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Leaping Tall Buildings: The Secret Origins of American Comics by: Irving Christopher Kushner Seth Photographer

Leaping Tall Buildings: The Secret Origins of American Comics
by: Irving Christopher Kushner Seth Photographer

Hardcover. NY, Powerhouse Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages, color illustrations. The history of American comics through the stories of comics' most important and influential creators -- tracing the medium's journey all the way from its beginnings as junk culture for kids to its current status as legitimate literature and pop culture. Featuring artists such as Jerry Siegel, Will Eisner, Jerry Robinson, Al Jaffee, Neal Adams, Peter Kuper, Stan Lee and many more.

Record # 358603

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Learn Latin from the Romans: A Complete Introductory Course Using Textbooks from the Roman Empireby: Dickey, Eleanor

Learn Latin from the Romans: A Complete Introductory Course Using Textbooks from the Roman Empire
by: Dickey, Eleanor

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 2nd pr., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 512 pages. Learn Latin from the Romans is the only introductory Latin textbook to feature texts written by ancient Romans for Latin learners. These texts, the 'colloquia', consist of dialogues and narratives about daily life similar to those found in modern-language textbooks today, introducing learners to Roman culture as well as to Latin in an engaging, accessible, and enjoyable way. Students and instructors will find everything they need in one complete volume, including clear explanations of grammatical concepts and how Latin works, both British and American orders for all noun and adjective paradigms, 5,000 easy practice sentences, and over 150 longer passages (from the colloquia and a diverse range of other sources including inscriptions, graffiti, and Christian texts as well as Catullus, Cicero, and Virgil). Written by a leading Latin linguist with decades of language teaching experience, this textbook is suitable for introductory Latin courses worldwide. Clean copy.

Record # 386562

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Leaves from the Diary Of An Old Lawyer:  Intemperance, The Great Source Of Crimeby: Richmond, A.B.

Leaves from the Diary Of An Old Lawyer: Intemperance, The Great Source Of Crime
by: Richmond, A.B.

Hardcover. New York, American Book Exchange, reprint, 1880, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black and gilt, 387 pages plus publisher's ads, color frontispiece depicting various organs of the body after drinking. This is an 1880 reprint of a book first published in 1879 as suggested by the author's postscript and the copyright date. Light fading to spine, small nicks to front cover otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 412230

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Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, From 1848 to 1861... by: Helps, Arthur (Editor/ Queen Victoria

Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, From 1848 to 1861...
by: Helps, Arthur (Editor/ Queen Victoria

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages plus publisher's ads. ...to Which are Prefixed and Added Extracts From the Same Journal Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions. B/w illustrations throughout, including two facing frontispieces with tissue guard. Binding still quite good. Tanning and foxing throughout with other agewear appropriate for a book this old. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers and ID stamp on preliminary page. Dark red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and design on front cover, agewear (see image). From Editor's Preface: "During one of the Editor's official visits to Balmoral, her Majesty very kindly allowed him to see several extracts from her journal relating to excursions to the Highlands of Scotland...It...occurred to her Majesty that these extracts, referring as they did, to some of the happiest hours of her life, might be made into a book,..."

Record # 99193

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Leaving Home: A Conducted Tour of Twentieth-century Music with Simon Rattle by: Michael Hall

Leaving Home: A Conducted Tour of Twentieth-century Music with Simon Rattle
by: Michael Hall

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Music's confrontation with modernity has been difficult, and has often involved the artist leaving his country for political and social reasons. In the company of a range of performers,this work reflects the difficulties encountered and the audiences' often reluctant attitude towards them.

Record # 378638

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Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Armsby: Smith, Adam

Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms
by: Smith, Adam

Hardcover. New York, Kelley & Millman, Inc., reprint, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 293 pages. Collection of lectures given by Smith at the University of Glasgow, as reported by a student in 1763. Edited and with introduction by Edwin Cannan. Dark blue covers, gilt titles to spine, white dust jacket. Edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, previous owner's ink signature to front endpaper, light pencil markings to a few pages, pencil notations to rear endpaper.

Record # 807329

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Lectures on Modern Historyby: Dalberg-Acton, John Emmerich Edward

Lectures on Modern History
by: Dalberg-Acton, John Emmerich Edward

Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 362 pages with index. Name on front fly leaf, spine cloth faded, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 386038

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Lefever: Guns of Lasting Fameby: W., Robert (Bob) Elliott

Lefever: Guns of Lasting Fame
by: W., Robert (Bob) Elliott

Hardcover. US, R W Elliott, limited, 1987-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 174 pages. Edition limited to 2500 copies. Light edgewear and rubbing to brown covers. Internally very good.

