Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bygone Books

NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. First American edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st Am edition; originally published in France as "Dentelles" by Editions Adam Biro, Paris in 1988. Quarto, deep red cloth, 192 pages, 180 illustrations (92 in colour), select bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: an owner gift card is taped to front endpaper, otherwise book is like new; jacket has slight edgewear. A lovely copy of a lovely book...

New York: E P Dutton Inc, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition (stated, number line), 8vo, pale rust boards with beige cloth backstrip, 210 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD + jacket: a few faint spots to top page edge, small scrape on front board; jacket has minor edgewear, price-clipped. A fictionalized account of the Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, well-born ladies who defied all conventions of the 18th-century Irish homeland and eloped as a married couple to live in Wales.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, navy cloth, 292 pages, color frontispiece by Kitty Shannon, 16 b/w plates, chronology, index. VERY GOOD- / no jacket: some faint scuffing to the boards, a few tiny tears to spine head, light spotting to page edges, some faint occasional foxing to page margins. The life of Henrietta Hobart, afterwards Countess of Suffolk [circa 1688 - 1767] - she is mentioned by nearly all of her contmeporaries, and references to her and her circle will be found in innumerable books; her name appears frequently in the works, correspondence, and memoirs of Swift, Pope, Gay, Chesterfield, Horace Walpole, Hanbury Williams, Lady Lary Wortley Montague, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte Lady Sundion, John Lord Hervey, Mary Lady Cowper, etc. [from the preface]

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, illustrated wraps, 128 pages, b/w photographs, map frontispiece, select bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: very slight rubbing to rear cover edges, appears unread. Beginning with Samuel de Champlain's discovery of the lake bearing his name, this book offers nostalgic photographs of the four islands that served as the birthplace of Vermont.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran / Junior Books, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; VG. George Shanks. 1st edition [stated, logo of JR on copyright page], 8vo, green cloth with yellow illustrations and lettering, yellow top edge, illustrated endpapers, 240 pages, color frontispiece, ten b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD / no jacket: slight cover wear, light rubbing to spine extremities, spine is slightly toned, faint foxing to first and last few pages, owner name on front endpaper, otherwise internally very clean and tight. A rare children's book, unfortunately without the even more rarely seen dust jacket...this is a nice copy.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1949. Soft cover. Good. A Fuzzy Wuzzy Book, Whitman No. 908. Almost square 8vo (9 ¾ x 10"), illustrated stapled wraps, [10] pages, color illustrations, Lion is "fuzzy." Condition: GOOD: light edgewear all around, spotting to front cover and some staining to rear cover, internally clean. A tale of the Circus that could not start because of the Lion being too lazy to get up. Terrific bright and fun illustrations of bears, and elephants, and clowns, and seals, and the circus band, and the chef who saves the day.

New York: Irving Berlin Music Corporation, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. Original vintage sheet music from the musical comedy "Miss Liberty," lyrics and music by Irving Berlin, book by Robert E. Sherwood. 6 pages, including covers. Condition: VERY GOOD with light edgewear (small tears and creases. A nice copy.

NY: NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974., 1974. First American edition . Hardcover. VG/VG+. 0151515395 1st American edition 9stated, letter line], 8vo, purple boards backed in black cloth, 316 pages, b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliography, family tree on endpapers. VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: light sunning to board edges at top and bottom, faint spotting to top page edge, slightly cocked, internally clean and tight; jacket has slight edgewear.

Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Paperbacks/ The University of Michigan, 1959., 1959. Soft cover. G+. 1st pb edition, 8vo, 407pages. Condition is GOOD+: light edgewear; spine creased.

New York: D. Appleton, 1857. First American edition . Hardcover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st American edition, 12mo, blind-stamped patterned boards with gilt lettering on spine, blue paper endpapers, 2 vols. [285, 269 pages], publisher ads in vol. I are 2 pages [should be 6, but nothing is missing - misbound], vol. II has 6 pages of ads, vol. I has frontispiece engraving of Charlotte Bronte, by G. [ George ] Richmond, engraved by J. C. [ James Charles] Armytage; vol. II has engraving of Haworth Church and Parsonage, by E. C. Gaskell, engraved by J. C. Armytage; tissue guards intact (small tear to vol. I); "Books by the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe" [ i.e. Charlotte M. Yonge ] listing 9 of her novels is tipped in at front endpaper. Condition: VERY GOOD- : small chips and tears to spine extremities and corners are rubbed open, 2 small holes to spine gutter of vol. I, spines are sunned to a golden brown, sm. stain to spine of vol. II, owner inscription on… Read More

NY: Everest House, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG. Edward Gorey.. 1st edition (no additional printings), 8vo, white boards, 122 pages, b/w ilustrations by Gorey. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has an owner inscription on the front endpaper in black marker; jacket has very light edgewear (a few very tiny chips to spine extremities and top corner, 3 tiny chips to front top edge, light rubbing at folds).

