Ex.Hi. Visionary Workbook Volume 3
by [The Printmakers Left]
Charlottesville, VA: The Printmakers Left, 2013. Fine. Number 184 of 500 copies. This evocative work is part of a three-volume project titled "Exquisite History" that was created by The Printmakers Left, a group of artists from participating organizations in Charlottesville and Grand Rapids. The book offers a combination of art and poetry centered around the words boundary, fire,... Read More
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English Poems
by Le Gallienne, Richard
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Second edition. Inscribed by Le Gallienne to Ernest Parke: "Ernest Parke with grateful regard, from his friend, Richard Le Gallienne. Parke was the editor of the North London Press and a local politician. Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) was a prolific English author and poet. This... Read More
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Typographical Printing-Surfaces: The Technology and Mechanism of Their Production
by Legros, Lucien Alphonse and John Cameron Grant
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce. A comprehensive and scholarly treatise on all aspects of typographical printing surfaces and the processes and mechanisms of their production with the goal of making it the standard text book on the subject. The authors acknowledge the considerable trouble they had in producing the book but call... Read More
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An Introduction to the Woodcut of the Seventeenth Century,With a Discussion of the German Woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century
by Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut
New York: Abaris Books, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt (1903-1992) was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1929. After receiving a Ph.D., he worked briefly as a rare book dealer and assistant curator at the Gutenberg Museum before moving to the United States. He was the author of several books on bookmaking,... Read More
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The Art Journal. New Series 1885
by [Sir Frederick Leighton]
London: Virtue and Co, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. An important Victorian magazine, known for its honest viewpoints on the fine arts. Includes five line engravings, five etchings, and two reproductions in fac-simile by E.J. Poynter, D. W. Wynfield, Henry Mosler, Edwin Douglas, Jimenez Y Aranda, and more. Articles on artists, architecture, decorative arts, reviews, and more. There... Read More
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Afrique Noire. La Creation Plastique
by Leiris, Michel and Jacqueline Delange
Gallimard, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Filled with illustrations of African art, some of which fold-out. Very good in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Creasing to turn-ins of several of the fold-out plates including the rear map; otherwise, in fine condition. In a good illustrated dust jacket with... Read More
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The Spanish Riding School
by Leitich, Ann Tizia
Munchen: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Vg in picture covers/small 8vo./with 42 illustrations Equestrian. EQU1/4102.
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Form and Fancy. Form and Fancy II
by Leitner, Leander
Paterson: Gayren Press, No date. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Leander Leitner (1873-1961) was an American painter and wood cutter. Both volumes are very good in side-stapled paper wrappers with wood cut illustration and title to front wrap of both volumes. Volume I includes black and white linoleum cuts by the author and volume II includes color woodcuts by... Read More
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Laien-Predigten fur das Deutsche Haus. Ungehaltene Reden eines Ungehaltenen
by Leixner, Otto von
Berlin: Verlag des Vereins der Bucherfreunde, 1894. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed binding by R. Maetzke of Berlin. Lay Sermons for the German Household: Irritable Speeches from an Irritable Man. Otto Leixner von Grünberg (1847 - 1907) was an Austrian-German writer, literary critic, journalist, and historian. Beautifully bound in full morocco leather boards with gilt title, rules,... Read More
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art. Volumes LII (52) January 1858 - June 1858 and LIII (53) July 1858 - January 1858
by Leland, Charles Godfrey (editor)
Philadelphia: Charles Godfrey Leland, 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Printed a few years before the outbreak of the American Civil War, this 19th century periodical is filled with literature, poetry, fashion, and illustrations. A popular periodical first issued in 1840, this was the last year of publication. Includes articles and short stories on California, the Mines of Falun,... Read More
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Nouvelles Etudes Critiques et Biographiques
by Lemoinne, John
Michel Levy Freres, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good in brown cloth backed marble paper coverd boards with gilt title and rules to spine. Minor fading to spine and minor edgewear to boards. Marbled end pages. Minor foxing throughout though text remains bright.. French History. FREHIS16/081499.
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Eugene Lami 1800-1890
by Lemoisne, P.-Andre (Paul-Andre)
Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Number 8 of 75 copies on Japanese paper. This sumptuous book recounts the life and work of Eugene Lami, the famed French painter, illustrator, and designer. It is extensively illustrated throughout with double plates of each of the works. Each is protected by a tissue guard. In full... Read More
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Conferences sur les Accidents du Travail et les Affections Traumatiques. Premiere Serie: Generalites, Faits d'Interpretation Difficile
by Lenoir, Olivier
Paris: Vigot Freres, 1909. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. RARE. Very good in a green paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor creasing and chipping to spine. cover. Text is clean and tight. Slight yellowing to page edges. Includes fold out table. French. FRE/7292.
