Search Results: Titles starting with L from Carpe Diem Fine Books

San Francisco: A. Roman & Co, 1878. 1st. Hardbound. Original rust cloth stamped in gilt and black.. 12mo, 141 pages. Wear at extremities, name stamp and early signature to ffep, else Very Good.

Rabat: L'Academie Du Royaume Du Maroc, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. 310pp. Maps and charts. Text in French. Glossy printed softcover in fine condition.

Paris: Editions Mornay, 1929. 1st. Paperback. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #650 of 1000 copies. 8vo. 270pp. Text in French. Color illustrations by Dignimont (some with tissue guards). Printed on Papier de Rives. Color illustrated wrappers in original glassine covered dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine glassine (darkening to spine; chipping along spine and to spine ends).

Le Caire: Jean Politis, 1905. 1st. Paperback. Presumed first edition. 8vo. 78pp. Preface by Mohamed Talaat Harb Bey. Blue printed wrappers over original light green printed wrappers. Wear and creasing to edges; short closed tears; ex-library with usual markings; from the personal library of J. Heyworth-Dunne with his bookplate to front cover. Very good.

Paris: Schleicher freres, 1903. 2nd. Half leather. Second Edition. Large octavo; xix, 912pp. Second edition, revised, corrected and expanded. A Very Good copy (a couple of closed edgetears and a few marginal pencil notes), ex-library with minimal markings, bound in 1/2 red leather gilt stamped with six raised bands at spine; original wrappers bound in. Yves Delage, (1854.- 1920), French zoologist known for his research and elucidation of invertebrate physiology and anatomy. He also discovered the equilibrium-stabilizing function of the semicircular canals in the inner ear (1886). Delage became a member of the zoology staff at the Sorbonne in 1880 and at Caen, Fr., in 1881; he became director of the zoological station at Luc in 1884, titular professor of zoology at the Sorbonne in 1886, and director of the marine zoological station at Roscoff in 1878 and 1902. (Brittanica).

London: T. Cadell, 1827. Third Edition, Corrected. 1/2 brown calf and marbled paper-covered boards. Octavo; xliii, 507; 563; 591; 561 pp. Spines in 6 compartments; title in gilt on black calf. Scattered foxing, bookplate to front pastedowns, light shelf and edgewear, shallow chipping to spine extremities, upper corners of V. 4 bumped. Solid attractive set in Very Good condition. Frontis portrait of Pope Leo X. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

London & New York: George Routledge, 1884. Two hundred and fifty copies of this Edition of Henry Fielding's Novels have been printed for sale in Europe, and one hundred and fifty for sale in the United States of America; this copy being No. 102. Complete in 5 volumes. Large 8vo. Various paginations. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in three-quarter red morocco with gilt lettering to spines and gilt ruling; TEG; deckled page edges. Spines lightly faded and minor scratches; a near fine set. The Novels include: The History of Tom Jones (Vol. I and Vol. II); The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great; A Journey from this World to the Next; The History of Amelia; and The Adventures of Joseph Andrews.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1898. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 172pp.Publisher's pebbled black cloth. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; rubbing to spine with 4 small spots on joints where boards show through; owner name). A syllabus of a course of lectures delivered in Leland Stanford Junior University by Wilbur W. Thoburn.

Hanoi: Imprimerie G. Taupin, 1938. 1st. Softcover. First Edition. Quarto. 428pp. Maps (1 large fold-out in color); photo-illustrations; tables. A very good copy (wear to extremities; general soiling;; darkening to spine; 2 red check marks on pg. 30; 2 small decorative stamps pg. 34 & 35; upper front joint split 1"). An uncommon history of Cambodia; the first part provides the history, culture, society art, and literature; the second part focuses on medical aspects.

Moncalieri: Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sul Viaggio in Italia, 2013. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; [viii], 1275-1810pp. First Edition, Near Fine copy in Italian.

