LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by Lawrence, D. H.
Florence: Privately printed, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Privately printed in Florence and dated 1928, with no limitation. 8vo, black patterned linen with paper label spine, titles in black, ruled in red. Solid pink endpapers, rough sides, 365 pp. No indication of printer. Light, narrow stain confined to gutter and also affecting spine label. Corners moderately worn. No... Read More
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Breaking a Butterfly; or, Blanche Ellerslie's Ending. (Circulating Libraries). (Beverly, MA)
by (Lawrence, George Alfred)
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1869. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Lending library copy with stamps for "Brown's New Depot and Circulating Library Opp. Post Office Beverly" in Massachusetts north of Boston. On the verso title page is pasted in small handbill for "George P Brown Dealer in Stationary . (list of good sold). Choice Fruit, Canned Goods, Pure Confectionary.... Read More
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INHERIT THE WIND
by Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee (Muni, Paul)
NY: Random House, 1955. Very Good +/Very Good. Inscribed by actor Paul Muni to Robert Lee, one of the play's co-authors on the half title: "To Bob - I can't equal you in stringing 'words' togfether but I can in my admiration and affection. May good health and happiness be with you always. Paul Muni October 1955". On... Read More
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THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL
by Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee
NY: Hill & Wang, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Inscribed, in the spirit of the subject of the play, by co-author Jerome Lawrence on the ffe "To Jane and Bob - different drummers, thank god! Warmest, Jerome Lawrence October 1974". Jane and Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop for many years, the go-to bookstore... Read More
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HID LJOSA MAN
by Laxness, Halldor Kiljan
Reykjavi: Helgafell, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, rebound in plain, library-style tan cloth, black spine title. Inscribed by Iceland author Laxness (1902 - 1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955), to art historian H. Harvard Arnason (1909 - 1986), whose parents were Icelanders.
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Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum
by Layard, Austin Henry
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First US Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth, blind-stamped, xvi, 586, (2), all maps and plates extant in original folds. Covers slightly rubbed, some modes edgewear, solid binding, internals very nice indeed.
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Archive of printed materials relating to Pierre Le Tan
by (Le Tan, Pierre)
privatelty assembled. No Binding. Near Fine. Private collector's assemblage of printed material relating to Pierre Le Tan and his work. 26 items are invitations, articles, magazine highlights, and advertisements by and/or about Pierre Le-Tan, including his York Times obituary of 10 October 2019. Pierre Le-Tan (1950 - 2019) was a French illustrator and painter, whose career, which spanned... Read More
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OBJETS TROUVES. Photographies de Ivan Terestchenko
by Le Tan, Pierre
La Pionnière, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.
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WEE GILLIS
by Leaf, Munro. Lawson, Robert (illustrated)
NY: Viking, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. An apparently unread copy in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Neat contemporary (i.e. at time of publication) gift inscription top of pictorial front endpaper.
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Equal Affections
by Leavitt, David
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1989. Advance Reading Copy. Soft cover. Almost As New/No Jacket. Slight coffee stain on edge.
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Equal Affections
by Leavitt, David
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Almost As New/Almost As New.
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SCRUTINY: A QUARTERLY REVIEW complete run, 76 issues (and) SCRUTINY: A RETROSPECTIVE
by Leavis, F. R. (Smith, James)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Complete run of SCRUTINY (1932 - 1953) 76 issues, in original wraps, plus SCRUTINY: A RETROSPECTIVE (1963) inscribed by it s founder and editor F.R. Leavis to James Smith, professor of English Literature, with Smith's typed manuscript of the essay that appeared in SCRUTINY in 1939 that... Read More
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THE SAINT-CHARLEMAGNE
by Lebel, Robert
Paris: Le Soleil Noir, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Erro (signed, original serigraphs). Limited edition, this # 60 of 250 copies. A striking production, the book in stiff wrappers with black, printed dustjacket, in pink, cloth-covered slipcase which is magnetized to inset of quarter leather, black cloth-covered folio, which opens to three panels, the left being... Read More
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LE PROCES-VERBAL
by Le Clezio, J. M. G.
