Larry D. Laster Rare Books & Antique Art



All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1837 VR item #1049037
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$3500.00
A New Work Of Animals: Principally Designed From the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phadreus; Containing 100 Plates. Drawn from the life and etched by Samuel Howitt. London: Edward Orme, 1811. Covers bound in full black Morocco leather, expertly re-spined with brown leather with five raised hubs and six compartments, gilt-decorated. All fore-edges gilt. Front hinge starting at top and bottom, otherwise some extremity wear but quite handsome overall. The interior is toned with foxing...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1837 VR item #953570
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$2000.00
Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi & P. W. Tomkins from Original Pictures Painted for the Work by William Hamilton. London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1807. Folio Edition of 236 pages with ten full-page plates and a full-page frontispiece as well as five half-page plates of stipple and line engravings. Re-bound in full leather in the 1920's, retaining the original decorative leather covers overlaid on the re-bound covers. The laid paper end-papers were also re-bound at the same time...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #337242
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$1650.00
With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday. First Edition. London: Macmillan and Company, 1876. Morrell Binding, with original covers--bound at rear. In Slipcase. Excellent Condition.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1910 item #953554
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$1500.00
The Shakespeare Head Press. Stratford-On-Avon, 1904. Limited Edition of 1000 copies; this is #991. Bound in 3/4 navy morocco leather and cloth with gilt ruling on covers and spines. Lettered and decorated in six compartments with five raised hubs. Fore-edges are untrimmed and the top edges are gilt. There is wear to the extremities and the corners are bumped; some hinges are weak or starting to tear. The back hinge of Volume 8 is broken and amateur repairs are apparent...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #913978
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$1250.00
16 Volume Set, including History Of The Reign Of Philip The Second, King Of Spain (3 Volumes); Charles The Fifth (3 Volumes); Conquest Of Peru (2 Volumes); Conquest Of Mexico (3 Volumes); Ferdinand and Isabella (3 Volumes); Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (1 Volume) and Life Of Prescott (1 Volume). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1868...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1700 item #1049025
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$1250.00
Les Edicts Et Ordonnances Des Tres-Chrestiens Roys, Francois I, Henry II, Francois II, Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV & Louys XIII; Quatriesme Edition, In Two Volumes. Vols. I & II 1304 pages plus 63-page Index. Paris, 1627; Chez Jean & Estienne Richer. Both Volumes bound in full tan Morocco leather with gilt ruled and ornamented covers and spines with five raised hubs and six compartments. All fore-edges gilt...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #769838
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$1000.00
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American Edition with all points noted as First Printing: With "heron" on Page 27 Line 9, "in the moon" on Page 32 Line 11; "Wahonomin" on Page 39, Line 11 and Page 268, Lines 11 and 14; "Dove" on Page 96, Line 7; "cooed the Omemee" on Page 278, Line 17; and with the 'n' present in "one" on Page 279, Line 6. Rebound in a 3/4 rd morocco leather and signed by Stikeman & Co. with the original brown cloth covers bound in at rear...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #1048880
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$950.00
London: John Bell, 1788. Many engravings throughout. Vol...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1837 VR item #962132
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$950.00
Complete in Fifteen Volumes. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. Bound in full green morocco leather; blind and gilt-tooled on covers and spines in signed bindings by Cedric Chivers. There is some light wear to the extremities with Vols. XI and V having light chipping at the spine top and scratches on the front cover of Vol. XI. Otherwise, a very attractive set. Interiors are tight and clean except for some foxing and toning focused at the first few and last few plates. Residual signs of past boo...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1837 VR item #725880
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$950.00
Alten Und Neven Testaments Duach Doctor Martin Luther, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Johann Bar, 1819. Printed in America, note the scarce decorative gilt binding. Bound in full original mottled calf, with gilt tooling on front and rear covers, with the spine divided in seven compartments by six raised hubs; missing clasps. Very nice condition; 14 3/4" tall.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #351295
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$950.00
Tyrnaviae: Typis Collegii Academici Soc. Jesu., 1762. Book is in good condition overall, with only typical aging wear.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #612383
Larry D. Laster Old & Rare Books, Art & Antiques
$850.00
London: W. Faden, 1749. Untrimmed copy, rebound in brown cloth. Collates complete; misnumbered pages 441-450, but text complete; pages 399-430 are worm-holed, not affecting text; pages 471 and 473 have margin tears not affecting the text. 11 1/4" tall.