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

World Council of Churches. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Paperback. 32 pages + (8) contains photographs, references and maps, red covers with white lettering, some wear to corners and edges, pen mark in top right corner of front cover, some pages heavily underlined but does not affect readability, previous owner's names written on first page ; 32 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Xii + 287 pps. Blue and black DJ. DJ is worn with small tear on front, and several tears on the back. Black cloth boards. Ex-library with single library stamp on front fly page - otherwise in good condition, clean with no other marks. ; Ex-Library .

Medievale. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1967. Paperback. + (4) 156 pages +(4) French language, contains photographs, illustrations and bibliography/index, cream covers with black and red lettering, fading around spine and bottom edges, minor wear to head, tail, spine, edges and corners, pages clear and unmarked; Vol. 10; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages .

Aldershot, Brookfield: Variorum. Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0860786498 . X + 308 pp. Index. Pagination of the essays varies . Frontis photo of Prof. Fraser. Illustrated with formulae and graphs. Octavo. Delft blue cloth with bright gold is clean and nice, just a hint of wear at head and tail of spine. Interior is clean and fresh, good copy. ; Collected Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages .

Milan: Fratelli Treves. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. KB 15... Viii,291, [4]; [2] 323, [4]. Indices at the end of each book. Inscribed on the half title, "roma 15 Oct 1911, a Gino Bandini, in memore affetto, Emilio Piovanelli" Very good chance that is journalist, mason and Junior Mayor of Rome, Gino Bandini (1881-1948). Handsome dark green cloth with gilt ruling with gilt leaves inside the borders, spine has gilt ruling as well. Red polished page edges. Only a few signs of wear on the covers, bit of rubbing to spine tips. Interior floral endpapers, front endpaper has a small book plate "Bandini", else clean and unmarked. The story of the author's trip to Scotland and his look at the customs, history, language and people. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 223pp + 1 unnumbered page. Book has dark blue cloth covers with gold and white text on the spine and gold design on the spine. Wear and small tears to head, tail and corners, covers slightly scuffed, spine cocked. Ex-library with text on spine, stamps and pocket. Minor marginalia and underlining throughout. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. SoftcoverSoftcover. 0521369339 . Xiv, 1035 pp. Biographies, bibliography, indices. Thick octavo. Glossy green soft covers with white ruling, orange type. Covers have a bit of age and shelf wear, interior paper toned, owner name and date on first fep, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1035 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Softcover. 0521000637 . Xviii, 405 pp. Chronology of major philosophers and events; bibliography of major philosophers; bibliography, index. Octavo. Pale yellow softcover with medieval illumination in red, green and blue. Covers have some minor shelf wear, bit of edge curl, interior clean and unmarked. Nice, sturdy copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages .

Cambridge; London, ET AL: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0521044855 . Xxv, 821 pp. Chronological notes, Chronological table, index to maps, index biblical passages, general index. Illustrated with maps and plans, some folding. Leave heavy octavo. Tomato red and black paper dust jacket is a bit worn around the extremities but intact. Book itself is clean and unmarked, very nice copy. This is the 1976 edition, reprinted from 1925. Heavy for international shipping. ; Cambridge Ancient History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 821 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0521302005 . Xvi, 889 pp. Chronological table, bibliography, index. 9 maps, 12 text figures. Large octavo. Dark orange hard cloth binding with bright gilt to spine. Back cover has a small bump and some scuffs. Interior has small owner name in pen on first free end paper, small smudge on contents page and 5 ink check marks on page ix of the contents and ink underlining and check marks in the section Syriac and Greek Culture (Chapter 23a) , otherwise clean and nice. Still quite usable but reduced price due to these flaws. ; Cambridge Ancient History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 889 pages .

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. xii, 334pp + 64pp (catalogue) + 2 unnumbered pages. Book has brown cloth covers with gold text on the spine. Ex-library with sticker and white text on spine and stamps, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. Library rebind with noticeable sewing in gutters. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2015. First Edition. Softcover. 1107625092 . Xii, 284, [iv] pp. Chronology, glossary, index. Octavo. 3 illustrations. Painting of a man reading in field, glossy soft cover, just a hint of normal shelf wear, interior is clean and bright, very nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .

