‎Pacific‎

‎LORD Walter‎

‎Lonely Vigil. Coastwatchers of the Solomons. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; green boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two short closed tears. Enser, p.54.‎

‎Lord, Walter‎

‎Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons‎

‎322p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good‎

‎LORD, Walter; traduzione di Enrico Massa.‎

‎Le due ore di Pearl Harbour.‎

‎16mo.; pp. 293; 12 illustrazioni fuori testo e 1 carta; brossura editoriale illustrata. <BR>Copertina con traccie d'uso; complessivamente in buono stato.<BR>Prima edizione nella collezione "I Garzanti".‎

‎Lorimer, George Horace: Editor‎

‎The Saturday Evening Post Magazine: Volume 203 July 12, 1930 Number 2‎

‎140 pages. Contributors include: Henry Ford (The Fear of Overproduction), Ben Hecht, Leonard H. Nason, Margaret Culkin Banning, Captain Charles B. Scully, Katherine M. Schmitt, Joseph Hergesheimer. Nice contemporary advertisements from Del Monte, Coke, Camay, Campbell's Soup, Sunbrite Cleanser, Cord Auto, Graham Auto, Dodge Six, Essex Auto, Edison Mazda Lamps, Fordor Sedan (by Ford), Cellophane, Buick, Reo Speed Wagon, Valspar, Northern Pacific Rail Line, White Trucks, McCormick-Deering Industrial Power (*wonderful black and white photographs*), The Knapp-Felt Hat, A&P. Articles include: Why Drown? by Charles Scully, The Story of an Early Switchboard Operator, Tears to periphery of cover otherwise a solid copy with average wear. Book‎

‎Los Angeles Public Library & Security Pacific National Bank‎

‎HULA HOOPS TO HANOI.L.A. CONCERNS 1954-1965: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT PRESENTED BY THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM THE SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK COLLECTION‎

‎Los Angeles: Los Angeles Public Library 1986. Paperback. Very good. Portfolio edges scraped and a bit squashed. "The postcards in this portfolio were selected from the Central Library exhibition jointly sponsored by the Security Pacific National Bank and the Los Angeles Public Library." Portfolio of 20 postcards and title card. B&w photographs. 5-1/8"x7-1/8" <br/><br/> Los Angeles Public Library paperback‎

Bookseller reference : P5955

‎LOS ANGELES. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY‎

‎Sight Seeing Trolley Trips: The Way to See Southern California‎

‎Los Angeles California n.p. 1981. 1981. Folding 6 panel brochure 8" x 22". 11 tinted color photographs; map by D.W. Pontius; blue background on front panel. Very good. Scarce. Includes advertisements for Mt. Lowe Orange Empire Trolley trip to Redlands Balloon trip Old Mission Trip. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, California [n.p.] 1981. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 197204

‎LOS ANGELES. Pacific Electric Railway‎

‎PANORAMIC PHOTO OF LONG BEACH‎

‎ca. 1920 by Aerograph Co. Los Angeles with blindstamp in lower left corner. Framed in a black wooden frame with white mat. Framed size: 13 1/2" x 26". F. Soft cover. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 503718

‎Love Marianne‎

‎Pocket Girdles and Other Confessions of a Northwest Farmgirl‎

‎Sandpoint Idaho: Greenhorn Mountain Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Paperback. 156044293X . Dedication and signature of author on halftitle page. No other marking or writing in book. Binding is tight and pages are clean. Cover is clean with very slight corner bends. 213 pages. ; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; 213 pages; Signed by Author . Greenhorn Mountain Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 21011 ISBN : 156044293X 9781560442936

‎Loverich Gary AUTOGRAPHED/Winther Barbara INSCRIBED‎

‎Let It Go Louie: Croatian Immigrants on Puget Sound Focusing on Bainbridge Island Washington‎

‎Bainbridge Island: Bainbridge Island Historical Society 2009. 1st printing. Fine/Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS 6 ii 248 p. photos map decorated endpapers glossary biblio index 4to; Bainbridge Island Historical Society hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 66772 ISBN : 0971514720 9780971514720

