Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bailey Bonzo Books

New York, NY: R.H.Russell, 1900. Book. VG+. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A beautiful , near fine first edition published in the U.S. the same year as published in France...in striking blue cloth covered with gilt on front cover and spine...a small crimp on the back bottom edge board and a little crimping on the spine ends as well as the tips....interior is clean, unmarked (save for a dedication to the previous owner dated "Christmas 1900"), and tight...a delightful addition....

Paris: Libraries Felix Alcan et Guillaumin Reunies, 1909. Book. VG+. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cinquieme ( 5th) edition, so stated. Rebound in burgundy cloth with gilted tiles to the spine and a full page , paper pasted label replicating the title page in period type face. This copy is VG+. The exterior is clean and rich with only a hint of wear . Inside has neat PO signature on FEP, otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound. EPS are as new as the exterior. Text block is moderately, evenly toned. 403 pp. with 32 pp. of Felix Alcan's catalog of history and philosophy at the end dated June 1908. Originally published in 1907, an edition this early is RARE, easily warranting the excellent rebinding ..

Rome, Italy: Revista Scriitorilor Romani, 1970. Book. Illus. by Eugen Tudor. Near Fine. Original Wraps. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original Beige pictorial wraps with gray/red lettering to front and spine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, in Romanian to FEP. Romanian poetry. SCARCE in current commerce. World Cat shows only 7 holdings world wide. Introduction by Mircea Popescu, in Italian. Illustrated with drawings by Eugen Tudor on every page. Limited edition of 666 copies of which this is #172. This copy is NEAR FINE. Some modest , scattered soiling to the oversize covers with a bit of expected crimping there. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight. Simply lovely .

New York, NY: Dutton, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition...with engravings by Ian Hugo...This copy is in VG condition , some toning to page edges, some rubbing on the spine, and a little crimping to top of spine....In a GOOD DJ....intact with the exception of 1/2" chip on top of spine, 1/8" chip at bottom of spine, 3 chips on back outside edge, and general wearing/rubbing....

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Book. Illus. by Herman Pfeifer. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, matching dates on Title and Copyright pages.602 pp. Blue cloth with white ties and designs to front, white tiles to spine. Decorative EPs. This copy is VG+. Exterior is bright and clean. Tiles are bright. Tips and spine ends have only a minimal amount of wear/ crimping. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound. Modest/even toning to text block. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Very, very nice..

London: Putnam & Company LTD., 1946. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Published September 1946, so stated. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, clipped DJ , design taken from a wood cut by Elinor Monsell. Printed in Dublin. Exterior is pristine, rich, no noticeable wear, and gilt is bright.Outside page edges are foxed. Inside has PO gift inscription to upper front inside board, covered by DJ. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and firmly bound. DJ is modestly sunned to the spine, but very little edge wear. Very nice. .

New York, NY: House of Books, LTD., 1945. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Salmon/pink cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine. This is copy # 35 of 300 in this Limited First Edition with Author signature on the limitation page. This copy is VG. Exterior has modest sun fading to front 1" of leading edge and to the spine. Gilt is bright. Edges/tips/ spine ends are sharp. Inside is unmarked, crisp , and tight with modest toning to EP hinges front and back...

New York: Desmond FitzGerald Inc., 1913. Book. Illus. by J.C. Chase. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Brown mottled hard cover with embossed gray lettering to the front. This copy is NEAR FINE. Exterior is rich. Lettering is crisp. Minimal wear around the edges. Inside is unmarked with scattered foxing/smudges. Sepia illustrations by J.C.Chase.Frontispiece with tissue guard.Lovely..

Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1910. Book. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green Art- Nouveau floral cloth with gilted tiles to the front, with green rules. Design by Bertha Stuart with her initials stamped at the bottom front corner. Unpaginated. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich , gilt is bright, modest spotting front/back, bottom tips moderately worn ( top ,less so), top and bottom of spine frayed (1/4") , bottom of spine has 3/4" closed tear. Inside has neat gift inscription and a gift card laid in., otherwise unmarked, clear, crisp and tightly bound. Modest/even toning to EPs, almost none to text. Very nice..

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited edition. One of 550 printed on Zanders paper by the Bremer Presse , Munich , Germany. Title and initials by Anna Simons. Copies 1-480 only were for sale. This is one of the UNnumbered copies. Red cloth with embossed image of the Great Wall front and back, embossed Chinese characters ( front), and gilt lettering to the spine. 84 pp. 4 tipped in plates , including the frontispiece in B&W. Yellow EPs with gilt flecks. top edge dyed red.. This copy is VG. Outside has a small chip on top front edge, otherwise rich, clean , and with minimal / modest other edge, tip, or spine end wear. FEP has armorial BP of Ruth Meserve, long time Secretary of the Mongolian Society at Indiana University. Her business card also laid in. Hinges stating, but holding nicely. Text is unmarked, firmly bound with modest even toning. Uncommon as an UNnumbered copy and with nice provenance..

