Search Results: Authors starting with L from Antic Hay Books

Kennebunkport, Maine: Mercer House Press, 1974. First Edition. Signed presentation from La Brie to Earl G. Graves Sr. on the front endpaper: "Earl: For your continued support and enthusiasm, I am forever grateful... Henry La Brie III, 25 March 1975." Graves was founder of Black Enterprise- a media company focused on black entrepreneurship and black businesses. As of 2019, the magazine, founded in 1970, reached four million readers. Graves died April 7, 2020. An uncommon presentation from the author. 8vo., black cloth, titles in gilt; in dust jacket; 231 pages. Very Good (covers nice & bright; small bump one corner; contents clean & tight); few very tiny chips & tears d/j.

NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Signed by La Farge on the front endpaper. A novel in verse. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 422 pages. Very Good (little wear & minor fading covers; contents clean & tight); some edgewear & small internal repair with clear tape (two shallow chips to top of rear panel; price-clipped) d/j.

1962. LA MURE, Pierre. CLAIRE DE LUNE: A NOVEL ABOUT CLAUDE DEBUSSY. NY: Random House, [1962]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition, later Printing. Signed presentation from La Mure on the front endpaper: To Payson Belt, Pierre La Mure. Feb. 1963." With another presentation on the same page by Kathleen Harvey. Belt was a music and art critic. Very Good (bright); little wear & soil d/j. $85.00.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition, early printing. Small 8vo., decorative orange cloth; 171 pages. Illustrated by Carroll C. Snell. Foreword by Walter Damrosch.. Very Good little wear & minor soil covers; some foxing title page & paper clip marks first two pages).

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition, earliest printing. Signed by La Prade on the front endpaper: "Ernest LaPrade, Chautauqua, 1926." Also, with a small newspaper photo of the author tipped to the same page. An introduction to the orchestra for children borrowing Lewis Carroll's "Alice" as the main character in the fantasy adventure. Small 8vo., decorative orange cloth; 171 pages. Illustrated by Carroll C. Snell. Foreword by Walter Damrosch.. Very Good (covers bright with very minor wear); contents clean & tight with some browning to rear endpapers. Flaps from the original dust jacket are laid in.

1940. LA VARRE, William. SOUTHWARD HO! A TREASURE HUNTER IN SOUTH AMERICA. Illustrated with photographs by the Author. NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1940. 8vo., pictorial cloth. Later Printing. Signed presentation from La Varre on the front endpaper: "To Warren Pierson with many thanks- and for Good Luck-W illiam LaVarre. The `meat' Herein is put in pill form- in Chapter XXV." Pierson was the former President of The International Chamber of Commerce. Very Good. $125.00.

1937. LABARTHE, Pedro Juan. CLAUSTRO VERDE POEMAS. Ponce, P.R.: L. Rodriguez, 1937. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Labarthe on the front endpaper: "A la eucantadora soprano, Maria Kuenko, flor y nata de la Rusia Blanca, ilustre representante del refinado mundointelectual- Con carinoso recuerdo de Pedro Juan Labarthe. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Octubre 20, /37." Good (short tears & tiny chips covers, some dampstaining rear cover & last few pages text). $185.00.

Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I.: The Toucan Press, 1968. First Edition. 12mo., printed white wraps; 8 pages. Monographs on the Life, Times and Works of Thomas Hardy: No. 44. General Editor: J. Steven's Cox, F.S.A.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).

1945. LACOUR-GAYET, Robert. LES GRANDES CRISES DE L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE. Montreal, Canada: Les Editions Varietes, [1945]. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Lacour-Gayet on the half-title page to "Mon Cher Armand." Very Good (paperclip indentation front cover, few minor spots fore-edge). $85.00.

1965. LACY, Mary Lou. SPRINGBOARD TO DISCOVERY. Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, [1965]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Lacy on front endpaper: "For Helen- who has long known far more about stewardship than I will ever know- With love- Mary Kay Lacy." Near fine; some wear (small chips & tears; price-clipped) d/j. $10.00.

Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers;, 1998. First Edition. Signed inscription by Lacey & Moses on the half title-page: "Happy birthday, Don Sam Lacey/ Moses J. Newson. 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket; 262 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight) very minor wear d/j.

