Search Results: Titles starting with L from GN Books and Prints

La Belle France: An Historical Survey by A. M. W. Singleton, M.S.P., foreword by the Comte F. E. de Charmoy.
Paper on card boards, circa 1936, first edition, published by the author, 70 pages.
Measures around 4.75" by 7.25". Marbled patterned paper on card boards with paper spine containing small tear at base. Quite clean, a little marking and scuffing with small signs of shelf-wear but otherwise good. Binding reasonably firm although strained in several places. A little browning and slight marking and scuffing to page edges but generally clean. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

La Preponderance Espagnole 1559-1660 par Henri Hauser [Peuples at Civilisations IX, Histoire Générale].
Paperback, 1948, third edition, published by Presses Universitaires de France, 591 pages.
Measures around 9" by 5 5/8" by 1 1/4". Unopened copy, leaves have not been separated at tops of pages. Some light scuffing and marking to covers and spine and previous owner name written on front cover. Creasing to spine. Some marking and scuffing to upper and lower page edges, outer edges clean. Some foxing to endpapers and the odd mark to page surfaces but generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen.
Hardback, 1909, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 184 pages.
Duodecimo/12mo, measures around 7 1/2" by 4 5/8" by 3/4". Paper on card boards with quarter cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Some scuffing and a little marking to boards, much to spine, but quite clean. Wear to spine head and tail. Bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm, a little cracking to rear inner hinge. Page edges browned, marked and scuffed. A little foxing to endpapers, to odd mark to page surfaces, previous owner name inscribed to front free endpaper but otherwise pages quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Lady with the Rose by Alice A. Walker.
Hardback, 1914, first edition, published by Digby, Long & Co., London, 68 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 1/2". Olive-green cloth binding, gilt lettering and edging to front board and spine, embossed crest to rear board. Marking and scuffing to binding, discolouration to edges. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, slightly tanned and a bit marked. A little marking to endpapers and page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day, compiled by Paul Tempest.

















Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 234 pages + viii.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Book has a very slight forward tilt. Binding firm, very slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, a little foxed, marked and scuffed. Some foxing endpapers, the odd mark throughout but page surfaces generally clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Lamplighter (Orphan Girl's Struggles & Triumphs) by Miss (Maria Susanna) Cummins.Hardback, year unstated but early edition, appears to be circa 1860s, colour frontispiece, published by William Nicholson and Sons, London, 348 pages.Octavo/8vo. Measures around 6 3/4" by 4 1/2" by 7/8". Attractive half leather binding and coarse cloth boards. Raised bands with gilt lettering and detail to spine. Some scuffing and signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though strained in the odd place and part of the textblock from pages 241-258 is a little uneven. Crack to upper part of outer front hinge. Front and rear inner hinges are cracked, with rear endpapers loose. Page edges browned. Page surfaces are quite clean, odd marks here and there but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Land of Ponies by Marjorie M. Oliver, illustrated by Charlotte Hough

Hardback, 1951, published by Country Life Ltd., London, 144 pages.












Measures 8 1/2" x 6 3/4". With dust jacket, which has some scuffs and marks and is a bit tattered, with some wear, chips, small tears, tape repairs and is also price-clipped but otherwise intact and has retained much of its original colouring. Red cloth binding, which is very clean. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges a little browned and marked but otherwise reasonably clean, upper edge has deep reddish-burgundy hue. A little marking to endpapers and FFEP contains previous owner name stamp but otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Lands and Peoples of Rhodesia and Nyasaland by Colin Black.
Hardback, 1961, first edition, illustrated, published by Adam & Charles Black, London, 104 pages.
Measures 8" by 5 1/4". Dust jacket shows signs of wear and is scuffed and a bit marked, with small chips and tears and is price-clipped. Signs of shelf-wear. Cloth boards and spine, very clean. Binding firm. Some browning and marking to page edges. A little foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Laughing Water by Emil Droonberg.
Hardback, 1923, published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 304 pages.
Measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". No dust jacket. Brown/tan cloth binding with black lettering on front board and spine. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Browning and foxing to page edges. Some foxing throughout, though more towards endpapers and otherwise page surfaces are generally clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Le Cahier Jaune: Poems by Arthur Christopher Benson of Eton CollegePaperback/booklet, 1892, first edition, privately printed, limited, numbered 163 of 200, 99 pages.A somewhat worn but scarce copy of this limited private printing of the author's first collection of poems. Tattering, creasing, tearing and chipping to covers, spine and preliminaries. Crude tape repair to inside of front cover, with marking on title page. Slightly dog-eared corners to some pages. Binding strained, though contents all present and intact. Despite the tattered covers and outer pages, inner contents between the preliminaries and hindmost pages in rather good condition, very clean, only the occasional mark and with little wear other than at their very edges. See pictures for further information.Biographical information about the author from The Famous People website:Arthur Christopher Benson was an accomplished English author, poet and essayist. A number of his ghost stories have also been published along with stories of the… Read More

The Legal Position of the Clergy by P. V. Smith, LL.D. [from the Handbooks for the Clergy series]

















Hardback, 1905, presumed first edition, published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, xxiv + 174 pages + 2-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/8" by 5" by 3/4". Green cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and a little on hinges. Some slackness to binding but reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked but reasonably clean, and upper edges have reddish hue. A little foxing to preliminaries and hindmost pages. Newspaper article pasted to front free endpaper. The odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, a little pencil underlining. See pictures for further information.

Les avions de la Grande Guerre 1914-1918 by Frederic MarsalyPaperback, 2008, 96 pages.Featuring aircraft from the First World War era, including the Zeppelin and several types of Albatros, SPAD, Sopwith, Airco, Fokker and many more.In very good condition. Slight marking and scuffing to cover. No spine creasing. Pages very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Lest We Forget by Joseph Hocking, illustrated by J. Barnard Davis








Hardback, 1901, first edition, published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 384 pages.





Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 1/4" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and a little on hinges. Corners a little bumped. Binding a little slack, some strain to inner hinges but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges slightly tanned, browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Foxing and other marking to endpapers but page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

A Letter from Hampstead: A Poem by Edward Lowbury.
Paperback, 1987, first edition, limited to 250 copies, number 25, flat-signed by author on publisher information page, published by The Keepsake Press, Richmond, 19 pages.
Some scuffing and a little marking to covers, some yellowing to edges and a little staining to lower corners of back cover. Corners slightly bumped. Page edges a little marked and scuffed. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Junius: including letters by the same writer, under other signatures (now first collected) to which are added, his confidential correspondence with Mr Wilkes, and his private letters addressed to Mr H. S. Woodfall, with a preliminary essay, notes, fac-similes, &c.

Hardback, 1878, with a number of foldout facsimiles of letters, published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 524 pages + xx.

Measures around 7 1/4" by 5 3/8 by 1 3/8"". Green cloth binding, embossed, black lettering and detail to front board, gilt lettering and gilt and black detail to spine. Small tears to upper and lower edges of spine. Scuffing and a few little tears, some signs of shelf-wear, bumped corners. Binding slack at spine, though holding; a little strained throughout. Some tearing to front inner hinge, though not split. Page edges browned, marked and scuffed. Upper edges a little rough. Previous owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper but page surfaces otherwise clean, little marking and no underlining,… Read More

The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer Hardback, 1963, first edition, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 388 pages.
In good condition. Dust jacket shows some wear, scuffing and marking, with slight tears and chips at corners and edges. White cloth boards and spine. Boards are reasonably clean, though boards a little marked at tops and bottoms. Spine marked. Tape marks to inner flaps of dust jacket and to pastedowns and endpapers. Binding firm. Page edges deckled, also a bit marked but reasonably clean. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Edited and with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley

















Hardback, 1956, third reprint (first published 1932, reprinted 1932, 1934), published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, xxxiv + 889 pages.











Measures around 8 3/4" by 6" by 2". Dust jacket is very worn and marked with some tattering at edged and tape repairs to tears on underside of jacket. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering and crest to front board and spine. A little marking and some scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Crease to cloth on upper end of spine near front hinge. Bumped corners. Signs of wear, some rubbing at edges and a little on hinges. Slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned and foxed, otherwise a little marked and scuffed. Previous owner inscription to recto of front free endpaper and quotation written on verso of second free endpaper. Some pages contain underlining, margin lining and the odd bit of other… Read More

Life and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D., by the Rev. John Sargent, M.A., a new edition corrected and enlarged.
Hardback, 1881, illustrated, published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London, 463 pages + xvi.
Measures around 6 7/8" by 5". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing, a little marking, signs of shelf-wear, some tearing to upper and lower edges of spine, slightly bumped and torn corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to binding, cracking to front and rear inner hinges. Page edges a little browned and scuffed. Foxing to endpapers, inscription to FFEP, some pencil marking to the odd page but otherwise page surfaces reasonably clean. Small tear to page containing frontispiece. See pictures for further information.

The Drawing Room Edition of the Poetical Works of Lord Byron: with Illustrative Notes, and a Memoir of the Life of the Author, by William Anderson.Hardback, undated but mid-1800s, circa 1860 as this is appears to be the latest date mentioned in a footnote (publisher was active from 1841-72); illustrated, published by A. Fullarton & Co., London, Edinburgh, and Dublin; volume 1: ccxxvi + 375 pages; volume 2: 609 pages.Octavo/8vo. Both volumes measure around 10 3/8" by 7 1/8" by 2". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering and bands to spines. Discolouration to spines and to a lesser degree to boards. Scuffing, some marking, signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Tearing to spines, several chips. Bindings display some slackness but reasonably firm. A few loose pages and plates, though all appear to be present. Page edges specked, browned, scuffed, marked and slightly tanned. Tearing and tattering to a small number of page edges, some dog-eared corners. Marking to endpapers, some foxing and marking… Read More

Life of Sir Walter Scott by J. G. Lockhart
Hardback, 1896, new popular edition with seventeen illustrations, published by Adam & Charles Black, London, 806 pages + xii.
Measures around 9 1/8"/23.2cm x 6" x 15.2cm. Dark red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering to front board and gilt lettering and patterning to spine. Some scuffing, marking and discolouration with shelf-wear and small tears to upper and lower edges of spine. Rubbing to hinges. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Binding a little slack but reasonably firm for its age. Page edges gilt, still very visible, though with some scuffing and marking. Page surfaces mostly clean, with the odd pencil underline. Some pages contain foxing but this is mainly restricted to those with plates opposite them or towards the endpapers. See pictures for further information.