Search Results: Titles starting with L from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1873. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 379 pages of text. Half leather binding is rubbed and worn, with cracking to the hinges, remaining intact and attractive. The inner hinges have been reinforced. Dozens of pages have minor soiling to the page edges, a few pages have rough edges, and there are a few pages with small stains. Contains numerous illustrations after Ernest Narjot. With an introduction by W.H.L. Barnes. First edition..

Amsterdam: Chez Durand, 1749. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [ii], 203 pages of text. Original full leather binding is moderately rubbed and shelfworn, with cracking to the hinges, most significantly to the front hinge, but remaining intact and attractive. Decorative gilt tooled spine with a gilt-stamped spine label. Small remnant of a previous owner's label on the inside front cover, and a few letters and numerals on a front endpaper likely a shelf identifier. This treatise on the art of having handsome/beautiful children was first published in Leyden in 1655 and was followed by many editions, including this one. This French translation also includes the Latin verse on the facing page. Blake p. 368. The text is clean and unmarked. Early edition..

Madrid, Spain: Sociedad Geographica, 1971. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 32 pages of text. Paperback binding with slight crease at center. Illustrated with numerous black & white maps and facsimiles of historic texts. Text is in Spanish. Cartography..

Mexico: Instituto Nacional De Antropologia Historia, 1963. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Second edition. Octavo (8vo). 122 pages of text. Illustrated with 19 plates at end of text. Published in an edition of 3000 copies. Paperback binding is slightly soiled and shelfworn. Text is in Spanish..

Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1992. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. 444 pages of text. Stiff paperback binding with minimal shelfwear, including a bump to lower corner. Illustrated with hundreds of color plates, and many in black & white. Text in Spanish..

Chatellerault, France: Imprimerie H. Riviere, 1896. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). Complete in six volumes. Rebound in modern gray cloth with minor shelfwear. Original blue printed wrappers bound-in. 2008 pages of text in total. Illustrated with 334 plates including 2 in color. The wrappers are moderately soiled, with minor soiling, creasing and a few small chips. The text is lightly and evenly browned. Published between 1896-1904. The texts are clean and unmarked. First editions..

Madrid, Spain: Libreria General Victoriano Suarez, 1959. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 283 pages of text. Stiff paperback binding in almost new condition; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Pages are uncut and unopened. Includes original slipcase with printed title. Illustrated with numerous black & white maps and facsimiles of historic texts. Text is in Spanish. Cartography..

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. Octavo (8vo). 127 pages of text. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Profusely illustrated in black & white. The text is clean and unmarked. Reprint edition. Illinois..

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 127 pages of text. Paperback binding in almost new condition. Profusely illustrated in black & white. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Illinois..

Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1880. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Third edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volume set; complete. Black leather spines, marbled paper-covered boards, and dark cloth covered corners; moderately rubbed and worn, remaining intact and attractive. The first few pages of the first volume are water-stained, and a previous owner's name is on the title page. The half-title page of the second volume has a previous owner's name (the same). The texts of both volumes are moderately foxed. Minor soiling to the closed page edges, and a few pages with creases to the upper corners. Two quires (small gatherings of pages) are loosened from the text, remaining attached. Text is in French. The story is set in Paris, and the story turns upon the unraveling of the plots of a group of Nihilist refugees. It contains careful character studies, both Russian and French. Translation of title: The Lost Casket. Detective/Crime Fiction..

Paris, France: Chez Laurent D'Houry, 1689. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Second edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [xvi], 436 pages of text, [vi]. Original leather binding, holding together, but heavily chipped, cracked, stained, and worn. Hinges cracked but holding by the cords. Bottom part of the first 60 pages is heavily stained, with most of the remainder of the text slightly to moderately stained at bottom margin. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper. Title page continues "Reveue, corrigee & augmentee d'un nouveau Traite des playes d'Arquebusades." The Second Edition..

Toluca, Mexico: Centro de Informacion y Promocion Cultural, 1981. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii], 42 pages of text. Paperback binding with minor discoloration to front cover, and minor scuff to rear cover. With a prologue by Jose Joaquin Cesar Arzani. The text is clean and unmarked. One of 2000 copies published. First edition..

Paris: Librarie Gallimard, 1932. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First French edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 209 pages of text, followed by [i] blank and [i] table. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Minor browning to text, and a few pages with minor creasing. Text is in French..

Cagliari, Spain: Consiglio Regionale Della Sardegna, 1993. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 247 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains 260 illustrations, dozens of which are in color. Text is in Spanish. Paintings, Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Coins, Engravings, Interiors, Antiquities, Architecture..

Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1741. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Nouvelle edition. Octavo (8vo). [xx], 103 pages of text, followed by approximately 250 pages of logarithm tables, followed by 6 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original full leather binding with moderate wear along the edges, with the leather worn off the raised bands; remaining intact and attractive. Illustrated with four folding plates. A word or name on title page (probably the place, Mamerz) engraved armorial bookplate on the inside front cover, small stamp on the back of the title page, and name stamped in gilt on the front cover. While there is minor soiling, minor browning to the edges of the title page, and a few instances of ink corrections, the text is otherwise clean and unmarked. New edition, corrected..

Amsterdam: Jean Francois Jolly, 1739. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 2 volumes, bound together. Volume I: 243 pages of text. Volume II: 182 pages. Stamp of "Bibliotecae DD LeSage. PLS" discreetly on several pages. Hardcover; full leather binding, with gilt decoration on spine. Binding is heavily rubbed, and hinges are worn. Lacks spine label. Marbled endpapers. A few ink notations neatly on endpapers..

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1963. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 467 pages with index. Hardcover binding. Unclipped dustjacket is rubbed and chipped at extremities, with minor loss; protected in archival mylar. Minor spotting to final few page edges..

Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1973. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 141 pages. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Text is clean and unmarked. Edited by H. Allen Smith. First edition..

London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys next Nando's Coffee-House in Fleet-street, 1708. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). [viii], 75 pages of text, followed by [i] publishers advertisement. Removed from bound volume, with stitching attached and functional. Slight browning to page edges, and first and last leaves with slight soiling and a few tiny tears and creases. No date of publication listed; edition of 1708. Measures 8+3/4" in height. Colley Cibber (1671-1757)..

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 364 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding is moderately sunned and faded on the spine, with minor shelfwear. Lacks the dustjacket. Illustrated. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..