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

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Xiv, [ii], 154 pp. Two b/w plates between preparatory material and text. Limited edition of 350. Beautifully bound in 1/4 leather with dark red calf spine, 5 raised bands with gilt ruling, black spine label, gilt ruling to boards, green and dark red marbled hard covers, all in very nice condition, just a hint of wear. Fresh high quality endpapers and blanks, title page in red and black, text is clean and unmarked with a small bit of age darkening, binding tight. Marbled edges. A lovely copy, heavy for international shipping. In 1895 a box was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Coptic church in Upper Egypt that contained a book, dating from c700-900AD. This was the first known complete Sahidic psalter, the text of which shows how close the modern Coptic psalter hews to the ancient. E. A. Wallis Budge should need no introduction as the flamboyant yet hard working Egyptologist… Read More

London: The Bibliographical Society; the British Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 071235008X . 414 pp. Index of manuscripts; Index of people and places. Illustrated with coloured plates. Octavo. Baby blue dust jacket with medieval manuscript on vellum. Some slight edge curl to the DJ, book itself is clean and unmarked, lovely copy. Prof. Gameson has here described all Canterbury's pre-13th century manuscripts for the first time. Each is illustrated in colour. Highlights range from the oldest copies of the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great's Dialogues and of Lanfranc's gloss on the Epistles, through fine liturgica, to an extraordinary copy of Peter Comestor's Historia Scholastica... ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 414 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. KB8...xxxi, 288 pp. List of works mentioned. Lexicon & index of words treated at some length. Octavo. Cream dust jacket with faint blue image of archaic Chinese. Short tear at the top front flap hinge, small nick at top edge, back DJ flap starting to split from the body but still holding well, some general light age and shelf wear. Book covers are clean and unmarked. Interior paper is a little toned, old neat owner inscript on first free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this groundbreaking work. "...contains in addition to a description of the grammar of Early Archaic Chinese, six Books of the Shu Ching fully transliterated and translated; and reproductions, transcriptions and translations of fourteen major Western Chou bronze inscriptions..." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Xxiv + 147 pps. Index at rear. Frontis plate of John Wyclif. In English with Early English. Dark green cloth with triple blind ruling, gilt to spine, minor shelf wear at extremities. Inside front cover has bookplate of noted WWII spy and proverbs collector Victor de Guinzbourg. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 147 pages .

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 .

Victoria, B. C.: Charles F. Banfield. Fair. 1926. Softcover. Xvii + 126 pps. 10 plates, index at rear. Tan softcover wraps. Book is ex-library with usual interior and exterior marks. Book is otherwise clean with no other marks. Covers show signficant wear along top and bottom. Uncut pages. ; Archives of British Columbia Memoir No. VI; Ex-Library; 10 plates. .

Palgrave MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0230298621 . Xii, 218 pp. Notes, works cited, index. Small octavo. Dark grey hard paper with illustration from Margaret Cavendish. Covers have very minor wear. Interior is tight and clean EXCEPT the introduction has yellow highlighter and ink underlining and marginalia. There is a small amount of ink underlining elsewhere but the blows mostly fell in the first few pages. Otherwise, quite a nice copy. There is a gift inscription on the first blank that appears to be from the author. Priced low to reflect condition but still very usable. ; Early Modern Literature In History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Signed by Author .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0198123140 . 599pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Index. Volume 1 only. Book has navy cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 602 pages .

University Microfilms. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1967. Paperback. + (7) 170 pages +(10) 145 pages, (pages only single-sided and only numbered and counted for one side) contains music stanzas, navy blue covers with white sticker and black lettering on front cover, minor wear to head, tail, edges and corners, spine creased, some pages slightly bent on right-hand side otherwise pages clear and unmarked ; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages .

Munster Westfalen: Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 3402085135 . 342 pp. Indexes. In German. Dark blue cloth witrh dark gilt is clean, white library sticker on front gutter, some sticker remains on spine, interior has normal library marks, otherwise clean. ; Jahrbuch Fur Antike Und Christentum Erganzungsband; Ex-Library; Vol. 12; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 342 pages .

Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Pr. Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0773473327 . KB2 xvii, 574pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Diagram, bibliography and index. Book has yellow and purple cloth covers with yellow and purple text on the covers and spine, picture on the back. Minor wear to head, tail, corners, edges of spine, minor marks on the covers, spine cocked. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Roman Catholic Studies; 9.30 X 6.30 X 1.60 inches; 596 pages .

