Search Results: Titles starting with L from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Beyrouth: Cahiers de l'Est, (1985) First edition. 4to, 376 pp & 64 unnumbered pages of plates (some color). Original pictorial stiff paper wraps. Text in French. Slight edge wear, presentation inscription in ink at half-title page to Middle East policy expert Ronald McLaurin (illegibly signed), otherwise Near Fine. Editor & contributor Camille Aboussouan was Ambassador of Lebanon to the UNESCO & additionally a bibliophile whose library was sold at Sotheby's London in 1993

Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie, [1926]. First edition. Small folio, half-title, [6] pages & 40 loose plates printed recto only on thick paper (as issued) housed in a portfolio (half maroon cloth & pictorial paper over boards with ribbon ties). Text in French.
Portfolio quite worn: cloth frayed, boards detached, ties damaged, browned. Plates with occasional edgewear including small losses & short tears, otherwise good.
Includes plans & illustrations from photographs of villas in the Landes region of France. Henri Godbarge was one of the first theorists of the Neo-Basque style.

Paris: J. Mallet et Cie, 1841. "Edition Illustree." Quarto (10.5" x 7.25"), xx & 525 pages including numerous illustrations in text plus 18 plates only (of 20 per list) printed on China paper & mounted to light card stock. Contemporary half black morocco & pebbled green cloth, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or ruled in gilt in all compartments. Top edge gilt. Text in French.
Binding rubbed, corners bruised, foxing (heavy at times), lacking two plates per list but no evidence of removal, previous owner's name & date in pencil at the recto of the frontis, otherwise good.
First published in 1591, Jerusalem Delivree, an epic poem which is characterized as highly imaginative, treats of the First Crusade & the efforts to wrest Jerusalem from Muslim control at the hands of the Latin Church.

Paris: Payot, 1927 First edition 8vo, 234 pp & xxxii plates. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps Text in French. Wraps toned & soiled, edge wear including small losses & tears, modest foxing, one leaf roughly opened causing loss in the margin (not affecting text), otherwise good or better.The author was on the staff of Cabinet des Medailles of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France & led the department from 1937 to 1961.

[Paris]: Prisma, 1947. Complete in three volumes. First editions limited to 500 copies, these number 375. Quartos, 271; 335; [42] pages copiously illustrated throughout in b/w & occasionally color (including color frontispiece portraits of Albert and Francois Fratellini in volume 3). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines & upper covers which are also decorated with a circus illustration within gilt blocking, in photo-illustrated dust jackets. Text in French.
Boards lightly scuffed, diagonal loss at the bottom corner of the upper cover of volume 2 (about one inch by half an inch), amateurishly repaired with cello-tape which also affects the lower corner of the text block (diminishing through p. 147, text unaffected), modest foxing & toning mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, previous owner's small address label on the front pastedown of each volume; jackets modestly rubbed, soiled, & faded (particularly volume 2), with some short tears & losses, & a few old tape repairs on… Read More

Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, Editeur, (1910). First edition, limited to 365 copies, this number 277. Folio (16.5" x 11.5"), 160 pp. plus 14 plates (including 4 mounted color woodblocks), each plate accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letter-press. Rebacked preserving original French fold printed & decorated thick paper wraps over plain card covers, with new printed paper spine label, Text in French. Rebacked, spine cocked, covers soiled, toned & foxed, moderate edge wear, offsetting at blanks, light internal toning, previous owner's chop at half-title page, otherwise good or better. The Philosophy of Nature in Far Eastern Art. Illustrated from the originals of the masters of the landscape of the 8th to 17th centuries, with four woodcuts by K. Ehawa and S. Izumi, Nine Heliotypes and one Plate Double in Photogravure.

[Caracas, Venezuela]: Ernesto Armitano, (1974). First edition thus. This copy with a tipped in printed presentation leaf from Mobil de Venezuela to Fred Eaton who was president of Sears, Roebuck of Venezuela. 4to, 323 & [42] pages, illustrated. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Text in Spanish.
Faintly musty, otherwise very good in like dust jacket lightly soiled, with slight edgewear. Originally published in 1969, this edition is considerably expanded. Tito Salas, who died in 1974, was a Venezuelan painter and significant contributor to the development of Venezuelan modern art.

