Search Results: Authors starting with L from Fox & Hedgehog

Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1977. (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 x 9 3/8. 4G. Hardcover with sewn binding, in dustjacket A very nice copy with firm binding, square spine and intact hinges. No marks. Minor smudging of the titles on title page (appears to be printer's fault). Hardly any cover wear. Price-clipped dustjacket has sun-faded spine, but hardly any wear.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. First edition (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 . 3K. Paper-covered boards, in dutjacket. Indexed. A nice copy with tight binding, intact hinges and square spine. Light pencil marks corner front flyleaf, else no marks. A little creasing at spine ends, else nearly as new. Unclipped dustjacket has a small crease front flap, one tiny mark and a tiny nick front panel, else hardly any wear.

Highland, California: Privately printed, 1971. Softcover. Fair. Trade-size. B&W photos. 3H. I've rated this "Fair only" because although all the pages are attached, the spine is shaky and cannot be guaranteed. There are no marks. Wear and discoloration to covers. Adhesive residue on title page.

Port Washington, New York: National University Publication s / Kennikat Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fair. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 3K. Sewn binding in full cloth=covered boards. Signed by Dale Walker on the front flyleaf, else no marks. I've rated this book "Fair only" because although the binding is firm and the hinges are intact, There is ***water damage affecting the bottom 1/2" of both sets of endpapers (no distortion, though)***, the corners are bumped and there is significant edge-wear to the cloth covers. Strand Book Shop price label on front pastedown. Miinor spotting to page-edges.

Witch House Media UK, 2013. First printing (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. Oversize, 6 5/8 x 10 1/4. Color illustrations. 4L. Signed on title page by Chris Lackey (no inscription), and numbered 202/500 , apparently in another hand. Light pencil marks title page, else no additional marks. A nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Some cover wear.

Los Altos, California: Cherry Orchard Books, 1997. First paperback edition (stated). Softcover. Very Good+. Oversize, 8 3/8 x 10 5/8. B&W illustrations. 1K. A nice fresh copy, inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, else no marks. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. Some surface abrasions but hardly any edgewear.

San Francisco: City Lights ooks, 1986. (NAP). Softcover. Good. Trade-size. 4H. dark green with white titles

London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Oversize, 8 1/4 x 8 7/8. Color and B&W plates. 5I. Sewn binding. A solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Light pencil marks title page, else no marks. Some soil to covers, but little wear.

New York: A Peacock Press / Bantam Book, 1976. Fist U.S. edition (stated). Softcover. Very Good-. Oversize, 9 1/8 x 11 1/8. Color plates. 1G. The illustrators are: Chris McEwan, Wayne Anderson, Tony Meeuwissen, Frank Bellamy, Nicola Bayley, Peter Le Vasseur, Pauline Ellison, Brian Froud, Alan Lee, Ian Miller, Reg Cartwright, James Marsh, Peter Barrett, Owen Wood, and Ken Laidlaw. Stunning color plates. A solid copy with tight binding and uncreased spine. No marks. Cover has wear, with some staining to back cover, not affecting the plates.

Discovery Bay, California: Actaea Press, 2010. First printing (number line). Softcover. Very Good+. 6 x 9. B&W photos. 3J. Signed by the author on the title page, else no marks. A nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. Publisher label on back cover. Some cover wear, but still nice-looking.

Los Osos, California: Sea Challengers, 1979. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Very Good+. Oversize, 7 1/4 x 9 1/4. Color photos. 3K. Laminated pictorial boards. Indexed. 161 sea creatures, each photographed in color. A solid copy with tight binding and intact hinges. Name in ink on front endpaper, else no marks. Toning throughout. Minor wear and soil to covers. A couple small smudges front pastedown. Label on back cover.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. First printing (stated, with number line). Hardcover. Fair/Very Good-. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. 2I. Paper-covered boards, in dustjacket. Signed Laux books are scarce. Inscribed, signed and dated "Tomales Bay, 2006" by Laux. ***There is some ink underlining, and one ink notation.*** In addition, ***the book was produced with a cheap glue binding; the first and last pages of the text block have pulled a bit from the rest where they are attached to the endpapers.*** Top front corner bumped. Faint smudge rear endpaper. Unclipped dustjacket has rubbing and wear.

Oguta: Zim Pan African Publishers Ltd, 1967. Fourth printing 1985 (stated). Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. 3K. Sewn binding. Collector's item, African edition of this famous book. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. Pretty well preserved, with a lot of rubbing wear to covers, plus a few light scratches, creases and corner wear. Bumps at/near crown of spine.

New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1974. First printing (number line). Softcover. Good+. Trade-size. 5F. Tight binding with square, uncreased spine. No marks. Cover rubbed, with some edgewear; lower front corner creased. Pages and inside covers mildly toned. Light smudging page-edges.

London: Karnac Books Ltd., 2007. (NAP). Softcover. Near Fine. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4. 4F. With index and bibliography. A very nice copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks to text. Very little wear to still-shiny covers.

Lilburn, Georgia: IllumiNet Press, 1994. First printing (number line). Softcover. Very Good. Trade-size. 4H. A solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Some handling wear and rubbing to covers.

Oeuvre de Notre-Dame du Haut, 1991. 1991 reprint of 1975 edition (with new preface). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Oversize, 7 5/8 x 8. B&W photos, and artwork by Corbusier. 5H. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boars, in dustjacket. English language edition. Firm binding with intact hinges; spine slightly off square. No marks. Small bump top edge front cover, else virtually no wear. Unclipped dustjacket has quite a lot of abrasion wear, scratching etc., and some edgewear, but no chips or tears. Spine a little sun-faded.

[Whitefish, Montana]: Kesssinger Publishing, 2009. Print-on-Demand edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 6 x 9. 3J. This is a used copy of Kessinger's print-on-demand (POD) reprint. It is in nearly-new condition, with a bump to the top edge on the back cover at the spine. The full contents of the original book appear to be present. It is easily readable, but with the stray marks typical of these Kessinger PODs. The binding is tight and the spine uncreased. The Latin and English versions of the Aeneid are printed on facing pages.

New York: ALfred A. Knopf, 1994. First printing (number line). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oversize, 6 3/8 x 9 1/4. B&W illustrations by Michael Graves. 4G. Sewn binding in paper-covered boards with cloth spine, in dustjacket. A beautiful clean copy, nearly as new, with tight binding and strong hinges. No marks. Pinprick spot front cover. A little sun-fading to cloth top and bottom. Head and foot of spine just a little bent in. Unclipped dustjacket ($15.00) has a faint crease down the spine and a little creasing at very top of top edge front panel, else hardly any wear; marker dot on bar code on back panel; and barcode label inside back panel.

Berkeley, California: Freinds of The Bancroft Library / University of California, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Sepia photographs. 2J. Number 38 in the series of keepsakes issued for its members by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. TIght binding with uncreased spine. No marks. ***There are circular spots of adhesive residue at the corners of both the front cover and front flyleaf.*** A few light scratches front cover, light crease front cover top edge near spine, else little wear.