The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams (in 2 Volumes and Slipcase)
by Lester J. Cappon, Ed
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1959. Cloth. Very Good. The 1959 1st thus, complete in 2 volumes and the handsome printed slipcase. Both volumes solid and VG to VG+ in their red cloth, with fading along the spines and a small former owner tag at each front pastedown. Otherwise, both volumes very clean. Octavos,... Read More
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Reproduction Drawings of Reynolds Jamaica Mines Ltd
by Michael Lester
St. Ann, Jamaica: Reynolds Jamaica Mines Ltd, 1965. 1/4 leather. Very Good +. An impressive collection of 18 pencil sketches by Polish/British artist Michael Lester, bound in a handsome wine-red 1/4 leather over light-red cloth. Bright gilt-titling along the front panel, very light staining at the foot of the spine. Lester was commissioned to create these drawings of... Read More
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Police
by Jaydie Putterman and Rosalynde Lesur
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1983 stated 1st paperback edition of this uncommon photographic look at the gritty world of New York policing. Solid and VG to VG+ in its white pictorial wrappers, with very mild creasing and soiling along the panels. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos throughout.
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The Basilica of St. Peter AND The Vatican Buildings (Vatican I-II-III)
by Paul Letarouilly
London: Alec Tiaranti, 1963. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Paul Letarouilly. Handsome, well-preseved examples of the first 2 volumes in "The Vatican" series. Vol. I: The Basilica of St. Peter - -La Basilique de Saint-Pierre, the 1953 1st edition; Vol. II and III (contained in 1 book): The Vatican Buildings -- Les Batiments du Vatican, the 1963... Read More
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Trial of John Thomas Straffen
by Letitia Fairfield and Eric Fullbrook, eds
London: Willam Hodge and Co, 1954. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1954 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine and light offsetting at the rear panel. Octavo, several fold-out maps, #80 in the "Notable British Trials Series
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In the Shadow of the Enlightenment: Occultism and Renaissance Science in Eighteenth-Century America
by Herbert Leventhal
New York University Press, 1976. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1976 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a tight, Near Fine dustjacket. The text is divided into 3 sections -- Part One: The Occult World; Part Two: The Natural World; and Part Three: The Elizabethan World Picture in Decay.
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The Young Officer's Sheet Anchor; or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship
by Darcy Lever
London, 1819. Full leather. Very Good +. A very handsome copy of the 1819 2nd London edition, bound in a full, contemporary-to-the-period, polished blue calf, with gilt floral and geometric rolls, gilt turn-ins and renewed marbled endpapers and pastedowns. The rebacked spine, in 6 ridged and gilt-bordered compartments, boasts bright gilt-tooling and lettering and red and brown title... Read More
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1 PG TLS
by Denise Levertov
Berkeley, CA, 1969. 1969 letter from poet Denise Levertov Goodman, written on Department of English letterhead at Berkeley, to Miriam Reik of the "Committee for Biafran Artists and Writers". Typed letter, signed by Levertov. 8 1/2" x 11'. Clean and bright and VG+.
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La Voie des Masques (In 2 Vols. and Slipcase)
by Claude Levi-Strauss
Geneva: Editions Albert Skira, 1975. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Hansome example of the 1975 1st editions of this 2 vol. study by the great Claude Levi-Strauss. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in their pictorial wrappers. Also includes a sturdy, VG+ example of the pictorial card slipcase, which shows very light soiling at the panels. This title part... Read More
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Princess Orlita--The Curious Princess
by Randi Charno Levine
New York: Randi Charno Levine Books, 2020. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Beatrice Cerocchi. NICELY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR RANDI CHARNO LEVINE (AND PRINCESS ORLITA) on the front pastedown. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2020 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated throughout by Beatrice Cerocchi.
