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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a little sunned. Near Fine in a broken slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #1022 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE
by LA FONTAINE, Jean De
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THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE
by LA FONTAINE, Jean De
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines very slightly sunned. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #403 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE
by LA FONTAINE, Jean De
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Fine later slipcase issued by the publisher. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Of a total of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where it is also marked "Office Copy" rather than numbered. Acquired directly from the publisher's family.
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THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE
by LA FONTAINE, Jean De
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Spines a touch sunned. Fine in a Very Good slipcase with repaired bottom edge. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #668 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE
by LA FONTAINE, Jean De
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on each front pastedown along with a neat ink owner name dated 1930. Spines a little sunned, as usual. Still Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Rudolph Ruzicka. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka. Copy #810 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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1. LES ARTS AU MOYEN AGE ET A LÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1871, Third Edition); 2. MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES AU MOYEN AGE ET A LÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1872, Second Edition); 3. XVIII SIÈCLE INSTITUTIONS, USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1700 1789 (1875, First Edition); 4. VIE MILITAIRE ET RELIGIEUSE AU MOYEN AGE ET A LÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Fourth Edition); 5. SCIENCES ET LETTRES AU MOYEN AGE ET A LÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Second Edition); 6. XVIII SIÈCLE LETTRES SCIENCES ET ARTS XVII SIÈCLE FRANCE, 1700 1789 (1878, Second Edition); 7. INSTITUTIONS USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1390 1700 (1880, First Edition); and 8. XVII SIÈCLE, LETTRES, SCIENCES ET ARTS FRANCE, 1390 1700 (1882, Second Edition)
by LACROIX, Paul
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Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1871 - 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional spot of foxing but generally clean and bright; minor scratches and wear to bindings, spine labels rather dry. Near Fine set of these beautifully illustrated and bound books. Eight quarto (7-1/2" x 11") volumes bound in full green morocco leather by Bickers & Son with triple gilt-ruled covers with gilt fleur-de-lys corner decorations, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 131 full-page chromolithograph plates as well as numerous full-page black-and-white plates and text engravings illustrating all facets of life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Text in French. Each volume with the bookplate of Lovis Childs Madeira, designed by Walter M. Aikman, on the front pastedown.
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THE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES...
by LACROIX, Paul
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London: Bickers & Son, n.d. First Edition. 1/2 morocco. Spine rubbed & dry; rear board detached. Contents VG. 19 chromolithographs. 4th thousand.
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DE ZEDEN DER WILDEN VAN AMERIKA
by LAFITAU, Joseph-Francois
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The Hague: Gerard Vander Poel, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover. Some light toning throughout; upper joint split, covers bowed and soiled. Very Good. Two folio (7-3/4" x 12") volumes bound in one in contemporary full Dutch vellum, covers tooled in blind with large central blocked arabesque, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, early manuscript titling to the second compartment. Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a map, and 41 plates. First Dutch Edition of a key work on Native American peoples. Lafitau was assigned as a Jesuit missionary to Canada from 1711-1718 and was based for much of that period among the Iroquois at Sault Saint-Louis. His work, written in an attempt to prove that the native American peoples were descended from Tartar stock, provides a wealth of information on the customs, religious beliefs, and social organization of the Iroquois and the other northern tribes. Field 851: "a grand cyclopaedia of Indian history, and…
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OEUVRES DE A. DE LAMARTINE. POESIES. Premieres meditations Poetiques La Mort de Socrate
by LAMARTINE, A. de
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Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Remains of bookplate removal on front endpaper. About Fine. Small (3-1/2" x 6") volume bound in full dark blue morocco leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790-1869) was a French poet and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic. He is considered to be the first French romantic poet.
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TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, & 1808. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE LEADING CHARACTERS IN THE UNITED STATES
by LAMBERT, John
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London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Later bookplates to pastedowns; some offsetting to maps and plates, scattered few stains, folding map with a patch on verso causing an area of browning near stub. Overall Very Good. First Issue (with title page dated 1813) of this Corrected and Improved Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes in contemporary polished calf leather rebacked at an early date with gilt-lettering on the spines; xxxiv, 544, [2]; viii, 532 pages. Illustrated with 18 engraved plates including a large hand-colored folding map frontispiece, a full-page hand-colored map of Quebec, 6 hand-colored costume engravings, and 10 engravings of views tinted by hand with a sepia wash. Lambert "admired the easy independence and happiness of the Canadians, and the rising prosperity and freedom of the Americans." Lambert traveled through New York, South Carolina (in Charleston he admired the beautiful women, tasteful homes, and treatment of slaves), Georgia (he was…
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THE LAWRENCE LANDE COLLECTION OF CANADIANA IN THE REDPATH LIBRARY OF McGILL UNIVERSITY. A BIBLIOGRAPHY
by LANDE, Lawrence (editor)
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Montreal: The Lawtence Lande Foundation for Canadian Historical Research, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some soiling and pitting to the illustration on the panel. Folio in linen boards backed with pigskin leather housed in a slipcase. Collected, arranged, and annotated by Lawrence Lande, with an introduction by E. A.Collard. Copy #160 of 950 copies SIGNED by the editor. This essential work contains 2328 detailed entries and more than 200 illustrations. Unless otherwise noted the illustrations are actual size and reproduce the title page or title cover.
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THE SCULPTURED GARLAND
by LANDOR, Walter Savage
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London: Dropmore Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Some soiling and dampspotting to covers. Internally Fine. The darkened dustwrapper front panel is separated at the spine. Very Good. Ian Macnab. Quarto, bound in half morocco leather. Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by Ian Macnab. Copy #189 of 300 numbered copies of this lovely book.
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IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
by LANDOR, Walter Savage
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[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. Spine very lightly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #710 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni.
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IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
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[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. Spine very lightly sunned. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with light wear. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #1039 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni.
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IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
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[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. Spine very lightly sunned; slipcase split. Near Fine in a Good slipcase. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #834 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni.
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IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
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[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. In the uncommon dustwrapper, a little darkened as usual on the backstrip with a two-inch jagged tear at the top with the loss of a small chip. Minor splits to the slipcase. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper and a Near Fine slipcase. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #453 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni.
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IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
by LANDOR, Walter Savage
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[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown and small sticker of Philip Duschnes Rare Books on the rear pastedown. In the uncommon dustwrapper, a little darkened on the backstrip and some fraying to the top and bottom edges from sliding in and out of the slipcase which, except for a split at the upper edge of the backstrip, is Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and slipcase. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #100 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. Monthly Letter laid in.
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FILM AUTOGRAPHS 1894 - 1941
by LANIGAN, W. Neale and CAMNER, James (compilers)
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(Fairview Village, PA & Plainsboro, NJ): W. Neale Lanigan, Jr. and La Scala Autographs, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. Introduction by Charles Hamilton. Illustrated with hundreds of facsimile autographs. Useful compendium for early motion picture autographs.
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ADDRESSES ... AT THE DEDICATION OF THE ROOMS IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE CAPITAL FOR THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY...
by LAPHAM, I. A. & SALOMON, Edward
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Madison: W. J. Park, 1866. First Edition. Printed wraps. Some worming along spine of wraps. Good. 31 [1] pages. Early Wisconsin printing. One word corrected in blue pencil.
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ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN
by LASH, Joseph
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Decorated leather. Limited Edition reissue of this Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the relationship between the Roosevelts. Illustrated with a frontispiece. With a previously unpublished message by Lash to his readers and SIGNED by the author.
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