Paris: Gallimard, 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition of the first novel by Nobel Prize winner. In 1963 Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation) was awarded the Prix Renaudot and was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt In 2008, Le Clezio recievd the Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic... Read More
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MADE IN HUNGARY
by Ledere, Charlotte
Budapest: Dr. George Vajna and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Covers a little soiled and leaves a little toned. Solid copy.
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A Sermon Delivered at the Funeral of the Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Norfolk, Who Departed This Life, October 31, 1813
by Lee, Chauncey
Hartford: Peter B. Gleason, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Paper covers missing. String-sewn spine tight, title page soiled, rest quite crisp and clean.
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The Voyage to Harlem, Thirty Years Ago, and Other Poems
by Leedom, B. J.
Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Zell, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original purple/blue cloth, gilt ruled covers, gilt device front and gilt titlkes spine, teg. Covers sl worn at edges, lightky soiled. Nice, firmly bound copy. 111pages. Frontispeiece. Poems w/ decorations some recollecting boyhood in New York, references to Kips Bay, Long Island, Manhattan, etc. Inscribed and signed by... Read More
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CAREER
by Lee, James
NY: Random House, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. NY TImes critic Brooks Atkinson's copy, inscribed to him by playwright Lee; "Nov 1, 1957. To Brooks Atkinson, without whose interest, concern and help there might have been many many unpurchasable rewards and gratifications not the least of which is a published copy to inscribe. With friendship... Read More
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SEA-CHANGE
by Lee, Muna
NY: Macmillan, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Scarce book of poetry by Muna Lee (1895 - 1965), an American poet, author, and activist, who first became known and widely published as a lyric poet in the early 20th century. She also was known for her writings that promoted Pan-Americanism and feminism. She translated and published in Poetry... Read More
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RECUIEL D'ARIETTES AIRS TENDRES, DUO &c AVEC ACCOMPAGNEMENT COMPOSE PAR M. LE FEBVRE
by Lefebvre, Louis Antoine
Paris: A Paris chez l'auteur quay de Bourbon Isle St Louis a` co^te? de l'ho^tel de Jasso. Mr Bayard rue? St Honore? a` la Regle d'or. Mr Le Clerc rue? du Roule a` la Croix d'or. Mlle Castagneri rue? des Prouvaires a` la Musique royalle, 1757. 1st or early edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Choral score for a chamber... Read More
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AT 33
by LeGallienne, Eva
NY: Longmans, Green, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing, signed by the author on the title page. covers lightly soiled, internals fine, in a very nice, price-clipped replacement dustjacket. PON of a student at Skidmore College on ffe. Eva Le Gallienne (1899 - 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author.... Read More
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Experimengts on the Principle of Lif, and particularly on the Principle of the Motions of the Heart, and on the Seat of This Principle; Including
by Le Gallois, M. (Nancrede, NC and JG, MD. translators)
Philadelphia: M. Thomas, 1813. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Presumed first or early American edition. Old batterd and scuffed calf, 8vo, leaves heavily tanned, some foxing, still solidly bound. Missing 2 panels of frontispiece foldout, Viii + 328, with erratta printed on last page.
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Gutenberg and the Master of the Playing Cards
by Lehman- Haupt, Hellmut
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as Issued. Light shelfwear else fine . Clean unmarked copy - no nmaes, inscriptions or book plates. Book Title version of a Queen of Clubs playing card laid-in.
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ONE DAY
by Lehman, David
Clinton NY: Nobody Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Pictorial stiff paper covers, stapled spine, 40p. Inscribed by poet Lehman to author Sylvia Jukes Morris on the title page; "6/18/80 To Sylvia Morris, An exhilerating moment! Davi Lehman
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VENUS IN FURS
by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch von Lemberg
NY: Sylvan Press, 1947. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Limited edition, this #360 0f 1499 copies. In rare dustacket which is clear acetate front and back panel and rear flap, but the front panel is paper attached with descriptive text of book as is the custom. The acetate has "shrunk" over time. Black leather covers... Read More
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