Ben and Me
by Lawson, Robert
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Printed cloth boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by the author. Mild soil and corner wear else a very good copy. The dustwrapper has some chips along the top and at the base of the spine else it is in very good condition. It is not price-clipped and is in the first state. Lawson's first book, though he previously illustrated Ferdinand by Munro... Read More
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Satyre Menipée
by (Catholic League)
Ratisbone: Mathias Kerner, 1740. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes, 12mo. Four engraved plates in Volume I, two of them folding. Early half calf, spines in 5 compartments tooled in blind, new leather lettering labels, gilt, marbled paper boards in nonpareil pattern. Nearly all hinges have been neatly mended; ther is light rubbing and scuggind; else a very good copy. French satirical carnivalesque satire in a mixture of prose, verse, and dialogue. It is a work of political... Read More
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Catalogue de l'OEuvre Complet de Gustave Dore: Illustrations, Peintures, Dessins, Sculptures, Eaux-Fortes, Lithographies
by Leblanc, Henri
Paris: Ch. Bosse, 1931. First edition. Wraps. Near fine. 4to. One of only 800 copies. Publisher's printed wraps. 558pp. Illustrated and with an engraved forntispiece portrait. Light wear else a near fine copy and largely unopened.
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My Fair Lady
by Lerner, Alan Jay
New York: Coward-McCann, 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 186pp. Black cloth, lavender spine title. Ownership name on the front free endpaper dated September 7, 1956, else a fine bright copy. The dustwrapper has a couple of small chips at the edges and is light darkened at the spine else is near fine and shows the original price of $3.50. Laid in at the read is a 1956 review curt from Time magazine.... Read More
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama
by Lewis, C. S.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8v. (8), 696pp. Epilogue, Chronological Table, Bibliography, Index. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine title. Light spotting to the top edge, neat ownership name on the front free endpaper, else a fine copy with only a trace of corner wear. In the elusive dustwrapper. Its spine is soiled with light wear to the spine tips, but it is not price-clipped. Basically in near very good condition. ... Read More
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John Nash: The Painter as Illustrator
by Lewis, John
Loxhill: Pendomer Press, 1978. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 4to. Brown cloth, gilt spine title. 136 pages. With a Foreword by Wilfrid Blunt. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is unclipped. Illustrated biography and containing a bibliography of books illustrated by Nash. .
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The History of Great-Britain, from the first Inhabitants thereof, 'till the Death of Cadwalader...; and of the Kings of Scotland to Eugene V. and also a short Account of the Kings, Dukes, and Earls of Bretagne...in which are several Pieces of Taliessin, an antient British Poet, and a Defence of the Antiquity of the Scottish Nation ... to this is added The Breviary of Britayne, written in latin by Humphrey Lhuyd ... and Englished by Thomas Twyne...
by Lewis, John; Humphrey Lhuyd; and Thomas Twine
London: F. Gyles, et al., 1729. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (vi),251,(xxi),52,(xxxvi)pp. Title page in red and black. Beautifully printed on laid paper with ample margins. Engraved head and tail pieces; index. Contemporary full calf; spine in 7 compartments with raised bands. Old theological college stamp on the front blank. Edges and spine tips worn; hinges neatly repaired; lettering label perished; else a very good copy and near fine internally. The first and only edition... Read More
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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean Performed during the Years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States
by (Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark) Allen, Paul
Philadlephia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 2 volumes. (3), iv-xxviii, 1-470;(2), 522pp. Two plates in volume I, and another three in volume II, as called for. Sometime rebound in full calf, spines tooled with gilt lines and leather lettering pieces, gilt; pleasing paste paper endpapers. The map is present in facsimile. Some light staining at the front of volume I, and near the end of volume II, and light foxing typical of the... Read More
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Second Reading: Selections from the Quarterly News-letter 1933-1963
by Lewis, Oscar, Compiler
San Francisco: The Book CLub of California, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Gray cloth spine, printed label in red, gray boards with a printed vignette on the upper board. Some light spotting to the cloth else a fine copy.
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Yerbas Poderosas
by (Leyva Azze, José Emilio)
Holguin, Cuba: Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. 4to. 12 leaves of handmade paper bound by hand in a thick handmade paper covers made from water hyacinth with a branch incorporated into the upper cover, and with ties made with dried stems and jute. The final leaf gives a biography of the artist. A fine copy. Each page is made from a different plant: plantain, sunflower, basil, onion, sugarcane, corn, garlic, parsley, rosemary, and... Read More
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Yerbas Poderosas
by (Leyva Azze, José Emilio)
Holguin, Cuba: Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. 4to. 12 leaves of handmade paper bound by hand in a thick handmade paper covers made from water hyacinth with a branch incorporated into the upper cover, and with ties made with dried stems and jute. The final leaf gives a biography of the artist. A fine copy. Each page is made from a different plant: plantain, sunflower, basil, onion, sugarcane, corn, garlic, parsley, rosemary, and... Read More
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Lawrence of Arabia
by Liddell Hart, Capt. B. H., and Sir Ronald Storrs
London: The Corvinus Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Finely printed on Barcham Green "Medway" handmade paper. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe cloth spine, gilt title, handmade paper over boards with the Corvinus device block in gilt on the upper board. A fine copy. In the original strange glassine cover with paper flaps and in the publisher's nondescript slipcase. The book is in fine condition. The glassine has some splits and is a bit shorter than... Read More
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Historia Inquisitionis. Cum Subjungitur Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholocanae Ab anno Christi MCCCVII ad annum MCCCXXXIII
by Limborch, Philippi A.
