Search Results: Authors starting with L from Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB

[Venezia]: (Dalle stampe del cittadino Isidoro Borghi a S. Samuel), 1797. Self wrappers. Very good, cropped closely with loss of a few letters at the top of second page, spine split at tail, faint foxing, with the number "3" inked in first page.. 4 pp. 16mo. An anonymous attack on the brothers Contarini, a powerful Venetian family during the fall of the Venetian empire, by Giuseppe Albertani, a lawyer. Of them he says: "And could you have seen them without horror, without indignation? Where are the laws? Where is the Public Vigilance: Where is the Criminal Justice?.... equally despised in the old, who in the new Government may impose order with impunity; violate the maxims; to attack the Public tranquility?" The Contarini's responded with their own pamphlet the same year "Libertà. Virtù. Eguaglianza. Verità resa nota alli fratelli Contarini ... ed al pubblico," attributing the first work to Albertini. Rare. None at auction. OCLC locates only two copies: Univ. Conn and BN France.

[Chicago]: Published by Ludowici-Celadon Company for Distribution Among the members of the Architectural Profession, 1929. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy.. 15 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w photos & 1 measured drawing. Sm. 4to. Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

New York: Golden Press, 1960. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. A very good copy with a bit of wear to head of spine in a very good edgeworn dust jacket.. 213 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos and drawings. 4to. Based on the author's "A Pictorial History of the American Indian (1956)".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy with very light foxing on top edge and endpapers in a very good+ dust jacket with two small tears.. xxi, 246 pp. 8vo. Winfield Townley Scott, ed. and intro.

Paris: Payot, 1933. First edition. Three quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Near fine copy with very minor scuffing on backstrip, leaves just browning. A beautiful binding.. 327 pp. pp. Illus. with 2 b/w graphs. 8vo.

New York: New-York Mirror, 1833. First edition. Self wrappers. Spine reinforced else a very good copy.. [337-344] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings. 4to. First page dedicated to a metal, sculptured by A.J. Mason, presented to Lafayette, with a large engraving of the metal with the images of Washington and Lafayette below a partial globe mentioning America and France, toped by a huge eagle. The medal was presented to Lafayette, by L.W. Stevens, M.L. Smith, and J.M. Catlin on behalf of the the Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Artillery, National Guard. It was sent to James Fennimore Cooper in Paris, who presented it to Lafayette. Letters from all three parties make up the bulk of the text on page 1.

Paris: chez Saugrain pere, quai des Augustins, au coin de la rue Pavée, à la Fleur de Lis. Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, imprimeur du Roi, rue S. Jacques, à la Bible d'Or, 1733. First edition. Modern full speckled calf to style, five raised bands, red morocco labels, gilt rules and titles. A very good copy, small repair to title page on volume I, some occasional browning, a few tiny marginal worm holes and a few small marginal chips, text and plates sharp, in a fine period-style binding.. [8], xxiv, 616, [47], [1] pp; [2], 693, [89], [2] pp. Illus. with 14 engraved plates (including frontis, 1 folding) and 1 folding map. 4to. A history of the Portuguese explorations of the 15th and 16th centuries. The world map delineates the voyages of Vasco da Gama, Cabral, and Magellan. Though best known for his 'Mœurs des sauvages amériquains,' Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), a Jesuit missionary and discoverer of ginseng in North America, also wrote this two volume history which "is not just a… Read More

Madrid: n.p., 1947. Offprint. Stiff paper wrappers. A very good copy neatly bound, several leaves with owner's stamp.. 12 pp. + plates. Illus. with 14 b/w plates and 3 plans. Sm. 4to. Publicado en "Arte Español", número correspondiente al tercer cuatrimestre de 1947.

Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Nacional, 1929. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with large chip to spine heel, small tear to spine head, leaves browning.. 141 pp. Sm. 4to. Administration of Law. Thesis at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Chile. . OCLC shows one at BN Chile.

[Paris]: [A. Hennuyer], 1882. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A very good unopened (uncut) copy in a plain paper wrapper with paper label.. [397-436] pp. Sm. 4to. Extrait des "Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie", 2e série, T. II.

Paris: Typographie A. Hennuyer, 1874. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A very good- copy in plain paper wrappers, edgeworn and quite soiled; contents clean.. 20 pp. Sm. 4to. Extrait de la "Revue d'anthropologie", n° 1, 1874.

Paris: Typographie A. Hennuyer, 1874. Offprint. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good- copy with scattered foxing, in a plain paper wrapper. 36 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text drawings. 8vo. Extrait de la "Revue d'anthropologie", 1874.

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1907. First edition. Quarter tan calf over cream muslin boards, gilt title, silk bookmark sewn in. A very good copy, spine rubbed, light soiling on boards, text and plates sharp, binding tight.. xxxvii, 203 pp. Illus. with 63 color plates. 4to. The most important and complete work on the subject for nearly one hundred years, surpassed only by Geoffrey de Bellaigue's 2010 work.

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1905. First edition. Quarter tan calf over linen boards with embossed red and gilt monogram of Edward VII, silk bookmark sewn in. A very good copy, boards rubbed with some darkening, mostly to rear cover, offsetting on tissue guards, plates quite fine and bright, binding tight.. xx, 200 pp. Illus. with 47 b/w plates. 4to. An important collection of French and English furniture.

Tokyo: Kenkyusha Printing, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A good solid copy with sticker residue on spine and stamp from the "Library of S. S. Taiyo Maru" on endpapers and title.. xii, 224 pp.; xxx [adv]. Illus. with 48 b/w photos. 8vo. Cover title is "Secrets of Japan Through Indian Eyes." Interesting item from the Library of the S. S. Taiyo Maru, a Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) liner. She was sunk in 1942 by the submarine USS Grenadier.

Paris: Masson et Cie, Éditeurs, 1909. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A very good copy.. 6 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w photos. Sm. 4to. Extrait de L'Anthropologie, no. 1, Janvier-Février 1909.

(China): Guangtung Academy of Paintings, 1986. n.ed. Cloth. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. 32 pp. Illus. with 32 color photos. Sm. 4to. Inscribed by the author. Paintings by the biotech scientist and artist.

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1872. Nouvelle edition. Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles. Endpapers tones, foxing to edges, edge at head of spine chipped, still a very good nicely bound copy.. 265 pp. 12mo. New Orleans book binder's ticket on front pastedown. In French. Lamartine (1790-1869) was a member of the Romantic Movement, chiefly known for his poetry. We have a number of books similarly bound.

Buenos Aires: República Oriental del Uruguay, 1921. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ copy.. 22 pp. 8vo.

Kuala Lumpur: Printed for the MBRAS by Printcraft, 1961. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled with some edge wear, contents near fine, plates and maps fine.. 248 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w plates and 9 figures (incl. 5 folding maps, 2 in rear pocket). 8vo.