 160 millimeters). 260 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Light shelf-wear. Book and jacket possess single flaw- severe bump to bottom right front corner. Proof copy has minimal wear along edges. Please see our photographs, they best describe.

New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Sixth Edition. Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 234 x 155 millimeters). 336 pages. Condition: Fine. Book is in excellent condition, appears new.

Pasadena, California: Mike Caveney's Magic Words, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Homer Liwag. :: The life and techniques of brilliant magician René Lavand. :: Illustrated with over 225 clear drawings. :: Includes the contents of: Slow Motion Magic (1988), Slow Motion Magic II (1991), Slow Motion Magic III (Unpublished), Additional items from Lecture Notes, & Mis Tres Migas (My Three Bread Crumbs). :: Translated by Tina Lenert & Donald Lehn :: Quarto (10 5/16 x 8 11/16 inches; 262 x 220 millimeters). 228 pages, Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good dust jacket. Former owner's name neatly written on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has vertical crease on rear innermost panel, and minimal wear along edges.

New York: The Viking Press. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Horst (Photographs). :: The houses and rooms, furniture and collections, gardens and daily lives of some of the most interesting people in America and Europe are here presented in over two hundred beautiful color photographs by Horst. :: Bound in publisher's lovely natural linen colored cloth, title is blind-stamped upon front board. Title and publisher lettered in pale gold down spine. Quarto (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 325 x 242 millimeters). 195 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Book has small bump to crown of spine, minor shelf-wear/stains to the boards. Pages are age toned, some discoloration to the upper right corner of the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has wear and small chips along the edges, and clear coat has formed horizontal wrinkles across the middle of the front panel. Inner front panel of jacket has been price-clipped. Please see our photographs, they best illustrate.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 236 x160 millimeters). 266 pages. Condition: Fine, in Fine dust jacket. Book appears as-new.

Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Wayne Barlowe (Dust Jacket). Special Publication of the Gregg Press Science Fiction Series :: Six Volume Set :: Swords and Deviltry, Swords Against Death, Swords in the Mist, Swords Against Wizardry, The Swords of Lankhmar, & Swords and Ice Magic. :: Volumes are bound in publisher's vivid red-orange cloth, front boards bear author's name in gold script. Author, title, and publisher lettered in gold upon spines. Octavo (8 5/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 211 x 145 millimeters). Condition: Very Good+, in Very Good dust jackets. Volumes have minimal wear. Jackets have some age wear, occasional small tear or edge chip, light abrasions.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bob Eggleton. Bound in blue leather with debossed gilt flame decoration on front board, rear board, and spine. Spine with five raised bands. Blue pyramids design on vanilla endpapers. Frontispiece by Bob Eggleton, no other illustrations. All edges gilt. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 millimeters). 204 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Binding tight- slightly spread. Scant marring to gilt finish of text block.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in maroon leather, attractive decorative gold ornamentation on front and rear boards. Four raised bands on spine, with continuation of gilt flourish between. Text block all edges gilt. Endpapers deep apricot hue moire. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 145 millimeters). 390 pages.Condition: Fine.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. :: A Dutton Clue Mystery :: The final measures of Liszt's Sonata in B-Minor crashed to their brilliant conclusion in the music room of Benjamin Whipple's palatial home-- and the debonair host sank dead! :: Bound in publisher's deep lilac-purple satiny cloth, front board bears title along top edge in black. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Front fore-edge of text block deckled. Duodecimo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 195 x 135 millimeters). 319 pages. Condition: Good. Cloth has faded dramatically upon the spine, and has broken away at the crown and foot. Boards peep through at the corners. Light stains overall. Endpapers are gently abraded, and show faint traces of erased writing. Beginning of a crack along rear gutter. Spine is cocked. Pages clean, and only lightly age-toned.

