Search Results: Authors starting with L from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: Rizzoli, 1988. Black cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 232 pp., with 202 illustrations, including 95 in color. This important work brings together some eighty paintings by forty-three Chinese women artists whose lives span six centuries. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Philadelphia: Titus, Simmons & Titus, 1874. Original publisher's quarter morocco over black blind-stamped boards with gilt title, (16.5 x 15 inches). 205 pages., plus folding Township & Railroad map of Ohio and double-page Map of the United States tipped in at rear. Scarce county atlas illustrated with 82 hand-colored maps (many fold-out) of the city of Cleveland and the surrounding townships and villages, also with 119 lithograph architectual views and a Cleveland Business Directory. The maps were engraved by Worley and Bracher and the views lithographed by H.J. Toudy. The Atlas covers both the city of Cleveland and the surrounding towns and villages. This copy collated complete. An exceptionally clean and bright copy without notable defects of a scarce nineteenth century county atlas. Size: Tall Folio. First Edition.. Leather. Near Fine. Atlas.

Lausanne: Edipop, 1983. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 309 pp., profusely illustrated, color plates, text in French and English. An essential reference for the Lalique collector. A tight, clean copy Size: Quarto. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Edward Moxon, 1830. Signed Fine Binding. Full crushed green morocco leather, five raised bands, gilt decorative panels with red inlays, front and rear boards gilt ruled and tooled with flower motif and red leather inlay, edges gilt ruled, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, (7.25 x 4.5). First Edition. 150 pages, plus publisher's advert at rear (often lacking). First edition of the first book issued by Edward Moxon. SIGNED BINDING by W. Root & Son, London (signed in gilt on rear board turn-in). Bookplate of Cleveland Industrialist, Elton Hoyt, 2nd. A clean, tight copy showing light wear, in an impressively splendid fine leather binding. First Edition. Leather. Near Fine. Octavo.

London: Bickers and Son, 1876. Full green pebbled morocco, raised bands, gilt tooling and decorations to spine, front and rear boards, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. (8 1/2" x 6"). 386 pages, illustrated with twelve illustrations in permanent photography from the Boydell Gallery. SIGNED BINDING, bound by Ramage, London. Showing some general minimal wear and rubbing, intenally clean. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1956. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 269 pages w/ bibliography and index; illustrated. This important work stands as the first and definative non-technical account of the rebuilding of the cathedral. A clean, tight copy in a lightly worn jacket Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Chicago: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 160 pages, with addenda laid-in; 72 illustrations, including 52 color plates. An important study of the Prendergast monotypes. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 202 pp., w/ notes and index. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Knopf, 1981. Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket. 168 pages w/ appendix and index; illustrated in color. A complete guide to creating fantastic and dramatic images with the camera. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Small Quarto. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Paris: Le Roi, Libraire, 1841. Green full morocco (leather hard-cover) boards, blind embossed and gilt decorations, marbled endpapers (35 cm.). Unpaginated, w/ List of Plates at rear; Collated complete with 70 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates of costumes of European noblewomen from the 12th to the 18th centuries. Plates accompanied with descriptive text in French. Remaining title reads: Portraits en pied, dessinés par M. Lanté, la plupart des originaux inédits, graves par M. Gatine, et coloriés avec soin; avec des notices biographiques et des remarques sur les habillements; ouvrage édité par M. de la Mésangère. Spine MISSING, boards DETACHED; internally all plates clean and bright. Sold with all Faults. (Hiler 526) Size: Folio. Morocco. See Description.

Shaker Heights, Ohio: Shaker Heights High School, 1960. Gray cloth (hard cover), with embossed title and decoration on front board. 200 pages, w/ General Index and Index of Students; profusely illustrated in b&w photographs. This copy with the SCARCE 45 rpm record in rear pocket, "Shaker in Sound 1959-1960" Narrated by the famous actor and Shaker graduate Paul Newman '43 and Danold Stern '60. Fellow student inscriptions on several pages, else a clean copy showing minimal wear of a scarce Shaker High yearbook Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.

San Diago: Green Tiger Press, 1982. Glossy printed boards (hardcover) w/o jacket as issued, 11 x 11 inches. First American Edition. 193 pages with Chronology; color illustrations. Commentary by Gorel Cavalli-Bjokman and Bo Lindwall. English translation by Allan Lake Rice. An important monograph documenting Larsson's career. A clean, tight copy in collector fine condition. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine. Square Quarto.

