Search Results: Titles starting with L from Thorn Books

Paris: Libraires Associe's pour les Usages du Diocese d'Evreux, 1741. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 477,(1)pp. Woodcut of episcopal arms on title page. Contemporary full calf. Spine in six compartments, with raised bands. The compartments are gilt with floral tools, except the second, which contains the title. Marbled endpapers. Corners and hinge neatly mended, slight loss of head of spine and at lower hinge, leather rubbed, else a very good copy. Ownership inscription dated 1766 on the title page. Text is in French and Latin in two columns. The final leaf is an approbation certifying that the text comports with the Breviary and Missal of the Use of D'Evreux. Scarce. No copies of this Use found in OCLC.

Montevideo: La Nacion, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 55pp. Orange paper colored printed wrappers. Later hardcover binding of quarter cloth, marbled paper boards, gilt title on upper board, cloth title label, gilt, on spine. Ownership name on printed outer wrap else a fine copy. In Spanish.

Rouen: Leon Deshays, 1885. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (9 by 10 inches). Leather spine over marbled paper boards, gilt titles, spine in six compartments and tooled in gilt. Binding worn and rubbed else very good. Color frontispiece. edgewear. Errata slip present. When bound, blank pages of graph paper were included, some of which have been used for extensive notes on the book. Pencil corrections (?) on some pages with machine specifications, many notes in a neat hand in French, clearly this book had a previous owner who had significant knowledge of the subject. Tabs have been added by the previous owner on added pages. Added pages include samples of thread each about 1 by 2 inches. Also some fabric swatches. Original photograph of Saladin tipped on to front free end paper. Following page 398 are: One yarn sample which appears to be cashmere, Two pages with fabric swatches 5 in all, Page hand numbered 414 has two fiber samples, followed by a page with another 12 fiber samples. Following page 416… Read More

Tacámbaro, MIchoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2022. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 156, (4) pp. Engraved vignette on the title page. Color photograph of Adriana Cao Romero tipped onto page (7). Light brown cloth spine, dark brown paper over boards, printed paper labels. One of 100 copies of which this is number 41, A fine copy. This is a complete revision and expansion of the original printings of the previous digital edition of 2002 and the offset edition of 2003. A fine edition printed by hand. The now definitive history of Grupo Mono Blanco, and examines many coplas in detail. In Spanish. .

London: John Russell Smith, 1866. Second edition. Very good. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark cakf. Spines in fivex compartments, gilt; marbled paper boards, endpapers and edges. Later green morocco lettering labels, gilt. Joints rubbed, light wear to the boards, light foxing to the endpapers and preliminaries else this is a very good set. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy of each known); Copland; East; and finally the edition of 1634. Small engraved bookplate on the front pastedowns. Wright is a conscientious and painstaking editor, and his explanatory and editorial notes are useful. Gaines A10. .

London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy of each known); Copland; East; and finally the edition of 1634. Each volume with the engraved circular bookplate of Emily Morris Gallatin on the front pastedowns. The simple signature of Arthur Lewis, 1949, on each of the front free endpapers. And on the front free endpaper of volume 1 a nearly full page inscription dated 2018. Only volume 1 has been fully opened; the remaining volumes are partially unopened. Aside from the inscription and signatures, these volumes are in very good condition showing only traces of wear at the corners, edges and spine tips. This is a curious edition. We have marked it a first edition, but not without hesitation. The first printing… Read More

(Tacámbaro): Taller Martín Pescador, 2023. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thin folio. 39, (1) pp. White vellum spine; brown paper over boards, printed title label on the upper board. Finely printed on handmade paper in the traditional Spanish size. ('al tamaño español tradicional'). Illustrated with tipped-in reproductions of pages of the period. According to the colophon, one of 50 copies only. In fine condition. A much needed description of the state of printing in New Spain at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th by a modern Master Printer of México.. .

Brussels: Éditions du Nord, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by S. Sauvage. 8vo. (296)pp. Half blue-green morocco. Gilt rules on the boards; decorated paper panels, marbled paper endpapers. Spine intricately gilt with onlays of red leather in the decorations, and of brown and flesh colored in a representation of the Queen. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout in full color. Original wrappers bound in A fine copy with only a trace of wear. One of 1000 numbered copies from a total edition of 1111. This is copy number 327. In French. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First state, with pp. 165 & 256 transposed. Yellow cloth printed in black. The cloth has a small spot on the upper cover; the endpapers are browned in the gitters from the binding adhesive else this is a near fine copy. A former owner has written on page 256 in pencil to refer to p. 165 at that point. The dustwrapper is not clipped. The spine tips and folds have been professionally and unobtrusively repaired; it has a fine appearance, with only a little soil and toning from age. .