New York, London: D. Appleton & Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: In a sealed envelope are documents which are at the bottom of a crime and mystery in Washington high society - will Harry Kent be able to place guilt on a baffling criminal of devilish ingenuity? :: Bound in publishers pale sea-foam green cloth, front board bears title, author, and an illustration of an envelope with a red wax seal of letter 'B'. Title, author, and publisher appear lettered in red upon spine. Duodecimo (7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 192 x 130 millimeters). 316 pages. Condition: Very Good-, in a Very Good dust jacket. The cloth of the book has deteriorated to extensively expose the webbing, and is unraveling a touch at the crown and foot of spine. Spine is cocked, endpapers and pages age-toned. Please view our photographs. Dust jacket is worn along edges, small tears and chips. Flaking at the hinges, age-toned, light stains.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. :: The Crime Club :: Bodies appear and disappear while murder goes gaily on .. :: Bound in publisher's cerulean-blue cloth. Author's, title, and Crime Club symbol appear lettered in black upon spine. Text block deckled edges. Duodecimo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 130 millimeters). 224 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good+ dust jacket. Book has a touch of toning along edges of boards, foot of spine, and light general wear. Previous owner's stamp on front paste-down. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket has chips missing at top and bottom of spine, light soiling, and small tears along the edges. The inner front panel has been clipped irregularly at the bottom. Abrasions present (above the author's names) on the front that have been darkened-in with an ink pen.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cary (Dust Jacket). :: The Crime Club :: Signed not by the author, but by her peer noir author Dorothy B. Hughes on the front free endpaper. This was likely Hughes' personal copy. :: Murder tore the sparkling cover off the sordid undertones of the Vieux Carré, and blackmail showed the slimy undercurrents of the superficial life her acquaintances were living. :: Bound in publisher's dove-gray paper-covered boards, title, author, and The Crime Club lettered in teal down spine. Text block deckled fore-edge. Duodecimo (7 3/8 x 5 1/5 inches; 187 x 132 millimeters). 187 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Light soiling/staining of boards. Smidge of wear at crown and foot of spine. Endpapers toned. Dust jacket has abrasions upon front panel, small chip at top of spine. Wear and tiny tears along edges, age-toned. Overall, a very pleasant memorable copy in a nice dust jacket.

Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Main Line Mystery :: Peggy Mott hates her husband for good reasons, but the finger is on when Mr. Mott turns up as a not-very-attractive corpus delecti. :: A Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery. :: Bound in publisher's textured gray paper-covered boards. Title, author's, publisher, and Main Line Mysteries symbol lettered in red upon spine. Duodecimo (7 9/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 192 x 133 millimeters). 240 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Darkening and some rubbing along very bottom of boards. Minute rubbing at crown, and at corners. Endpapers & pages lightly toned. Dust jacket shows overall foxing, wear along edges and a couple of tiny vertical tears from bottom edge. Overall quite a nice copy!

Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Main Line Mysteries :: A Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery :: A baked-apple and a dress-that-went-to-the-cleaner clue lead Pamela North to an upside-down theory of the murders. :: Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth. Title, authors, publisher, and Main Line Mystery emblem lettered on spine in yellow. Duodecimo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 192 x 130 millimeters). 254 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear at crown and foot of spine. Scratches top of text block. Spine a touch cocked, pages age-toned. Dust jacket has been price clipped. Light foxing/soiling, tiny tears tears and chips along edges and hinges. Overall a nice copy.

Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: A Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery :: Broadway is undeniably a graveyard, but more often of men's hopes than men's bodies .. the wealthy backer of the play was neatly skewered during rehearsal - and the curtain rises on the North's most thrilling and diverting excursion in crime. :: Bound in publisher's gray cloth, title, author, and publisher lettered in burgundy upon spine. Text block deckled fore-edge. Duodecimo (7 9/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 192 x 131 millimeters). 288 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Spine cocked, wear to cloth at crown and foot of spine. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket has wrinkling and wear along edges. Small tears, little chips missing. Back panel hinge is 2/3 split - still holding together, but frail.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. First Edition, UK Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 24 of The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather with blue and brown marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine, with 'Badminton Library' and 'Archery' stamped in gold lettering. Marbled endpapers and armorial bookplate on front paste down (a lion wielding a star) for Harry Smith Turberville, Cricketer. Top Edge gilt. Plentiful illustrations, and photographs. Duodecimo [12mo] (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 195 x 150 millimeters). 534 pages. Condition: Very Good. Light foxing throughout. Wearing of leather along hinge, at crown and foot of spine, along bands of spine, and at corners. Bumping to upper right corner of front board.

Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The second volume in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms series. Bound in publisher's black cloth. Title, author and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 235 x 160 millimeters). 608 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in Very Good+ dust jacket. Gentle bumping to crown of spine, very slight shelf-wear. A nice copy.