Record # 463605

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Lefty: An American Odysseyby: Vernona Gomez Lawrence Goldstone

Lefty: An American Odyssey
by: Vernona Gomez Lawrence Goldstone

Hardcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Daughter Vernona Gomez honors her late father with a well-researched biography of Yankee great Vernon "Lefty" Gomez. From the time he was a child Lefty wanted to be a baseball player. His strength was in his determination to achieve his goal while at the same time being a willing learner from those who had knowledge to pass on to him. In other words he was coachable and aware of his limitations. Gomez played during the heyday of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and later Joe DiMaggio. Lefty was The Yankee Clipper's roommate for several years, and taught the quiet DiMaggio life in the big leagues. The book provides numerous anecdotes of the Yankee greats of this time period which enrich the book a great deal. Gomez was there when Ruth supposedly called his "shot" in Wrigley Field during the 1932 World Series. He was also there when Gehrig was stricken with illness and had to prematurely retire from the game. Clean copy.

Record # 381933

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Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Studyby: Wilson, Catherine

Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study
by: Wilson, Catherine

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, some fading and agewear to spine of dj. This study of the metaphysics of G.W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural pholosophy.

Record # 99137

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Leicester Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond the Myths by: William J. Powers

Leicester Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond the Myths
by: William J. Powers

Softcover. Rutland VT, Academy Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 203 pages, b&w illustrations. A factual 200 year journey set on Vermont's remote Silver Lake. Clean copy.

Record # 396272

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Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahlby: Bach, Steven

Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
by: Bach, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 400 pages. The definitive biography of Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as "Hitler's filmmaker," one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century. It is the story of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity. Relying on new sources--including interviews with her colleagues and intimate friends, as well as on previously unknown recordings of Riefenstahl herself--Bach gives us an exceptional work of historical investigation that untangles the past and is also an objective but unsparing appraisal of a woman of spectacular gifts corrupted by ruthless personal ambition.

Record # 362412

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Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahlby: Steven Bach

Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
by: Steven Bach

Softcover. UK, Abacus, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 468 pages, b&w illustrations. Presents a revealing biography, based on primary sources, of the life and works of Riefenstahl and her role as photographer and filmmaker in Germany and during the Nazi regime. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 397997

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Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colonyby: Morrow/Maynard Dixon, W.C.

Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony
by: Morrow/Maynard Dixon, W.C.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages, hardcover. Illustrated from oil paintings by Maynard Dixon. Moderate rubbing, soiling, fading, and edgewear to boards, mostly to spine. Corners lightly bumped. Age toning to text block. Cracking to front hinge. Light spotting throughout. Color frontispiece intact. Unmarked. Scarce.

Record # 952151

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Lenteloos Voorjaar: Oorlogsdagboek 1940-1941 (Dutch Edition)by: Michaelis, Hanny

Lenteloos Voorjaar: Oorlogsdagboek 1940-1941 (Dutch Edition)
by: Michaelis, Hanny

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Van Oorschot , 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 942 pages, DUTCH LANGUAGE. Bright copy in a similar dust jacket. Clean.

Record # 369676

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Leon Battista Alberti: on Painting: A New Translation and Critical Editionby: Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti: on Painting: A New Translation and Critical Edition
by: Leon Battista Alberti

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st thus, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 214 pages, b&w illustrations. In this volume Rocco Sinisgalli presents a new English translation and critical examination of Alberti's seminal text. Leon Battista Alberti was one of the most important humanist scholars of the Italian Renaissance. Active in mid-fifteenth-century Florence, he was an architect, theorist, and author of texts on perspective and painting. Alberti's On Painting is a cardinal work that revolutionized Western art. In this volume, Sinisgalli reverses the received understanding of the relationship between the Italian and Latin versions of Alberti's treatise by demonstrating that Alberti wrote it first in Italian and then translated it into a polished Latin over the course of several decades. This volume is richly illustrated to help demonstrate how Alberti understood optics and art.

Record # 386912

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Leonardo Da Vinciby: Isaacson, Walter

Leonardo Da Vinci
by: Isaacson, Walter

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, First Edition, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 599 pages. Hardcover. Wine cloth boards with gilt titles to spine & illustrated, sepia toned endpapers. Profusely illustrated in full color & black & white, images beautifully presented to accompany text. Bright dust jacket with marginal wear. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750729

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Leonardo da Vinciby: Zubov, V. P.

