The Addict in the Street
by Larner, Jeremy; Tefferteller, Ralph
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.50), generally toned, a few small closed tears and creases. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, endpapers faded along the edges, clean otherwise. The adapted transcripts of tape recordings captured by Ralph... Read More
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The Splendid and the Vile; A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Larson, Erik
New York: Crown, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Larson on the publisher's tipped-in page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($32.00). Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Larson's novel about Churchill teaching the English "the art of being fearless.
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Portrait and the Camera; A Celebration of 150 Years of Photography
by Lassam, Robert
London: Studio Editions, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An illustrated history of the first 150 years of photography, from daguerreotypes to the modern works of Cartier-Bresson.
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Banking on Death
by Lathen, Emma
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.50), faded at the spine, lightly rubbed. Black boards with pink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few creased pages. The first John Putnam Thatcher novel, the creation of Mary Latsis and... Read More
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All We Did Was Fly to the Moon; A Mini-History of America's Manned Moon Program
by Lattimer, Dick; The Astronauts
Gainsville: Whispering Eagle Press, 1988. Paperback. Good. Foreword by James A. Michener. Second Printing. Inscribed on the half-title by Lattimer. Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, a deef scuff at the top spine fold. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy Under Siege; The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Series
by Laughlin, Ralph N.; Johnson, Ann E.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Illustrated by Mike Grell. Cover by Tom Gianni. Inscribed by Johnson to Joan Bledig on the title page. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, a few pencil copy-editing marks from Bledig on the copyright page and a few others, clean otherwise. The... Read More
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Who Done It
by Laurance, Alice; Asimov, Isaac
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, lightly rippled. Yellow cloth with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's information on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A collection of seventeen stories by the likes of John Ball,... Read More
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The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals
by LaVey, Anton Szandor
New York: Avon, 1972. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Two volumes. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped, a small scuff at the fore-edge of Rituals, a few faint spine creases on Bible. Firmly bound, former owner's initials and dates inside the front covers, clean otherwise. A nicely preserved set of these foundational texts of Satanism.... Read More
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The Letters of D.H. Lawrence
by Lawrence, D.H.
New York: Viking Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.00), generally toned and soiled, rubbed at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, toned and the rear endpaper from old newspaper clippings,... Read More
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The Virgin and the Gipsy
by Lawrence, D.H.
Florence: G. Orioli, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Limited to 810 copies, this being number 703. About Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped, unevenly toned throughout, lightly rubbed. Cream paper, toned at the spine and edges, with a pastedown label on the spine. Square and firmly bound, extra spine label pasted inside the rear board, clean... Read More
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Birds, Beasts and Flowers
by Lawrence, D.H.
London: The Cresset Press Ltd, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Limited to 500 copies. Good. Quarter vellum with paper on the boards, generally toned and soiled, rubbed through to the boards at spots on the bottom edges. Firmly bound with a slight forward, gilt top edge, clean internally. A collection of Lawrence's poetry, illustrated... Read More
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
by Lawrence, Jerome; Lee, Robert E.
New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped. Quarter black buckram with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, jacket protector backing adhered inside the boards, otherwise clean. Lawrence and Lee's historical two-act play about Henry David Thoreau's life leading up to his infamous... Read More
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Coming of the Guardians; An Interpretation of the Flying Saucers as Given from the Other Side of Life
by Layne, Meade
Vista: Borderland Sciences Research Foundation, 1978. Seventh Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Compiled by Meade Layne. 76p. Very Good. Pink card covers lightly soiled, curled at the corners. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. A collection of communications from the other side of life from seances, featuring the "thoughts" of Charles Lingford, Thomas Edison, Lao Tse, Arakashi, among... Read More
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Coming of the Guardians; An Interpretation of the Flying Saucers as Given from the Other Side of Life
by Layne, Meade
Vista: Borderland Sciences Research Foundation, 1964. Fifth Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Compiled by Meade Layne. 72p. Very Good. Salmon card covers lightly soiled, a few bumps and creases, stamped "Flying Saucer News" on the front. Firmly bound with two staples, toned pages, stamped "Flying Saucer News" on the title page, clean otherwise. A collection of communications from the... Read More
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The Flying Saucer Mystery and Its Solution!
by Layne, Meade; Crabb, Riley
Vista: Borderland Sciences Research Associates Foundation, Inc, 1957. Staplebound. Near Fine. 40p. Near Fine. Pink covers, lightly soiled, faintly bumped. Firmly bound with one staple, clean internally. The fourth edition of Layne's work originally titled The Ether Ship Mystery. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Winsome Winnie and Other Nonsense Novels
by Leacock, Stephen
New York: John Lane, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green buckram, generally rubbed and lightly bumped, with black ink lettering and panels on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's bookplate on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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The Story of Ferdinand
by Leaf, Munro
New York: Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.00), faded on the spine and about two inches onto the panels. Grey buckram with pink patterned paper on the boards, generally toned, some spots of soiling, faded at the edges. Square and firmly bound, toned at... Read More
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High Priest
by Leary, Timothy
New York: New American Library | World Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, lightly soiled, some bumps and scuffs at the edges. Black cloth with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, spotting to the top edge, clean internally. Leary's first memoir, appropriately divided into... Read More
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Man of Miracles
by Leblanc, Maurice
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), rubbed at the surface and folds. Brown cloth, some mottling and stains, with yellow ink lettering on the spine and front board. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, clean internally. Leblanc's triple-plated thriller... Read More
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Metropolitan Life
by Lebowitz, Fran
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.50), faded at the spine, faintly bumped at the edges. Quarter black cloth with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, three pages with remnants of dog-earring, clean otherwise. The debut collection of essays from the noted... Read More
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The Honourable Schoolboy
by Le Carre, John
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed at the edges. Blue boards, pushed at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. One of Le Carre's novels that see George Smiley fight against Karla, his... Read More
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Show Cases
by Le Clercq, Jacques
New York: Macy-Masius Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Fair jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and soiled, chipped at the edges with larger losses to the bottom. Quarter yellow cloth with patterned paper on the boards, rubbed through at the bottom edges and corners. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain,... Read More
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China Boy
by Lee, Gus
New York: Dutton, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Lee on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95). Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes
by Leeson, Edward
London: Folio Society, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Edward Leeson. Drawings by Nick Hardcastle. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Secret Books of Paradys Vols I-IV [2 Vols]
by Lee, Tanith
New York: Guild America Books. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jackets, unclipped (no prices), rubbed and bumped at the edges, a closed tear to the head of the spine on Volume I. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. All four novels... Read More
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