Titles starting with L from John Michael Lang Fine Books

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1917. Hardcover 7.25" x 4.75". 53pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Near fine condition, with just a touch of edge rubbing. With a frontis illustration by J. Allen St. John. First separate edition. ... more information

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New York, St. Louis, San Francisco: McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1980. Hardcover First American edition 8" x 5". 210pp. Black cloth hardback with orange spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket with just a hint of wear at the tip of the spine. A terrific copy. This copy signed by Hofmann and by the translator on the title page. Hofmann is a prominent Swiss scientist best known as the "father of LSD". This book is his memoir of the birth of the Psychedelic Age,... more information

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Paris: Editions Vincent & Co., 1977. Hardcover Quarto. 189pp. Boards somewhat bowed, else near fine in a lightly edge worn dust jacket. This French language book is a study of urban life and urban design. With many illustrations after black & white photographs. ... more information

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Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. Paperback First edition 9" x 6.5". 128 pp. Illustrated paperback. Some edgewear else VG + condition. A photographic history of La Grange, Illinois. From the Images of American series. ... more information

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Paris: Firmin - Didot et Cie., 1879. Hardback 14.5" x 10". 416pp. Marbled boards, leather spine. Light rubbing and wear; internally quite nice. A bound year's run of this French language periodical. With numerous engraved illustrations, many of which are fashion oriented. ... more information

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Milan: Mainichi Corporation, 1974. Paperback 11" x 14". 24pp. Plain brown glossy wrappers with a color illustrated dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the nice jacket has a small bit of edge and corner wear. Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. This volume includes 24 full page illustrations of his surreal watercolors. ... more information

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Paris: Artheme Fayard, 1938. Paperback 9.5" x 7.25". 125pp. Yellow paper wrappers. Light soiling, corners of a few leaves crased. VG+. Unopened. This nicely printed book features 24 beautiful woodcuts by Morin - Jean. ... more information

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Scappoose, OR: Richard W. Helbock, 2003. Paperback Each issue measures 11" x 8.25" and contains appr. 80pp. Each is bound in stapled paper wrappers. Most are in near fine condition, with the original mailing labels to a subscriber affixed. A detailed journal with articles on a wide variety of postal history topics. Notable articles cover the postal history of WW II Nisei soldiers; Milwaukee Exposition covers; discontinued Texas post offices; specific collections of posal material, and much m... more information

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New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. Paperback 13.5" x 10.75". [Appr. 55pp.] Bound in color illustrated glossy paper wrappers. A near fine copy with a touch of corner wear. ... more information

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Coyoacan, Mexico: Casa de as Imagenes, 1996. Hardback 9.5" x 6.75". Red cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket with a tiny bit of wear to the spine tip. With black & white photographs of Mexico City by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. ... more information

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Paris, Baltimore & London: Librairie E. Droz,The Johns Hopkins Press & Oxford University Press, 1935. Hardcover 10.25" x 7.5". 152pp., with index. Beige cloth spine, blue paper boards. Near fine. With an introduction and notes by Gilbert Chinard. ... more information

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Librarie Gallimard, 1954. Paperback 8.5" x 6.5". 111pp. Illustrated paperback. The spine is worn and faded, front hinge is weak, else VG condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and facsimiles. ... more information

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Redlands, CA: The Associated Students of the University of Redlands, 1932. Hardcover 10.75" x 8". 176pp. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt cover design. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped, edge wear, unsigned ownership bookplate on inside front cover, front and rear hinges weak, else VG+ condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. ... more information

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Denver, CO: Sage Books, 1961. Hardcover 9" x 5.75". 330pp. Blue cloth, lettering in blue. Appendices. With a letter signed by both authors laid in. A near fine copy with a trace of wear at board edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is very good with fading at spine and top edges. With sections on labor, managemnet, and the law; developments in union membership, 1939-1959; and the labor-management process in action. ... more information

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New York: New York Labor News Company, 1944. Paperback 7.5" x 5". 329pp. Illustrated stapled paper wrappers. Light soiling, else near fine condition. With the 1946 ownership inscription of Seattle anarchist Stanley Iverson. Iverson was a radical fixture in the Pacific Northwest for decades....a true Seattle character. ... more information

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New York : Tamiment Institute, 1985. Paperback 9.25" x 6". 485-636pp. Bound in paper wrappers. A very good copy with light use. Essays on American communism, the history of the CIO, an annual bibliography on American Labor history, 1984, book reiews, etc. ... more information

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Chicago: A. Daigger & Company, 1919. Hardcover 5th edition 10.5" x 6.75". 423 pp. Cloth hardback. Some stains and edgewear else VG+ condition. A detailed and technical catolog of chemical laboratory supplies for professional chemists. Includes numerous illustrations and charts. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Hardcover First edition 7.75" x 5.25". 298pp., + index. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Top edge orange. A very good copy with age toning to page edges and endpapers, minimal wear to boards, and a booksellers' ticket. Dust jacket is good, price-clipped and with considerable wear, esp. to rear panel and edges. An analysis of the AFL-CIO split. ... more information

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New York: Power, 1930. Paperback 6.5" x 4". 114pp. Printed beige paperback. Near fine condition. A fictionalized account of a shop manager who starts a class to teach his engineers how a diesel engine works. An entertaining story which manages to give plenty of good detail about the workings of the diesel engine. ... more information

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Spokane, Washington: Chickadee Publishing, 1999. Paperback First edition 8.5" x 5.5". 48pp. Glossy illustrated paperback. Fine condition. This book recounts the skin trade in the towns of Taft and Saltese in Montana. With many illustrations from old photographs and drawings ... more information

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