Mignonne ou La Bonne Petite Fille, par Mme. J.J. Lambert; English translation: Mignonne, or the Good Little Girl
by LAMBERT, Mme. J.J. [Jules Rostaing]
Paris: Delarue, 1860. First Edition. Paper over Board. Very good +. First edition. 12mo (21cm); 31pp; color illustrated paper over board with the title, author and publisher in frame on front cover, rear cover lists other publisher's books with price; pale grey endpapers; 8 hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations including frontispiece, printed recto only; chipping to head and tail of spine, light soiling to cover and corner bumping; very good plus. This edition in only one WorldCat library in France,... Read More
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Tramp the Sheep Dog, A Story Parade Picture Book
by LANG, Don
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Kurt WIESE. 8vo; [28pp]; glazed color pictorial on board, blue cloth back strip; pictorial endpapers; color pictorial frontispiece and title page; illustrations in color and b&w; light spotting to cloth back strip; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, one small 1/8" closed tear to bottom edge; near fine in near fine dj. First published in 1938 by Story Parade, Inc., a magazine for boys and girls. A heart-warming story... Read More
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The Eskimo Store
by LANGE, Ann
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Gladys Rourke BLACKWOOD. First edition. Tall 8vo; [28pp] green cloth over board with color pictorial onlay of two young girls, one an Eskimo; color pictorial endpapers; color pictorial title page, 12 full page color half-tone illustrations including the frontispiece, b&w illustrations in text; corners bumed, small chip on front onlay, light shelf wear; very good. Lacking dust jacket. Published before the Alaska gained statehoof, this book is... Read More
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Third Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, Annexed Thereto. Revised Edition: Printed by order of the Assembly of the State of New-York
by [LANSING, G.Y., Chancellor]
Albany [New York]: Weed, Parsons & Company, Public Printers, 1850. Cloth. Very good. [NATURAL HISTORY] [ILLUSTRATED] [NATIVE AMERICANS] [GOVERNMENT REPORT]. Spine title: New-York State Cabinet of Natural History 8vo (9 ¼" x 6"); 183pp; blue cloth over board, blind stamped decorative borders and cartouche to front and rear, gilt-stamped lettering and decorations and Native American figure with a bow on spine; pale yellow eps, gift inscription on ffep dated Feb. 22, 1887; foxing throughout with mineral... Read More
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Atlas de la France Vinicole. "Les vins de Bordeaux, Blayais, Côtes de Blaye, Bourgeais, Côtes de Bourg.; English: The Atlas of France Winemaking. "The wines of Bordeaux" : Blayais, Côtes de Blaye, Bourgeais, Côtes de Bourg
by [LARMAT, Louis]
Paris: Les Proceìdeìs Dorel, 1943. Ephemera no binding. Fine. Louis Larmat, Paris, copyright. 27 7/8" x 19 7/8" mat size; 23 ¼" x 15 3/8" mat opening; 19" x 14" within the neat line; color map with legend; horizontal fold as issued; matted in off-white and dark purple; fine. Featuring two areas of Bordeaux, this is a lovely detailed map of French Bordeaux producing wine country. Purchased professionally double matted, it has not been removed from the mat... Read More
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Atlas de la France Vinicole. "Les vins de Bordeaux" : Loupiac, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, Ières Côtes de Bordeaux, Côtes de Bordeaux St. Macaire.; English: The Atlas of France Winemaking. "The wines of Bordeaux" : Entre-Deux-Mers, Graves de Vayres, and Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux
by [LARMAT, Louis]
Paris: Les Proceìdeìs Dorel, 1941. Ephemera no binding. Fine. [MAP]. Louis Larmat, Paris, copyright. 27 7/8" x 21 7/8" mat size; 22 7/8" x 15 7/8" mat opening; 18 7/8" x 14" within the neat line; color map with legend; horizontal fold as issued; matted in off-white and lavender; fine. Featuring three areas of Bordeaux, this is a lovely detailed map of French Bordeaux producing wine country. Purchased professionally double matted, it has not been removed from the... Read More
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I'm My Own Grandpaw
by LATHAM, Dwight and Moe JAFFE
New York: General Music Publishing Co., Inc, 1947. Ephemera no binding. Very good. 12" x 9"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; very good.
