Search Results: Authors starting with A from Leaf and Stone Books

Nancy: Joan. Bapt. Cusson. Good with no dust jacket. 1714. Leather. 221 pgs, original blanks. Sigs A6-T6. 32mo (4" x 2.5") (10.5 mm x 6 mm) in 6. What appears to be original calf binding, 4 raised bands to the spine with gilt in the compartments, classically French. Corners are rubbed, joints are cracking with some loss of leather but threads/binding holding strong. Interior verso of last endpaper has old brown ink notation but otherwise unmarked. Some copies have a frontis piece, this one appears never to have had it bound in. Title page with IHS in a rose, each page with a ruled border, head pieces at each of the 4 books. Paper is clean and strong. This lovely little Imitation of Christ was obviously loved but cared for. Jean-Baptiste Cusson (1663-1732) originally worked in Paris but came to Nancy in 1711 where he printed many devotional books. He especially loved the Imitation of Christ and printed it numerous times, especially after the 1721 edition, a tradition carried on by… Read More

Paris: Societe D'Edition. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Softcover. L, 197 pp Notes complementaires. Octavo. Text in Latin, else French. Salmon paper covers with Les Belles Lettres she-wolf have some corner curl, bit of minor chipping, spine is sunned, back cover has old sticker marks. Interior half title has a stain at upper gutter, corner of that page is cut off, otherwise clean and unmarked, sturdy. Very usable copy. ; Collection Des Universites De France Serie Latine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages .

Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1405113820 . KB57...xviii, 806 pp. Subject & Key names Index. Large heavy quarto. Glossy white dust jacket with red/black designs. DJ has minor shelf wear, first flap has a storage crease. Book itself is clean and tight. A nice copy, heavy for international shipping. ; Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 806 pages .

Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 2503050697 . Kb60 ... CV, 500 pages. Introduction in English, all else in Latin. Appendices, bibliography. Orange-red cloth cover with gold text on front and spine, small gold image on front, small embossure on the back. Head bumped, small dark spot on spine and back cover. Interior clean and bright. Nice copy. ; Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaeualis; Vol. 206; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 500 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2007. Paperback. 0521699428 . xii, 318pp + 6 unnumbered pages. Tables, bibliography and index. Glossy blue and yellow covers with white, blue and yellow lettering on the front, spine and back. Front cover has picture in the background of spheres on tiles. Book covers have very minor wear on the corners, tail and front bottom edge. Textblock and text is clean and unmarked. ; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.70 inches; 336 pages .

Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Paperback. + (8) 63 pages +(1) Greek, Latin and German languages, grey covers with black lettering, two creases in front top-right corner, evidence of removed price sticker, edges and spine lightly browned, minor writing on spine, wear to head and corners, pages clear, unmarked and some uncut; Kleine Texte Fur Vorlesungen Und Ubungen; Vol. 182; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages .

Ladysmith, Quebec: Ladysmith Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. 0919556191 . 39 pp. Scarce work. White softcover with black figure on front cover. Book is in fair condition, clean with no interior marks. Covers are somewhat faded with some faint marks on front cover. Hinges cracking. ; 39 pages .

Boston: George Adams. Good with no dust jacket. 1846. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [16], 248, 40, 24 pp. 24 pages of ads at the rear. Octavo. Brown paper hardcover ads with brown cloth spine. Covers are age darkened and spotted, corners and edges rubbed, spine cover starting to split away at bottom and top joints, but still holding. Inside front cover has a green ad pasted down, first free endpaper has a beautiful signature of George White & Co, with his address in Boston. Interestingly, White has an entry in the directory of residents where it indicates that he sold West Indian goods, but there is not business listing under West Indian Goods (which does, indeed, have it's own section). Text is somewhat browned, some foxing and occasional spotting throughout, foxing is worst at the back where the ads are, perhaps from the glue used for the rear pastedown, otherwise clean and unmarked. A wonderful survivor, quite scarce in commerce, a fascinating piece of 19th century American… Read More

Llandybie: C. Davies. Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0715400460 . 181pp + 11 unnumbered pages. English and Welsh languages. Notes, plates. DJ is cream with green and black text on the front and spine, black text on back, designs on front, spine and back. DJ has minor wear to head and top corners, sunning to top edge, price clipped and covered in protective mylar. Book has dark blue cloth covers with gold text on the spine and back. Minor wear to head, tail and corners, minor sunning to top edge. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 181 pages .

Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison. Good with no dust jacket. c1896. Second Edition. Hardcover. 404 pp. No date but c1896. Illustrated with 24 black and white plates. Condition is fair-good. Original dark red cloth covers have general wear, some rubbing, cloth has a few ripples, spine gilt faded but still legible, bit of wear to spine head and tail. Some black marks on the bottom edge of the text block. Interior has a gift inscription on the first blank dated 1913, paper is browned but everything is present and clean. Fascinating accounts from Christian missionaries from all over the world. Places or people visited include: Cree Indians, South Africa, BurmaCameroons, Tahiti, Fiji, Namaqua Indians, Greenland, Malanesia, China, Polynesia; Chippewa Indians, Alaska Indians, Hawaii, Samoa, , Madagascar, Bengal, Hottentot people, Uganda, Bedouin Arabs, Jamaica, Siberia, Australian Aborigine, Japan, Laplanders, Jerusalem Jews, Cambodia, and many more. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 404 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888441592 . Viii, 91 pp. Initia canonum; Index of subjects. Octavo. Dark red hard covers with medieval image of monks reading the law. Covers have only very minor shelf wear, interior is clean and tight, very nice copy. An implicit edition with introductory study. Intro in English, else Latin ; Studies and Texts; Vol. 159; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 91 pages .

Springer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2016. Hardcover. 3319328433 . Xvi, 216 pp. Index Bibliographies at end of each article. Some illustrations. Octavo. Glossy dark blue hard paper covers are clean, slight bit of bumping to bottom corners, interior clean and tight, virtually unopened. ; Water Security In A New World; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Oxford: Palgrave Macmillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0333551842 . xv, 243 pp. Index. Glossary. Illustrated with plates, charts and figures. White dust jacket with blue has a few small curls and edge chips, interior clean and unmarked, except for a gift inscription signed "Jeremy" on the first blank. ; St Antony's Series; 260 pages; Signed by Author .

Migoda, Ceylon: D. S. Puswella. Fair with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. [12] 154, [50] pgs. Index. Original soft cloth covers in dark cream buckram with red. Covers are soiled, worm holes throughout spine. Interior front and first few pages have extensive worming at the center gutter, front board starting to separate at bottom gutter (outer cloth not separating) , contents a bit proud and leaning forward, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Quite scare first edition of this scholarly history of buddhism in Sri Lanka. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

New Dehli: Lancer International. Good in Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0836414497 . viii, 328pp. Tables, diagrams. DJ is white with dark brown and orange text on the front, spine and back. DJ has wear and tears to head, wear to tail, edges and corners, very minor marks. Book has black cloth covers with white text on the spine. Book has minor bumping to head and tail, minor sunning along bottom edge. Minor underlining and marginalia throughout. 1988 Reprint edition.; 8.50 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 336 pages .

Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. KB54...xi, [iii], 632 pp. Corrigenda et Addenda. Octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Spine cover faded. Some minor shelf wear to corners and extremities, front top corner slightly bumped. Interior is clean and unmarked except a small German bookseller sticker and small date stamp on the inside back cover (1970). Preliminaries in Latin, else Greek. Third volume of revised edition (1st, 1928) of the 5 volume Byzantine Suda, an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. ; Lexicographi Graeci; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 632 pages .

Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. KB54...xi, [iii], 740pp. Corrigenda. Octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Spine cover faded. Some minor shelf wear to corners and extremities. Interior is clean and unmarked except a small date stamp on the inside back cover (1971). Preliminaries in Latin, else Greek. Second volume of revised edition (1st, 1928) of the 5 volume Byzantine Suda, an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. ; Lexicographi Graeci; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 740 pages .

Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 3519042339 . KB54...xxx, [ii], 549 pp. Octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Spine cover faded. Some small bumps and shelf wear to corners and extremities. Interior is clean and unmarked. Preliminaries in Latin, else Greek. First volume of the 1971 edition (1st, 1928) of the 5 volume Byzantine Suda, an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. ; Lexicographi Graeci; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 549 pages .

Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. KB54...xii, [iiii], 864 pp. Corrigenda et Addenda. Octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Spine cover faded. Some minor shelf wear to corners and extremities. Interior is clean and unmarked except a small date stamp on the inside back cover (1973). Preliminaries in Latin, else Greek. Fourth volume of revised edition (1st, 1928) of the 5 volume Byzantine Suda, an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. ; Lexicographi Graeci; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 864 pages .

London: Jones & Co.. Good. 1833. Hardcover. 526 pp. Colored frontis with view of the House of Lords, hand-colored title page with a view of the Bay of Naples and 9 other hand-colored plates. Dark green calf leather with gilt double ruling. Spine in compartments with blind decoration as well as gilt, two red labels, one with title and one with "Vol. II." Gilt edges and edge dentils. First free end paper torn out, some foxing especialy near the plates but otherwise clean and unmarked, nice and sturdy. Gorgeous plates in this sumptuous biography. Vol. II, complete in and off itself, only. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 526 pages .