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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Meat for Murder
by Lance Lewis
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. The 1943 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG (faint former owner name to the front free endpaper, very light staining to the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light wear at the flap-folds, spine hinges and spine ends and light chipping along the panel edges. Still though, a... Read More
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Juliet Dies Twice
by Lange Lewis
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1943 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (with former owner inscription to the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel, light wear along the front flap-fold and light creasing and chipping along the spine ends and panel edges. 12mo, 314 pgs.... Read More
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Tennis As I Play It (In Dustjacket)
by Maurice E. McLoughlin (Sinclair Lewis)
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. A solid copy of the 1915 1st edition, IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Ghostwritten, by all accounts, by a young Sinclair Lewis, who 15 years later would become the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Tight and VG+, with no... Read More
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Raindrop, Plop!
by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
New York: Viking, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pam Paparone. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WENDY CHEYETTE LAWSON at the title page's verso. A pristine copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Pam Paparone.
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In the Night, Still Dark
by Richard Lewis
New York: Atheneum, 1988. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ed Young. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ED YOUNG on the title page. A clean, very presentable copy to boot of the 1988 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated throughout in rich color by Ed Young.
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Nationality and Population Change in Russia and the USSR: an Evaluation of Census Data, 1897-1970
by Robert A. Lewis
Praeger Publishers, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. 1976 1st edition. A VG+ copy in red cloth with just a touch of foxing to endpapers and foreedge. Without dustjacket as issued. 8vo., 456 pgs.
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Making Easy Puppets
by Shari Lewis
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1967. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Larry Lurin. A crisp, very attractive copy of the 1967 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of rubbing along th fore-edge. Quarto, charming illustrations throughout by Larry Lurin. (From the dustjacket's front cover: "How to... Read More
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Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1922. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY SINCLAIR LEWIS TO AUTHOR W.L. GEORGE on the front free endpaper. A presentable copy to boot of the 1922 1st edition, 2nd issue (with "Lyte" and "any" on pg. 49, lines 4 and 5 respectively). Solid and VG, with light offsetting at the endpapers and mild... Read More
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The Dragon Kite
by Thomas P. Lewis
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1974 stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY THOMAS LEWIS --AND INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A TENT IN HIS HAND-- on the half-title. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear along the spine and its crown. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout... Read More
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Between Sun and Sod
by Willie Newbury Lewis
Clarendon, Texas: Clarendon Press, 1938. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. H.D. Bugbee. A tight, solid copy of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine crown and light wear along the upper tips. Octavo, 244 pgs. "A story of the Texas Panhandle during those romantic years when... Read More
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Sol Lewitt: A Retrospective
by Sol Lewitt
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 2000 1st edition, SIGNED BY SOL LEWITT(!!) on the half-title. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 416 pgs. The catalogue based on the February-May 2000 exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Signed by Illustrator.
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Geometric Figures & Color
by Sol Lewitt
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979. Printed cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small, neat closed tear along the front panel's bottom-edge. Square octavo, lovely, vivid color reproductions throughout. Also includes a laid-in example of the Abrams original order form.... Read More
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Pierson College (Yale): The First Decade 1933-1943 (In Dustjacket)
by James G. Leyburn
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1944. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very sharp copy of the 1944 1st edition, including its fragile, uncommon glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the tips and 3/4" of loss at the spine crown. Still though, very presentable and scarce as such.... Read More
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Que Sais-Je? La Salsa et Le Latin Jazz
by Isabelle Leymarie
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1993. Original wraps. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its white and blue wrappers, with very light rubbing at the front panel. 16mo, 127 pgs.
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Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture
by Daniel Libeskind
New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. Laminate boards. Fine/Fine. BOLDLY SIGNED BY DANIEL LIBESKIND across the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, generous color photos supplementing the text.
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Leopold of the Belgians
by Comte Louis de Lichtervelde
New York: The Century Co, 1929. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1929 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original French by Thomas Reed. Clean, tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one closed tear --and very light chipping-- along the panel edges. Thick octavo, 366 pgs., fold-out map.
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Sestra (Sister): Sketches from the Russian Front -- In Dustjacket
by R. Scotland Liddell
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The elusive 1917 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ ("Royal Midland Counties Home for Incurables" stamp on the front free endpaper) in a bright, VG example of the scarce dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends (including 1" of loss to the foot... Read More
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Chicago Slums to World Politics: Autobiography of Claude M. Lightfoot
by Claude M. Lightfoot
New York: New Outlook Publishers, 1985. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1985 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, edited by Timothy V. Johnson.
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Byzantium and the Crusader States 1096-1204
by Ralph-Johannes Lilie
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1993. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st English language edition (translated from the original German by J.C. Morris and J.E. Ridings). Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 342 pgs.
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New York for the Aimless
by Sam Linder
Penny Ante Press, 2002. Cloth. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SAM LINDER on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 2002 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with just a touch of scuffing to the panels. Square quarto, crisp, high-quality color photos on each recto.
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The Trip to Jerusalem
by Jakov Lind
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1974 1st UK edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JACOV LIND TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent mid 20th century American literary critic and biogarpher. Tight and VG (with foxing at the pastedowns and preliminaries) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown. Octavo, 64 pgs. Signed... Read More
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Ergo
by Jakov Lind
New York: Random House, 1967. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1967 stated 1st American edition. Crisp and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 150 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Landscape in Concrete
by Jakov Lind
New York: Grove Press, 1966. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JAKOV LIND TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent mid 20th century literary critic and biographer. A sharp copy to boot of the 1966 1st Amrican edition. Tight and VG+ (with very light offsetting at the endpapers) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, dustjacket. Octavo, 190 pgs. Signed by... Read More
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Eat-- And Reduce!
by Victor H. Lindlahr
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1939. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The October 1939 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (light soiling to the panels, light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with mild chipping and creasing along the panel edges and light soiling to the reatr panel. Octavo, "The SAFE way to reduce....by eating 3 square... Read More
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