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    L-W Promotions:  Collectors Guide To Locks & Keys.  Gas City, Ind.: L-W Promotions, n.d. . . Near fine in bright orange, heavy printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2" with the front panel very slightly soiled. Without a dust jacket. A price guide for over 400 locks and keys pictured and priced. 60 pages of text, illustrated throughout.
    TB27190  $20.00




  • L'Amour, Louis:  Louis L'Amour Frontier.  Toronto: Bantan Books, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in heavy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a fine dust jacket. 216 pages with text and 140 photographs by David Muench. A collection of essays and personal narratives by Louis L'Amour with beautiful full color photographs of scenes from countless locations in the West.
    TB06935  $28.00




  • L'Amour, Louis:  Silver Canyon.  New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Second Printing of the Uniform Bantam Edition. Fine in padded brown leatherette covered boards with gilt text on the spine with no prior owner's name book plates or markings of any kind. 164 pages of text.
    TB20983  $10.00




  • L'Amour, Louis:  Buckskin Run.  New York: Literary Express, Inc., 1998. Reprint. Fine in brown leatherette covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 175 pages of text. A collection of eight short stories dealing with western gun fights together with historical notes to round-out the background of events at the time.
    TB25226  $10.00



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    La Branche, George M. L.:  The Dry Fly and Fast Water and The Salmon and the Dry Fly.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark gray leather covered boards with five compartments on the spine with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front and rear boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are of silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" by 5 3/8". Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. Containing 226 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by the author. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of Fly-Fishing Classics which is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB33044  $70.00




  • Labaree & Whitfield Bell, Leonard:  Mr. Franklin A Selection From His Personal Letters.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. . Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and paper covered boards with very modest shelf wear to the bottom edges. Without a dust jacket One of only 1,500 copies printed for the Members of The Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia to commemorate the 250 year birth of Bejamin Franklin. 61 pages of text with five full colore plates.
    TB13520  $7.00



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    Lacey, Charlotte Alvord:  An Historical Story of Southport, Connecticut.  Fairfield, Conn.: The Fairfield Historical Society, 1927. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 gray cloth and printed heavy paper wraps over a stapled and glued binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/8 inches with the cloth overbind to hold the covers to the text block, the front cover has chips to the fore corners, a handwritten note stating "Not for Sale" at the upper fore edge of the front cover, numerous names and dates written on the first free end page and with tape stains on the covers and first and last pages. 69 pages of text illustrated with a two color, fold-out map and multiple black and white images from photographs.
    TB33240  $55.00



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    Lagasee, Emeril, and Marcelle Bienvenu:  Louisiana Real and Rustic.  New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1996). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 gray cloth and blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 7 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed to "Margo" and dated "10/7/96". 347 pages including an index, Illustrated with photographs by Brian Smale.
    TB29257  $50.00




  • Laing, Alexander:  Jonathan Eagle.  New York: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, 1955. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and maps on the end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with 1/4" chips at the upper corners of the spine area with related creasing, rubbing at the lower corners of the panels but with the price intact. A young orphan from Stonington, Connecticut goes to sea & learns the meaning of liberty on board many tall ships.
    TB11815  $5.60




  • Laing, Alexander, and Joseph J. Thorndike as Editor:  The American Heritage History of Seafaring America.  New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1974. . Near fine in turqoise cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine which is also uniformly tanned. In a near fine slipcase with an illustrated paste down label on one panel. 344 pages followed by an index. Extensively illustrated with photographs and reproductions of period art work to provide the nautical history of The Colonial Seafarer, The Revolution at Sea, The World Traders, The Age of Combat Sail, The Whaling Enterprise, The Years of Primacy, The Clipper Ship, The Persistence of Sail and a selective guide to Maritime Museums.
    TB15847  $10.00



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    Lamar, Howard R.:  Charlie Siringo's West An Interpretive Biography.  Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and gilt text and an illustration of a cowboy on a horse on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket (no price shown which is not untypical for university press publications). Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription. 370 pages containing an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three sections of maps and photographic reproductions. A publicity statement on the rear panel of the dust jacket states: "Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) live the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold and original characters to live and flourish in the final decades of the Wild West."
    TB29450  $65.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Green Highlanders and Pink Ladies.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and yellow end papers. With a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page and with the same prior owner's book plate on the second free end page. Signed by the author on the first free end pape. One of only 1,500 copies printed. A collection of 36 short stories on 92 pages. This copy is out-of-series.
    TB20152  $125.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Not Far From The River.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In its clear acetate dust jacket and within its near fine, printed, paper covered slipcase. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 101 pages of text containing 37 short stories. A fine bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30931  $125.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Where the Pools Are Bright and Deep.  New York: Winchester Press, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with light spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with soiling to the panels and with tiny chips to the lower edges of both panels. 145 pages of text. With illustrations throughout by Eldridge Hardie. A celebrated author in the world of fishing.
    TB32151  $30.00



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  Havoc's Sword.  New York: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The eleventh volume in the Alan Lewrie British Naval series which takes place in 1798 while Lewrie is in command of the H. M. S. Proteus in the Caribbean. 372 pages of text.
    TB31283  $35.00




  • Lambdin, Dewey:  Jester's Fortune.  New York: Dutton Books, 1999. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. The eighth volume in the Alan Lewrie series. The events in this setting take place in 1796. Uncommon as only 3,200 copies of the first edition were produced.
    TB17730  $25.00



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  The Gun Ketch.  New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 green and tan paper covered boards with a black remainder mark on bottom edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The fifth volume in the Adam Lewrie series which takes place in 1786 with Lewrie in command of the Gun Ketch, H.M.S. Alacrity, on patrol in the Bahamas to protect British merchant vessels.
    TB31327  $20.00




  • Lambdin, Dewey:  A King's Commander.  New York: Donald I. Fine, 1997. First Edition. Fine in maroon and gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The seventh volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series in which Lewrie is in command of the corvette H.M.S. Jester and partakes in the Glorious First of June Battle with the French.
    TB10285  $15.00



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  The Captain's Vengeance.  New York: Thomas Dunn Books, 2004. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The twelvth volume in the Alan Lewrie series which takes place in 1799 when Lewrie is driven to search for, and if possible take back, the French prize vessel he captured some months before. 336 pages of text.
    TB28406  $15.00



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  Troubled Waters.  New York: Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin's Press, (2008). First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 307 pages of text. The fourteenth volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series.
    TB24763  $12.50



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  King's Captain.  New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in off-white paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a tiny rub mark at the upper corner of the spine area at the fold to the front panel. The ninth volume in the Adam Lewrie series.
    TB25407  $12.50



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  Sea of Grey.  New York: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The tenth volume in the Alan Lewrie British Naval series which takes place in 1798 while Lewrie is in command of the H. M. S. Proteus. 391 pages of text.
    TB25411  $12.50



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    Lambdin, Dewey:  A King's Commander.  New York: Donald I. Fine, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 7/8". In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, but with a 2" section of the fold to the front flap eaten away. (This defect is not evident unless looking at the fore edge of the book.) The seventh volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series published on February 24, 1997. 374 pages of text.
    TB28402  $7.50



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    Landon, Fred:  Lake Huron.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. First Editioni, Limited Edition. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the lower edge of the front panel with a 1/4 inch closed tear. Signed by the author on the special, tipped-in page immediately after the first free end sheet. The first volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M. Quaife. 398 pages containing an index and bibliographical notes. Illustrations on plates from black and white photographs. (Fitzgerald, AL3a)
    TB32994  $80.00



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    Landon, Fred:  Lake Huron.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1944. Reprint. Fine in decorated green cloth covered borads with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a poor, price clipped dust jacket with the lower 2" missing from the spine area and the upper 1/2" missing from the spine area and with much of the fold to the front flap missing. The first volume in The American Lakes Series edited by Milo M. Quaife. 398 pages including an index.
    TB23248  $25.00



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    Lanes, Selma G.:  The Art of Maurice Sendak.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in printed cloth covered boards with no text on the spine or boards. An oblong small quarto of 10 5/8 by 11 3/8 inches with orange end sheets. The fly title page and the very last printed page shows very faint spots of foxing. The top edge of the text block shows four tiny spot of coffee (?) and minor dust staining. The clear, printed acetate dust jacket is in fine condition. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the title page without an inscription or date. 278 pages of text and illustrations by Sendak throughout including one pop-up plate and three folding plates. A beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33134  $300.00



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    Lang, Jenifer Harvey, Editor:  Larousse Gastronomique The New American Edition of the World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia.  New York: Crown Publishers, (1988). First Edition of 1988, First Printing. Fine in light gray paper covered boards with black text on the spine and black text on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches with a faint 1/2 inch tan spot on the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 1193 pages of text including an index. Illustrated throughout from color photographs. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no prior ownership markings (other than the small stain noted above).
    TB31884  $60.00




  • Langewiesche, William:  American Ground Unbuilding The World Trade Center.  New York: North Point Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 205 pages of text.
    TB16911  $18.00




  • Langford, N. P.:  Vigilante Days and Ways.  Missoula: Montana State University, 1957. First thus. Near fine in deep red cloth covered boards with a minor bump to the upper corner of the front board; othewise, fine. In a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. This is a reprint of Langford's classic originally printed in 1890 with a new introduction by Dorothy M. Johnson. 456 pages with an index, text and illustrations throughout. (Sixguns, 1280 & Howes L79)
    TB10594  $55.00



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    Langguth, A. J.:  Union 1812 The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 482 pages including photo credits, index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, maps and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB22833  $20.00