Leonardo da Vinci
by: Zubov, V. P.

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, First Edition, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Ivory boards with black printed titles to mustard cloth spine. Dust jacket with moderate toning & light wear to edges. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751105

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Leonardo; A Study in Chronology and Style by: Pedretti, Carlo

Leonardo; A Study in Chronology and Style
by: Pedretti, Carlo

Hardcover. NY, Johnson Reprint Corporation, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, illustrated with 22 color plates and 177 in b&w. Contents: 1). Preface. 2). Major events in Leonardo's life. 3). The river. 4). The fiction. 5). Hercules. 6). Leda. 7). Bacchus. 8). Epilogue. 9). Bibliography. 10). Index. Smaller ownership sticker on inside front cover otherwise bright and clean.

Record # 385934

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Les Reports del Cases en les Ans des Roys Edward V. Richard III. Henrie VII. & Henrie VIII - Year Book Edward V Richard III Henry VII Henry VIIIby: Brook, Sir Robert

Les Reports del Cases en les Ans des Roys Edward V. Richard III. Henrie VII. & Henrie VIII - Year Book Edward V Richard III Henry VII Henry VIII
by: Brook, Sir Robert<

Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 400 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.

Record # 403293

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Les Reports des Cases Contenus in les Ans vingt premier & apres en temps du Roy Henry le VI. Communement appelles The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: Year Book 21-39 Henry VIby:

Les Reports des Cases Contenus in les Ans vingt premier & apres en temps du Roy Henry le VI. Communement appelles The Second Part of Henry the Sixth: Year Book 21-39 Henry VI
by:

Hardcover. Abington UK, Professional Books Ltd., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, approximately 500 pages. A hardcover reprint of the 1679 London edition published by Sawbridge, et al. Latin text. Clean and tight.

Record # 403296

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Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American Westby: Paul F. Starrs

Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American West
by: Paul F. Starrs

Hardcover. Baltimore MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 356 pages, b&w illustrations. Starrs offers a detailed and comprehensive look at one of America's most enduring institutions. Richly illustrated with 130 photographs and maps, the book combines the authentic detail of an insider's view (Starrs spent six years working cattle on the high desert Great Basin range) with a scholar's keen eye for objective analysis. Tracing the geography and history of ranching in the United States, Starrs tells how Anglo settlers first encountered the open grasslands of the West - an environment alien to most of the European experience." Clean copy.

Record # 378872

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Letterheads: 100 Years of Great Design 1850 - 1950by: Cabarga, Leslie

Letterheads: 100 Years of Great Design 1850 - 1950
by: Cabarga, Leslie

Softcover. San Francisco , Chronicle Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. A history of American typography and graphic design throughout the industrial age. 200 color illustrations throughout.

Record # 353319

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Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779
by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Hardcover. New York, Naval History Society, 1st, 1915, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, b&w illustration. White vellum spine and corners with blue-gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Limited to 600 copies, this is #590. Beautiful bright copy.

Record # 403686

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Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779
by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Hardcover. New York, Naval History Society, 1st, 1915, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, b&w illustration. White vellum spine and corners with blue-gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Limited to 600 copies, this is #582. Beautiful bright copy.

Record # 403687

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Letters from Americaby: Eddis, William

Letters from America
by: Eddis, William

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, light brown cloth w/ black lettering on spine., 237 pages. Lightest of edgewear to dj. A collection of 42 letters written between 1769 and 1777 by Eddis, a young Englishman, loyal to the Crown. The correspondence offers unique insights into a critical point in American history, especially around the Cheapeake area where he was a resident. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387808

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Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Movemakingby: Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall

Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Movemaking
by: Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages. Rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more. Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time--from the silent era to the golden age, and up through the pre-email days of the 1970s. Culled from libraries, archives, and personal collections, the 135 letters, memos, and telegrams are organized chronologically and are annotated by the authors to provide backstories and further context. While each piece reveals a specific moment in time, taken together, the letters convey a bigger picture of Hollywood history. Contributors include celebrities like Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, and Jane Fonda.

