3721. Todorov, Tzvetan.

Littérature et Signification.

Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1967. 15 cm x 21 cm. 118 pages avec quelques non-numérotées de l’editeur. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3722. Dickens, Charles.

Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

Later Edition of the original 1857 – edition. London, Chapman & Hall, 1889. 23 x 15 cm. XIV, 625 pages with thirty-nine engraved plates by H.K.Browne. Hardcover / Original dark green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Recently professionally repaired binding with new endpapers but also the original endpapers retained and the original Exlibris mounted to pastedown. Excellent condition after restauration. Ex-Libris (dated 1915) of sporting specialist Hugh McCausland on front endpaper. A lovely late-nineteenth century copy of Dickens’ classic novel. Manuscript entry in ink by McCausland: “Some of the illustrations in this book are probably reproductions of those by Phiz in the 1st edition”. An important, society-critical Dickens Novel, still highly relevant.

3723. Hubbard, Elbert.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers – Aristotle. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into a book by The Roycrofters, at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, MCMIV.

New York, The Roycrofters, 1904. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 22 pages. A variety of advertisements for Roycroft products and services at the beginning and end of publication. Original Softcover. Hand stiched with silk. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition of this fragile publication / Only minor signs of external wear. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers (Vol. XIV. March, 1904. No.3)].

3724. Seton-Thompson, Ernest.

Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds and Three Birds.

First edition, first impression. London, David Nutt, 1901. 14.5 x 20.5cm. 360 pages, with over 200 drawings. Original embossed hardcover with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Spine slightly faded only. Very sturdy, firm condition.

3725. Various.

Living For Music: A Reader’s Digest Anthology.

First Edition. London and Cape Town, The Reader’s Digest Association, 1969. 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 96 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3726. Buckley, Richard Woods.

Living German.

First Edition (Bilingual). London, University of London Press, 1957. 12 cm x 19 cm. 317 pages. Some illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3727. Keene, Donald.

Living in Two Countries. Edited with Notes by Masanori Toyota.

Tokyo, Asahi Press, 1987. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 113 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3728. Clancy, Tom.

Living the Word: Reflections on the gospels of the three-year cycle.

Dublin, The Columba Press, 1996. 13 cm x 21.5 cm. 217 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3729. Hartmann, Philipp Carl / (Hartmann, Filippo Carlo).

Lo Spirito dell’ uomo nei Suoi Rapporti colla Vita Fisica dei Professore Hartmann. Versione dall ’ originale tedesco di Giovanni Castagna (this edition is signed by Giovanni Castagna).

First italian edition. Tomo primo and secondo (complete in one volume). Firenze, Magheri, 1836-1837. 8°. LXXX, 212, XVI, 292 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition.

3730. Grass, Günter.

Local Anaesthetic. Translated by Ralph Manheim.

New York, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Octavo. 284 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First US edition of this novel narrated from a dentist’s chair. Fine in dust jacket with review slip laid in. Signed by Grass. Dustjacket Illustration after a painting by the author.