Search Results: Authors starting with L from Modern Rare

Los Angeles, CA: Bruce Of Los Angeles, 1962. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Los Angeles, CA: Bruce Of Los Angeles, 1962. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Bruce of Los Angeles collectible item. An original vintage photographic print of one of the photographer's finest male nude portraits. The print measures 5 X 7 inches and is encased in a protective plastic sheet. It shows the unidentified model at the peak of his beauty: Young, handsome, and sexily (though not overly) buffed, in a full-frontal pose. He is shown facing the camera with his fully erect penis (which casts a shadow on his body). This is not a digital print or a later, contemporary print but was printed directly from the original negative during Bruce of LA's lifetime. It is very beautifully developed, with great clarity and subtle contrasts, on Double-Weight Fiber photographic paper, the paper Bruce of LA used. This is the genuine article,… Read more

New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 152 pages. The photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most influential photography books of our time. Limited Edition of 25000 serial-numbered copies. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Reissued Edition published in 2005, which is an exact facsimile of it. The First Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by David LaChapelle and Tadanori Yokoo: Oversize-volume format. Tadanori Yokoo's dazzling design is now considered one of the greatest book designs of the 20th century, a certifiable classic. Glossy pictorial hard covers with colorful titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and brief text by David LaChapelle. LaChapelle Land Map laid-in. Matching glossy pictorial box. List of Plates… Read more

New York City, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. First Edition Thus. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition Thus/First Printing. 267 pages. Collection of the writer's essays. One of the greatest literary collections of all time. Limited Edition of 150 numbered copies. The 1892 "Large Paper" Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition, also published simultaneously by G. P. Putnam's Sons. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. A fine binding production: Regular-sized volume format. The production is loving and exquisite in every respect: Luxurious brown leather boards with marbled paper middle boards, gilt lines, gilt page edges, and elaborate gilt design on the spine, as bound. Text by Charles Lamb. Edited by Ernest Dressel North. Matching marbled endpapers. Mounted Frontispiece Portrait of Charles Lamb from the… Read more

Paris, France: Films Montsouris Paris/Criterion Collection, 1956. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Paris, France: Films Montsouris Paris/Criterion Collection, 1956. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 37 pages. Rare Albert Lamorisse and "The Red Balloon" collectible set. A fine copy of the 1956 First American Edition/First Printing with pristine Criterion Collection DVD of "Le ballon rouge" and pristine Vintage Souvenir Card, the latter signed by Albert Lamorisse with original balloon drawing. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are innumerable. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Albvert Lamorisse's "Le ballon rouge" in its definitive English translation. A keepsake edition, issued to celebrate the release of the great film in the United States.… Read more

New York City, NY: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Viking Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 260 pages. The author's second novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Peter Landesman's "Blood Acre". A brilliant follow-up novel by the widely-acclaimed author of "The Raven". Exquisitely written, this is a "genuine tour-de-force, an apocalyptic murder mystery that demands to be read in a single setting" (Times Literary Supplement) . The novel has been compared to Malcolm Lowry's "Under The Volcano" (by James McConkey) and to William Styron's work by Stewart O'Nan, who asserts that what Landesman has pulled off is a more poetic version of the hard-boiled… Read more

New York City, NY: Cantaloupe Records, 2003. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Cantaloupe Records, 2003. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Debut Recording of the composer's landmark work. One of David Lang's finest achievements. The first and only edition. Produced in a small and limited print run as a Compact Disc. There is no ISBN. The CD is now scarce. Presents, in its very first release, David Lang's "Child". Definitive performances by the Sentiere Selvaggi Ensemble and Carlo Boccadoro. His first major new work since "The Passing Measures". "A powerful meditation on childhood and memory. Sweet and simple on the surface, gentle musical fragments float by leaving faint traces of darkness in their wake. The result is at once dramatic, personal, intensely introspective, and piercingly beautiful. Written in five separate parts for some of Europe's finest… Read more

New York City, NY: Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics Group, 2003. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics Group, 2003. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 2 pages. Rare Lang Lang collectible item. A pristine copy of the historic 2003 Deutsche Grammophon Compact Disc (CD) live recording of his Carnegie Hall Debut on November 7, 2003 at the age of 21, signed by Lang Lang. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the 2008 CD/DVD release, issued five years later. Distributed in the United States by Universal Classics Group as the original two-CD set that sold out shortly after release. The CD set is now scarce. Presents Lang Lang's "Live At Carnegie Hall". Rousing and at the same time, interpretatively sensitive performances by the American pianist at the beginning of his phenomenal… Read more

New York City, NY: Grove Press, 2005. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Grove Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 250 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Rattawut Lapcharoensap's "Sightseeing: Stories". His (ironically titled) debut collection. The eponymous story is the longest - and the best - piece ("Cockfighter", the final set piece, is really a novella) : About a mother's brave, stoic journey towards imminent blindness, told, heartbreakingly, from her loving son's point-of-view. It's impeccable, a tour-de-force masterpiece, the writer at the absolute… Read more

