Search Results: Authors starting with L from Borg Antiquarian

Tours, France: Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1897. First Thus Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Good +/None. A. Vimar. Folio (13" x 9 3/4" x 1 5/8"), pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover plus a nicely colored group of animals sitting beneath a sculpture of La Fontaine on front cover; illustrated throughout by A. Vimar with B&W frontispiece, vignettes throughout, & several full color plates; blue-green endpapers; all page edges gilded [a.e.g.]; xvi + 486 semi-gloss pages. Weight: ~ 7 lbs. Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695) was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is best known for his Fables, which served as a model for fabulists across Europe.<br/><br/>Auguste Vimar (1851-1916) was a French painter and illustrator highly respected for his animal studies (notably horses, dogs, and elephants). He worked in oils, gauche, and related media. In 1897, another children's book by Vimar was his humorous L'Automobile… Read More

New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over sky blue boards, arhival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a road and oncoming car with bright lights by Justin Ridgeway, 259 pages. Award-winning Carrie La Seur examines a family drama in "Big Sky" southern Montana through the drama of its (sometimes allusively Shakespearean) gritty people. "The Weight of an Infinite Sky is bound to be an instant western classic."--Craig Johnson EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy in a sharp, clean dj. Some bleedthrough of inscription onto page verso.

Los Angeles New York: Hyperion, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a dragon behind lettering with archival protective clear film sleeve, decorative chapter headings, dark pictorial endpapers, 374 pages. Mercedes Lackey (born 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth in the country of Valdemar. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder markings.

Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED "Enjoy the Book" by the Author on the free front endpaper, 8vo, Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of snowy pines on a mountain side, 326 pages + [2] About Author & Colophon. SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, clean, & bright. Cloth is Not Soiled; Corners Not Bumped. Fore Edges are Clean. Dust Jacket Is Not Price Clipped but has slight edgewear. No remainder marks! Printing not indicated: presumed first.

New York: A Roundtable Press Book / Miramax Books / Hyperion, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and board. Fine/Fine. Photos. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, small 4to, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over gray boards, profusely illustrated with photos & heightened typography in bubbles and sidebars, mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Cheryl Ladd by Amanda Friedman, 220 numbered pages + [2] + [2] decorative preliminary endpapers. Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series Charlie's Angels. Her film roles include Millennium, Poison Ivy, and Unforgettable. TOKEN CHICK has many useful tips. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean, bright in a comparable sharp, clean dust jacket. No remainder markings. A FUN GIFT for a golfer.

France: Pierre Charles Cior, 1795. Original. Round enameled tortoise-shell box. Near Fine. Pierre Charles Cior. Three-quarter's view gouache portrait of Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), in the dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes of a Major-General of the American Continental Army during the 1780's; his image in flanked to his right by a tiny row of soldiers bearing weapons and a flag. <br/> <br/> This portrait miniature on ivory has been inserted into the lid of a round box made of toirtoise-shell with gold mounting and glass dome; (unframed image: 2.8" x 2.8" / 7.2 x 7.2 cm; framed: 3.2" x 3.2" / 8.1 x 8.1 cm); signed by Pierre Charles Cior, the French miniaturist, as "P. Cior" and dated "an 3e" or the 3rd year of the French Revolution, that is, 1795/96. This gouache portrait miniature on ivory is of the dashing young Marquis de Lafayette in the impressive dark blue uniform of a Major-General of the American… Read More

New York Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 2013. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, 8vo, dark green boards with "JL" stamped in red on front cover, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with lettering (unclipped), indigo endpapers, [340] pages + [4] Acknowledgements & Notes on Author & Type. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize! National Book Award Finalist; Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. <br/><br/>"SPLENDID . . . Lahiri handles her characters without leaving any fingerprints."--The New York Times Book Review.<br/><br/>NEAR FINE CONDITION: SIGNED by the PULITZER PRIZE--winning AUTHOR! Tight, bright, clean cloth. Small ink note at top of front endpaper opposite half title. Dust jacket is unclipped, clean, bright with a clean 1/2" split at the upper corner edge of the rear dj, light soil and minor abbraisions and bumps at upper right corners.<br/><br/>"Masterly,… Read More

New York: Harper, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, small 8vo (5 3/8" x 7 1/2"), red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Christmas ornamental ball, photographic endpapers with B&W images of Lamb's family, 275 pages. Wally Lamb (born 1950) is an American author and English teacher known for the novels She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, both of which were selected for Oprah's Book Club. SIGNED by the Author & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder markings.

New York: Harper, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author on a special publisher's front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a film strip with two images of a smiling young woman, 254 pages + [2] About Wally Lamb. Wally Lamb (born 1950) is an American author and English teacher known for the novels She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, both of which were selected for Oprah's Book Club.<br /> <br /> SIGNED by the Author & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No previous owner or remainder markings.