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    Langworth, Richard M.:  Mercedes-Benz The First Hundred Years.  Skokie, Ill.: Publications International, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 11" by 9". In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 256 pages including an index, text and production and specifications for postwar models. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs.
    TB23650  $20.00




  • Langworth, Richard:  Corvette Portriat of a Legend.  New York: Gallery Books, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Very good with the cloth on either side of the spine cracked for 1.5 inches from the heel. In a very good+ dust jacket with two 1.5 and 1" closed tears at the base of the spine area. 288 pages of text and photographs. A large folio measuring 13.5" by 10.75".
    TB08510  $17.50



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    Lararee, Leonard Woods, Editor:  The Public Records Of The State Of Connecticut For the Year 1782 With The journal Of The Council Of Safety From January 17, 1782 To December 16, 1782 Inclusive.  Hartfor, Conn.: State of Connecticut, 1942. First Edtion. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with a one inch portion of cloth worn away on the top edge of the rear board. The contents are clean and unread as each of its pages are unopened. The volume comprises volume IV of The Public Records Of The State Of Connecticut. 341 pages of text without an index.
    TB33288  $65.00



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    Lardner, Ring:  Round Up The Stories of Ring Lardner.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Press, 1977. A Limited Edition. Fine in full brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 3/4"5 3/4" 569 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by Gerry Gersten. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces Of American Literature. A beautiful, tight, clean and crisp copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance.
    TB25831  $60.00




  • Lardner, Ring:  You Know Me Al A Busher's Letters.  n. p. (no city stated): Westvaco, 1994. Limited Edition. Fine in burnt orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a green silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and a blind embossed image of a baseball on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4" with printed end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however in a fine paper covered slip case. 286 pages of text. The WESTVACO Christmas release of 1994 which is the 37th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. A beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28213  $35.00



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    Larned, J. N. , Editor:  The Literature of American History A Bibliographical Guide.  New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., c1902, 1966. Reprint of 1966. Near fine in blue-gray cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 5/8 inches. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with that spine area faded. A bibliographical guide "in which the scope, character, and comparative worth of books in selected lists are set forth in brief notes by critics of authority." 588 pages of text including an index.
    TB32401  $60.00



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    Larson, Erik:  The Demon Of Unrest A Saga Of Hubris, Heartbreak, And Heroism A The Dawn Of The Civil War.  New York: Crown, (2024). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and blue paper covered boards with metallic, copper colored text stamped on the spine. A small octavo of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed on the title page without an inscription or date by the author and with a "signed first edition" sticker on the front panel of the dust jacket. 565 pages including an index, chapter notes, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece with an image from a photograph of a bombed and damaged Fort Sumter. An excellent read and a marvelous examination of the lead up to Southern secession and the attack on Fort Sumter.
    TB33190  $75.00



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    Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 503 pages of text. The sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
    TB32715  $15.00



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    Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.  New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 2009. Paperback reprints. Both volumes are in near fine condition in heavy, printed paper wraps with very slight curling to the upper panels. No stains, names, dates or other writing within. Two very clean and tight copies. Both volumes are trade paperbacks measuring 8" by 5". Without dust jackets as issued. The Girl Who Played with Fire contains 630 pages followed by 12 pages from the following volume. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest contains 658 pages of text.
    TB26236  $7.00



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    Lash, Joseph:  Eleanor And Franklin The Story of their relationship based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Signed Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work on the boards and with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments. There are silk end papers with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An thick octavo measuring 9" by 6" containing 897 pages including an index, references and text. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. With a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and an introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. A limited edition reissue of this Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of the marriage between the Roosevelts. An extremely bright, crisp and clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
    TB24455  $135.00



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    Lash, Joseph P.:  A World Of Love Eleanor Roosevelt And Her Friends 1943-1962.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1984. Signed First Edition. Fine in full red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled paper with a red silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6 1/4" containing 610 pages of text including an index followed by a genealogical table of two pages. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB28275  $55.00



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    Lathrop, Dorothey P.:  Let Them Live.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red-orange cloth covered boards with tan text on the spine and on the front board together with an image of a bird. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches with a prior owner's name written in pencil on the fly title page. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds, minor chipping around the edges of the front panel and heavy chipping to the upper edge of the rear panel. Signed and dated "April 14, 1951" by the author on the front end page. 80 pages of text and illustrated throughout with 19 full page drawings and numerous vignettes within the text.
    TB32069  $150.00



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    Lathrop, Elise:  Old New England Churches.  Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., 1938. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in reddish buckram covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is modestly rubbed. Without its uncommon issued dust jacket. 171 pages including a bibliography, notes and text. Illustrated with numerous, very attractive line drawings by H. T. Welsh of individual churches in the New England States.
    TB22836  $30.00




  • Lathrop, Elise:  Historic Houses of Early America.  New York: Tudor Publishing Co., c1927. Reprint of 1941. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and front board and with decorated end papers. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8" with two prior owner's names in pencil on the verso of the fly title page. Without its issued dust jacket. 464 pages including an index of historic houses listed by location, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs
    TB27429  $10.00



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    Lavender, David:  Land of Giants.  New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 1/8 inches with a slight bow to both boards and hints of rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine and light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with modest wear to the lower edge of the spine area and tanning to the outside edges of the rear panel. 468 pages including an index, bibliography and text. "The Drive to the Pacific Northwest 1750-1950." (from the dust jacket)
    TB31190  $25.00



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    Lavery, Brian:  Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization 1793-1815.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches with a partial impression of a rusted paper clip on the first free end page. In a fine, unclipped (no price as appropriate) dust jacket. With a forward by Patrick O'Brian. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly detailed information pertaining to the outfitting of ships during the time of Nelson. 352 pages with an index.
    TB30188  $75.00



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    Lavery, Brian:  Jack Aubrey Commands An Historical Companion To The Naval World of Patrick O'Brian.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (2004) c2003. First US Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 3/8 by 7 5/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price anyway) dust jacket with a 1 inch closed tear at the upper rear corner of the spine area. First published in the UK in 2003 by Conway Maritime Press. 182 pages including an index, glossary, bibliography, footnotes and text. Illustrated throughout with color drawings, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB28506  $32.00




  • Lawrence, R. D.:  In Praise of Wolves.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. This Canadian author has also written Secret Go the Wolves. His books and his contributions to the understanding of nature has won him numerous awards.
    TB06884  $21.00




  • Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee:  The Gang's All Here A Play.  Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in decorated brown patterned paper covered boards with yellow text on the spine and a yellow illustration on the front board with modest shelf wear to the lower edges of the boards. In a very good dust jacket which has been price clipped and with mild rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Attached to the front free end paper is a bookseller's book plate on which the co-author, Robert E. Lee, and his wife "Janet" have written a warm inscription. A second, dated inscription signed by the Robert E. Lee is also written out on the title page. 129 pages of script and illustrated with three black and white photographs of the play.
    TB16188  $40.00



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    Lawson, Robert:  Rabbit Hill.  New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. Near fine in printed cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with illustrated end sheets. There is a dated, Christmas 1944, gift inscription on the verso side of the first free end page. In a very good, unclipped first state dust jacket without the John Newberry Medal seal with two long closed tears which have been repaired using archival tape on the verso side of the jacket and with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and at the fore corners of the panels. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the fly title page. 128 pages of text with illustrations throughout from the iconic drawings of Robert Lawson. The winner of the John Newbery Medal for 1944. The title for this book comes from the name the author gave to his home in Westport, Connecticut. A very handsome, signed copy which is scarce in this condition.
    TB31837  $375.00



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    Lazare, Edward J., Compiler:  The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed By The Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter (Index).  New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc, 1970. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches with the spine slightly faded due to exposure to the sun and with a library call label on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Dictionary Check-List Of The Seven Sale Catalogues October 1966 - October 1969. Containing 336 pages followed by the prices realized for all lots in the 20 sessions. Although this is an ex-library copy it is evident that few patrons ever consulted this volume as it is in such nice condition.
    TB30402  $40.00



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    Le, Peter, Fevre and Richard Harding:  Precursors of Nelson British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century.  Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, 2000. First U.S. Edition. Fine in turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 436 pages including an index, text and illustrated with photographic reproductions of contemporary portraits. A collection of fifteen contributions from various authors providing biographies of admirals all of whom exemplified British seamanship.
    TB18930  $25.00




  • Leab, Daniel J. Leab, et al, Katharine Kyes:  American Book Prices Current 1992 Volume 98.  Washington, Conn.: Bancroft-Parkman, Inc., 1993. . Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. 1084 pages of text containing the auction records for books, autographs and manuscripts for the 1992 season.
    TB15923  $17.50



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    Leach, Maria, Editor:  Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology And Legend.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, (1949). First Editions. This complete two volume set is in near fine and fine condition in their original brick red cloth covered bindings with black text and decorations on the spines and front boards with decorations to the rear boards. Both are small quartos of 10 by 7 1/2 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down of each volume. Volume one lacks its issued dust jacket, but volume two is covered in its issued dust jacket which is in very good condition with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and to the folds. Volume one contains 531 pages and volume two contains pages 532 to 1196. Both volumes are first editions.
    TB32853  $95.00




  • Leadbetter, David:  David Leadbetter's Faults and Fixes.  New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. There are two gift inscriptions on the first free end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap. 192 pages with text and illustrated with extensive color drawings and sketches.
    TB17478  $10.00