Record # 371149

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Letters from Lord Nelsonby: Rawson, Geoffrey (compiler)

Letters from Lord Nelson
by: Rawson, Geoffrey (compiler)

Hardcover. London, Staples Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 463 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear, chips & rear cover lightly soiled, now protected with a plastic cover. Light foxing, soiling to edges. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 852164

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Letters From the Asiatic Station 1881-1883by: Bunts, Frank Emory

Letters From the Asiatic Station 1881-1883
by: Bunts, Frank Emory

Hardcover. Cleveland, Ohio, Alexander T. Bunts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 219 pages. Limited first edition copy. Minor fading on blue cloth cover. Faded sticker mark on front flyleaf. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852334

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Letters from the East and from the West by: Frederick Hall

Letters from the East and from the West
by: Frederick Hall

Hardcover. Washington DC, F. Taylor and Wm. Morrison, 1st, 1840, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 168 pages in original tan cloth covers with paper spine label. A collection of letters by a college professor written during his travels from 1837-38. They're divided into two parts: Letters from the Valley of the Connecticut River and Letters from the West addressed to the author's wife, then in Baltimore. ( the "West" he visited include Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky). Three-page preface by author. Covers with light soil, bottom of spine frayed, front endpaper gone so volume opens to title page. No markings.

Record # 381659

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Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished)by: Koopman (Preface), Harry Lyman

Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished)
by: Koopman (Preface), Harry Lyman

Hardcover. Rhode Island Library, Brown University, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Pages untrimmed. Covered in navy blue fabric with gilt title on spine. Some very light fraying at top and bottom of spine, as well as corners of front and back boards. Pages lightly yellowed with age. Original correspondence of Abraham Lincoln, includes copied samples of actual letters.

Record # 30395

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Letters of Hugh Earl Percy from Boston and New York: 1774-1776by: Percy, Hugh Earl

Letters of Hugh Earl Percy from Boston and New York: 1774-1776
by: Percy, Hugh Earl

Hardcover. Boston, Charles E. Goodspeed, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages, hardcover. Edited by Charles Knowles Bolton. Correspondence during the American revolutionary war. Mild fading to spine and top edge. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards as well. Rough cut top edge. Minor bumping to corners. Frontispiece intact. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951831

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Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams (2 Volumes)by: Adams, Abigail and Charles Francis Ad

Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams (2 Volumes)
by: Adams, Abigail and Charles Francis Ad

Hardcover. Boston, Charles Little and James Brown, 2nd Ed., 1840, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes (199 and 278 pages) bound in brown polished calf with raised bands and gilt design on spine, covers with gilt rules. Minor wear to spine edges. Vol. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece, Vol. 2 with facsimile of Abigail's handwriting. Library bookplate on first blank page (verso of front fly leaf). Some foxing to preliminary pages, otherwise a clean, bright set.

Record # 404101

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Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, The (ALL SIX VOLUMES)by: Pinney (Editor), Thomas

Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, The (ALL SIX VOLUMES)
by: Pinney (Editor), Thomas

Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1974-1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, All six volumes. Hardcover with dust jackets. Release dates range from 1974-1981. All first editions. Volume six has clipped dust jacket. Light fraying to dust jackets otherwise, clean, tight copies. Decorative staining on top text block. Black and white dust jacket.

Record # 750046

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Letters to Father: Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633by: Sobel, Dava (translator)

Letters to Father: Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633
by: Sobel, Dava (translator)

Hardcover. NY, Walker & Company, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 377 pages. A pleasing copy of these letters from Galileo's daughter that capture life in a convent in the early seventeenth century and of course the love of her father as well. Side-by-side Italian and English text. Clean copy.

Record # 398967

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Lewis Carroll's Photography and Modern Childhoodby: Diane Waggoner

Lewis Carroll's Photography and Modern Childhood
by: Diane Waggoner

Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 264 pages, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Lewis Carroll began photographing children in the mid-nineteenth century, at a time when the young medium of photography was opening up new possibilities for visual representation and the notion of childhood itself was in transition. In this lavishly illustrated book, Diane Waggoner offers the first comprehensive account of Carroll as a photographer of modern childhood, exploring how his photographs of children gave visual form to emerging conceptions of childhood in the Victorian age. Situating Carroll's photography within the broader context of Victorian visual and social culture, Waggoner shows how he drew on images of childhood in painting and other media, and engaged with the visual language of the Victorian theater, fancy dress, and Pre-Raphaelitism. She provides the first in-depth analysis of Carroll's photographing of boys, which she examines in the context of boys' education and reveals to be a significant part of his photographic career. Waggoner draws on a wealth of rare archival material, demonstrating how Carroll established new aesthetic norms for images of girls, engaged with evolving definitions of masculinity, and pushed the idea of childhood to the limit with his use of dress and nude images

Record # 380697

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LEWIS MILLER Sketches and Chronicles. The Reflections of a Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania German Folk Artist by: Donald A. Shelley (Intro.)

