Lathrop, Elise.

Early American Inns and Taverns.

First edition. New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. 24 x 16,5 cm. XXI, 365 pages with 90 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front hinge cracked.

Laurentius Heisterus [Heister, Lorenz].

Compendium Anatomicum Totam Rem Anatomicam Brevissime Complectens Editio Quarta Prioribus Longe Auctior At2ve Emendatior.

Two volumes in bound in one. Norimbaergae [Nuremberg], Georg. Christoph. Weberi, 1736. 20 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page vol.1 with title vignette, (2) [Dedication], xxvi [Prefatio], 205 pages, (2)[blank], title page vol.2, 190 pages, (38) [Index], nine folding plates [Tab I to Tab IX]. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Five raised bands. Red speckled edges. Binding very worn with material losses to spine and spine ends. Joints and hinges cracked. Small paper losses to end papers. (see images). Internally in very good condition. Occasional mild browning and small damp stains, otherwise very clean.

Lavater, John Caspar (author) / Holcroft, Thomas (translater).

Essays on Physiognomy. for the promotion and the knowledge and the love of mankindtranslated into English by Thomas Holcroft.To which are added one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater, and memoirs of the life of the author.

Second Edition. Three Volumes in Four. London, Printed by C. Whittingham, 1804. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: cxlvii, 242 pages & 96 Plates / Vol.2: TP, (2) [TOC], 324 pages & 114 Plates / Vol.3: TP, (4) [TOC], 272 pages & 62 Plates / Vol.4: pages 273 to 399 & 152 Plates , followed by ten pages Index. Counted 424 Plates in Total. Uniform quarter green morocco over paper covered boards. Rough cut edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / browning. Overall a very nice set.

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 Brocquy, Louis.

Louis le Brocquy and his Masters. Early Heroes Later Homage.

First Edition. Dublin, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, 2007. 27 x 23 cm. 94 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Small close tear and mild rubbing to back of the dust jacket. A very nice copy.

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.