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Liberace


Thomas, Bob

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 284 pages, black & white photos. Clean, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket

Record # 52653


Price: $12.00 

Lichtenstein in New York: A Pop Art LifeBernardo, Mark P.
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Lichtenstein in New York: A Pop Art Life


Bernardo, Mark P.

Softcover. Albany, CA, Roaring Forties Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. Gray spine with read lettering. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. This book looks at Lichtenstein's life through the lens of New York City, taking the reader to the Manhattan that Lichtenstein knew, from the Prohibition era through the postwar era and countercultural revolution to the well-heeled iconoclasm of the 80s and 90s. It is a fascinating biography of a major but sometimes neglected trailblazer of 20th-century American art.

Record # 471464


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Art of Charles Schreyvogel


Horan, James D.

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 62 pages with b&w images followed by 160 removable illustrations including 36 plates in full color. The first complete biography of Charles Schreyvogel, painter-historian of the indian-fighting army of the American West. Binding a little loose in the back. Dust jacket slightly torn. Otherwise in good condition.

Record # 605058


Price: $58.00 

 

Life and Art of Henry Fuseli, The


Tomory, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 255 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Edge wear, tears to dust jacket, faded patch and piece missing from bottom rear; protected by mylar cover. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Sticker residue inside front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850891


Price: $30.00 

 

Life and Art of William Merritt Chase, The


Roof, Katerine Metcalf

Hardcover. New York, Hacker, reprint, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Biography over one of Americas central Renaissance painters, following him on his journeys around the world: Munich, Venice, London, Spain and Holland as well as New York and California. Beige cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New copy, still in original shrink wrapping. In mint condition.

Record # 605225


Price: $32.00 

 

Life and Art of William Merritt Chase, The


Roof, Katerine Metcalf

Hardcover. New York, Hacker, reprint, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Biography over one of Americas central Renaissance painters, following him on his journeys around the world: Munich, Venice, London, Spain and Holland as well as New York and California. Beige cloth, gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Like new, in shrinkwrap.

Record # 606143


Price: $32.00 

 

Life and Art of William Merritt Chase


Roof, Katherine Metcalf

Hardcover. New York , Hacker Art Books, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages, b&w illustrations. Yellow cloth, no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856895


Price: $25.00 

 

Life and Death of Lenin, The


Payne, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 2nd, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dust jacket worn, Closed tears.

Record # 107451


Price: $18.00 

 

Life and Death of Mozart, The


Levey, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages. Hardcover. b/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, light blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Deckled foreedge. Top edge has a touch of tanning from age and a small drip of soil. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight.

Record # 32212


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen, The


Lasson, Frans and Clara Svendsen

NY, Random House, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Heavily illustrated with black & white photos. 228 pages.

Record # 65328


Price: $31.00 

 

LIfe and Epistles of St. Paul, The: Two Volumes in One


Conybeare, Rev. W. J., Rev. J. S. Howson

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, no date, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 556 pages, with pull-out map and illustrations, gilt title on spine. Corner and edge wear and rub, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, light soiling throughout. Overall, clean and tight copy.

Record # 854453


Price: $30.00 

 

Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe


Fields, ed., Annie

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 406 pages. B/W photograph of bust of Stowe opposite title page. Green cloth covers with gold lettering on spine and front. Very minor foxing on end papers. Excellent condition for age.

Record # 802580


Price: $26.00 

 

Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris, The


Harris, Julia Collier

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , unk, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, ex-lib copy w/ usual markings, b&w Illustrations.

Record # 16266


Price: $13.00 

 

Life and Letters of John Keats, The


Richardson, Joanna

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 1st , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 170 pages, with portraits throughout, marbled covers with gilt title on spine and beige slipcase. Small crease on front cover, otherwise, neat and tight copy.

Record # 854467


Price: $12.00 

Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks -  (3 Volumes)Allen, Alexander V. G.
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Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks - (3 Volumes)


Allen, Alexander V. G.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton , 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes complete, (524, 542, 530 pages plus index), maroon cloth covers with gilt decoration, lettering, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's bookmarks otherwise clean, tight set.

Record # 801519


Price: $40.00 

Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks with Portraits and IllustrationsAllen, Alexander
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Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks with Portraits and Illustrations


Allen, Alexander

Hardcover. New York , E.P. Dutton and Co., 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 542 pages, 2 volumes (of 3). B/W photographs and illustrations. Very little foxing, tissue inserts intact, extremely clean pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front end papers in vol. 2. Gilt top edge, burgundy covers with gold embossed design on front and gold lettering on spine. Both volumes in exceptional condition for age.

Record # 802663


Price: $96.00 

 

Life and Letters of Thomas H. Huxley (2 Vols.)


Huxley, Leonard

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1080 pages. Two volumes. Both hardcover with no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and top edge gilt. Former library stamp on front fly leaf in both volumes. Both clean, unmarked copies. Sepia-toned illustrations throughout.

Record # 470787


Price: $31.00 

 

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley (2 vols)


Huxley, Leonard

Hardcover. NY, Appleton, unk., 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. Brown cloth covers w/ gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Rough-cut pages. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Very clean, tight copies.

Record # 54273


Price: $36.00 

 

Life and Letters of Washington Allston


Flagg, Jared B.

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 805227


Price: $19.00 

 

Life and Letters of Wilder Dwight, Lieut.-Col., Second Mass. Inf. Vols


Dwight, Wilder

Softcover. London, FB & c, Ltd., reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 324 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of original text dated 1868. Clean inside and out. Like new. Civil War officer's life and contributions are brought to light through his correspondence during the war.

Record # 30392


Price: $19.00 

 

Life and Mind of Julian deCordova, The


Levine, Herbert

Softcover. Lincoln, MA, DeCordova Museum Press, 1st, Not given, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Text on Julian deCordova as an art collector; yellow covers, b/w plate, very minor rubbing. Staple wrappers. 16 b/w plates of art pieces and rooms in the collector's mansion. Text on the collector's life, travels, and acquired art. Chronology at back. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 808524


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield, The


McCabe, James D.

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Jones Brothers & Co., 1st, 1880, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 768 pages. Red cloth covers with gilt decoration and stamped black border. Gilt lettering on spine with black illustration. Rubbing and edge wear on spine and corners, and binding slant. Decorated end papers, binding cracked in multiple places, but otherwise complete. Black & white frontispiece, with fine steel and wood engraved illustrations, previous owner's signature on end paper.

Record # 408744


Price: $25.00 

 

Life and Public Services of Horatio Seymour Together with a Complete and Authentic Life of Francis P. Blair, Jr.


McCabe, Jr., James D.

Hardcover. NY, U.S. Publishing Co., 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Black & white portrait engravings, 511 pages. Back cover has severe damage to board with curve to top and waterstain, but pages uneffected and nice internally.

Record # 200274


Price: $40.00 

 

Life and Public Services of Horatio Seymour Together with a Complete and Authentic Life of Francis P. Blair, Jr.


McCabe, Jr., James D.

NY, U.S. Publishing Co., 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 511 pgs, back cover has severe damage to board with curve to top & water stain but pages unaffected & nice internally.

Record # 75033


Price: $45.00 


  
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