Search Results: Titles starting with L from Bookbarrow

Parigi : Baudry, Paris, France, 1835. First Thus. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good/N/A. gilt titles & decorations on leather spine glued to green cloth spine (probably re-bound as volume III lacks leather spine & all endpapers are newer than original pages); gilt decorative fillet to inner edge of leather corners; marbled boards & page edges; brown ribbon bookmarks; volume I has tissue-guarded b/w. frontis. woodcut of author; Italian text; vol. I. - 240 pages; vol. II - 256 pages; vol. III - 256 pages; Vol. IV - 255 pages. Size: 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Text is in Italian. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Italian Poetry; Italian Language; Poetry. Inventory No: PTY00034. .

Le Bailly Libraire, Paris, No date. Reprint. Paperback. Poor/N/A. undated but possibly circa 1920 a copy in paperback (facsimile?) of this scarce French cookery book first published in 1861; illustrated by b/w. drawings; French text; covering urban and rural French cooking it contains a fold-out pictorial page (showing essential tips to lay a table, plus pictures of game, fruits, fish, the butcher's shop, a wine cellar & kitchen) articles on dissection of meat, newer processes to kitchen simplified and economical, the manner of trussing poultry and game, pastry, pantry, service table with indication menu of a meal, care to give the cellar and wine, meat preservation the best kitchen appliances, etc. artticles on beef, veal, lamb classification of their various parts, indispensable guide to everyone; ( La grande et ve?ritable cuisinie?re bourgeoise, ou le cordon bleu des villes et des campagnes : contenant des conseils indispensables pour faire les honneurs d'une table, l'art de… Read More

The Crowood Press Ltd, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 1999. Second Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes appendices & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Animals & Birds; Pets; Dogs; Animals & Birds. ISBN: 1852239565. ISBN/EAN: 9781852239565. Inventory No: 3342. . 9781852239565

Constable, London, 1981. Eighth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. This guide to the Lake District includes useful notes for aspiring landscape photographers as well as stunning photos, detailed route directions and advice on practical topics such as clothing, equipment and accommodation. William Arthur Poucher (1891–1988) was one of the leading British mountain photographers and guide book writers during and following World War II. He personally explored and photographed all the routes he describes in his famous mountain guides, so that users can be assured of correct directions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 441 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Silver titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings, maps & photo's.. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Lake District; Cumbria; Climbing;… Read More

William Collins, London, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Another volume in the popular New Naturalist series, this book gives a comprehensive account of the natural history of Britain and Ireland's inland waters, many of which are popular holiday destinations. Freshwaters form the fascinating threads that stitch together the landscapes of our planet with a myriad of exchanges involving an array of organisms, from algae and insects to hippopotami and otters. Healthy lakes and their shores influence our quality of life and they strengthen the economy. They are important ecosystems that can sustain a healthy balance of aquatic life, provide us with much enjoyment, and help support our socio-economic needs. At the same time they suffer the consequences of human abuses of the land – increasing urbanisation, intensive farming, drainage and an increasing invasion of non-native species, to name but a few. Moss explores the richness of their fundamental ecology, emphasizing… Read More

Allen & Unwin, London, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Titles, introductory note by the author, & contents list to front. These extremely witty and challenging essays on the history of science, on teaching methods, and on current political and social questions are unified by the common theme that modern science has created the possibility of a collectivist economy of leisure and plenty for all; that its realization demands far-reaching changes in the content of education and wholesale rejection of the mental habits of an age when the price of the comfort and culture of the few was the poverty of the many. 4 pages of publisher's titles (mostly by Hogben) to the rear; loosely inserted review of the book from the New Statesman dated December, 23rd 1939. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 + 4 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's inscription to fep. in ink,… Read More

Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition. quarter leather with gilt border line to green cloth covers; printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons & illustrated by three fold-out facsimiles of the original manuscript & a 36-page introduction. The romance known as 'Lancelot of the Laik' survives in only one manuscript, Cambridge University Kk.1.5, and even there it is incomplete (only three Books and a Prologue remain), ending abruptly in the middle of the 3487th line. The ms. dates from very late in the fifteenth century & the writing of the poem has generally been placed not much earlier. Derived from the French prose Lancelot (c. 1215–30) the poem was written in a Scottish dialect, although that appearing in the Cambridge manuscript is far from uniform. Book 2 features an extensive “Advice to Princes” section in which King Arthur is given instruction on good kingship,… Read More

