Search Results: Authors starting with L from First Folio

Rouen: J. Lemonnyer Libraire, 1881. A fine later issue of the famous 1773 edition, considered one of the most beautiful books of the 18th century. Exceptionally fine and beautiful. A fine later issue of the famous 1773 edition, considered one of the most beautiful books of the 18th century. Four volumes in two. Tall 8vo. Text and music entirely engraved in copper by Moria and Mlle Vendome. Illustrated with titles and frontispieces after by Moreau, Le Bouteux and Le Barbier and 100 figures plates after Moreau, Le Barbier, Le Bouteux and Saint-Quentin, all engraved by Moreau, Masquelier and Nee. Bound by Zaehnadorf in full scarlet crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and panel ornaments, double ruled covers and fancy dentelles. Original upper wrapper of each volume bound in rear. La Borde was first valet de chambre to Louis XV. "One consequence [of the king's generosity] was the appearance of this book, in which the feeble songs and inept music are presented… Read More

New York: The Quadrangle Press, 1948. First edition. Small owner's stamp in flyleaf and top edge, book fine in about fine dust jacket with a wrinkled area at top right of front panel. First edition. Quarto. 88p. Translated by Eunice Clark. Illustrated throughout from line drawings by Alexander Calder. Title page in red and black. In the publisher's binding of aqua paper-covered boards with spine titles in red and black and a large image of a snake in red on upper cover.

Paris: Barraud, 1878. Limited to 260 copies, this no. 12. Binding moderately soiled, contents VG, front tissue guard foxed. Small bookplate. Limited to 260 copies, this no. 12. xix, 259p, [iv]. Illustrated with 16 hand-colored plates, 9 double page. Bound in vellum and cloth over beveled boards with marbled endpapers, heavily gilt spine, and with gauffered edged, the edges stained red, the impressed figures in gilt.

Paris: Editions Rombaldi, 1943. Each volume numbered from limitations ranging from 910 to 990 copies. Fine, quite beautifully produced. Each volume numbered from limitations ranging from 910 to 990 copies. Eight volumes containing seven titles from the collection. Beuatifully illustrated. Uniformly bound in maroon crushed morocco, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and overall stylized crosshatched gilt designs. Original wrappers bound in. Titles: La Varende. Man' D'Arc. Illus. by Guy Arnoux in color pochoir throughout the text. Rostand. Chantecler. Original lithographs by Maurice Mourlot throughout the text. Goncourt. La Fille Elisa. Original etchings by Etienne Bouchaud. Maupassant. Contes de la Campagne. "Eaux-fortes originales" by Maurice Savin. Pergaud. De Goupil a Margot. Color illustrations by Pierre Gandon. Toulet. Les Tendres Manages. Aquarelles by Jean Moral. Rebell. La Nichina. (2 vols.). "Burins Originaux" by Pierre Dubreuil.

New York: Simon & Schuster Editions, 1996. First printing. Book and box fine and bright as new. First printing. Tall quarto (14"). Unpaged. Illustrated from color photographs throughout. Bound in colorful glazed boards with illustrated endpapers. Housed in similar glazed paper box with 'LaChapelle Land Map' laid in.

New York: MacMillan, 1970. First edition. G+ in poor d.j.. First edition. xii, 244p. Gilt-titled black cloth. Autobiography. While depicting his childhood on a prosperous Louisiana family, his education at a New England college, and his experiences from 1963 to 1966 as an expatriate in West Africa, mostly in Ghana, this college professor and essayist also offers his analysis of racial and political problems in the U.S. and Africa. (Brignano 149).

Chicago and London: St James Press, 1991. (Revised and expanded from Garland's 1986 edition). Fine. (Revised and expanded from Garland's 1986 edition). Quarto. xxxviii, 577p. Illustrated. Bound in tan cloth spine over gold cloth with gilt titles and large pictorial device on upper cover.

Francestown, NH: Typographeum, 1977. No. 37 of 125 copes signed by the author. Fine. No. 37 of 125 copes signed by the author. Quarto. Unpaged. 14 leaves, colophon. Bound in quarter gray cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label.