‎Loverin Janet I.; Nylen Robert A.; Tuohy Donald R. Ed.‎

‎To Clothe Nevada Women 1860-1920‎

‎Carson City NV: Nevada State Museum 1990. Paper covers. 48 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Tiny nick to front cover. A clean attractive copy. . Very Good. Nevada State Museum unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 006638

‎Lovett Anthony; Maranian Matt‎

‎L. A. Bizzaro! The Insider's Guide to the Obscure the Absurd and the Perverse in Los Angeles‎

‎New York U. S. A.: St. Martin's Griffin A Buzz Book. New 1997. Softcover. Marfree acidfree fresher late prtg 16pp glossy plates 2 color over-the-top horrid text boffo collectable Gift Qual for the decadent non-adult; no names not marked-in underscored clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches; 192 pages; nLos Angeles Times Sunday Book Rev D. J. Waldie L. A. Bizzaro! Continues the tradition of seeing Los Angeles as a toxic playground best observed slightly unconscious. The book is largely about body parts cracks wise and otherwise and drinks. L. A. Bizzaro! Approves of consuming them all. Just below the cheerful pornography however is a satire of post-middle-class consumption in a city waiting to explode again. Anthony R. Lovett and Matt Maranian have found interesting things to buy in L. A. While they wait for something terrible to happen. nWhat a hoot! Oct 9 2002nReviewer: Nelson Aspen "Author/Journalist" Los Angeles CA USA - nThe only thing more fun than reading this book while planning your visit to Los Angeles is reading this book if you're already living here! Unexpected and sublimely offbeat. So many reasons to love and hate the City of Angels. Definitely should be on your "must-read" list. nn The most unique travel guide you will ever find Dec 13 2001nReviewer: D. Movahedpour "doeadear" CA United States - nI love this book partially because I have visited many of the oddly endearing sights mentioned in the book but also because it celebrates L. A. 's less-plastic side. The authors take the gloss of the usual travel tome and turn it into a dog-eared laugh-riot. I have made it my personal pilgrimage to visit many of the places they mention and they certainly don't sugar-coat it. The authors can be downright rude but mostly acerbic and honest and that is refreshing. Be prepared for a lot of repetitive burlesque-type double entendre but also a hearty dose of wanderlust from two men who clearly love the town warts and all. nBe forewarned you can't take the kiddies to half the places they review. And they certainly don't "recommend" they just "share the wealth. " These are places you might not know exist or even care to visit except for their appraisals. And yes there are even some places you can take the kiddies. There are places tucked into corners restaurants with lousy food and rude employees that still sound like a great film noir. I have this book at my side whenever I venture to L. A. And its environs or when I just need a good laugh. And you will have plenty of those. I highly recommend it. . St. Martin's Griffin A Buzz Book paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 19248 ISBN : 031215562X 9780312155629

‎Lowell Helen/Peterson Lucile‎

‎Our First Hundred Years: A Biography of Lower Boise Idaho Valley 1814-1914‎

‎Caldwell: Caxton Printers 1999. 2nd printing. Fine/VG dust jacket. xxiv 314 p. frontis photos index 8vo; Caxton Printers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 67458

‎Lowenstein Steven AUTOGRAPHED‎

‎The Jews of Oregon 1850-1950‎

‎Portland: Jewish Historical Society of Oregon 1987. 1st paperback printing. VG. SIGNED BY AUTHOR xvi 236 p. photos glossary biblio index 4to paperback; Jewish Historical Society of Oregon paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 54453 ISBN : 0961978619 9780961978617

‎LOWMAN HUBERT A. PHOTOGRAPHY & TEXT; LOWMAN MARTHA A. EDITOR‎

‎The Old Spanish Missions Of California‎

‎Lawson Mardon Group: 1993. Softcover. Good condition. In a full color highly illustrated volume printed on glossy stock the history of each of the famous 21 missions in California is presented. Lawson Mardon Group: 1993 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 72808X1