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    Leaf, Monro, and Robert Lawson:  Wee Gillis.  New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in tan burlap cloth covered boards with gilt on green leather title labels on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a good, decorated tan paper covered slip case with the title in green on the closed end of the slip case. There is a 2" piece of the slip case missing from the top edge. One of only 525 copies signed by both Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson on the limitation page. Unpaginated, but containing 65 pages of text and black and white illustrations. Written by Munro Leaf with illustrations by Robert Lawson, the same team to create The Story of Ferdinand. Winner of the 1939 Caldecott Honor award.
    TB29857  $250.00




  • Leasor, James:  The Red Fort An Account of the Siege of Delhi in 1857.  London: Werner Laurie, 1956. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards with a binder's flaw to the upper corner of the front board causing a wrinkle in the paper covering. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the front panel and very light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The story of the four month siege by the badly out-numbered British Army of the "Red Fort" in Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. 379 pages including an index & bibliograph
    TB14666  $28.00



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    Leavitt, Sarah:  Images of America Slater Mill.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, (1997). No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quartro of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of Images of America series. 96 pages of text and illustrated throughout from images of black and white photographs. The "Slater Mill Historic Site is a complex of three historic buildings on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island." (from the introduction to this title) A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31963  $20.00



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    Lee, James:  Introduction To Botany Containing An Explanation Of The Theory of that Science; Extracted From The Works of Dr. Linnaeus.  London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1776. Third Edition with Additions and Corrections. Good in the publisher's original leather covered boards with gilt bands on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5" with the front hinge and joint broken so that the front board is detached. The edges of the boards are rubbed and worn, the first free end page is present but detached and there is a prior owner's name and date of 1804 on the title page. The balance of the text block is tight and in very acceptable shape permitting a binder to apply new end sheets and case. 432 pages including a glossary, an explanation of botanic terms and text. Illustrated with twelve copper plates.
    TB24777  $150.00



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    Lee, Brian North:  Early Printed Book Labels.  Manchester, England: Private Libraries Association and the Bookplate Society, (1976). First Edition. Very good in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text and borders on the spine with light gray end papers. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 6 inches with a minor dampness stain at the top edge of the text block near the spine which has had no impact on the pages or binding. Without its original glassine jacket. One of only 2,200 copies of which only 700 were printed for sale. 185 pages of text including an index. Illustrated throughout with facsimile reproductions of original bookplates. From the title page: "A catalogue of dated personal labels printed in Britain to the year 1760".
    TB28924  $20.00




  • Lee, Mabel Barbee:  Cripple Creek Days.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1958. Reprint. Fine in cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear, flecking and creasing at the spine ends and corners of the panels. "A nostalgic reminiscence of the last of the great gold rush towns."
    TB06951  $17.50




  • Lee, Harry:  More Day To Dawn The Story of Thoreau of Concord.  New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in silver colored cloth covered boards with white text on the spine with the end papers very slightly foxed and with a prior owner's name and gift inscription on the front end paper. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with 1/4" chipping across the upper edge of the spine area, 1/8" chips across the lower edge of the spine area which is also tanned and with small chips at the fore corners of the panels with a long closed tear at the fold to the front flap. A biography of Henry David Thoreau. 167 pages of text.
    TB16754  $17.50



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    Lee, Robert Edson:  The Dialogues of Lewis and Clark A Narrative Poem.  Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, (1979). First Edition. Fine in heavy cloth covered boards with green text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing at the upper fore corner of the front panel and two short closed tears to the upper edge of the rear panel. A narrative poem "which reconstructive dialogue between the two men" based on their Journals.
    TB26203  $15.00



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    Leeson, Ted:  The Habit of Rivers Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Revised and Augmented Edition. Fine in full, dark green leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 7/8". One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 178 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A bright, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's plates, names, dates or notations.
    TB33042  $75.00



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    Leeth, John:  A Short Biography of John Leeth with an Account of His Life Among The Indians.  Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1904. Limited Edition. Near fine in decorated red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with light foxing to the end sheets. Without a dust jacket. One of only 267 copies printed, 250 of which were for sale, with this copy identified as number 15. A reprint from the original edition of 1831 with an introduction by Reuben Gold Thwaites. 70 pages including a two page index. A tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings.
    TB27643  $75.00



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    Lefkowitz, Arthur S.:  Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes.  El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Savas Beatie, (2012). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 294 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29224  $25.00



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    Legh, Edward [Leigh]:  A Treatise Of the Divine Promises In Five Books.  London: Printed by George Miller dwelling in Black Friers, 1633. First Edition. A binder's copy in fair, contemporary full leather covered boards with ruled black bands on the spine and black ruled borders on the boards. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with much of the leather of the spine missing and the boards are loose from the text block as is the first free end page. Worm holes are present throughout the pages of the text block, but they seem to have been careful about not invading the printed areas. Written in pencil at the upper edge of the title page are the words: "very scarce". 260 pages of text followed by a six page index of "the principall (sic) things contained in this Treatise". This copy shows the author's name as "Edward Legh". Subsequent editions of the book modified his name to "Edward Leigh". Edward Leigh (1602-1671) was a theologian and early English Puritan. His writings were prolific but he was more of a compiler than writer of original thought. This title appears to have been his first book. OCLC reports that only 14 college, university or national libraries own a copy of this title. Later printings and facsimile copies are more in evidence worldwide. As of this writing, no other copies of the first edition of this title are listed for sale.
    TB29044  $900.00



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    Lehman, Eric C.:  Homegrown Terror Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in /14 dark brown cloth and burnt orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 261 pages including an index, bibliographic chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, reproductions of contemporary works of art and black and white photographs.
    TB33265  $25.00



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    Lehner, Ernest, and Johanna Lehner:  How They Saw The New World.  New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1966). First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with a number of closed tears with related creasing around the edges of the panels. 160 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and throughout from earlier works of art. Edited by Gerard L. Alexander.
    TB30710  $20.00




  • Leighton, Clare:  Where Land Meets Sea The Tide Line of Cape Cod.  New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in tan cloth covered boards with light blue text on the spine which is somewhat tanned and the boards mottled with faint foxing. Missing its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page. A small quarto measuring 10 1/8" tall by 7 3/4" overall. 202 pages of text with over 34 woodblock illustrations by the author four of which are full page engravings.
    TB21043  $50.00



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    Leighton, Marshall Ora:  The Passaic Flood Of 1903.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. . Very good+ in printed paper wraps over a double stapled binding with the covers beginning to separate at the spine area which has been reinforced with archival tape. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper Number 92 consisting of 48 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with four sections of black and white photographs. This is not a print-on-demand abomination.
    TB28972  $35.00



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    Leiner, Frederick C.:  Millions For Defense The Subscription Warships of 1798.  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (2000). First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and tan paper covered boards with bold, gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 3/4". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with minor curling at the upper edge of the spine area. 262 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. The author examines the development of the warships constructed to engage in "The Quasi-War with France" during the late 1790's. An attractive, bright copy with no prior ownership marks of any kind.
    TB26639  $25.00




  • Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh:  Frustrated Patriots North Carolina and the War of 1812.  Chapel Hill: University of N.C. Pres, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped flap and very faint rubbing on the front panel. 223 pages containing an index, bibliography and text. The author presents the history of North Carolina's motivations for joining the war and its participation.
    TB11675  $28.00



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    Lenning, Henry F.:  The Art Nouveau.  The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1951. First Edition. Near fine in off white buckram, cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and a brown design on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/2" with light foxing to the rear end sheets. With out a dust jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated "March, 1954" by the author on the fly title page. 143 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
    TB25986  $65.00




  • Lennon, J. Robert:  The Light of Falling Stars.  New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's first book which takes place in Montana following a plane crash. Winner of the $5,000 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award which was also won by Snow Falling on Cedars.
    TB05926  $40.00



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    Lent, Jeffrey:  Lost Nation.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 370 pages of text.
    TB24413  $25.00



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    Leroux, Gaston:  The Phantom Of The Opera.  Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1911). First Edition, Second Printing. Very good+ in its original brick colored cloth covered boards with off-white text stamping on the spine and on the front board with a blind impression of a figure on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a mild crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine and with two prior owner's names on the first free end page. There is also a small 2/3 by 1/4 inch scuff of the color to the upper fore area of the front board and in that same area is a diagonal, straight depression caused by who knows what. Without its issued dust jacket. 357 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece from a painting by Andre Castaigne protected by a tissue guard and by four, double page, color plates also from paintings by Castaigne. First published in French in 1910, this copy is a second printing of the first English translation edition. (Firsts Magazine, April, 2005)
    TB32792  $450.00




  • Lesley, Craig:  River Song.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. First Edition. Near fine, gift inscription on free EP, else fine. In a near fine dust jacket , price clipped with spine ends modestly crimped. Signed by the author on the verso of the fly title page.
    TB03229  $60.00




  • Lesley, Craig:  The Sky Fisherman.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02745  $35.00




  • Lessing, Dorris:  The Real Thing.  New York: Harper Collins, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02060  $12.25



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    Letts, J. M.:  California Illustrated: Including A Description Of The Panama And Nicarauga Routes.  New York: R. T Young, 1853. Reprint of 1853. Very good in it original light brown, gilt decorated and blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text and images on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. There is an early prior owner's name and date of 1859 in pencil on the first free end page. 224 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 plates even though 48 are called for. Considered "quite scarce" by Howes. (Howes, H-300) Howes also states: ""Number of plates vary in copies of all issued but 48 is the proper complement."
    TB28324  $195.00




