Search Results: Authors starting with L from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

St. Louis, Missouri: Neurotica Publishing Company, 1952. Lustig, Alvin (Cover Art). Complete run of first editions of this influential and avant-garde quarterly literary journal published by the Neurotica Publishing Company (9 volumes 1948-1952), edited by Jay Irving Landesman except volume 9 which was edited by G. [Gershon] Legman who also served as Associate Editor for volume 5. Generally the staple-bound volumes are in near fine condition with light edge wear and minor soiling and rubbing. Volumes 8 and 9 show greater soiling and fading to the spine of volume 8. Cover art by noted designer Alvin Lustig. Jay Irving Landesman (1919-2011) led an interesting and varied life in St. Louis operating art galleries, salons and the Crystal Palace nightclub in the 40's and 50's before moving to London in the early 60's. Throughout these pursuits, Landesman befriended many poets and writers, some of whom would become influential in the Beat Generation. Neurotica served as an outlet for young writers and… Read More

Manuscript Files for David Lavender's Book Reviews for the Radio Production of "Book Parade" 1955-1957 Six files of manuscript material including original and carbon copies plus printed scripts for the radio production of "Book Parade". Material generally in very good condition. Fun collection of six book reviews plus correspondence for the radio production "Book Parade" produced by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in the 1950's. Five reviews written by David Lavender plus a review of Lavender's book "Bent's Fort", written by Don Tracy. "Book Review" was directed by Russell Sanjek, long-time executive at BMI. Sanjek was a noted historian of popular music and author of a three-volume history on popular music published in 1988 by Oxford University Press. David Lavender was a prolific chronicler of the American West, authoring more than 40 books. Lavender was a two-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and was loved by scholars for his accuracy and objectivity but primarily wrote for a non-academic… Read More

New York: Edmund Blunt, 1827. [Map] Savannah River From Its Mouth to the City of Savannah. Engraved by John Le Conte Topographical Engineer, 1821. Drawn and published by Edmund and G.W. Blunt, New York. Printed by W. Hooker , New York City, 1827. 18.5 x 8.5 inches. Disbound from Edmund Blunt's American Coast Pilot, 1827 edition. Previous folds (needs to be pressed) with toning to edges. Light foxing within map. Good condition. Nicely detailed map of the Savannah River from its mouth near Tybee Island to the City of Savannah.

New York, New York: Columbia University Research Office, 1971. [Signed] Reminiscences of Sol Lesser, Columbia University Research Office, New York, 1971. 11 x 8 5/8 inches. 154pp. Bound in the style of a university thesis, of which it is similar. Black wrappers with black punch strips to spine. Some soiling. Text is a copy of the original. Very light toning to edges. Fine Condition. Includes three typed letters signed and one mailing envelope. Letters have light wear and were inserted into book. The Doubleday letter is larger than book hence the right edge is chipped. Sol Lesser (1890-1980) was an American film producer from the silent era through the late 1950's; best known for producing 13 Tarzan movies. Lesser also produced Our Town, Stage Door Canteen and Kon-Tiki which won an Academy award for best documentary film for 1951. All told he worked on 83 movies. In June 1963, Sol Lesser was introduced to Columbia University Professor Louis Starr who wanted to record Lesser's reminiscences on… Read More

[Broadsides][Americana] Collection of Eight Rare English Theater Broadsides Featuring The Lester Family--Cowboy Comedians, Cowboy Syncopators and American Musical Burlesque 1932-1942. 10 x 30 inches. Eight broadsides approximately 10 x 30 inches printed on various color of newsprint-type paper utilizing two-color printing and amazing variety of font styles and sizes. Most have previous folds. Light chipping and small tears to edges of the broadsides. Have been stored rolled. Very Good Condition overall. Highly colorful collection of striking broadsides dating to 1932-1942 England. The common denominator is all the broadsides feature the American traveling carnival, comedic and cowboy musical family of John Lester and his sons Harry & Burton. A consummate showman, John Lester cut his teeth with the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus but soon went on his own producing Wild West shows incorporating his sons playing a wide variety of instruments, and performing acrobatics, tightrope walking, and… Read More

