Search Results: Titles starting with L from Ernestoic Books

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. La Comtesse de Charny" by Alexandre Dumas. Complete in four volumes. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1890. Measure 4.75" x 7.5", 480, 499, 503 and 485 pages respectively. Bound in publisher's original bindings with vibrant elaborate gilt decorations on the front boards and spines. Top edge gilt with gray endsheets. Illustrated. The books are in very good condition. The gilt decorations are vivid and intact. Some wear to the boards, most noticeable at the extremities and rear boards. Top front corner of volume one is worn to the board underneath. The bindings are sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(J10-13).

London: Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1913. This book measures approximately 6.25" x 4.25" with 355 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. minor bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate bumping to all corners. Minor scuffing and staining to both boards. Small closed tear to map at front of book. Other maps located throughout textblock. The author was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N4-55).

Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica - Oxford, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. La Xeromammaografia Xeromammography" by G. Luzzatti, B. Salvadori, E. Tavani. Signed by one of the authors, Guido Luzzatti, on the half-title page. Published by Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1980. Written in both Italian and English, with the information presented side-by-side. Illustrated. Measures 9.75" x 13.75", 240 pages. With its original dust jacket. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor shelf wear and soiling, with a small white blemish on the front flap. The book is in very good plus to near fine condition. The boards are very well preserved with crisp edges. The contents are clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. The binding is tight. Guido Luzzatti (1918-2017) was a noted Italian-Jewish Radiologist. He graduated from the University of Milan in 1942, despite the Leggi Razziali, which were laws passed by the Fascist Italian Government that were in effect from 1938-1945. These laws permitted racial… Read More

Florence, Italy, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence. Pirated edition, printed shortly after the first edition and is nearly identical in format to the true first. Privately Printed, Florence, 1928. Measures 6.25" x 9.75", 365 pages. The book is in very good minus to good plus condition. Rubbing and sunning to the boards with scuffed edges and bumped corners. Two small stains to the rear board. Sunning to the spine with fraying and cloth loss at the edges. Scotch tape repairs made at the hinges at the title page and page 2 of the text. The textblock is lightly toned, unmarked, and complete, with some smudges. The binding is starting. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (I3-22).

Florence, Italy, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence. Signed by the author on a limitation page from a Signed Limited Edition and affixed professionally by a bookbinder. This edition is likely pirated, printed shortly after the first edition and is nearly identical in format to the true first. Without the copyright notice of Tipografia Giuntina at the bottom of the copyright page and "Privately Printed, Florence, 1928" on the title page. From Wikipedia: "The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy, with assistance from Pino Orioli; an unexpurgated edition could not be published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960. (A private edition was issued by Inky Stephensen's Mandrake Press in 1929.) The book soon became notorious for its story of the physical (and emotional) relationship between a working-class man and an upper-class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex, and its use of then-unprintable words." Measuring 9 ¼ inches tall, the book has… Read More

New York: Otto Ulbrich Co, 1920. Lafayette High School song book. Measuring approximately 9" x 6.25" with 35 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Rippling to rear board. Minor dulling to edges of paper. Interior pages are clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O2-125).

New York: The Students of Lafayette High School, 1935. This yearbook measures approximately 9.25" x 6.75". This yearbook has many student signatures. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor chipping around all edges of book. Minor lifting on front gutter. Moderate staining to both boards. Many student signatures on front board and front endpapers. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N6-199).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Lamb in His Bosom" by Caroline Miller. First edition, sixth printing, with "SIXTH PRINTING" stated on the copyright page. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933. Winner of the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Novel (Fiction). The book measures 5.5" x 8.25", 345 pages. With its original dust jacket. The dust jacket is in good to good minus condition. Creasing, wear, and discoloration to the panels and spine. Large chips missing at the flap folds and along the edges. The original price of $2.50 present on the front flap. The book is in good condition. Dark discoloration to the boards and spine. The textblock is gently toned, clean, unmarked, and complete. The binding is sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(H3-12).

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Lamb in his Bosom" by Caroline Miller. First edition, first printing with FIRST EDITION stated on the copyright page. Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1933. The book measures 5" x 7.75", 345 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Novel (Fiction) in 1934. Original dust jacket flaps present, but lacking the panels and spine. The book is in good plus condition. The black cloth boards are worn or mottled - giving a white appearance. Gilt lettering and design still vibrant and intact. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The textblock is clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. The binding is sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(M1-16).

Paris, France: The Obelisk Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair. The Lamb" by Philippe Heriat. First edition published in English from its original French. First printing with no subsequent printings on the copyright page. Signed by the author on the half-title page-" For Smitty With my Sincere Friendship". Published by the Obelisk Press, Paris, 1932. The book measures 5" x 7.5", 436 pages. Bound in publisher's original softcovers. The book is in fair condition. Wear to the covers with the front cover taped onto the spine. Creasing and lifting to the spine. The binding is cracked throughout. The textblock is clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. Please view the many other rare titles available for sale at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(H1-47).

