241. Kozer, José.

La Garza sin Sombras.

Signed First Edition. Barcelona, Edicions del Mall, 1985, 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 158 pages. Softcover in a protective mylar dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author. [Llibres del Mall; Sèrie Ibèrica].

242. [Kredel, Fritz] Raspe, Rudolf Erich.

The Singular Adventures of Baron Munchausen. A Definitive text. Edited, with an Introduction, by John Carswell and illustrated by Fritz Kredel.

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1952. 25cm. XLI,175 pages. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout in colour. Original hardcover in protective covering (Mylar). Lower spine missing. Otherwise excellent.

243. Lao She [Shu Qingchun].

The Drum Singers. [The rare english Translation]. Translated by Helena Kuo / Illustrated by Shi Guoliang.

Hong Kong, Joint Publishing Company (JPC), 1987. Octavo. XII, 254 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

244. Le Clerc, M.E.

Mistress Beatrice Cope or Passages in the Life of a Jacobites Daughter.

London, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. No date (c.1900). 13 cm x 19 cm. 335 pages. Original hardcover Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some wear along cover-edges. Browning and spotting of page-edges. Binding slightly strained in places but intact. Clean inside.

245. [Le Clezio, J.M.G.] Martin, Bronwen.

The Search for Gold – Space and Meaning in J.M.G.Le Clezio.

Dublin, Philomel Productions, 1995. Small Quarto (19.5 cm x 21.5 cm). 214 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !!

246. [Lehmann, John] / [Liddell Hart, Adrian] / [Harold Acton] / [Manuscript Postcards from Lehmann to Liddell Hart].

Provenance: From the personal library of Adrian Liddell Hart / Collection of three personal autograph/manuscript-postcards from John Lehmann to Adrian Liddell Hart, together with 28 Volumes of John Lehmann’s “New Writing”, some bearing the name of Adrian Liddell Hart, including Volume I (includes George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” in second edition). Besides the 28 Volumes of Lehmann’s “New Writing”, the collection also includes: 1. John Lehmann’s personal copy of Sean O’Faolain’s “Vive Moi!” – An Autobiography (First Edition, London, Rupert Hart-Davies, 1965), with John Lehmann’s name on the front free endpaper and some markings in the text. / 2. John Lehmann – Pleasures of New Writing – An Anthology of Poems, Stories and other Prose Pieces from the pages of NEW WRITING. Edited by John Lehmann. (First Edition, London, John Lehmann, 1952). [Even though this Volume is also from Liddell Hart’s library, it bears a different name of a pre-owner on the half-title].

Mixed Editions. 30 Volumes. London, John Lehmann / Allen Lane – Penguin Books / Rupert Hart-Davis, 1940-1965. Octavo. [The Postcards written from Venice, Florence and Santa Barbarabetween the years 1952 and 1977 / Postcard I: From John Lehmann in Venice to Adrian Liddell Hart: “This city does not boast a supply of the “Sunday Dispatch”, and as the writer was gripped and enthralled by the last installment on June 1st, he hopes you will keep copies of the …for him to read on his return in ten Days time – J.” / Postcard II: From John Lehmann in Florence to Adrian Liddell Hart: “Am staying with [Sir] Harold Acton here in his marvellous Villa – calme luxe [″Villa La Pietra”], all night……pity, you aren’t with me. Off to the sea this afternoon – may post this in Porto Ercole. Your old friend is relaxing. Gracefully – Love J.” [Date hard to decipher, possibly in 1962] / 3. Postcard III: From John Lehmann in Santa Barbara in California to Adrian Liddell Hart: “Terribly sorry to hear about the broken leg, may it mend quickly, as surely it must undo the ministrations of Florence …..Nightingale. I expect to be in England all March, but then off again – to Jimmy Carter Country – Love J.” [20.2.77]. Hardcover and Softcover. Of the series of 28 Volumes of the “New Writing ″ Series, only three with stronger signs of wear and in poorer condition. All others in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Lehmann’s personal copy of Sean O’Faolain’s Autobiography with the original dustjacket in poor condition but the Volume itself very good.

247. [Lehmann, John] Pasternak, Boris.

Gruzinskie Liriki [Georgian Lyrics / Georgian Poetry].

First Edition. [Moscow / Moskva], Sovestii Pisatel, 1935. Octavo. 136 pages. Original Hardcover / Original blue illustrated cloth. Binding firm and with the original endpapers in very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Covers slightly dusty. Interior very clean. This is the copy of english poet, editor and publisher John Lehmann, with his signature to the endpaper (juxtaposed to the halftitle).

248. Leskov, Nikolai Semyonovich (Lyeskov, Nikolai Semyonovitch).

The Steel Flea. Translated from the Russian of Nikolai Semyonovitch Lyeskov by Isabel F. Hapgood.

Boston, Privately printed for the Company of Gentlemen Adventurers at The Merrymount Press, 1916. 8°. VII, 94 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with the very rare, plain publishers-dustjacket. Near fine condition. Uncut and mostly unopened, very fresh copy of this rare edition on hand-made-paper. No.67 of only 300 numbered copies. Scarce in the dustjacket.

249. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

250. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room scenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

251. Lind, Jakov / [Harold Brodkey Association].

The Inventor.

New York, Braziller, 1988. Octavo. 144 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this work composed in English. Inscribed / signed by Lind to American novelist Harold Brodkey.

252. Linklater, Eric.

A Year of Space: A Chapter in Autobiography.

London, The Reprint Society, 1954. 13 cm x 19 cm. 319 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Contains stamp by previous owner.

253. Lothar, Ernst.

Heldenplatz. Roman.

Erste Auflage. Cambridge, Schoenhof Verlag, 1945. 14,5 x 19 cm. 406 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Blaues, originales Verlags-Leinen mit Rueckenvergoldung. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Der Einband in festem, durchsichtigen Glassine-Umschlag (abnehmbar).

254. Lowry, Malcolm.

Lunar Caustic. Traduit de l’anglais par Clarisse Francillon.

Paris, Julliard, 1963. 8°. 116 pages. Broché. Exemplaire No. 292. Trés bon état. / Fantastic condition of this rare edition in french. [Collection “Les Lettres nouvelles”]

255. Lowth, Robert.

[On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews] De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum : Prælectiones Academicæ Oxonii habitæ a Roberto Lowth, et poeticæ publico prælectores; nunc episcopo oxoniensii. Subjicitur Metricæ Harianæ brevis confutatio: et Oratio Crewiana.

Editio Tertia, emendatior. Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Imprimatur, J. Browne, Vice-Can. Oxon], 1775. 13 cm x 22 cm. (8), 515 pages plus 11 pages Index and Errata. Original Hardcover / Beautiful 18th century calf with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and the wonderful original marbled endpapers. With the original spinelabel. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This edition printed on excellent paper with no foxing !

256. Lucian / Lucian of Samosata [Tiberius Hemsterhuis Edition].

Luciani Samosatensis Opera – Graece et Latine – Ad editionem Tiberii Hemsterhusii et Ioannis Frederici Reitzii accurate expressa, cum varietate lectionis et annotationibus. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae.

Ten Volumes (complete) / 10 Volumes (complete). Biponti [Zweibruecken], Ex Typographia Societatis, 1789-1793. Octavo (13.4 cm wide x 20 cm high). Ten Volumes with c. 4500 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering and golt ornament to spine. Armorial supralibro on covers of each Volume. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

257. Lucretius Carus, Titus / [Epicurus] / Creech, Thomas.

T. Lucretius Carus, Of The Nature of Things, In Six Books, Translated into English Verse; By Tho[mas] Creech, A.M. late Fellow of Wadham College in Oxford. In Two Volumes. Explain’d and Illustrated with Notes and Animadversions ; Being a compleat System of the Epicurean Philosophy.

Two Volumes [complete set]. London, J.Matthews for G.Sawbridge, at theThree Golden Flower de Luces [The Three Fleur de Lys] in Little Britain, 1714 Octavo (13 cm wide x 20.4 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Lucretius, [This famous Frontispiece shows Lucretius pointing to the casus, the downward movement of the atoms] surrounded by Nature, Unicorn and Elephant,[This portrait by dutch engraver Michael Burghers], [36], 424 pages / Volume II: [3], pagination continues with pages 425 – 822 plus [5] pages of an “Alphabetical Catalogue of the Names of the Authors, as well Antient as Modern, cited in the Notes on Lucretius”, plus [28] pages of an “Alphabetical Index of the Principal Matters contain’d in the Text of, and Notes upon, Lucretius”, plus [1] page of an Errata Leaf. Hardcover / Original, tooled full leather with new spine-labels in teh style of the 18th century. Both Volumes in protective Mylar. Last 125 pages of Volume II with a minor, faded dampstain. Very minor signs of wormhole-damage in the pouter margins of a few pages only. Otherwise the interior in very good and bright condition. Bindings firm and only with very minor signs of fragility in the gutter. A stunning set of this rare work. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

258. [Mac Liammóir, Micheál / Ó Conaire, Pádraic] O’ Neill, Eamonn.

The Woman at the Window and Other Stories. Translated from the Irish of Pádraic Ó Conaire by Eamonn O Neill. New Edition – With Illustrations by Micheál Mac Liammóir.

Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, no year [c. 1931]. Octavo (15 cm x 22,5 cm). Frontispiece, 127 pages. Original Hardcover with original, beautifully illustrated dustjacket in protective Collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Privately inscribed on the endpaper “For Jim – Christmas 1947”. A very unusual condition of this amazzing publication.

259. MacCarthy, Bridget G[erard].

The Whip Hand – A Comedy in Three Acts.

9th edition. Dublin, James Duffy, 1965. Small Octavo. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

260. Mahon, Derek.

Against The Clock [Signed and Inscribed by Derek Mahon].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press (Gallery Books), 2018. 8°. 79 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. First Edition in MINT condition. Signed and Inscribed by Derek Mahon: “for Peter with best wishes – Derek, Dec. ‘18”.