Authors starting with L from Robert Dagg Rare Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very fine in like dust jacket (faintly creased at spine). Superb copy of the author's second book. ... more information

New York: Longmans, Green and Co,, 1950.. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in a fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Horace Liveright, [1928]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, slightly faded and rubbed at spine panel, and with one tiny chip at bottom of front panel. ... more information

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1936]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Small stain in margin of several early leaves, else a near fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears at spine ends. Jacket flap neatly price-clipped. ... more information

Oklahoma City: Lusk Publishing, [1939]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. A fine tight copy in the green cloth binding (one of several variant bindings) in the very scarce original dust jacket, with some very shallow chipping at spine ends and a thin, sliver chip at bottom of front flap fold. Author's scarce first book. ... more information

New York:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,, [1938].. FIRST EDITION.. Hardcover. Fine copy in a superb fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1937.. FIRST EDITION.. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. Fully illustrated. ... more information

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A ribald novel set in Ancient Rome, with re-invented Lucrece being the central protagonist. Made into a successful musical. A fine copy in a beautiful fine dust jacket (minute edgewear). While under contract to MGM, Langley was one of the screenwriters for The Wizard of Oz. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1919]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor wear to head and tail of book. Minor foxing to top edges. Very good to near fine otherwise in the rare dust jacket. The jacket has been restored at extremities, primarily along top edge (but not affecting any lettering). A highly uncommon book in jacket. The third volume of Busher's letters (the first was You Know Me Al), originally published in The Saturday Evening Post.First Edition ... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1920]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Bookplate of noted collector, Frederick Skiff on front pastedown. Near fine copy in dust jacket with some very minor paper loss at spine ends. Somewhat uncommon in jacket. ... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1918]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Some foxing to endpapers and to title page. Spine lettering significantly rubbed. Very good in the scarce dust jacket which has been expertly restored at spine ends and corners. Nice example of this uncommon jacket. ... more information

A Few Remarks about Wives. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Published back-to-back with Say It with Bricks by Nina Wilcox Putnam. Near fine in dust jacket with some light wear to head and tale of spine with a closed tear at bottom edge. ... more information

Illustrated by Fontaine Fox. Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co, [1915]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Clipped signature of Lardner mounted to front flyleaf. Else a fine fresh copy in the original, two-piece publisher's box. (very minor wear to box). Save two rare collaborative efforts, Lardner's first book, highly uncommon in the original box. Bruccoli A3. ... more information

Illustrated by Fontaine Fox. Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co, [1915]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in only the lower portion of the original, two-piece publisher's box (some wear, one small piece missing to box). Save two rare collaborative efforts, Lardner's first book, highly uncommon in the original box. Bruccoli A3. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Some slight fading to light-sensitive green cloth (but less than often) otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket with only a few minor nicks at edges. Custom slipcase. ... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1918]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. First issue lacking the poem by H.H. Howland. Offsetting to front and rear free endpapers from reaction with jacket flaps. Else a fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket missing only a few small chips at edges. A superior example of this very fragile jacket. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Green cloth with the usual fading /discoloration (actually less faded than often) otherwise a fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1962]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Pages edges faintly spotted. Otherwise a fine tight copy in dust jacket with some very light mildew spotting but with no wear. ... more information

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, [1947]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with pieces at head and tail of spine expertly restored (affecting the entire publisher's name at base of spine and at the top one letter and an ornamental band). Rear panel of jacket a little soiled. An extremely scarce book in jacket. The second of Larkin's two novels. ... more information