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LEE, Henry. Poetic impressions. A Pocket Book, with scraps and memorandums. Including the Washing Day, Ironing Day; Brewing Day; Quarter Day; And Saturday. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1817. First edition. 12mo. [2], x, 187pp, [1]. With half-title. Uncut in original publisher's paper boards, recently rebacked in brown paper. Slight tear to head of spine, a trifle marked. Lightly foxed and dust-soiled, overall internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title-page; 'With the author's compts. to / Mr. Gould Read'. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 15386
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[LEEDS THEATRE]. The leeds theatre...Miss fitzpatrick and miss acosta Having to depart for London To-Morrow, the Lesse begs to announce their last appearance, In their favourite characters in "The Love Chase" and "The Honey Moon," consequently these Two beautiful & popular Comedies will be performed tis Evening... Leeds. Mann, Printer and Stationer, [1846]. Dimensions 190 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased, slight chipping to margins. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21379
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LEE, Alfred. The empire of music and other poems. London. William Pickering, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 31pp, [1]. Unopened in original publisher's burgundy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30451
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LECONTE DE LISLE. Poëmes antiques. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, 1874. Édition nouvelle [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. [4], 310pp, [2]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers bound in. Minor shelf-wear. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of novelist and poet George Meredith's (1828-1909) to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25400
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LECONTE DE LISLE. Poemes barbares. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, [s.d., c.1890s] [6], 368pp, [2]. With a half-title.

[Bound uniformly with:] LECONTE DE LISLE. Derniers poemes. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, [s.d., c.1890s]. [8], 315pp, [1]. With a half-title.

12mo. Attractively bound by P. Affolter in contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces, spine richly gilt. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17438
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LE CARRE, John. The Night Manager. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 443pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. Flat signed by the author to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28379
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[LE CAMUS, Antoine]. Abdeker, ou l'art de conserver la beauté. [Paris]. [s.n.], l'an de l'Hegyre 1168 [i.e. 1754] First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [4], 7-155; 234 [i.e. 134]pp. Later gilt-tooled calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1774-1836), with her gilt monogram to head of spine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32696
Photo of "The arrest of arsène lupin"
LEBLANC, Maurice. The arrest of arsène lupin. London. Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First Eveleigh Nash edition. 8vo. 277pp, [10]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered gilt, with the pictorial onlay intact. Worn; bumped and marked, with some tearing and chipping to the sunned spine, where the gilt is entirely faded. Toning to endpapers and page block, light foxing throughout and to edges. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30038
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[LEATHAM, William Henry]. A traveller's thoughts; or, lines suggested by a tour on the continent. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837. Third edition. 124pp, [2]. With a half-title.

[Bound with:] [LEATHAM, William Henry]. The victim. A tale of the "Lake of the Four Cantons." London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. 68pp, [2]. With a half-title and a tipped-in errata slip.

[And:] [LEATHAM, William Henry]. Sandal in the olden time. An historical poem. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839. 106pp, [2]. With a half-title. With ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 21038
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LAWSON, John. Orient harping: a Desultory Poem, in two parts. London. Printed for Samuel Lawson, 1821. Second edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 227pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Without lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Thomas Merrett to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21863
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LAWSON, John. The maniac, with other poems. London. Printed for Samuel Lawson, 1821. 12mo. [4], ii, 95pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, later naively rebacked in cloth. Extremities worn and marked. Hinges exposed, later book-label of Robert Barr and partially erased ownership inscription to FEP, foxed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21862
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LAWSON, Henry. In the days when the world was wide and other verses. Sydney. Angus and Robertson, 1896. Third thousand. 8vo. 234pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32439
Photo of "The hill o' dreams"
LANYON, Helen. The hill o' dreams. Dublin. Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1909. First edition. 12mo. 32pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, some marking to boards. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked initials to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22210
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LANE, E[dward] W[illiam]. Forty-One Eastern Tales and Anecdotes. London. Dean and Son, [1854]. First edition. 12mo. 216pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 33 engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in twentieth century green morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24993
Photo of "Poemata et inscriptiones: novis auxit"
LANDOR, Savagius. Poemata et inscriptiones: novis auxit. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis Edvardi Moxon, 1847. First edition. 12mo. [4], 352pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, wear to head and foot of sunned spine. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30554