Search Results: Titles starting with L from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Peregrine Smith Publication, 1975. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good + in Wraps. First edition. Original Wraps. Profusely illustrated guide to 1930's Los Angeles. B/W plates. A very nice copy of a rather scarce volume. Light edge wear, top of spine bumped, very light foxing, very light rubbing. 165pp, bibliography, illustrated. Measures 11 by 5.5, pictorial cover.

Paris: H. Floury, 1915. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Text in French. Dozens of full-page images, many with overprinting. There is also a deluxe edition of 50 copies with a second suite of plates. Overall, a handsome copy of this richly illustrated and rather uncommon volume. Light shelf/edge wear, toning at spine, rebacked, new endpages, light toning to page edges, else tight and unmarred. Light blue cloth, gilt lettering, color pictorial elements, red edgestain. chromolitho images. Small fo. 104pp. Illus. (color plates).

Milan: Edizioni Colophon - Colophonart, 2010. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Ulysses c/o Antinoo's court and an original acrilyc by Claude Viallat certified on photo by the Artist. Texts on original and in Italian, French, English and modern greek languages. Text set by Rodolfo Campi on Garamond." Bright and unmarred. Dyed textile wrapper, cloth 'tote'. fo. np.

Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter, Boucher" [Cockalorum, 173]. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, teg. 8vo. 36pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 601 of 750.

Montreal: Cécile Côté, 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated and designed by Nastassja Imiolek under the artistic direction of Cécile Côté. Bound by Sonya Sheets: "This structure features an open joint between the spine and the boards. The boards are held to the book block by the leather supports, or tapes, onto which the book is sewn. The flysheets are made in beige Deerskin and the endpapers are red Nepalese papers. This book was bound by Sonya Sheats in 2012 for the international exhibition by ARA-Canada in partnership with the École Estienne in Paris. The exhibition was on display in Paris, Montreal, Quebec, Chicago, and Boston in 2013-2014." (from the artist). Tight, bright, and unmarred. An open-joint binding, spine in Calfskin with Calf and Watersnake onlays, boards in Walnut burl with Calf and Lacewood veneer onlays. 8vo. np. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 62 of 75.

In Venetia: Appresso Paulo Vgolino, 1592. [First edition]. Full Vellum. Very Good+. [First edition]. Full Vellum. Translation to English: History of Italy...divided into twenty books. To the most illustrious Mr. Cosimo Medici, Duke of Florence and Siena. For Tomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino With a Judgment made by the same to discover all the beauties of this Historia. Added the Life of the Author by M. Remigio Fiorentino. With Marginalia. Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540) Diplomat and historian best known for his History of Italy, a major work of the early modern period. It appears the previous owner or scholar has transcribed by hand the lacking printed copy. Some discoloration and spotting, stress to head and cap, toning, evidence of staining, otherwise tight, bright and unmarred. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten spine title, tp vignette, ownership inscription on tp verso 23 cm. 488 [through 401pp present] with unnumbered manuscript pages in the rear. Two column printed… Read More

San Diego, CA: Bay Park Press, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Clamshell Case(s). Limited Edition. Hardcover. "'We're all born from water. What could be more natural than to swim all your life in that wonderful weightless medium.' - Esther Williams. Esther Williams was my hero growing up on Long Island Sound. I would see each of her movies and try to relive the fabulous water ballet sequences with my girlfriends. These past few years I have been swimming in a beautiful Olympic outdoor pool at the Y in Mission Valley. There are no sharks or seaweed as in my beloved La Jolla Cove. In the pool, palm trees and dappled light line my lanes of thought, perhaps an elephant or two. This book reflects my love of La Jolla Cove and my daily swims to the quarter-mile buoy when the ocean is above 65 degrees. The text was printed on Fabriano Rosapina in Clarendon 30 point type. There are six etchings and three unique oil paintings on mylar in each book. With thanks to Jim Machacek for his guidance… Read More

Paris: mss, 1920. Unique. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unique. Hardcover. To all intents, purposes, appearances and instincts this volume is a detailed artistauthor's mock up or "maquette" for an occult poetic collection that was never published but that looks very much like (well, clearly is) a follow up to the legendary Calendrier Magique that de Croze created years earlier in collaboration with Manuel Orazi and which is now hailed as one of the greatest and most desirable depictions of the fin de siecle art occult pre-occupation. Intended far more as an artistic romp through the lush and shadowy landscape of decadent Parisian occult excesses than an actual handbook for magical practice (despite being issued in a rather tongue in cheek limitation of 777 copies), it's a thing of great beauty and renown, and highly sought after by both those who are interested in fin de siecle art, and by those who are interested in fin de siecle occultism. This volume, which positively reeks of an attempt to expand upon… Read More

Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, 1822. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good+. First Edition. Half Calf. Translation to English: (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio. It was started after most of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), the last of Mozart's principal operas, had already been written. The work premiered on 6 September 1791 at the Estates Theatre in Prague. The title is illustrated with a lithograph by G. Engelmann after Horace Vernet, the edition is entirely engraved and printed by Marquerie Frères. The Marriage of Figaro (Italian: Le nozze di Figaro, pronounced [le n ttse di fi aro], K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Moderate rubbing to head and tail and discernable spine, bumps, heavily foxing, but legible, otherwise tight, bright, and… Read More

Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2015. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. "The text—commentary on passage through the lake by Louis Hennepin, George Featherstonhaugh, Henry Schoolcraft, Geroge Catlin, Jonathan Carver, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Charles Latrobe, Henry David Thoreau, and Oliver Gibbs Jr., with related excerpts from Harriet Bell Carlander, Geroge Wagner, Robert E. Coker, C. A. Lesueur, Thaddeus Surber, Paul Harder, and Mark Twain; an introduction by Patrick K. Coleman; and image captions & an epilogue by Gaylord Schanilec—has been hand set in metal type, and printed by hand on vintage Barcham Greene and Wookey Hole papers. The images—specimen prints engraved by Gaylord Schanilec including the American White Pelican, Shorthead Redhorse, White Bass, Sheepshead, Lake Pepin Mucket, Threehorn Wartyback, and Giant Floater, along with two vignettes—were all printed on Zerkall paper. Plus a foldout map of the lake, engraved by Mr. Schanilec, was printed on handmade kozo… Read More

New York: Dutton, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a presentable copy. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, rubber stamp at ffep, tape attaching flaps to front and rear pastedown (lift damage at front), else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows several closed tears, wear at head and tail, chip at head (off but retained) [now in Brodart sleeve], tape at flap edges. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 213pp.

Buffalo, NY: World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1903. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+. First Edition. Staplebound. The small paged booklet illustrated with advertising for various cure-alls, information on all kinds of diseases, patent medicine and testimonies from women on the effectiveness of product. Also included are various pencil noted check lists or grocery lists from a young woman, and judging from the types of items, was enrolled in school purchasing textbooks, groceries, and other educational items. Glimpse into women's daily life and the day-to-day costs of items in 1903. Multi-page notebook printed on craft paper, staplebound, in very good contemporary condition. With former owner notes in pencil. Illustrations throughout.

Bisbee, AZ: Pequeno Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Paperback. Fine. Limited Edition. Paperback. Signed by Publisher. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Pink paper wraps, stamp on front cover, back of book glued to blue cloth board covering with marbled interior, translucent handwritten title page, circle cut out of center of every page with azurite on bottom, handmade paper. 74x68mm. 56pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 44 of 85.

Paris: Privately Printed, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Second authorized edition: the "Author's Unabridged Popular Edition". Initially published in an edition of 1,000 copies by the Orioli Press in Florence (1928) and immediately pirated by various publishers. Lawrence issued this cheap edition in response with the assistance of Edward Titus. The new introduction addressed the pirated printings and is entitled My Skirmish with Jolly Roger. Light shelf/edge wear, front hinge starting (and with early tape repair), remains of b/w photographs that had been tipped in at the endpages and later removed, unusual markings at p185/185 [?manufacuturing flaw?], even toning to text block, else tight and unmarred. Halfbound, blue cloth spine and tips, marbled paper boards. 8vo. 365pp.

New York: House of Books, 1945. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Originally written in 1940 for radio broadcast (and including sound directions in the text). Overall, an extremely handsome copy. Barest hint of shelf/edge wear, signed by author on limitation page, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth, gilt lettering. 12mo. np. Number 85 of 300, signed by the author.

Montreal, Canada: Editions du Parnasse, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Half bound, spine and tips in blue cloth, marbled paper boards, marbled paper label on spine, marbled endpapers, frontispiece. 73x55mm. 84pp. Illus. (color plates).

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. (Later edition). Hardcover. Very Good. (Later edition). Hardcover. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. The Lady of the Lake is the classic poem by Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. Wear to extremities, buckle to front boards, foxing to pages, else intact boards and binding. Bound in original green cloth with gilt designs on the front cover and spine, and edges. 223 pages, small format, with illustrations, decorations.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good (Textblock Fine). No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Binding designed by Bertha Stuart (signed "BS" in lower right corner). A handsome copy of this richly illustrated classic. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of rubbing to front board, barest touch of foxing at ffep, spine lightly sunned, owner stamp on ffep and prelim, else tight, bright and unmarred. Dark green ribbed cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, green and cream decorative elements, in blind lettering at spine, frontispiece. 4to. np. Illus. (color and b/w plates).

Washington, D.C.: Jennaway Pearson, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Artist Jennaway Pearson plays with the meaning of "champion" in connecting figure skater Tonya Harding with the goddess Juno, protector of women. Despite being a record-breaking skater, Harding was a victim of her family, a demanding sporting organization, a tragic marriage, and an insatiable tabloid culture. Pearson suggests Harding would have benefited from the protection of Juno, whom the Romans saw as presiding over all aspects of a woman's life."--Artist's statement. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards, pale blue ink lettering, matching slipcase. 4to. np. Illus. (full page color prints). Numbered limited edition, this being 4 of 10.

London: Windrow & Greene Automotive, 1992. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. A near pristine copy of this scarce British first edition. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 96pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bill of sale/note from East Coast Rover Co. laid in.