Search Results: Titles starting with A from Lux Libri

Edited from the Laud Ms. 622 in the Bodleian Library. London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trubner & Co., MDCCCLXXVIII (1878.) 1st edition. Original series, no. 69. A Fine, unopened copy in the original pale blue wraps. Minor signs of age, but crisp, clean and securely bound. 8vo. 122 pages with index of words and subjects. (Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327; Solomon, King of Israel; Saint Alexius; Adam Davy, fl. 1308?)

Elizabethtown, NY: Pinto Press, (1996.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A lively collection of stories set in the Adirondacks. 8vo trade paperback. 235 pp. VG with light spotting to edges of text block. Clean internally. Sound, tight binding. Appears to be unread. Publisher brochure from 1998 laid in.

Book page signed by the American journalist and author who crusaded against Nazis and Fascists but was blacklisted during the McCarthy era as a former member of the Communist Party. Page was removed from Kahn's book The Plot Against the Peace: A Warning to the Nation! (Co-authored with Michael Sayers, NY: Dial Press, 1945.) Also included is the title page from the book, which warned of covert German plans to subvert the peace after World War II. Signed as "Albert" and inscribed to James Rosenberg (1874-1970), prominent American lawyer, artist, humanitarian and philanthropist. Inscription reads: "To James Rosenberg, a staunch friend, a splendid anti-fascist, with warmest regards - Albert / May 1945."

Autograph letter signed by Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), English cleric, literary biographer, and critic. Letter is dated Good Friday Evening and addressed to "My dear Gerty" [his old friend Gertrude King.] Ainger inquires whether "Kenny" is home for Easter and might come for dinner. "I am quite alone," he writes. Signed as "A. Ainger." One sheet, folded in half to 4.5 x 7 inches. VG. Ainger wrote memoirs of Thomas Hood and George Crabbe but is best known for his Charles Lamb biography and his 6-volume edition of Lamb's works. Late in life, Ainger was chaplain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.

NY: iUniverse, (2005.) 1st edition. The inspirational story of the Vesper Eight at the 1964 games in Tokyo. Signed and inscribed by the author, the stroke on the crew and later head coach of rowing at Columbia University and the US Coast Guard Academy. Trade paperback. xvi, 180 pages. Illustrated by b&w photos. Near Fine. Uncommon signed.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 1st American edition. Limited to 975 copies. This is no. 503. An early novel by Mansfield (1888-1923.) First published in shorter form as Prelude in 1918 by the Hogarth Press. 135 pp. Quarto hardcover. 10 x 6.25 inches. Green paper-covered boards with paper spine label. VG with moderate wear to the extremities. No slipcase. Sound, tight binding.

Stuttgart: Tauchnitz, (1954.) Descriptions and maps of old European cities. From the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the landmark atlas published between 1572 and 1617, with Georg Braun providing the text and Frans Hogenberg the engravings. Brief city descriptions and 24 double-page, color illustrations from the original atlas, depicting city views and plans, architectural and topographic features. All text is in German. 24+ [96] pages. 8vo hardcover. VG in VG jacket in clear archival cover. Gift inscription in German from 1955, light tanning to endpapers, but clean and unmarked otherwise. Sound, tight binding.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1974. Illustrated catalog of a 1974-75 exhibit on the role of children's books in early America. Includes primers, instructive and improving works; early rhymes and curiosities; later songs and verses; famous fiction firsts; and magazines. 24mo. Stiff printed wraps. Fine in the original protective envelope.

Winchester, Mass.: Lee Art Gallery, [2005.] Brief introductory text by Mack Lee. Gallery catalog of b&w photographs from the heartland during the Depression era to the 1950s. Compelling images of rural Americana by Dorothea Lange, Wright Morris, Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, Edward Weston and others. 26 pages, (25 of them with captioned photos.) Oblong paperbound format. 6 x 8 inches. Price list laid into the rear of the book. Near Fine condition. Clean and securely bound. Scarce.

North Liberty, Iowa: Ice Cube Press, (2006.) 1st edition poetry. Signed and inscribed by the author, a retired elementary school teacher living in Iowa. 45 pp., + brief author bio. Paperbound 8vo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine.

