Vintage Photographic Display Card ("Charma Underlift")
by Lazarnick
New York: Charma Brassiere Company, Inc, 1938. Ephemera. Very Good +. A wonderful, uncommon piece of Art Deco fashion display. A photographic standing display card, c. 1938-1939, "produced (designed) by Lazarnick" and issued by the Charma Brassiere Company of New York. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its thick-card pictorial board, with 2 thin, fold-out cardboard stands... Read More
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Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day
by Stephen Leacock
New York: John Lane Co, 1917. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1917 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG (with light foxing at the endsheets) in a bright, VG- jacket, with moderate chipping at the spine ends (affecting the lettering) and light chipping along the panel edges. Still though, a perfectly presentable copy.... Read More
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Talks on the Path of Occultism -- Volume III: Light on the Path
by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater
Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1981. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1981 7th printing of Volume III. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 472 pgs. (From the title page: "A Commentary on 'At the Feet of the Master', 'The Voice of the Silence' and 'Light on the... Read More
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Lucky You
by Munro Leaf
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1955. Pictorial Cover. 1955 1st edition. Written and illustrated by the great Munro Leaf (of Ferdinand the Bull fame, among other classic titles). VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket. A bit of minor chipping to the bottom edge of the jacket's front panel and along the foot of the dustjacket spine. Quarto, 47 pgs. A... Read More
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History Can Be Fun
by Munro Leaf
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1950. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1950 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the panel edges and spine ends. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by the great Munro Leaf.
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Wee Gillis
by Munro Leaf
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Robert Lawson. INSCRIBED BY MUNRO LEAF on the half-title WITH 2 ACCOMPANYING SKETCHES/DOODLES. A lovely copy to boot of the September 1938 1st trade edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny chip at the rear panel's lower-edge. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated... Read More
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From "291" to Zurich: The Birth of Dada
by Ileana B. Leavens
Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1983. Original wraps. Near Fine. A solid copy of the 1983 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its printed wrappers. Octavo, 196 pgs. Part of UMI's "Perspectives on Dada" series.
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L'Hygiene (Encyclopedie Antipodiste XIII)
by F.J.D.J./J. Lecointre
Paris: Les 4 Mers, 2000. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Irreverent, artistic collage-work out of Paris, 2000. VG+ in its sewn dark wrappers. Oblong 12mo, collages on each recto. Vol. XIII in the wonderful "Encyclopedie Antipodiste" series.
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Heathen Rage
by Gerald Stanley Lee
New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1931. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 1st edition. "How We Heathen Feel About Those Who Try to Make Us True and Beautiful and Good....How Is It People Can Seriously Pick Themselves Out to Be Professors, Physicians, Lawyers, Artists and Even Ministers in a Day Like This and a Civilization... Read More
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To Kill a Mockingbird (The Stated 2nd Printing)
by Harper Lee
Philaelphia: Lippincott, 1960. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good. The elusive 1960 stated 2nd printing, published in the same year as the July 1960 1st printing. Clean and VG+ in its duotone boards, with a tight binding and very solid hinges. And in a bright, price-clipped, VG example of the stated 2nd printing dustjacket, with its iconic design by... Read More
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Signed)
by Harper Lee
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1960. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good. A handsome, very presentable copy of the 1960 stated 4th impression, SIGNED BY HARPER LEE at the front free endpaper. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.95), VG dustjacket --which matches the book by also stating 4th printing on the inside flap. Light creasing along... Read More
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A Greek Army on the March: Soldiers and Survival in Xenophon's Anabasis
by John W.I. Lee
Cambridge University Press, 2007. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 2007 1st edition. Near Fine (small remainder mark at bottom edge) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 323 pgs.
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Fun with Pencil and Paper: Games--Stunts--Puzzles
by Joseph Leeming
Philadedlphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1955. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jessie Robinson. A gorgeous, very well-preserved copy of the 1955 10th printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Very light chipping at several of the lower-edges, otherwise near-pristine. Quarto, charming diagrams and drawings throughout by Jessie Robinson.
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Earthquake
by Milly Lee
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Yangsook Choi. INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY THE AUTHOR MILLIE LEE on the front free endpaper. A lovely copy to boot of the 2001 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated by Yangsook Choi.
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The Best of Close-Up Magic by Britain's Leading Magicians
by Walt Lees
New York: Magico Magazine, 1984. Pebbled Boards. Near Fine. Eric Mason. A sharp copy of the 1984 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its chocolate bevelled boards, with pristine gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo, illustrated throughout by Eric Mason. Lacking its original dustjacket.
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Nobody's Doll
by Adele de Leeuw
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Anne Vaughan. A handsome, very presentable copy of the April 1946 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, and very mild wear to the spine ends. Nicely illustrated throughout... Read More
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Both Sides of Broadway: From Bowling Green to Central Park -- New York City
by Rudolph M. De Leeuw
New York: The De Leeuw Riehl Publishing Company, 1910. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. A bright, very presentable copy of this 1910 photographic history of the great boulevard of New York, Broadway. Attempting to photograph every building on Broadway from Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan up to the southern opening of Central Park at 59th St.,... Read More
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The First 100 Years: Centennial History of the University of Arkansas
by Robert A. LeFlar
Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc, 1972. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A NICE ASSOCIATION COPY: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRANK PACE, HARRY TRUMAN'S SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (1950-53) on the front pastedown. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 403... Read More
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L'Illustre Thomas Wilson
by Loys Masson (Fernand Leger)
Paris: Bordas, 1948. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fernand Leger. A very sharp copy of the 1948 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its printed wrappers. And in a crisp, Near Fine example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Illustrated with 6 drawings and 1 original lithograph (the frontispiece) by the great French painter Fernand Leger (1881-1955). ... Read More
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Puissances Du Jazz
by Gerard Legrand
Paris: Arcanes, 1953. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1953 1st edition. VG in its original pictorial wrappers (with a wonderful photo of Billie Holiday gracing the cover). Light creasing along the front panel and spine edges, light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, solid and well-preserved. 12mo, 218 pgs.
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Samothrace 4 (in 2 Vols.)
by Karl Lehmann
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962. 1st. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of Vol. 4 in 2 parts. Part 1: The Hall of Votive Gifts and Part 2: The Altar Court. Both parts VG+ in bright, VG+ dustjackets. Quartos, 428 pgs. all told plus 62 plates, many of them fold-outs. Bollingen Series LX,4.
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Town Plan for the Development of Selb
by Walter Gropius and Kurt Leibbrand
The MiT Press, 1969. 1st. 1969 1st U.S. edition. A detailed study of the town planning and traffic planning of Selb, in Bavaria in West Germany. A VG copy of this thin, oblong quarto. Aerial photography, detailed architectural blueprints.
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Logical Papers
by Leibniz
Clarendon Press (Oxfrd University Press), 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of this 1966 1st thus, "presenting translations, most of which appear in English for the first time, of some of Leibniz's most important logical works". Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, translated and edited with an... Read More
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Photographs: 1970-1990
by Annie Leibovitz
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION TO FASHION DESIGNER NORMA KAMALI. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1991 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine translucent dustjacket. Folio, 232 pgs.
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The Other Man's Job
by E.P. Leigh-Bennett
London: George Allen & Unwon, 1937. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1937 1st edition of this uncommon look at various pre-War, off-beat careers in Europe. Tight and VG+ (light bumping along the front panel's top-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with some soiling (and light abrading) to the panels and mild creasing along... Read More
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