Search Results: Authors starting with L from Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

London: Printed for Andrew Bell At the Cross -Keys & Bible. Very Good. 1710. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. "Now Compendiously Abridged and made of more use, with very Considerable Improvements" by George London and Henry Wise. Brown leather. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. 10 fold out plates, 2 wood cuts. (xxxvi) , 325pp and 7 pages of contents at rear. Rear hinge starting with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Spine label missing. ; Fold out illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 325 pages .

London: Seeley's. Good+. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Written after a trip to the Moravian Missions in South Africa, these are a collection of essays on a variety of topics including music and the abolition of slavery. Clean embossed dark green cloth with bright gilt title on front cover. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. A few pages with margin marks and turned down page corners. Religion; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 84 pages .

Paris: Poulet-Malassis Et De Broise. Near Fine. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine binding, red leather spine and leather protected corners. Ribbed in six gilt-rulled panels. Text tight, clean & intact. Clean marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpaper. Ornamental headpieces. Biography, French text. France; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages .

New York: Harper Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with brown cloth spine. Gilt title & front cover decoration. Text tight, clean & intact. Tissue protected full page wood engravings. The work of the American wood-engraver has a distincion that is original with itself. Dust Jacket VG+. The G+ book box has some wear. Enclosed hand written letter by Joseph W. Harper, 562 Fifth Avenue, NYC (Harper Bros. ) This book a gift to his minister, Rev. Morgan ; Wood Engravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Paris: Lair-Dubreuil. Very Good. 1927. Soft Cover. Clean soft tan cover has an ornamental border & black title on front cover. Age toned text pages. 19 century old print illustrations on white paper without toning. Chipped spine tail & rear cover's bottom corner. Re-enforcing strip on bottom margin of both covers. Art; B/W Prints; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages .

New York: Globe School Book Co.. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Clean brown pictorial cloth. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Color and B/W drawing illustrations. Contents: The Tempest; Midsummer Night's Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; Merchant of Venice; King Lear; Macbeth; Twelfth Night; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello. Children; Color & B/W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 236 pages .

London: MacMillan & Co. Limited. Near Fine. 1899. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition 8/675 copies. This is volume #3 only of the set of 12. Volumes 3 &4 were titled "Poems, Plays and Miscellaneous Essays" & listed as Volumes 1 & 2 on their title pages. Handsome 1/2 red leather over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Spine with five raised bands, gilt ruled borders & lettering. Top edge gilt. Text tight, clean & intact: no foxing. Bookplate of George M. Thornton designed & engraved by E. H. Garrett of Boston. Poetry, Literature ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

London: Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good. 1880. First Edition. Soft Cover. Volume in a white vellum wrapper stored in a slip case & inside a blue cloth folder. Leather spine with raised bands and gilt title. Slip case is slightly color faded at edges. Poetry; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 80 pages .

Albstadt: Stadtische Galerie. Near Fine. 1983. Soft Cover. 3923644019 . Clean soft pictorial cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated in both, color & B/W. Watercolors, Woodcuts, Etchings and Lithographs. German text. Exhibition catalogue, 11 September - 6 November, 1983. Art ; Color & B/W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 108 pages .

Clarksville, Ark.: Johnson County Historical Society. Near Fine. 1976. Second Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. First published in 1921 by E. M. Langford. Reprinted in 1976. This volume is the second reprint of 1976. Clean aqua color buckram cloth has bright gilt title on front cover & spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs at rear of text. South, Arkansas, Johnson County; B/W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pages .

London. Good+. 1728. First Edition. Hardcover. Title continued: whereby estates may be greatly improved. Offered to the consideration of the nobility and gentry of Great-Britain. By Batty Langly of Twickenham. Printed for Francis Clay at the Bible, and Daniel Brown at the Black-Swan, without Temple-Bar. Original binding in leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt label. Both hinges are cracked with covers firmly attached. Fold out engraved frontispiece. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact without foxing. Title in red and black ink. Decorative head and tail pieces. United Kingdom; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 274 pages .