‎LUCATT, Edward.‎

‎Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California, by a Merchant long resident at Tahiti.‎

‎London, Longman, Brown, Green, And Logmans, 1851, 2 tomos, 19,5 x 12,5 cm., holandesa de época, XII + 351 págs. = XI + 371 págs. y un total de 4 láminas litográficas en colores. (El autor visitó las islas de Auckland, Nueva Zelandia, Pitcairn y las islas de Hawaii y Filipinas, entre otras; en Tahití relata los problemas de su anexión por parte de Francia. En el último capítulo relata su visita a Sacramento y San Francisco durante la fiebre del oro).‎

‎Lucia Ellis AUTOGRAPHED/Edgett G. Cleaveland foreword/Priaulx Arthur W. intro‎

‎Head Rig: Story of the West Coast Lumber Industry‎

‎Portland: Overland West Press 1965. 1st edition. VG/no dust jacket name on front pastedown. SIGNED BY AUTHOR viii 246 p. photos illus biblio 8vo; Overland West Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 70177

‎Lueras Leonard‎

‎IMAGES OF HAWAII‎

‎May not be noted. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 9627035157 . Photography; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Lueras Leonard Images of Hawaii Hong Kong: New Champion Printing Company Limited 1984. Hard Cover. Full blue leather hardback. From the Hyatt Regency in Waikiki. 9627035157 with gilt titles. Laid in page of credits. . May not be noted. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5492 ISBN : 9627035157 9789627035152

‎Luhan Mabel Dodge‎

‎Una and Robin‎

‎Berkeley CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library University of California. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Edges of cover bumped where cover extends beyond text. Limited printing. ; Series of Keepsakes Issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its Members; Vol. 24 . Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 22797

‎LUKE, Sir Harry‎

‎Easter Island‎

‎Author: Sir Harry Luke Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1954. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: Recounting his visit to Easter Island in April and May 1952, the widely travelled author presents a lively account of the lesser-known history of slavery and slave-driven industries which nearly devastated the famous volcanic island, including the especially ruinous guano industry raid of 1862. [In 1862, Peruvian slavers made a ruthless raid on Rapa Nui and took about a thousand islanders - including the king - to work the guano deposits on Peru's Chincha Islands. The hardships and oppressions endured by the Chinese laborers who were employed in digging guano have been descrbed as a system of the worst kind of slavery.] In contrast, he also discusses the political and economic situation at the time of his visit, including the merino sheep industry, artisans retaining one ancient tradition, and British-led efforts to support the social well-being of the inhabitants which had been terminated for political reasons by the Chilean government in 1953. Following a firsthand description of the moai monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people, and remarks on the Bird-man cult, Luke concludes by revealing that the Commonwealth was considering establishing an air route from Australia to Chile, including the construction of an air strip on Easter Island. [The most remote airport in the world, Mataveri International Airport, began its service in 1967.] Excerpts from the text: "Easter Island was a no-man's land from the time that Spain was compelled to relinquish her South American possession until 1888... for more than two generations at the mercy of the 'blackbirders,' those scourges of the Pacific who roamed from island to island, seizing by force defenceless natives to work out their plantations, mines and the like. Easter Island was one of the many islands all but ruined by these depredations." "The breach of continuity to which I have referred was brought about by the development of the guano industry on the rocky islands off the Peruvian coast, which began at the end of the 1850s. From 1859, and especially in the organized raid of December 1862, most of Easter Island's able-bodied men and its leaders, including King Kaimakoi, his son and many of the learned elders (maori), were crimped by Peruvian blackbirding expeditions and transported to those sun-scorched, glary, waterless pieces of rock whose only covering consists of deposits of stinking guano." "The fifteen who lived to see their island again introduced the smallpox to a community that had no immunity... most of those who had escaped the clutches of 'blackbirders' lost their lives in the consequent epidemic." "Adorned with clumps of eucalyptus, Persian lilac, cypress and bamboo, it is a place that leaves a lasting impression and many questions with all visitors past and present. The isolation of Easter Island, its numerous and bizarre works of art, combined with the rarety of its visitors some 50 years ago contributed to a great deal of speculation and attempted explanations of the unknown phenomena." "... I am the 'ex-Governor of the British Colonies in the Pacific' referred to in Chapter 3 of Thor Heyerdahl's fascinating book as having been present on 27 April 1947 at the launching of his most famous of rafts... I was therefore anxious... to see how far the works of Easter Island culture support his theory..." End excerpts. 8vo. 10 pages including an in-text sketch map, plus photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ (born Harry Charles Lukach) (1884-1969) was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji. He wrote books on several of these countries. The Chincha Islands, or Islas Chincha, are a group of three small islands 21 km (13 mi) off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong, near the town of Pisco. They were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by 1874. Peru began the export of guano (droppings of seabirds, bats, and seals) in 1840, using slave labour. Spain, not having recognized Peru's independence (until 1879), and desiring the guano profits, occupied the islands in April 1864, setting off the Chincha Islands War (1864-1866).‎