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Sphinx, Pl. 65 & 67 [Moths], Histoire Naturelle, Insectes
by LATREILLE, Pierre Andre
Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1790. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. Jacques DE SEVE. [PRINT] Jacques DE SEVE, illustrator. Benard DIREXIT, engraver. 11 1/8 x 8 1/4" print; 10 x 7 1/4" mat opening; 16 x 12" mat size; hand-colored copperplate engraving; archival matting and backing; near fine. Two copper plate engraved, hand-colored prints from Pierre Latreille's Histoire Naturelle, Insectes [Natural History of Insects], illustrated by Jacques DeSeve, engraved by Benard Direxit, and printed in Paris by Chez Panckoucke in... Read More
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Murby's Kindergarten Songs. The Merry-Go-Round: A Collection of Rhymes, Jingles, and Songs, for the Amusement of the Little Ones., Eighth Edition, with Additions and Improvements
by LAURIE, J.S., editor. Thomas MURBY, music
London: Thomas Murby, 3, Ludgate Circus Buildings, 1880. Cloth. Very good. Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works Frome and London. Cover title: The Merry-Go-Round or Rhymes, Jingles & Songs, Thomas Murby. 24mo oblong (5 ½" x 7 ¼"); 62pp; gilt-stamped lettering on green cloth over board, blind-stamped decorative borders; pale yellow endpapers; musical scores; rubbing to boards, paper over hinges splitting but binding holding tight, lightly shaken; very good minus. Only 2 located in OCLC, the... Read More
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The Clown's Clock Book
by LAWRENCE, Anne
Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Fideler Company, 1946. First Edition. Dirk GRINGHUI. [MOVABLE BOOK] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Dirk [GRINGHUI], illustrator. 4to; [28]pp; pictorial paper over board with a clown holding a clock on the front cover; color illustrated front endpapers; color illustrations every page; rear pastedown features a clock face with two stiff working hands; scuffing to bottom cover edge with fraying, small puncture to rear gutter of spine, ownership blacked out in marker on front pastedown, lightly cocked forward; unclipped... Read More
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The Unhappy Paper Doll
by LAWRENCE, Josephine
New York: Barse & Co, 1928. Later printing. Paper over Board. Fine/Very good. Joseph C. CLAGHORN. Later printing. Number 1 of Set 1 of the Toyland Series of books. 16mo (5 ¼" x 4 1/8"); 48pp; tan printed paper over board with color pictorial onlay to front; color pictorial endpapers; 8 full-page color illustrations including fp; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, price to rear, chipping to edges and light soiling; fine in very good dj. Only 2 located... Read More
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Brother and Sister Keep House; Brother and Sister Series
by LAWRENCE, Josephine
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. Julia GREENE. Later printing. Book 6 in the Brother and Sister Series. 12mo; 128pp + [4]pp publisher's advertisements; green pictorial cloth; ownership on ffep; 4 color illustrations including frontispiece; very good. Lacking its dust jacket. The author, Josephine Lawrence (1889-1978), was an American novelist and journalist, many of her books focused on children and the adventures in ordinary life. Perhaps her most well known book is,... Read More
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Brother and Sister's Vacation; Brother and Sister Series
by LAWRENCE, Josephein
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1922. Later printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. Julia GREENE. Later printing. Book 4 in the Brother and Sister Series. 12mo; maroon cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front; 130pp + [2]pp publisher's advertisement; ownership on ffep; color frontispiece plus 3 additional plates; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price; front flap advertises Series book through title number 6, rear panel advertisement for Buddy Series by Howard Garis; chipping and creasing to edges,... Read More
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Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets
by LEAR, Edward
London: R.J. Bush, 32 Charing Cross, 1872. [HUMOR] [RHYMING VERSE] [ILLUSTRATED]. 8vo; boards rebacked; color decorated front board, publisher's ad on rear; yellow eps, ownership dated "1873" on ffep; pictorial title page; line drawings throughout; heavy scuffing and fading of boards, some soiling of pages; good plus. A humorous volume of fun nonsense from Edward Lear (1812-1888), the British poet, humorist, and illustrator.