NY: Senefelder Co. n.d.. Soft cover. VG. 16mo pamphlet wraps, 40 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD with minor wear.

Boston: Brown, Bazin & Co., 1855. Hardcover. G+. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 24mo, red blind-stamped cloth / gilt titles and illus on spine; yellow paper eps; 128pp, numerous engravings of animals. GOOD+ : lt. wear at edges, corners rubbed, spine head and tail are chipped, sm. dent to front board, interior pages have scattered foxing throughout, though all is very readable so you can enjoy visiting the zoo along with Charley and friends...

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931, c1926., 1931. Hardcover. G+. Christopher Rule.. Quarto, 158p, 4 full-page color illus, 258 b/w illus; pictorial paper-backed boards / red linen backstrip, illus eps. GOOD+ / no jacket: covers have edgewear all around, corners are open, front cover illus has. lt. creasing, spine head and tail rubbed, rear endpaper has pencil marking; interior pages are clean and tight.... a lovely book with Rule's fun illustrations.

NY: G.P. Putnams' Sons / Knickerbocker Press, 1896. Three-Quarter Leather. VG. Reprint of the 1853 Putnam publication titled: Homes of American Authors, and now published as part of the second series of Little Journeys initiated by Elbert Hubbard. 16mo, 3/4 leather / marbled paper boards and eps, spine has red leather label, 5 raised bands, and gilt dec, teg. 388pp, b/w illus, frontis of Washington Irving. Book has been rehinged (professionally and beautifully done). VERY GOOD: lt. edgewear, owner name on fep. A nice copy.

Philadelphia / London: David McKay / Augener. First Edition . Hardcover. G. H. Willebeek Le Mair.. 1st edition (no date, but ca 1915), oblong mauve cloth with pictorial paste-on, unpaginated, color illustrations on each verso with poem opposite. Condition is GOOD / no jacket: some light cover and edgewear, cracked spine, a few pages have a 2" closed tear, light foxing to title page and a some scattered foxing throughout - does not affect the pictures which are just lovely, bookseller ticket on fep (Chas. E. Lauriat Co.... Boston)

Regal Record Co, 1920. Soft cover. Very Good. Little Tots' Nursery Tunes: "Mulberry Bush". 5'x6" Vintage card from game series / record, published in the 1920s by Regal Record Co. Words to "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" is printed on the back, color illustration by Maud Trube on the front. Condition is VERY GOOD- with some edgewear and two corners chipped. Beautiful illustration.

London: Blackie & Son, [n.d.]. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Possible first edition (no date, price on jacket is 1/6; jacket panel lists to "A Flower Fairy Alphabet," published in 1934). 24mo (5 1/2" tall), 48 pages, color and b/w illus; illus eps; paper-backed boards with linen-look and checkerboard design, pictorial paste-on. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has sl. edgewear at spine head and tail; sm. (1/4" closed tear at margin of page 39; Jacket has lt. edgewear with very small chips and tears at edges, sl. discoloring to white. A lovely book with Barker's delightful illustrations...

Liverpool: Northern Publishing Co., Ltd., 1948., 1948. Hardcover. G+. 81p. B/w illus; color frontispiece; map eps; white boards, blue spine. GOOD+/ no dj : x-library (Princeton University) w/ remains; title written on spine; edgewear.

Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1857. Hardcover. G+. Later printing (20th thousand), 16mo, red blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt titles and decoration on spine, 352 pp, b&w engravings. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket (as issued): rubbing to board edges and sm. tears to spine head and tail, front hinge exposed but still tight, internally pages are very white and clean, excepting very lt.scattered foxing, owner name on 3rd blank page. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was the author of the Peter Parley books. This book is a collection of biographies about the following women: Lucretia and Margaret Davidson; Mrs. Adams; Mrs. Washington; Madame de Stael; Lady hester Stanhope; Hannah More; Mrs. Barbauld; Madame de Genlis; Josephine; Marie Antoinette; Madame Roland; Madame de Sevigne; Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth, Queen of England; Isabella of Spain; and Joan of Arc.