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

Shanghai: General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society of Germany. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Xvi, 250, xlv pp. Frontis plate of E. Faber with tissue guard. Tall octavo. In what appears to be original 3/4 black leather with black shagreen cloth boards, gilt to spine. Spine has been repaired with original cover laid down. Interior has book plate of Sir Edmund Walker (1848-1924) a Canadian banker and cultural philanthropist who was a force behind the founding of the Univ. Of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario and much more. Paper is lightly toned, a small dark smudge at the gutter at the last blank, edges are marbled, clean and unmarked inside, with solid binding. A very nice copy of this scarce title with nice provenance. 1st Edition. , printed at the American Presbyterian Mission Press. With four appendixes, including The Illegitimate States; The Illegitimate Dynasties; The six great chancellors of Ts'in; and Studies… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Good in Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0802092403 . 475 pp. Notes, references, index. Gift inscription by the author on the title page. Grey and white dust jacket has a short tear at top front, longer tear at bottom back, flaps intact, book itself clean and unmarked. ; 8.90 X 6.30 X 1.60 inches; 475 pages; Signed by Author .

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. xii, 412pp + 6 unnumbered pages. Book has brown cloth hardcover with silver text on spine. Dust jacket is grey with brown and red text on covers and spine. Minor wear and marks and sunning on dust jacket. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 1442640596 . xii, 229pp + 7 unnumbered pages. Latin and English languages. DJ is black with light brown and white text on front, spine and back, light brown decorative borders on front and back, pictoral front cover. DJ has very minor wear to bottom edge and corners. Book has dark grey cloth covers with gold text on the spine. Book has very minor wear to bottom corners. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Robson Classical Lectures; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1 inches; 248 pages .

Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Softcover. 9027241058 . xi, 403pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Tables, references. Book has purple paper softcover with purple and black text on covers and spine. Minor wear on covers and spine. Minor highlighting, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Studies in Bilingualism; 8.19 X 5.91 X 0.79 inches; 426 pages .

Weimar: Friedrich Voigt. Good with no dust jacket. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 276 pp. Latin text in bold, German text in fraktur. Original hard boards are dull brown with some minor wear, bump to front bottom corner, original black paper spine label with bright gilt a bit chipped. Spine tips bit worn Interior has stamp from a Czech museum on the inside front cover, book plate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg, the famous proverbs collector. There is moderate normal foxing throughout but otherwise clean and unmarked, sturdy binding. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521382912 . + (22) 487 pages +(3) contains plates, tables, music stanzas, notes, appendices, bibliography and index, dark blue covers with silver lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, ex-library with usual markings including removed spine sticker, otherwise pages clear and unmarked; Cambridge Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 487 pages .

Oxford: The Griffith Institute at the University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. 1st Thus. Hardcover. xi + 41 pp + 60 plates. Frontis plate showing Papyrus 10569 Cols 14-16. Original dark oxblood cloth covers with black are clean, just a hint of wear at spine tips and board corners, back board very slightly bowed out. Interior front and last blank have some foxing, otherwise clean and fresh. First published as an article, this is the first appearance in stand-alone book form. An explanatory introduction , an English translation of the papyrus, a commentary, indexes and then a transcription of the papyrus, an errata slip tipped in. A lovely copy with the small fault of the bowing of the back board, priced accordingly. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

London: Trubner & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. [8], [vi], 225-511 pp. Octavo. Text Vol. I only. With bookplate and extensive annotation throughout by F. L. Woodward. In original 3/4 leather binding with black cloth boards. Leather spine covering is missing, corners are rubbed, hinges cracked. Worn but still relatively sturdy. With the then new logo of Mahinda College "Khippam Vayama Pandito Bhava" on the inside front cover, with Woodward's name, a hand-sketched swastika and male symbol. Paper is a bit browned but otherwise unharmed. Woodward's notes and underlinings are extensive, in blue and red ink, throughout. Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952) was an English educationist, Pali scholar, author and theosophist. Woodward studied and researched on Theravada Buddhism and wrote numerous work based on them. He is admired among the Pali scholars for compiling the vast concordance of Pali canon by translating eighteen of the forty-two… Read More

Aschendorff: Monasterii Westfalorum in Aedibus Aschendorff. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 34020399907 . xxvi, 483pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Latin and German languages. Book has dark green leather on spine, light green decorative paper on front and back, gold text over faded red labels on spine. Minor wear to head and tail, evidence of removed library sticker on spine, corners bumped, minor marks on back cover, Ex-library with stamps and pocket, otherwise text is clear. With inscription by a medieval scholastic scholar and a bookplate. ; Opera Omnia; Ex-Library; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Softcover. 0888440189 . xviii, 224pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Maps, references, bibliography, indices. Book has brown paper softcover with black text on covers and spine. Ex-library with marks on spine and stamps, otherwise text is clear. ; Studies And Texts; 8.8 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 244 pages .

