Lecomte, Ferdinand.

Guerre de la Prusse et de L’Italie contre L’Autriche et la Confederation Germanique en 1866. Relation Historique et Critique. Avec Cartes et Plans.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Paris, Ch. Tanera, 1868. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 474 pages plus seven folding maps / Vol.2: 397 pages, 73 pages (Annexes) plus six maps. Contemporary full calf. Spine labels with gilt title and volume numbers. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Gilt dentelles. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed along the board edges (see images). Some mildly fading to boards. Edges dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris (‘Castle Pollard’) on front paste down of both volumes. Name of previous owner (in pencil) inscribed. Internally very clean. Appears unread.

Ledwich, Edward.

Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for Arthur Grueber, 1790. c. 25 x 21 cm. (4) [Dedication & TOC], iv [Subscribers]. (4) [Preface], 473 pages, (12) [Index]. Complete with a frontispiece, engraved title page and a further 38 Plates, as listed. One plate in colour. Contemporary tree claf. Red spine lable with gilt title. Gilt lines to spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and weak! Front board barely connected. Front joint and hinge open. Would benefit from rebacking or rebinding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and a few damp stains. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. Despite the weak binding a nice complete copy of the scarce first edition.

Ledwich, Edward.

The Antiquities of Ireland. To which is Added A Collection of Miscellaneous Antiquities.

The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections. Dublin, Printed by and for John Jones, 1803 / 1804. 26 x 21 cm. xxii [blank, frontispiece, engraved title, title page, dedication, preface, subscribers], 526 pages, (14) [Index]. Complete with 40 Plates as listed. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decorations. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Mild age darkening and foxing internally. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page (see notes on Provenance below). Overall a very nice copy.

Leitch Ritchie (text) / Turner, J.M.W. (artist).

Wanderings by the Seine. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. Author of Heath’s Picturesque Annual, Schinderhannes, Romance of French History, &c. With Twenty Engravings from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A.

[First Edition]. London, Paris & Berlin, Longman, Reese, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman / Rittner and Gaupil / A. Asher, ND [1835]. 21 x 13 cm. (6), 256 pages, (2). Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary cloth. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Rebacked in 2024 using original boards and remaining parts of the spine. See images. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Part of original spine missing. Internally mild dust dulled and occasionally damp stained.

Leland, Thomas.

The History of Ireland. From the Invasion of Henry II. With a preliminary Discourse on the Antient State of that Kingdom.

First Edition. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed by R. Marchbank, for R. Moncrieffe in Capel-Street, 1773. 25 x 20 cm. Vol.1: lvi, 387 pages / Vol.2: 516 pages / 664 pages plus 29 pages Index. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Two spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Sound bindings with minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. A few very mild damp stains. Overall a very attractive and clean and complete set. Please review all the images.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim / Johnstone, James.

The Disbanded Officer. Or, The Baroness of Bruchsal. A Comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market.

Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Mess. Byrne, W. Porter, and Jones, 1788. 17 x 10 cm. xiv, (3), pages numbered 18 to 72. New black cloth with gilt title and year (1788) on spine. Binding, as new. Text block age darkened and occasionally nicked. A few pencil annotations.

Lever, Charles.

The O’Donoghue; A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago. With Illustrations by H.K. Brown.

Dublin & London, William Curry, Jun. & William Orr, 1845. 21 x 13 cm. xi, 410 pages. Complete with 26 Plates, as listed. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Pale yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. All Plates age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner inscribed on first blank.

Lever, Charles (Harry Lorrequer) (editor) / Phiz (illustrator).

Our Mess. Tom Burke of “Ours”. Volume First & Volume Second. With Numerous Illustrations on Steel by Phiz.

Two Volumes. Dublin & London, William Curry, Jun. and Company & William S. Orr, 1844. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xi, 372 pages & 24 Plates, as listed. / Vol.2 x, 294 pages & 20 Plates, as listed. Contemporary red half morroco over marbled paper boards. Gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some abrasions (see images). Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste downs. Internally clean but occasionally age darkened / browned.

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.

Livingstone, David.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years’ Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. With Portrait, Maps by Arrowsmith, and numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1857. 22 x 14 cm. ix, 711 pages plus eight pages publishers list. Folding Map in rear pocket. Complete with all Maps, Plans and Illustrations, as listed. Original brown textured cloth. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. Brown end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Both inner hinges cracked. Binding weakened, but holding. Maps and Illustrations in very good condition. No annotations. Overall a very nice, complete copy.