Search Results: Authors starting with L from TBCL The Book Collection Library

n.p. [Paris]: Laboureur, 1924, 1924. 1st Edition. Framed & Glazed. 1st Edition. Framed & Glazed. Signed by Author. Jean-Émile Laboureur, [French Painter, 1877-1947]. 2 page A.L.S., June 3rd, 1924. n.p. [Paris]. A very fine letter to an unnamed art dealer detailing titles & prices for 11 prints offered on consignment until July 15th, 1924, with good content: " Your customer is practically correct. The print "Love in the Woods" is prepared not by a dry point but by a very light etching, as was nearly always the custom in France since the 18th century. It is the case with about one quarter of my engravings. It depends on the subject matter and of the treatment" Signed & dated, J. E. Laboureur. "Founder in 1923 of the Société des Peintres Graveurs Indépendants, friend to avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire and painter Marie Laurencin, the artist Jean-Émile Laboureur found inspiration in sources ranging from Hellenistic vase painting to Nabis artists such as Bonnard, Vuillard and Vallotton.… Read More

Paris: J.E.L., 1924. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Laboureur, Jean Emile. [1877-1943]. French illustrator & engraver. One of the great Book Illustrators of the first half of the 20th century. Excellent Autograph Letter Signed. Paris: June 3rd, 1924. 8vo., 2pp. Addressed to Dutch Art Dealer, J. F. Van Deene. Laboureur is sending 11 prints to his correspondent which he describes & prices individually. An interesting & rare 'working' letter. "Your customer is pragmatically correct. The print 'Love In The Woods' is prepared not by a dry point but with a very light etching, as was nearly always the custom in France since the 19th century." Signed in full & dated. Original Autographed Letters & Documents.

Paris: Au sans pareil, 1925. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Chas Laborde. Chas Laborde. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Lacretelle, Jacques de. LA BELLE JOURNEE. Paris: Au sans pareil, 1925. Printed blue wrappers [broché.] illustrated with six engravings by Chas Laborde. 12 mo., 56 pp. one of 1000 numbered copies on vélin Lafuma. [of 1365 total copies] First Edition / Edition originale. A very nice fine example / Superbe état.

Paris: NRF, 1923. First Edition.. Hardcover. Marie Laurencin. Marie Laurencin. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Lacretelle, Jacques de. [Marie Laurencin]. LA MORT D'HIPPOLYTE. Inscribed / avec envoi. Paris: NRF, 1923. Modern gilt-stamped red chevre, raised bands, suede quards, Montsé Buxò marbled papers for flyleaves, inlaid darker red stars. Matching custom rounded slipcase. Exemplaire No H. C. [1 of 35 copies] Original covers bound-in. Original title piece preserved & laid down. Signed by Marie Laurencin's under the title. Presentation copy / avec un envoi de Lacretelle / inscribed by the author: "à _____ / Amicale et sincère hommage, Jacques de Lacretelle". Edward Wasserman's copy with his famous Marie Laurencin bookplate [the only known ex-libris she ever designed] / Exemplaire enrichi exceptionnellement de l'ex-libris d'Edward Wasserman gravé par Marie Laurencin en 1932 à partir du quatrième état de l'une de ses eaux-fortes (seul ex-libris connu réalisé par l'artiste)… Read More

Bristol: Redcliffe Press, (1985), 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Keith Clements on the front free endpaper, "For.memories of wonderful summer school - Keith / July '92 and additionally Signed on the title-page. 8vo. 305 pp. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. A fine copy in orange cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a stunning pictorial dustwrapper portraying Lamb's 1914 Self-Portrait on the front cover and his now famous painting of Lytton Strachey on the back. A superb biography of Henry Lamb, who, as part of Lady Ottoline Morrell's circle met Lytton Strachey and through his brother Walter who had proposed marriage to Virginia Woolf, was introduced to the Bloomsbury Group. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: H.G. Carey & I.Lea, 1826, 1826. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SECRET MEMOIRS OF ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE, DURING THE REVOLUTION; (Binding). SECRET MEMOIRS OF ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE, DURING THE REVOLUTION; WITH ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES OF CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES OF THAT EVENTFUL PERIOD, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE JOURNAL, LETTERS, AND CONVERSATIONS OF THE PRINCESS LAMBALLE, BY A LADY OF RANK, IN THE CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE OF THAT UNFORTUNATE PRINCESS. WITH A PORTRAIT, AND CIPHER OF THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE OF MA R IE ANTOINETTE. First American edition. 4to., pp 416. Cloth-backed original boards with paper label on the spine [small loss of cloth]. An about very good copy, front hinge starting, even foxing throughout. Bookplate on the front pastedown. (4),12 pp ads + engraved frontis., 416 pp. (2).

Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. [Roberts, Charles G. D.] Lampman, Archibald. AMONG THE MILLET AND OTHER POEMS. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1888. True First Edition, First Issue, double ruled above & below the spine title. Lampman's First Book. Extraordinary copy. Inscribed by Chartles G. D. Roberts on the front free endpaper: "Some of these poems / were originally published by / me when I was editor of / The Week. I think I may claim / to be the discoverer of Lampman's / genius / Charles G. D. Roberts". 8vo. 151 pp. Original brown cloth covered boards, stamped gilt on the front cover. Covers near fine, the book block needs sewing. Custom protective clamshell case. An important debut from an important Canadian poet. Perhaps the best possible copy. "Long hours ago, while yet the morn was blithe, / Nor sharp a thirst had drunk the beaded dew, / A reaper came, and swung his cradled scythe / Around this stump, and, shearing slowly, drew / Far… Read More

Montreal: Les Freres Des Ecoles Chretiennes, 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. One of 200 copies Signed by Lawrence Lande. A near fine copy in stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 75 pp. Spirited English poetics and their French translations.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Presentation Copy from the Author. 8vo., 309pp. First Edition, Third Printing, December 1935. [first printing, first edition, was October 1935]. A very good copy showing some use. [Binding is strong, interior fresh & clean, boards show some wear & soiling. A rare prentation copy given by Lane to her friend, Elsie Jackson, in England. Wonderful inscription & signature on the title page. Lane was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books. Books inscribed by Rose L ane Wilder or Laura Ingalls Wilder [1867-1957] are very uncommon. Rose Wilder Lane [1886 -1968], Danbury, Connecticut) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, & political theorist & the only surviving child of Laura Ingalls Wilder, now the better known writer. Lane's accomplishments remain however quite remarkable. She is considered a seminal force behind the American Libertarian Party. By… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Presentation Copy from the Author. 8vo., 332pp. Original unclipped dustjacket. Stated First Edition. A very good copy. Binding is strong, interior fresh & clean. Boards show slight shelfwear & minor bumps at the corners. Jacket is very good, showing edgewear & light chipping. A wonderful presentation copy given by Lane to her friend, Elsie Jackson, in England. Great lengthy inscription & signature on the title page. Lane was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" bo oks. Books inscribed by Rose Lane Wilder or Laura Ingalls Wilder [1867-1957] are very uncommon. Rose Wilder Lane [1886 -1968], Danbury, Connecticut) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, & political theorist & the only surviving chil d of Laura Ingalls Wilder, now the better known writer. Lane's accomplishments remain however quite remarkable. She is considered a… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. Rendered Into English prose with an Introductory Essay by A. Lang, M.S. Lately Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. 12mo, original pictorial cloth. Not the 1st edition but the second edition under this title. A volume in Macmillan's "Golden Treasury Series". Presentation copy, inscribed by Lang on the verso of the front free endpaper: "Lady Napier with the translator's compliments." Covers lightly marked & worn, but in good condition. With a slip containing a copy of th e inscription tipped to the front pastedown. Bookplate of Maurice Baring. Portions of this work were published in a rare privately printed pamphlet of 1879 with the title, Specimens of a Translation of Theocritus; the first edition under this title appeared in 1880. See Roger Lancelyn Green, Andrew Lang: A Critical Biography, p. 241 and NCBEL III, 1441.

New York: Harper, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the author's first book introducing Homer Kelly, detective and Emersonian scholar. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over orange paper covered boards, orange and blue titles to the spine, illustrated endpapers, in a bright, fresh near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 248 pp. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights.

New York: Harper & Bros, (1978], 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Langton, Jane. THE MEMORIAL HALL MURDER. New York: Harper & Row, (1978). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 260. A fine copy in like neatly price clipped dustwrapper. The first state with garbled text on page 11. A murder mystery set at Harvard University. Excellent example.

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy of this 1967 Edgar nominee in 1/4 gray cloth over navy paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 198 pp. Dustwrapper commentary by Ross Macdonald. 'Mr. Lanning has given us an elegant and frightening book. My wife and I took turns reading it over a weekend which we will both remember.'.

New York: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. LaPierre, Dominique. CITY OF JOY. Signed. New York: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition of Dominique LaPierre's highly-acclaimed account of Mother Teresa's India and Anand Nagar, 'The City Of Joy', an impoverished district of Calcutta, Signed by him on the half-title page. "With love/D. LaPierre". Translated from the French by Kathryn Spink. 8vo. 461 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. Adapted into the 1992 Roland Joffe directed film with Patrick Swayze. ''The City of Joy really needs weeks, if not months, of intimate reading". The New York Times.

Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, 1976. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Lopez, Barry. DESERT NOTES. Reflections In The Eye Of A Raven. Signed. Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, 1976. First Edition of Barry Lopez's first book Inscribed to author Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. 'For Larry/ With my very best wishes/ Barry.' Additionally, with Larry McMurtry's ownership signature above. 8vo. 89 pp. A near fine copy in beige cloth, (four miniscule staple holes to the front free endpaper), brown titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper showing some light use and minimal rubbing. [29926].

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Larson, Sidner J. CATCH COLT. Lincoln, NE., University of Nebraska Press, 1995. First Edition. 8vo., 162pp. Red cloth gilt. A fine, fresh copy in dustwrapper.

London: Maclehose Press, 2008. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. A unique & beautiful Hand-Made custom leather case for an important Book. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Design, raised on the cover inspired by the first edition in elegant Red leather & is finished inside & out in elegant Black & deep red Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

Toronto: Random House Canada, (1995), 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed by the author on the half-title. True First edition. The first novel by the young author of the highly regarded: " Fresh Girls and Other Stories". Sm. 8vo., pp. 193. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper.

London: Dennis Dobson [1968], 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Laumer, Keith. THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME. London: Dennis Dobson, [1968]. 8vo., First British (& first hardcover) edition. Intelligence agent Brion Bayard is thrust into a weird universe of time travel & time crimes. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper.