Fables choisies, mises en vers par J. de la Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Jean de
Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant [et] Durand, De l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1759. First edition. A large paper copy with leaves measuring 465 x 330 mm (18 3/8 x 13 inches). Four volumes handsomely bound in contemporary French mottled calf. Red and green morocco spine labels with rich gilt detailing, marbled end-papers and all edges marbled. Discreet repairs to the spine ends without rebacking. Internal contents are generally in excellent condition although with the occasional spot of foxing and... Read More
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets
by [Fine Binding - Root & Son]; Charles Lamb
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition. Fine. A fine copy. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 1/4 in; 181 x 108 mm). xii, 484 pp. Designed and bound c. 1920 by Root & Son (stamp-signed) in full brown crushed morocco with double fillet and a secondary gilt-rolled frame with gilt corner-pieces and inlaid dots in green. Gilt decorated compartments, top edge gilt. A delightful anthology of Elizabethan poets including Thomas Sackville, Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe,... Read More
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Biblia sacra ad optima veteris
by [Bible in Latin]
Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1554. First edition. Octavo (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 171 x 121 mm.) . [16], 1152, [76] pp, bound without the last two blank leaves as in most copies(e.g. Mortimer, OCLC). The penultimate leaf had only a fleuron at the foot of the page and the final leaf was blank. Arabesque title border and 198 (with 1 repeat) woodcuts in the text by Bernard Salomon. Title-page with faint early ink "ex-Libris petri ------ at... Read More
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Essays on Physiognomy. Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind (in 5 vols.)
by Lavater, Johann Caspar; William Blake (illustrator); Henry Hunter (translator)
London: Printed for John Murray, 1798. First edition in English. Near Fine. Three folio volumes bound in five (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 327 x 260 mm). [ii, half-title, verso blank], [ii, vignette title-page, verso blank], [ii, translator's preface], [vi, advertisement], [iv, contents], [x, list of subscribers], [ii, dedication], [vi, author's preface], [ii, French translators' preface], [3]-280; [iii]-xii]; [1-3], 4-238; [1, half title vol II. part II, verso blank], [239]-444; [iii-iv, title-page, verso blank], [v]-xii, contents, [1]-252;... Read More
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Giustina: A Spanish Tale of Real Life
by [Law, Elizabeth Susan] E.S.L.
[London]: Not Published [Printed by I Botson and Palmer], 1833. First edition. Recent marbled wraps tied at spine. All edges gilt. Bookplate of J.O. Edwards to verso of front wrap. Ownership stamp of Lady Ulrica Thynne (d. 1916) to front endpaper. A Near Fine copy, with a bit of light scattered foxing throughout. Measuring 180 x 110mm and collating complete including half and full titles: [6], 63, [1, blank]. A scarce work in translation which was only distributed among... Read More
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![Miscellaneous Poems. Dedicated to Joseph Jekyll, Esq. [Bound with] Views in London. By an Amateur...Dedicated to Sophia, Countess Darlington [Bound with] Miscellaneous Poems. Dedicated to Lord Colchester (Presentation Copy)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/558/825/1594825558.0.l.jpg)
Miscellaneous Poems. Dedicated to Joseph Jekyll, Esq. [Bound with] Views in London. By an Amateur...Dedicated to Sophia, Countess Darlington [Bound with] Miscellaneous Poems. Dedicated to Lord Colchester (Presentation Copy)
by [Law, Hon. Elizabeth Susan] [Lady Colchester] E. S. L.
London: Not Published, 1849. First editions. Three volumes bound in one and including a presentation inscription to the verso of front endpaper: "The Marchioness of Salisbury, with Lady Colchester's Love." Additional signature to title of second volume. Full straight grain morocco presentation binding by White of Pall Mall, with gilt title to spine. Boards and turn-downs stamped in gilt. All edges brightly gilt. Yellow endpapers. Measuring 187 x 111mm, bound in reverse chronological order and collating complete with half... Read More
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The Man Who Died (Signed limited edition)
by Lawrence, D.H.; Leonard Baskin (illustrator)
Covelo, California: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1992. Signed limited edition. Fine. One of thirty-five deluxe copies bound in vellum, this being copy number two, in a total edition of 130. Signed by Leonard Baskin and editor John Fowles on the colophon. Each deluxe copy includes a suite of nine unbound signed prints by Leonard Baskin and is housed in a bay laurel and cedar wood box. A Fine copy, illustrated throughout with woodcuts by Baskin. D.H. Lawrence's... Read More
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Women in Love
by Lawrence, D. H.