Rome: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Paperback. xii, 388 pp. Indices. Bibliography. Beige card covers have small old sticker, bit of age and corner curl but still respectable. Interior is clean and unmarked, many pages never separated. ; Orientalia Christiana Analecta; Vol. 198; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages .

Cardiff: University of Wales Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0708317898 . Xvi, 233 pp. Index, bibliography. Glossy black dust jacket with a photo of Thomas has very minor shelf wear. Book itself is clean and bright, one small pencil note on last end paper, otherwise unmarked, very nice copy. The first collection of critical essays on the work of R. S. Thomas since his death in 2000. Nine essays consider the achievement and legacy of one of the great poets of the 20th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages .

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Pub. Good with no dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1858989671 . xv, 464pp + 1 unnumbered page. Tables, diagrams, graphs, appendices, glossary, bibliography and indices. Book has red-brown cloth covers with gold text on the spine. Bumping to head, tail, top corners and bottom edge of back cover, crease on front cover. Text is clear, bright and unmarked. ; 9.30 X 6 X 1.20 inches; 480 pages .

Stockholm: Almquiest & Wiksell Intl. Very Good. 2002. Paperback. 9122019731 . 285 pp. Illustrated with charts and graphs. Gift inscription from the author to a mento on inside front cover. Glossy white and red paper covers are clean, just a hint of wear, interior clean and fresh. Nice copy. ; Lund Studies in Economic History, 19; 8.75 X 6.25 X 0.75 inches; 285 pages; Signed by Author .

Berkeley: University of California Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Softcover. 0520035003 . Vol 1: cx, 640pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Notes. Book has glossy blue covers with white, yellow and black text on the front, white and black text on spine, black and yellow text on the back. Very minor wear to head, tail, bottom edges and corners. Minor underlining and marginalia on some pages, otherwise clear. (752 pages). Vol 2: xxxii, 829pp, lxiv + 3 unnumbered pages. Pagenated 641-1469. Notes, appendices and index. Book has glossy blue covers with white, yellow and black text on the front, white and black text on spine, black and yellow text on the back. Minor wear to tail, bottom edges and corners. Text is clear and unmarked. (928 pages).; 2 volume set; 9.61 X 6.54 X 4.41 inches; 1680 pages .

Leiden: E.J.Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. xviii + 267 pp. Index locorum,verborum,nominum. Illustrated with a plate. In French, most articles in French, one in English, 2 in German. Dark blue cloth with gold and blind ruling is clean, white library spine label. Interior has normal library marks,pocket removed, end papers sunned, otherwise clean and fresh. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Leipzig: Von Wilhelm Diebener. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Second Edition. Cloth. 559 pp. Mit 4 farbigen Tafeln under uber 300 Textabbildungen. 4 colored plates and over 300 text illus. Includes article pasted in at front "der synthetische Smaragd" and booklet pasted at rear "Edel und Schmucksteine". Blue cloth cover is a little worn and faded. Inside there are some ownership stamps but otherwise clean and nice. A heavy book. Schließt Artikel mitein, der in an Front eingefügt wird, „der synthetische Smaragd“ und Druckschrift, die an Hinterseite „Edel und Schmucksteine“ eingefügt wird. Blaue Tuchdecke ist ein wenig abgetragen und hat verwelkt. Innenseite die es gibt einige Eigentumsrechtbriefmarken aber sonst sauber und nett. Ein schweres Buch. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Besancon, France: Universite de Franche-Comte. Good. 2000. Softcover. xx, 90 ff. Bound with paper spine and back cover, clear plastic sheet to front, front cover underneath the plastic is detached. Interior clean and unmarked. Very scarce, the only copy we could find is in the library at the Universite de Franche-Comte, and only the "L" and "M-N" volumes appear to be there. Entirely in French, with medieval French and Latin, of course. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 180 pages .

Besancon, France: Universite de Franche-Comte. Good. 2004. Softcover. vii, 150 ff. Bibliography. Bound with paper spine and back cover, clear plastic sheet to front, title page/front cover is cream card with medieval manuscript. Interior clean and unmarked. Back cover and edges of last few pages have small beverage spill spots, not affecting text. Very scarce, the only copy we could find is in the library at the Universite de Franche-Comte, and only the "L" and "M-N" volumes appear to be there. Entirely in French, with medieval French and Latin, of course. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 300 pages .