Titles starting with L from Bartlebys Books

(Charleston: Steam power-Press of Walker and James), nd [1854]. 8vo. 32 pp. Original printed wrappers; pale tideline through text and some soil, otherwise a good copy. Trade catalogue offering a diverse stock of whale oils, "Vulcanized rubber belting," scales, hose (for fire engines and hydrants), safes, and life insurance. Illustrated wrappers advertise "Platt's patent grist mill" and "Francis' Metallic Life Boats." Uncommon; OCLC records five copies (NcD, ScU, Greenv... more information

Madrid:: Imprenta y Lithografia de J.J. Martinez,, 1856.. 8vo; [2], 543, [1] pp. Elaborate chromolithograph extra-title page in red, blue, and gold plus 16 tinted lithograph plates by Letre. Contemporary half-leather and embossed cloth. Gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Small private name blindstamp to upper margin of p. 3. Some rubbing, but a very good, very attractive copy. An illustrated novel by the prolific Sevilla-born writer Manuel Fernandez y Gonzalez (1821-1888). OCLC (which mistakenly calls for on... more information

Paris, France:: La Societe des Americanistes de Paris,, 1924.. 4to. (42) pp. Map. Original printed wrappers. Very good. First separate edition, an offprint from the Society's JOURNAL. Scarce publication by a leading scholar of the French experience in Louisiana. ... more information

Paris:: Editions de la NOUVELLE REVUE FRANCAISE,, 1921.. Small 4to; [40 pp]. First edition, limited to 412 copies printed on Lafuma-Navarre paper, of which this is #314. Very good in original illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with watercolors by Marie Laurencin, engraved on wood by Jules Germain and L. Petitbarat. Wrappers slightly soiled, with some small chipping at edge of rear wrapper. OCLC lists only one copy (Berlin). ... more information

[NY?],, 1861.. Advertising broadside, 24 x 16 inches, three paragraphs printed in several typefaces and sizes including a half-dozen display types, one three inches tall; signed in type "Eli H. Lord, Prop'r". Folded, a little light foxing but very good. Issued as an advertisment for demonstrations of the churn with blanks left for place and time to be filled in (this copy unused). Excellent display broadside. Unrecorded on OCLC. ... more information

Boston:: Montreal & Boston Air Line,, (c1870).. First edition. 24mo. 35 pp. Illustrated, plates, folding map (few tears). Lake on the Canadian border, just above Newport, Vermont; some trout fishing information. Scarce; OCLC locates three copies (American Antiquarian Society, Harvard, Bibiotheque Nationale du Quebec). Original illustrated tan wrappers. Very good. ... more information

Lake Placid, NY:: The club (printed Morrill Press, Fulton, NY),, (1922).. First edition. 8vo. (32) pp. Illustrated. Prospectus for the club. OCLC locates only a later 50-page issue. Original illustrated wrappers. Accompanied by: (1) a similar publication for "Riversea Club, Seaside Branch of Lake Placid Club," located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut (not recorded on OCLC), (2) "Club Notes," an 8-page leaflet for March, 1922, (3) four 1921 and 1922 handbills discussing various club rules, (... more information

N.P.:: n.p,, n.d. (ca 1917).. Blue-green stapled paperwraps, with an oval cut-out on front wrap, revealing a picture of the hotel. Oblong 12mo.; (6pp. of text; 25 captioned photos & one drawing). A promotional brochure for this hotel, E.C. Worrell, Proprietor; M.F. Wistar, Manager. Many of the photos depict guests enjoying the hunting & fishing opportunities. Not in SERVIES. No listings found on OCLC or NUC. A very good copy. ... more information

Printed in Lake Wales, FL:: Brice Printing Co.,, n.d. (ca.1930's).. Promotional brochure, measuring 22 x 9 in., folded into five panels, printed on both sides on glossy white paper. Black & white photo of the Singing Tower, erected by Edward W. Bok, on front cover. A very good copy. Text interspersed with inset photos of recreational activities (golf, shuffle board) & sites (Crystal Lake & Park; City Hall; etc.). Small map of the southern end of Florida on one panel. A small stamp has been ... more information

Printed for the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce,, [ca.1925].. Salmon colored background on cover. Single sheet folded into sixths. No listings in OCLC. ... more information

Fifteen Minute Radio Script. Unpublished typescript; 9pp. Heavily annotated & rewritten in pencil. ... more information

NP:, 1860.. Printed broadside, 9 1/4 x 12 inches, employing several sizes and styles to type, including one large display type for the headline. Some foxing, but a very good copy. 62 1/2 acres of land belonging to Calvin Hart, on Buzzard Creek in Robertson County, on which were located "good buildings and a good water saw and Grist Mill," were to be sold at public auction to settle a court case. Not in Hummel. Not recorded on OCLC. ... more information

London:: printed by W. Marchant,, 1823.. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 32pp. Among the members of the committee were Mr. [John] Gladstone and Mr. [David] Ricardo. They were charged with the business of inquiring into the "state of the Law relating to Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, intrusted to Merchants, Agents, or Factors; and the effect of the Law upon the interests of Commerce... ... more information

Annapolis:: printed by Frederick Green,, 1799-1800.. Two volumes. 4to.; (2), (2), (40), (717), (194)pp.; (2), (8), (978)pp. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards, leather spine labels. Uniform light age toning to text, some foxing, but crisp interiors. An attractive copy. First edition. EVANS 35775, 37894. Five later volumes were issued in octavo. Thomas Jefferson owned copies of the first two, as offered here (Sowerby 2171: "Kilty 1757-1821, army surgeon and jurist, was born in London, but came to ... more information

Annapolis:: printed by Frederick Green, printer to the state,, 1787.. 1st ed. Folio; (4), (438pp.), (13pp.). Evans 20483: "An edition of 100 copies was printed." Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards, morocco spine label. Some wear to blank endpapers & to the edges of the index leaves and some marginal worming (neither affecting the text). Early neat ink additions to index; early owner's name ("A. Boyd") on title page. Generally a very good copy. ... more information

Madison, W. T.:: H. A. Tenney, Territorial Printer,, 1847.. 8vo. 21 pp. Bound in cloth binding with marbled boards, very good. ... more information

Beauvoir Community, MS:: The Book Farm,, 1948.. 1/99 copies. Heartman's Historical Series No. 75. 8vo. viii, (18) pp. Very good in printed wraps as issued. ... more information

Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 167pp. Scattered foxing. ... more information

Atoka, I.T.:: Indian Citizen Print,, 1891.. 8vo.; ii, 53pp. (in English); ii, 60pp. (in Choctaw); pp.61-2 (in English, copy of Bill LXIV, mistakenly omitted in the collation and inserted at the end). Gilt stamped black cloth; blind-stamped rules around edges of boards. A bit of fraying to tail of spine, else very good. ... more information

[Halifax]:: A. Hodge,, 1798.. Folio. 15pp. Original self-wrappers (old tidelines through text, severe mildew stains through text). First edition. McMurtrie 257 (MH-L, NcU): "A supplement to Iredell's Revision." Rare; not located on OCLC. Not in Evans or Shipton & Mooney. ... more information