London, England, 1682. Very Good. Three Issues of Seventeenth Century Newspaper "The Observator", Sir Roger L'Estrange, London, England, 1681-1682, 8.5 x 13.5 inches, 1 pp. each. Three broadsides on rag paper; printed on both sides; uneven cut edges; 1682 issue has one small closed tear; lot in very good condition. The Observator was a dialogue-style newspaper written by Sir Roger L'Estrange, published from April 13, 1681 to March 9, 1687. The copies in this lot are Number 16, published May 25, 1681; Number 33, published July 13, 1681; and Number 215, published September 30, 1682. Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) was an English author, pamphleteer, courtier, and press censor. He was a staunch defender of King Charles II and the 1660 Stuart Restoration, and used The Observator to promote Toryism and bash Whigs. The Observator was written as a dialogue between two characters, a Whig and the "Observator", who held Tory views. The issues in this lot cover religious and political topics, frequently… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: City of Boston Publicity and Information Bureau, 1907. Good/none. [Birds' Eye-view with Description] Twentieth Century Boston--the Best City in the United States to Live in, to do Business in and to Visit. W.T. Lettig and A.F. Poole, copyright 1907, published by City of Boston Publicity and Information Bureau. 22 x 36.25 inches. Bird's-eye view printed on a thin tissue-like paper in black and red. Older taped repairs at folds on verso. Several additional minor tears at folds; light soiling and very light edgewear. Previous folds. Will ship folded. Good Condition. Striking and apparently uncommon bird's-eye view promotional poster published in 1907 by the City of Boston Publicity and Information Bureau. Copyright is credited to W.T. Lettig and A.F. Poole. Classic chamber of commerce language touting Boston as the best place to live, work, and recreate. Includes blurbs on Boston's attributes as a manufacturing center, shoe, leather and hide center, port city, and convention… Read More

Providence, Rhode Island: Manchester Brothers, 1870. [Rhode Island] CDV of Idawalley (Ida) Zorada Lewis, Famed Lighthouse Keeper and Lifesaver, circa 1870's Face of the card has light foxing and soiling with pin hole going through the I in Ida. Some soiling and foxing to verso. Good Condition. CDV of Ida Lewis (1842-1911) from the studio of Manchester Bros., Providence, Rhode Island. Idawalley Zorada Lewis was the lighthouse keeper at Lime Rock Light, off the coast of Newport, RI. Her family moved to the "the rock" in 1857 where she helped her ailing father, and later mother, tend the lighthouse. Ida was formally named official keeper in 1879. A strong swimmer and rower, Ida is credited with saving the lives of 18 people. In 1924, Rhode Island legislature officially changed the name of Lime Rock to Ida Lewis Rock in honor of her extraordinary keeper services. The portrait, with a typical studio backdrop, shows Ida Lewis holding an oar--not your normal photo prop, but perfect for Ida Lewis.

Civil War Era CDV Album with 120 Images--Lincoln, Assassination Chair, Booth, Confederate Officers, Belle Boyd, McClellan, Grant, Garfield, Many More Commercial album. Binding is mostly expired and leaves either loose of becoming loose. Padded leather boards with extensive wear. Believed to be complete with fifteen leaves. Contains 120 CDV photographs. Several have been trimmed but most in very good condition. Inspect scans carefully for condition. Metal clasp still functional. Sold as is. Remarkable collection of Civil War era CDV's including 20 Confederate subjects including spy Belle Boyd. Set also includes John Wilkes Booth and several of his associates, plus a CDV of the chair in which Lincoln was sitting in Ford's Theater. Many Union soldiers represented. 26 assorted CDV's at back including period actors and authors. A full database of subjects, photographer (if known), miscellaneous notes and condition available upon request. Among the CDV's are those of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson,… Read More

United States Geological Survey, 1905. J.L. Bruce. Plan of Principal Underground Workings at Cripple Creek, Colorado--Compiled from the Mine Maps of the Various Companies, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper No. 54 Plate III. Folding map measures 52.5 x 31.75 inches. Light chipping to edges; some separation at folds with clear tape to the separations. Very Good Condition. Large colorful map of the underground workings at Cripple Creek, Colorado from 1905 as compiled from various mining maps of the various companies active at Cripple Creek. Published in 1905 in United States Geological Survey Professional Paper No. 54. Plate III. Cripple Creek was the locale for the last great Colorado gold rush when gold was discovered in 1890. By 1900, the Cripple Creek mining district was home to almost 500 mines and multiple lawsuits of competing claims. A quick look at this map shows the many competing tunnels of the competing companies. By 1910, the region had produced 22.4 million ounces of gold.