  • Leutze, James:  A Different King of Victory A Biography of Admiarl Thomas C. Hart.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. 362 pages with index, bibliography, notes and acknowledgments, text and several photographs.
    TB11771  $14.00



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    Levin, Nora:  The Holocaust The Destruction Of European Jewry 1933-1945.  New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1968). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red-orange paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the end of the spine area, a 1/3 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel, a 1/4 inch chip from the lower edge of the rear panel and small areas of flecking of the colors at the upper edge of the rear panel. 768 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with two sections of images from black and white photographs.
    TB32169  $25.00




  • Levin, Ted:  Backtracking: The Way of a Naturalist.  Chelsea: Chelsea Green, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in. Illustrated by Joan Waltermire.
    TB05246  $17.50




  • Levitsky, Ronald:  The Wisdom of Serpents.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel and the second in a series of mysteries with Nate Rosen.
    TB04157  $12.00



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    Lewis, Sinclair:  Main Street.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue.. Recently rebacked, resewn, with new end sheets with the original boards and the original cloth back strip applied to the new spine. The contents are in near fine condition. The boards are covered in dark blue cloth with orange outlined text and title block on the spine. Without its dust jacket. 451 pages of text. This is the first state of the first edition without the battered type appearing on pages 54 and 387. (Bruccoli vol III, p. 212) An extremely handsome, tight, clean and restored copy.
    TB26466  $150.00



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    Lewis, Oscar:  The Sacramento River.  New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue paper covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. There is a 3 inch closed tear at the upper fore edge of the fly title page which has been repaired with archival tape. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and with a tiny nick to the lower edge of the front panel. One of the titles in the Rivers of America Series for young readers. Illustrated by Michael Hampshire. 89 pages containing an index, text and illustrations.
    TB12056  $75.00



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    Lewis, Sinclair:  Babbitt.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe and by The First Edition Library, 1922. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright orange outlined text on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5". In a fine reproduction dust jacket with the "FEL" logo on the rear flap. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a fine gray cloth covered slip case with the front and rear panels of the dust jacket reproduced on the panels of the slip case. Laid-in at the front of the book is First Edition Library's points of issue card. A facsimile reproduction of the first edition, first state of Lewis' sixth book. 401 pages of text followed by six pages, five of which are ads from the publisher.
    TB24020  $65.00



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    Lewis, Daniel:  The Feathery Tribe Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds.  New Haven: Yale University Press, (2012). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in purple paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the title page. 346 including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, a list of Ridgway's books and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Ridgeway from a photograph, other black and white images from photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art. Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) is best known for his seminal book: Color Standards and Color Nomenclature which played a crucial role in the development of modern ornithology.
    TB33400  $40.00



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    Lewis, Oscar:  Sutter's Fort Gateway to the Gold Fields.  Englewood: Prentice-Hall, 1966. First Edition. Fine in black and tan cloth covered boards with gilt tool work on the front and rear boards. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with map end sheets. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears and very small chips from the upper edge of the front panel and light wear to the ends of the spine area. The third volume in the American Forts series which deals with "Captain John A. Sutter's California Empire". 222 pages including an index.
    TB33121  $35.00



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    Lewis, Sinclair:  The God-Seeker.  New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt on black title blocks on the spine and with the author's gilt initials on the front board and with a light blue top stain to the text block. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" chipping across the upper edge of the spine area, a three inch closed tear to the front fold to the flap and several short closed tears around the edges of the rear panel with a tape repair to its verso side. 422 pages of text. A novel of the American frontier.
    TB24998  $20.00




  • Lewis, Oscar:  Pedro Martinez.  New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red and black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a very good+ dust jacket with short closed tears and very modest wear to the spine ends. A very attractive copy in a bright and clean dust wrapper.
    TB04496  $15.00



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    Lewis, Oscar:  Sea Routes To The Gold Fields The Migration By Water To California in 1849-1852.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine with the cloth at . the extreme lower edge of the front board worn through; else, near fine. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chipping to the upper edge of the spine area and numerous shallow chips to the fold to the front flap. 286 pages including a bibliography followed by an index and a fold-out map showing the gold regions of California from a broadside of 1850.
    TB28469  $15.00



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    Lewis, Sinclair:  The Prodigal Parents.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Very good+ in its original red, cloth covered boards with very tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing to the hinge area on both fixed end sheets a reaction to the glue used in binding. Without its issued dust jacket. 301 pages of text.
    TB32616  $15.00



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    Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark:  The Journals of Lewis And Clark.  Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and orange paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. An abridgment of the original journals by Anthony Brandt with an afterword by Herman J. Viola. 445 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with facsimile images of original documentation.
    TB30212  $15.00



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    Leyda, Jay:  The Melville Log A Documentary Life of Heman Melville 1819-1891.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1951). First Edition, First Printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in their original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on their spines. Both are small quartos of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with map end sheets. Without dust jackets and lacking its issued slipcase. Volume I contains 494 pages of text interspersed with vignettes earlier works of art and facsimiles of portions of handwritten letters Volume II contains pages 495 to 899 of text which contains an index for both volumes and preliminaries of 15 plates of black and white images from photographs and earlier works of art as well as facsimiles and vignettes as aforesaid.
    TB33412  $200.00



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    Liddell, Donald M.:  Chessmen.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Stated First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with the cloth on the boards slightly faded. Without its issued dust jacket. Written with the collaboration of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer and J. Maunoury. 171 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with several sections of black and white photographs.
    TB23547  $150.00



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    Liddle, Peter H.:  The 1916 Battle Of The Somme A Reappraisal.  London: Leo Cooper, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark green paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine with the fore corners of the front board slightly bumped. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. 192 pages of text including an index and source notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB25911  $20.00




  • Liddly, Bud, and Paul Schullery:  A Trout's Best Friend.  Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1988. First Paperback Edition. Very good+ in illustrated heavy paper wraps with light rubbing to the folds and ends of the spine area. The angling autobiography of Bud Lilly, a fourth generation Montanan and one of the most celebrated fishing guides of the Yellowstone region. 143 pages of text and illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB17109  $20.00



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    Lienhard, Heinrich:  From St. Louis to Sutter's Fort, 1846.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with green text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the last page of text torn with scotch tape used to keep it attached. This torn page is not part of the narration, but part of the ad used by the publisher for other titles in the series. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Translated and edited by Erwin G. and Elisaabeth K. Gudde. 204 pages of text with the last three pages devoted to the other titles in the American Exploration and Travel Series. This is the 33rd volume in that series. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB28531  $30.00



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    Lieutenant Page:  A Plan of The Town of Boston with the Intrenchments etc of His Majesty's Forces in 1775.  London: Engraved & Printed by Wm. Faden, 1777. Facsimile Reproduction of 1965. A fine map of the town of Boston, reproduced in 1965 by Historic Urban Plans of Ithac, New York from the original in the Cornell University Library. The sheet measures 22 1/2" by 17 3/8" and the image measures roughly 17 1/4" by 12 1/4". An extremely detailed map showing streets, wharfs, cannon implacements and redoubts. One of only 500 copies reproduced with this copy numbered 471. This image is ready for matting and framing and will be shipped in a reinforced mailing tube.
    TB23432  $100.00




  • Lillard, Richard G.:  Desert Challenge.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in tan cloth covered boards with blue decorations and text with spots of foxing on the spine and gutters. In a very good+ dust jacket with several closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and light wear at the corners of the panels. Sub-titled: "An Interpretation of Nevada." 388 numbered pages followed by an index. The fold-out map at the front of the book is intact and undamaged.
    TB11102  $31.50



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    Lilly {Hawks, Francis Lister], Lambert:  The Early History Of The Southern States: Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.  Boston: William D. Ticknor & co., 1846. Reprint of 1846. Good in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A 16mo of 6 1/4 by 3 3/4 inches with cloth over the front joint cracked and the cloth over the rear joint starting and the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards and the very faint name of an early prior owner in pencil on the first free end page. The contents are complete, tight and with only occasional spots of foxing. However, there is more foxing to the end sheets and first few preliminaries. Lamber Lilly was a pseudonym for Francis Lister Hawks (1798-1866). Hawks was a lawyer for many years, changed careers to become an Episcopal minister, was always interested in history and wrote many books devoted to that subject. (DAB) 192 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontis title page from an engraving and nine images also from engravings. (Sabin, 30964)
    TB32166  $75.00



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    Lincoln, Joseph C.:  Blowing Clear.  New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. There is mild offsetting on the first free end paper from a newspaper clipping having been laid-in and the ghost of a prior owner's name. In a good unclipped dust jacket with 1/3" deep chipping at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and considerable rubbing and tearing at the folds to the flaps with tape and glue stains on its verso side. Despite the flaws noted the bulk of the jacket remains making this a rather attractive and collectable copy. 333 pages of text.
    TB19324  $30.00




  • Lind, Alan R.:  Chicago Surface Lines An Illustrated History.  Park Forest, Ill.: Transport History Press, 1979. Third Edition of August, 1979. Fine in simulated red leather cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with map end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap with mild light wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. 496 pages of text with nearly 600 black and white photographs throughout and containing a Chicago transit chronology from 1837 to 1947, photographs of all car types, a history of all streetcar and bus lines with detailed track and route maps.
    TB17502  $60.00



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    Lindberg, Anne Morrow:  Listen! The Wind.  n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1990. Limited Edition. Fine in medium blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine, elaborately illustrated end sheets and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued and lacking its paper covered slip case. With a preface and map drawings by Charles A. Lindberg. The Christmas 1990 issue by Westvaco which is the 33rd volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 275 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB28437  $25.00



