Authors starting with L from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.

Paris: Moutard.. 1778. 2 vols. in one. (4),xciii,(3),236; (2),cxxvi,308pp. Engraved frontis. portrait. Contemporary gilt calf spine over boards. Ex-library copy, with a small call number on the lower spine and a bookplate. The first French edition of important letters of L'Hospital (1507-1573). ... more information

Amsterdam: J. F. Bernard.. 1749. 12mo. (4),344pp. Title printed in red & black. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with armorial crest at bottom section, red morocco spine label. Head of spine with minor chip, small (1") split at top of front hinge. ... more information

Paris: Plon-Nourrit & Cie.. N.d. (circa 1920). Oblong 8vo. 48pp. Pictorial title. Profusely illus. Printed in color throughout. Orig. decorative gold cloth, stamped in black & gilt, somewhat darkened. Fore-edge ribbon ties ... more information

Paris: Editions Lefevre et Nepveu.. 1854. 4to. 60,(4)pp. of text plus a suite of 95 engraved plates (actual images are 2-1/4" x 1-3/4") without any text. Cont. red morocco, gilt decorated spine, front cover with some old soiling. Occasional light foxing. ... more information

A Agra (i.e. Paris): Avec Privilege du Grand Mogol.. 1748. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1, each with a copper engraved title-page with a vignette. (2),xiii,(5),128;(4),166pp. Cont. sheep, somewhat rubbed, gilt stamped spine label partially effaced, over marbled boards. ... more information

A Londres (i.e. The Hague): Aux Depens de la Compagnie (Chez Pierre Grosse).. 1737. Second edition. 12mo. 2 vols. (4),386;(2),402pp. Title pages printed in red & black, with copper engraved vignettes. Illustrated with 16 copper engraved plates (3 folding). Finely bound in 18th c. full gilt tooled calf, covers with central gilt ornaments of a crowned monogram. Elaborately gilt spine spines with tan, red & black calf labels. A.e.g. An attractive set. ... more information

London: W. Wilkins and Tim. Childe.. 1718. 8vo. 124pp. Disbound ... more information

Amsterdam: Vincent.. 1764. 1st edition. 12mo. viii, 256pp. Contemporary calf, spine extremities somewhat rubbed. Philosophical thought of rulers, ancient and modern (Stanislaw of Poland and Friedrich II of Prussia were both liv ing at the time of publication). ... more information

Cologne: Pierre Van Dyck.. 1669. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. 12mo. (4),400pp. Cont. vellum. ... more information

London: Printed by E. Owen.. 1747. 8vo. 70pp. Facing pages in French and English. Disbound. Spine reinforced with linen binder's tape. Title page a bit browned. ... more information

Los Angeles: Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.. 1950. Tall folio. (8),54pp. Profusely illus. with mounted plates. Brown cloth over decorative boards. ... more information

New York: John Wilson and Daniel Hitt, for the Methodist Connection.. 1808. 12mo. 189,(3)pp. + 2 pages of ads at back. A paper flaw on page 187-188 closely trims the outer margin, touching the final letters of some of the lines. The text, however, is still readable. Otherwise , a very pretty copy in contemporary calf. The s econd American edition of Lackington's revised memoirs (that is, with letters dated as late as 1803). AMERICAN IMPRINTS #15385. ... more information

Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant.. 1762. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. viii,656,(4);(4),730,(2)pp. including 1pp. ads in Vol. I. Indices. Cont. mottled calf, ornately gilt spine with burgundy calf spine labels. Front hinges starting but holding soundly. Extremities of spine of Vol. II chipped. Blue pen cil notes on verso of blank preliminary, Vol. I. ... more information

Leyden: Elzeviriana.. 1631. 16mo. (12),299,(17)pp. Index. Engraved title. Old calf. The Elzevir "Republics" series on India. See Willems #354 who notes two printings (different pagination) in 1631, both with the exact same contents. ... more information

Lyon: Joan. Tornaesium (i.e. Jean de Tournes) & Gulielmum Gazeium.. 1551 (colophon 1552). 16mo. 353,(13)pp. Index. With the final leaf of colophon with the printer's device on the verso. Woodcut device on title. Early calf, top portion of spine mostly chipped off; hinges rubbed, but still sound. Title reinforced with a paper strip along the outer margin (on the blank verso). Second leaf with two small holes repaired, with a minor loss of text. Title and text with some old soiling. ... more information

Paris: Mme. Ve Courcier, Imprimeur ñ Libraire pour les Mathematiques.. 1813. Second edition. 4to. xii,384pp. Cont. calf, gilt, a bit chipped, over marbled boards, a bit worn, hinges starting but still holding soundly. Orange calf spine label, chipped. Preface and a few text leaves lightly browned and foxed. ... more information

London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press.. N.d. (1889). Sq. 8vo. (2),xxiv,42pp. plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. and 7 engraved plates. Orig. gilt printed black boards, minor rubbing at extremities. Some foxing to a few final leaves. ... more information

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited.. 1898. Fine. Sm. 8vo. xxvi,426pp. Full polished calf, prize binding, by Bartlett & Co., Boston. Elaborately gilt spine & dentelles, black calf labels. Front cover with an oval gilt stamped crest of St. Marks School, Southborough (Massachusetts). T.e.g. Fine copy. ... more information

Milford, MA: Printed by George W. Stacy.. 1876. 14pp. Disbound. ... more information

Los Angeles: Invierno Press. 1979-1981. Limited ed. Sm. 4to. 12 woodcut plates by Landacre housed in a printed folder accompanied by a (6)pp. pamphlet entitled, ìLandacre by Ward Ritchie,î dated 1981, stabbed & tied at inner margin. Edition limited to 350 copies, signed by Ward Ritchie, Lynton R. Kistler, the lithographer, and Carl Haverlin, the proprietor of the Invierno Press. ... more information