London: Edward Moxon, 1837. Moderate rubbing, some chipping, water stain to preliminaries and title page of vol I of Life, with those pages detached. Decent shelf appearance. Together five volumes (3 + 2). Bound by Riviere in half brown morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., gilt spine titles. Inscribed on the half title by a friend and executor of the author.

Troy, NY: Pafraets Book Company, 1902. Library Edition" No. 297 of 1000 sets printed at The Merrymount Press, Boston. Small chips to three of the paper labels, else quite fine and largely unopened - as good as it gets. Library Edition" No. 297 of 1000 sets printed at The Merrymount Press, Boston. Twelve volumes. Edited with introduction by Alfred Angier. Title pages in red and black. Various portrait frontispieces in each volume. In the publisher's bindings of quarter tan buckram over blue ribbed cloth boards with paper spine labels, t.e.g. (Smith. Merrymount, 150).

Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1987. No. 139 of 150 copies. Fine. No. 139 of 150 copies. 31p, colophon. Preface by Michael Torosian. Illustrated with two gelatin silver print photographs made from copy negatives, a tipped-in facsimile manuscript page, and a mounted illustration that is repeated on the upper cover. Bound in quarter linen over paper-covered boards. Paper spine label.

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1859. New Edition, Enlarged. Binding fine, pages slightly age toned, front endpapers cracked in the gutter. New Edition, Enlarged" xi (i), 279. Includes an appendix of other poems and with additions and corrections. Bound by Bradstreet's in quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled boards with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and double-ruled panels with tiny corner pieces. With the oval blue leather bookplate of Henry W. Poor (1844-1915) whose collection was sold at Anderson Galleries in 1908-09. Henry Huntington "took away most of the prizes" capturing "almost one-third of the Poor library". (Dickinson. Dictionary of American Book Collectors. p. 262).

London: The Dropmore Press, 1948. No. 185 of 300 copies. Fine with remains of dust jacket laid in. No. 185 of 300 copies. Quarto. 26.5cm. (xii), 55p. Edited by Richard Buxton. Printed on hand made paper made by Hodgkinson of Wells. Illustrated by Iain Macnab with 16 wood engravings, including the title. Bound in half brown morocco, the sides of cream cloth with the Dropmore logo in gilt on upper cover.

New York: Abrams, 1980. First edition. Fine. First edition. Large, square 4to. Color-illustrated cloth with glassine wrapper with the titles in white. Fully illustrated including color fold-outs and a functioning pop-up. The definitive work on Sendak.

London: Goupil & Co, 1900. No. CIII of CCCL copies on Japanese vellum. Fine, a brilliant copy. No. CIII of CCCL copies on Japanese vellum. Tall quarto. vii, 300p. Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece and 41 plates, 38 in two states, all with tissue guards. In a sumptuous binding by Durvand in full red crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the covers with a series of geometric frames with cornerpieces, fancy dentelles. Bookplate of Walter Phelps Bliss and Katharine Baldwin Bliss.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893. No. 72 of 150 large paper copies. Minor wear and a few small scrapes, VG, contents bright. No. 72 of 150 large paper copies. Quarto. xiv, (ii), 337p. Illustrated by L. Bogle, Lucien Davis, H. J. Ford, C. H. M. Kerr, and Lancelot Speed. Bound by Morrell in half dark green calf with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and bands on and around the panels. Very tall copy with wide margins.

Taunus and Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1922. Fine in fine dust jacket and publisher's cardboard slipcase. xvi, 192p. Illustrated. 4to. Black-titled tan cloth. Captions in German, English, and French.

New York: Beekman House, 1984. First issue of the Beekman House edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First issue of the Beekman House edition. Quarto. 384p. Illustrated from photos in black and white and color. Silver-titled red cloth.

2002. Fine. Not seen out of frame. The print is double matted, glazed and framed. Actual image of the woodcut is 9" x 11 5/8", area of the poster within the mat 16 1/2" x 12 1/2

New York: The Century Company, 1906. First edition. Fine. First edition. Quarto. xviii, 363p. Illustrated from photos and color plates by Jules Guerin. Bound by Erbe, Crombie & Lamothe in half dusty blue crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments of fleur-de-lis.