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    Lindbergh, Charles A.:  Of Flight and Life.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 5 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide chip at the upper corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area and several closed tears and related creasing around the edges of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed "To Dr. and Mrs. Charles A Beard | With great admiration | and best wishes" by the author and famous pilot in the year of publication. It is unfortunate though that the inscription is blurred by either the ink from Lindbergh's pen or the ink from another handwritten, ink note having been laid-in before it dried. This is an outstanding example of an association copy inscribed by one luminary to another. Lindbergh needs little in the way of introduction other than to say his signature is not often seen. Dr. Charles A. Beard was one of the most influential historians of the early 20th century and author of many books on history and political science and is best known for a book he co-wrote with his wife, The Rise of American Civilization in 1927. However, the link between Lindbergh and the Beards became more firmly cemented in the mid to late 1930's when both took a firm isolationist stand against Roosevelt in his attempts to bring the United States into war with Germany. Both men ultimately paid a dear price for their support of the Anti-War Movement. 56 pages of text. A very nice collectable copy.
    TB25071  $700.00



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    Lindbergh, Charles:  Sepia Photograph (not signed).  : , (circa 1927). . 1/4 length studio portrait by Underwood of Lindbergh in a suite and tie. The photograph measures 6" tall by 3 15/16" wide with the image being 5 3/8" tall by 3 3/8" wide. In excellent condition with no tears, folds, creases or markings.
    TB18488  $65.00



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    Lindbergh, Charles A.:  We.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First Edition, Second State binding. Very good+ in decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board with the top edge of the text block stained yellow and with illustrated end sheets. With mild spots of staining on the upper edges of the preliminaries to the title page. Without its issued dust jacket. A first edition with copyright page stating "This is a copy of the First Edition" and showing the single printing date of July, 1927. 318 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and plates from black and white photographs.
    TB31810  $50.00




  • Lindbergh, Anne Morrow:  The Steep Ascent.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First Edition, First printing. Fne in dark blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" tall by 5 1/2" deep. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with two long closed tears to the front panel which have been professionally repaired. 120 pages of text. "A fictional account of an actual incident" provides the storyline "of a dangerous flight over the Alps made by a young couple...whose close relationship forms the basic pattern of the narrative." (quoted from the dust jacket flap)
    TB23282  $20.00



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    Lindner, Eric:  Tiger In The Sea The Ditching Of Flying Tiger 923 And The Desperate Struggle For Survival.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 350 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout the text from black and white photographs. A fine, tight and bright new copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32068  $30.00



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    Lindsay, Samuel S.:  The Decimal Plate and Sheet Glass Calculator.  Erie, Penn.: Ashby Company, 1925. . Very good- in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 6" with rubbing of the cloth at the folds and tips of the boards and with a prior owner's name stamped at the upper corner of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 95 pages of numbers tables. The subtitle reads: " Containing more than 28,000 superficial areas, expressed in fee and decimals of a foot with concise examples for readily ascertaining the contents of any number of light of whatever size."
    TB25798  $50.00




  • Lindsay, Cynthia:  The Frank Loesser Songbook.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Ediiton. Near fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and decorated green paper covered boards. In a very good dust jacket with the thin plastic laminate parting from the paper at the upper third of the front panel and with several short closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel and spine area. With a preface by Richard Rogers. 222 pages followed by a one page index. Contains the words and music to over 50 songs by Frank Loesser.
    TB15192  $24.50




  • Littell, Robert:  The Company.  Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in dark red and charcoal gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. 894 pages of text.
    TB15548  $35.00



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    Little, J. David:  Revolutionary Lyme A Portrait: 1765-1783.  Old Lyme, Conn.: Self-published, 1976. First Edition in book form. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with two small soiling marks on the front cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. 48 pages of text and illustrated with drawings by Jeremy Guitar and Lucinda McQueen.
    TB29428  $25.00



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    Little, Stuart W.:  Home in Fenwick Memoir of a Place.  New York: iUniverse, Inc., (2008). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed, paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 187 pages of text illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33102  $12.00




  • Livermore, Thomas L.:  History Of The Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers 1864-5.  Boston: Self-published, 1904. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 124 pages including an index, a roster of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen black and white photographic reproductions.
    TB25459  $95.00




  • Llewellyn, Richar:  A Few Flowers for Shiner.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with minor light wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/4" chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel with soiling to the rear panel.
    TB17479  $5.00



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    Lodge, Jno [John]:  An Accurate Map of Rhode Island, Part of Connecticut and Massachusets Shewing Admiral Arbuthnot's Station in Blocking up Admiral Ternay.  London: J. Bew, 1780. First Edition. Very good+ and uniformly tanned mounted on a thin, cardboard stock measuring 11 11/16 by 15 3/4 inches (edge to edge). This map shows the eastern half of Connecticut, the Rhode Island coast as far north as many miles north of Providence, the southeastern portion of Massachusetts including Buzzards Bay and western Marthas Vinebyard and the eastern end of Long Island. According to Thompson's Maps of Connecticut Before The Year 1800, the latitude coordinates are correct, but the longitude coordinate is in error as it would place Connecticut in the mid-Atlantic, an error which appears to come from an earlier British map of the same yea.r This is a map taken from the London publication of The Political Magazine issue of November 30, 1780. Many of the place names, towns and cities are in error from current names. This map illustrates the area of eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound which was blockaded by British Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot to contain part of the French Fleet in Newport which was under the command of Admiral Louis d'Arsac de Ternay. (Thompson, #30 p.43)
    TB31619  $350.00



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    Lodge, John C. and M. M. Quaife:  I Remember Detroit.  Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1949. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in red, buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with numerous, shallow chips from the upper edges of the front and rear panels and the spine area. Tipped-in at the front of the book is printed, presentation notice signed by both authors and the narrative transcriber. It is also noted that this copy is one of a limited unknown number of copies, which is not identified. 208 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Lodge from a black and white photograph and 20 images also from photographs.
    TB31710  $65.00



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    Lodi, Edward:  Who When Where in King Philip's War.  Middleborough, Mass.: Rock Village Publishing, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 195 pages including a bibliography and text. Illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB30165  $35.00



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    Lodi, Edward:  The Pequot War.  Middleborough, Mass.: Rock Village Publishing, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 204 pages including a bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB30166  $25.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  The History of Rogers Rangers Volume I The Beginnings Jan 1755-April 6, 1758.  San Francisco: Self-published, 1946. Signed limited first edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. A 16mo measuring 6 7/8" tall by 4 3/4" deep containing 438 pages including chapter notes, a bibliography, text and illustrated with a fold-out map, several full page maps, reproductions of several works of art and three color plates of typical uniforms created by the author's wife. Signed by the author on the second free end page and this volume is numbered copy 281 of only 1,500 copies printed. This volume uncovers the "first part of the history of one of the most remarkable corps of men that ever gathered under a similarly remarkable leader; and also to establish facts on the important part they played in the most vital period of American, Canadian, British and French history in North America." (Author's introduction) The fold-out map at the rear of the book is drawn by the author and shows that tract of land between Crown Point on Lake Champlain to the north and Fort Edward on the west bank of the Hudson to the south. Quite uncommon!
    TB19588  $300.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  Genesis Rogers Rangers The First Green Berets The Corps & the Revivals, April 6, 1758 to Dec. 24, 1783.  San Mateo, Calif.: Self-Published, 1969. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in medium green cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine and on the front board. There is a minor bump to the upper fore edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" tall by 5 1/2" deep overall containing 311 pages including an index, bibliography, extensive chapter notes, text and illustrated with a map and several sketches. A limited first edition signed by the author on the dedication page and this copy is identified as copy number 533 of only 750 copies printed. Also of special note, line 18 on page 58 has been corrected in the author's own hand. The book is also signed and inscribed the author to a "Roger Rangerist Friend" on the front end page. An exhaustive treatise on Major Robert Roger's band of men given the name Roger's Rangers from their founding in 1758, shortly after the Battle on Snowshoes during the French and Indian War, to their disbandment in December of 1783, at the close of the American Revolution.
    TB19589  $300.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  Washington's Eyes The Continental Light Dragoons.  Fort Collins: The Old Army Press, 1977. First Edition. Fine in white cloth covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1" chip at the upper edge of the front panel which barely touches an text and light rubbing to the ends of the spine area. containing 178 pages of text, bibliography, an extensive appendix which notes the service biography of all Continental Dragoon Officers and illustrated with maps, drawings, reproductions of contemporary art works and several full color plates at the end of the text illustrating the uniforms worn by various regiments. A book devoted to the birth of the U.S. Army cavalry with chapters devoted to each of the four original dragoon regiments. An extremely uncommon reference work.
    TB27700  $175.00



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    Loescher, Burt Garfield:  Genesis Rogers Rangers The First Green Berets The Corps & the Revivals, April 6, 1758 to Dec. 24, 1783.  Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Fine in medium green cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. 311 pages (followed by two pages of reproductions of art work). The text block includes an index, bibliography, extensive chapter notes, text and illustrated with a map and several sketches. The index covers both volumes I and II of the series. .A facsimile reprint of the very scarce first edition due to its limited production. An exhaustive treatise on Major Robert Roger's band of men given the name Roger's Rangers from their founding in 1758, shortly after the Battle on Snowshoes during the French and Indian War, to their disbandment in December of 1783, at the close of the American Revolution
    TB29515  $45.00