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![L'Occhio in Pena, Offeso da gli Sconcerti nel vivere umano [The eye in pain, offended by the confusion in human life]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/062/401/1411401062.0.m.jpg)
L'Occhio in Pena, Offeso da gli Sconcerti nel vivere umano [The eye in pain, offended by the confusion in human life]
by Leonardelli, Annibale
Parma, Italy: Alberto Pazzoni and Paolo Monti, 1696. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Quite scarce. Annibale Leonardelli (1623-1702) was an Italian Jesuit priest and biblical commentator. He was the author of several works on religion and morals.Bound in contemporary vellum. Binding is soiled, bumped, and missing a piece along the bottom of the front cover, revealing the board underneath.... Read More
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Romanceiro de Estacio
by Leonardos, Stella; Antonio Pedro (illustrator)
Brazil: Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura, 1965. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Number 12 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. An additional 800 unsigned copies were printed. Elephant folio. A collection of 50 poems by Stella Leonardos illustrated with 3 lithographs by Pedro. Portuguese author and painter Antonio Pedro (1909 - 1966) helped introduce Surrealism into... Read More
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The Kremlin Since Stalin
by Leonhard, Wolfgang
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Vg in dark green boards/No Dj as issued/8vo./former owner stamp to half-title, contents otherwise bright, crisp and clean/translated from the German by Elizabeth Wiskemann & Marian Jackson/403 pp. Russian History. RUS10/5112.
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Resurgo
by Leopard, Sue Huggins
Rochester NY: Leopard, Sue Huggins, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Leopard, Sue Huggins. Leopard, Sue Huggins. Hardcover. 8vo. 3 of 10 copies. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Lovely work by this noted printmaker and book artist. Fine in beige cloth boards with title label on front and long beige ribbon ties. Six accordion style fold out pages reproduce stunning color prints by... Read More
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Stealing Baby
by Leopard, Sue Huggins
Rochester, NY: Sue Huggins Leopard, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Leopard, Sue Huggins. Leopard, Sue Huggins. Hardcover. 16mo -. 19 of 50 copies. SIGNED BY ARTIST. An interesting book without words by this noted book artist and printmaker. Black and white lineleom block prints on accordian folded pages indeed depict a predatory bird stealing a baby. The primitive looking prints... Read More
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Bay Bridges in a Nutshell
by [les2twins] Dorothy A. Yule, text; Susan Hunt Yule, illustrations
les2twins, 2017. Fine. Number 98 of 111 copies, numbered and signed by the artists. Housed in a walnut which is housed in a white paper box with black title to lid. Book size: Box size:.
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Address of Prof. J.P. Lesley, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Delivered at the Ann Arbor Meeting
by Lesley, J.P.
Salem: Salem Press, 1885. Paperback. very Good-. Paperback. Very good- in original green paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pen to top corner of front wrapper. Wear to wrappers includes chipping to edges and tape repair to spine. Pages slightly brittle. Text is clean and bright. 23 pages. Science. SCI1/3112. ... Read More
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William Morris as Artist
by Lethaby, William
London: William Morris Society, 2007. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. A lecture delivered at the South Kensington Museum on 4th March 1926. Cream side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Clean and bright with 5 illustrations. 16 pages. MOR/080515.
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Musical Italy Revisited. 1st Edition
by Levarie, Siegmund
New York: Macmillan, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./212 pp./illus. Music. MUS112111.
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The David Levine Album of Drawings from the New York Review of Books
by Levine, David
New York: The New York Book Review, 1965. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. David Levine (1926-2009) was born in Brooklyn and studied painting at the Pratt Institute, at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and with Hans Hofmann. He began illustrating for the New York Review of Books in 1963. His caricatures also appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone,... Read More
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Facts about Democracy in Czechoslovakia
by Lewis, Brackett
Czechoslovakia: American Institute in Czechoslovakia, 1937. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. Paperback. Beige paper wrappers with red title to front panel and to spine. Minor Soiling to rear wrapper and wear to head of spine. Light damp stainging to rear wrapper and to last 15 pages. Else is clean and bright. 99 pages. Eastern Europe. EEUR/011609. ... Read More
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The Later Papers of Sir Aubrey Lewis
by Lewis, Sir Aubrey
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near fine in Near fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Includes 24 papers written during Lewis's later years about various subjects including: anxiety, hysteria, paranoia, psychopathic personality, periodicity, phobia, and the endogenous-exogenous dichotomy. Australian doctor Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis (1900 - 1975) was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry in... Read More
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