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1920. First edition. Very Good +. One of 1,250 numbered copies, of which this is 349. Large octavo (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 245 x 160 mm). [4], [1]- 536, [4, blank] pp. Publisher's dark blue buckram, spine with four shallow raised bands, lettered in gilt in second compartment. Slight edgewear. Bookplate and small numerical sticker to upper pastedown. Upper inner hinge expertly and subtly repaired. A bit of toning... Read More
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Parian Bust of Shakespeare
by [Robinson & Leadbeater]
1880. 18 inch Parian bust atop 3 1/2 inch socle, previously joined by brass nut and bolt (now detached and in need of repair). Faint hairline fissure from upper button of shirt across shoulder and around to rear. Mild soiling typical of Parian, otherwise an exceptional example notable for its exquisite detail and translucence. This superb Parian bust of the Bard of Avon is exact in almost all aspects to that from Robinson & Leadbeater pictured in the... Read More
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Programme of the Mass Convention in the Interest of Woman Suffrage
by [New York City Suffrage League]
[New York]: John J. O'Brien & Son Printers, 1894. First edition. Near Fine. Original pamphlet promoting the Constitutional Amendment Campaign events hosted by the New York City Woman Suffrage League. 4 pages including self-wraps. Slight chipping to second page, and scattered light foxing at fold and margins. Overall an exceptional copy of this rare pamphlet. OCLC reports no institutionally held copies, and the Programme does not appear in the modern auction record. 1893-1894 proved to be critical... Read More
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Arsene Lupin
by Leblanc, Maurice
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1909. First American edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the book. Bound in green cloth, spamped in black with onlay illustration to the front board. Complete with four illustrated plates (including the frontis). A few small dampstains to the illustrated front board, spine gently rolled, and small closed tear to upper margin of pages 185-186 not affecting text. Otherwise and attractive copy. The story of a gentleman burgler and... Read More
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To Kill a Mockingbird (with signed letter)
by Lee, Harper
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1960. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. With a heartfelt TLS from Harper Lee to reader Anne M. Virgil, wishing her a happy birthday and reflecting on the emotional experience of receiving a reader's feedback: "It's letters like yours, not book reviews, that keep a writer at work. Ours is the loneliest profession in the world, and nothing pleases us more than to hear from someone who likes our work, because after all,... Read More
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Tom Moody's Tales
by [Lemon, Mark, editor] [Hablot Knight Browne, illustrator]
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1864. First edition. Handsomely bound, ca. 1920s, by Rivière & Sons (stamp-signed to upper turn-in) in emerald green crushed morocco with original cloth bound in. French fillets. Five gilt ruled raised bands, six elaborately gilt decorated compartments. Wide, gilt turn-ins. Double ruled edges. All edges gilt. [8], 173, [1, blank], [2, adverts] pages. Thirteen black and white plates including frontispiece. A few small stains to upper cover, light spots of foxing to two leaves, otherwise... Read More
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Tales of the Imagination (in 3 vols.)
