Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bountiful Books

Madrid, Spain: Imprenta Real. Leather bindings with gilt and red trim are clean and sound. Ex-library, with stamps to top edge and front paste-down of each volume. Red edges, marbled endpapers. TEXT IN SPANISH, en Espanol. Vol. II contains Parts 2 and 3. Part 2 begins with Socrates' Third Oration, Part 3 is Socrates' Elegies and Admonitions. Vol. III contains Part 4 of the translated works, Socrates' Judicial Orations. Ranz Romanillas was a Greek scholar, jurist, and humanist who held high government positions throughout his career. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Language from 1802 - 1830. In addition to the works of Socrates, he also translated Racine's "Religion", and completed a celebrated translation of Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". Vol. II: 368 pages, Vol. III: 290 pages. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition Thus. 1789.

Nezza: Societa Tipografico. Contemporary brown calf with elaborate gilt trim and 2 spine labels, one for L'Aminta and one for Il Pastor Fido. Boards show minor rubbing and soiling, corners and spine ends worn.. Prelims have water spotting, red endpapers are faded, minor foxing throughout. Else a clean and sturdy little volume in the original binding. Two Italian dramatic masterpieces, bound together. In Italian. . Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition Thus. 1784.

Paris: Jean Boudriot; Collection Archeologie Naval Francaise (A.N.C.R.E.). Blue cloth boards are clean and sound, pages are pristine, in like dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with black and white maps, charts, and drawings. This history of the French merchant ship during the "Ancient Regime" is Volume one of a two volume set. Volume 2, Le Mercure, is the monograph accompanied by 30 plates, and is sold separately. Part of Boudriot's famed Collection Archeologie Navale Francaise series. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1991.

Paris: Maumus. Black leather spine with gilt trim and raised bands, green boards, marbled endpapers. Minor wear at top of front hinge. 331 pps. B&W illustrations by Alphonse Fresse-Montval. Biblioteheque de la Jeunesse Francaise. A charming explication of the "Traits de Bienfaisance, de humanite, de Generosite" ...etc. "des Rois de France", with a Chronological Table of the Kings of France through 1830. ix + 332 pages. In French, en Francais. . Near Fine. 1/4 Leather. 1830.

Argentina : Ediciones Peuser. Illustrated Wraps Show Browning And Minor Wear At Edges, Else Clean And Sound. Remnants Of Book Plate On Front Paste-Down. Inscribed By Quiroga On Front Free End Paper To Americo Castro, The Celebrated Brazilian Cultural Historian And Spanish Literary Scholar "Para El Gran Americo Castro, Recuerdo ..." A Magical Tale For Children, All In Verse, And Beautifully Illustrated By Alfredo Gramado Gutierrez (Black, White, And Red). A Nice Association Copy. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1957.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. This charming children's "tall tale" has been INSCRIBED by Shepard on the half-title page to Mrs. Rod's 1st grade class, with the additional admonition "SLIP! SLAP! SLOP!" . The book is clean and tight throughout. DJ is also impeccable. . Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed First Edition. 1993.

New York: Knopf. A clean, sound, bright copy in like dust jacket, SIGNED by Gaines on title page. Thirteenth printing of the first edition of this incredibly popular novel by the author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman" and "Driving Miss Daisy". . Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 13th. 1993.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. A clean, sound first edition of the autobiography of this beloved American author. Bright green boards with gilt titles and a black line drawing of a lassoing cowboy on a horse show lightly bumped spine ends. Interior and page edges show occasional foxing, else unmarked. Mylar protected dust jacket shows minor sunning to spine and rear panel, light wear to edges, else clean and bright. Includes frontispiece photo of Will James, and charming illustrations throughout, also by him. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1930.

Mexico: Arquine. Text in Spanish and English. Minor rubbing to bottom edge of boards, else a fine copy, clean and sound. Dust jacket is clean and bright, with just a touch of rubbing to corners. Collects the best works of Mexican architects Alfonso Lopez Baz and Javier Calleja, who in a partnership of more than thirty years, have produced over 150 projects. Their work is a bridge between contemporary minimalism and the serenity of Luis Barragan, combining the expressiveness of walls and patios, reflecting pools, and a freehanded use of space. 184 pages, with 164 full page color photographs. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2003.

Oajaca, Mejico Mexico. Tan wraps show light soiling, edge-wear, else sound. XCIX + 322 pages + Index + Bibliography. Interior is clean and unmarked, with most pages un-opened. Section 1 deals with Oaxacan civilization before the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Section 2 presents biographies of the missionaries. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1958.