(Toronto: West-End Books, 2012.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A novel of mystery and intrigue in Southwest Florida featuring Sanibel Island detective Tree Callister. 232 pages. Paperbound with stiff glossy covers. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Fine condition.

Autograph quote signed by the British novelist, author of The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and creator of the Ruritanian romance genre. In black ink on a stiff vellum sheet that measures about 6 x 10 inches. Probably written for his government propaganda efforts during the First World War, for which he was knighted in 1918. The quote reads: "Homage to our French allies – bold in / thought / daring in action, loyal in friendship, / and generous in appreciation – / Anthony Hope Hopkins." Near Fine with some wrinkling to the vellum, not affecting the text. Blank verso, apart from brief pencil notations. An uncommon item from Sir Anthony Hope Hopkins, better known simply as Anthony Hope (1863-1933.)

NY: Harcourt Brace, (1993.) Signed 1st edition, 1st printing of the author's first novel. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. DJ protected by a clear archival cover. No remainder mark or other flaws.

NY: Henry Holt and Co., (2014.) "Advance Reader's Edition" preceding the 1st edition. Signed by the author in blue marker. A story of Soviet Russia for younger readers. A young boy finds salvation in playing soccer in an orphanage for the children of enemies of the state. 234 pp, illustrations. Paperbound 12mo. Fine, unread condition. An engaging work by Eugene Yelchin, a Newbery Honor winner for Breaking Stalin's Nose. (We also have a signed copy of that title available.)

Armstrong rebus bookplate. Design features four arms in armor and the Latin motto Vi et Armis (By Force and Arms.) Evidently a 19th century plate. Approx. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. Unused in clean, unmarked condition. Possibly the bookplate of the Elliott Armstrong, Esq., listed in an historical compilation of noted British book collectors (A Roll of Honour by W. Carew Hazlitt. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1908.)

Barcelona: Ediciones Ariel, 1968 Barcelona: Ediciones Ariel, (1968.) Later printing. First published 1962. Biography / historical study of Alfonso XIII and his eventful reign as King of Spain from 1886-1941. "Horas de Espana" series. 350 pages, index. 8vo hardcover. VG with some browning of the white binding. Small sticker of a Madrid bookseller to the ffep. Sound, tight binding. Text clean and unmarked.

Autograph of Ian MacLaren, (1850-1907), the literary pseudonym of John Watson, English-born Scottish author and cleric. Signed on a small card, approx. 1.75 x 3.25 inches. Near Fine with light adhesive marks on the verso from prior mounting. MacLaren (aka Maclaren) wrote stories of rural Scottish life, including the hugely popular Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894.)

Signed on a slip of paper, "Yours Sincerely / Coningsby Dawson." 3 x 5¼ inches. VG with one horizontal fold line. Dawson (1883-1959) was an Anglo-American novelist and poet who served at the front with the Canadian Field Artillery during World War II. His work included The Glory of the Trenches, a 1918 memoir of his wartime experiences.

Autograph of the prolific author best known for novels set in her native California. Signed in 1910 in blue ink on a slip of bank note bond paper. Approx. 3.25 x 5.25 inches. VG with light creasing. Atherton's varied work also included short stories, essays, journalism, and supernatural horror. Her bestselling 1923 fantasy Black Oxen was made into a silent film. She was a suffragist and early feminist and published a 1932 autobiography, Adventures of a Novelist.

1902 Autograph of the civil rights activist and president of the NAACP. Signed "A.B. Spingarn" in pencil in 1902 on a page removed from an unknown book. Spingarn was an avid collector of books and other material by African Americans, and he has also written [Limited edition] below his signature. Spingarn and his brother, Joel, were Jewish Americans who became interested in the civil rights movement through the work of W.E.B. Dubois. They were active in the NAACP from its outset in the early 1900s. A.B. [Arthur Barnette] Spingarn was chairman of its legal committee, vice president from 1911-1940, and president from 1940-1946. His important "Spingarn Collection" was donated to Howard University and helped form the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Joel Spingarn was a founding member of the NAACP in 1909, and president from 1930-1939. The prestigious Spingarn Medal is awarded annually to honor African American achievement. An early example of A.B. Spingarn's signature. Uncommon outside of institutional… Read More