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co, 1907. First edition. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. (262)pp. Beige cloth printed in black and green with color onlay of a Lady. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. 5 full page duotone plates, plus many illus. in text. Large ownership name on the front free endpaper: Miss Levenski Wace, Texas. And with another neatly calligraphed name along the upper boarder of the same page: Kellie Masterson - Albuquerque. A few pages opened roughly at the foredge else a very good copy. Howey, A2459. Gaines, C22. .

London: Ernest Nister, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong 4to. Red cloth spine, paper over boards, the rear boards plain but the upper board with a chromolithograph of Humpty Dumpty and the nursery rhyme characters portrayed as children. Patterned endpapers. Six large chromolithographed full page pull-down pop-up scenes in tiers and delicately die-cut, depicting Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss-in-Boots, The Old Woman in the Shoe and Beauty and the Beast. Edges worn and covers rubbed, some fingering soil to the text, a couple of corners creases to the pop-ups but a very nice copy. Neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1899.

London; New York: John Murray; Van Wynkle & Wiley; Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound volume containing works by or attributed to Lord Byron from 1814 to 1819. 'Lara' is the 4th edition, L. 1814. 'Poems by Lord Byron' is the first US edition, NY, 1816. 'The Prisoner of Chillon is the first edition, L., 1816. 'Beppo' is the 6th edition, L., 1818. 'Mazeppa' is the first edition, 2nd issue, L. 1819. 'The Vampyre' is first edition, L., 1819. All bound in one volume in contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards. Light wear to the binding else near fine. 'The Prisoner of Chillon is first state with ads on page 62. 'The Poems' contain five pieces; the half title is present. This title is lightly foxed. 'Mazeppa' is first edition second state, with the imprint on the reverse of p. 71 and the printer's name on the verso of the half title. The 'Fragment', also known as 'Fragment of a Novel', is present. Byron's unfinished horror story that is one of the first… Read More

Madrid: Pedidos, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 303,(3)pp. Modern cloth, leather lettering label, gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. A fine copy. The date is taken from the Prefácio of Luis Felipe de Orleans, Conde de Paris, 15 Marzo, 1869. Scarce. OCLC finds only one copy. In Spanish.

New York: Pocket Books: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Wraps. Fine. 8vo. Orange wraps printed in black. 282pp. A fine, as new copy of the uncorrected proof. Accompanied by the publisher's news release, a single page, folded. Some bends where it has been stored, else in very good condition. .

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lela Dowling. Thin 8vo. 32p. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles on the upper board. Four illustrations (2 full page) by Lela Dowling. One of 35 hardbound numbered copies signed by the author on an affixed limitation slip. A fine copy. The title page bears an association inscription from the publisher, signing himself as "Yoganathan" then, in parentheses, "Tim Underwood". Laid in is a letter from the publisher dated May 19. 1980, announcing this limited edition.

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Alicia Austin.. One of 17 Presentation Copies. A special bookplate, printed for this edition, is signed by Zelazny and marked 'Presentation Copy'. Yellow cloth blocked in deep red and black. printed cloth. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Issued without dustwrapper. Presentation Copy. According to the colophon, this edition was limited to 333 copies, plus 17 Presentation Copies.

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Alicia Austin.. One of 17 Presentation Copies. A special bookplate, printed for this edition, is signed by Zelazny and marked 'Presentation Copy'. Yellow cloth blocked in deep red and black. printed cloth. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Issued without dustwrapper. Presentation Copy. According to the colophon, this edition was limited to 333 copies, plus 17 Presentation Copies.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Red cloth, Spine and upper board titled in gilt, the latter with a vignette after the frontispiece. Cloth on the upper board with a few worn spots, spine sunned, else this is a very good copy. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Green A35. .

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Red cloth, Spine and upper board titled in gilt, the latter with a vignette after the frontispiece. Cloth on the upper board with a few worn spots, else this is a very good copy. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Green A35. .

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 250 copies from a total edition of 260 copies. Half-borders and 163 initials by William Morris, engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper et al. Woodcut press device in Colophon. Printed in red, black and blue in Troy type on handmade Batchelor Perch paper. Linen spine, blue paper over boards, black printed title on the upper board. Boards lightly soiled else a near fine copy. Several leaves have three dots impressed just at the upper edge of the text which we believe are trim guides for the binder. This is the first Kelmscott edition printed in three colors. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown of C. F. J. Beausure, the noted British watercolor collector. The text is taken from a 13th century Psalter (The Nottingham Psalter), owned by Morris and edited by Sydney Cockerell. The Laudes are attributed either to Stephen Langdon or John Peckham, both Archbishops of Canterbury. With the rare slip explaining that a… Read More