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[LAMB, Charles]. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the london magazine. . London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1823. First edition, second issue. 8vo. [4], 341pp, [1]. Without half-title. Later blind-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, with contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed and scored. With a tipped-in contemporary newspaper clipping, announcing the work's publication, to verso of FFEP. Browning and spotting to terminal and initial leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35118
LAMBARDE, William. A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that shyre. Written in the yeere 1570. Imprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant. 1596. Second edition. Quarto. [10] 588pp, [6]. With an engraved map of Britain and and engraved folding map of the Kent Beacons. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, yapp edges, without original ties. Housed in recent custom half-morocco slip-case. Extremities marked and discoloured, chipping to head of spine. Hinges exposed, early manuscript calculations, pen-trials, and a note in a French hand to FFEP, early ownership inscriptions of James ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25641
[LAKE DISTRICT]. Hand-book to the english lakes. Kendal. Printed by T. Atkinson, 1847. 8vo. iv, 60pp. With a preliminary large folding map of the Lake District, engraved frontispiece, and five further engraved plates. Original publisher's forest green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title. Endpapers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34704
LAIRESSE, Gerard de. The art of painting, in all its branches, Methodically demonstrated by Discourses and Plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings Of the best Masters: And their Perfections and Oversights laid open. London. Printed for S. Vandenbergh, 1778. Second edition in English. Quarto. [20], 504pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 69 engraved plates (numbered 1-71, several folding). Modern gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards. Minor shelf-wear, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, verso of six initial leaves (including frontispiece and title page) and terminal leaf neatly strengthened to verso, one plate with repaired closed tears, some dampstaining, mostly to plates, scattered spotting, offsetting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26443
LAIRD, William. The export coal trade of liverpool: a letter to thomas littledale, esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Trust. Liverpool. Printed by Baines and Herbert, 1850. First edition. 8vo. [4], 59pp. With a folding lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates (four folding), and a large folding lithographed map. Original publisher's pictorial orange paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints split, head and foot of spine worn, corners exposed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription and recent ink-stamp to recto of FFEP, short tear to folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31741
[LAING, Charles C.]. Bad ober-gegessingen, 1890. London. Jones & Evans (Late Henry Sotheran & Co.,) Booksellers, 1891. Privately printed. 8vo. x, [3], 111pp, [1]. With a lithographed frontispiece, one further lithographed plate, and numerous charming vignette line-drawings throughout text. No. 48 of an unspecified number of privately printed examples; with the caveat that 'This Extract is published for private use only. It has been "stopped" partly by a friendly hand; perhaps it would have been better if he had stopped it altogether'. An inscription (to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33189
LA FONTAINE, [Jean de]. La Fontaine's Tales: imitated in English verse. London. Printed for C. Chapple, 1814. First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. xxii, [2], 286; [2], 360pp. Uncut in contemporary cloth-backed buff paper boards, original publisher's printed paper lettering piece pasted to spine. Rubbed and marked. Short closed tear to Vol. I title, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18475
[LADY'S CABINET ALBUM]. The lady's cabinet album. New York. Peabody and Co., 1832. First edition. 8vo. xii, 348pp. With an additional engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 19 further engraved plates. Original publisher's dark green roan-backed green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, and some toning to boards. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP; taped-in business card of G. A. Varty of the Lake District Herald to rear ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35212
[LADIES' DIARY]. The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1791... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1791]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. Not in ESTC.

[Bound with:] The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1792... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1792]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3191.

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£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33495
LACOMBE, P[aul]. Arms and armour In Antiquity and the Middle Ages: also a descriptive notice of modern weapons, translated from the french of m. p. lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in england by charles boutell... London. Reeves and Turner, 1893. 8vo. xvi, 296pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked. Bookseller's ticket of James Miles of Leeds to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32078
LA CHAMBRE, [Marin Cureau de]. DAVIES, John - of Kidwelly. The art how to know men. Originally written, By the Sieur de le chambre, Counsellour to His Majesty of France, and Physician in Ordinary. Rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. London. Printed by T.R. for Thomas Dring at the George in Fleetstreet, neer Cliffords-Inn, 1665. First English edition. 8vo. [32], 330pp, [14]. With extra-engraved title (A1v, included in the pagination). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Rubbed, cracking to joints, lacking lettering-piece and chipped to spine, with neat repair to upper board at foot. Small paper flaw to D1, with loss of catchword to recto and two words of text to verso. Philip Bliss' copy, with one line of manuscript notes (identifying the author of 'Address to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31353
KYLE, Barry. Sylvia plath a dramatic portrait. London. Faber & Faber, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 70pp. Original publisher's pink monochrome laminate wrappers, lettered in black. Lightly scuffed, internally bright and clean. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, though no indications of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28763
[KUMAUN DIVISION]. The N.-W.P. and Oudh Land Revenue Act, No. III of 1901 as extended to the kumaun division and Rules and Orders Relating to the Kumaun Division. Allahabad. The Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces, 1930. 8vo. 2], viii, 172pp. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed printed buff paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, worm-tracks and coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper board. Manuscript notes to front endpapers, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, ink-stamps of Brajmohan Lal Dave, advocate at Allahabad to title page and initial leaf of text, occasional ink/pencil underlining. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28125
KOHL, J. G.. Austria. Vienna, Prague, Hungary, Bohemia, and the Danube; Galicia, Styria, Moravia, Bukovina, and the military frontier. London. Chapman and Hall, 1843. First edition. 8vo. [8], 532pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown blind-tooled cloth, gilt. Some rubbing and soiling to extremities, corners bumped. Hinges cracked, occasional spots of foxing, recent bookplate of Cefntilla to FEP, with the earlier bookplate of Lord Raglan to same. Inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP, 'Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, from his affectionate sister Kathy, December 28th 1843'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13077
KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. Pennsylvania. The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited ediiton. 8vo. 238pp. Original publisher's gilt-stamped black calf, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Orange silk moirĂ© endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23541
KOESTLER, Arthur. Arrival and departure. London. Jonathan Cape, [1943]. First edition. 8vo. 188pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in red, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped, chipping to corners, spine panel restored, paper repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23542