Search Results: Titles starting with L from Lost Horizon Bookstore

Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Near fine. First edition. Softcover. 1`0 7/8'' x 8 1/4''. Unpaginated. One hundred and fifty copies have been printed by hand on a Washington press. The type is Bembo ; the paper is handmade Crown & Sceptre. The improvisation follows the poem and translation, on a page that folds out. Some minor toning to cover.

San Francisco: The North Point Gallery, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Very good plus. Hardcover. Exhibition Catalogue. Tall quarto. 46pp. Incl. notes and index. Illustrated with color plates. Includes chronology. Gilt stamped green cloth. In dust jacket that rubbing to edges and corners.

Mexico: CULTURA CONTEMPORANEA DE MEXICO, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. First edition. Hardcover. 12'' x 10 3/4''. 339pp. with index. Text in spanish. Some soiling to covers.

Belriguardo, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardcover. Quarto. 297pp. Nicely illustrated with mostly color plates. Mantova ceramics from 16th-18th centuries. Small pencil note on rear past-down. White dust jacket has minor soiling and yellowing to spine and top edge.

Le Caire: Imprimerie De L'Institut Francis D'Archeologie Orientale, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover. PUBLICATIONS DU MUSEE ARABE DU CAIRE. 97pp. Text ; plus 84pp. of plates. Paper over boards, shows some wear, spine darkened. Pages toned.

Nice: Editions Gilletta, 1981. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 456pp. Profusely illustrated from b&w photographs. Text in French. Gilt stamped black cloth has very light wear. Black dust jacket a little scuffy; light edge-wear with small tears to corners.

Firenze: Cantini, 1989. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Hardcover. Quarto. 11.5 x 10.5". 340pp. 400 illustrations in color, 300 in b&w. Text in Italian. Profusely illustrated from vintage art nouveau graphics including books, posters, advertisements, etc. A few tiny spots on fore-edge. In slipcase that has light wear.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University press, 1960. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Hardcover. First edition thus. Octavo. 264pp. Inc. Notes, bibliography and index. Green cloth, with black and gilt title in dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket slightly darkened. "La Mettrie is most remembered for taking the position that humans are complex animals and no more have souls than other animals do. He considered that the mind is part of the body and that life should be lived so as to produce pleasure (hedonism). His views were so controversial that he had to flee France and settle in Berlin.

Milan: BANCA NAZIONALE DELL'AGRICOLTURA/ Electra Editrice, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardcover. Quarto. 450pp. Illustrated in color. Text in Italian. Dustjacket lightly soiled. Heavy book, may require extra postage.

London: THE LUTETIAN SOCIETY, 1899. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good.. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' X 7 1/4''. Two volumes. 406pp. Five hundred copies of this Edition have been printed this is copy number 71. Soiling to original boards. Foxing to endpapers and light toning throughout.

Newtown. PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth case with die-cut, facsimile medal loosely inserted. Letter-press printed brochure with history and description laid-in. Faint spot on cloth, visible in certain light.

Mexico: Solyz Impresores, 2010. Portfolio. Near fine. Portfolio. Quarto.12.5 x 8.75." Homenaje en su Centro 1910-2010. Loose sheets in folded cardstock portfolio, with cardstock slipcase. Reproduction of original 1960 edition, released on it's 50th anniversary. New introduction by Karima Muyares and original introduction by Christopher Williams, including biography of Posada in Spanish with English translation, followed by 62 plates of Posada's work, printed on one side only. Slipcase is constructed with double-stick tape which keeps coming un-stuck. Portfolio itself is in fine condition.

London: British Museum, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/very good plus. First Edition. Soft Cover. Oblong quarto.159pp. Beautiful catalogue, in full color, of Kenji's work. Text in English, French and Japanese. Signed by Kenji in 1993.

Berkeley: TEN SPEED PRESS, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus/Very good. First edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4'' X 10 1/4''. 310pp. with index. Inscribed by Jackson '' To Bill, a good friend for more years than we want to count, Beverley ''. Some minor wear to dust jacket.

New York: Hastings House, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Hardcover. Original edition. Tall quarto. Unpaginated. (188 pages) 36 color and 342 black-and-white illustrations. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY SUTNAR to MARION SAMPLER. In original dust jacket with original glassine cover. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition, glassine cover is browned and has a few small edge-tears. Great association copy. Attractive Shuster gallery Sutnar/ Joy Art exhibition announcement from 1969 laid-in. Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action was originally published to accompany a 1961 traveling exhibition of the same name. The exhibition showcased Sutnarʼs design achievements, ranging from business letterhead to branding for shopping centers. In the book, which he both wrote and designed, Sutnar laid out his graphic design principles - grounded in rationality, with a focus on type and a sharply edited color palette - and illustrated them using his own work. " a window into… Read More

London: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine.. 11'' x 8''. 125pp. ; 114pp. Signed by the illustrator Tony Walton. Tiny nick to fore edge. A touch of silverfishing to slipcase.

Mexico City: Herbario AMO, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Good./Good.. First edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2'' x 6 7/8''. 160pp. Bump and waterstain to bottom of spine affecting the book and dustjacket. A few spots of foxing.

New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 374pp. LIMITED EDITION, #85 of 150 copies, SIGNED by Tinker. T.E.G. Untrimmed. Nicely designed book with hand-made paper over boards with cloth spine, pictorial endpapers and woodcut vignettes. Light rubbing to spine ends, cover paper a little faded on top edge. Off-setting from endpapers to half-title and last blank.

Høvikodden, Norway: Henie-Onstad Art Center, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardcover. Quarto. 126pp. Nicely illustrated with b&w plates. Norwegian text. SIGNED BY ALVENG. "Dag Alveng was born in Oslo in 1953. His work has been shown in solo and group shows around the world. His photographs are in the permanent collections of major museums in America and abroad, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art" - From Dag Alveng website. This catalogue was produced for the"Lag Av Lys" exhibition, 19, november 1994- 5 februar 1995 and features photographs from various cities taken between 1979-1994. Dark blue dust jacket has light uniform rubbing. Overseas shipping will be around $60. as the book is too large to fit in flate rate envelope.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Hardcover. 9'' x 6 3/4''. 360pp. with index and folding map at rear. Light toning to endpapers. Original decorated cloth in nice condition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book.