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Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
New York: Random House, 1967. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. A crisp, solid copy of the 1967 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (very light spotting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of faint chipping and creasing at the spine ends and along the bottom-edges.... Read More
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Teachers and Kings
by Jack Levine
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1959. Collectible; Fine. 6 mounted color portraits by Jack Levine of Jewish kings and teachers. #1 (The publisher's copy!!) of a limitation of 300 copies signed by Jack Levine on the colophon. A Fine copy of this Elephant folio, all 6 plates immaculate on boards and the wrappered, stapled introduction Fine as... Read More
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Bear News: A Disposable Monument by Les Levine
by Les Levine
New York: Museum of Mott Art Inc, 1976. Original wraps. Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST LES LEVINE along the bottom of the front cover. An especially sharp copy to boot of this November 1976 artist's book (or, more accurately, artist's newspaper). Clean and Near Fine, with no folds or creasing to speak of. Folio, crisp black-and-white Koala-themed... Read More
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I Conception (Issue #1)
by Levi Tafari, Ed
Merseyside, England: I & I.. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. The scarce maiden issue of "I Conception", a Rastafarian tribute to H.I.M. Haile Sellassie I and an accounting of current Rastafarian ideals. Circa 1980. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. With articles including "Black Roots in a... Read More
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Bloomsday: An Interpretation of James Joyce's Ulysses
by Saul Field and Morton P. Levitt
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Limited. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Saul Field. The 1972 SIGNED/LIMITED edition. #106 of 250 copies signed by both the author Morton Levitt and the illustrator Saul Field and "containing an original engraving printed on Arches 'Lavis-Trait' paper". A very sharp copy to boot. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near... Read More
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Prose: on poetry in the wholesale education & culture system
by d.a. levy
Milwaukee: Gunrunner Press, 1968. Original wraps. Very Good. The elusive 1968 1st edition, limited to 300 copies and published out of Milwaukee by Gunrunner Press. A sharp copy: bright and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with light waviness and very mild rubbing to the panel edges. Octavo, a scorching levy "post-script" on the rear panel.
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Red Cat of Reason (Barking Too)
by d.a. levy
Falling Down Press, 1976. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Clean and very sharp. The April 1976 reprint, uncommon itself and limited to 120 copies. The handsome blue and red cover silkscreen by Michael Schaefer. Multi-colored pages, stapled along top-edges. The final piece, essentially a farewell to his friend Neal Emerson by d.a. levy (1942-1968).
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Surrealism
by Julien Levy
New York: Arno/Worldwide (Arno Press), 1968. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. A crisp, very nice copy of the 1968 re-issue of the 1936 original edition. Solid and VG+ (with just a bit of light foxing at the panels) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear --and very light chipping-- along the spine crown.... Read More
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Laques Venitiennes Du Dix-Huitieme Siecle (2 Vols.)
by Saul Levy
Paris: Societe Francaise Du Livre, 1968. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An impressive copy of the 1968 1st French edition (following the 1967 Italian edition), complete in 2 folio volumes. Both volumes clean and Fine in bright, Near Fine dustjackets. Beautiful color reproductions thruout of some of the finest lacquered furniture of 18th century Venice.
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British Poultry and Poultry Keeping
by Sidney H. Lewer
London: The Feathered World, 1924. Boards. Very Good. The wonderful 1924 "souvenir and handbook of the British section of the World's Poultry Congress (the 2nd such Congress ever held), in Barcelona and Madrid". Published by the trade journal "The Feathered World" of London. Solid and VG in its red boards, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. Light... Read More
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The Life of Goethe
by George H. Lewes
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1890. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1890 4th edition, bound by Stikeman and Co. of London in 3/4 dark green morocco over light green cloth. 6 gilt-ruled and decorated compartments, 5 raised bands. Clean and well-preserved, a solid VG+. Thick octavo, 587 pgs., Marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt. ... Read More
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I Love Spring
by Clara Juh Lewis
Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1965 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the author's husband Dick Lewis.
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The History of the Japanese Camera
by Edited by Gordon Lewis
Rochester/Tokyo: The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1991. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, sharp copy of the 1991 1st American edition, translated from its original Japanese edition by William and Amy Fujimura. Clean and Near Fine (very light bumping at the tips) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light... Read More
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L'Art D'Enseigner La Physique: Les appareils de demonstration de Jean-Antoine Nollet 1700-1770
by Lewis Pyenson and Jean-Francois Gauvin, Eds
Quebec, Canada: Les Editions Du Septentrion, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR LEWIS PYENSON on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, impressive steel engravings and crisp color plates thruout.
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Arcade and Attica Railroad
by Edward A. Lewis
Arcade, New York: The Baggage Car, 1972. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1972 2nd edition, in its original wrappers. Bright and clean, tightly-bound, VG+. Quarto, 104 pgs.
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