  • Lofting, Hugh:  The Story of Doctor Dolittle.  New York: Books of Wonder/HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated blue cloth covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. With illustrations by Michael Hague.
    TB09064  $20.00



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    Lomuscio, James:  Village Of The Dammed The Fight For Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town.  Hanover: University Press of New England, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and off white paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly title page. 150 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The story of the taking of the community of Valley Forge which was part of the town of Weston, Connecticut, during the early 1930's by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company who operated as though they were above the law by usurping the power of eminent domain to unfairly purchase at lower than market prices the homes and lands of farmers and millers on the Saugatuck River to create the Saugatuck Reservoir. A reservoir that was not particularly needed. A tragic story which illustrates well the damage caused by quasi-public corporations using the threat of "apparent" eminent domain for the "public good".
    TB32977  $40.00



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    London, Charmian K.:  Our Hawaii (Islands and Islanders).  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. New and Revised Edition. Very good+ in smooth blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamped on the spine and dark blue text stamped on the front board. A small octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with a prior owner's name, date, city and state on the front paste down. Laid-in at the front of the book is a one page letter signed and written by Charmian London saying "No Matter how I revise or change this book, still does it remain a love story, - of a great man, a lovely country & it's (sic) loving people." Dated June 1, 1922 | "Glen Ellen, California" 427 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece from a photograph and nine plates one of which is a color map of the Hawaiian Islands and the rest from photographs.
    TB32247  $1500.00




  • London, Jack:  Smoke Bellew.  New York: The Century Co., 1912. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board and with light yellow and cream colored decorations. There is a prior owner's name next to the front hinge written in pencil and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and worn; however the cloth is not worn through nor is there any fraying. 385 pages of text with illustrations by P. J. Monahan. (Sisson, Martens p. 66; BAL 11939)
    TB18554  $150.00




  • London, Jack:  The Abysmal Brute.  New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in olive green cloth covered boards decorated with black and orange stamping with black text on the spine and orange text on the front board. The rear board shows two areas of approximately 1" and 2" in diameter which are stained to a lighter color and the head and heel of the spine are very lightly rubbed. 169 pages followed by a one page ad for two previous titles by London and one blank leaf all as called for in Sisson and Martens' Jack London First Editions (p. 70). (BAL 11945)
    TB16246  $140.00



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    London, Jack:  The Game.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition, second issue. Very near fine in light blue-gray, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt and light blue text and decorations on the spine and with red text and a light blue illustration on the front board and a gilt top edge to the text block. The cloth at the extreme corners of the head and heel of the spine are slightly rubbed. Without its issued dust jacket. 182 pages followed by six pages of ads by the publisher for other novels by Jack London. This is a second issue copy with the rubber stamped "Copyright, 1905 | By the Metorpolitan Magazine Co." on the copyright page. (Sisson, p 24)
    TB29128  $125.00




  • London, Jack:  Michael Brother of Jerry.  New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. First Edition, First printing. Very good-, in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt and black text on the front board with a black silhouette of two dogs. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine is slightly worn as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. The end sheets show minor foxing and there is an older, four digit price (?) notation on the first free end page. A neat and clean copy of London's 46th book. Only 10,320 copies of the first edition were published. (Sisson, p. 96) 344 pages followed by 8 pages of ads.
    TB01641  $120.00



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    London, Jack:  The God of His Fathers And Other Stories.  New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. First Edition. An ex-lending library copy in its original blue ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine with the same on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with the cloth on the heel of the spine heavily worn and with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards and both hinges are broken. There are book plates from the Tabard Inn Library of Philadelphia pasted to the fixed end sheets. 299 pages of text containing eleven short stories. (BAL, 11870)
    TB29381  $95.00



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    London, Jack:  The Turtles of Tasman.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition. Good+ in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with light yellow and gilt text on the front board over a black illustration of a palm tree with a setting sun in the background. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly worn, four small blotches of what appears to be white paint on the spine, some of the white text on the front board is rubbed and there is a prior owner's name and date of "Nov. 3, 1916" at the upper edge of the first free end page. 268 pages of text followed by five pages of ads for other books by London. (BAL, 11968; Sissen/Martens, p90)
    TB29380  $90.00



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    London, Jack:  The Strength Of The Strong.  Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1912] c1911. Reprint. Very good in printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 12mo of 7 3/16 by 5 inches with very minor soiling to the covers. This story originally appeared in Hampton Magazine in March of 1911. 29 pages followed by three pages of ads by the publisher. The rear cover is an ad for this same title. The front cover illustration is by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. (Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 1052; BAL, 11931)
    TB32261  $80.00



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    London, Jack:  The Call Of The Wild.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1977. A Limited Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches containing 157 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by David J. Passalacqua. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A beautiful, tight, clean and crisp copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance.
    TB32509  $65.00



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    London, Jack:  The Dream Of Debs.  Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1912]. Reprint. An ex-library copy in good condition in its original printed, white paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 16mo of 6 5/8 by 4 11/2 inches with a library stamp on the front cover and a call number at its upper rear corner, the spine is nearly torn through on its crease, the upper edge of the rear panel 2 inch by 1/2 inch chip and a "V" shaped chip from the lower fore corner and a call number in red ink on the title page. "Price | 10 Cents" appears on the front cover and the recto of the rear cover is not printed. 31 pages of text. Only the front cover shows an illustration. The rear cover lists 18 books by Jack London. "A story of industrial revolt." First published in 1909 in The International Socialist Review. (Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 1048; BAL, 11941B)
    TB32260  $50.00



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    London, Jack:  The Little Lady Of The Big House.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and white, orange and black designs on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a dated 1916 Christmas gift inscription on the first free end page. The front hinge is cracked but holding well. Without its issued dust jacket. 392 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a color frontispiece (BAL, 19966; Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 138)
    TB32262  $50.00



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    London, Hannah R.:  Portraits of Jews By Gilbert Stuart And Other Early American Artists.  Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. First Charles E. Tuttle Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4" by 7". In a fine dust jacket with the lower corner of the front flap clipped allowing the posting of a new price on a sticker. 197 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 58 black and white reproductions of the original works of art. Originally published in New York in 1927 by William Edwin Rudge.
    TB23700  $25.00



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    Lonergan, Carroll Vincent:  Ticonderoga Historic Portage.  Ticonderoga, NY: Fort Mount Hope Society Press, 1975, c.1959. Reprint of the1975, Bicentennial Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with map end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed "Best Wishes" by the author on the title page. 248 pages including an index, text and illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. The author tells the complete story of the famous Fort Ticonderoga from the time of its construction through the Revolutionary War.
    TB28676  $30.00



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    Long, William J.:  Fowls Of The Air.  Boston: Ginn & Company Publishers, c1901. Reprint of 1903. Near fine in its original dark green covered boards with elaborate gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a small amount of mouse nibbling on the fore edges of both boards and with the cloth on the spine tanned a light brown. 310 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates, vignettes and chapter headings by Charles Copeland. The cover art is by Theodore Brown Hapgood in an extremely gilt decorative art nouveau style
    TB32272  $45.00



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    Long Island Railroad:  Long Island America's Sunrise Land.  Pennsylvania Station, New York City: Long Island Railroad, 1928. First Edition. Very good+ in printed, multi-color wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with light rubbing and wear around the perimeter of the covers and with modest soiling to the title page and verso of the front cover and to the recto of the rear cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. Issued by the General Passenger Department of the Long Island Railroad. 96 pages followed by a fold-out map, five color map of Long Island which has a one inch closed tear in one fold and a two inch closed tear starting at the end of the above tear, both of which have been repaired with archival tape. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs and replete with ads for hotels, resorts and inns.
    TB30959  $125.00



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    Long Wharf Theater:  Picnic In Povence With Julia Child at Long Wharf Theater.  New Haven, Conn.: Long Wharf Theater, 1994. First Edition. Near fine in heavy printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A promotional event held on June 28-30, 1994. "A Gala Dinner honoring Julia Child to benefit Long Wharf Theater" on the 28th and Cooking Demonstrations by Julia Child with assistance by Stephanie Hersh on the 29th and 30. A small quarto of 10 1/4 by 8 inches. Signed in ink on the front cover by Julia Child. 52 pages containing numerous ads, a letter from the event chairman, a brief biography of Julia Child with her photograph and recipes for the demonstrated dishes prepared by Julia Child to include Butterflied Loin of Pork, The Great American Potato Salad, Chocolate Meringue Cake, A Mediterranean Open-Faced Onion Tart, Processor Pie-Crust Dough, Salade Nicoise, Walnut Cake with Brandy Butter Filling,
    TB30024  $45.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  The Song of Hiawatha.  Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. First Edition Thus, Limited Large Paper Edition. Very good+ in full vellum covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and flying swans on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with light soiling to the vellum on the spine and hand soiling to the fore edges of the boards. The end sheets show offsetting from the vellum at their fore edges. The frontispage shows light foxing as does the title page as do the plates at the fore edges and the facing pages show offsetting from the plates. One of only 250 copies printed with this copy numbered 219 on the limitation page. Additionally, a prospectus is laid in for this Large-Paper edition" which duplicates the title page, printed in red and black, and three printed pages with examples of the vignettes created by Frederic Remington in the margins. 242 pages of text illustrated with 22 "full page photogravures printed on India Paper and about four hundred text illustrations of Indians, Indian costume, implements, arms, etc. animals, birds and scenery, by Frederick Remington." (quotation from the prospectus) The plates are protected with printed tissue guards.
    TB29890  $400.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poetical Works (8 of 11 Vols. ).  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1904). Reprint. All 8 volumes of this set of eight are in very good+ to near fine condition in 3/4 dark blue polished Morocco and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and gilt tool work in all compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper matching the marbled paper on the covers. Each volume is a small octavo of 7 9/16 by 5 inches. Five of the eight volumes have minor rubbing and wear to the leather at the heads of their spines and all of the volumes have rubbing and wear to the tips of the boards. Without dust jackets as issued. The publisher produced this set as the Craigie Edition of eleven volumes with this set containing volumes I through VIII inclusive. Volume I contains 376 pages of text and the remaining volumes have between 350 to 400 pages. Each of the volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Longfellow at various times in his life and each volume contains a number of plates by various artists.
    TB31605  $350.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Evangeline A Tale of Acadie.  New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. [1907]. Later Printing. . Very good+ in highly decorated light green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text and green and red decorations on the spine and gilt text with floral designs in light green and red on the front board. Illustrated light green end sheets with gilt edges to the text block. A small 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the upper edge of the boards and the lower tips of the same and with a prior owner's name and date of "May 30th, 1911" on the fly title page. In a fair, unclipped tanned dust jacket with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area extending into the front panel by two inches and with shallow chipping from the lower edge of the spine area. 160 pages of text with numerous black and white and color illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon (1872-1959) including a color frontispiece, color title page, twelve color plates and 40 small color illustrations. Per BAL, the number "1856" on the title page is not a date, but is a plate number. (BAL, 12839) A literary classic in highly collectible condition in an extremely, early and scarce dust jacket and a fine example of art deco binding.
    TB26374  $250.00




