Search Results: Authors starting with L from THE FAMILY ALBUM

James Ridgway, London: 1851-1852., 1851 Three Volumes. Mildly XLib. Volume I "With the Author's Compliments" on title page. Tall 8vo. 225 mm. Original full cloth bindings with original paper labels on front boards. Alexander James Beresford Hope (1820-1887), English writer, collector, and patron, was the son of Thomas Hope. At Cambridge he befriended Benjamin Webb (1819-1885), cofounder (with John Mason Neale (1818-1866) ) of the Cambridge Camden Society (later The Ecclesiological Society). On inheriting the estate of his stepfather, General Viscount Beresford (1768-1854), he changed his name to Beresford Hope. He became the most energetic and influential lay member of the society, helped to edit The Ecclesiologist, and promoted urban minsters' using tough materials and structural polychromy: his was the guiding force that helped to create the society's exemplary Church of All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849-59), by Butterfield. His The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth… Read More

Chez Pierre de Bresche, Paris: 1665., 1665 pp. (8) 640 (32). Old age stain. 4to. Early library stamp on title. XLib. Worn contemporary full leather binding. Instructions for the functions, rituals, and offices of the Catholic Church. This quarto edition is very scarce, and is apparently not recorded in OCLC. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

A Amsterdam [i.e. Barbou, Paris]:, 1762 Two Volumes. pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8; [2], viii, [2], 306, [4], [9]-16 + Plus a remarkable group of elegant engravings, including: Two frontispieces by Fiquet, after Rigault and Vispre; over fifty vignettes and culs-de-lamp by Choffard; and 80 full-page plates after Eisen by - Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, de Longueil, Flipart, Le Mire, Lempereur. Leveau, Ourvrier, et. al. One plate is apparently from a different copy. Some slight age foxing. ALSO: Two plates that are often censored - Cas de Conscience & Diable de Papefiguiere - do not appear in these examples (nor do they seem to have been removed). Reproductions of these plates are included. 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Attractive contemporary French red morocco gilt bindings, with only very slight defects. First Edition. Provenance: The set belonged to Edwin Wolf II (1911-1991) - famous as the Librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia, and as a collector, and an employee of the renowned… Read More

A Amsterdam [i.e. Barbou, Paris]: ., 1762 One volume (of two). pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8 [Directions to the Binder often lacking] + Plus a remarkable group of (40) elegant engravings, including two duplicates and a portrait frontis. Lacks the plate at p. 87. Many fine vignettes. Most of the plates are after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778). 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Some age stain, but generally clean. All edges gilt. Attractive contemporary French dark green morocco bindings, with only slight defects. Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. The world famous tales and fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), neatly printed in verse, are joined by the best work of the great illustrators & engravers Charles Eisen (1720-1778) and Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). Justly considered one of the greatest examples of French rococo illustration. The Fermiers Generaux, an entrepreneurial financial association responsible for gathering and banking certain kinds of taxes, commissioned this edition of… Read More

Willis P. Hazard. Philadelphia: 1861., 1861 pp. xiv, 238. 12 mo. 19 cm. Original full cloth binding. Black paper endpapers loose. Manuscript Ownership of: Mary E. Herr. Embossed blind stamp of J.W. Westharffer, a Lancaster (PA) bookseller and publisher. Decorative type used on the title page. Undine Translated from the German of Friedrich de La Motte Fouque by Thomas Tracy. Sintram and his Companions. A Northern Tale. Republished from Burns' London edition. PALIB 6 0.0. Hardcover.

Londres [Paris?]: 1784., 1784 pp. xx, 153. 12. Slight foxing. 24mo. 130 mm. Lovely leather backed marbled boards binding. Interesting wood engraved circular bookplate for the authoress Constance Grosvenor Alexander (signed H E G '96). Manuscript ownership of: Elisa A. Richardson, Florence, Feb. 1912. Francois La Rochefoucauld - Francois VI, also called le Prince de Marcillac, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) was a French classical author. He is best known for his 'Memoires' (1664) and the 'Maximes' (1665). These epigrams and proverbs are famous for the way that they express harsh or paradoxical truths in the briefest manner. La Rochefoucauld was a cynical observer of Louis XIV's court, who saw in human behavior mostly selfishness, hypocrisy, and weakness. In his pessimism La Rochefoucauld was very democratic - everybody is a sinner. His insights have influenced, amongst others, Lord Chesterfield, Franklin, Thomas Hardy, Nietzsche, Stendhal, and Gide. The brief life of La… Read More

Chez F.J. Desoer, A Liege: 1790., 1790 pp. 12, 348. Worm damage at the lower gutter of about 30 leaves. Some text browning. Early inked ownership of H.F. James. 12 mo. 160 mm. Should be rebound. Francois La Rochefoucauld - Francois VI, also called le Prince de Marcillac, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) was a French classical author. He is best known for his 'Memoires' (1664) and the 'Maximes' (1665). These epigrams are famous for the way that they express harsh or paradoxical truths in the briefest manner. La Rochefoucauld was a cynical observer of Louis XIV's court, who saw in human behavior mostly selfishness, hypocrisy, and weakness. In his pessimism La Rochefoucauld was very democratic - everybody is a sinner. His insights have influenced, amongst others, Lord Chesterfield, Franklin, Thomas Hardy, Nietzsche, Stendhal, and Gide. This third edition is scarce. OCLC records only the copy at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Copenhagen. FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL Language: eng. Disbound. Good.

