New Travels Into The Interior Parts Of Africa, By The Way Of The Cape Of Good Hope, In The Years 1783, 84 and 85
by Le Vaillant, Francois
London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. First English edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, rebacked in antique style, armorial gilt escutcheons front and back covers, raised bands, gilt decorated spine panels, marbled endpapers with matching edges. 3 vols. Very good. 288, 383 and 488 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Large folding map, 22 engraved plates, five folding. Le... Read More
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Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings in Many Lands Edited by Harry Lorrequer
by Lever, Charles
Boston: Little, Brown, 1892. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated in gilt. Teg. Near fine. Cruikshank, George. 499 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Ten illustrations by George Cruikshank. Clean, fresh copy, gilt cover decorations bright.
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The Jack of Spring; illustrated by Jon Vlakos
by Levering, Donald
Oneonta: Swamp Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green illustrated boards. Fine. 11 leaves. 23 x 10.5 cm. Type set in Goudy Oldstyle, copy 68 of 74. Printed on Japanese hand-made tan colored paper.
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Bakst: The Story Of The Artists Life
by Levinson, Andre
London: Bayard Press, 1923. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. publisher's full vellum, backstrip and cover lettered in brown. Very good. Bakst, Leon. 240 pages. 37.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 136 of 315. Half title, 68 plates [mostly by Bakst] with printed tissue guards, 52 are color lithographs and mounted, plus illustrations, eleven colored and mounted, some printed... Read More
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Lucas Samaras
by Levin, Kim
New York: Abrams, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Samaras, Lucas. 248 pages. 26 1/2 x 28 1/2. 265 illustrations, seventy-five in color. Bibliography. Index.
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Windows on Latin America: Understanding Society Through Photographs
by Levine, Robert M. (Editor)
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Fine.. 142 pp. 8 1/2" x 11", voluminously illustrated with black and white photographs. Photoessays -- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, Peru and Argentina -- of early 20th century and late 19th century life. Written by Ramiro A. Fernandez, Lic.Alejandria Garcia Quintanilla, Gilbert M. Joseph,... Read More
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Behind the Type the Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy
by Lewis, Bernard
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. boards and navy cloth. Near fine. Goudy, Frederic W.. 113 pages. Preface by Glen U. Cleeton, Head, Department of Printing. Sixteen black and white plates. Produced as a student project in Printing Production. Monotype Goudy Village 410 was used for text pages. Limited edition, one of 1600. ... Read More
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Noah And The Waters
by Lewis, C.Day
London: Hogarth Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth. Very good in rubbed, lightly soiled dust wrapper. 59 pages. 22 x 14cm. WOOLMER 383B. A mediaeval morality play.
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The World of Goya
by Lewis, D.B. Wyndham
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. Goya, Fransicso de. 256 pages. Forty-one subjects in color, 135 monochrome illustrations and thirty two pages reproducing the four main series of etchings. Bibliography.Index. FREITAG 3803.
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The First 75 Years The Story of The Book Club of California 1912-1987
by Lewis, Oscar
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. Hardcover. Quarter green and salmon cloth decorated in gilt. Fine. 54 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Illustrated. Officers of the Club, 1912-1987. Publications. As new copy.
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A*M*B Some Aspects Of His Life And Times Begun In Playful Mode For His Entertainment On His 75TH Birthday And Now Completed For His Sorrowing Friends As A Token Of Remembrance And Affection
by Lewis, Oscar
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light blue boards, decorated canvas back lettered in gray on front cover. Very good. [4] 14 pages. 29 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 copies privately printed for Samuel L. Wormser in Goudy Modern type. GRABHORN 349. Front cover faded at head.
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Arrowsmith
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's beige nubby cloth and slate blue boards. Teg. Fine in worn slipcase. 448 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 380 of 500 signed by Lewis: becoming the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. H.L. Mencken called him "a red-haired tornado from the... Read More
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Kingblood Royal
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Random House, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. striated red cloth, front cover with silver and white initials, backstrip decorated in black with gilt lettering. Teg. Fine in very good brown publisher slipcase with spine lettering. 348 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 768 of 1050 signed by Sinclair Lewis in black ink, printed on... Read More
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Maggot And Worm And Eight Other Stories
by Liberman, M. M.
