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LAMB, Charles. The Works. 4 vols., 12mo, full green morocco by Bayntun, gilt borders and spine (spines uniformly faded to a pleasant brown), inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, a.e.g. London: Edward Moxon, 1850.
Edited by T. N. Talfould, vols. I-IIare "New Editions" of Letters and Final Memorials. With the portrait of Lamb, and all half-titles. A handsome set. NCBEL III-p. 1224.

LATHROP, Dorothy P. (1891-1980), American writer and illustrator of children's books.
Original Manuscript poem to her sister, Gertrude (1896-1986), American sculptor. 1p., 8vo, on bifolium of floral designed Japanese tissue paper + envelope hand addressed to their home address, postmarked and cancelled. Albany, New York, Dec. 22, 1911.
Twenty-year-old Dorothy Lathrop writes a sixteen-line poem in two eight-line stanzas for her fifteen-year-old sister, Gertrude, both of whom were living at 151 South Allen Street, Albany, NY. "If you have a song to sing:/ Sing it to-Day/ Let notes of gladness sing/ Clear as song of bird in spring./ Let every day some music sing:/ Sing it to-day./ If you have a smile to show,/ Show it to-day./ Make hearts happy, roses grow,/ Let the friends around you know/ The love you have before they go,/ Show it to-day." This predates by a number of years Dorothy's artistic and writing career which began in 1919. WITH: WEATHERLY, Fred[eric] E[dmund]. Happy Childhood.… Read More

LELIEVRE, J. F. Nouveau Jardinier de la Louisiane, contenant les instructions necessaires aux Personages qui s'occupent de Jardinage. 12mo, original cloth backed marbled boards (minor rubbing at edges), pp. 200. Nouvelle Orleans: J. F. Lelievre, 1838.
First Edition. With half-title. "One of the first books on gardening and horticulture to be published for the benefit of Louisianians...A former 'gardener-cultivator' for the French government in the colonies, J. F. Lelievre was the proprietor of a bookstore on Royal Street in the French Quarter fro approximately 1838 to 1859...his work was...to fulfill the need for a work especially adapted to the Louisiana area...Lelievre began with preliminary but indispensible information for anyone who was contemplating planting a garden. In subsequent chapters, particular attention was paid to fruit trees...Flowers were covered n the last part of the work."-Historic New… Read More

LEWIS'S "TO THE READER" EXPLAINS HIS AFRICAN SLAVE CHARACTER, HIS "MISANTHROPIC NEGRO"
LEWIS, M[atthew] G[regory] "Monk". The Castle Spectre: A Drama. In Five Acts. First Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Thursday, December 14, 1797. By M. G. Lewis, M. P. Author of The Monk, &c.
8vo, disbound, pp. 103, [1] ad. London: Printed for J. Bell, 1798.
First Edition. An extraordinary commercial success, although not a universal favorite of the critics. To the critics who objected to his use of black slaves in a Gothic story, he defended himself by saying that if he could "have produced the same effect by making my heroine blue, blue I should have made her." "As far as Lewis's search for novelty and striking effects is concerned, it is interesting to highlight the character of Hassan, an African servant...Hassan is in Ormond's service because the earl has cruelly snatched him from his family, and, hating the white race that he considers responsible for his sufferences, the black slave… Read More

BALZAC BIOGRAPHY PRESENTED TO ZOLA
LIE, Erik.
Honoré de Balzac mennesket og kunstneren en kildestudie. [Illustrated]. 8vo, original gilt stamped blue cloth (minor rubbing), fine floral marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait, pp. 275 + 3 plates, a.e.g. Copenhagen: Gyldendal boghandel, 1893.
First Edition. A biography with bibliographical references. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Monsieur Emile Zola homage de l'auteur. Paris 29 Avril 93." Pasted below the inscription is the author's Paris business card. Erik Lie (1868-1943), was a successful Norwegian writer of adult and juvenile fiction, as well as scholarly works on literary history. This son son of the famous novelist Jonas Lie was a respected journalist, and founder of the Nordic library in Paris.

[TRADE CARD]. [SHOEMAKER]. LIMEBEER, W[ILLIAM] (1773-1812). By the King's Patent. Boots & Shoes by the Patentee on an entire new Construction, particularly calculated for Durability. Instructions for Gentlemen in the Country to take their own measure. 1. Round the Joints…6. Length of the Foot. Bo[ugh]t of W. Limebeer, 58, Cheapside, London. Illustrated left and right by two different styles of boots, with a diagram below for measuring, giving "Instructions for Gentlemenn in the Country to take their own measure." Royal arms at top flaked by a lion and horse in the middle. Large engraved trade card on thick paper, 4 ¾ x 7. [London: late 18th or early 19th century]. William Limebeer (1773-1812), died March 8, 1812, aged 39. We have found that he gave testimony at the Old Bailey 19th September 1810, about 12 pairs of boots he said had been stolen from him by an apprentice. He lost the case. WE HAVE AN ASSORTMENT OF LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH TRADES CARDS. PLEASE… Read More

[THAMES, HMS]. Manuscript logbook of HMS Thames , British 32-Gun Richmond-Class Frigate assigned to interdict enemy shipping in the West Indies. AMs, approximately 384pp. 4to, original reversed calf, morocco label on front cover gilt lettered "Thames Log Book." England and the West Indies, 25 February 1797 to 30 June 1798.A marvelous historical document, rich in detail, being the war-time logbook of 16 months duration of a 18th century English 32-gun fifth-rate frigate, one of the first Richmond-class frigates built for the Royal Navy, written at a time when England was at war with both France and Spain. Such ships served as fast scouts or independent cruisers, and to be posted aboard one of them was considered a plum assignment because of the prospect of prize money for the crews. Commanded by a distinguished officer, a future admiral who had a long and successful naval career throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Includes the Spithead Mutiny at Portsmouth, an event… Read More