Search Results: Titles starting with L from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Arlington, VA: Eileen Harvey Bakke, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 31 pages. Softcover with brown illustrated map covers. Corners are slightly rubbed. Upper right corner of front cover is slightly bent. Edge of staple-bound spine is sunned. Personal imprint stamp on first page. Text is clean and sound.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 257 pages. First edition hardcover in blue, white, and red dust jacket. DJ has edgewear and tears. Spine is sunned. Prior owner's name written on half title page. Notation written in pencil on second rear flyleaf. Text is toned but sound.

Paris: Les Editions Braun & Cie, 1955. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Photgraphies de Walter Drayer et Martin Hurlimann. 4to. 133 pages. Hardcover bound in tan cloth. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. The text is generally clean. Illustrated with photos.

Brussels, Belgium: Oeuvres Pontificales Missionaires , 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 115 pages. Hardcover in a dark burgundy buckram. Minimal wear to the binding. Text does not state an exact date or specific publication information. Text is in is French. The title translates to "The Church in Congo and Ruanda-Urundi." The publications page states, "On the occasion of the Vatican exhibition of Indigenous Art in mission countries organized in Rome during the Holy Year, the committees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi sections entrusted the edition of this work to the Pontifical Missionary Works." Illustrated with photographs and a fold out map captioned, "Catholic Missions in the Belgian Congo. 1950." Text is toned but clean and sound.

Strasbourg: Editions Oberlin, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 133 pages. Hardcover with a white dust jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to the jacket. The book is sound and clean. Text is in French.

Paris, Bruxelles, New York, Amsterdam, adn Londres: Elsevier, 1953. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 201, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in yellow cloth with a pictorial pastedown on the front cover. The binding shows some wear but is sound. Spine is a bit faded, and the binding shows some soiling from handling. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Some wrinkling to the endpapers near the gutters. The front flyleaf has a vertical crease along the fore edge. Bottom corner of the text block a little bumped near the rear. Some foxing to the endpapers an on the pages with the tipped-in plates. The rest of the text is generally clean. Black and white text illustrations as well as some tipped in color plates.

Paris: Societe D'Editions, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 259 pages. Hardcover rebound in dark blue buckram. Light wear to the binding. Outer edge of the text block shows a few stains. There is some foxing to the interior pages, most notably to the end papers. Text is toned but clean and sound. The text is in French. The title translates to "The Madagascar Expedition in 1895." Illustrated with a few text maps and several photographs.

Liege (Belgium): H. Dessain, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 298 pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound in black buckram (NOT an ex-library copy). There is minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (George Breathett, a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC in the 1950s-1960s). The text is toned but clean and sound. Text is in French. The title translates to, "African Barbary and the Civil Action of Catholic Missions in the Congo and Equatorial Africa Containing, as Preliminaries, a Chapter on the Anti-Slavery Movement and the Speech of Cardinal Lavigerie in London." Scarce First Edition; the title page states, "1st Edition, Speciale pour la Belgique.

Narni -- Terni: Narni -- Terni: Plurigraf, (1975)., 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good. Small 4to. 127 pages. Softcover bound in stiff pictorial wrappers; spine is white. There is rubbing to the binding, and creasing to the lower corner of the front cover. The interior is clean. Text is in Spanish.

(Casale Monferrato): Marietta,, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Square 8vo. (51) pages. Hardcover bound in purple and gold glossy paper-covered boards. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Minor wear to the edges of the binding. Illustrated throughout with color photos of frescoes. Text is in Italian.

Mexico: Libra, 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 184, (4) pages. Softcover in blue wrappers. Binding is rubbed, has toning at edges of covers, as well as scuffs. Spine is toned, has some damp spots. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf as well as on a small card laid in loosely (the card was paper-clipped to the page, and the paperclip as been removed). Text is generally clean. Pages are still unopened (joined together at the top edges). Scarce copy. Text is in Spanish.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 226 pages. Hardback bound in brown cloth. A nice, clean copy.

Caracas, Mexico : Insituto Panamericano de Geographia e Historia , 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 376 pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound in green buckram with original green wrappers bound in. (NOT an ex-library copy). There is minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf (George Breathett, a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC in the 1950s-1960s). The text is toned but clean and sound. Text is in Spanish. The title translates to, "The Independence of Haiti and Its Influence in Latin America.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 298 pages. Reprint of 1908 edition. Hardcover in brown cloth. Light wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Text is a little toned but is clean. Language is in French.

Bruxelles / Brussels: Societe General de Banque / Generale Bankmaatschappij, 1977. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. 124 pages. Soft cover bound in black wrappers. Moderate rubbing to the binding. The first leaf (flyleaf with publishing info) is starting at the gutter. Otherwise a sound copy and clean within. Illustrated with photos. Exhibition catalogue of sculptures of motherhood in primitive art with representations from Borneo, Africa, South America, Madagascar, Asia, and Oceana. Illustrated with photos. Text is in French and in Dutch.

Geneve, Paris, and New York: Skira, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. (139) pages. Hardcover with a brown, black and tan dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's inscription on the front paste down. Text is clean. Text in French.

Brescia: Editrice La Scuola, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 219 pages. Hardcover bound in dark blue cloth with lettering in white. Covers are moderately worn and rubbed with light bumps to the corners and spine ends; binding is slightly cocked. Contents are clean and bright. Text is in Italian.

Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie, a l'image Notre Dame, 1760. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Quarto. [8], 482, [6] pages. Hardcover bound in original speckled calf with raised bands on the spine. The binding is worn but sound. Splitting to the front hinge running up about 3 inches from the foot to the lowest band. Spine a bit dry with some flaking and nicks to the leather. The binding is rubbed and has some scuffs. A sound copy. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Text is generally clean. Collates complete with 49 copperplate engravings, most which are folding. A decent example. First published in 1709, this is the Fourth edition and is the most expansive and heavily illustrated editions of this work. Text is in French.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 292 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in green wrappers with a white plastic comb spine. Moderate wear to the binding. Clean wtihin.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1914. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 150 pages, indexed. Hardcover in green cloth covered boards. Corners are rubbed. Horizontal wrinkle in binding across upper third of front and rear covers, which otherwise show slight spotting and wear. Upper edge of book is dusty. Title is in gilt on spine. Inside front and rear covers are foxed. Text is toned but sound.