Search Results: Titles starting with L from LaCelle Rare Books

La Crosse, Wisconsin: A.A. Liesenfeld Co, 1915. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. La Crosse, Wisconsin: A.A. Liesenfeld Co., 1915. First Edition. 335 pages + index and ad. 9 1/4" x 6". Fair or better. Front hinge detached; rear hinge cracking; textblock fairly good; some smudges and foxing; names on endpapers; a few very small tears; covers quite worn and soiled.  A very scarce Women's Society Cookbook from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Only 8 copies located in Libraries worldwide by OCLC. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Twenty-Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1933). Twenty-Eighth Printing (October, 1934). SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; very light sunning to spine; moderate wear and light soil to covers; lacking the rare dust jacket.  An early signed copy of the Pulitzer Prize winner. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1926]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with Spring, 1926 catalog in rear. SIGNED CLIPPING FROM A LETTER TIPPED IN ON TITLE PAGE. Later 3/4 leather. 294 pages + ads. Very Good. Tight binding; light foxing else clean pages; moderate wear. Scarce first edition, especially with signature, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1937. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1937. Second Printing (same month as first). SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.  Good+. Front hinge else tight binding; pages are fairly clean; two previous owner's names on front endpaper; some wear; lacking the scarce dust jacket. A very early signed copy of the Pulitzer Prize winner. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1889. Hardcover. Poor. Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1889. FIRST EDITION.  317 pages.  Poor or better. Rear cover detached; front cover somewhat so; textblock fairly tight; pages stained; exlibrary with usual marks; a few pencil notes; a couple of pages loose; covers are extremely worn and stained.  Speeches by a very important Republican politician from Indiana during the 1870's and 1880's, slavery yet to be abolished, reform, evolution, etc. Quite scarce. "George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 - July 7, 1899) was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery, Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in the 1852 election and was a prominent Radical Republican during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Born in Wayne County, Indiana, he established a legal practice in Centerville, Indiana. He won… Read More

Little Rock, Arkansas: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers, 1899. Hardcover. Good. Little Rock, Arkansas: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt.  488 pages. Frontispiece portrait. Good. Hinges cracked else good binding; clean pages; some wear.  First hand acount of the Cibil War by a Confederate officer. Author fought at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Petersburg. Scarce. "These reminiscences by a soldier who fought in both South Carolina and Mississippi units are lengthy but unbalanced."--Nevins I, page 84. References: Dornbusch Vol 3, 1222, Howes D-573. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Stockton, California: Daily Independent Steam Power Print, 1884. Hardcover. Poor. Stockton, California: Daily Independent Steam Power Print, 1884. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt.  326 pages. Poor or better. Detached at hinges; endpapers loose; yellowed pages; covers very worn. "Maltby was a business associate of Lincoln's in New Salem. This was the first biography of Lincoln published in California."--Karmiole. "Scarce. The first biography of Lincoln published in California. The author had been personally acquainted with Mr. Lincoln for thirty-five years."--Decker. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Printed for the Author by E.P. Whitcomb, 1887. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Boston: Printed for the Author by E.P. Whitcomb, 1887.  FIRST EDITION. Original wraps. Frontispiece portrait. 88 pages. Size: 9" x 5 3/4". Fair. Binding reinforced with tape; tape along one edges of front wrap; ownership stamps and label on front endpapers; pages fairly clean; covers creased, worned and chipped. Account of a long life spanning the war of 1812, the civil war and beyond. Author was a Confederate surgeon on Gardner's battery during the civil war. References:  Dornbusch II, 863. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE SCARCE CIVIL WAR TITLES..

Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1866. Hardcover. Good. Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1866. Original 3/4 Leather. 192 + 256 pages. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. 5" x 3 1/4". Good. Tight binding; some light foxing; some wear and scuffing to covers. A cute miniature antique account of the legend of Robin Hood.  .

Chicago: Thomas W. Jackson Publishing Company, 1898. Hardcover. Good+/Good. DeLay, H.S. (Illustrated by). Chicago: Thomas W. Jackson Publishing Company, (1898). 319 pages. Illustrated throughout. Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; clean pages; some wear; dust jacket is worn with some tears and chips along edges. Thrilling Adventures Among Miners and Outlaws. Scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING         with all first issue points, including FIRST EDITION on copyright page and correct $2.50 price on front jacket flap.  Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; owner inscription on front endpaper; slight wear; dust jacket is clean with moderate wear; price not clipped ($2.50). SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Hardcover. No Jacket/Very Good+. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. DUST JACKET ONLY - NO BOOK. Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Clean and bright with very little wear; crease in spine.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good+/Good. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1924). Early reprint. Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Front hinge cracked else tight binding; clean pages; several ownership stamps to endpapers; moderate wear; small scuff mark to front cover; dust jacket is somewhat worn with a few small tears and chips; a couple small tape repairs to reverse. A Biblio-Mystery.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 27 pages. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; a few tape repairs; covers worn.  John Dewey's "analytical defense of democracy written in a time when democratic regimes had recently been replaced by non-democratic ones, and at a time when Marxism was considered a powerful political force."--wikipedia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Ottawa, Canada: The Laurentian Press Syndicate, 1926. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ottawa, Canada: The Laurentian Press Syndicate, [1926]. FIRST EDITION. 232 pages + ads. Good. Rebound; tight binding; a few marginal chips to text pages (none affect text); exlibrary with usual marks; moderate wear.  A very interesting account of life in Yukon Territory.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1945). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct $2.00 price on front flap, correct jacket ads, etc. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear; dust jacket is fairly clean with tears along edges; price not clipped ($2.00). First edition by the author of Curious George. Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with "A" and scribner seal on copyright page. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with a couple of small tears; slight trimming; price clipped.  Baseball fiction. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. New York: The Macaulay Company, (1927). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with correct copyright statement, correct dust jacket blurbs and price.  Very Good+ in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only slight wear; dust jacket is clean with light chipping at corners; price not clipped ($2.00). First produced by the New Playwrights' Theatre at the 52nd Street Theatre in New York, opening on March 2 1927. Harry Wagstaff Gribble directed, Mordecai Gorelik designed the sets, Eugene L. Berton composed its music, and Leonard Sillman choreographed its dances. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING         with correct 1918 date on title page, correct copyright statement on copyright page, and $1.50 price on spine.  Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; pages pretty clean; browning to endpapers; contemporary 1918 name on front endpaper; slight wear; dust jacket is worn along edges with somce chipping.  Cable's last novel, scarce in dust jacket. George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 - January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century", as well as "the first modern Southern writer." In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner. He also wrote articles critical of contemporary… Read More