Search Results: Titles starting with L from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: St Martin's Press, 2002 318 pgs. Hard cover in price clipped dust jacket. A biography of L Frank Baum, the creator of Wizard of Oz. Illustrated with reproduction of W W Denslow's, John R Neill's artwork and photographs.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Various. 8vo.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1894 1894 per BNdeF. 48 pgs. Blue cloth with pictorial pastedown label with gilt background, pastedown label rubbed, one long scrape, binding slightly shaken, top corner bumped, previous owner's name on endpaper, 2 pages with small archival mends. An imagining of what might have taken place upon Noah's Ark. Illustrated in color on nearly every page. Artwork appears as full-page, partial-page and small vignettes. The vignettes could almost be a pre-cursor to Benjamin Rabier's style. The animals are presented realistically but not without humor and some humanization. It's quite a fun book and an uncommon Noah's Ark. . Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Auguste Vimar. Oblong 4to.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1889 64 pgs. All edges stained turquoise. Pictorial boards with brown cloth spine, mild wear to corners, occasional light finger soil, overall an exceptionally bright and beautiful copy. A French language adaptation of Browning's Pied Piper of Hamelin with Greenaway's artwork from the English language edition. Thomson pg 27, #16 (Detroit Pub. Lib Greenaway Collection).. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. Square 4to.

Montreal: Editions Paulines, 1979 8 x 5.5 in (20 x 14 cm). 24 pgs (unpaginated). Color printed card covers. A story with a lesson. Illustrated in color throughout in a cartoonish style. . Pictorial Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo.

New York: Kurt H Volk Inc, 1953 Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt, housed in its original slip case which is gently worn. A medieval religious poem / prayer by Christine de Pisan. This is the first English language translation. Printed on quality paper with deckled edges in red ink for the original French and black ink for the English translation. A lovely production.. First English Language Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Large Oblong 4to.

Milan: Editions Piccoli, 1960 Circa 1960. Color printed baords, foxing to prelims and edges of text block, pages clean. A selection of popular fables from Jean de la Fontaine illustrated with mid-century color artwork throughout, both full- and partial-page. Published in Italy, text in French.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by G Gatti. Folio.

New York: Needle and Bobbin Club, 1935 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light shelf wear, faint erasure marks to frontis tissue guard. A poem which first appeared in 1661 written in response to the 1660 edict by Louis XIV banning the wearing of lace adornments and decorations. Both the original French and a new English translation appear here, plus a summary and explanation. Illustrated with reproductions of artwork as well as photos of lace designs. Limited to 500 copies. . Limited Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to.

Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1973 Top & Bottom Edges gilt. Two of Wilde's best-known plays bound dos-a-dos in one volume. Illustrated in color by Tony Walton who has signed the book on the limitation page. Limited to 1500 copies, housed in the original slipcase which is fine save for a few white marks on one panel. LEC newsletter and prospectus laid in. . Signed by Illustrator. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Tony Walton. Large Thick 8vo.

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth, 1964 Pictorial cloth, edges rubbed, pen mark and red mark to covers, internally clean. All about different modes of air travel, illustrated in color throughout.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B. Knight. 12mo.

New York: Viking Press, 1974 Pictorial boards, upper cover slightly bowed, bubbling to spine paper, clean inside; matching dust jacket with damp stain along spine, edge tears, wear and soil, original price intact ($5.95). Two lambs playing in a field wander into a magical world of oversized flowers and insects. Bright & fanciful artwork by Ipcar throughout. Uncommon Ipcar title.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Dahlov Ipcar. 4to.

London: Andersen Press, 1982 Pictorial boards. A stunning and beautiful book where dreams are tangible and anything is possible. Highly imaginative color artwork by Foreman. First editions are scarce.. First Edition. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Michael Foreman. 4to.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1939 62 pgs. Moderate wear to edges and spine ends, gift inscription, binding shaken. Issued to take advantage of the publicity surrounding the film release of The Wizard of Oz, Code (CS-8-39). Hanff, Greene pg 133.. Early Printing. Pictorial Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by John R. Neill. 12mo.

Paris: Robert Delpire, 1955 [1955]. 10.5 x 3.25 inches (26.5 x 8.5 cm). Pictorial boards, previous owner's address label removed, but left two rectangular marks on title page and opposing page, occasional light foxing, 2 pages with small abrasions, original slip case with a few specks of paint residue, one edge with 4-inch split. An absurd poem with the intent to teach the reader the meaning of the phrase "Crocodile tears." It is wonderful and original in its conception and until its publication, completely unique in execution in the realm of children's books. It was considered by both the creator and publisher to be an art object more than a book. This original edition consisted of only 3000 copies, preceded by publication in Neuf magazine. It was immediately popular and followed up with a dual-language and enlarged English-language edition. (Bibliotheque National de France). . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Andre Francois. Narrow… Read More

Montclair, NJ: Levine Querido, 2021 Pictorial boards in dust jacket, both As New. After fleeing earth for a new planet, the last surviving humans awake with no memory of earth, except one girl. Newbery Award.. Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. As New/As New. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Row, 1959 Pictorial boards with wear to extremities, light cover soil, publisher's flaw to rear board (bubbling to material), endpaper creased, otherwise clean inside. An adaptation of a previously published story titled The Race. Illustrated in limited color by Clement Hurd. . Later Printing. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Clement Hurd. 8vo.

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society (1964). Red cloth, thin discolored line near fore edge, else Near Fine; illustrated dust jacket with two small holes at front edge of spine, ends lightly chipped. Narrative version of Menotti's opera with Montresor's drawings of the sets in color and b&w. . First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1890 Circa 1890. Chromolithograph stiff paper wraps cut in the shape of a little Native American boy, light spine wear and faint creasing to headdress, pages slightly age-toned. Illustrated with a double-page and two single page chromolithographs. Very charming little book.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. 8vo.

New York: Abingdon Press (1956). Blue cloth with small dark mark on front cover else fine in illustrated dust jacket with small burn hole in front panel. Bible stories with tri-color artwork by Wiese throughout.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. 8vo.

Paris: Desclee De Brouwer, 1935 Circa 1935. Color pictorial boards with cloth spine, cover soil and shelf wear, some roughness to inner hinges and bubbling to endpapers, otherwise clean. A large and beautiful circus-themed picture book with text in French, illustrated with 6 full-page color lithos and one fabulous dual-page color centerfold in the style of the Russian constructivist art.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Santa Rosa. Large Square 4to.

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1908 Pictorial boards with red cloth spine, wear to spine ends, top of spine re-glued, edge and corner wear, pages age-toned, binding slightly shaken, remnant of sticker to front endpaper. A flight fantasy about two cousins who invent a dirigible with a cage, balloons, hobbyhorse, and a propeller. They fly about town and even give the moon a few whacks. Amusing text (in French) and color artwork by O'Galop, pseudonym of Marius Rossillon who is best known as the creator of the Michelin Man. The first edition is rare.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by O'Galop (Pseud. Marius Rossillon). Folio.