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Volume xlvii, number 3, March, 1930. First edition. Publisher's stapled, pictorial paper wraps, folio (14.25" x 11"), 258 pages.
Moderate edge wear (particularly the lower corner, diminishing through page 25), some foxing & toning mostly affecting the covers, small mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good or better.
This voluminous issue features "White Birch," a stunning full page color illustration by Maxfield Parrish, & a contribution by Albert Payson Terhune entitled "The Scourge" which is illustrated by Robert L. Dickey. Terhune, of course, was the creator of the beloved Lad a Dog series,

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, (1978). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink at the title page by Kristen Hunter Lattany. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), [6] & 314 pages. Publisher's red cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Edges of the text block lightly foxed, otherwise fine in slightly toned dust jacket, still about fine.
Kristin Hunter (1931 - 2008), an African American author, comments on her writing:
"The bulk of my work has dealt, imaginatively, I hope, with relations between the white and black races in America. My early work was "objective," that is, sympathetic to both whites and blacks, and seeing members of both groups from a perspective of irony and humor against the wider backdrop of human experience as a whole. Since about 1968 my subjective anger has been emerging, along with my grasp of the real situation in this society, though my sense of humor and my basic optimism keep cropping up like uncontrollable weeds."

No place [Marietta, Ohio ?]: no publisher [Teachers of Marietta Public Schools & Marietta College ?], no date (ca. 1910's). Oblong sextodecimo (4.5" x 6.5"), 24 unnumbered pages plus wraps providing brief text at the inside of the covers, with captioned illustrations throughout (many from photographs). Original stapled pictorial card covers die cut in the shape of the Land Office of the Ohio Company. Not found in OCLC as of 12/12/2022.Moderate edge wear & rubbing, soiled mostly at the lower wrap, staples rusted, otherwise good or better.Addressed to the teachers of Eastern Ohio from the teachers of Marietta Public Schools & Marietta College who "bid a most hearty welcome" & suggest living in Marrietta & progressing with her.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. First edition. Small 8vo (7.75" x 5"), vii, 542, & [10] pages, with illustrations throughout from woodcuts (many full page) Publisher's gilt-lettered, bevel-edged green cloth.
Covers lightly spotted, brief wear at spine extremities & corners, sporadic modest foxing & toning, previous owner's initials at first blank page, otherwise Very Good or better.
An account of the author's travels through Russia, Sweden, Norway and Iceland, fictionalized but based on actual events.

Seacaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, A Birch Lane Press Book, (1991). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), x & 262 pages plus 28 unnumbered pages of illustrations from photographs. Publisher's black paper over boards backed in black lettered red cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in near fine jacket with a bit of toning on the verso.
The author was Lennon's personal assistant.
"... reveals in great detail the little-known side of John Lennon, a man tormentd by insecurities, self-doubt, and unfulfilled desires. Trapped in a tragic marriage and haunted by demons from his spectacular past, Lennon retreated into his bedroom sanctuary behind his double doors and darkened windows while Yoko managed the family's multimillion dollar business from her downstairs office."

New York City: Perry, Dame & Co., Catalog No. 62, 1915. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.5"), 128, [4], & [1] pages plus covers in color (the upper signed in print by W. Haskell Coffin), profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. The 4 unnumbered pages following page 128 provide ordering instructions & unused order blanks. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Couple of small scuffs on the front cover, modest edge wear, small loss in the forward margin of page 37/38 (not affecting text or illustration), 1.25 inch closed tear without loss at page 119/120, soiling & toning mostly affecting the covers, otherwise Good or better.
Please note, this is the original 1915 catalog, not the modern facsimile. Includes dresses, sleeping gowns, brassieres, drawers, slips, stockings, gloves, & much, much more!

[Baltimore, Maryland]: Steam Press of James Young, "adopted by the Grand Lodge of Maryland, I.O.O.F., April 1880." First edition. 24mo (5.5" x 3.5"), 16 pages plus covers. Original printed & decorated paper wraps, sewn. Not found in OCLC as of 7/2/2023.
Slightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
A great I.O.O.F. memento in unusually nice condition:
"The object of the Association shall be to give financial aid and assistance to the widows, orphans, heirs or assignees of deceased members." 
~Excerpted from the first page.

Paris, France: Chez Devambez, [1918]. Pictorial paper wraps, sewn. Paris: Chez Devambez, no date [1918]. Oblong sextodecimo (5" x 6.5"), 28 unnumbered pages providing text in English with 12 color pochoir illustrations captioned in French adjacent. Printed on thick laid paper. Original printed & illustrated self wraps, sewn.Moderately soiled, edge wear including a small loss at the lower corner throughout, otherwise good or better.Apparently published in appreciation of British troops in France during World War I. The illustrations depict English, Scottish, Irish, & Indian troops in often amusing situations away from the field of battle.

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House/ Southern Classics Library, (1982). Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 601 pages plus 30 unnumbered pages of plates including a two page color illustration after a painting by Charles Hoffbauer. Publisher's full brown leather, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, satin ribbon marker sewn in, moire fabric endpapers. Publisher's notes laid in.
Unobtrusive soft crease affecting recto & verso of the illustrated leaf preceding the title page, otherwise a fine & apparently unread copy.
"The Southern Classics Library could choose no subject more worthy than Robert E. Lee. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee became synonymous with the defense of the Confederate States of America; however, it was in the long years following defeat that he became the enduring symbol of what is best in our Southern heritage."~Excerpted from the publisher's notes.

London: Printed by H Meere, for S Briscoe, and sold by J Nutt, 1705. First edition. 8vo, [12], xiv, [6], & 192 pp, which include a four page catalog of books available from John Nutt following the table of contents, and a separate title page preceding part two. Contemporary full brown calf with a gilt-lettered maroon leather spine label, the spine & covers decorated in gilt Ribbon marker sewn. in ESTC T144140. Binding rubbed, upper joint just being to crack, short tear & small hole at v/vi (not affecting text), p 39 with brief bracketing in ink, moderately toned & foxed, otherwise very good. A splendid gathering of satirical sketches which, as indicated by OCLC, are "intended to be comic, but also reveal a great deal about attitudes and the behaviour expected of women" Selections include: "The Character of a Wanton Woman", "a Modest Woman", "a pretended Godly Woman", "a Religious Woman", "A Gaming Woman", etc as well as a collection of poems perhaps best represented by the infamous "A Satyr upon a… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1848. First edition, this copy with signed presentation by Evans in ink at the front pastedown to the Library of the [Royal] Archaeological Institute. 16mo, xvii & 116 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt & decorated in blind. All edges gilt.
Ex-library with the small rubber-stamped mark of the Royal Archaeological Institute in the margins of several pages, brief edge wear, moderately soiled, spine & margins browned, occasional minor foxing, bookplate of V.S.M. de Guinzbourg at the ffep with attendant glue stain on the verso, a good or better copy.
Post-Archaelogical Institute, this title ended up in the collection of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg who served in the Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II as a liaison officer with the French Foreign Legion & as political adviser to General Alexander M. Patch, commander of the Seventh Army. Later, he worked at the United Nations as staff interpreter & executive officer of the Military Staff Committee.… Read More

Roslyn, New York: Ozone Productions, (1993). First edition. Small folio (12.25" x 9.25"), 107 pages, illustrated throughout mostly in color. Publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket, A Fine copy in Good or so dust jacket with tears, creasing, & tape repairs on the verso & wrapping the bottom of the spine 
"You've seen her art in the pages of Playboy Magazine and in dozens of other publications, on calendars, book covers, limited edition prints, greeting cards, and movie posters Now, for the first time, Olivia's work has been compiled into one deluxe book Included are over 100 drawings and paintings, many previously unpublished, spanning the past 15 years "
 ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Reno, Nevada: Nevada Press, copyright 1960 but this issued in 1963. Oblong sextodecimo (4.5" x 6.75"), 18 unnumbered pages plus covers, illustrated throughout from photographs, diagrams of gaming tables & comedic art work. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
A Fine copy.
A wonderful promotional pamphlet which provides a brief history of the casino as well as instructions & odds for favorite games. Harolds Club was established in 1935 & closed in 1995. The building was demolished in 1999.