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First Edition, 20th Printing. First edition, 20th printing. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 345 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning to top and bottom edges of spine and boards. Front hinge is cracked exposing mesh at title page. Small stain to front endpaper. Rear hinge also cracked exposing mesh at rear pastedown. Dust jacket is in fair condition. Heavy chipping to entire spine. Heavy staining and scuffing to both panels. Heavy chipping to rear panel. Front dust jacket flap affixed to front pastedown. The story of a poor white woman growing to maturity in the Pre-Civil War rural south. The personal and extended family struggles, and ups and downs of day-to-day living, in the rural culture. The author mastered the ability to express her thoughts with rural charm, naivety, with the vernacular dialect and cultural biases intact. Please view the many other rare titles… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition, First Printing with "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 345 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Moderate surface wear and staining to the boards. Front hinge cracked exposing mesh. Book is slightly cocked causing overbite. Rear hinge is detached from binding. Previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. The story of a poor white woman growing to maturity in the pre-Civil War rural south. The personal and extended family struggles, and ups and downs of day-to-day living, in the rural culture. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(M7-3).

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. First Edition, 31st Printing, Ex-Library. First edition, 31st printing, ex-library. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 345 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning to spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still full and vivid. Moderate staining to both boards. Minor scuffing to bottom and top edges of textblock. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Old library stamps on front and rear pastedowns. Previous owner's signature on half title page. The story of a poor white woman growing to maturity in the Pre-Civil War rural south. The personal and extended family struggles, and ups and downs of day-to-day living, in the rural culture. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-53).

London: Simpkin, Marshall. & Co, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Landed Property: Its Sale, Purchase, Improvement, and General Management" by Francis Cross. First edition. Published by Simpkin, Marshall. & Co., London, 1857. The book measures 4.75" x 8", 264 pages including Appendix. The book is in very good minus to good plus antiquarian condition. Wear and soiling to the boards with sunning and rubbing to the spine. The front board is cocked. Both hinges are cracked with minor paper loss to both paste-downs. The binding is starting. A few instances of light soiling to the preliminary and terminal pages. Else, the textblock is largely clean and bright. A rare book on the acquisition and management of property, with only four known copies in institutional holdings. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(G7-15).

London: Macmillan and Co, 1874. Measuring approximately 9" x 5.75" with 360 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Moderate bumping and tearing to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still full and vivid. Minor scuffing and staining on both boards. Minor staining to all edges of textblock. Front hinge is cracked. Gift inscription on half title page. Moderate foxing throughout interior pages. Rear hinge cracked. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (N7-56).

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981. First Edition. This book is a first edition with a full number line down to the 1 on the copyright page. Measures approximately 10" x 7" with 260 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor scuffing to rear board. Newspaper clippings and annotations on front pastedown and endpaper. Possible author's signature and inscription dated on front endpaper. Annotations in ink up until the first chapter. Bill Swenson's copy. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate creasing at front gutter. Moderate chipping to all edges. This is a biography of Lawrence D. Bell founder of Bell Aerospace. This copy belonged to Bill Swenson a former Bell employee who worked on XS-I rocket plane that first broke sound barrier. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N4-86).

New York: Hill and Wang, 1959. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Last Days of Lincoln" by Mark Van Doren. Published by Hill and Wang, New York, 1959. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition stated on the front flap of the jacket. The book measures 8.5" x 5.75", 152 pages. With its original dust jacket. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor wear to the edges. The book is in very good condition. Minor spotting to the boards. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(K1-42).

Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc, 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Francis P. Wightman. First edition, first printing, first issue with publisher's name printed once on the copyright page; and illustration listed on the verso of the contents page. This book measures approximately 7.5" x 5.25", with 287 numbered pages. This book is in very good minus condition. Moderate surface wear and staining to the boards. Moderate foxing to the edges of the textblock. Both hinges cracked. Previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. Foxing throughout the textblock. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N5-138).

New York: The Viking Press, 1933. First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately 8.75" x 6.5" with 316 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate sunning to spine and around edges of boards. Gilt design on front board still full and vivid. Minor scuffing on bottom edge of textblock. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Old bookstore sticker on rear pastedown with price of 3.00. Lawrence's opinions and artistic preferences earned him a controversial reputation; he endured contemporary persecution and public misrepresentation of his creative work throughout his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile that he described as a "savage enough pilgrimage". Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-25).

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1909. This is an "envelope book" designed as gift books that could be folded into an envelope. This book measures approximately 6.75" x 3.5". This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine and around all edges. Minor staining and scuffing to both boards. "Dec 25,1909 D.E.L" written on front endpaper. This book is a collections of poem written by Robert Browning. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N7-5).