Titles starting with L from Yellow House Books

E. Plon, Paris, nd. Oblong octavo bound in dark brown silk cloth, cover paste-on illustration. Delightful color illustrations on every page showing circus menagerie at work and at play. VG: binding still tight, wear to corners, some faint staining to back cover. Front endpaper creased; light foxing on right margin of title page; some darkening to page edges; very light staining to front cover. A scarce title by an illustrator known for his comical depiction of animal behavior. ... more information

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Atheneum, NY, 1982. First edition. A volume of poetry from the winner of the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize in Poetry for 1971. Fine in a Near Fine dj (spine sunned, along with extreme left-hand margin of front cover). A very handsome copy of a scarce volume. ... more information

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Syracuse U Press, 1971. First printing, the first translation of the Liber Augustalis from Latin into a modern language. Subtitled "Constitutions of Melfi Promulgated by the Emperor Frederick II for the Kingdom of Sicily in 1231." Professor Powell's Intr oduction places the laws and Frederick II in historical perspective. Near fine with a hint of spotting to top edge in near fine dj with very slightly darkened back cover. ... more information

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Harper Collins, NY, 1994. First printing of this poet's lifetime collection of work (he died six years after publication). This copy has a nice 6-line inscription by Amichai to a neighbor and is dated 1994 (a 3 is partly visible under the 4). Near fine in near fine dust jacket. ... more information

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