LEWIS MILLER Sketches and Chronicles. The Reflections of a Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania German Folk Artist
by: Donald A. Shelley (Intro.)

Hardcover. York PA, Historical Society of York County,, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering, square, tight unmarked copy, lettering on cover is faded. 185 pages illustrated in color. Foreword by Robert P. Turner; introduction by Donald A. Shelley. In a brown slipcase with a label on front.

Record # 373491

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Lewis Morley I to Eye: The Definitive Retrospective on One of the 20th Century's Outstanding Photographersby: Lewis Morley; Charlotte Cotton; Gael Newton

Lewis Morley I to Eye: The Definitive Retrospective on One of the 20th Century's Outstanding Photographers
by: Lewis Morley; Charlotte Cotton; Gael Newton

Hardcover. Sydney AU, T&G PUBLISHING, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 395 pages, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Lewis Morley - I to Eye will illuminate and crystallise this body of work in a career retrospective, incorporating literally hundreds of photographs covering all aspects of Morley's work, from England, france and the united States, also the fashion beginnings in the 1950s through the personality portraits of the 60s to his work of the 70's, 80s and 90s. In a career that has spanned some 50 years, Morley has worked with equal ease in theatre, fashion, portraiture, magazine photography and documentary reportage. His body of work, particularly his portraits of key figures of 1960's London, is highly recognised, and with his famous photo of Christine keeler naked upon a chair, Morley produced an image that is probably one of the most memorable (and most copied) of any photographs of any time.

Record # 350211

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Lewis Morley I to Eye: The Definitive Retrospective on One of the 20th Century's Outstanding Photographersby: Morley, Lewis

Lewis Morley I to Eye: The Definitive Retrospective on One of the 20th Century's Outstanding Photographers
by: Morley, Lewis

Hardcover. Sydney AU, T&G PUBLISHING, 1st, 2011-11-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 395 pages, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Lewis Morley - I to Eye will illuminate and crystallize this body of work in a career retrospective, incorporating literally hundreds of photographs covering all aspects of Morley's work, from England, france and the united States, also the fashion beginnings in the 1950s through the personality portraits of the 60s to his work of the 70's, 80s and 90s. In a career that has spanned some 50 years, Morley has worked with equal ease in theatre, fashion, portraiture, magazine photography and documentary reportage. His body of work, particularly his portraits of key figures of 1960's London, is highly recognised, and with his famous photo of Christine keeler naked upon a chair, Morley produced an image that is probably one of the most memorable (and most copied) of any photographs of any time.

Record # 350212

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Lewis W. HIne and the American Social Conscienceby: Gutman, Judith Mara

Lewis W. HIne and the American Social Conscience
by: Gutman, Judith Mara

NY, Walker, 1st , 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white photos by Hine. 156 pages. Related material laid-in: exhibition card and newspaper article by author on Hine. Previous owner's stamp front fly leaf, old ink price on flap. Light edgewear, soil to dust jacket otherwise VG/VG

Record # 62303

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Lex Mercatoria: Or, a Complete Code of Commercial Law; Being a General Guide to All Men in Business...With an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; (2 Volumes) 6th Editionby:

Lex Mercatoria: Or, a Complete Code of Commercial Law; Being a General Guide to All Men in Business...With an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; (2 Volumes) 6th Edition
by:

Hardcover. London, Rivington and Sons, et al., 6th Ed., 1813, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes complete: 757, 446 pages, plus an appendix and fold-out charts in volume two. This is the 1813 Sixth Edition, updated and enlarged by Joseph Chitty. Both books rebound in red library buckram with gilt titles on spines. Mild foxing but pages are bright and unmarked.

