Introduction to Probability & Statistics: From a Bayesian Viewpoint (1st editions, Complete in 2 Parts)
by D.V. Lindley
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very sharp copies of the 1965 1st editions. Including both Part 1 (Probability) and Part 2 (Inference). Both volumes clean and Near Fine to Fine in crisp, price-intact (and price-clipped), Near Fine dustjackets. Unusually attractive, truly a collector's copy of the complete set in its original printings. ... Read More
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Burma Boy
by Willis Lindquist
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Nicolas Mordvinoff.
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Community Poems for Illinois
by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Illinois: The Rainbow Party, 1915. Original wraps. Very Good +. Uncommon 1915 Vachel Lindsay offering by the Rainbow Party of Illinois, in anticipation of the state's 1918 centennial. 3 Vachel Lindsay poems, a "triad", here re-issued in 16mo and (in 2 of the 3 cases) re-titled. "The Illinois City", "The Illinois Village" and "The Illinois Farmer". A clean,... Read More
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Age of Consent
by Norman Lindsay
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1938. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Norman Lindsay. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1938 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting along the pastedowns and the inner gutters) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears and light creasing at the panel edges. A bit of... Read More
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Plasma Physics (In Dustjacket)
by J.G. Linhart
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1960. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1960 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing along the spine crown and one 3" closed tear along the rear panel. Still though very presentable. Octavo, one of... Read More
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Canaletto
by Katherine Baetjer and J.G. Links
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR KATHERINE BAETJER on the title page. A crisp, clean copy to boot of this 1989 exhibition catalogue. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, 387 pgs. Signed by Author.
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A Leicestershire Sketch Book
by Lionel Edwards, R.I.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome example of the 1935 1st trade edition. Sturdy and VG+ in a bright, VG pictorial dustjacket with light offsetting and foxing to the front panel and light creasing to the rear panel. Tall quarto, 100 pgs., top-edge gilt. 8 rich color plates and 36 black-and-whites. ... Read More
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Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800
by Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman with Robert Lionetti
Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 2005. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY ALL 3 AUTHORS AND 3 OF THE OTHER MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CATALOGUE (INCLUDING PATRICIA KANE, WHO WROTE THE FOREWORD, SUSAN P. SCHOELWER, WHO EDITED THE BOOK, AND ROBERT F. TRENT, WHO CONTRIBUTED AN ESSAY). A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Tight and Fine... Read More
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2 Handwritten Letters
by Leo Lionni
Lavagna, Italy, 1972. Near Fine. 2 warm, handwritten letters from the great Italian designer and children's author and illustrator Leo Lionni to pioneering graphic artist Cipe Pineles (former art director at Charm, Seventeen and Mademoiselle). Written from Lavagna, Italy in 1972 and commisserating over the loss of her husband graphic designer Will Burtin, both letters are bright and... Read More
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Pouce Par Pouce
by Leo Lionni
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1960. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st French edition of "Thumb by Thumb" by the great Leo Lionni. 1960. A nice copy: VG in a bright, VG dustjacket. A touch of light soiling to the front and back panels of the jacket. Quarto, unpaginated. Translated from Lionni's English by Micheline Schmitt. Same wonderful... Read More
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Beta Decay for Pedestrians (In Dustjacket)
by Harry J. Lipkin
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 117 pgs. Truly a collector's copy.
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The Chatterlings in Wordland (in Dustjacket)
by Michael Lipman
New York: The Wise-Parlow Company, 1935. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1935 Wise-Parlow re-issue. Bright and Near Fine (with immaculate color plates) in a solid, VG example of the original glassine dustjacket, with a 2" chip at the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, 96 pgs., wonderfully illustrated thruout by the author.
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Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America
by Lucy Lippard
New Yotrk: `Pantheron Books, 1990. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY LUCY LIPPARD across the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1990 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, generously illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout.
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Awakenings: Zen Figure Paintings in Medieval Japan
by Curated by Gregory Levine and Yukio Lippit
New York: Japan Society, 2007. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the March-June 2007 exhibition at New York's Japan Society Gallery. Clean and Fine in its pictorial French wrappers. Tall quarto, 97 color illustrations throughout.
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Cancer of the Lung: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
by Milton B. Rosenbatt and James R. Lisa
New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping at the front panel's lower-edge. Octavo, generously illustrated throughout with dozens and dozens of black-and-white figures.
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Russland: Die Rekonstruktion der Architektur in Der Sowjetunion
by El Lissitzky
Vienna: Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co, 1930. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1930 1st edition of El Lissitzky's study of Soviet Modernist architecture. Text in German, the maiden title in the wonderful "Neues Bauen in Der Welt" series. Tight and sharp in its flexible orange cloth, with just a touch of very light soiling at the panels. Easily... Read More
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How to Be an Artist
by Simon Lissim
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1952. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Simon Lissim. A very sharp copy of the 1952 1st edition of this uncommon collection of art instruction. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 83 figures supplementing Lissim's text.
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Big Brother and Little Brother
by Marion Mazer Lister
New York: Rinehart & Co, 1946. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1946 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Edna Mazer Rosenberg.
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Monkey Puzzle and Other Poems
by Myra Cohn Livingston
New York: Atheneum, 1984. Decorative Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Antonio Frasconi. A lovely copy of the 1984 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, wonderful woodcuts throughout by the great Antonio Frasconi.
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The Paintings of Joan Mitchell
by Jane Livingston
Whitney Museum of American Art/University of California Press, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Impressive monograph on the work of the American painter Joan Michell (1925-1992). With 88 color illustrations and 22 in black-and-white. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. The monograph also serves as the catalogue, which was based on the June-September 2002 exhibition at New York's Whitney... Read More
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Handbook of Semiconductor Electronics
by Lloyd P. Hunter, Ed
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A Practical Manual Covering the Physics, Technology, and Circuit Applications of Transistors, Diodes, and Photocells". The 1956 stated 1st edition. VG+ (in its flexible red cloth) with bright gilt-lettering to the spine. And in a bright, VG to VG+ dustjacket with light chipping along the spine crown and... Read More
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Side Effects of Drugs: Untoward Effects of Drugs as Reported in the Medical Literature of the World During the Period 1955-1956
by L. Meyler, M.D.
Amsterdam: The Excerpta Medica Foundation, 1957. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1957 1st thus. Clean and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along front panel and spine. Internally immaculate, with no writing pr markings of any kind. Octavo, 128 pgs.
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Frog and Toad All Year
by Arnold Lobel
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. Arnold Lobel. A tight, very clean copy of the 1976 stated 1st edfition. Solid and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact (at upper flap, clipped at lower flap), Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear at the spine crown. Nicely illustrated in color by the... Read More
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Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic Before 1840 (Complete in 2 Volumes, the 2nd in Dustjacket and Slipcase )
by Compiled and Edited by Alice G.B. Lockwood
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome example of the 2 volume set, the 1931 AND 1934 1st editions together. Both volumes solid and VG to VG+ in their duotone cloth (dark and light-green), with bright gilt-titling to the front panels and spines. Very light spotting and staining to Vol. I's... Read More
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The Battle for Stock Market Profits
by Gerald M. Loeb
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A solid, presentable copy of the 1971 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (offsetting at the front pastedown and front free endpaper, where a newspaper clip had been laid-in) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, wih miuld darkening along the spine. Octavo, one of the key titles... Read More
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