New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Penguin Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 380 pages. The author's breakthrough debut illustrated novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced by Ben Gibson and Reif Larsen, in pictorial hard boards with gilt titles and design on cover and spine, maps and all kinds of delicate illustrations reproduced throughout the book, and a dazzling DJ design by Jeff Middleton. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Presents Reif Larsen's "The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet". Brilliant… Read more

New York City, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 273 pages. The author's breakthrough debut memoir-cum-humor account. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Rick Lax's "Lawyer Boy". NOT for would-be lawyers alone. The humorous and touching story of an American youth who lives up to his surname by inclination and transcends it with imagination. "After college, Rick Lax moved back into his parents' house. The closest thing he had to a job was eating his parents' food, sitting on his parents' couch, and watching 'The Price is Right'. An amateur magician, he… Read more

New York City, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 273 pages. The author's breakthrough debut memoir-cum-humor account. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Rick Lax's "Lawyer Boy". NOT for would-be lawyers alone. The humorous and touching story of an American youth who lives up to his surname by inclination and transcends it with imagination. "After college, Rick Lax moved back into his parents' house. The closest thing he had to a job was eating his parents' food, sitting on his parents' couch, and watching 'The Price is Right'. An amateur magician, he… Read more

New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 243 pages. New Reissued Edition of the author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in this "Nobel Prize Award" Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The DJ design is brilliant: On the cover, it shows the handsome, 23-year-old J. M. G. Le Clezio, as photographed by the late Helmut Newton. On the back, Le Clezio is shown in 2008, still-handsome at 68, as photographed by Catherine Helie. Presents J. M. G. Le Clezio's "The Interrogation" in a felicitous English translation. His experimental first novel, often called the… Read more

New York City, NY: David R. Godine/Verba Mundi Publishers, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: David R. Godine/Verba Mundi Publishers, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 355 pages. The author's masterpiece. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the British Edition, which appeared a full year later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original and as part of the Verba Mundi International Literature Series. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents J. M. G. Le Clezio's "Desert" in a felicitous English translation. Published for the very first time in English translation, thirty years after its publication in the French original. Singled out by the Nobel Committee as his greatest work, it is "composed of two… Read more

London, England: Atlantic Books, 2010. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Atlantic Books, 2010. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 352 pages. The author's masterpiece. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in the United Kingdom. Should not be confused with all other editions, particularly the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents J. M. G. Le Clezio's "Desert" in a felicitous English translation. Published for the very first time in English translation, more than thirty years after its publication in the French original. Singled out by the Nobel Committee as his greatest work, it is "composed of two alternating narratives, set in counterpoint. The first takes place in the desert between 1909 and 1912 and evokes the… Read more

New York City, NY: Other Press, 2010. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Other Press, 2010. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 232 pages. The author's breakthrough novel in the United States. One of Herve Le Tellier's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The production values are impeccable: The pictorial DJ design is embossed, not printed, and the book is produced on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Presents Herve Le Tellier's "Enough About Love" in a felicitous English translation. Not quite enough. Despite the seemingly exasperated tone of the title, the novel is all about love, a French specialty. The love story is… Read more

New York City, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 268 pages. The author's second novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents David Leavitt's "Equal Affections". Writing marked by poise, insight, and passion. This is an intimate portrait of a family struggling to come to terms with the death of its independent, defiant matriarch. Leavitt explores the complex emotions that make up human relationships between lovers and families. "Leavitt is able to demonstrate his talent for empathy, his ability to write persuasively about highly emotional issues" (The New York Times) . An absolute "must-have" title for David… Read more

Chicago, IL: Jannes Art Publishing, 1983. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Chicago, IL: Jannes Art Publishing, 1983. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 128 pages. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. One of the most beautiful photography books on Chicago ever published. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run simultaneously as Hardcover and Softcover Editions. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Margit Weaving Leavitt: Oversize-volume format. Pristine-white pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Fred Leavitt. Texts by Ron Grossman and John Fink. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Chicago to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Fred… Read more

Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 1994. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag, 1994. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 184 pages. Collection of erotic male portraits and one male nude. One of the finest titles ever published by Bruno Gmunder Verlag, which specializes in male nude photography. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 1995, 1998, and 2002 Editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by RV Lebeaupin and Michael Taubenheim: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and brief Afterword by RV Lebeaupin. List Of Models appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Berlin to the highest standards. The reproduction… Read more

New York City, NY: Universe Publishing, 2000. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Universe Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 144 pages. Landmark collection of contemporary male nudes. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Universe: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards, which utilize a male nude portrait, and white titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of contemporary photography. Foreword by Quentin Crisp. Text and Captions by David Leddick. Commentary by Ethan Winslow. Index of Models appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock… Read more

New York City, NY: Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 127 pages. Landmark collection of male nudes. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the British Facsimile Edition, which was issued one year later, in 1998. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Ethan Winslow: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors. Foreword by Quentin Crisp. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Singapore to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents David… Read more