Record # 353631

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Leyte: June 1944-January 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 12)by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Leyte: June 1944-January 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 12)
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XII in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 445 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, light paper residue to front covers, lacks dust jacket, dj flaps pasted onto front endpapers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386589

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Liberalism and Its Discontentsby: Alan Brinkley

Liberalism and Its Discontents
by: Alan Brinkley

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. How did liberalism, the great political tradition that from the New Deal to the 1960s seemed to dominate American politics, fall from favor so far and so fast? In this history of liberalism since the 1930s, a distinguished historian offers an eloquent account of postwar liberalism, where it came from, where it has gone, and why. The book supplies a crucial chapter in the history of twentieth-century American politics as well as a valuable and clear perspective on the state of our nation's politics today. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 378824

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LIBERALISM AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS The Story of the Veto Battle 1832-1911by: Harry Jones

LIBERALISM AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS The Story of the Veto Battle 1832-1911
by: Harry Jones

Hardcover. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles, 351 pages. Preliminary pages with foxing, stamp on title page otherwise good plus. Complete with 27 pages of publisher's ads in rear.

Record # 374148

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Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth Century Metropolis by: Julie Peakman

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth Century Metropolis
by: Julie Peakman

Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light wear to bottom of spine. 360 pages, color and b&w illustrations, index. Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, Julie Peakman examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage and even behind bars. Based on new research into court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theatre plays and erotica, we learn of the gruesome treatment of women who were sexually active outside of marriage. Julie Peakman looks at sex from women's points of view, undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy eighteenth century to expose a more sordid side, of women left distressed, ostracised and vilified for their sexual behaviour. Unveils the complex sex lives of libertine women in eighteenth-century London.

Record # 397415

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Liberty and Authority: Early American Political Ideology, 1689-1763 by: Leder, Lawrence H.

Liberty and Authority: Early American Political Ideology, 1689-1763
by: Leder, Lawrence H.

Hardcover. Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 167 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397485

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Liberty and Concord in the United Provinces: Religious Toleration and the Public in the Eighteenth-Century Netherlands (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)by: Jo

Liberty and Concord in the United Provinces: Religious Toleration and the Public in the Eighteenth-Century Netherlands (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
by: Jo

Hardcover. Leiden/Boston, Brill, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 564 pages. This volume offers an outline of developments in the intellectual debate on religious liberty, religious toleration and religious concord in the eighteenth-century Netherlands. Emphasizing changes in the relations between religious belief and the public sphere, it seeks to add new perspectives to recent analyses of toleration. Each chapter of this book discusses a different aspect of the eighteenth-century Dutch toleration debate. On the basis of a large number of sources, and paying particular attention to minor writers, a broad variety of topics is treated, ranging from the official Reformed confessions and legal scholarship to unionism, apologetics, sociability, and the press. This study extends contemporary analyses of early modern thought on toleration to the end of the eighteenth century. Name on front fly leaf, pencil notations to front endpapers, otherwise clean.

Record # 384211

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Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code by: B. Franklin Lieber

Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code
by: B. Franklin Lieber

Hardcover. NY, Lieber Publishing Co., reprint, 1896, Book: Good, Hardcover, pebbled brown cloth, 800 pages plus ads. Gilt lettering on spine. A collection of codeworks for use in telegrams, compiled by Benjamin Franklin Lieber. 'Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code' is a simplified and condensed list of codewords used for telegrams. Lists of codeworks were often compiled from the 1870s to the 1950s as telegrams charged per word. The codewords were created to be able to send longer messages for a lower cost. Some of the codewords included in this work are 'Adeschiamo', meaning 'is it a good time to buy', 'Assipondio', meaning 'according to our view of the matter', 'Atrafago', meaning 'one month', 'Brassement', meaning 'endeavor to settle it in a friendly manner', and more. Both hinges cracked otherwise sound and clean.

Record # 384938

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LIFE 50 Years of James Bondby: The Editors of LIFE Books

LIFE 50 Years of James Bond
by: The Editors of LIFE Books

Hardcover. New York, Liberty Street, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. B&W and color photographs throughout. Fifty years ago, the dashing Scottish actor Sean Connery kicked off the Bond franchise, a cinematic series unlike any other. In November 2012, Skyfall, the 23rd movie in what is seen as the authorized line of Bond films, will be released, with Daniel Craig (the sixth Bond) again in the lead role. The world will once more stream to the theaters for another dose of Bond. LIFE was on the scene in the swinging '60s when James Bond became a cultural icon (in fact, when we put the gold-painted actress Shirley Eaton on the cover in 1964, we helped him along), and now LIFE tells the whole story in this commemorative book.

Record # 353075

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Life an Death in Templo Mayor by: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Life an Death in Templo Mayor
by: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Softcover. University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 138 pages, b&w illustrations. The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present a concise and well-supported development of this theme. Name on front fly leaf other wise clean.

Record # 385754

Price: $12.00 
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