Search Results: Titles starting with L from Dawson's Book Shop

[2], 96, [3] pages, 12 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, stiff wrappers, some chipping to top and bottom of spine. Full page gravure reproductions of female nudes by Albin-Guillot, Dritikol, Mortensen, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, George Platt Lynes and others.

Daniel Masclet, Paris, 1933. 12.5 in. x 9.25 in., 99 pages, Wrappers, Full page gravure reproductions of female nudes by Albin-Guillot, Drtikol, Mortensen, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, George Platte Lynes and others

Editions Clairefontaine, Lausanne, (1952). Very good. First Edition 11 x 8 1/2 inches, [128] pages, stiff wrappers, chipped at spine, One of Strand's most important post-war publications.

Simon & Schuster/Callaway, New York, 1996. Fine, Fine. First Edition 14 in. x 10 in. x 34 in., 152 pages, Vivid pictorial boards, Pictorial cardboard case also in fine condition. "LaChapelle Land Map" laid in.

A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie/Librarie Internationale, Paris, 1867. Very good. 12 x 9 inches, cloth with gold stamping, rubbed at top and bottom of spine, 71 pages plus map, [2] pages table of contents, [2] pages of advertisements and 25 mounted albumen photographs, photographs range in size from 3 x 4 inches to 5 x 7 inches, the majority of images are mounted on thin boards with letterpress description, several photographs are mounted on text pages, several images show overall fading but most have rich tonality. An interesting survey of the various public functions of the park in the mid-19th century. Photographs by Ildefonse Rousset.

2 volumes, viii, 532; iv, 469 pages , front joint of Vol. 1 split; moderate foxing.
Includes 10 engraved plates and a folding map of the island.

Government Printing Office, Washington, 1867. Good, foxing throughout. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 64 pages, black cloth, general soiling, light rubbing to extremeties, Tables throughout.

Kawade Shobo Shinsa, Tokyo, [1990]. Near fine. First Edition 11 x 8 1/2 inches, unnumbered pages, boards, slight wear to corners and top and bottom of spine, Dust Jacket (with belly-band).

Alleuia Press, Allendale, 1975. Limited Edition 11.75 in. x 9.5 in., Unnumbered pages, Cloth, Inscribed by Hardee in felt pen on title page and dated "1984"., Dorr's final publication

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1963. Good. First Edition 11 x 9 3/4 inches, 249 pages, cloth, Dust Jacket (good), With Color Plates.

A.S. Barnes and Company, New York, 1851. Good. First Edition 7 1/4 x 5 inches, 355 pages, gold and blind stamped cloth, some wear to spine extremities and tips, Frontispiece, added engraved titlepage, map, multiple engraved illustrations throughout, Henry T. Cheever (1814-1897) traveled throughout the Pacific and wrote extensively about the area. This Congregational minister was especially facinatied with by the Hawaiian surfers, and this volume contains one of the first illustrations of this pastime (opposite p.68). Hill 287.

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1930 - 38. 11 x 8 1/2 inches, Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation, in blue binder, lacks 156. A long run of early issues of this one-sheet publication which provided extensive detailed information about all aspects of Abraham Lincoln's life and times, including geneological, biographical and historical minuteae.

Lustrum Press, N.p., 1972. First Edition 12 in. x 9 in., Unnumbered pages, Wrappers, The first edition of this important publication.

Unnumbered pages, 10 x 10 ½ inches, stiff wrappers with plastic spiral binding, markings in blue ink drawn on inside front cover. Manufacturer of printing inks published this technical guide to help printers select the proper paper and ink to reproduce Kodachrome transparencies and "similar types of direct color photography".

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, [2001]. Near fine. First Edition 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, boards wtih paste down reticulated illustration on front cover.

Horizon Press, New York, (1969). Very good. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 154 pages, cloth.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1973. 11 in. x 9 in., 215 pages, Cloth, Inscribed to a former owner by Szarkowski in pen on half-title and dated "June 87"., With price clipped dust jacket, fading to jacket at spine else a fine copy

Includes 9 leaves of plates from photographs and 2 folding maps/charts.Laid in is prospectus for several publications by the publisher of Wagner's book.

Sixteen volumes all published in limited editions. This innovative series was the first to examine various unusual subjects about the Los Angeles area, presaging interest in LA cultural, social and environmental history. This set from the library of Daniel Munoz with certain volumes signed and inscribed as noted. All titles in very good to fine condition unless noted. Vol. 1 inscribed by the author on front endpaper, blind stamp of Daniel Munoz at lower edge of title page in Vol. 2, some soiling to covers of Vol. 5, some wear at edges of Vol. 7, Vol. 8 inscribed by the author to Munoz on front endpaper, Vol. 10 inscribed to Bob Scherrer by the author on front endpaper, Vol. 14 signed by the author on dedication page, inscribed for Munoz by Glen and Muir Dawson on colophon page.
The set includes the following titles:
1. Eddy S. Feldman. The Art of Street Lighting in Los Angeles, 1972
2. Edwin Carpenter. Early Cemeteries of the City of Los Angeles, 1973.
3. Ward Ritchie. The Dohenys of Los Angeles,… Read More

Bruce McAllister/Jake Zeitlin, Los Angeles, 1929. Very good, standard browning from age. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 188 pages, marbled boards with cloth spine, minor rubbing along spine, Translation by Marguerite Eyer and Introduction by Phil Townsend Hanna. One of 900 copies published in 1929. Illustrations reproduced from the first edition published in 1878. Unrelated signature on front endpaper.