Search Results: Authors starting with L from Loe Books

Novus Press, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. 226 pages. illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, one small stain/ spot that has penetrated through the endpaper to the title page only, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

London: Thomas Nelson, 1905. Book. Illus. by Carton Moore Park and Rene Bull. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - Landscape. 63 pages; illustrated with fifteen full-page colour plates by Carton Moore Park and black-and-white in-text line drawings by Rene Bull. Original end papers; title page printed in red and black. Publisher's pictorial green cloth covers, good and strong, with a little general wear and some rubbing to edges, cloth somewhat marked. Contents good and tight, a few finger and other marks, some reading wear, one plate with a crease and associated nick to bottom edge, End paper lightly marked with neat name and the date 1910 written to the front free end paper. A good to very good strong copy. (note: it would appear that this title was issued in two formats: with a cloth spine and pictorial glazed boards, or pictorial full cloth. Presumably the latter, was the more expensive of the two - the book offered here is this full cloth version.).

Leiden: chez Jean Arnold Langerak, 1729. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Nouvelle Edition. 4to. pp.xxiv, 752. Front and rear blanks present, title page printed in red and black; engraved head and tail-pieces. Contemporary mottled calf boards with a plain modern (1954) brown calf spine, corners and edges repaired at the same time; gilt lettering to the spine, binding with a little wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, light wear to lower corners of first few pages, generous margins. Pencil signature of Sir Eardley Holland (see note on provenance) to the front blank, dated 1957 with an accompanying pencil note 'Rebacked by Pal + Gee, 1954" A very good copy. Scarce. Referenced by Morton 6150. Provenance: Sir Eardley Holland 1879-1867, former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and consulting Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the London Hospital..

Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Georgium Gallet [George Gallet] and Londini, 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Vellum. First Edition. 8vo. Two works bound together; the first by La Placette and the second by Thomas Smith; pp. [14], 349, [1]; engraved frontispiece plate; title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Contemporary or near contemporary full vellum, with later manuscript label to the spine, very good with light wear only. Fine engraved BIBLIOTHECA ORPHANOTROPHEI HALENSIS bookplate to the front paste-down. Second work dated 1686 to TP with separate leaf - "Imprimatur C. Alton R. P. D. Hen. Episc. Lond a Sacris Domesticis Octob. 14. 1685.; pub.: Impensis Sam. Smith, Londini; pp. [12],198. Both works very good, slight spotting to page edges otherwise unmarked. A very good copy. Text in latin; the second book is a controversial work relating to the Orthodox Eastern Church..

Bruxelles (Brussels): Jean-Louis de Boubers, 1773. Book. Good. Half Leather. 12mo. pp 250. Original polished half-calf binding, worn and rubbed, chipped to top/tail of spine, no title labels, gilt dulled, but binding strong and firm. Contents good and tight, paper a little toned, A good copy..

London: Taylor and Francis, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Checkiang, Fohkien, and Kwangtung Provinces. Volume II in original parts I, III, IV missing part II, V and VI. Bindings; paper covers very good with a little wear to edges, spines toned. Contents clean and tight, some pages uncut, edges rubbed with few short closed tears, b/w plates to the rear of each part. A little water damage to the plates of part IV. Very good parts from this scarce title...

London: Taylor and Francis, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Checkiang, Fohkien, and Kwangtung Provinces. Volume 1 in original parts I, II,III, IV missing part V. Bindings; paper covers very good with a little wear to edges, spines toned. Contents clean and tight, some pages uncut, edges rubbed with few short closed tears, b/w plates to the rear of each part. A very good run of this scarce title in original parts...

London: Methuen & Co., 1965. Book. Illus. by Robert Gillmor. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 264 pages; b/w illustrations by Robert Gillmor, b/w plates after photographs. Original dust jacket very good with light wear only, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, the blank front free end paper has been neatley excised. A very good copy in a very good jacket..

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. The rare first edition,; a very good bright copy. Pp. 200; 6 plates after b/w photographs. Dust jacket, good with some toning rubbing to edges, spine faded, price scribbled over on the front panel. Original red cloth binding with white lettering to the spine; very good, unfaded and with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Oxford: Oxford blackwell Scientific Publications, 1971. Book. Illus. by Gillmor, Robert. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 404; line drawings by Robert Gillmor. Dust jacket very good, clean, not price-clipped. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Cambridge: Cambridge Bird Club, 1934. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 118 pages; fold out map to the rear. Hardback binding very good, some light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, no foxing, signature and address of the Oologist John Emerson Griffith to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy with good provenance.. [John Emerson Griffith; Oologist, specialising in waders, former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin, he held a senior post for over 30 years.].

Cambridge: Cambridge Bird Club, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 118 pages; fold out map to the rear. Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, very good, some light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, slight spotting, mostly to page edges, no inscriptions. A very good copy. [John Emerson Griffith; Oologist, specialising in waders, former editor of the Jourdain Society Bulletin, he held a senior post for over 30 years.].

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (14 x 20cm). pp. 239, b/w plates. Dust jacket near fine, bright, small shadow on the spine from a removed label, edges crisp, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, very top edges of the reference section with a few creases, fore-edges a little dust soiled, no inscriptions or marking, paper bright. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket..

Oxford: Zoological Society of London (Oxford University Press), 1987. Book. As New. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering as new. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. An as-new copy..

London: Hunt and Carke, 1827. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 347 pages ix index; complete with engraved frontispiece. Original hardback cloth binding, fair with general wear and some loss tot he spine. Contents clean, joints weak, no inscriptions, a few random marks. A fair copy that makes for an interesting read..

London: John Murray, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 252 + 28 b/w photographic plates of Florence and its antiquities. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities, spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy of this rare title..

Budding Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket fine with a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine bright copy..

1982. Painting. Illus. by Stuart Lafford. Very Good. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. An original watercolour study, on cream paper, of an Aechmea species by Stuart Lafford, signed lower left. This illustration was reproduced on p. 178 of "The Hamlyn Guide to House Plants" by Alan Titchmarsh and published in 1982. Image 240 x 145 mm, frame 435 x 325 mm. Double mount, the upper of which with a gilt ruled border. Gilt and green frame, slightly rubbed. The painting in very good condition. [Biography: - Stuart illustrated many books on gardening, dinosaurs, fungi, landscapes and all forms of wild life. He won RHS gold and silver medals and painted three Chelsea plates. Some of his original works are held in the collections of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Diana, Princess of Wales. He dies in 2016] Please contact us if you would like to view any of our artwork in person. The shipping cost on this painting within the UK is likely to be in the region of £15..

Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo. xv 468 pp, photo frontis, black titling and decoration to front board, black titling to spine, 173 illus, slightly faded spine, contents clean and tight with some minor blemishes, o/w in good condition..

London: E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. "A new edition with a dedication and preface hitherto unpublished" 436 pp Portrait Frontispiece of Lamb with Tissue protector. In excellent condition, boards very good, gilt bright, no fading minimal rubbing, no marks, Internally excellent, no inscriptions, no foxing, binding tight, joints good. An excellent early copy..