New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author in green ink on the title page, glossy photographic boards depicting a high school corkboard with pinned pictures, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with mirror hole showing pink dress on cover, pictorial endpapers with daisies on a green background, 308 pages. Jennifer Lancaster (born 1967) is an American author whose titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Prior to becoming an author, she was an associate vice president for a technology company. <br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Distributed by The New York Graphic Society Books/ Little, Brown and Company, Boston...with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Paul Klee. Quarto (12" x 10" x 2"), white cloth with black lettering on spine, Foreword by Robert E. Oldenburg, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with image of Ad Parnassum by Klee; illustrated with 283 images of Paul Klee's wonderful art with 137 in glossy color; chronology, bibliography, exhibition history, 344 pages. Weight: 5 lbs 3 oz. Based on a major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Kunstmuseum, Bern. Sept. 25, 1987 - Jan. 3, 1988.<br/> <br/> Carolyn Lanchner is the Curator of Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. Four essays by other important contributors: Jürgen Glaesemer; Ann Temkin; and O. K. Werckmeister.<br/> <br/> FINE… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Japanese artists and print makers. Quarto (11 3/8" x 10" x 1 1/4"), brown cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a geisha, profusely illustrated with more than 900 color and B&W images of Japanese women and men who frequented the sensual and beautiful "Floating World," illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e, Indices, 364 pages. Weight: 4 lbs. EXCELLENT OVERVIEW of this gorgeous sensual--often erotic--sector of Japanese society that has been immortalized by Japanese artists--especially via Ukiyo-e.<br /> <br /> Near Fine copy: tight, bright, clean cloth and dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

Wisconsin: Serrell & Simons, 1997. First Edition. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 8vo, black boards with gold spine lettering, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with cartoonish "The Confetti Kid!" in red against a bright yellow star, [viii] +357 pages + [3]. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half-title & also SIGNED on the title page. "The Confetti Kid is the uplifting account of a young man lost in a bizarre identity that spins his world out of control, sending him to a mental hospital where he encounters a therapist who takes a special interest in him and is determined to help him reconnect with reality."--blurb. Exceptional Condition!

London New York Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co, 1929. New Edition & New Impression. Cloth. Fine. 3 maps. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, 3 maps (one foldout), Index, xx + 352 pages. Fine copy: tight, bright, clean. Cloth is slightly faded with a few minute scuffs. No dust jacket. No previous owner markings. Nice clean unfoxed maps. No previous owner's marks.<br /> <br /> The First Edition was published in 1908.

Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1981. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Jeanne Titherington. SIGNED by the Illustratoron the title page, 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine and embossed shield on front cover, illustrated by Jeanne Titherington with several light B&W plates & chapter headings for each book; blue endpapers, xi, [xii] + 191 pages + [1] Colophon. Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, folklorist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. These Chronicles consist of two fairy tales he wrote about a clever Prince who struggles against evil and at length manages to marry a Princess.<br /> <br /> Jeanne Titherington (born 1951) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. <br /> <br /> Very Fine copy in a near-VF unclipped dust jacket. Handsome bright illustrators. No previous owner or remainder marks.

London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Nedda Walker. 8vo, light blue cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Nedda Walker of a frightened black boy holding his lantern to ward off the darkness, 4 full-page B&W line drawings and numerous other in-text vignettes by Nedda Walker, [ii] + 235 pages. Superb story with sensitive illustrations about a young black boy trying to recapture two pet racoons and save them from hunters and their dogs. The book is tight, bright, and with no remainder markings. The illustrations are clear and unfoxed. The colorful dust jacket is lovely with slight rubbing at its extremities. The blue cloth has slight wear.

New York: The John Day Company, 1971. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Good +/Very Good. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 3/4"); white quarter cloth with blue & red lettering on spine over pale blue boards with the O+ symbol for woman blindstamped on the front cover; archival polyester-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with blue & red overlapping symbols for man & woman; Selected Bibliography, Index, black endpapers, 413 pages. Solid copy without previous owners' marks or remaindering. Dust jacket (unclipped) has slight wear & light soil. Light tan (water?) stain runs along the page tops but hasn't intruded into the pages as one reads them.

New York: Riverhead Books / Penguin Group (USA), 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author with his initials on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with green lettering on spine over green boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a young man and woman taken by Alex Webb; frontispiece double-spread B&W map of West & East Rogers Park; 432 pages + [2] Acknowledgements. Three families in Chicago's Jewish neighborhood of West Rogers Park struggle to adapt to the late 1970's during the Iran hostage crisis and inauguration of Ronald Reagan. <br/> <br/> Adam Langer's novels include Crossing California, The Washington Story, Ellington Boulevard and The Thieves of Manhattan, as well as the memoir My Father's Bonus March. <br/> <br/> SUPERIOR COPY: Signed, tight, clean with minimal wear. The dust jacket is clean and bright with slight edgewear.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. B&W Figures and photographic plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, mylar-protected beige pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with three flies on front cover, illustrated with 113 B&W figures (8l being glossy B&W plates with photos of parasites), xxi, [xxii] + 351 pages. Dr. Geoffrey Lapage was a zoologist and the Lecturer in Animal Pathology at Cambridge. This is a survey of parasitic animals and their relationships to their hosts written for the general reader. It is a subject of major economic and zoological importance. Solid copy with light age-toning to pages. Very slight wear and toning to dust jacket (price-clipped). Clear, bright illustrations and diagrams without foxing. Two facing pages with minor underlining on 2 lines of one page and "Bionomics" printed at top of second (pp,10-11). An excellent and very clear overview of a very important subject.

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Fine. Photos. Thick 8vo, black half cloth with gold lettering on spine over green cloth over boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting color photo of Joseph Campbell as a young man, illustrated with B&W portrait of Campbell as frontispiece, 16 glossy B&W photos and scattered B&W in-text images, archival polyester-protected dust jacket (unclipped), light gold endpapers, xx + 636 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 7.1 oz. Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987) was an American professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College and superb raconteur and expert on comparative mythology and comparative religion. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)<br/><br/>Virtually As New but for a 1/2" scratch to the unclipped dust jacket midspine.