Search Results: Titles starting with L from Common Crow Books

Claremont, CA: Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, 1998. Original Wraps. Very Good. Original stapled wraps. c.1998. 8vo. Illus. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, occasional creasing to wraps.

Amsterdam & Venice: sumptibus Iacobi Bertani / Basilius, 1751. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one, 6 inches / 15 cm tall, bound in elaborately gilt tooled full contemporary calf, gilded edges to text block with slight gauffering. Very good, title page to the Seneca volume worn with old tape stains, now backed with japanese paper, newer laid paper flyleaf, text otherwise very good and bright, same with the second volume. 476 / 170 (1) pp. Farnaby was an important English classical scholar (1575-1647); Resch was one of the more important intellectuals of 18th century Tyrol. Housed in more modern quarter calf and marbled boards slipcase. Small label from a 19th century seller of books, etc., in Scottdale, PA (Fayette County).

Leiden: Johannem vander Linden, Jun, 1722. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the Duker edition. Large 8vo (8 x 5 inches) in slightly later tree calf, lvery good, light wear and rubbing, spine label with craquelure and hard to read, contents clean and bright, engraved title page, letterpress title page in red and black, unusually very modern looking but clearly 18th century endpapers, folding map of Imperial Rome, 960 (119 pp. unnumbered index) 52 pp. This historical work on Rome was written by the historian probably about 100 AD and covers the founding of Rome up to the time of Augustus. Although often historically wrong, it was still widely admired and highly regarded and survived as a textbook of Roman history up through the 19th century. A handsome binding with "Praemium / Virtute / Partum " in gilt on front cover, small gilt sunburst on rear cover, possibly a school binding, but no inscriptions or other identifying marks. Text is typographically very handsome and easy to read.

Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1878. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes bound together. Cloth hardcover, 232 + 406 pp., clean unmarked text, Good book, a couple of ink owner's signatures, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, wear to the covers including rubbing to the edges and loss to the spine-ends. Text in Latin. Rare book.

Rome: Marcello Terenzi, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1964. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in blue cloth. 54pp. illustrated with plates, Italian language. Very good. Light foxing and rubbing to boards, bookseller slip on rear pastedown. Contents unmarked.

Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1776. Hardcover. Very Good. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigee, pub. 1776. 8vo, speckled calf, red title label, pp.(8), vi- xxiv, 607 (i), 30 folding engraved plates and charts at rear. Very good bright copy, a little bit of rubbing to joints, some cracking to inner hinges but boards still firmly attached. Although title page is dated 1776, bears owner's signature on preliminary blank, 'Muller, Captain d'Artillerie, Strasburg, 1769' Light damp stains to edges of last few plates. A nice clean complete copy of a rare work on artillery.

Paris: L' Assiette au Beurre, 1902. Paperback. Very Good. Individual issue of L' Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine, beautiful color woodblock illustrations by French illustrator Caran D'Ache , from 4 January, 1902. Wraps, 4to, in cover by D'Ache. 24pp, illustrated in color. Very good. Minor edgewear and age toning to wraps. Internally very clean, bright, and unmarked. French language. Housed in mylar. Digital images available upon request.

Paris: L' Assiette au Beurre, 1902. Paperback. Good. Individual issue of L' Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine, featuring caricatures of French generals and admirals, from 25 October, 1902. Wraps, 4to. Unpaginated, humorous color illustrations by Camara. Good. Contents separated from wraps. Wear from sticker removal to front wrap. Light chipping and wear to wraps. Internally unmarked. French language. Housed in mylar.

Jinan: Qi lu shu she, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, very good.2 volumes, Vols. 4 and 5 of a five volume set.

Jinan: Qi lu shu she, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, very good, light wear and soil. Second volume of a 5 volume set.

Jinan: Qi lu shu she, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. First volume of the five volume set. Cloth 8vo, very good, light wear and stains.

Jinan: Qi lu shu she, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, very good, light wear and soil. Third volume of a 5 volume set.

Mechanicville, NY: L. E. Lynd Manufacturing Co. Original Wraps. Very Good +. Original Wraps. No date. ca.1910. 79pp. Illustrated with black & white drawings of all products. Very Good+. Light shelfwear, mild soil. Contents unmarked.

Pittsburgh, 1920. ca. 1920s Salesman's advertisement for Champion Coal. Includes price list and specifics of purchase and delivery. From the Carrick section of Pittsburgh's South Hills region. Pittsburgh coal industry ephemera.

Chicago: L. L. Ireland Magic Company. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. First edition, no date listed--ca. 1950s. Softcover, 160 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, some age-toning to the pages and page-edges, some soiling to the covers, creasing and minor wear to the covers including rubbing at the spine and a bit of splitting at the spine-ends.

Leipzig: G. A. Gloeckner, 1904. later edition. Hardcover. Good+. 1904. Later edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in pictorial green cloth. 410pp. several folding charts, German language. Good plus. Boards soiled and mottled, front inner hinge cracked but holding. Edges foxed, contents toned. Internally clean and unmarked.

London: Richard Green, 2014. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback, 2014, square quarto, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Book near fine with hint of wear to corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. Exhibition catalog.

London: Richard Green, 2014. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback, 2014, square quarto, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Book near fine with hint of wear to corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. Exhibition catalog.

New York: Routledge, 2014. Paperback. Near fine. Printed paper wraps, octavo, not illustrated. Book has hint of shelfwear to wraps, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked.

Braddock, PA: L. Schmidt, 1922. Very Good. 8vo, color pictorial stapled wraps, 32 pp, illustrated, all priced. Very good, faint wear. An impossible to find catalog from a jeweler in a Monongahela River steel town.