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Pontifical Inst of Medieval Studies. Good with no dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. 0888444125 . Vii, 439-764 pp. Indexes, bibliography, concordance.. Part II only. Colored frontis plate portrait of Basil. Bright yellow card covers are generally clean and nice, spine faded to almost white. Interior has owner name and address inside front cover, otherwise clean and good. These essays commemorating the 1600th anniversary of St. Basil's death have been written by a team of international scholars whose expertise ranges from church history, theology, liturgy, iconography to paleography, philosophy and the humanities. The studies open with a new updated chronology of Basil's life and works followed by an analysis of his writings within the context of his activity as an ascetic and churchman. Since no critical edition is as yet available of his complete works, 4 studies are devoted to the manuscript tradition of his writings in Greek and of all the… Read More

Rochester, New York: Privately Published. Good. 1934. Hardcover. 89 paragraphs/sections - unpaginated. Black softcover. Book is ex-library with usual interior marks. Sticker on spine and pocket inside rear cover. Book is in good condition. Some minor wear along edges. Interior is clean with no non-library marks. Rough cut pages. .

Rochester, NY: George P. Burns Press. Good. 1938. Softcover. 122 paragraphs/sections - unpagianted. Bibliography and index at rear. Black softcover wraps. Book is ex-library with usual interior marks. Sticker on spine and pocket inside rear cover. Book is otherwise in good condition, clean with minor marks inside front cover. Minimal wear. Rough cut pages. ; Ex-Library .

Brescia: Queriniana. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. Third Edition. Hardcover. KB2...545pp + 7 unnumbered pages. Italian language. Notes, bibliographies and indices. Front of DJ says "3", half title says II/1 and the title page says "Parte 1". DJ is grey with white and black text on the front and spine. DJ has minor wear and tears to head, tail, edges and corners, tear to top corner of front cover, minor sunning to spine, minor marks on covers. Book hasgreenish-grey cloth covers with gold text on the spine. Minor bumping to tail and bottom corners, very minor bumping to head and top corners. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552 pages .

Dordrecht: Springer. Good. 2006. Hardcover. 1402039743 . Viii + 309 pp. Edited volume with 18 articles by different contributors. English text. Green hardcover with white lettering. Book is in good condition, with minimal wear. Interior is very clean with no marks. ; Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology; 9.50 X 6.50 X 0.90 inches .

Paris: Chez Delalain. Good with no dust jacket. 1786. Fourth Revised Edition. Leather. [xvi], 312, 280 pp & 593 pp. With half titles. Octavo. In what appears to be the original calf with gilt compartments to the spine, added? Overlaid spine labels with title (faded away) and volume number. Leather covers have some scuffing, corners rubbed, spine tips bit pulled, especially Vol. I. Interiors have some moderate foxing, owner name on title page in black flourished ink, otherwise clean and unmarked. Published anonymously, but Feraud, a French Jesuit grammarian was responsible. "We owe to him the Dictionnaire grammatical de la langue française , Avignon, 1761, of which he gave a considerably enlarged fourth edition in Paris in 1786 (2 vol. In-8 °). The editors of the Library of a man of taste have said of this work, in which the principles of grammar are set out in the clearest and most convenient order, that it is one of the best repertoires ever published in the 18th… Read More

Seattle: University of Washington Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Softcover. 0295975679 . xxvi, 190 pp. Notes, glossary, select bibliography. Text in Persian and English in parallel columns. Plate at frontis. Glossy soft cover with a medieval illustration of two Persian knights fighting. Bit of shelf wear, little curl at the bottom corner, interior is clean and unmarked. ; Publications On The Near East; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Pub. Good with no dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 9004144579 . 1st Thus. xiii + 226 pp. Bibliography, Index. Dark blue hard covers have a few shelf scratches, blue library spine label, interior has library stamp to first blank, otherwise clean and fresh. Nice copy.While there has been substantial scholarly work done on the development of Christian doctrine in the fourth and fifth centuries, very little corresponding attention has been paid to the writing of church history during this critical period. This work examines how authors began to construct the historical narrative of the “Arian” controversy and focuses on the interplay between theology and worshipping communities. Major figures such as Eusebius and Athanasius are examined, and important but overlooked figures such as an anonymous non-Nicene chronicler and Philostorgius are also included.In the introduction the book surveys recent developments in the study of… Read More

New York: Twayne Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0805716157 . xvi, 131pp + 13 unnumbered pages. Signed by author with gift inscription to scholar. Notes, bibliography and index. DJ is glossy olive green with pale green text on the front, spine and back, picture on the front. DJ has minor wear to head, tail and corners. Book has dark red cloth covers with gold text on the spine. Extremely minor wear to head, tail and corners. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8.90 X 5.76 X 0.59 inches; 160 pages; Signed by Author .