  • Longfellow, H.[enry] W.[ordsworth]:  The Skeleton in Armor.  Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First Edition. Very good in its original embossed, decorated light brown cloth covered and beveled boards with gilt outlined text on the spine and gilt text and black decorations on the front board. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth at both ends of the spine worn down to the edges of the text block and with the cloth over the tips of the boards worn. The joints, hinges and binding are all tight and strong. The contents are completely clean and free of foxing and tanning. Unpaginated, but containing 47 leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 18 plates from engravings with each page of text illuminated with decorative borders by various artists. Per BAL only 8,000 copies of the first edition were published and printed. (BAL, 12550)
    TB33471  $200.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Voices Of The Night.  Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1940. Second Edition. Very good+ in its original binding which was recently rebacked in 1/4 tan linen and light brown paper covered boards with the original printed paper title label on the spine. The pages are sewn over cords which are laced into the boards. A 16mo of 7 by 4 3/8 inches with an unusual 1" dampness stain in the middle of the front board, an early gift inscription on the first free end page in ink which is repeated in pencil at the upper fore corner of title page and with spots of foxing to the end sheets. The contents are clean and with the exception of a small 1/2" wide by 1/3" deep chip at the upper margin of page 33/34 are undamaged. 144 pages of text being a collection of 40 poems the first 16 of which were written by Longfellow followed by 24 poems translated by Longfellow of much earlier authors of poetry. This copy conforms to the error pointed out in BAL 12065 where Prelude is listed on the contents page as appearing on page v while the number should have read "vii".
    TB30405  $100.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Hiawatha.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1906). First Edition. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text and white decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board with a border of a native American motif around the edge of the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 1/8 inches light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a prior owner's name written on the second free end page. Without a dust jacket. 189 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and 67 illustrations by E. Stetson Crawford 15 of which are color plates. An extremely handsome and clean copy.
    TB31633  $75.00




  • Longyear, William:  Type & Lettering.  New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1966. Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap but with the spine area well faded which is typical for any jacket with a red background. 175 pages including an index, text and extensive examples of type faces.
    TB17245  $21.00



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    Loomis, Alfred F.:  Yachts Under Sail.  New York: William Morrow & Company, 1933. First Edition. Very good in off white buckram cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10" by 8" with mild soiling to the boards, tanning in the gutters and a prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. Unpaginated pages of text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
    TB25787  $30.00



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    Loomis, Seymour C. George F. Burgess, George H. Ford, Earnest C. Simpson and William S. Wells:  Revolutionary Characters of New Haven The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No. l.  New Haven: General David Humpreys Branch, Connecticut Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1911. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with very slightly tarnished gilt text stamping on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards is lightly rubbed and very slightly worn. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 inches containing 124 pages of text and illustrated with several black and white photographs and a map of the attack on New Haven by the British. The full title reads: "Revolutionary Characters of New Haven: The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No.l Also List of Men so far as they are Known from the Territory Embraced in the Town of New Haven, Connecticut, who served in the Continental Army and Militia and on Continental and State Vessels and Privateers, and those who Rendered other Patriotic Services during the War of the Revolution, and a Record of Known Casualties, together with the Location of Known Graves in and about New Haven of Patriots of 1775-1783 and Catalogue of the Officers and Members of Gen. David Humphreys Branch since its Organization." In addition to providing short biographies of James Hillhouse, Ezra Stiles, David Wooster, John Trumbull, Noah Webster, David Humphreys and the early career of Benedict Arnold the author also provides a thorough account of "The Defense of New Haven and Resistance Made Against Invading Troops Along the West Shore, July, 1779."
    TB32546  $40.00



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    Loos, Anita:  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady.  New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Eleventh Printing of April, 1926. Very good+ in 1/4 dark green cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and a printed paper label on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with light rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine and the paper covering is rubbed through at the tips of the boards and much of the fore edge of the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 217 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous vignettes and plates by Ralph Barton.
    TB31592  $25.00



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    Lopez, Barry H.:  Coyote Love Native American Folktales.  Portland, Maine: Coyote Love Press, (1989). Limited Edtion. Fine in 1/4 tan paper and simulated wood burl paper covered boards hand-tied thread and trailing beads. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. No dust jacket intended A beautiful, hand made limited edition of 99 copies. Signed by both author and Gary Buch, the illustrator on the last page 23 pages of text followed by the limitation page.
    TB00679  $500.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  The Rediscovery of North America.  Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 3/16 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Unpaginated.
    TB01009  $125.00



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    Lopez, Barry H.:  River Notes The Dance of Herons.  Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with very modest wear marks at spine ends, else fine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. 100 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories which together form a companion volume to Lopez's earlier volume: Desert Notes.
    TB03217  $125.00




  • Lopez, Barry H.:  Giving Birth To Thunder Sleeping With His Daughter Coyote Builds North America.  Kansas City: Sheed Andrews & McMeel, Inc., (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine very slightly bumped and with faint spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and flecking colors at the top of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. An extremely scarce book due to its limited issue. 186 pages of text.
    TB04014  $125.00




  • Lopez, Barry:  Pulling Wire.  n.p. (Minnesota): Red Dragonfly Press, 2003. First Edition. Fine in handmade paper wrapers. A octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches containing 13 numbered pages of laid paper with rough-cut edges. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 240 copies printed from Cochin and Fournier types on Iyo Glazed paper (although only about 200 copies were available for sale). An attractively presented fictional short story by Barry Lopez.
    TB18566  $125.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Of Wolves and Men.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark gray cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 1/8 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price blackened out on the front flap. Signed by the author on the fly title page without an inscription or a date. One of the author's most significant works. 309 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated from black and white photographs and from earlier works of art depicting wolves.
    TB33382  $125.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Arctic Dreams.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and purple paper covered boards with bold silver colored text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Co-winner of the National Book Award. 464 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with maps.
    TB33384  $95.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Lessons from the Wolverine.  New York: University of Georgia Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in decorated paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches.. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author and the illustrator on the title page without an inscription or date. A reprint of the story of the same name which appeared in Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren in 1994. Illustrated by Tom Pohrt who collaberated with Lopez in Crow and Weasel.
    TB33385  $95.00




  • Lopez, Barry H.:  Winter Count.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1981). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 112 pages of text. A collection of nine essays.
    TB00992  $75.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Apologia.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. First Edition thus, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An oblong small 4to of 9 3/4 by 9 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Originally published in 1997 by Lone Goose Press in a limited edition of fifty signed and numbered copies. A tribute to the animals on the road. Unpaginated.
    TB20007  $75.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  About This Life.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon and blue/gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page without an inscription or a date. A collection of essays which provide a deep insight into the background of this National Book Award winner.
    TB33386  $75.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Crossing Open Ground.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and light blue paper covered boards with copper colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with faint foxing around the edges of the text block. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed by author on fly title page without an inscription or date. 208 pages of text. A collection of 14 essays.
    TB01051  $65.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Field Notes.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Fine.in 1/4 brown cloth and light orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or a date. 159 pages of text. A collection of 12 short stories.
    TB33387  $45.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Light Action in the Caribbean.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. A collection of 14 short stories. 162 pages of text.
    TB33388  $45.00



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    Lopez, Barry H.:  River Notes The Dance of Herons.  Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel, (1979). First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a number of short closed tears to the ends of the spine area and a 1/4" chip from the front panel about 1/2" up from its lower edge. 100 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories which together form a companion volume to Lopez's earlier volume: Desert Notes.
    TB25842  $40.00




  • Lopez, Barry:  Northwest Passage.  New York: Aperture, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. An oblong book measuring 10.5" x 12.5". In a fine dust jacket. Photographs and log by Robert Glenn Ketchum, preface by William Simon and the commentary is by Barry Lopez. The text is exerpted from Lopez's book Arctic Dreams of 1986.
    TB05739  $38.50




