Search Results: Titles starting with L from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Privately printed: NY. Poor. 1920. 1st edition. Inscribed by Hartmann to minister/writer Paul Jord . 1st ed. 8vo, brown boards, 109 pp, No. 53 of 3000 numbered copies . With an inscription by Hartmann to Paul Jordan Smith -- “from [as Bernard Shaw expressed it] ‘the man who writes about the l ast 30 days of Christ when the first day Him has not yet dawned u pon Earth.” Smith was an American Universalist minister who als o worked as a writer, lecturer and editor. However, he is most we ll known for originating the hoax art movement Disumbrationism. G iving himself the Russian-sounding pseudonym Pavel Jerdanowitch, Jordan-Smith painted a small group of crudely Postimpressionist c anvases that he then entered in art exhibitions around the countr y as exemplars of a new art movement known as Disumbrationism (i. e. painting without shadows). His canvases were well received on the whole until he got tired of sustaining the role and outed him self to a… Read More

NY: Fishkill Standard. Good. 1874. 1st ed.. 8vo, dark brown cloth, gilt titles on spine. Photographic frontis piece portrait of Bailey tipped in, 431 pages. Slavery, Freedom, and Ghosts in the Hudson River Valley - a mixture of fact and fab le. Good. Rubbed at top bottom of spine, corners; bits of newspap er residue on back cover. Newspaper obituaries of Bailey glued to front end papers. Some damp-staining to flyleaf page with tipp ed portrait but not affecting the photo. Front hinge weak but int act. Text block otherwise clean and tight with no foxing. .

Taller Autográfico. Secretaría De La Defensa Nacional, México. Very Good. 1939. 1st ed.

Paris: Dorbon Aine. 1928. 1st ed,. 8vo, softcovers rebound in gray cloth. Classic reference on the art of the woodcut, with emphasis on the revival of the art in We stern Europe during the first quarter of the 20th century. 239 wo odblocks, 9 in color. 177 original illustrations. No. 18 of 1000 copies; a prior owner has neatly written in pencil which woodcuts are originals and which previously published; owner's inked name on front flyleaf, otherwise a fine copy in original paper wraps, subsequently rebound in gray cloth. .

Paris: Auguste Marc et Cie. Very Good. 1871. 1st edition. 1st edition. 4to, 10-1/2”x15” , 559 pages. Bound volume of 69 weekly issues, each from 4-8 pages. 400 b/w gravure illustrat ions and maps depicting all phases of the war, weaponry, and sign ificant events and persons. Afterword, Tables des gravures. Very good; A clean, tight copy, in relatively modern binding -- ½ buc kram, marbled covers. Text block is fine with no foxing or tears . .

A beautifully illustrated edition with 5 original woodblocks in colors by Ahü, seven b/w vignettes in text. Limited to 890 numbered copies; this copy inscribed from the author to Mr. Hubert A. Guillard.
1st thus, small 4to. [2 ff..] 74 pp… [3 ff]. Published in softcover but rebound here in contemporary ½ black morocco and decorated cloth, gilt titles – the original paper cover with sixth woodcut illustration bound in.
The Paris newspaper Le Figaro wrote: "Magre is an anarchist, an individualist, a sadist, an opium addict. He has all the faults, he is a very great writer. You have to read his work."
CONDITION: Very Good. Minor foxing of the original paper cover and first two flyleaves before the half-title, otherwise fine.

“Rundschau” / Camp Myles Standish. Very good. 1945-46. 3 issues of German POW Newspaper “Rundschau” / Camp Myles Sta ndish, Mass. . 946 22 pp. . t. 8-1/2x11”. News summaries, essays, poems, camp announcement s, drawing-contest-winners' artwork, humor and puzzles . ndition: very good; toning as expected for pulp newspapers .

[Miller, Henry] Moore, John. The Latitude and Longitude of Henry Miller. Pasadena: Marathon Press, 1962. A critical evaluation in poetic form. With author’s illustrations. 8vo, stapled wrappers . 24 pp. Very good. Minor edgewear, corners bumped. .

Brussells: Louis Hauman et Comp. Good. Marbled boards. 1836. 1st Brussells. CUSTINE, Astolphe (Marquis de) . As It Is] . lgian edition. 16mo. Half-leather, marbled boards. 4 raised band s, gilt titles on burgundy labels, marbled edges. 278 pp. 322 pp. First published in Paris in a larger format,1835.##### . omedy, quite popular in its time. The protagonist, Edmond d'Offli ze, boasts that he can seduce a very rich heiress whose face is s o ugly that it would be acceptable "only in the land of the frogs ." A great muddle of ardor and manners ensues. The Marquis de Cus tine (1790-1857) was a French aristocrat. His father and grandfat her sympathized with the French Revolution but were both guillot ined. Custine's mother was imprisoned and barely escaped the same fate. Although happily married, Custine lived openly in Paris w ith his English lover Edward Saint-Barbe. Aloys, another of his n ovels deals explicitly with homosexuality long before such subjec ts were common to discuss… Read More

Paris: Seuher . Very Good. 1927. 1st edition. Inscribed by author on FEP . 1st ed., 8vo, iii-322 pp., 29 plates, 4 in color and 126 b/w illu strations in the text. A very clean copy; inscribed by the autho r on fep. André Gill (17 October 1840 – 1 May 1885) Gill was the most popular and important French caricaturist of his time, k nown today mostly for his work for the weekly four-sheet satirica l newspapers La Lune and L’Eclipse from 1865 to 1876. Waging wa r against the monarchy with his cartoons, he also became involved in the Paris Commune, illustrating for Jules Vallès' socialist paper, La Rue. Between 1868 and 1873 more than 60 of his cartoons were censored or suppressed. .