by [Lester, Elizabeth B.]; [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]
London: Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (6 13/16 x 4 in; 173 x 103 mm). [4. blank], [2], 227, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 261, [5, blank]; [4, blank], [2], 252, [4, blank] pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines with four raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Joints a little rubbed but sound. Small, almost invisible 19th century blank library... Read More
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Elmer Gantry (Signed)
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1927. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second issue binding (showing the "G" in "Gantry" on the spine). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 189 x 133 mm). [viii], 1-432 pp. Original blue cloth. Front board and spine stamped and lettered in orange. Fore-edge uncut. In publisher's dust jacket. Jacket with slight wear to the spine ends and a little scuff to the spine panel.... Read More
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Main Street (Presentation Copy)
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt Brace and Howe, 1920. First edition. Very Good. Second state (with type battered on pp. 54 and 387). Inscribed by Sinclair Lewis on front free endpaper: "To Mr. + Mrs Will Owen Jones Christmas, 1920 William Allen White asks me to send you this book in Christmas greeting- + he let me tag along after hin!/ Sinclair Lewis Washington Dec. 1920." The inscription is probably to William Owen Jones managing editor of the Nebraska State... Read More
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The Prairie Years (in 2 vols.) (Signed limited edition)
by [Lincoln, Abraham]; Carl Sandburg
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies, printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper, numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm.). xvi, 480; vi, 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards, spines with printed paper labels, blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine, partially unopened... Read More
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We" (Signed limited edition)
by Lindbergh, Charles A.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition. Fine. Number 481 of a thousand copies signed by the author and publisher. Bound in publisher''s half vellum gilt with edges untrimmed. A Fine copy of the book, with the original publisher's glassine dust jacket and box. Glassine jacket chipped with some small loss (especially to head of spine) and tear to lower flap. Box with some spotting, wear and splitting to a few corners. An excellent copy, with... Read More
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Business and Protective Law for Women
by Lineman, Mab Copland
Los Angeles: Coast Printing Company, 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Second issue, with the Laws Becoming Effective July 29, 1927 tipped in behind the contents leaf. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. A touch of sunning to spine; front board slightly bowed. Contemporary ownership signature of Mabel Scudder to front endpaper else fresh and unmarked internally. A pleasing copy of this important post-suffrage reference book, written by a woman who lectured extensively at... Read More
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The Call of the Wild
by London, Jack
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. First printing, with "July, 1903" on the copyright page. A Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Complete, with the frontispiece and ten color plates. Publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in color. Pinpoint burn mark to p. 135. A clean, fresh copy throughout. Dust jacket with subtle tissue reinforcement to verso at folds. Some faint white paint spatters to front panel. A very attractive example of London's... Read More
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The Abysmal Brute
by London, Jack
New York: Century Co, 1913. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in the scarce dust jacket. [4], 169, [1, ads] pp. Complete with the frontispiece by Gordon Grant. Publisher's olive green cloth titled in yellow and stamped in black. Slight foxing, mostly to first and last few leaves. In the publisher's dust jacket, with just a bit of chipping at head and tail of spine and at corners. A Near Fine copy, overall bright and fresh, in... Read More
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The Lady's Country Companion; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally (Presentation copy)
by Loudon, [Jane]
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. Very Good. Presentation copy, inscribed "To Mrs. Norman with the kind regards of the author" on upper flyleaf. Rebound in modern half brown leather over marbled boards. Octavo. Dampstaining to frontispiece, but largely clean throughout. Octavo. xi, 396, 32 [publisher's catalogue] pp. Complete with frontispiece and three full-page illustrations, plus text figures. Very Good. A scarce example of Jane Loudon's practical advice to women who find themselves living in... Read More
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Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria, and on the Top of Mount Aetna
by Lowe, Emmeline
London: Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1859. First edition. Near Fine. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine. Cloth expertly repaired at hinges and head and tail of spine. Pale yellow endpapers. With the bookplate of author Larry McMurtry. Foxing to verso of first plate and some toning to leaves. A near fine copy, remarkably bright and attractive, of a book that is generally scarce but rare in this condition. Octavo. xi, [1, blank], 265, 32 [publisher's ads] pp. Complete... Read More
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Literary Collection of Published and Unpublished Work by the Renowned Suffragist & Author
by [Women's Authorship] [Literary Manuscripts] Sarah Dickson Lowrie
[Philadelphia], 1915. Collection of a total of 285 manuscript and typescript pages of prose, poetry, and dramatic material written and edited by suffragist Sarah Dickson Lowrie (1870-1957). Lowrie, a columnist and editor at the Philadelphia Public Ledger, was also an activist. Founder of the Philadelphia Women's Committee, later Chairperson of the Philadelphia League of Women Voters, she used her public platform to promote equality for women and the working poor. An exceptional collection of material capturing the range of... Read More
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The Last of the Windjammers (in 2 vols)
by Lubbock, Basil
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1929. First American edition. First impression. Two octavo volumes in four (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 245 x 180 mm.). Publishers blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, map endpapers. Ink signature on front flyleaf of volume 1, part 1. A few small tape repairs to some folding maps otherwise a near fine set. Complete with the original prospectus's for both volumes. Volume One: xiv, 266; [iv], 267-518 pages. With 126... Read More
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