  • Lopez, Barry:  Crow and Weasel.  San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in navy linen covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front cover and on the spine. In a fine jacket with a small 1/3" stain on the rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. With illustrations by Tom Pohrt. A remarkable children's book which sold out quickly in first edition.
    TB04454  $30.00




  • Lopez, Barry:  Field Notes.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription and a colored sketch on the title page; otherwise in fine condition. In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB10071  $15.00




  • Lopez, Barry:  Crow and Weasel (in wraps).  New York: Harper Perennial, 1993. First PB Edition. Fine in heavy illustrated paper wraps. Signed by the author on the first free end page.
    TB01420  $14.00



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    Lord, Walter:  A Night to Remember.  New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth over the tips of the boards lightly rubbed. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch chip from the upper rear corner of the spine area and with rubbing and wear to the ends of the same and a 1/3 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing with tape repairs to the verso side of the jacket. There are spots of foxing to the top edge of the text block. Overall a very handsome copy of a book which was a major best seller when it was published. 209 pages including an index, passenger list, acknowledgments, facts about Titanic and text. Illustrated with two sections of images from black and white photographs.
    TB32917  $90.00



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    Lord, Walter:  Lonely Vigil Coastwatcher of the Solomons.  New York: Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with slight fading to the edges of the boards. In a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The first full account of the men who operated behind the Japanese lines in the period between 1942-43 when they provided the only intelligence US forces could obtain at the time.
    TB21915  $30.00




  • Lord, Walter:  The Night Lives On.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1986. Book Club Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with end papers of line drawings of H.M.S. Titanic with an embossed seal of a prior owner on the first free end page. In a near fine dust jacket with only hints of rubbing to the lower edge of the spine area. "New thoughts, theories, and revelations about the Titanic." 272 pages including an index, text and one section of black and white photographs.
    TB20233  $20.00



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    Lossing, Benson J.:  The Pictorial Field-Book Of The Revolution or illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the war for independence (Vol. 1 Only).  Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1972). Reprint of 1972. Volumes I and II of this two volume set are in fine condition in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on black leather labssl on the spines. Both are small quartos of 9 by 6 inches. In fine, unclipped dust jackes with the spine areas faded. Both volumes are contained within a fine, printed, paper covered slip case. Volume I contains 783 pages of text with 1,100 illustrations from engravings. Volume II contains 772 pages including an index for both volumes and illustrations as noted above. First published in 1851 and 1852 in two volumes. According to Sabin's A Dictionary of Books Relating To America: this title "contains many details and anecdotes which are not to be found in any other work; indeed, the great variety and numerous items of information contained in these volumes, make the work a cyclopedia of the American Revolution." A very clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32760  $80.00



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    Lotchin, , Roger W. (Editor):  Narratives Of The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire Of 1906.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2011. First Edition. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards and a gilt company logo on the front board with green printed end sheets. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches with upper and lower headbands and with the top edge of the text block gilt. 306 pages including an index followed by a page of image credits. Illustrated with 57 plates or pictures from photographs within the text several of which are in color. This title is the 109th volume in the longest running collection of series Americana. A compilation of first person narratives documenting the horror, anguish, fear and courage of that tragic event gathered from news magazines and personal stories.
    TB33006  $30.00



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    Loudon, J. C.:  Self-Instruction For Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers.  London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. First Edition. Good+ in the publisher's original dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and decorative blind embossing to the boards. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 1/2" with two repaired closed tears to the cloth on the spine, a 1/8" deep chip across the foot of the spine, rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine, a 1/4 chip from the cloth on the front board and the lower fore corners of the boards are bumped. The frontispiece is uniformly foxed and the front hinge was separated, but has been professionally repaired with archival linen tape. 240 pages including an index followed by 32 pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and the text is illustrated with line drawings. The complete title reads: "Self-Instruction For Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers; in Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, Geometry, Mensuration, and Practical Trigonometry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Hydraulics, Land-Surveying, Levelling, Planning, and Mapping, Architectural Drawing, and Isometrical projection and Perspective: with examples, showing their application To Horticultural and Agricultural Purposes."
    TB25261  $125.00



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    Lowe, E. J.:  A Natural History of British Grasses.  London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. Third Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green leather and green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches with a few minor scrapes to the front board and light rubbing to the cloth at the lower fore edges of the boards. Without a dut jacket. 245 pages including a list of authorities, index, comparative analysis, addenda and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and numerous color plates.
    TB32219  $175.00



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    Lowell, James Russell:  Democracy An Address Delivered in the Town Hall Birmingham By the Hon. James Russell Lowell American Minister in London.  [Boston]: The Riverside Press, 1902. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and gray paper covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with bright gilt text stamping on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 4" with rough cut page edges to the text block. One of only 500 copies printed and this copy is noted as being number 338. 75 pages printed in both black and red.
    TB27277  $20.00




  • Luard, Nicholas:  The Last Wilderness.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a slightly faded spine area and very light rubbing at the spine end areas and at the upper edge of the front panel. Sub-titled: "A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert". 222 pages containing text, a map and numerous color photographs.
    TB08313  $17.50




  • Lucey, Donna M.:  Photographing Montana 1894-1928.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In an unclipped near fine dust jacket with a 1/8" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area and very light related creasing. creasing. Sub-titled: The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron. Extremely scarce in first edition. 250 pages with index, text and with 170 black and white photographs.
    TB09934  $325.00



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    Ludlum, Robert:  The Scarlatti Inheritance.  New York: The World Publishing. Company, (1971). Third Printing. Fine in simulated, red leather covered boards with bold white text on the spine and with a German swastika on the front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with a 1/8 inch mark to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a nearly invisible one inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel extending to the fold to the front flap. 358 pages of text. A very fine bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32017  $100.00



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    Ludlum, Robert:  The Chancellor Manuscript.  New York: Dial Press, 1977. First Editon, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 simulated leather and yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. With a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area. The author's ninth book in very collectable condition. 448 pages.
    TB25381  $15.00




  • Ludlum, Robert:  The Scorpio Illusion.  New York: Bantum Books, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01008  $7.00




  • Ludlum, Robert:  The Icarus Agenda.  New York: Random House, 1988. First. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edges, In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB00875  $5.60



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    Lull, Richard Swann:  Triassic Life Of The Connecticut Valley.  Hartford, Conn.: State Geological and Natural History Society, 1953. Revised Edition of 1953. Very good+ inprinted, heavy blu-gray paper wraps with black text on the spine and front cover. An octavo o 9 by 6 inches with a handwritten not at the top edge of the front cover and a fraternity label on the lower corner of the title page and a prior owner's stamped name and address on the recto side of the rear cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. Bulletin No. 81 of the State Geological And Natural History Survey. 336 pages of text. Illustrated with geologic charts, footprints, line drawings and several black and white images from photographs.
    TB32859  $40.00



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    Lumpkin, Henry:  From Savannah to Yorktown.  Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1981. First Edition. Near fine in 1/2 leather and buckram cloth covered boards with a gilt on brown leather spine label and with yellow-orange end sheets. A quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with the cloth on the front board slightly soiled. Without its issued dust jacket. "The American Revolution in the South." 332 pages including an index, appendices, chronology, text and illustrated throughout with both contemporary and modern works of art and photographs of weapons and implements.
    TB31493  $40.00



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    Lunny, Robert M.:  Early Maps Of North America.  Newark, NJ: The New Jersey Historical Society, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in gray-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt on black title block on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches. In the remnants of the original glassine dust jacket which is torn through completely at the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page and a second time with a warm inscription at the upper fore corner of the first free end page. 48 pages of text including a check list of the maps in an exhibition. Illustrated with 26 plates of early maps from photographs.
    TB30705  $50.00



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    Lunt, James:  John Burgoyne of Saratoga.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First Edition. Fine in ivory colored linen covered boards with gilt on red title blocks on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with a price intact on the front flap. 369 pages with index, notes, bibliography, text and maps. Published in Great Britain in 1976.
    TB28706  $30.00



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    Lyman, William Denison:  The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery Its Commerce.  New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Very good+ in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board together with a photographic image pasted to the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/2 inches with three short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine, rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine, a 2" dampness stain to the lower fore corner of the frontispiece and foxing to the rear paste down and rear end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 409 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with 80 images from photographs and two fold-out colored maps at the rear. One of the volumes in the American Waterways Series.
    TB30044  $65.00



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    Lyman, Dean B., Jr, Compiler:  An Atlas of Old New Haven or "The Nine Squares" as shown on Various Early Maps.  New Haven: Chas. W. Scranton & Co., 1929. First Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and printed, blue paper covered boards with black text on the front board. A square small quarto measuring 11 by 11 inches with the cloth on the spine tanned and with the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards. One of only 1,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 788 on the colophon. Unpaginated containing text and nine facsimile copy maps of the New Haven Green and a more modern "Airline Map of 1929". Laid-in at the front of the book are several newspaper articles from the New Haven Register.
    TB32791  $50.00




  • Lynch, Jeremiah:  Three Years in the Klondike.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1967. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. Still within the publisher's issued glassine dust jacket with shallow chipping across the upper edge of the spine area. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. The Lakeside Classic for 1967. This title was originally published in 1904 in London. 352 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series.
    TB32921  $25.00



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    Lyons, Eugene:  Herbert Hoover A Biography.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1964. Collector's Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6" deep containing 444 pages of text. Illustrated with reproductions of black and white photographs. Laid-in is the publisher's two page notes on the book. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Library Of The Presidents series. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB22899  $65.00






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