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Photo of "Lawrence: prince of mecca"
ROSELER, David. Lawrence: prince of mecca. Sydney. Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927. First edition. 8vo. [8], 227pp, [1]. With a colour portrait frontispiece and a further six black and white illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. Label of the Book Lovers' Library, Melbourne to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21495
Photo of "Lawrence of Arabia the life, ..."
BROWN, Malcolm. Lawrence of Arabia the life, the legend. London. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005. First edition. Quarto. 208pp, Original publisher's purple cloth boards with title lettered in gilt and a dolphin design blind stamped to front, with the photographic dustwrapper. Internally bright though a little marked from damp, also present on the boards and wrapper. Minor shelf- wear to the wrapper and boards. Inscribed to the Williamson family by the author. With various ephemera relating to the book launch, held at the ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 28215
Photo of "Laurels for prinze wittgenstein"
ROELL, Werner P.. Laurels for prinze wittgenstein. Bromley. Independent Books, 1994. First English edition. 8vo. 192pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered gilt, with the original striking black, white and yellow dustwrapper. Nine pen signatures of various airmen to FFEP, with corresponding ink notes to pastedown. Contemporary marketing slip loosely inserted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34301
Photo of "Last poems"
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Last poems. London. Chapmand & Hall, 1862. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 142pp. Contemporary red half-calf, red buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, some surface loss to boards, splitting to joints. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of celebrated poet and playwright Christopher Fry (1907-2005), with his ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19560
Photo of "Last poems"
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Last poems. London. Chapman and Hall, 1862. Second edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 142pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. Upper hinge cracked with board working loose, later ink inscription to head of half-title, occasional chipping to top margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13035
Photo of "Last night but five of ..."
[THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE]. Last night but five of the season...Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This Evening, wednesday, September 26th, 1827, Will be presented, (Seventh Time this Season) the Comick Piece, with additional Songs, called monsieur tonson...After which, (Thirty-eighth Time) the last new Comick Operetta, called lying made easy!...With mozart's celebrated overture to cosi fan tutte.... [London]. S. G. Fairbrother, [1827]. Dimensions 215 x 350 mm. Single leaf broadside. All edges uncut. Some spotting, very short tear to one margin. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21248
Photo of "Last essays"
CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286
Photo of "Last days in new guinea ..."
MONCKTON, C. A. W. Last days in new guinea being further experiences of a new guinea resident magistrate. London. The Bodley Head, 1922. First edition. 8vo. x, 286, [4]. With 54 illustrations, two folding maps, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, blind stamped and lettered gilt. Fore- and bottom-edge untrimmed, top edge once gilt, some leaves uncut. Boards a little marked, lightly toned, nonetheless a sturdy copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31845
Photo of "La saisiaz: the two poets ..."
BROWNING, Robert. La saisiaz: the two poets of croisic. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. First edition. 8vo. [8], 201pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32262
Photo of "L'arco di costantino o della ..."
BERENSON, Bernard. L'arco di costantino o della decadenza della forma. Milano. Electa Editrice, [1952]. First edition. 8vo. 74pp, [16]. With 80 monochrome photographic plates. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in black, dustwrapper. Upper board nearly detached, slight dust-soiling and chipping to dustwrapper. Upper hinge exposed, lightly browned. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To Mason Hammond / with the affectionate / friendship / of / Bernard Berenson / (?) / Dec. 29 / 1952'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14538
Photo of "Laneham's letter describing the Magnificent ..."
LANEHAM, [Robert]. Laneham's letter describing the Magnificent Pageants presented before Queen Elizabeth, at Kenilworth Castle in 1575; repeatedly referred to in the romance of Kenilworth. London. Printed for J. H. Burn, 1821. 8vo. xvi, [2], 114pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final advertisement leaf. Later navy half-calf, brown buckram boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27555
Photo of "La nation boutiquiere and other ..."
LUSHINGTON, Henry. La nation boutiquiere and other poems chiefly political by henry lushington, with a preface. Points of war by franklin lushington. Cambridge. Macmillan and Co., 1855. First edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 87, [1], 16pp. With a half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt to spine. Rubbed and sunned, loss/tearing to spine. Early inked ownership inscription of Emily Butler to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32373
Photo of "L'allegro and il penseroso"
MILTON, John. L'allegro and il penseroso. [London]. The Art-Union of London, 1848. Quarto. [64]pp. With 30 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Cuff brothers of Preston in contemporary dark green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt, dentelles, binder's ticket to FEP, fosed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32514
Photo of "Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance"
MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Fourteenth edition. 12mo. [4], 376pp. With an additional engraved title page and three engraved plates by E. J. Portbury (1795-1885) after designs by Westall. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight-grain black morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional light spotting and ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20404
Photo of "Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance"
MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance. London. Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. Nineteenth edition. 8vo. viii, 397pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further 11 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in later gilt-tooled brown morocco, T.E.G. Spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, plates and engraved title page foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23113
Photo of "La Fontaine's Tales: imitated in ..."
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
Photo of "Knowledge and life"
ARKWRIGHT, William. Knowledge and life. London. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xxix, [1], 180pp, [2]. With a half-title and a portrait frontispiece. Uncut and unopened. Bound for the publisher by Riviere & Son in red crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27561
Photo of "Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love ..."
GEORGE, Christopher [i.e. AMOROSA, John and Anthony]. Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. New York. Vantage Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 82pp. Original publisher's red morocco, lettered in silver, with original publisher's pictorial pink textured dustwrapper. Dustrapper scuffed and marked, flaps taped to pastedowns. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Complimentary Copy to Sir Laurence Olivier from Christopher Lynley George'. Loosely inserted is a typewritten letter in it's original addressed envelope from the brothers expressing their admiration for Olivier: 'I would deem it an honor if you would ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31310