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Playmates, The Friendly Hour, Book One
by LEAVELL, Ullin W., Elizabeth G. BRECKINRIDGE, Mary BROWNING, Hattie FOLLIS
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta: American Book Company, 1935. Ruth [Mary] HALLOCK. [JUVENILE] [SCHOOL BOOK] [WOMEN AUTHORS] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATORS]. BENNETT, Sue RUNYON, Ruth HALLOCK, an others, illustrators. 12mo; 176pp; pink pictorial cloth over board, vignette of 3 children playing on the front printed in black and white, lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations throughout text; binding tight, as new; bound lacking the rear free ep; fine. Child's early reader with large and easy-to-read text and... Read More
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Maine Bucksport Quadrangle, Topography, State of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, Director
by LEE, Leslie A., William ENGEL, C.S. HICHBORN, Commissioners [Topographic Survey Commissioners, 1903]
[U.S. Government], 1906. Map no binding. Near fine. 20" x 16 5/8", 17 ½" x 12 ½ "within the neat line; map printed in sepia, blue and black, verso has description of topographic maps and Conventional Signs listed; center fold as issued; light age-toning to edges; pin holes at fold line; near fine. Includes the following areas and towns in Maine: Bucksport, Frankfort, Hampden, Monroe, Newburg, Orland, Orrington, Prospect, Searsport, Stockton, Swanville, Verona, Winterport. ***SUGGEST: if planning to... Read More
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Maine (Penobscot County) Bangor Quadrangle, Topography, State of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, Director
by LEE, Leslie A., William ENGEL, C.S. HICHBORN, Commissioners [Topographic Survey Commissioners, 1903]
[U.S. Government], 1904. Map no binding. Near fine. H.M. WILSON, Geographer in charge; Triangulation and topography by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Revised in 1901 cooperation with the State of Maine, by W.H. Lovell and Hersey Munroe. 20" x 16 5/8", 17 ½" x 12 ½ "within the neat line; map printed in sepia, blue and black, verso has description of topographic maps and Conventional Signs listed; light age-toning to edges; near fine. Includes the following areas... Read More
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Maine (Penobscot County) Orono Quadrangle, Topography, State of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, Director
by LEE, Leslie A., William ENGEL, C.S. HICHBORN, Commissioners [Topographic Survey Commissioners, 1903]
[U.S. Government], 1906. Map no binding. Near fine. H.M. WILSON, Geographer in charge; Control by W.T. Griswold and E.B. Clark, Topography by W.H. Lovell, surveyed in 1900 in cooperation with the State of Maine. 20" x 16 5/8", 17 ½" x 12 ½ "within the neat line; map printed in sepia, blue and black, verso has description of topographic maps and Conventional Signs listed; light age-toning to edges; near fine. Includes the following areas and towns in Maine:... Read More
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Maine (Knox County), Matinicus Quadrangle, Topography, State of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, Director
by LEE, Leslie A., William ENGEL, C.S. HICHBORN, Commissioners [Topographic Survey Commissioners, 1903]
[U.S. Government], 1906. Map no binding. Very good. H.M. WILSON, Geographer; Hersey Munroe in charge of Section; Topography and Triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Revised in 1904, by T. Foster Slaughter. 20" x 16 5/8", 17 ½" x 12 ¾"within the neat line; map printed in sepia, blue and black, verso has description of topographic maps and Conventional Signs listed; light age-toning and some chipping to edges, 8" upper center fold line beginning to separate at... Read More
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Maine, Boothbay Sheet, Topography, State of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director
by [LEE, Leslie A., William ENGEL, C.S. HICHBORN, Commissioners] [Topographic Survey Commissioners, 1903]
[U.S. Government], 1907. Map no binding. Near fine. Henry GANNETT, Chief Topographer, H.M. WILSON, Geographer in charge; Triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Topography by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and W.M. Beaman, Surveyed in 1891. 20" x 16 5/8", 17 ½" x 12 5/8 "within the neat line; map printed in sepia, blue and black, verso has description of topographic maps and Conventional Signs listed; light age-toning to edges; near fine. Includes the following areas and... Read More
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Manners to Grow On, A How-To-Do Book for Boys and Girls
by LEE, Tina
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. Manning LEE. [JUVENILE] [ETIQUETTE]. Manning LEE, illustrator. First edition. Small 4to; 93 + [3]pp index; color pictorial boards, black cloth shelf back; bright red eps; color pictorial title page; illustrations in the text every page printed in black and red; small chip on front pastedown; unclipped color pictorial just jacket, age toning to top edge and spine, light shelf wear; fine in near fine dj. Blurb on the front board... Read More
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Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster Graphically Depicting the Great California Cataclysm and Fire. Original Photographs of the World's Greatest Conflagration, Portraying the Awful Convulsion of Nature, Which Spread Consternation and Death Along the Golden Sands of the Land of Promise. Startling, Realistic Views of the Terrible Catastrophe. Characteristic Pictures of the Horrible Storm of Fire and Flame-Fleeing Refugees-Falling Skyscrapers-Government Troops-Dynamiting Squads at Work-Improvised Homes in the Streets and Parks, and Many Other Fascinating Scenes Authentically Reproduced, including Napa, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Palo Alto and The Destruction of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University-The Pride of the West; Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster, Graphic Scenes of the Awful Earthquake and Mighty Flames Vividly Described by an Eye-Witness
by LEE, William H.
Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publisher, 1906. Wraps. Very good. 24mo oblong; [96]pp; pictorial front wrapper; fold-out photographic illustration, b&w photographic illustrations with title and text; binding tight; every page; insect damage to first and last pages, separations at some folds of fold-out illustration with old repairs, insect damage to center of fold-out, chipping at spine; good plus. Fold-out Photographic Illustration: Grand Panoramic Bird's-eye View Showing Burned District of the Golden Gate City Taken from Air-ship 500 Feet Above... Read More
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The Little Fire Engine
by LENSKI, Lois
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc, 1946. [JUVENILE]. First edition thus, later printing; first published by Oxford University Press. 12mo oblong (7 ¼" x 8 ½"); [46]pp; red buckram over board, lettering stamped in black with a small vignette of a fire engine on the front board, lettering on the spine; title page printed in red and black with a small vignette of a fire engine; illustrated throughout in red and black; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, price of... Read More
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Marjorie Dean High-School Senior
by LESTER, Pauline [Josephine CHASE]
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1917. Cloth. Fine/very good. 8vo; 302pp + [12]pp publisher's ads; color pictorial on grey cloth over board featuring girls in uniform with a basket ball and school pennant; gift inscription dated 1928 on ffep; frontispiece; unclipped unpriced dust jacket, color pictorial front and publisher's ad to rear; chipping to edges, closed tear to rear dj; fine in very good minus dj. One of a series of books authored by Josephine Chase under... Read More
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The Yemenite Cookbook
by LEVI, Zion and Hani AGABRIA
New York: Seaver Books, 1988. Fine/very good. First edition. 8vo; 225pp; quarter-bound ivory linen and tan board, brown lettering on spine; owners gummed label on ffep; headpieces and a few black line illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, light scuffing; fine in very good plus dj. ISBN: 0-8050-0394-0. Saksa Art & Design, Inc., jacket design. The front dust jacket advertises "200 Exotic Yet Simple, Light, naturally Healthful Recipes Handed Down from Biblical Times.".
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