Roma: Archivistici. Good. 1991. Hardcover. 887125029x . 2 volumes. 807 pp. French text. Scarce work. Original lime green softcovers that have been library bound. Books are ex-library with stamps on title pages and stickers inside rear covers and on base of spines. Books are otherwise in good condition very clean with no non-library marks and only minimal wear.; Pubblicazioni Degli Archivi Di Stato. Commissione Nazionale Per La Pubblicazione Dei Carteggi Del Conte Di Cavour; Ex-Library; X X .

Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. Vi, 178 pp. Small octavo. Original Delft blue cloth with black spine title, remains of library sticker on front board, and some library numbers, some shelf wear. Interior has normal library markings including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. This is a stereotype of the Teubner 1926 edition, entirely in Latin. Buecheler's important work on Latin verse inscriptioins with a preface and editing by Lommatzsch. Surprisingly hard to find, except in modern PODs. ; Anthologia Latina, Poesis Latinae Supplementum; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 178 pages .

New York: Blelock and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 524pp + 8 unnumbered pages. Frontis, illustrations. Book has brown hardcover with embossing on covers. Reading copy with binding in poor condition, interior fair. Front cover is dettached, but included. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 532 pages .

Toronto: Progress Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. 98pp. Rare, signed copy by author. Pagenated such that it appears the half-title page may be missing. Book has red and white paper covers with black and white picture on the front and back, white and black text on front, red text on spine, black and red text on back. Wear to head, tail, edges and corners, tears to tail, top, back corner badly creased, minor marks on covers. Pages very slightly browned along edges, minor mark on fore-edge of the textblock. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 98 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0802039510 . KB40...viii, 326 pp. Index. B/W illustrations, maps. Octavo. Dark grey blue cloth with silver gilt is clean, minor shelf wear, interior clean and tight. A nice copy. Examines the encounters between Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries and the indigenous peoples with whom they worked in 19th and 20th century Canadian and overseas missions. Includes essays on Western Canada and the Artic, Canadian missionary presence and its legacy in east Asia, Inda and Africa; and the motives and methods of missionaries as important contributors to Canadian museum holdings of artifacts from Huronia, Kahnawake, and Alaska, as well as China and the South Pacific. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages .

Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 177112153X . KB8...xvii, 371 pp. Bibliography, index. Occasional illustrations. Octavo. Hardcover, white front board with image of praying women and religious symbols. Covers are clean and unmarked, interior is fresh and clean, virtually as new. From the publisher: "This collection of essays explores how women from a variety of religious and cultural communities have contributed to the richly textured, pluralistic society of Canada. Focusing on women’s religiosity, it examines the ways in which they have carried and conserved, and brought forward and transformed their cultures—old and new—in modern Canada. Each essay explores the ways in which the religiosities of women serve as locations for both the assertion and the refashioning of individual and communal identity in transcultural contexts. Three shared assumptions guide these essays: religion plays a… Read More

Bangalore: Current Science. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. 31 pp. Frontis photo of Eugen Goldstein. Illus with figures. Very scarce, printed by Current Science magazine in 1937 with essays on the state of the art science of canal rays (the discovery of which led to the discovery of isotopes). Contributors include Venkatesachar, Heinrich Freiherr Rausch von Traubenberg; Dr. R. Dopel; Dr. B. Dasannacharya; Dr. Rudolf Ritschl; Dr. E. Ruchardt; Dr. F.W. Aston; Dr. J.D. Cockcroft, with a short essay on Eugen Goldstein (1850-1930). Library buckram blue cloth binding is shelf worn and a bit faded, spine gilt is bright. Library stamps and pocket (for some reason, the library classified it under Zoology!), frontis tissue guard is ripped, paper generally bit browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; Third Printing. Cloth. Xix + 534 pp + ads. Index. 38 plates, 14 text figs. The 3rd printing of this seminal book. Octavo. One of the earliest studies of environmental factors in cancer promotion, although Dr. Brainbridge also looks at other factors, treatment, prognosis, research, etc. The author spent 10 years researching and took many trips around the world to study the dreaded disease. "In attempting to meet this need (for a central source of information about cancer) , the magnitude of the undertaking has been more and more fully realized as the work of collecting and formulating the data has proceeded. It has been neesswary to touch upon practically every phase of the cancer problem, to state theories, to emphasize facts, to review the work and opinions of those who are qualified to speak with authority, and to maintain throught an attitude of suspended judgment pending proof." Green cloth cover with gilt to… Read More