The Golden Notebook
by Lessing, Doris
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page, housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (30s net), lightly toned and rubbed at the surface and edges, a small closed tear at the bottom edge. Brown buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and... Read More
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In Pursuit of the English
by Lessing, Doris
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and toned, a few closed tears and chips, including a sizable one at the center of the spine. Blue-green cloth, faded and toned at the edges, with black ink panels and lettering on the spine. Square and firmly... Read More
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The Real Thing; Stories and Sketches
by Lessing, Doris
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Lessing on the half-title. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped, lightly soiled, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with cream paper on the boards, lightly bumped. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name inside the front board, clean otherwise. A collection of... Read More
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The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog
by Lessing, Doris
London: Fourth Estate, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£15.99). Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lessing's sequel to her novel Mara and Dann, a cautionary tale of environmental change.
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Elementary Theory of Numbers
by LeVeque, William J.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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James Joyce; A Critical Introduction
by Levin, Harry
New York: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, a few large chips at the edges. Grey cloth with dark blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some pencil annotations. Levin's guide to Joyce's work called "the best critical approach" by Clifton Fadiman. ... Read More
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Semites and Anti-Semites; An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice
by Lewis, Bernard
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lewis's step-by-step history of how Christian anti-Semitism "entered the body of Islam.
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama
by Lewis, C.S.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Preface by C.S. Lewis. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (30s. net), generally rubbed and soiled, tears and chips at the edges. Blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound,... Read More
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Edith Pargeter: Ellis Peters
by Lewis, Margaret
Bridgend: Seren, 1997. Paperback. Fine. Later Printing. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A guide to "the two faces of this prolific and award-winning popular author, exploring both her life and her work.
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Still Waters of the Air; Poems by Three Modern Spanish Poets
by Lewis, Richard
New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Edited by Richard Lewis. Drawings by Arvis Stewart. Inscribed by Lewis on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped at the bottom corner but priced at the top ($4.50), unevenly faded at the spine and panels, bumped and scuffed at the surface and edges.... Read More
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Dear Mr. Feakins: [TLS]
by Lewis, Sinclair
Pequot, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Single-page TLS on Lewis's letterhead, with two publicity photos from Culver Pictures. A short note in which Lewis declines an apparent invitation to lecture in Pittsburg. In 1926, Lewis famously rejected the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith, arguing that the terms for the prize "mean that the appraisal of the novels... Read More
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Cass Timberlane
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.75), chipped and creased at the edges and corners. Light greenish-grey cloth, bumped at the corners and faded at the far edges. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, clean internally. The nineteenth novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author,... Read More
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Main Street; The Story of Carol Kennicott
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Sixteenth Printing. About Very Good, lacking the jacket. Blue cloth, lightly bumped, with orange ink panels and lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's name inside the front board, clean otherwise. One of Lewis's satirical novels of American life,... Read More
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Music in Medicine
by Licht, Sidney
Boston: New England Conservatory of Music, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (Three Dollars), toned at the spine and with a few small chips. Blue buckram with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. "A comprehensive psychologic and physical review... Read More
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How to Make Love in Five Languages
by Lilly, Doris
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Randy Monk. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, a few tears and creases at the top edge. Quarter black cloth, lightly rubbed, with gold boards. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. From the author of How to... Read More
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Listen! the Wind
by Lindberg, Anne Morrow
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First printing. Near fine in an about very good jacket, clipped, rubbed at the edges with some closed tears and chips. Red boards with black lettering. Square and firmly bound. Anne's account of the transatlantic flight in December 1933.
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North to the Orient
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A slim prepublication copy, possibly a prosepctus, with "TO BE PUBLISHED" and "PRICE" stamped on the front endpaper. Includes the Preface, Contents, and a five-page excerpt of Chapter 9, "Dark." Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), rubbed at the edges, a chip at the... Read More
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Superrealist Painting and Sculpture
by Lindey, Christine
New York: Morrow, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. No additional printings listed. Near fine in a near fine jacket, unclipped ($29.95), lightly edgeworn, some surface rubbing. Grey boards with silver lettering, fine. Square and sturdy with slight reading wear, internally fresh and clean. 72 color and 68 black-and-white reproductions, focusing on the "mundane, predominantly urban and... Read More
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Men of Destiny
by Lippmann, Walter
New York: Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Rollin Kirby. Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped but still priced ($2.50), toned at the spine, chipped at the head of the spine. Orange buckram with paste-down labels on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of biographical writings... Read More
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The Apple in the Dark
by Lispector, Clarice
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), rubbed and with some bumps and tears at the edges. Green buckram with green and red ink designs, gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, some... Read More
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Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration
by Locke, John
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Edited and with an Introduction by Ian Shapiro. Essays by John Dunn, Ruth W. Grant, and Ian Shapiro. Eighth Printing. About Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and scratched at the surface, bumped at the top corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Raintree County
by Lockridge Jr., Ross
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped, chipped at the edges, a few splits at the folds. Green buckram with black ink and gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lockridge Jr.'s novel of the American Antebellum South, adapted... Read More
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The History of a Famous Novel
by Loewenstein, F[ritz].E[rwin]
London: Privately Printed, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Presentation Copy. Inscribed on the front wrap. Good. Generally toned and soiled, creases on the wraps. Firmly bound with string, clean internally. A bibliographical history of George Bernard Shaw's work An Unsocial Socialist.
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The Cruise of the Snark
by London, Jack
New York: Macmillan Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Later Printing. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Blue cloth, rubbed and lightly bumped, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a stain at the fore-edge, bookseller's ticket inside the front board, clean otherwise. London's account of his sailing adventures with his wife in the... Read More
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The Sea Wolf
by London, Jack
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrations by Fletcher Martin. Near Fine. Red leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, a scuff at the bottom edge, sewn-in bookmark, and with the original laid-in receipt and unused bookplate. Published as part of the 100 Greatest Books series.... Read More
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