Search Results: Authors starting with L from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

1930. Privately Printed for Members Only. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Privately Printed for Members Only. Hardcover. Scarce, sort of a how-to for newly-weds, very tame erotica. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth, yellow paste-on titles on front cover and spine, black ink lettering. Small 8vo. 128pp.

New York: self, 1990. Unique. Loose Sheets. Near Fine. Unique. Loose Sheets. Includes: 2 The Beautiful & the Bizarre exhibition cards; one email hardcopy (Armando Daniel to Sharon Gault, 1999); 28 color contact sheets and/or proofs; 27 b/w contact sheets and/or proofs. Bright and clean, Photographic prints. Color and b/w.

New York: Visionaire, 2012. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. One expects Visionaire to be filled with fashion forward editorials and artistic think pieces...issue 61, however, is the biggest issue EVER. Larger than life is true to its name - the Guinness World Record has certified it as the largest magazine ever produced. The cover, of course, is Lady Gaga (as a mermaid (complete with gills) and coated in crude oil) and shot by Inez and Vinoodhl. Other work includes images from Steven Klein, Mario Sorrenti and Bruce Weber, Ryan McGinley, Ed Ruscha, Richard Phillips, Marina Abramovic, and Ridley Scott to contribute to the massive project. It is a work of epic proportions. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color pictorial wraps, printed on polymer sheets (specifically chosen as they lack 'memory' to avoid curling). Elephant folio (57.48 x 79"). np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition.

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1823. First American Edition. Hard. Good+. First American Edition. Hard. Translated and with a Preface and notes by John Forbes, M.D. "Laennec is remembered for his invention of the stethoscope and for his book on ascultation. This work is the foundation stone of modern knowledge of diseases of the chest. Himself tuberculous, Laennec was considered the greatest teacher of his time on tuberculosis. Indeed, it was elaboration of his investigation of the disease that he invented the stethoscope. He established the fact that all phthisis is tuberculous, described pneumothorax and distinguished pneumonia from the various kinds of bronchitis and from pleuritis." [GM 3219]. Moderate to heavy shelf/edge wear, minor loss at head and tail, front joint starting, rear joint partially split, light foxing (focused at preliminaries), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Full brown leather binding, red leather spine label, gilt lettering. 319pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, Inc, 1980. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Very minor shelf wear, soft crease at spine and at rear, else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 512pp.

New York: Canadian Centre for Architecture / Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001. First Wraps Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Wraps Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue for show of the same name at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Richly illustrated (630 illus. over 100 in color) and including essays by Lambert and others (e.g. Peter Eisenman and Rem Koolhaas). A dense and thorough exploration of the architectural projects of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Wraps published at the same time as the hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Stiff cardstock wrappers with French flaps, folded timeline at rear. 4to. 791pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Includes time-line fold-out documenting Building Chronology (1937-69).

Venetia (Venice), Italy: for Sebastiano Coleti, 1752. [First edition]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [First edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Collection of curious observations on the way of life, customs, habits, character, different languages, government or both. General, civil, natural, political and religious history of all the peoples of the world. First and second volumes bound. Claude François Lambert, from Dôle, former parish priest of Saineau, Diocese of Rouen, died on April 14 1765. Authored about twenty works: novels, sermons, geography, history, editions, translations, physics and natural history. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full calf, gilt titling, spine label, red edging, 8vo, xvi, 248pp.+ fold out maps. In Italian. With three copper-engraved and folded geographical maps ft (Hungary, European Turkey and Scandinavia). (originally 15 volumes).

New York: Martin Brown, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes 31 papers by leaders of the day on a variety of topics from Experimental Obstetrics to Skull Fracturs and including several early articles on xrays. A handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of very minor soiling at boards, discrete notation and owner embossment on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Navy cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 387pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Fold-out charts. Index. Presention slip tipped in.

Worcester, MA: The Blanchard Press, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. An early and signifcant biography of one of the greats of the A&C movement. Includes a bibliography (through 1901) of the Roycroft Shop. Light shelf wear, moderate wear at head and heel, upper corners gently bumped, spine well toned, gilt toned, small soil mark on front board, leaves lightly toned, else tight and unmarred. 8vo. 154pp.