New York: William Morrow. 2003. 1st ed. Inscribed by Bradbury on title page. Pristine copy! .

First edition, 18 pp. 8vo, stitched wrappers; disbound from a larger volume of serial publications; lacking any wrappers if issued.
Special Session, March 5, 1877. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 1.
A detailed account of the fighting between the Modoc Indians and US troops in Northern California during the first half of 1873, following the alleged murder of unarmed peace commissioners sent by President Grant. This includes accounts of battles with Modoc leader Captain Jack and his band near what is now Lava Beds National Monument. Gillem offers both a detailed report on the battles of Sand Butte and Dry Lake. as well as a defense of his actions at the "Lava Beds" for which he was later criticized. Howes G175: "Earliest Account of this disastrous campaign…"
A good+ copy with several nicks on the binding edge, toning and substantial chipping to last tpage, creasing to last four leaves.

London: Vertue and Goadby, Stationers at the Royal Exchange. Good. Wrappers. 1750. 1st edition. One of several editions published in the year of the quake, 1750 (priority unknown.) 12mo, 16 pp. Unbound, as issued. Stitched at left margin, but stitches mostly pulled. ##### In 1750 a series of five earthquakes rocked London. This sermon by Thomas Sherlock warns of a merciful God to a sinful people and lays part of Godâ €™s wrath at the feet of a sinful press: "Have not all the Abomin ations of the publick Stews been open to view by lewd Pictures ex posed to Sale at Noon-day? Have not Histories or Romances of the vilest Prostitutes been published, intended merely to display the most execrable scenes of Lewdness; Lewdness represented without Disguise, and nothng omitted that might inflame the corrupt Passi ons of the Youth of the Nation! ... While I was writing this I ca st my Eye upon a News Paper of the Day, and counted no less than fifteen Advertisements for Plays, Operas,… Read More

1st ed. Folio. 40x30cm, 64 pp. illustrated cloth, with gilt caricature and titling.
Heinrich Kley (1863 – 1945) was a German painter, illustrator and editorial cartoonist.
After a variety of commercial and industrial engagements, Kley attained notoriety with darkly satirical pen and ink drawings, published in the satirical magzines Jugend and Simplicissimus.
This is his first album, with several hundred pen and ink sketches depicting the absurdity of the human condition: church, marriage, fashionable ladies and pompous gentlemen, clothes and customs and character traits. Kley repeatedly uses anthropomorphic characters: elephants, apes, horses, in human poses – illustrating the spectacle of humans caught in ridiculous situations and grotesque positions.
In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Kley ceased working for most of his magazine clients and kept a low profile. After the war, he resumed work as an illustrator, but it wasn't the same. Kley's wife passed away in 1922, and the following… Read More

1st edition, thus. [Illustrated Pocket Edition" Blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on the front cover, [vii], 136 pp., frontispiece portrait. 4.25x6".
Very good: a bright copy with end papers toned; corners and spine ends lightly rubbed; text block near fine.

Dublin: Irish Academic Press. 1989. 1st ed.. 8vo, cloth, 301 pp. The first substantial biography of Clarke and a critical survey of his varied work: stained glass, book illust ration, commercial art. 24 color plates and 180 b/w illustrations . A marvelous treatment. Fine; as new in d/w with some very min or shelf-wear. A near pristine copy. .

The life of Jesus told in 71 wood-engraved plates, in a style similar to that of Lynd Ward.
First Edition, 8vo, ¼ cloth, paper covered boards. Gilt rulings and a black wing design on the front board.
James Reid's first published work was a critical and commercial success, regarded as highly sophisticated and emotive. His second work, illustrating the Song of Songs, did not fare well in the declining depression economy. Reid later described lugging his canvases around NYC by bus in an effort to make a sale: "Those depression days were noted for threadbare soles, my shoes no exception, and following the accepted practice I would trim a piece of cardboard to fashion innersoles." He produced no other books and worked as a successful commercial artist for the rest of his life. [1907-1989]
CONDITION: Good; boards tanned at margins and backstrip. Lengthy inked inscription on front pastedown; remnants of removed bookplate on FEP; text block is tight and clean.

1st ed. thus.First published in 1908 in a different format.
Thackeray's account of a trip to Egypt consists of 24 tipped-in color plates, each with a humorous tale; seven b&w text illustrations. Preface by George Ade.
Lot "Lance" Thackeray (1869 - 1916) was an English illustrator, known primarily for comic sporting illustrations and humorous postcards.
CONDITION: Very Good. Light foxing on outer edges and lower corners lightly bumped. Lacking d/w.

Chicago: The Black Cat Press. 1936. 1st ed., in d/w, limited to 1000 copies. A critical study of Abra ham Lincoln's political relationships, with previously unpublishe d election materials. Some light soiling along top edge and penc il erasures on ffep where a price was apparently removed, otherwi se a fine copy. Dustjacket is fair only with several large open t ears and darkened spine. .

Paris: : Chambre Syndicale des D’Art. Good. 1925. 1st ed.. Première Année 1925, Deuxième Année 1926-1927, Troisième Ann ée 1928-1929. First editions. All three years published. 4to [1 0”x12.5”], paper wrappers in printed dust-jackets. Unpaginate d, but approx.. 200 pp. each volume. The first volume is limited to printing of 2000 copies and the third volume 1800; the second volume has no designation. Plain sewn wrappers, with volume 1 in library binding with original wrappers bound in. A remarkable p ublication consisting of announcements of limited edition illustr ated books to appear between 1925-29, accompanied by samples from the works. More than 20 Parisian art publishers represented. Pro fusely illustrated, with most images color. Extensive examples of book design, including covers, title pages and text pages, and t he work of numerous artists, including… Read More