Search Results: Titles starting with L from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Harmondsworth: Viking 1987. 4to. 224 pp. Publisher's full yellow cloth in dust jacket. Slight edgewear to dj. Profusely illustrated thoughout in b&w. 0670818313 . Near Fine. Cloth. 1987.

Paris: Massin Editeur N.d. [1992]. 4to. 150 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Full-colour illustrations throughout. Text in French language. 9782707201966 . Very Good. Cloth. 1992.

Paris: Ernest Leroux 1929. Large 4to. 114 text and 144 b/w plates hinge strengthened boards with some bubbling to rear end paper FRENCH TEXT . Very Good. Hard Cover. 1929.

Paris: Henri Plon 1872. 8vo. 305 pp. Limp maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Ex-institutional library with usual stamps and markings. Spine slightly faded. A few pencil notations. With eight maps (lacks 3 maps). Chronicles the early months of the Franco-Prussian War. Text in French language. VG . Very Good. Limp Boards. 1872.

Paris: Comptoir Francais du Livre 1972. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 776 pp. FRENCH TEXT. Red leatherette binding with dustjacket. Some yellowing to the jacket and the laminate has bubbled and come loose to the edges. Boards fresh. Some staining to the foredge affecting a few of the leaves, otherwise bright with no ownership marks. With thousands of recipes and 35 colour photographic illustrations. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Cloth. 5th Edition. 1972.

Paris: Flammarion 1971. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 1045 pp., FRENCH TEXT. Hardcover with jacket. Jacket bright with some creasing and short tears to the edges. Spotting to the interior of the Jacket. Boards clean with some rubbing to the ends. Binding firm. Some very faint scattered spotting and no ownership marks internally. Contains 3760 recipes by a variety of French master chefs and illustrated with 280 illustrations in black and white and 420 in colour. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1971.

Paris: Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux 1999. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 245 pp. Large format paperback. Minor wear to covers. Internally clean. No ownership names. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Published to accompany the exhibition in Sevres & Arras in 2000. Text in French. 2711838595 . Very Good. Paperback. 1999.

Paris: Picard 1990. Large 8vo. 271 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Water-stain to jacket and fore-edge. Cloth clean. Ink owner's name to front endpaper. Internally clean. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Text in French language. 2708404008 . Good. Hardcover. 1990.

Bologna: Calderini 1997. 4to. ITALIAN TEXT. 199 pp., illustrated in colour. Italian wrought-iron. . Near Fine. Hard Cover. 1997.

Paris: Chez Rondonneau et Compagnie 1797. 8vo. 14, 128 pp. Early 20th century boards with leather title label to spine. Vellum tips. Spine label damaged with loss. Wear to corners and surface abrasion to the base of the front board. Original paper wrappers bound in. Scattered spotting. Beaumarchais' third Figaro play. 'The Guilty Mother,' like The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, was turned into an opera, but it is rarely revived. With the imprimeur of 'Citizen' Rondonneau, with his signature at the base of the title-page. Text in French. . Good. Boards. 1797.

France: Adrian Moetjens 1715. 16mo. New Edition, one year after first edition. [vii], 216, [4] pp. Full brown calf, raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine; all edges gilt. Rubbing and a few marks of boards and spine, with wear to joints. Light spotting throughout. Frontispiece. A work in praise of drunkeness. Bitting 415, Vizaire 326. . Good. Full Calf. New and Revised Edition. 1715.

Paris: NRF 1946. 4to. Numbered limited edition. This is copy no. 44 of an edition lmited to 395 copies printed on velin de Rives. 121 pp. Publisher's original paper-covered wraps. In publisher's green chemise case with paper title label to spine and in a green slipcase. Slipcase worn & chipped at extremities. Paper title label slightly chipped. Book in fine, fresh condition. With 28 lithographs by Pierre Roy. Fantastical short stories by Jules Supervielle. Text in French language. VG . Very Good. Wraps. Limited Numbered Edition. 1946.

Napoli: Edizione Banco Di Napoli 1983. 4to. 103 pp. Cloth in dw. Slight edgewear to dw. Numerous full-page colour plates showing military uniforms. Italian text. . Very Good. Cloth. 1983.

Leipzig: N.p. 1761. 8vo. xvi, 240 pp. Bound in contemporary full mottled calf. Five raised bands to spine with gilt panels and maroon leather title label. Marbled endpapers and edges. Boards slightly warped. Compiled by Frederick the Second, King of Prussia from the voluminous works of Jean Charles de Folard. A guide to military tactics and fortifications with a commentary on Polybius. The forward refers to these being the diamonds from the dung heap of the larger work. An unauthorised edition appeared in Paris the previous year. With 18 folding copper plate engravings. Text in French. A pleasing contemporary calf binding in VG condition. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1761.

Paris: L. Curmer (1843). Small 4to. no date, circa 1843. viii., 280 pp. 18 steel engraved plates, all edges gilt, nicely decorous gilt panels on spine. Boards rubbed at extremities with some foxing and browning throughout. FRENCH TEXT. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1843.

Paris: Pierre Prault 1716. 16mo. French language. 2 volumes. [xi], lxxiv, 264; [iv], 320, [4], 12 ads. pp. Full dark blue morocco with raised bands and gilt letering to spines; all edges gilt. Minimal fading to edges of boards, otherwise externally in near fine condition. Pages toned with occasional minor offsetting of spots, but generally very good. Black & white intaglio illustrations throughout. The playwright and novelist's burlesque of Homer. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. 1715.

Paris: L'Illustration 1930. FolioMagazine / Journal. xl, [main matter unpaginated], xli-lxiv pp. Card covers with decorative lettering, borders and patterns. A few marks to boards, slight curl to corners and minor wear to spine ends and cover edges. Internally clean and bright. 64 pages of contemporary advertisements, some of which are in full colour. The main matter consists of articles, sepia photography and numerous exquisitely rendered full colour and gilt illustrations: there are brilliant facsimiles of Oriental art books, tipped-in reproductions of aristocratic portraits in watercolour, contemporary abstract art, all in colour, among many other amazing illustrations. A wonderful collection of art printed amazingly well for a weekly periodical. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1930.

Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1961. Small 8vo. 263pp., FRENCH TEXT. Red cloth spine with patterned paper boards and gilt lettered black title labels. Orginal front cover bound in. Slight darkening to the edges of the boards and leaves with owners plate to the front free paper. . Very Good. Cloth Spine. 1961.

Paris: Bibliotheque des Curieux 1913. 8vo. 291 pp. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in. Some fading to gilt spine lettering. Internally clean. Illustrations. Text in French. . Very Good. Half Vellum. 1913.

Torino and Milano: Casa Editrice Guigoni 1861. 12mo. ITALIAN TEXT 4 volumes in 2. 152; 171 & 144; 188 pp, Red marble effect cloth with green morocco title labels. slight foxing to margins, pages uncut, spines darkened slightly. Prev owner's bookplate on pastedowns - Archibald Orr Ewing. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. 1861.