St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks Intl, 2004. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. First Printing. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ bright and clean, Black paper boards, silver gilt lettering, pictorial endpages. Small 4to. 160pp. Illus. (color plates). Index.

Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum, 2002. First Printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Printing. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue by The Farnsworth of their Kenneth Noland (which also traveled to the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida, March 1-June14, 2002). Includes text by Christopher B. Crosman, Terry Fenton, and Jamaica Kincaid. Touch of sunning at foredge, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color wrappers. Small, oblong 4to. 71pp. Illus. (color plates).

Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum, 2002. First Printing. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Printing. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue by The Farnsworth of their Kenneth Noland (which also traveled to the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida, March 1-June14, 2002). Includes text by Christopher B. Crosman, Terry Fenton, and Jamaica Kincaid. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Color wrappers. Small, oblong 4to. 71pp. Illus. (color plates).

Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher, 1905. Second Edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ [Textblock Near Fine].. Second Edition. Stiff Wraps. The Mosher Press iteration of this oft published classic. Overall, a handsome copy, increasingly uncommon to find in such nice condition. Light shelf/edge wear, light chipping (focused at top, very typical given Mosher's unfortunate use of overlapped paper wrappers), light even toning to DJ, else tight, bright and unmarred. Stiff cream cardstock boards with mounted blue paper wrapper, red and black ink lettering and decorative elements. 32mo. 75pp.

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1899. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. A variant binding depicting a couple on horseback. There are two variant states of the text of this title. This is the version with "Yea" as the first word on page 24. Minimal shelf wear, some fading of the green at edges (very typical of these volumes), owner inscription on ffep (1902), else tight, bright and unmarred. Green limp overlapped leather wraps, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink label, in blind decorative elements, Roycrofters watermarked paper, gold silk pastedowns, gold silk bookmark bound in, hand-illuminated. 8vo. 91pp.

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Nice and historic travel volume for Scottish history and landscape. Apparent moisture exposure on back cover, wear to extremities, missing title, i-iv pages, else tight and unmarred. Bound in dark red cloth, with bright gilt thistles and armorial decorations on covers and spine, top edges gilt. 464 pages, photographic plates throughout with thin paper guards. Color folding map in back of volume II, index.

Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Author was part of the 23rd ME Reg and 7th ME Battery and also wrote several town histories. (Nevins, V. 1, 119. Nicholson, 462. Not in Howes) A very handsome copy. Minimal shelf/edge wear, very subtle moisture stain at front board, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, wall-paper endpages. Small 8vo. 240pp.

Joliet, IL: P. F. Volland Co, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine (textblock Fine). No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Adapted from the French of La Fontaine. Exeptional illustrations (both full page and in-text) support these wonderful stories. A near pristine copy of this classic. Very minor shelf wear (focused at heel), else tight, bright and unmarred. Color pictorial boards, color pictorial endpages. Small 8vo. np. Illus. (color plates).

Lusanne, Switzerland: Ami Guichard, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Lartigue's extraordinary photographs of flying and automotive inventions, among other subjects. Simply an outstanding collection of photographs wonderfully bound. A pristine copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. Burgundy boards, gilt, art-nouveau design with inset oval duotone, tipped in plates. 126pp. Illus. (b/w plates, tipped in).

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1972. Later Printing/First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good+ to Very Good+ DJs. Later Printing/First Edition. Hardcover. Eleanor and Franklin was the winner of both the Pulitzer and National Book Award in 1972. The Alone Years continued the story beyond FDR's death. Overall, a handsome set. Minor shelf/edge wear, postage stamp affixed to ffep of E:tAY, ownership signature at ffeps, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ show light shelf/edge wear, bit of unusual rubbing/wear first near hinge of E:tAy, several small closed tears, crease at one flap, else bright and clean [both now in Brodart sleeves]. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, printed pictorial endpages. 8vo. 765; 368pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index(es).

Antwerp, 1725. Very Good. Hand colored mythological figures in the cusps. Latin constellation names: same as modern scientific usage. Quite similar to the large A. Durer 1515 'Imagines Coeli' and to AM Mallet's 1683 copper plate planisphere. This engraving two centuries after Durer still employs only Ptolemy's original 1022 stars. Celestial sphere prints were in popular demand all over Europe for their educational and decorative value. Minor even toning, else bright and clean. Handcolored plates.