Brussels: Corpus of Early Music: Editions Culture et Civilisation, 1972. Susato. Le 14. livre à 4 livre, Anvers, 1555 (Susato. On the 14th. book to 4 book, Antwerp, 1555). Four volumes: Tenor, Bassus, Superius, Contratenor. White cloth (hardcover), red titles. The quatoirsiesme book has four parts containing ten huyct Italian songs, six francoise songs, & six motetz, by Rolando di Lassus. Antwerp, T. Susato, 1555. Corpus of Early Music, Brussels, 1972. Oblong, 23 x 18 cm, 4 parts, c.160 pages. Facsimile of the Antwerp, 1555 edition. Superius, contratenor, tenor & bass parts in their original format. Lacks slipcase, showing just light toning to superius volume, else a clean, tight set.. Cloth. Very Good. Oblong Octavo. Facsimile.

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1970. Gilt-stamped red white and blue cloth, in heavy plastic jacket (5 x 8 inches). Limited 1/215 copies, 73 pages; illustrated endpapers. Printed in Great Britain for members of the venerable Rowfant Club, on Clerkenwell Fine Laid paper by the John Roberts Press, and bound by Henry Brooks of Oxford. A collection of (Cleveland) Plain Dealer newspaper columns penned by Charles W. Lawrence under the pen name Chester Bainbury, with an epilogue in verse by Carr Liggett. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Limited First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Private Press.

London: Cresset Press, 1927. Original quarter vellum over tan boards, gilt title, top edge gilt, uncut, (8.75 x 7 inches). xxvi, 116 pages; Illustrated with a vignette title page, and in-text woodcuts throughout. An illustrated limited edition (650 copies printed) of William Lawson's important 1618 work on gardening, illustrated with woodcuts. An accurate facsimile, including the notes on beekeeping, planting, graffing, and how to make an orchard. A clean, tight copy in the scarce jacket, chipped with paper loss.. Limited. Vellum. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Arlington, Texas: The Summit Publishing Group, 1997. Black letherette (hardcover) in publisher's slipcase, (10-1/4 x 12 inches). First Edition (with "1" appearing on publisher's number line). 108 pages; profusely illustrated with color photographs. A clean, tight copy with the collectable team photo at rear. Size: Quarto. Leatherette. Fine. Illus. by Photographs By Bill Smith.

Paris: Vincent Commin, 1488. (INCUNABULA LEAF). Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches (390 x 280 mm). Archivally matted (17.5 x 13.5 inches). Single Leaf (two pages) in elegant Gothic script arranged on two columns of 50 lines, framed by margin richly decorated with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic motifs. Woodcut depicting King and his court with two dogs; verso depicting full page genealogical chain woodcut with decorative margins. The Mer des Hystoires is a universal chronicle printed in Paris in 1488 and 1489 by Pierre Le Rouge for the publisher Vincent Commin. It is known as one of the most beautiful French incunabula for its lavish illustrations and as arguably the most beautiful historical and literary incunabula in the history of French printing. Woodblock illustrated leaves are much scarcier than text only leaves. A clean, fresh, and very appealing leaf. Very Good. Folio.

Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. Cloth portfolio housing six letterpress art prints plus title page. 12 1/2" x 19". Number 368 of 375 copies designed, printed, numbered and signed by Young and Mackintosh at the Capricorn Press on assorted colors of Strathmore Fiesta paper. A clean and bright copy. Size: Elephant Folio. Signed. Limited.. Cloth. Fine. Private Press.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1953. Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket, geological map endpapers, illustrated w/ photographs, 210 pp. Inscribed by the author to the industrialist, Cyrus S. Eaton, "To Cyrus S. Eaton, Jr.,/ who my be interested/ to read this account/ of the great industry/ begun in Canada by/ Clevelanders many/ years ago./ D. M. LeBourdais (signed)/ June 1, 59 (dated). The dustjacket is missing its entire front flap and a portion of the front panel. Size: Octavo. Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Association Copy.

London: Duckworth, 1946. Black cloth, 284 pp., with 45 illustrations and 5 maps. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.