Titles starting with L from Charles Agvent, ABAA

New York: Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Advance Copy. The cover art of this ARC differs slightly from the printed version. ... more information

New York: MacMillan & Co., 1906. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Light rubbing. Near Fine. Decorated cloth with thirteen full-page illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey and Lester Ralph. Author of THE VIRGINIAN, the classic novel of the West that helped to create the idealized perception of the cowboy's life and that influenced countless authors of westerns, Wister graduated from Harvard with highest honors in music. He advanced his studies in music in Paris where he was encouraged by Franz Liszt. While Wis... more information

New York: Atheneum, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED and dated 1982 by the author on the title page. ... more information

New York: Norton, (1973). First Edition. Wraps issue. About Fine. Softcover issue. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet "For Gary Cooper/one more nice man/from Norton/with pleasure at our first/meeting and looking ahead/to many more/Warmly/Dick Hugo." Books inscribed at length by Hugo are uncommon, and this is an interesting one as this title was the first of Hugo's to be published by Norton who went on to publish his work until the poet's death helping greatly to enlarge his audience. ... more information

New York: Viking, (1983). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Near Fine. Robert Mapplethorpe. Quarto. A revealing portrait of the first Women's Bodybuilding Champion. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Osgood, 1879. First Edition. Decorated green cloth. Some spotting to rear cover. Near Fine. 1st printing. BAL 9584. With all of the 1st printing points but with leafy pattern endpapers. ... more information

New York: Scrib., 1884. First Edition. Cloth-backed dec. boards. Slight wear to spine, typical browning of paper. Very Good. BAL 18880. 1500 copies printed. The title story is a precursor of the modern television game show. Owner name on 1/2 title. ... more information

London: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Green buckram. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small stain on one cover. Tony Walton. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound dos-a-dos in full green buckram with the spine stamped in dark green and pure gold and the covers lettered in gilt, top and bottom edges gilt. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton with 14 in-text line drawings, 6 full-page paintings, and 4 double-spread paintings. Copy #1124 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. ... more information

London: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Green buckram. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Tony Walton. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound dos-a-dos in full green buckram with the spine stamped in dark green and pure gold and the covers lettered in gilt, top and bottom edges gilt. Introduction by Sir John Gielgud. Illustrated by Tony Walton with 14 in-text line drawings, 6 full-page paintings, and 4 double-spread paintings. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. ... more information

Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1937. cloth. Fine in worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. William Einstein. Folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") bound in light gray-blue cloth with gilt-lettered morocco labels on the front cover and spine. Illustrated with original lithographs by William Einstein. Text in French. One of only 150 copies printed. ... more information

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. buckram. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small nick. William Blake. Octavo (7" x 10-1/8") bound in dark green buckram with gilt lettering and marbled endpapers; 90 pages. Illustrated with twelve reproductions of watercolors by William Blake. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed dos-a-dos. Issued unsigned in a total edition of 1780 copies. Two copies available: one is one of the 280 copies designated for members of the Pierpont Morgan Library; the other is #1209 a... more information

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. buckram. Fine in a Fine slipcase. William Blake. Octavo (7" x 10-1/8") bound in dark green buckram with gilt lettering and marbled endpapers; 90 pages. Illustrated with twelve reproductions of watercolors by William Blake. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed dos-a-dos. Issued unsigned in a total edition of 1780 copies, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentati... more information

Boston: Little Brown, (1985). First Edition. cloth. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Illustrated with photographs by Fay Godwin. One of only 160 numbered copies SIGNED by both the author and the photographer. Quite uncommon issue of this beautiful book. ... more information

New York: Alden, 1888. First Edition. Dec. cloth. Near Fine. Engravings. 285 pages. ... more information

New York: Scribner, (1963). First Edition. Cloth. Fine in dustwrapper with lightly faded spine. ... more information

(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First Edition. Blue boards. Very Good copy with a superb inscription. Publisher's blue boards. Introduction by Allen Tate. Lowell's scarce first book, limited to a total of 250 copies printed. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper to critic F. W. Dupee, at whose home Lowell and his first wife, Elizabeth Hardwick, spent their honeymoon: "For Fred,/'Sunt aliquid manes,'/with love and gratitude/from,/Cal." The quote is from Sextus Propertius a... more information

New York: MacMillan, 1928. First Edition. Near Fine in a moderately soiled, still Very Good dustwrapper. Selected and illustrated by Pamela Bianco. Small chips at head of spine and minor edgewear. ... more information

(Fayetteville): Lost Roads, 1979. First Edition. White pictorial wraps. Fine. Her very scarce first book, a collection of poems issued only in softcover. This copy, with the uncommon errata slip laid in, is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Only the second copy of this title we have ever handled. ... more information

Stuart Wright, (1984). First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Black cloth with paper spine label, issued without dustwrapper. One of 200 copies SIGNED by the author. ... more information

(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1997]. Reprint. Fine. Octavo. Limited to 175 copies, this important work is the standard in the field of Swiss travel and topography. In all, 7500 fully described books are arranged regionally & chronologically, with collations and frequent annotations. Covers books on the Alps, including various accounts of ascents. Included is a comprehensive 60-page index as well as the supplement, originally separately published a decade after the original publication. Text in German and Fren... more information