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray paper covered boards with blue cloth spine wraps . Dark blue lettering to front and on the paste on label to the spine. First Edition. Published June 1930, so stated. This copy is NEAR FINE with only hints of any wear inside or outside. PO stamp of renowned linguist, James Marchand of the University of Illinois on FEP. B&W frontispiece..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. Book. Illus. by Maurice Day. Near Fine. Pictorial Cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue pictorial front paste on over blue cloth with gilt lettering/rules to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE. Front cover is minimally rubbed, otherwise exterior is bright, tips, edges, and spine ends crisp and sharp. Inside is unmarked and tightly bound with minimal toning. Scattered, faint foxing to page edges. Bottom back inside EP has small stamp of the Library Book House, Nelbco Bindings, Springfield, Mass. SCARCE in current commerce, especially so in this condition. Beautiful color illustration by Maurice Day including frontispiece..

London: The Folio Society, 2013. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quarter blue cloth with decorative hard cover. Gilt lettering to the spine. Front cover is a reproduction of a Cezanne oil painting. Introduction by Will Gompertz. 188 pp. This copy is FINE in a FINE blue slipcase. No noticeable blemishes. Looks and feels unread..

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth with feathered gilt spine/ embossed lettering to the spine.SIGNED and INSCRIBED, in German, to fellow Professor Viola Manderfeld at the University of Chicago. Published May 1935, so stated. This copy is NEAR FINE. Exterior is rich. Gilt spine has feathered a bit onto the front board. Edges/tips/spine ends are sharp. Inside has PO neat stamp of James Marchand, noted Linguist/Professor at the University of Illinois. PRESENTATION COPY. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight.SCARCE. No other such copies on Abe as of June 2022 , let alone with provenance..

New York, NY: Ballantine, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, November 1989, so stated. This copy is FINE in a FINE, unclipped ($19.95) DJ, designed by James R. Harris , also dated 11/89. No noticeable blemishes other than a slight crimp front upper near the spine hinge.Looks and feels unread..

Athens, Ga: Orloff Pr, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hard cover with red cloth spine wrap. Gilt lettering to spine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, " August 9, 1998 To Joan, Thank you for a wonderful afternoon of sparkling fun. Next time I'll come early! Lynne Murray". Also laid in is a SIGNED photo of the author taken by Barbara Landis. This copy is FINE in an unclipped ( $23 ) DJ designed by David Asari. No noticeable blemishes. Looks and feels unread..

Chicago: E.A. Weeks & Co. Book. VG+. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date given. PO neat signature dated 1896 , so sometime between 1850 ( the preface to which is in the front) and 1896. Golden brown cloth with gilt tile/rules and red/gilt designs to the front and gilt tiles/rules/designs to the spine. This copy is VG+. Exterior textured cloth is clean and rich with modest rubbing to the spine and back ; modest edge wear and at the tips. Inside has neat PO signature, otherwise is unmarked, clear, and tightly bound with minimal toning. Top page edges gilt. 429 pp. Very nice..

New York: Dutton Adult, 1984. Book. VG+. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quarter cream cloth with orange hard cover and gilt lettering to the spine. 241 pp. SIGNED by author on title page. This copy is VG+ in a VG+, unclipped ( $15.95), mylar protected DJ designed by David Gatti. Exterior is rich and clean. Gilt is bright. Outside page edges have modest spotting along the front edge. No noticeable edge, spine end, or tip wear. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound. DJ has minimal wear to top of spine and edges. Scarce signed..

New York: Rinehart& Company, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth with black title label and gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, unclipped ( $5.00) DJ. Edited and with an Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Rinehart colophon on copyright page. First Edition. Frontispiece photo of Stein. Exterior is bright as are black plates and gilt lettering. Just a touch rubbed at spine ends. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight with a small book seller label ( Radio City Book Store) at bottom front paste down.Modest toning throughout.DJ has a bit of general soiling , rubbing, and a 1/2" closed tear at top front spine. .

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint , 1989, so stated. Full number line, First thus. Gray hard cover with blue cloth spine wrap and gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a NEAR FINE, unclipped ($18.95), Brodart protected DJ designed by George Corsillo. Small stray pencil mark to top page edges. Small chip to bottom DJ near the spine. Otherwise pristine. Looks and feels unread..