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

Brepols. Very Good. 1996. Paperback. 2503504221 . 318 pp. Illustrations. In French. Introduction, traduction et notes par Frederic Amsler, Francois Bovon et Bertrand Bouvier. Textes apocryphes chretiens traduits et presentes par l'Association pour l'Etude de la Litterature apocryphe Chretienne. Bright red clossy soft covers have just a bit of shelf wear. Interiors clean and bright.; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Toronto: Lyricalmyrical Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 22pp + 14 unnumbered pages. Chapbook. Book has a white paper softcover with blue text on front cover. Some threads on back cover are broken, slight marks on covers. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages .

Havana: Editorial Letras Cubanas. Good with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 409pp + 7 unnumbered pages. Spanish language, bibliography, index. Book has cream paper softcover with yellow and black text on covers and spine, illustration on front cover. Marks and wear on covers and spine, corners are bent, wear and marks on textblock. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages .

Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het nabije oosten. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Softcover. 9062584101 . 1247pp. French language, illustrations, bibliography, index. Books have grey paper softcovers with blue text on front cover and spine. Covers have slight wear, tears on outer hinge of volume 1, corners slightly bent, slight marks on textblock. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1247 pages .

Erfurt: Melchior Sachse the Elder. Good with no dust jacket. 1539. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of a very uncommon early Carthusian German woodcut book, edited by Jodocus Hessus, It contains two portraits of the Carthusian Bibaut. The other 4 full-page illustrations represent the crucifixion, “ecce homo”, and Christ crowned with thorns, all by an anonymous German artist (they are sometimes attributed to Hans Brosamer). The book is a collection of sermons by Bibaut, a Carthusian prior-general (d.1535), edited by Hess, with a selection of sermons by him and his poem on the founding of the Carthusian order.This handsome post-incunable is in good antiquarian condition. Small 4to. 206 leaves. In later half calf with morocco spine label, marbled boards and newer marbled endpapers. Some mild wear and scuffing to the leather and marbled paper. Interior has bookplate indicating that the book was owned by Charles H. Hackley, philanthropist of Muskegon, Michigan, before it… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802027695 . Xlii, 325 pp. Index. Large octavo. Beige paper dust jacket with brown bust of Mill is intact and nice, very faint shelf wear, a few very short edge tears just starting. Book itself is clean and fresh. Good copy. Vol.32 only. ; Collected Works of John Stuart Mill; Vol. 32; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 325 pages .

Louvain: Librairie Universitaire. Good. 1938. First Edition. Paperback. viii + 352 pp. Index, bibliography. In French with a fair amount of Latin. Grey card covers are bit sunned at top edge and spine, corners a little bumped, small scar to front cover. Interior has small ink mark on first blank corner, pages never separated, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

London: George Bell. Fair with no dust jacket. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. ads + xii + 220 pp + ads. Entirely in Latin. cum Praefatione Cuilelmi Wagneri. Original black cloth with typical blind stamped decorative design, corners bit bumped, spine gilt still legible, joint splitting at front, interior paper browning, otherwise clean and unmarked. Dobree was an English classicist and in these two volumes (only one volume included here) are his notes on various classical authors, including Plutarch, Thucydides, Isocrates, etc. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Firenze: Leo S. Olschki. Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 8822235673 . xxix + 364 pp + Piano Editoriale. In Italian with Latin. Cream hardcovers with black and red have just a bit of wear at corners, library tape at bottom spine, interior has normal library markings but no pocket, otherwise clean and very nice. Includes Indice dei Manoscritti; Indice delle Opere di Egidio Romano; Indice degli Incipit; Indice dei Nomi, Delle Opere Anonime e delle Cose Notevoli; Indicie delle Voci Bibliografiche; Glossarietto Italiano-Francese; Indice Generale; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 9004060545 . ix, 115pp + 3 unnumbered pages. English and Ancient Greek languages, bibliography, indices. Book has brown cloth hardcover with gold text on front cover and spine. Minor wear on covers and spine. Ex-library with stamps and pocket on back pastedown, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 9004060545 . ix, 115pp + 3 unnumbered pages. English and Ancient Greek languages, bibliography, indices. Book has brown cloth hardcover with gold text on front cover and spine. Minor wear on covers and spine. Ex-library with stamps and pocket on back pastedown, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888441266 . Vii, 248 pp. Index, bibliography, references. Octavo. Bright red cloth with brilliant gilt, just a hint of wear, interior virtually as new, clean and crisp. Introductory material in English, else in Latin. Also included is a discussion of the Latin grammar and vocabulary of the commentary and the usual description and evaluation of the manuscripts. Very nice copy. ; Studies and Texts; Vol. 126; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .

Lipsiae (Leipzig): In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Good with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Aeschinis Orationes: xxviii + 230 pps. Index. Preface in Latin, Text in Ancient Greek. Andocidis Orationes. Published 1880. xx + 124 pps. Index + Addenda. Preface in Latin, Text in Ancient Greek. Green marbled boards are rubbed, marbled paper coming away from board at small spot in rear, blue cloth spine with paper label is sunned and stained but sturdy. Interior end papers have some ghosting of old notes, text clean and unmarked, binding strong. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New York: Interbook. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. KB 9. xii, 140pp + 6 unnumbered pages. Photographs, map, bibliography. Book has black and white paper softcover with white text on spine. Creasing on spine, wear on covers and spine, very slight rip on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages .

Toronto: ECW Press. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550222457 . 179, [i] pp. Notes. 53 colour plates some folding, 31 duotones. Large oblong octavo. Glossy white dust jacket with brown and red image is clean and intact. Book itself is also clean and fresh, front board has a slight concave storage bend, otherwise very nice. This is NOT one of the numbered copies. Dust jacket is G+, book itself is VG-. After Geometry is the first extended study of the abstract art of Claude Tousignant. James D. Campbell offers new biographical information on and insights into the man who has been des- cribed (by David Burnett and Marilyn Schiff in Contemporary Canadian Art) as making "among the most striking statements on the nature of painting. ”; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .

Toronto: Simon & Pierre. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889242720 . 94 pp. Signed to a friend by the author on the title page, with an invitation to the book launch tucked in. Brown paper covers with b/w photo is clean and nice, slightlest bit of corner curl to top corner, small crease at bottom edge. Interior clean and bright, first few pages have a small bit of curl at top corner, otherwise very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Signed by Author .

Firenze: G. C. Sansoni. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Softcover. KB2 211pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Italian language. Notes. Book has thick, white paper spine and thin grey-green paper covers with black and blue text on front, black text on back and hand-written black text on spine. Thick, white cardstick repair on spine and spine edges, wear and tears to edges and corners, corners creased, browning to edges of pages. Previous owner wrote on first page, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. Pages have deckled edges. ; Biblioteca Di Lingua Nostra; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages .

Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 1554470145 . Signed on the title page by the author. Brown French paper wraps are clean and bright, book itself is beautifully designed and executed, clean and fresh, a lovely copy in a typically beautiful Gaspereau edition. The author's 8th collection of poetry . ; 7.90 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 137 pages; Signed by Author .

Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. 0226622819 . Xvii, 196 pp. Bibliography. Index of West Semitic words. Octavo. Dark blue card wraps with black blind ruling are clean, minor shelf wear, spine a little sunned. Interior clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. ; Assyriological Studies; Vol. 19; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .

Praha: Euromedia Group. Good in Good dust jacket. 1999. Paperback. 8024202522 . 8 [68] , oblong quarto measuring 9 x 11". In Czech. Cream and black paper wraps over clear card covers, with beautiful black and white reproductions of Paderlik's sketches of a female nude -- they look like pen and ink with a black wash. DJ has a bit of wear, chip and tear at spine head and top back. Creamy, heavy paper, each page is double/uncut so that each sketch is on it's own page. Interior clean and unmarked. The sketches were completed in 1971 and apparently published then by Odeon, reprinted beautifully in 1999. OCLC 45372587. Also included with the book is a gallery catalog, Prague 2001, of an exhibition of Paderlik's work. Very hard to find. ; Knizni Klub; Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall .