Search Results: Titles starting with L from Sky Duthie Rare Books

Firenze [Florence]: G. Barbèra., 1884. Octavo. Beautifully bound in white parchment-covered boards with hand-painted Florentine red lily emblem to the upper board; elaborate gilt borders and spine decoration; and red morocco title label lettered in gilt. All edges red. Decorative floral endpapers. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece and two plates (one folding). Contemporary previous owner's inscription in pencil and ink to the half-title page: "Susan Ballard", "a birthday present from her aunt Susan / Florence", "Mabel Scott Moncrieff / from S.M.[?] / October 1892". Photographic postcard depicting soldiers in the trenches sent from the front by Charles Kenneth Moncrieff to his father, with message dated 20.10.14 in pencil, loosely laid in. A very good copy, the binding square and secure with some cracking to the joints. The contents with some light scattered foxing to the preliminary pages are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An attractive edition of Dante's Divine… Read More

Paris: Société d'Édition et de Publications Librairie Félix Juven., 1910.. First edition. Octavo. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards; nine raised bands to the spine with red morocco title label lettered in gilt. Original pictorial wrapper by Fabien Fabiano bound in at the front. Illustrated with 14 colour plates, 4 black and white plates, and 15 in-text illustrations by Fabiano. 286pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a few minor marks to the spine and a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents with toning due to the paper quality, the occasional faint pencil line to page margins, and some light foxing to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order. An attractive copy. An uncommon French fin-de-siècle memoire recounting the experiences of its anonymous author - "A Curious Woman" - in her romantic encounters with the opposite sex, wonderfully illustrated by the artist, illustrator, designer, and former pupil of Alphonse Mucha, Fabian Faniano… Read More

Paris: Éditions Albin Michel., 1961. First French edition. Octavo. Publisher's original plain white card boards with illustrated colour dustwrapper. Illustrated with 18 colour plates, 86 black and white plates and 15 in-text illustrations. 448pp. Printed card from the author and translator with manuscript ink greeting ("with affectionate greetings from the author and the translator"), plus original envelope addressed to Orovida Pissarro, loosely laid in. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with some light foxing to the endpapers and edges of the textblock, a small ink spot to the top edge of the textblock, and a minor crease to the blank corner of two text pages, are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. The dustwrapper with some marking, a few small chips and tears to the spine panel and a little wear to the extremities. The first French edition of the American art historian John Reward's (1912-1994) comprehensive history of Post-Impressionism, translated from… Read More

Sorrento, Victoria: Arden Press., 1994. First edition. Octvao. Turquoise cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated throughout in black and white and with several colour plates. Colour illustration cut from the original card wrappers loosely laid in. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1814.. First edition. Octavo. Early twentieth-century maroon cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with a folding engraved map frontispiece and nine etched plates, one being a map, from drawings by the author. Errata page following the text at the rear. Previous owner's bookplate ("McClure / Inverness") to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with just a touch of minor shelf wear to the extremities. The contents with toning to the endpapers, minor old neat paper repairs to the blank margins of five text pages, and some occasional light foxing (more so to some of the plates) are otherwise in very good order throughout. An attractive untrimmed copy. Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott (née Dundas; 1785-1842), was born into a Scottish naval family and spent much of her early life in the north-west of England whilst her father was stationed overseas, predominantly in the Caribbean. In 1808, at… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1865.. First edition. Octavo. Smartly rebound in modern half tan calf over marbled boards, the boards ruled in gilt, the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled and decorated in gilt, and contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate for Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie re-laid to the front pastedown. Early twentieth-century ownership inscription in ink to the front pastedown. xii + 371pp. Lacking the half-title page. A very good copy, the binding square and tight. The contents with a small chip to the bottom corner of the front free endpaper, a few spots of light foxing to the preliminary pages, and the occasional spot of toning are otherwise in very good order. The best-known work by the author, translator and traveller Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon, née Austin (1821-1869), describing her experiences in Egypt during the early 1860s and providing a vivid account of Egyptian life, with a… Read More

Paris: Chez A. Nepveu, Libraire., 1819.. First edition. Three volumes. Octavo. Contemporary quarter dark-blue calf over dark-blue paper-covered boards, the spine with four raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Page edges untrimmed. Each volume with a green silk ribbon page-marker bound in. pp. (4), 367; (4), 307; (4), 365. Each volume with half-title present. Illustrated with 50 engraved plates by Castellan (including 5 folding plates and 1 double-page plate), plus 4 engraved plates of music - "Airs de la Tarentule"). A very good set, the bindings square and firm with heavy bumping to the bottom corners of volumes one and three (with a crack to the front bottom corner of volume one) and a little scuffing to the spines. The contents with occasional foxing and the odd small tear to the untrimmed page edges are otherwise in very good order. An account of a trip through Italy by the French artist, architect, and engraver Antoine-Laurent Castellan… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall., 1839.. First edition. Octavo. Handsomely bound for Henry Sotheran Ltd. in early twentieth-century half brown calf over red-brown linen boards, the spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pale marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, with tissue-guard, and 39 further engraved plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Lacking the half-title. A very good copy, the binding square and tight. The contents with spotting to the plates (heavier to some), two plates with minor tears neatly repaired with tissue verso, and a stain to the bottom margin of one plate, are otherwise in good order. The first edition in book form of Dickens's third novel, originally issued in parts between 1838 and 1839, smartly bound for Sotheran's of London during the early twentieth century.

London: Bradbury and Evans., 1857.. First edition, first issue with the points as called for: the three line errata on page xiv; "William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27; B2 instead of BB2 on pp. 371; and "Riguad" for "Blandois" on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473. Octavo. Handsomely bound in contemporary full red crushed morocco; urn device in blind to each board, boards ruled in gilt; the spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt, diced compartments, and gilt titles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an etched frontispiece and vignette title page and 38 further etched plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Bound without the half-title. A very good copy, the binding firm with some cracking to the hinges at front and rear (still remaining secure), minor scuffs to the boards, and bumping to the corners. The contents with light spotting to the plates (although better than often encountered) and a contemporary owner's ink inscription crossed through ("Edward Lacy"[?]) with a… Read More