Authors starting with L from Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books

New York: Delacorte Press, (1983). 8vo. UNCORRECTED PROOF. This copy bound in original blue printedwrappers with publication information on the cover. The book is fine with with no wear or marks. Uncorrected proofs of L'Engle's works are scarce ... more information

(New York: Cupples and Leon, Circa 1920). Four square 12 mo. volumes, each in bound in color pictorial cloth-backed paper over boards. A complete set of Follow-The- Dots Rainy Day Books. The books are: RHYMES AND RIDDLES, NATURE BOOK, PLAYTIME BOOK & RAINY DAY BOOK. All of the volumes have been worked by a previous owner, a tidy little girl named Jessie L. Cole. Jessie wrote her name and connected the dots in light pencil, quite easily erased. In this case we chose to leave the careful work as part of ... more information

Philadelphia: The John Winston Co,, (1898). A captivating collection of information about a broad array of things Parisian, with a nice introduction by Hilaire Belloc. Well-illustrated and with folding map bound in at the back. While this is certainly a nice addition to the body of information available on Paris, one of the most compelling reasons to add it to your collection is the lovely example of a publisher's binding. Green cloth with an elaborate gilt cover motif, top edge gilt. This copy is part... more information

New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., (1951). First edition A small octavo bound in original gray cloth.In this book we meet the famiy of Mr. Small, one of the author's most beloved characters. A fine copy in lightly worn original dust wrapper. ... more information

Leipzig and Paris Bernhard Tauchnitz 1931 Early, possibly first, Tauchnitz edition Original buff colored wrappers with black printing. A very good copy with some slight darkening to spine. Back cover ads dated April 1931 Vol. 4989 Paperback ... more information

London: Blackie and Son. Four parts, all present. Original buff colored wrappers, about 18 pages each. Each lesson is complete in itself with instructions on water color painting on vellum or paper. Advice is given on brushes, paints, technique etc. with many black and white illustrations and two or three color plates of examples selected from works at the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library etc. Part 1 nearly detached from the wrapper with several edge tears and creases, Part 2 has some soiling on the ... more information

New York and London: Macmillan, 1907. An octavo, 242 pages, plus ads. First Edition, bound in original pictorial cloth. Adise from some offsetting from a small newspaper portrait of London tipped-on to the verso of the frontispiece and some browning to the free endpapers, this is a fine bright copy. Nicely illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. ... more information

London: David Bogue, 1855. Lovely little copy of Longfellow in a full leather binding, unsigned, but beautifully executed with gilt ornaments on both upper and lower covers. All edges gilt and gilt turn-ins. Portrait frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations. Light scuffing at the extremities and hinges. An attractive example of a fine and mellow Victorian binding. ... more information

London: Caxton Publishing Company, (1907). A 12mo., 322 pages, including glossary and an index of first lines. Bound in original decorative brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Edited by Oliphant Smeaton. Portrait frontispiece and pictorial title page by A. S. Hartrick. Eight full page color plates by Alan Wright. A bit of very light wear and endleaves browned, else a fine copy. ... more information

London: Walter Scott, (ca. 1900). An attractive gift book from the Arts and Crafts period of design. One of the highly esteemed Canterbury Poets series, edited by William Sharp. A 16mo., 304 pages, bound in quarter vellum over red cloth boards. Attractive leather spine label and ornaments consisting of two lilies executed in gilt and green onlay. Spine label showing some wear and a bit of foxing, else a lovely copy. ... more information

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, (ca. 1900). An enchanting set of Longfellow published by the ClarendonPress in Oxford with Henry Frowde of London. The diminutive 32mo. volumes are bound in dark red cloth with gilt titles on the covers and spines, all edges gilt. A fine set in the original slipcase. ... more information

Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, Inc., (1976). 8vo. Neat ink inscription on endpaper, else a fine copy in original tan colored paper over boards in a lightly soiled, price-clipped dust wrapper. This is the first volume of his trilogy and is scarce due to the small first printing. The wrapper states this is a collection of narrative contemplations reminiscent of Carlos Casteneda but without the drugs. ... more information

Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, Inc., (1976). 8vo. A fine copy in original tan colored paper over boards in a lightly soiled dust wrapper. This is the first volume of his trilogy and is scarce due to the small first printing. The wrapper states this is a collection of narrative contemplations reminiscent of Carlos Casteneda but without the drugs. ... more information

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, (1926). 16mo. Four delightful children's books in original box which isillustrated in full color by Hildegarde Blumenstie. The books are: THE BUNNY AND THE PORCUPINE, PETER FOX FINDS A NEW HOME, OLD ROLY POLY BEAR VISITS HIS COUSINS , and SUNNY BUNNY HEARS GOOD NEWS. Each book is bound in a different color of "Artistic Cloth #725", patterned calico over boards. Each with color cover illustrations. Textual illustrations in two colors by H. Boylston Dummer. The box i... more information

London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1913). Octavo. An octavo, 158 pages, bound in blue cloth with elaborate gilt cover and spine. Lovely illustrations by unidentified Japanese artists capture the gentle nature of animals and birds. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper, dated Chritmas 1913." Minor foxing to the pictorial endleaves and minor edgewear, else a very good copy. ... more information