Northern Pacific Railroad, 1880. The Northern Pacific Railroad line. Only first-class route to the Big Horn Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone and Upper Missouri Rivers and all points in Northern Minnesota Dakota and Montana.... Chicago: J.M.W. Jones, c.1880. Chromolithographed poster, 20.5 x 13.5 inches. Top edge trimmed, loss at upper left corner, some light toning at margins, tiny tear at bottom edge, backed with thin tissue. Professionally corner mounted to mat board; easily removed. See scans. Good Condition. A striking early railroad broadside printed in rainbow tones, advertising routes through the newly booming western territories of Minnesota, Dakota, and Montana. Offering direct rail from St. Paul or Duluth to Brainerd, Detroit, Fargo, Bismarck and other points West, with connection "during the navigable season [by] daily steamers" from Bismarck to various points on the Yellowstone and Upper Missouri Rivers as well as Bozeman, Helena, and the Big Horn Mountains. Also… Read More

Manuscript Letter to Pope Benedict XIV Requesting Private Communion for a Parishioner of Cardinal Joseph Livizzani, 1749 Bifolium manuscript with text on two pages. Measures 10 5/8 x 8 inches. Second leaf has three small holes. Previous folds. Cardinal stamp is very clean and legible as is the manuscript, in Italian. Very Good Condition. 1749 letter to Pope Bendict XIV requesting dispensation for the Marquise Minervetti Girolami of Florence to receive holy communion in her private chapel. With seal and signature of Livizzani. Benedict XIV was Pope from 1740-1758.

1932. Sea Sprite and the Shooting Star--One of 35 Copies, Memorial Card Laid In, Jack London, Privately Printed, November 1932. 5.75 x 10.75 inches. 4pp. Printed front wrapper on a single sheet bifolium with interior text. Last page blank. Moderate toning to front with small portion of upper right corners lacking. Mild soiling. Interior edges lightly toned. Back wrapper moderately toned. Memorial card is 1.75 x 3.25 inches edged in black. One of the rarest printed Jack London items, first published in 1899. This separate issue of 35 privately printed in 1932. BAL 11989. The memorial or mourning card includes a quote from George Gissing.

New York: Macmillan, 1905. Good/Good. The Game, Jack London, Macmillan, New York, 1905, 5 3/8 x 7.75 inches, 182 pp. Rare first edition in original unrestored dust jacket, housed in custom cloth chemise and full morocco slipcase. Dust jacket bears light edge wear; some small chips to head and foot of spine, corners; 3/4 inch closed tear to front top edge, and 1 1/2 inch closed tear to fold of rear flap; crease to back panel; spine lightly sun faded; overall good condition. Pictorial green cloth boards; colors remarkably bright; corners and top and bottom edge lightly rubbed; one corner slightly bumped; deckled bottom and fore-edge, gilt top edge; pictorial endpapers; front hinge cracked, mull fabric visible, but board still tightly attached; else interior clean, unmarked; collated, all color plates present including frontispiece. Good condition. Though best known for his tales of rugged wilderness adventures such as "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang", Jack London was also a boxing aficionado,… Read More

[Jack London] Illustrated London News Xmas 1903, Illustrated London News and Sketch, Limited, 198 Strand, County of London. 48pp. 12 x 16.25 inches. Beautiful full color staple-bound wrappers as was the custom for the Illustrated London News Christmas Edition. Light chipping to edges. Separation beginning at head and foot of spine. Two packing tape repairs (3,5 and 2 inch) inside back wrapper. Interior mostly clean. Very Good Condition. Beautiful 1903 Christmas Edition of the Illustrated London News containing multiple full-page Christmas sketches, a 2-page H.H. Flere centerfold, and a lengthy Jack London story, "The Faith of Men." This London story was the title story for his 1904 collection published by Macmillan. The Illustrated London News was known for their beautiful artwork, offering fine-art plates from the magazine for purchase.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill, 1906. First Thus. Hardback. Near Fine/Fair. Harrison Fisher. Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianpolis, Indiana, 1906. 188pp. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Decorative Green Boards with gilt, black and white imprint plus laid down color painted portrait of Hiawatha by Harrison Fisher. Book has been stored in original box hence it is in near fine condition. Slight musty odor. Glassine jacket is present but missing bottom third to front. Original box is mostly expired with split sides and soiling but present. Binding is tight and square with very clean interior. First edition of the Bobbs-Merrill edition of Hiawatha with beautiful Harrison Fisher illustrations with decorations by E. Stetson Crawford.

1939. Graeme and Sarah Lorimer Autograph and Typed Letters, Signed to Contributor Virginia Leach For Contributions to Maude's Diary in Saturday Evening Post 1933-1939. Collection of 10 letters on a variety of letterheads and sizes. Very Good Condition. According to Wikipedia, "Maude (Maudie) Mason was the protagonist, and narrator, of the "Maudie stories" and "Maudie books" written by American authors Graeme and Sarah Lorimer in the 1930s and '40s, and of the radio show "Maudie's Diary", which aired in 1941-42. The stories, which featured romantic schemes, contemporary slang, and witty banter, revolved around the adventures, tribulations, loves, and losses of an American teenage girl." The Lorimers wrote at least 36 short stories featuring "Maudie" which were published in either the Ladies' Home Journal or Saturday Evening Post, with Graeme devising plots, and Sarah writing dialogue. According to an interview published in 1941, whenever the Lorimers ran low on their own witty banter, they offered… Read More

Los Angeles, California: Death Valley Hotel Co. Ltd, 1930. Very Good. [Death Valley] 1930s Promotional Pamphlet for Furnace Creek Inn and Amargosa Hotel, Death Valley Hotel Co. Ltd., Los Angeles, California, circa 1930, 8 x 9 inches, unpaginated 10 pp. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; light edge wear; interior pages clean, unmarked; black and white photographs throughout; very good condition. Promotional booklet for the Furnace Creek Inn and Amargosa Hotel at Death Valley; likely published in the 1930s. Beautiful color wrappers. Contains crisp photographs and information on the climate and history of Death Valley itself, as well as the amenities offered by Furnace Creek and Amargosa. One page has a detailed Pacific Coast Borax Co. map of Death Valley, dated 1930. A nice item for California and Death Valley collectors. Rare; one copy found in OCLC as of January 2024.

London: Turret Books, 1965. First. Fine/None as issued. Mystery in the Universe--Notes on an Interview with Allen Ginsberg, Edward Lucie-Smith. Turret Books, London, England, 1965. 9pp. 7 3/8 x 5 inches. Golden string-bound wrappers with black and red imprint. Wrappers and booklet in fine condition. Copy 83 of 200 singed by Edward Lucie-Smith who interviewed Allen Ginsberg for the Sunday Times. Some of this material appeared in the published Times interview but Lucie-Smith includes additional material here which did not make the Sunday Times article.

Hyères and Paris, France: M. le Duc de Luynes, 1865. Very Good/Fine. [Archaeology] Two Extremely Rare Booklets Published by M. le Duc de Luynes Pertaining to His 1864 Expedition to Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, M. le Duc de Luynes, Hyères and Paris, France, 1864-1865. Note sur Quelques Déterminations de Coordonnées Géographiques: Extrait de la Connaissance des Temps pour 1866 is string-bound and measures 6 x 9.25 inches; 4 pp; small spot stain to front wrapper; very good condition. Liste des Itinéraires et Traités Géographiques Concernant La Syrie, La Palestine & L'Arabie is staple-bound and measures 5 ⅜ x 8 ⅜ inches; 16 pp; fine condition. Note sur Quelques Déterminations de Coordonnées Géographiques was published in Paris in 1864; it contains notes from Louis Vignes, a naval officer and photographer who accompanied the Duc de Luynes on his 1864 expedition to the Dead Sea region. In the forward (translated from French) the Duc de Luynes wrote: "Mr. Vignes, lieutenant, who… Read More