Laver, James.

Royal Progress. A Pageant of Regal Travel. Painted by John Leigh Pemberton.

First Limited Edition printed on mould-made paper. No. 53/550. Signed. London, The Curwen Press for Shell-Mex and B.P. Limited, 1953. 31 x 25 cm. 36 pages with 13 tissue guarded colour plates, some double-paged. Original cloth with large paper plate glued to front board. Gilt title on spine. ER2 decorated end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. cloth binding cockled on rear board. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some of the tiisue guards worn and folded. Paper label on front paste down: ‘Presented to Field Marshal, the Viscount Alanbrooke, Coronation Year 1953’. Losely inserted card ‘With Mr. C.M. Vignoles’ Compliments. Shell-Mex House, London.’

Laver, James (Editor) / Goetz, Walter (Illustrator).

Memorable Balls.

First Edition. London, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. 28 x 21 cm. xi, 116 pages. Colour Plates. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust age darkened. Internally clean.

Lawrence, D.H.

The Ship of Death and Other Poems.

London, Faber and Faber, 1941. 19.2cm x 12.8cm. 80 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition for its age with minor external wear.

Lawrence, Starling.

Legacies: Stories.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 243 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new.

Lazell, James D. Jr.

This Broken Archipelago. Cape Cod and the Islands, Amphibians and Reptiles. Photographs by Martin C. Michener.

New York, New York Times Book Co., 1976. 16 x 24 cm. 260 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. Good condition with minor signs of usage and slight foxing on the dustjacket. Some small tears and discolourings on the spine. Inside very clean.

Le Clerc, Sebastian.

Exercises for Free and Accepted Masons. Being A Treatise of Architecture. By that Excellent Master thereof Mon’r. Sebastian Le Clerc, of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Paris. In Two Hundred Plates. Published Monthly, Pl. XX for March MDCCXXIII. Translated by Mr. Chambers.

London, Sold by Mr. Bateman & Mr. Taylor et al. 1723. 20 x 13 cm. vii, 40 text pages interspersed by 20 numbered Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Old inscription by previous owner. Name of previous owner on Title Page, dated 1765. See images.

Le Fanu, Sheridan.

The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O’Brien. A Tale of the Wars of King James. With Illustrations on Steel by Browne.

Illustrated Edition. London, George Routledge and Sons, ND [c. 1880]. 22 x 14 cm. vi, (2), 342 pages plus publishers list. Complete with 22 Plates. Original dark red cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally age darkened with occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on title page. See images.

Le Mesurier, Rev. T. / Faber, George et al.

A General Vindication of the Catholic’s Remarks on the Intolerant Charge of Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, to the Clergy of his Diocese. with appropriate Animadversions on Three Illiberal Replies etc.; containing also some cursory observations etc. etc. (see title page for full title).

Dublin, Printed for R. Coyne, 1808. 20 x 13 cm. 68 pages, (3 pages ‘Preface’), pages 71 to 97 ‘Remarks &c. Disbound book section without boards. Very good condition. Age darkened and thumbed.

Le Prince, Jean Baptist (artwork) / Abbe Chappe (artwork) / McIntyre, Archibald (engraver).

[A Collection of Engravings showing Habits & Dresses from Various Countries]. [Unknown Title and Publisher – No Title Page].

No publishing Information. c. 1790-1800. 21 x 13 cm. 35 engraved plates. No title or text pages. Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front board detatched. Dust dulled throughout. First three pages with edgewear and minor losses, not affecting the engravings. See images.

Leadbeater, Mary / Edgeworth, Maria (Notes and Preface).

Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.