West Branch: Cummington Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth. Near fine in near fine handmade paper dust wrapper.. Burford, Bryan. 119 pages. 21 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 100 of 300 printed on Rives paper, the illustrations by Bryan Burford, through silk screens by the artist; text Cloister Old Style and Joanna Italic types. ... Read More
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Mughal Miniatures Of The Earlier Period
by Oxford. Bodleian Library
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1953. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine.. 8 pages in text. Twenty-four black and white plates with descriptive text. Bodleian Picture Book No. 9.
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Changing Patterns of Scholarship and the Future of Research Libraries A Symposium
by Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Library
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. rust cloth. Near fine. 133 pages. Published in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania Library. An historical review, before Sputnik and massive federal aid to libraries ofthe 1960-1970 era changed patterns beyond anyone's wildest imagination.
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The Julia Stover & Milton Washington Carothers Memorial Collection of Bibles and Rare Books
by Tallahassee. Robert Manning Strozier Library
Tallahassee: Robert Manning Strozier Library, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed tan wrappers. Near fine.. More than 100 pages in text. A Catalogue of the gift presented toFlorida State University by Milton Stover Carothers. Introduction by Frederick Korn.
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Sittengeschichte Griechenlands in zweibänden und einem ergänzungsband. Vol 1: Die griechische Gesellschaft. Vol. 2: Das Liebesleben der griechen. Vol. 3: Ergänzungsban. Die Erotik in der griechischen Kunst; English Translation: Sexual Life in Ancient Greece
by Licht, Hans
Zurich: Paul Aretz, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine label in red and green lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 3 Vols. 266, 319, 279 pages. 29.5 x 22 cm. Copies 155, 194, 197 respectively for a total edition of 500. Profusely illustrated in black and white on quality high gloss stock. Host of... Read More
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Architectural Scale
by Licklider, Heath
New York: George Braziller, 1966. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 232 pages. Illustrated with drawings. Index. A sensible, sensitive and only reliable approach of checking the accuracy of the design plan.
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picasso his graphic art & redon drawings and lithographs
by Lieberman, William S. (Preface)
New York: MOMA, 1952. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. green stiff wrappers. Very good. Picasso. 30 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Forty three illustrations. Fresh, crisp copy.
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Main Street To Miracle Mile American Roadside Architecture
by Liebs, Chester H.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 259 pages. 26.5 x 22 cm. 252 black and white illustrations and 17 in color. A definitive history of of the twentieth century roadside marketplace with rare archival images.
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Les Arts Decoratifs A Toutes Les Epoques
by Lievre, Edouard
Paris: Morel, 1870. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Very good. 2 vols. 4 pages in text. Folio, 44.2 x 33.3 cm. 120 plates comprising 100 chromolithographs and 20 engraved plates. Half-title, title page and some text printed in red and black, Arranged in chronological order, the collection of vibrant printed color... Read More
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pensees sur la DANSE; illustre par Aristide Maillol avec un avant-propos de Paul Valery
by Lifar, Serge
Paris: Bordas, 1947. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. cream colored stiff wrappers, contents loose as issued and laid-in. Fine in original glassine in fine board slipcase. Malliol, Aristide. 61 pages. 32.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, c opy 458 of 720 on Rives a la cuve B.F.K. paper, signed by the publisher, Bordas.... Read More
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Coloured Figures Of The Birds Of The British Isles
by Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys (4th Baron)
London: R.H. Porter, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled endpapers and matching marbled endpapers. 7 Vols. Very good. 25.5 x 18 cm. All plates printed recto or verso only. The first edition was originally issued in parts beginning in October 1885 and ran through January 1898; the second edition, issued in 36 parts, began in 1891. By... Read More
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Early American Trade Cards From The Collection of Bella C. Landauer
by Lindauer, Bella C.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth basket weave cloth. Fine in nicked plain dust wrapper. 25 pages in text. 28.5 x 22 cm. Critical Notes by Adele Jenny. Forty-four plates. Double-page fold-out frontispiece in color, a lithograph of a sperm whale. Descriptive Catalogue of the Plates. The earliest trade cards here date from 1730,... Read More
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