Search Results: Titles starting with L from James Cummins Bookseller

Paris: Le Soleil Noir, 1953. First edition. 80 pages, illustrated with 35 full-page reproductions of black-and-white photomontages by Jean Harold (using the heads of well known people on the bodies of others). 4to. Peach-colored cloth. A near fine copy in near fine dust jacket; pictorial jacket has light soiling to white rear panel, with small nick and two-inch creased tear, else quite fresh and bright. First edition. 80 pages, illustrated with 35 full-page reproductions of black-and-white photomontages by Jean Harold (using the heads of well known people on the bodies of others). 4to. PREFACE BY JEAN COCTEAU. Jean Harold was born in France (in Buttes-Chaumont) in 1909. Jean Cocteau contributed a two-page preface. OCLC lists only six worldwide holdings [Fairleigh Dickinson, Hofstra, Cleveland Public, Northwestern, Louisiana State and Texas (Austin)].

London: John Lane, 1911. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with upwarsd of 100 plates. xl, 502; xiii, 541 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth. About Fine. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with upwarsd of 100 plates. xl, 502; xiii, 541 pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo.

Boston: Published by George Coolidge, No. 3 Milk Street/ (Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Avery), 1864. First edition, for the year of 1865, printing Civil War-related essays and poetry. pp. [7](ads), 128, [7](ads), illustrated (in black-and-white, with engraved vignettes, pictorial title page and numberous advertisements, some pictorial). 32mo (measuring 4 1/2 by 2 7/8 inches). Embossed blue cloth, spine and front cover stamped in gilt,Light wear to binding at tips of spine, few spots of discoloration on front and rear covers, front and rear hinges started (but intact and securely bound), else a very good copy, with the binding tight, text very fresh and clean. First edition, for the year of 1865, printing Civil War-related essays and poetry. pp. [7](ads), 128, [7](ads), illustrated (in black-and-white, with engraved vignettes, pictorial title page and numberous advertisements, some pictorial). 32mo (measuring 4 1/2 by 2 7/8 inches). 1865 LADY'S ALMANAC, PRINTING "NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S LEAGUE, FOR… Read More

Philadelphia: Published by G. E. Blake, at his Piano Forte and Music Store, 1818. First American edition; sheet music. 6pp. 4to. printed self-wrappers, Small, early (single digit) ink number in upper margin of front cover. Scattered light foxing, else a near fine, bright copy. First American edition; sheet music. 6pp. 4to. Scarce; OCLC locates only two copies [Michigan and NYPL].

(Denklingen): Babel, 1998. First edition, specially bound, signed issue, limited to 10 numbered copies (I-X), bound in full leather, signed by R. S. Thomas. 82. [6]pp. A fine copy, in publisher's unprinted cream-colored cardboard slipcase box (numbered in pencil, by the publisher). The slipcase has few spots of very faint dust soiling, else near fine. First edition, specially bound, signed issue, limited to 10 numbered copies (I-X), bound in full leather, signed by R. S. Thomas. 82. [6]pp. LIMITED TO 10 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY R. S. THOMAS. Very nicely printed by Martino Mardersteig, at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. This specially bound edition, in full brown morocco, is limited to ten numbered copies, signed by R. S. Thomas. R[onald] S[tuart] Thomas (1913 - 2000), Welsh poet and Anglican priest, "was noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. John Betjeman, in his 1955 introduction to Song at the Year's Turning, the first collection of… Read More

Milan: Museo Caproni, 1938. First edition, one of 600 copies (500 of which are hors commerce, 100 for sale). Illustrated with 174 plates, many in colour. [4], iv, 184, [1] pp. , (plus 2 half-titles). 1 vols. Folio (15-1/2 x 12 inches, 392 x 312 mm.). Original Half Vellum and pictorial boards, featuring a color facsimile of Zambeccarii's aerostaton upper cover and on the lower cover the same image with the Caproni family device , a winged ram and the Motto 'senza cozzar dirocco" in gilt. Fine, corner slightly bumped. First edition, one of 600 copies (500 of which are hors commerce, 100 for sale). Illustrated with 174 plates, many in colour. [4], iv, 184, [1] pp. , (plus 2 half-titles). 1 vols. Folio (15-1/2 x 12 inches, 392 x 312 mm.).

New York: Firth & Hall, 1843. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Leather worn particularly at spine, foxing and offsetting throughout, contemporary ownership inscription of Ehrick Parmly to title page. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Sheet music; with manuscript piece of music to rear blank in a contemporary hand.

Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1929. First edition. 15 pp. of text + 83 full page plates. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarter green morocco, rubbed with small chip at head, else Very good. First edition. 15 pp. of text + 83 full page plates. 1 vols. 4to.

[Paris], 1760. First complete edition. Frontispiece. 192; 266, [4]; [6], 263, [1]; [6], [1]-278; 80; viii, [1]-167, [1]; 279, [5]pp. Six parts in three volumes. 3 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled french calf, gilt spines, red edges. Some wear at edges and joints. First complete edition. Frontispiece. 192; 266, [4]; [6], 263, [1]; [6], [1]-278; 80; viii, [1]-167, [1]; 279, [5]pp. Six parts in three volumes. 3 vols. 4to. Birth of the Physiocratic School. The first three parts, constituting L'Ami des Hommes, were first published by Mirabeau in 1756, before his meeting with Quesnay and his conversion to the physiocratic theses. In 1758 the work was reissued as a new edition with a fourth part added, and in 1760 the fifth and sixth parts. Thus the present edition is the first complete one. Notably the final volume of the work includes Quesnay's Tableau Economique, the first work attempting to describe the workings of the economy in an analytical way. Portions of Quesnay's work had been privately printed… Read More

[Paris, 1758. Second Edition of parts I-III, first Edition of part IV. (8), 192; (2), 266, (4); (6), 264; (8), 278, 81pp. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt spines, red morocco labels; covers a bit rubbed, spine extremities and corners worn with slight chipping, otherwise a very good copy, internally crisp and clean. Frontispiece lacking, as is often the case. Bookplates of A. de Seville. Second Edition of parts I-III, first Edition of part IV. (8), 192; (2), 266, (4); (6), 264; (8), 278, 81pp. 2 vols. 4to. The Founder of the Physiocratic School. A work of fundamental importance, whose appearance created a sensation throughout Europe, was widely translated and reprinted, and earned its author an international reputation "greater than that of any other economist before or after, not excluding Adam Smith or Karl Marx..." (Schumpeter, p. 175n) Mirabeau argues that wealth is the product of population -- in particular, agriculture -- and that a large populartion is desirable, that religious… Read More

Paris: Michel Lévy, 1857. Troisième edition. 479pp. 8vo. Quarter contemporary blue morocco, title page backed with some loss at inner margin. Troisième edition. 479pp. 8vo.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1872. First edition. 103 pp. Bound by David in near-contemporary 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, original wrappers bound in. Wrappers chipped with 2 inch loss to front wrapper not effecting the text, back wrapper chipped and foxed, but complete, foxing to the text, else near fine. First edition. 103 pp. Based on Daudet's own nouvelle (1869), this dramatic piece included music by George Bizet. The latter went on to write a successful symphony of the same title.

Paris: Librairie Renouard, 1928. Second edition. 290 Plates. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in half calf, original wrappers bound in. Fine. Second edition. 290 Plates. 1 vols. 4to.

Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, 1929. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Sheets loose in half-cloth portfolio as issued. Ex-Library copy with stamps on front and rear covers, remnant of label to rear cover, and library spine title detaching. Library stamps to the verso of every plate, but complete. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Contains 50 photogravure plates of works of sculpture, with work by Androusov, Archipenko, Brancusi, Csaky, Gargallo, Jespers, Martel, Miklos, et. al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued together. It was later expanded to 20 volumes.

Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, 1929. 53 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Sheets loose in half-cloth portfolio as issued. Some soiling and rubbing to boards and corners rubbed away. Front cloth joint split, rear cloth joint starting, but both still attached. Soiling to a few plates. 53 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Contains 50 photogravure plates of domestic architecture, with work by Barrez, Fuschs, Gropius, Guévrekian et Denis, Haesler, Le Corbusier, Lurçat, Mallet-Stevens, Pouska, Radin, et. al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued together. It was later expanded to 20 volumes.

Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, 1929. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Sheets loose in half-cloth portfolio as issued. Foxing to some of the plates, but most quite clean, some soiling to boards, bumps to top corners, split at top front hinge. Spine label intact. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Contains 50 photogravure plates of modernist and Art Deco stained glass, designs and installations, with work by Barillet, Chanson, Gruber, Jeannin, Puhl and Wagner, van Doesburg, et al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued together. It was later expanded to 20 volumes. Provenance: Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles

Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, 1929. Vol. 1: 50 plates in black and white [viii]. Vol. 2: 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 2 vols. 4to. Sheets loose in half-cloth portfolio as issued. The preliminary pages, with an introduction by Mallet-Stevens and a list of plates is missing in Vol. 2 (at least a list of plates must have been issued), instead a set of the preliminaries of Vol. 1 are laid-in. Some fading and coloring to printed cover of Vol. 1, some coloring to cover of Vol. 2. Spine label somewhat perished, bumping to corners, but a very solid set. Vol. 1: 50 plates in black and white [viii]. Vol. 2: 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 2 vols. 4to. Each contains 50 photogravure plates, shots of modernist architecture by Le Corbusier, Garnier, Ginsbourg, Gropius, Haesler, Jeanneret, Limburg, Lurcat, Maigrot, Moser, Olbrich, Oud, Perret, Sauvage, Taut, van Doesburg, et. al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued… Read More

Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, 1929. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Sheets loose in half-cloth portfolio as issued. Some soiling and rubbing to boards and bumping to corners. Soiling to a few plates. 50 plates in black and white [viii]. 4to. Contains 50 photogravure plates of Art Deco design for flatware, glasswear, furniture, textiles, and various useful objects (bottles, cases and cabinets, etc.), with work by Corinthe, Desny, Goupy, Marinot, Puiforcat, Sandoz, Serrière, Tranchant, Louis Vuitton, Warnecke, et. al. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued together. It was later expanded to 20 volumes.

Namur [i.e., Bruxelles]: à l'Enseigne de Boileau dindonnée, 1864. First edition, ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED. Etched frontispiece by FELICIEN ROPS. xii, 37pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern boards, cloth spine. Rops, Felicien. First edition, ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED. Etched frontispiece by FELICIEN ROPS. xii, 37pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Priapic Parody with Rops Frontispiece. Priapic poem parodying the style of Boileau in L'Art Poetique. With an ingenious frontispiece by Rops. Gay-Lemonnyer, p. 289

Paris: Armand Colin, 1949. Later editions. Copious illustrations. 4 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers. Fine, in original box (4). Later editions. Copious illustrations. 4 vols. 4to.