New English Library, London, 1978. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Anthony Julian travels to a subterranean world in search of his father, only to discover the elder Julian has been transformed by the mind control techniques of that world's rulers. Introduction By Anthony Storr.Cover artwork by Joe Petagno. This is the first N.E.L. edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 287 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0450033902. ISBN/EAN: 9780450033902. Inventory No: 5039. . 9780450033902

International African Institute, London, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Maps. black titles spine & front on yellow card covers, Number 5 in the "African Environment Special Report" series, a small tear at base spine, cover slightly soiled & with small light patch from removal of label, previous owner's signature title page with holes from removal of two staples, scarce in any condition & this is a tightly bound fairly clean copy, illust. with maps & charts 232 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Environment & Ecology; Africa; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0853020582. ISBN/EAN: 9780853020585. Inventory No: SAF00065. . 9780853020585

Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd, London, 1941. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. two parts in one volume being English-German & German-English, giving the pronunciation according to the phonetic system of Toussaint Langenscheidt; to front is 16-page foreword & introductory notes (in German text); Title pages of both parts printed in red & black; outer corners of pages rounded. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 562 & 476 + 9 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges red. Gilt titles spine. red cloth with rounded outer corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Dictionaries; Language Dictionaries; Germany; Reference. Inventory No: 3822. .

Silver Brant, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. signed on the pre-title page by the author who also illustrated the book with his artwork. Larks and Leverets deals with the wildlife commonly found on Norfolk’s farmland. There are chapters on hares, long-tailed tits, skylarks, displaying pheasants and winter flocks of pink-footed geese. There are also features on other typical farmland species such as grey and red-legged partridges, turtle doves, rabbits, pigeons and doves, lapwings, butterflies and stoats. Larks and Leverets contains over a hundred paintings, numerous watercolour studies and written observations. The notes on behaviour have been made from direct field experience and the paintings have been completed, almost exclusively, outdoors at the time of watching. James McCallum is an artist based in North Norfolk. He is a graduate of The Royal College of Art and is best known for his… Read More

Collier Books, New York, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. illlust. by one b/w. map; "headlines carrying news of the war in Europe took second place one day in 1915 when the Denver Rocky Mountain News carried this eight-column streamer: INDIAN BATTLE RAGES, 3 DEAD, TOWN IS IN PERIL. The battle was the "Ute War"- the last struggle of the American Indian to save his lands from range-hungry cattlemen. The murder of an obscure sheepherder and the indictment of a Ute Indian touched off the war, but its roots lay deep in history. In this fascinating book Forbes Parkhill tells how and why the Indian resisted the white man's civilization and the price he paid."; previous owner's name in red to pre-title page; a neat, tight copy; incld. index - 127 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Anthropology; Military & Warfare; Native Americans; United States; 19th century; Indigenous… Read More

T. N. Foulis Ltd, Edinburgh, 1914. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Edmund J. Sullivan. grey end-papers; 21 pages of tissue-guarded, tipped-in colour frontis; titles; preface; lists of chapters & illustrations. 11 further tipped-in plates from water-colour drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan. 'Lavengro' falls somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel & Borrow originally intended the book to be an autobiography. Its protagonist, whose name is George, is born the son of an officer in a militia regiment and is brought up in various barrack towns in England, Scotland and Ireland. After serving an apprenticeship to a lawyer he moves to London and becomes a Grub Street hack, an occupation which gives him ample opportunities to observe London low-life. Finally he takes to the road as a tinker. At various points through the book he associates with Romany travellers, of whom he gives memorable and generally sympathetic… Read More

Editions Adyar, Paris, 1978. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. French text translation of "The Hidden Side of Things" which was first published in 1913.(broché, Bon état.) Influence of planets, sun, sound, spirits, invisible beings, collective thought, public opinion, vision, etc. (Influence des planètes, du soleil, du son, des esprits, les êtres invisibles, pensée collective, opinion publique, clairvoyance etc.). 294 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is in French. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Theosophy; Philosophy; Spirits; French Language; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. ISBN: 2850002666. ISBN/EAN: 9782850002663. Inventory No: EST00122. . 9782850002663