New York: Banks Law Publishing Co. Very Good+. 1906. Hardcover. Vols. 1 & 2. Tan cloth with two leather spine lables on each volume. Texts tight, clean & intact. Law; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2271 pages .

Paris: Librairie Hachette Et C. Very Good+. 1903. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Fine Binding. Clean marbled boards, Leather front corners and spine. Raised bands with gilt decorated panels & Title. Marbled endpaper. Top edge gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Slightly age toned page edges. French Text. France ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 397 pages .

New York: Tudor Publishing Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. Clean green cloth decorated with gilt in a mylar-protected dust jacket AND encased in the original, rare black book box with paper paste-on label (VG condition). Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial endpapers & frontispiece. B/W photo illustrations. . . Architecture; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 464 pages .

London: R. B. Seeley & Burnside. Good+. 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with rubbed spine ends and lightly bumped corners. Chipped spine label . Light foxing mostly on first & last few pages. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Vignettes engraved by S. Williams. Front internal hinge has paper tear. Signature and book plate of Thomas Clifford Allbutt , English Physician & inventor of the clinical thermometer. Also, book-plate of California mountaineer Vernon Howard on free- front endpaper. Switzerland, Western Europe Travel; Illustrated with ; 8vo 8" - 9" ; 388 pages .

London: B. B. Seeley & W. Burnside. Very Good. 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Sold by L. B. Seeley and Sons, Fleet Street, London. Sketches of Swiss Scenery and Manners 1825-1826 by Charles Joseph Latrobe. Contemporary brown half leather over pebbled cloth with gilt decorated raised bands. [2, 349pp]. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece is a map of the Tyrol. Vignette on title page. Double ruled border on covers. Text is tight, clean & intact. Spine head is lightly rubbed. Armorial book-plate & signature of E. Reginald Taylor F. S. A. , British Archaeologist ; and also book-plate of California mountaineer Vernon Howard. Tyrol, Switzerland; Tyrol Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages .

La Chaux De-fonds: F. Zahn. Very Good-. 1897. Hardcover. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt lettering. Tight, clean & intact copy. Ornate endpapers. Double page fold-out frontispiece. Illustrated with 112 engravings & vignettes. [xx, 476pp]. Prior owner's signature. Lightly faded front cover. Text page edges tanned. Text in French. Religion, Middle East, Egypt, Jerusalem, Galilee, Art; B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 476 pages .

London: J. & A. Churchill. Very Good. 1896. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards, leather corners & spine with gilt lettering. Spine leather lightly scuffed. Text tight, clean without foxing & intact. The latest worldwide publications & research on the eye. Book plate of William Fisher Norris (1839-1901) who was chosen in 1870 to be the first Professor of Ophthalmology in the newly established department at the University of Pennsylvania. B/W illustrations. Medical, Opthalmology. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages .

Albany, N. Y.: C. Van Benthuysen and Co.. Very Good-. 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly soiled blue paper covered boards. Leather spine with spine label. Leather protected front corners. Spine ends and edges have light wear. First 59 pages have a damp stain on bottom corner. Text's interior is tight, and intact. 60 pages of indexes. Frauds of the following canals: Champlain, Black River Canal, Chemung, Genesee Valley, Oneida Lake, Oswego, Crooked Lake. Illustrated with fold-out charts. New York Canal Frauds ; Fold out Charts; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 866 pages .

London: Bernard Lintott. Good+. 1717. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. #1: THE CLERGY-MAN'S RECREATION (1717) 84pp. 5th edition. #2: THE GENTLEMANS RECREATION (1717) w/pictorial frontis & Preface, 117pp. 2nd edition w/pictorial frontis + Preface, Contents & Appendix. #3: FRUIT-GARDEN KALENDAR (1736) 144pp 2nd Edition + Preface, Dedication, Introduction, 4 fold out copper plates & Appendix. Decorative head and tail pieces. Full leather. Covers decorated with a double gilt ruled border. Raised bands on spine. Cracked hinges with covers firmly attached. Prior owners signature on front endpaper. Gardens, Trees, Plants, Botany ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages .