La Roche de Maine, J.-P.-L. Luchet und marquis de:

Le Vicomte De Barjac ou Memoires. Pour servir a l’Histoire de ce Siecle.

Two volumes in One. A Dublin, de l’imprimerie de Wilson, et se trouve a Paris, chez les libraires qui vendent des nouveautes, 1784. 13 x 8.5 cm. 166 and 163 pages. Two half-titles and two title pages (see images). Contemporary tree calf. Red spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscription on title page (see image). A very nice clean copy.

Lady Heath [Sophie Mary Pierce-Evans] / Stella Wolfe Murray.

Woman and Flying.

First Edition. London, John Long, Limited, 1929. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 223 pages. With 16 Photos on 12 Plates – as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Mildly foxed throughout. Please review all the images.

[Lamb, Charles], Walton, Izaak, [Defoe, Daniel].

The Essays of Elia. / The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson. / Memoirs of a Cavalier. The Essays of Elia. First & Second Series / / Memoirs of a Cavalier, or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England, from the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.

London, Edward Moxon, A. Bell, J. Osborn, W. Taylor and T. Warner, all 1840. 23 x 14 cm. TP, iv, 94 / TP, vi, 80 / TP, vii, (2), 107 / TP, (4), 96 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Speckled edges. Very good condition.Front board detached. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Internally clean.

Langton, Neville.

The Prince of Beggars.

Third Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., [1925]. 19 x 12 cm. vii, 224 pages. Original green cloth with black title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear to book. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket has a few tears and minor paper loss to the spine. Gift plate glued to front paste down. Very neat, dated 1925.

Las Cases, Comte de.

Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène / Journal de la Vie Privéé et des Conversations de l´Empereur Napoleón, a Sainte Hélène. Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, ou journal ou se trouve consigné, jour par jour, ce qu’a dit et fait Napoléon durant dix-huit mois.

Two sets of four volumes each. Brussels & London, De L’Imremerie de H. Remy / Chez Henri Colburn et M. Bossange, 1822/23 & 1823. 350, 330, 319 & 324 pages / 361, 345, 314 & 304 pages. With folded plans and maps. See images. Uniform paper covered spine and corners over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Note the two sets are slightly different in size. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Castle Pollard’) on front paste downs. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / dust dulling, otherwise internally clean.

Leeming, David [Spender, Stephen

Stephen Spender. A Life in Modernism.

First edition. London, Duckworth, 1999. 24 x 16 cm. XV, 288 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Leon O Broin.

Emmet.

Dublin, Sairseal Agus Dill, 1954. 18 x 12 cm. 271 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with silver title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

[Lewis, Wyndham] Symons, Julian.

The Essential Wyndham Lewis. An Introduction to his work.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1989. 24.2cm x16cm. IX, 380 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lichtenstein, Rachel / Sinclair, Iain.

Rodinsky’s Room.

First Edition. London, Granta Books, 1999. 24.2cm x 16cm. 338 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Original newspaper-clipping associated to the story is attached to the rear endpaper and pastedown.

Livingston, Peter.

Poems and Songs. With Lectures on the Genius & Works of Burns and the Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, and Letter on Sir John Franklin, and the Arctic Regions.

Tenth Edition. Dundee, Printed by J. Pellow, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 137 pages. Dark brown blind decorated cloth. ‘Poems &c’ in gilt on front board. Professionally repaired with new decorated end papers in 2017. Good condition. Binding repaired, new end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped, stained and worn. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed. A few stains and minor paper loss to some corners.

Lonsdale Margaret / Tutin, Dorothy et al.

Sister Dora Collection. A small collection of printed materials relating to Sister Dora consisting of Margaret Lonsdale’s book ‘Sister Dora. A Biography’ (1880 Edition), A commemorative brochure, edited by Dorothy Tutlin (1978), Six early 20th century post cards, two stamp first day covers (1978 & 1982), a newspaper article and an old mounted photgraph of a ‘Presentation to Sister Dora’ in June 1873. All items can be seen in attached photographs.

Lord Alfred Douglas.

The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1929. 21 x 17 cm. (4), 340 pages. Complete with 8 Plates, as listed. Original blue textured cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. Rebacked in 2024 using the original board and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Sound binding (rebacked). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Lord Byron.

The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron [Selected]. With an Introduction by Mathilde Blind.

London, Walter Scott, 1886. 17 x 12 cm. xvi, 346 pages. Six pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth with paper label on spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine label age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small section cut out from publishers list page 1. Bookseller stamp on front paste down. The Camelot Classics.

Lord Home.

The Way The Wind Blows. An Autobiography by Lord Home.

First Edition. First Printing. London, Collins, 1976. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 320 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A clean copy. Inscribed by the Author on the Title Page.

[Lord Kitchener] Arthur, George.

Life of Lord Kitchener.

First Edition. 2 volumes (of 3). London, Macmillan and co., Limited, 1920. 22.9cm x 15.2cm. Vol I: XXVI, 326 pages / XI, 413 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lord Macaulay.

Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. Authorized Edition.

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. viii, 850 pages. Black and brown half calf. Gilt vignette of Queen’s University Belfast on front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Five raised bands. Blind decorations on spine and boards. All edges speckled. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped, mildly stained. Edges age darkened. Front hinge opened. Front free end paper lost two corners. Internally mildly foxed and age darkened. A few annotations in text. Binding sound, but a few pages lose.

Lucas, E.V.

The Colvins and their Friends.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 22 x 15 cm. x, 365 pages. With a frontispiece and 25 other Illustrations. Original red cloth with with paper label on spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped, partially faded. Front hinge opened, but binding holding. Internally some foxing and age darkening, mainly to the end papers and the first and last few pages of the book. Bookblock internally bright and clean.

[Ludwig II of Bavaria] Blunt, Wilfrid.

The Dream King – Ludwig II of Bavaria. With a Chapter on Ludwig and the Arts by Dr Michael Petzet.

New York, The Viking Press, 1970. 25.4cm x 20.5cm. 264 pages. With 41 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lynch, Rev. P.M.

Lessons from the Life of an Irish Priest of the old School.

Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1907. 18 x 12 cm. 36 pages. With a B&W photo. Original paper wrappers. Soft cover. Stapled. Very good condition. Staples corroded, leaving stains. Paper age darkened. Stapm with name of previous owner on front cover. Internally clean.

Lysaght, Charles Edward.

Brendan Bracken. A Biography by Charles Edward Lysaght.

First Edition. London, Allen Lane, 1979. 23 x 15 cm. 372 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good; inside very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.