Librairie nouvelle, Paris, 1921. First Thus. Softcover (Side-stapled). Good Condition. Magazine This issue is dedicated to the centenary of Napoleon's death in 1821 & contains a condensed biography of his life, relationships & battles including the Italian campaign; the Egyptian campaign; the Prussian campaign; & Waterloo. Among many b/w. illustrations are: The Triumph of Boneparte (art work); the busts of the first consul (sculptures); sabre of honour of General Desaix; marshal baton of Marshal Ney; weapons before being used in two attacks against Napoleon; keys of chamberlains of the sovereigns of the imperial family; & the signatures of Napoleon. Other illustrated articles include: Empress Josephine; Napoleon, Marie-Louise and the King of Rome (their son); in Saint-Helena, the illness and the death of Napoleon; the apotheosis; & a great minister of finance: Gaudin Duke of Gaete (1756-1840). Magazine paginated from 287 to 318 with 1920's contemporary advertisements to… Read More

Heinemann, London, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Introduction and Life of Saint-Exupery in English with, notes and vocabulary in French and English. French text edition of The Little Prince, a poetic tale self-illustrated in watercolours in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. "His most popular work, The Little Prince was partially based upon a crash he and his navigator survived in the Libyan desert. They were stranded and dehydrated for four days, nearing death when they miraculously stumbled upon a Bedouin who gave them water. The Little Prince is a philosophical story, including societal criticism, remarking on the strangeness of the adult world. One biographer wrote of Saint-Exupery's most famous work: "Rarely have an author and a character been so intimately bound together as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his Little… Read More

Garnier Frères, Paris, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Fine Condition. French text translation by Victor Hugo of the complete plays of William Shakespeare; this set published 1961 to 1964; marbled boards with gilt titles to quarter leather spines with four raised bands & decorations in gilt & black; green end-papers with patterned 'G' (for Garnier) within diamond shapes all in gold coloured print to volumes 1 & 2 - marbled brown end-papers to volume 3; integral yellow ribbon bookmarks to each volume; illustrations in b/w. to each volume include scenes from plays, portraits of Shakespeare & of Queen Elizabeth I, facsimile playbills, etc. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. LXXX + 1010 + 1220 + 1142. 3-volume set (complete). Text is in French. Bindings are tight, covers and spines fully intact. no Dust Jackets as published.. Previous owner's name & date in ink (neat) inside front end-paper of all… Read More

Dargaud Editeur, Paris, 1989. Reprint. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Near Fine/N/A. Illustrator: Uderzo, Albert. black titles spine; brown & white illustrated endpapers; illustrated by colour comic strip throughout; French text; excellent condition; 48 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Text is in French. Illustrator: Uderzo, Albert. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; French Language; Comics & Graphic Novels. ISBN: 2205001469. ISBN/EAN: 9782205001464. Inventory No: CHD00266. . 9782205001464

Mulberry Editions, London, 1992. First Thus. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Fine/Fine. black titles spine; originally published in 1981 as four small separate volumes; illustrations throughout in colour & b/w.; "a complete basic course, designed for both the beginner and the more experienced amateur. Written and illustrated by practising artists, it is carefully structured to introduce in a logical way the methods and techniques every artist must master. 'Learn to Paint and Draw' discusses clearly and simply topics such as composition, perspective, selection of subject and choice of materials. Clear diagrams and step-by-step illustrations show how a picture is built up from its basic elements to a finished piece of art."; as-new condition; 160 pages. A HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Painting; Crafts & Hobbies. ISBN: 1857240243. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

John Ebers and Co, London, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Croker published Legends of the Lakes: Or, Sayings and Doings at Killarney in 1829, The legends were collected chiefly from the manuscripts, of R. Adolphus Lynch, Esq. of London & are here arranged in the form of a fictional tour of the Lakes through which the legends & lore are revealed. The characters appearing in it are well known historical nineteenth-century visitors to the lakes mentioned frequently in local guide-books & histories. Frontis. b/w. map of the lakes to vol.1.; illustrated title page to both vols.; woodcuts throughout & illustrative bars of music plus a b/w. map of the town of Killarney. In volume two Croker featured discussions of the music of his friend the Irish piper James Gandsey together with six pages of pipe music plates for: "The Step on the Glens"; The Eagle's Whistle or O Donoghue's Call"; "Lamentation for Miles O Riely The… Read More