XXII BALLADES IN BLUE CHINA
by Lang, Andrew
London: C. Keagan Paul & Co, 1880. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. 80pp. Bound in original vellum wrappers printed and decorated in blue, printed at the Chiswick Press. Wrappers lightly browned, neat owner name on half title, bookplate. A very good copy.
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The Blue Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew (ed.)
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1921. Very Good. Frank Godwin. octavo, 341 pages, publisher's light blue cloth, pictorial paper label on front panel. Illustrated in color. Internally clean and bright. No dust jacket.
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Angling Sketches (Inscribed By Industrialist William E. Dodge to Another Industrial giant)
by Lang, Andrew
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. W. G. Burn-Murdoch. 12mo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY INDUSTRY GIANT WILLIAM E. DODGE (1832-1903), to fellow industry giant, John Stewart Kennedy (1830-1909), on the FEP, and dated Jan. 1892. Bound in original green cloth, with man fishing on front panel, stamped in gilt on front panel;... Read More
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Improvements in Naval Architecture (Inscribed)
by Lang, Oliver, Esq
Woolwich, 1853. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY OLIVER, LANG and with a manuscript note in the text by him. 30(7) pages. Bound in original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 12 color and black and white plates, some folding. Lang was Master Shipwright at the Royal Dock Yard in Woolwich. He describes here 112 improvements... Read More
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Churchill Proceedings 1996-1997. Publication Number 19, Lecture Series Number 7
by Langworth, Richard M. (ed.)
Washington: The Churchill Center, 2000. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Fine. octavo, 140 pages, original printed wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photos. A fine unmarked copy.
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Maria Unsere Zuflucht (Catholic Prayer Book)
by Lanz, Carl
New York and Cincinnati: Carl and Rifolaus Benziger, 1871. Very Good. A handsome little prayer book, 16mo, 448 pages; full leather, trimmed in metal with working clasp. All edges gilt; internally clean and bright - a very good copy.
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The Young Immigrunts
by Lardner, Ring Jr.
Indianapolis (1920): The Bobbs-Merrill Company. First Edition. Near Fine. 12mo, 86 pages; pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket. Book is near fine, dust jacket is good+ with a 1 inch loss at foot of spine and small loss at front fold and along edges. Internally clean and bright.
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ST. MAWR Together with The Princess
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. First Issue in the variant lighter brown cloth, 238pp. Spine lettering gilt but dull; a very good+ clean bright copy mostly unopened and showing no wear. [McDonald p.23].
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BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS
by Lawrence, D.H.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. 180pp. Bound in salmon cloth, paper spine label a bit darkened, front endpapers darkened, a clean bright copy, nearly fine.
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THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Martin Secker, 1930. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good++. Octavo. A short novel of English life, fully characteristic of its author's genius, and the last work of fiction which he lived to complete. 191(10)pp. Bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, a beautiful copy, binding bright, with small corner crease to first two... Read More
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Touch and Go. A Play in Three Acts
by Lawrence, D.H.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1920. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 12mo, 103 pages. A fine copy, with no markings of any kind. Dust jacket with small loss at extremities and a few closed tears.
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ST. MAWR Together with The Princess
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Martin Secker, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. First Issue in publisher's dark brown cloth, 238pp. Spine lettering gilt, minor wear to corners and spine tips; a very good clean copy. In lightly edge worn and chipped dust jacket with a few finger smudges and foxing to spine. [McDonald p. 23].... Read More
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THE LOVELY LADY
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Martin Secker, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 246pp. Bound in brown cloth, spine gilt, occasional spots of foxing to leaves and fore-edges, otherwise near fine, boards are bright with sharp corners, in unclipped dust jacket showing some soiling, small chips, and closed tear. The last collection of Lawrence's fiction including... Read More
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Glad Ghosts
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 78 pages. Publisher's yellow printed wrappers, lettered in black. Light wear at head of spine; internally clean and bright.
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Mr. White Helps Santa Claus / The Toys' Christmas Party / The Jolly Holly Berrys. The Toyland Series
by Lawrence, Josephine
New York (1928): Barse & Co. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Joseph C. Claghorn. 16mo; three volumes of 9 in the Toyland Series, being books #4, 5 and 6 (set #2 of 3). Paper covered pictorial boards, with a label on each, pictorial end papers showing an array of toys. "Sold Individually and in Sets." Ownership page... Read More
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GLAD GHOSTS
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 77(1)pp. Bound in original yellow printed wraps, lettered in black, small loss at foot of spine. A clean bright copy throughout. Very good indeed.
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THE MAN WHO DIED
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: Martin Secker, 1931. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Quarto. LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES. 97pp. Bound in green cloth centrally stamped with the Lawrence phoenix in gilt, spine lettering and top edge gilt; a handsome clean bright copy. This is essentially THE ESCAPED COCK under a new title. The text of the two editions is substantially... Read More
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Prowling Papa's Waters, A Hemingway Odyssey. With Signed Typescript of the Forward By Ted Williams
by Lawrence, H. Lea (SIGNED), Ted Williams; Hemingway, Ernest
Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY LEA H.. LAWRENCE without personlization [Together with] The original corrected typescript of the Forward, hand-corrected and signed twice, by baseball icon Ted Williams; 2 pages, quarto. Mr. Williams has written his phone number and "OK / Good luck / Ted... Read More
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A GOOD, SECRET PLACE
by Laymon, Richard (SIGNED)
San Jose, Ca: Deadline Press, 1993. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED ON COLOPHON BY RICHARD LAYMON, ILLUSTRATOR LARRY MORI AND ED GORMAN WHO WROTE THE INTRODUCTION. ALSO SIGNED AND A LONG INSCRIPTION BY RICHARD LAYMON TO CLOSE FRIENDS DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ON HALF TITLE PAGE. LIMITED EDITION OF 574 COPIES... Read More
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THE LOOKING GLASS WAR
by Le Carre, John (SIGNED)
New York: Coward-McCann, 1965. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good+. Octavo. SIGNED AND DATED BY JOHN LE CARRE ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Stated First American Edition. A very good+ copy with owner name stamp front paste-down and lower fore-edge. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with mild edge wear.... Read More
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THE SECRET PILGRIM
by Le Carre, John (SIGNED)
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1991. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN LE CARRE without personalization. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with mild fading spine. 335 pp.
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INTERPERSONAL DIAGNOSIS OF PERSONALITY a Functional Theory and Methodology for Personality Evaluation
by Leary, Timothy
New York: The Ronald Press Co, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 518pp. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt. Very possibly, an association copy, with an interesting previous owner's long inscription,."Tim I still don't know what to write in this thing except to say that I have made a special effort to carry it... Read More
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OUR KIND OF TRAITOR
by Le Carre, John
New York: Viking, 2010. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. 305 pp.
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A Small Town in Germany
by Le Carre, John
London (1968): Heinemann. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Small octavo, 306 pages; a beautiful copy in a first issue dust jacket, with plain rear panel, price clipped. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Lee, Harper
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1960. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Thirty-third printing. $4.95 price on dust jacket flap. A near fine copy with minimal foxing top edge and owner bookplate front paste-down. In near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and foxing. A very nice copy. 296 pp.
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