Amstelodami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. (16),384,(12),(8),397,(17) pp. Nine engraved plates. Contemporary vellum binding, leather lettering label, gilt. Title page printed in red and black, and with engraved vignette. Six of the engravings are full page plates, and three are double page (though two of the singles are also on one double page). Trace of wear to the vellum, esp., along the top of the rear board, else this is a fine copy with stunning... Read More
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Duain Ghaelic ... With a Brief Sketch Proving the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems
by Livingstone, William (Uilleam Mac Dhun-Leibhe
Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (8),191,(1)pp. Original pebble grain cloth blocked in blind and gilt; yellow coated endpapers. Light soil, wear to the cloth, ownership name and pencilled notes on the front endpapers, else a very good copy. The author's poetry is in Scots Gaelc; this is followed (at p. 111) by the Sketch regarding Ossian in English,
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In Silence
by Llosa, Fernando
Ithaca, NY: n.p., n.d.. Fine. Apparently a unique copy, one of Fernando Llosa's beautiful one-of-a-kind artist books. Fourteen mounted Indian ink washes by the artist loose in case. The mounts are 8 inches square. The illustrations vary considerably in size. Each mount is initialed by the artist on the reverse, and each illustration has a barely visible number written on the lower right corner. A fine set in its original clamshell case. The case itself is a... Read More
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Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic
by Lockhart, J. G. (transl.)
London: John Murray, 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated by Owen Jones. 4to. Unpainted (approximately 300p). Half blue morocco gilt, blue cloth; armorial bookplate and bookseller stamp on the front pastedown. Frontispiece engraving of Lockhart. Chromolithographed title now mounted, chromolithographed publisher's imprint, contents, introduction and section pages, ornamental borders and vignettes in color throughout, all by Owen Jones. With textual illustrations by several other hands. Occasional light foxing, and endpaper offset form the leather turn-ins, else a very good... Read More
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The Rogers Locomotive Company, Paterson, New Jersey
by (Locomotives)
New York: George G. Peck, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 117pp. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board, floral endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Thomas Rogers. 47 full page plates of locomotives including specifications manufactured by this firm. Coal or wood fuels, standard and narrow gauges, 4 to 10 wheels. Plate 35 is strangely blank, though with printed caption. A fine copy.
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Balinese Palm Leaf Lontar
by Lontar
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Very good. Manuscript written on palm leaves and bound with a single string between two bamboo covers. Covers and edges one time lacquered in red, not showing only traces due to wear. The binding string is secured with a green bead, possibly jade. The script, which is an older, cursive style, is nicely legible. The leaves are 6½ incvhed long by 1 inch wide. .
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A Discovery of Two Forreigne Sects in the East-Indies, Viz., The Sect of the Banians, the Ancient Natives of India, and the Sect of the Persees, the Ancient Inhabitants of Persia
by Lord, Henry
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. An extract of pp 313-356 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, printed lettering piece; marbled paper boards. Some light foxing, a library stamp on the margin of an internal page, else a near fine copy. First published in 1630, Lord's book was the first summary of Hindu practices to appear in Europe. Topics examined include... Read More
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The Shrine of St. Charles
by Lucas, E. V.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Grey cloth, spine printed in dark brown. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has darkened from aging else is very good. "Stray papers on Lamb now collected for the Centenary of his Death in 1834." .
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The History and Art of Printing
by Luckombe, P.
London: W. Adlard and J. Browne, 1771. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (10), 502, (4) pp. Illustrated. Includes a Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon.Original full sheep boards nicely rebacked with gilt lines and a red leather lettering label, gilt. A very good copy. The text is in two parts. Part One, the "History", covers the invention of movable type printing by Gutenberg in the 15th century and traces its development throughout Europe. . Part... Read More
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Zheng Qiao's Album of the Lugou Bridge
by (Lugou Bridge; Marco Polo Bridge Original Art) Zheng Qiao (?)
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Hardcover. Near fine. Accordion-type album bound in the Oriental style silk boards. The first double page is in calligraphy: "Words by Jin Zhaojing; Verses of Logou". Then follow six double page lovely ink and color views of the bridge, from different viewpoints. Near fine condition. .
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The Great Sebastians (Signed)
by Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne; Howard Lindsay and Russel C rouse
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 8vo. Tan textured paper boards blocked in black and gold, and with a paste-on of Lunt and Fontaine on the upper board. Illustrated with scenes of the Broadway play. The paste-on is a little rubbed else this is a near fine copy in a fine w unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by both authors on the title page. Lunt and Fontanne were the dedicatees of... Read More
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Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri 1812-1813
by Luttig, John C.
St Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 192pp. Black cloth spine, gilt titles, drab paper over boards. Frontispiece of Sakakawea, four plates, plus a folding map in the rear. Light wear and soiling to the binding else a fine copy. The list of illustrations call for a plate facing page 76, which was apparently not issued. It is not mention in any of the bibliographies, which state the presence of a map... Read More
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Principles of Geology
by Lyell, Charles
London: John Murray, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 2 volumes 8vo. Illustrated. Engraved frontispieces, the frontispiece of volume two hand-colored. Half leather, spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. The frontispiece of volume one is foxed else this is a near fine set. In spite of the note on volume one that this is in two volumes, a third volume was later issued in 1833, not here present. .
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