Yale University Press, New Haven: 1956., 1956 pp. 22, 61 + Color printed facsimiles and illustrations. Penciled ownership of Eileen Hamilton on front paste down. 4to. Original cloth backed patterned paper boards. Printed and bound at The Lakeside Press, Chicago. PA 59 x3. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Comite"L'effort De La France Et De Ses Allies", Paris: Ca. 1918., 1918 48p. + Plus photo illustrations. Paper fragile and browned. 8vo. Original full pictorial printed wraps. Inked ownership stamp of Eisenhart (York, PA) on front wrap. The argument for French control of Alsace-Lorraine. WWI 13 0.0. Soft cover.

E. B. Lacer, San Francisco: 1928., 1928 Bound together in one volume: Bulletins 1 to 10; Bulletins 15, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30. Typed price list for 1928. Numerous illustrations. Printed in blue. 4to. Original full gold lettered wraps, slightly worn. An unusual group of catalogs. Rarely found in such good condition as here. AUTO/1 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good Plus.

Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY: 1965., 1965 178 p. Numerous photos. 4to. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Slipcase. Great photos. PA 24 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Privately Printed in New York: Christmas 1954., 1954 28p. + Plus frontis. Full page black line drawings printed on lime green blocks. Title page with border printed in black on a lime green block. Light pink endpapers. Strathmore Paper Company label detailing stock used. 8vo. Original full red paper binding with covers silver flaked. Front cover decorated with a white rose and a blue edging. Limited number of this Christmas edition was printed for the friends of Aldus Printers. Nice copy. Very scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good Plus.

Wellsboro Gazette, Wellsboro, PA: (1963)., 1963 pp. vii, 180 + Numerous photo illustrations. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding lettered and decorated in gold. Original dust jacket, stained. PA 33 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York: (1953)., 1953 294p. Illustrated with charts and graphs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Fourth edition. Nice copy. A reprint of the 1925 edition. PHYCULT/1 0.0. Hardcover.

The Nonesuch Press, London: 1929., 1929 190p. + color frontis. Color illustrations stenciled by the Curwen Press. Text printed on Arches paper by Robert MacLehose and Company. Designed by Francis Meynell. Title page decorated in green. Uncut. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full patterned linen binding, cloth printed by the Curwen Press. Original spine label. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 941 of only 1600 copies of which 600 are for sale in the United States by Random House. Very nice copy. "Graziella is an 1852 novel by the French author Alphonse de Lamartine. It tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter the titular Graziella during a trip to Naples, Italy; they are separated when he must return to France, and she soon dies. Based on the author's experiences with a tobacco-leaf folder while in Naples in the early 1810s, Graziella was first written as a journal, and intended to serve as commentary for Lamartine's poem 'Le Premier Regret'."… Read More

Privately Printed, (by E. & G. Goldsmid), Edinburgh: 1887., 1887 Two volumes bound into one. pp. 64; 78 With the original thin parchment paper wraps bound in. 8vo. 145 x 224 mm. Nice black half niger morocco leather binding. This Bibliotheca Curiosa edition was limited to 275 small-paper and only 75 large-paper copies. This is a LARGE PAPER COPY with very wide margins. Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790-1869) was a famous French poet, novelist, historian, biographer, and statesman. He competed unsuccessfully for the presidency of France with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III). After this loss he left politics and devoted himself entirely to writing, spending much of the remainder of his life in a hopeless effort to repay the fantastic debts he had accumulated in his youth. Many of our popular images of Columbus come from Lamartine. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Bickers and Son, London 1890., 1890 386 p. + Twelve photographic illustrations mounted to heavy card. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather school prize binding by Bickers and Son, Leichester Square, London. The boards in attractive flame calf with a gilt roll. In the center of the front board is a gilt stamp of Walthamstow High School. Mounted to the front fly leaf is a prize certificate awarded to May Barton for excellence in English history. The spine on this binding is quite worn and probably should be restored. Hardbound. Good+. The Walthamstow County High School for Girls opened in 1890 as a private school on West Avenue, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. SHAKESPEARE 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

H.M. Caldwell Co., New York and Boston: Ca. 1890's., 1890 233 p. + Frontis and full page plates. Title page decorated in green and printed in red. Top edge gilt. Title page and first few pages age stained. Rear paste down foxed. Front hinge cracked. 16mo. 160mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Hardbound. Good. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English literature. His influence on the English essay form cannot be overestimated. LIT BX 8 0.0. Hardcover.

W.J. Widdleton, New York: 1867., 1867 462 p. Inked ownership of James W. Latimer (York, PA) on title page. 200mm. Original full cloth binding. Corners and head and tail of spine worn. Hardbound. Very good. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English literature. His influence on the English essay form cannot be overestimated. LIT BX 6 0.0. Hardcover.

George Routledge and Sons, New York; London; Glasgow: Ca. 1890., 1890 400p. + Plus Frontis and full page plates. Text vignettes. Bookplate and ownership of Rosina Boardman. Paper begining to brown but not brittle. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Pictorial decorated spine and front cover. Binding slightly worn at extremities. Hardbound. Nice copy. SHAKESPEARE BOX 1 0.0. Hardcover.