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

Montecassino: Pubblicazioni cassinesi. Good in Good dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 888256276x . 130 pp. 2 indices at rear. 14 color plates of manuscripts and folia. Italian, Latin, and Greek text. Navy blue DJ in good condition. Encased in plastic and taped to inside of covers. Book is ex-library with stamp on front fly page and sticker inside rear cover. Very usable copy. ; Biblioteca Cassinese I; Ex-Library .

Udine: Societa' Filologica Friulana. Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. KB1. 241pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Italian language, index, map. Book has cream paper hardcover with brown text on covers and spine. Wear on covers and spine, slight bumping on head and tail, slight wear on corners. Bookplate on front pastedown. Ex-library with stickers, stamps, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages .

Florence: Giunti. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Limited Edition. Leather. 8809034724 . An oversized folio leather clamshell box (46 cm, 18") a booklet of 213 pages, and 72 plates, loose in the box. Limited edition of 998 of which this is 492. This is a beautifully printed reproduction of the timeless works by da Vinci and his circle collected in the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, including the famous image of the Vitruvian Man and the Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk (probably a self-portrait of da Vinci) , among many others. The drawings consist of 26 works by da Vinci, 33 from his school, and 13 by other sources, all printed on handmade paper. Accompanied by a well-researched book of 213 pages, and housed in a magnificent folio leather box with gilt titles. Condition of the set is good. The box has very minor shelf wear and the booklet is in very good condition. Five of the plates have remains of mounting tape in the margins of the verso, one has a short scar into the… Read More

Florence: Giunta Barbera. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Limited Edition. Leather. A limited edition of 998 of which this is 452. An oversized folio leather clam-shell box, with an explanatory booklet of 103 pages, and with 50 leaves with facsimiles of Leonardo's and his circles work, beautifully printed recto and verso on handmade paper. The works of Leonardo -- including his earliest known drawing -- and of his circle, collected at the Uffizi in Florence. Includes 11 drawings by the master himself, as well as 39 by his students. The works are in pen and ink, chalk, pencil, and silver-point. Condition is very good. The handsome leather box has minor scuffs and shelf wear, the prints are clean and lovely and of beautiful uality. OCLC 908554359; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Pisa; Roma: Fabrizio Serra. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2016. Softcover. 8862278527 . KB24...186, [3] pp. Tall octavo. Entirely in Italian. Bright marigold dust jacket over dark blue card covers. Covers and DJ are very clean, interior clean and nice as well. Good copy, hard to find. ; Biblioteca Della Rivista De Letteratura Italiana; Vol. 24; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages .

Roma: Bardi Editore. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 8885699057 . 121 pp. 34 figures, most color. Index at rear. Italian text. Navy blue softcover. Book is in very good condition, very clean with no marks. Very faint wear on corners. With business card, signed by author. Loose sleeve errata page inside front cover. ; 9.29 X 6.61 X 0.47 inches .

New York: Springer. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0387902619 . Xiv, 172, [ii] pp. Ads. Bibliography, indexes, list of Bienayme's publications. Illustrated with tables and equations. Octavo. With the name and address of Ian Hacking, historian of science, in the front and and a very few of his (presumably) marginalia in the text. Chrome yellow cloth covers have some shelf soil and wear, spine is sunned, corners a little bumped and rubbed, interior otherwise clean and sturdy. Very usable copy with a nice provenance. ; Studies In The History Of Mathematics And Physical Sciences; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages .

Palermo: Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani. Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Softcover. 112pp + 4 unnumbered pages. Italian language. Glossary, index. Book has grey paper covers with black and red text on front, black text on the spine and back. Minor wear and bumping to the head, tail, edges and corners, sunning to spine, minor crease to back cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Biblioteca del Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani; Vol. 5; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages .

San Francisco: Open Skull Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. [8] unnumbered leaves, including title. Stapled pamphlet bound in pale blue wraps with bright red and blue silk-screen by T. L. Kryss. Covers a little sunned, some slight edge curl at top corners. Interior is clean and unmarked, bit faded, some slight curl at top edge, otherwise good. Limited to 250 copies. ; Silk screen; 16 pages .

Palermo. Good. 1989. Softcover. 2 volumes. XLI + 541 pp. Glossary and index at rear of volume 2. Latin and Italian/Sicilian text. Brown softcovers. Both are in good condition. Faint mark on front cover of volume 1. Both works have slightly bent corners/edges. Interiors are clean with no marks. Uncut pages. ; Collezione Di Testi Siciliani Dei Secoli E XV. 18 & 19; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Trieste: Edizioni Quasar. Good in Good dust jacket. 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. KB34...x, 596 pp. Illustrated throughout with small b/w images of various gambits, at the rear with full page plates. Octavo. Limited edition of 500, with handwritten note from the author saying "Copie no. III/XXX" from the author's collection. Also signed on the first free end paper with a gift inscription from the author, BlaOck dust jacket with medieval image of a man writing a book with a chess board. On glossy heavy paper, heavy for international shipping. Small bit of normal shelf wear on the dust jacket, book corners are very lightly bumped, author's marks, two pages folded in storage, otherwise clean and unmarked. Scarce! In Italian or Latin. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 596 pages; Signed by Author .