Casablanca: Croisee des chemins, 2012. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Three octavo volumes. 239pp; 240pp; 206pp. in publisher's illustrated wrappers in original publisher's printed slipcase. Fine, unread set. Volume I : Temps et espaces Volume II : Ruptures et recompositions Volume III : Entre mémoire et nouveaux horizons. Actes du colloque d'Essaouira migrations identiteé et modernite au Maghreb, 17-21 mars 2010 (Proceedings of the Symposium of Essaouira Migrations Identity and Modernity in the Maghreb, 17-21 March 2010). ' "La bienvenue et l'adieu" : c'est sous le signe de ce poème de Goethe que les auteurs ont souhaité placer les ciontributions au colloque Migrations, identité et modernité au Maghreb, tenu à Essaouira du 17 au 20 mars 2010. Ce colloque est une initiative d'universitaires français et marocains, auxquels se sont joints des collègues du monde entier, dans un engagement commun pour une lecure pluraliste de l'histoire récente du Maroc et du Maghreb. Accueilli à… Read More

Napoli: Stamperia di Niccola Mosca (Volume I); Stamperia Del Fibreno, 1854. 1st. Original vellum. First Editions. SIGNED thrice by the Felice Torelli in Volume 2, Parts I & II and Volume III. 8vo. Volume I: viii, 511 pp; Volume 2: [5], 6-575, [1] pp; Volume 2, Part 2 and Volume 3: 10-571; viii, [1], 10-160 pp. Appendix; Index. Contemporary vellum bindings with gilt decoration to spine; gilt lettering on brown leather spine labels. Light wear to covers; slight warping to boards; minor chipping to spine labels; some internal foxing, a near fine set. In the Concordate of 1818 at Terracina, between Pius VII and King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, stipulations were made for the exclusive establishment of Catholicism in this kingdom with Ferdinand maintaining his prerogative to choose the bishops. Other stipulations included the independence of the theological seminaries on the secular power; the free disposal of benefices to the value of 12,000 ducats, in Naples, in favour of Roman subjects; the… Read More

Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. 1st. Octavo; 608 pages. New, unused copy.

Brest FR: Imp. Gadreau, 1870. First Edition. Quarto; 1/4 leather and brown paper-covered boards, spine ruled and titled (La Guerre 1870) in gold. Solid binding with some edgewear, else Very Good to Near Fine volume (~775-800 pp) of the newspaper beginning with #1 dated 20 July 1870 (the day after the declaration of war on Prussia) and concluding with the 25 February 1871 issue (after the end of the Franco-Prussian War and shortly preceding the Paris Commune). Most issues are 4pp (a few 2pp); this volume assembles virtually every issue (the numbering is sometimes inconsistent). Part written by de Rodays, part Second Empire and Third Republic institutional communications, part communications between institutional or military authorities, European press reviews on the events of the time, mainly the Franco-Prussian War, European diplomatic relations, end of the Second Empire, German unifications, beginning and formation of the Third Republic. Tipped in is the 31 October 1870 (Number 32) issue of Brest's… Read More

Amiens: Centre d'Etudes Medievales, Universite de Picardie, 2004. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 8vo. 141pp. Black & white illustrations. Purple stiff wrappers. Fine condition.

Milan: Cisalpino, 2007. 1st. Paperback. As New copy. Octavo; 446 pages. In Italian.

Brussel: Georges Van Campenout, 1946. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 8vo. 66pp, +[16]pp. Black & white illustrations; photographs; large fold-out diagram. Brown printed wrappers. Edges neat and clean; one page loose; else a near fine copy.

Santa Barbara: Corral of the Westerners, 1979. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 17 pp. Illustrations. Tan pictorial staplebound wrappers in fine condition. Front cover Illustration titled "The Westerner" by Edward Borein with another sketch on page 9. The two articles titled "Santa Barbara's Latent Asset: The Royal Presidio" and Boyhood Adventures in Santa Barbara." Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Scienze e Lettere: Scienze e Lettere, 2012. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo; xvi, 160pp. As New; unread. TA study of tyranny in ancient Greece.

Milan: Bulzoni, 2010. 1st. Paperback. First Editions. Octavos; cxliv, 184pp; x, 185-909pp. Bar codes to upper covers of books, otherwise New and unread. These are heavy volumes; foreign shipping will be extra.