‎Luke, Sir Harry‎

‎QUEEN SALOTE & HER KINGDOM‎

‎Light wear to DJ. Slight tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on front endpaper; The world's tallest queen (six feet three inches) , a disappearing island, and a visit from Queen Elizabeth enliven this tale of the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 136 pages‎

‎Luna Henry; Pacific Locomotive Association; The Pacific Locomotive Association‎

‎Niles Canyon Railways‎

‎Arcadia Publishing Library Editions. Hardcover. 1531616046 Brand New! No Remainder Marks or Worn Dirty Overstocks!VCF . New. Arcadia Publishing Library Editions hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : OTF-S-9781531616045 ISBN : 1531616046 9781531616045

‎Lung Edward B. as told to Martinsen Ella Lung AUTOGRAPHED‎

‎Black Sand and Gold: True Alaska-Yukon Gold-Rush Story‎

‎Portland: Metropolitan Press 1967. Alaska Centennial Edition. VG/Good dust jacket rubbing to dust jacket. SIGNED BY ELLA MARTINSEN 423 p. frontis photos index 8vo; Metropolitan Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 70498

‎Luxton, M.‎

‎Fauna of New Zealand. 7. Cryptostigmata (Arachnida: Acari) - a consice review.‎

‎1985 106 p., 166 figures, paperbound. Library stamps, else a good copy.‎

Bookseller reference : EA39020

‎LYALL (Robert).‎

‎Notice sur l'Organisation, l'Administration, et l'état présent des colonies militaires de la Russie, avec un appendice contenant diverses notions statistiques, etc.‎

‎Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1825. In-8 de VIII-63 pp., 1 tableau replié, demi-chagrin bleu, couverture imprimée et dos conservés (reliure moderne).‎

‎Première édition française traduite de l'anglais « et suivie d'observations sur les résultats probables de l'établissement de ces colonies » par C. J. Ferry, ancien professeur aux écoles d'artillerie et du génie. Présentation des colonies militaires russes et leurs « soldats cultivateurs », établies sous le règne de Nicolas Ier.« L'entretien de près d'un million de soldats était une charge trop onéreuse. Le comte Aratcheff proposa le premier de loger des soldats chez les paysans de la Couronne, de construire des villages sur un plan régulier, de leur affecter des terres, d'y établir des troupes qui vaqueraient aux travaux de la culture sans rien perdre des habitudes militaires, et de soumettre ces établissements à un code de lois spéciales et fixes, à un mode uniforme d'administration. Ce projet tendait à diminuer les frais de l'entretien des armées, en obligeant les soldats à subsister par leur travail (…) et répandait la culture sur un sol immense et fertile, qui n'attend que le travail de l'homme pour voir changer ses steppes en jardins, et ses cabanes dispersées en villes florissantes ».‎

Bookseller reference : 2452

‎Lynch Denny‎

‎A History of Pahrump Valley‎

‎Pahrump NV: Self-published 1982. Trade paperback. 225 pages. Photos. Previous owner's name and address. Some wear to covers. Contents solid. . Very Good. Self-published (1982). paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 010324