Titles starting with L from Donald Magee Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

Doraville, GA: Albert Love Enterprises, 1967. Small folio, red leatherette with USMC logo in gold. Landing Force Mediterranean Cruise Book, April 1, 1967 from Camp LeJeune to Sardinia, France, Corsica, Italy, Greece, Crete, and Spain to turnover on 2 Sept 1967. B&W photos on board ship, filed exercises, and on liberty. A Very Good copy! No markings. Scarce. ... more information

Rome: The Folio Press, 1988. 8Vo. 89 pgs, printed letterpress on Van Gelder, Old Dutch Moulo made, Antique laid paper, bound by Hunter & Foulis with moire silk spine and hand marbled paper sides from Mitchell & Malik. Humphrey-Stone typography in mylar. Last leaf bindery cut with small loss of fore-edge, ow a Very Good to Fine Copy. No markings, no bookplates, no ISBN ... more information

Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1986. 4To. Stiff card covers, French fold, 102 pgs limited to 1200 copies. A catalog to accompany an exhibit at the JCB to honor the 350th anniversary of the founding of Rhode Island. Numerous illustrations, 91 items,, mostly printed examples. Edges lightly rubbed, 3 small smudge marks on rear cover, ow a Good copy. ISBN 0-916617-02-5 ... more information

Providence: George H. Whitney, 1857. Small 8Vo. Brown blind stamped buckram cloth, gilt spine title, frontis portrait, 348 pgs incl index and appendix. Covers rubbed, light foxing only. Soiled edges, small damp stain, ow is a good copy. No markings. Gephart, Revolutionary America bibliog #13647, Howland 1757-1854 soldier historian; Bartlett, Bibliog of RI pgs 251-2 ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1929. 1st Edition. 8Vo. Blue cloth, gilt title, 375 pages incl index, photos, folding map. A Very Good copy of this classic scholarly work. Spine slightly sunned, no markings. Larson, Guide to Business History #1067, "A sympathetic pictue of petty-capitalist and incipient industrial-capitalist life in the Old South which gives much attention to the plantation and its product, work, workers (slaves), managers (overseers) and owners (masters). Broadfoot (4th edition), Seagrave... more information

Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1868. 1st Edition. Small 8 Vo. Recent rebinding in brown cloth, TEG, gilt spine lettering, 384 pgs incl index, lengthy appendix (114 pgs). Frontis portrait. Tucker, 1747-1833, was one of th efew American Naval officers to have served previously in the Royal Navy. A scarce and important title. Small blind stamp on T.P. of a genealogical society, ow is a bright, tight, Good copy in a recent library style binding. New end papers. Sabin #80311, Gephart, Revolutionary America... more information

Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1918. 12Mo. Handsome green cloth, gilt title, image of Chavaniac. 69 pgs, translated by S.R. Fuller. Illustrated. Not recorded by Gephart. Originally with unopened pages, owner's pencil notes to back end papers. A Good + copy of a scarce title. No markings. ... more information

Auckland: William Collins Publishers, 1986. 8 Vo. Paper bound, 263 pgs incl index, notes and sources. Maps and a few illustrations. A family re-discovers New Zealand via walking along 800 kilometers of coastline from East Cape to Wellington. Signed author's inscription. A Very Good copy, apparently scarce! ISBN 0-00-217571-1 ... more information

Providence: Oxford Press, 1956. 2nd edition. 8Vo. Green cloth, 366 pgs, gilt spine title, DeWolf family crest on front cover, 81 b&w plates - photos, portraits, other illustrations, incl Charles Dana Gibson, Marstons, other Gibsons, and DeWolfs. A number of tiny white specks on bottom of front cover, ow a very good copy. No markings, no ISBN. Rather uncommon. Parks, Bibliog of RI History, No. 1404 ... more information