Cesena: Badia De Santa Maria Del Monte. Good with no dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 8898104030 . KB24...507, [3] pp. 49 colour plates. Entirely in Italian. Large octavo. Bound in parchment coloured hard paper covers. Covers are clean and unmarked, interior is clean and unmarked. There is a bump at the fore-edge which shows on the boards and on the top edge of the last 1/4 of the book, otherwise as new. Hard to find. Heavy for international shipping. ; Italia Benedettina; Vol. 29; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 507 pages .

Vatican: Mostra Documentaria. Good. 1985. Softcover. 163 pp. Index at rear. Italian text, with some French, German, English, and Spanish. White softcover with color image of seal on front cover. Glossy pages. Book is in good condition, very clean with no wear or marks, save interior library marks on title page. Ex-library with stamp on title page as well as emboss on title page. ; Archivo Segreto Vaticano; Ex-Library; Ex-library with stamp on title page as well as emboss on title page. .

Toronto: Coach House Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Softcover. Small folio, unnumbered pages, back to back issues, one printed upside down. Cream stiff paper covers with multiple different coloured images of Mr. Planter Peanut. Covers show normal shelf wear, spine a bit darkened. Interior has some minor signs of wear, a few sheets from Coach House inserted. Includes pieces by Bowering, Copithorne, Cull, Fawcett, Fisher, Gardiner, Gilbert, Harmonic, Greenhow, Hogg, Kearns, Landell, McKinnon, Poole, Wah, Wayman. The art section includes a riff on a funeral for dead letters, a section on nude butts, and another on people eating bananas. Quite scarce piece of Canadian counter culture from Coach House. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Milan: Associazione Editoriale Libraria Italiana. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, 396 pp. Original stiff paper wraps are a bit grubby with some chipping and wear at extremities, top of spine cover just starting to lift with small lack at back top hinge. Interior has a mark from an old paper clip, and title page has a couple of check marks, otherwise clean and unmarked. Pages never separated. In Italian and English. A list of the Italian exhibitors at the 1928 NY book fair, with a paragraph on each firm's history. The second part of the book is a list of all the items exhibited. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 396 pages .

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Xiii, 409 pp. Frontis portrait plate plus 10 maps and plans, including folding map at end. Small octavo. First Canadian edition. Original mid brown cloth with two red/blue flags crossed on the front cover. Spine darkened, normal shelf soil and dust to the covers. Interior corner of first blank has a short tear, paper a little toned, but otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages .

Leiden; New York; Koln: E. J. Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 9004101683 . KB58...xxvi, 373, [i] pp. Index. Frontis portrait of Burns. Octavo. Turquoise green cloth with gilt to front cover and spine. Covers show very slight bit of shelf wear, interior clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. All essays in English ; The Medieval Mediterranean; Vol. 4; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages .

Leiden; New York; Koln: E. J. Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 9004105735 . KB58...xxxvii, 464 [i] pp. Index, bibliography. Frontis photo of Burns, illustrated with tables, 3 maps, 15 figures. Octavo. Turquoise green cloth with gilt to front cover and spine. Covers show very slight bit of shelf wear, small bump at bottom front, interior clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. All essays in English ; The Medieval Mediterranean; Vol. 8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .

Paris: Presses Universitaires De France. Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 281 [ii] pp. Original beige card covers are generally moderately worn, spine cover starting to split away from front and back at top and bottom spine. Interior paper is quite browned, has some very occasional underlining and marginalia, but otherwise respectable. In French . ; Le Grands Philosophes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

London: William Pamplin. Good with no dust jacket. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. (5) + 48 + 40 litho plates + (4) index. Plates show details of the fruits and seeds of Leguminosae. Not sure if this is the original binding but it is certainly contemporary -- brown pigsuede spine and corners with red leatherette over paper boards. Corners are quite worn, some chipping away of the leatherette, spine label and gilt are bright and clear, spine tips worn. Interior no first fly, paper is quite browned, there is an old ownership stamp to the title page and also on the first page of the text, title page has short tear at bottom edge. Plates are quite foxed, some quires are white while others are browned, otherwise clean and fresh. This book was purchased by us in 2007, well before the 2009 theft of the same title in Brazil. Scarce.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .