Authors starting with L from The Kelmscott Bookshop

Paris:: Librairie de Theodore Lefevre et Emile Guerin,. late 1890's.. Hard Cover. Very Good. SCARCE. Very good plus in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and elaborate gilt and black decoration to spine and front board. Interesting illustration of a bear attacking three men to front board. Light rubbing to front board, chipping to cloth on spine ends, and wear to corners. Signed by previous owner on front free endpage. A few spots of foxing to interior, but overall very clean. Includes numerous f... more information

Philadelphia:: Willis P. Hazard,. 1853.. SCARCE. Rebacked w/modern brown cloth spine; w/original embossed brown cloth boards, some rubbing and light soiling; wear to corners has been repaired. Original endpapers present, with antiquated inscription on ffep, signature to title page. Foxing throughout interior though text remains bright and easily readable. Tightly bound. Contains religious poetry. 248 pp. Religion. REL/12013 ... more information

Washington DC:: Duff Green,. 1829.. Full Leather. Very Good. UNCOMMON. Tobias Watkins was a physician who was born in Maryland in 1780 and lived until 1855. He graduated from St. Johns College, Annapolis, in 1798 and from the Philadelphia Medical College in 1802. He was a surgeon in the army during the war of 1812, the assistant surgeon-general of the U.S. following the war, and later became the fourth auditor of the U.S. treasury (1824 - 9). This last position ended in his public trial for embezzlement fol... more information

New York:: Macmillan and Co.,. 1896.. Very Good red hardcover with gilt borders. Spine and front board lightly soiled and previous owner's inscription on inside cover, otherwise fine. Lectures given in the year 1893 at the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Art Criticism. ART/3043 ... more information

Paris:: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres,. 1846.. Vg- in 1/4 leather/blue decorated boards a bit scuffed and edgeworn. Front hinge is split. Text very foxed in places/548 pp. French. FRE112041 ... more information

Cambridge:: Hilliard and Metcalf,. 1818.. Leather Boards. Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Full leather boards with black and gilt leather title label to spine. Both hinges are cracked and leather to spine is cracking. 12 fold-out plates to rear, some with tears. Large closed tears to about 25 pages in middle of book; minor loss to text. Foxing throughout though text remains bright. A good reading copy. 208 pages. SCI/081706 ... more information

Berlin:: Im Prorylaen-Verlag,. 1922.. Very good leather bout hard back with gilt lettering on spine and design on front cover. #143 of 200 numbered copies and has 35 plates by Charles Eison. German Literature. GER1/02131 ... more information

New York:: Holt,. 1905.. Light pencil notations on several pages, else Very Good in grey cloth. Owner name on front flyleaf. In French. French Literature. FRL1/7061 ... more information

New York:: Harper & Brothers Publishers,. 1884.. SCARCE. Good plus black cloth 8vo., whitish dampstaining to rear board and spine, which is also faded. Color illustrated paper pastedown to entire front board, has some rubbing and scuffing. Corners bumped and worn, as are edges and spine ends. Light spotting in portions of text and endpapers foxed, though most of interior is clean (pencil inscription to previous owner on ffep). Frontis + 10 other full page b/w illustrations. Textblock is strong though hi... more information

New York:: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich,. 1981.. Vg/Vg Dj/illus./thick 8vo./contents bright & clean/631 pp. Middle East. MID/5202 ... more information

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,. 1970.. Vg/Vg Dj with light edgwear/8vo./300 pp. African History. AFR6/5012 ... more information

New York:: Octagon Books,. 1968.. Cloth Boards. Fine. 8vo. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. Previous owner stamp to bottom of text block. Index, 418 pages. PRERAPH/112906 ... more information

Freiburg and Konstanz, 1812.. 3/4 leather with title label on spine and marble paper boards. Boards a bit rubbed; corners bumped; edgewear. Foxing; previous owner's notes in pen and pencil on endpapers and on additional sheet laid in. 17 fold-out diagrams at rear, a bit discolored at exposed edges. Mathematics. MTH1/5260 ... more information

Notre Dame:: University of Notre Dame Press,. 1972.. American edition; vg in vg dj; 204 pp. Religion. REL/9272 ... more information

Stamford:: Historical Archive Press,. 2006.. Boards. Fine. Oblong 8vo. The American Firepower Series. Illustrated boards with black spine panel and white title to spine. Filled with photographs and captions from World War II. 96 pages. WWII/062306 ... more information

Stamford:: Historical Archive Press,. 2006.. Boards. Fine. Oblong 8vo. The American Firepower Series. Illustrated boards with black spine panel and white title to spine. Filled with photographs and captions from World War II. 96 pages. WWII/062306 ... more information

Berlin:: Bard Marquart, n.d... Very good. Vellum bound cover with decorative gold embossing. Variety of kinds of paper used throughout. Illustrated with photos, particularly from Jerusalem. Text printed in black with red accents. 79 pages with contemporary advertisements at rear. German. GER/9132 ... more information

Munchen:: Ulbert Langen, Georg Muller, n.d... Very good yellow cloth large 8vo., red & gray ink title and illustrated stamping to cover and spine. In good tan illustrated d.j (spine faded, rear cover detached, chipped and torn). Light browning to endpapers, spotting to top edge of half-title, title-page and frontis; otherwise interior is quite clean. Tightly bound, illustrated throughout. In German, Fraktur. 507 pp. + Two-page map. German. GER/12113 ... more information

Japan:: The Hokuseido Press,. 1940.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. In dark blue cloth covered boards with silver title stamp to spine and front cover. Minor overall wear to cloth and slight warp to rear board. Rear hinge starting. Internally very clean and sound with many b/w and color illustrations. Owner stamp to FFEP. 225pp. JAP/091405 ... more information

London:: Chapman and Hall,. 1890.. Vg in dark reddish boards/8vo./gilt-lettering to spine/409 pp.+ads Science. SCI112121 ... more information