2000. LaHAYE, Tim. [With Jerry B. Jenkins]. THE INDWELLING: THE BEAST TAKES POSSESSION. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [2000]. Tall 8vo., black boards in dust jacket; 189 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed by LaHaye and Jenkins (to "Tori") on the front endpaper. Fine in like d/j. $25.00.

South Brunswick & NY: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1971. First Edition. Interesting signed comment from actress Lillian Gish on the half-title page: "If silent films had married great music instead of words, we would still control the world market. 'Napoleon' proved it. Only they must be rehearsed, like every thing else with more than one person. Lillian Gish: 1983." "Napoléon" is a 1927 silent French epic film written, produced, and directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of Napoleon's early years. This book contains biographies of forty silent-screen actresses, including Lillian Gish. Other silent-screen actresses covered in the book include Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Theda Bara, Louise Brooks, Bessie Love, Mary Miles Minter, Aileen Pringle, Alice Terry, and Clara Kimball Young. Small quarto: green cloth in dust jacket; 334 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight); little edgewear… Read More

1944. LAIDLER, Harry W. SOCIAL-ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS: AN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, CO-OPERATION, UTOPIANISM; AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF REFORM AND RECONSTRUCTION. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1944]. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Laidler on front endpaper, to author Van Wyck Brooks: "To Van Wyck Brooks, with the regards and admiration of Harry W. Laidler. October, 1944." Very Good. $75.00.

1931. LAMB, Charles. GRACE BEFORE MEAT. [Madison, NJ: Golden Hind Press, 1931]. 8vo, patterned boards. Limited Edition of 75 copies, privately printed by Arthur W. Rushmore as a Christmas Greeting. This copy is #24 and presented to well-known book dealer and bibliophile Arthur Swann and signed by A.W. Rushmore of the Golden Hind Press on the last page. Very Good. $85.00.

P.J. McIntyre: Denver, Colorado, 1906. First Edition. Signed inscription from Lamey on the front endpaper: "Compliments of H.T. Lamey. 3/27/28" An insurance man's recollection of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Also with essays, office tales, ethical considerations, personal anecdotes, etc. on insurance in general. Uncommon to find a signed copy!. 12mo., green cloth, stamped in gilt; 94 pages. Very Good (minor wear with covers bright; contents clean & tight).

1973. LAMPARSKI, Richard. WHATEVER BECAME OF. NY: Crown Publishers, [1973]. Small 4to., cloth in dust jacket. Second Printing. Very Good (little browning front endpapers); short tear d/j. $35.00.

1980. LAND, Loretta Churney. HIRAM HITCHCOCK'S LEGACY: THE HISTORY OF THE MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING. Illustrated. Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing, [1980]. 8vo., brown & white cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. A chronicle of the nursing school's founding in 1893 until its closing in 1980. Signed presentation from Land on the half-title page: "To Mr. Wright, with thanks and best wishes, Loretta C. land. May 21, 1980." With a New Year's card laid in with a nice image depicting the school. Near fine (contents clean & tight); minor wear (bit of fading spine & edges) d/j. $85.00.

1940. LANDERY, Charles. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. Adapted From Frank Capra's Columbia Picture. Story by Lewis R. Foster. Screenplay by Sidney Buchman. London: J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, [1940]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition- released to coincide with the British release of the classic film, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Harry Carey and Thomas Mitchell. There is no similar U.S. version. Illustrated with 32 photographs from the movie. Scarce! Signed presentation from Landery on the front endpaper: "To Jimmie Edmunds, the British James Stewart. With best wishes from his pal Charlie Landery." Edmunds has also penned a presentation on the same page: "My dear Vivienne, Remember me always, Jim." The film received nine Academy Award nominations. Very Good (some soil covers with moderate foxing endpapers); edgewear (small chips & tears with several internal repairs with tape) d/j. Enclosed in a custom-designed, leather… Read More

1994. LANDRUM, Gene N. PROFILES OF FEMALE GENIUS. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, [1994]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 437 pages. First Edition, second printing. Signed presentation by Landrum on front endpaper. Fine in fine d/j. $15.00.