Search Results: Authors starting with L from poor mans books

Paris: Librairie Ethnographique. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. color; Short 4to; LE LIVRE D'OR DES FAMILLES OU LA TERRE-SAINTE ILLUSTRE. [THE GOLDEN BOOK OF FAMILY OR THE HOLY LAND SHOWN. ][COLOR PLATES]Contemp. 1/2 black morocco & marbled bds; light edge wear. With 60 plates (incl. Color frontis, fold map, 58 tinted views. ) , wood engraved text illus. Tissue guards. Light to moderate foxing. French language text. .

New York City: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; [Vol. II has title: History of Scranton by Frederick L. Hitchcock ... And of the boroughs of Lackawanna County by John P. Downs. ] Biographies, History. Two large volumes, 3/4 morrocco over red boards. Contents generally VG sound and clean. Hinges firm. Text block edges marbled. Leather has been treated aginst rot. .

Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Book Co. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1980. Cloth. Photos; 8.25; Originally 1954, including new revised of printing 1965. Section of 1955 printed work on silver mounted swords. Bookis near fine and DJ is Good wikth 2" chip on front panel. .

Philip L Cantelon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 719 pages; Lengthy dedication and signature of author/publisher on dedication page. Light rubbing to back DJ panel. ; Signed by Author .

Samuel L Hall. Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 183-212; 313-340 pages; No date, circa 1880. Hard paper wraps with chipped edges. Contents include commentary and a number of plates from contemporary European artist, often full page. Contents VG. 9 x 12" .

South Shields: Thomas T Ainsley Et Al. Good with no dust jacket. c1890. 45. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 240 pages; Color and b/w plates as well as textual illustrations. Two leaves of colored signal flags. 45th edition published at the end of 1889 or beginning of 1890. Paper covered printed boards. Rebacked with green library tape. Contents sound. .

Brant, Fuller, and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition. Cloth. Worn binding loose. Original leather and cloth . Spine mostly lacking, The words HISTORY OF incised from title page. Rare book, even in this sad condition. Litght toning to contents which are complete.. .

Paris: A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 3.5" x 5.5". This monumental work totaling 127 volumes and published in sections was highly regarded for it's scientific approach and description of many new species. 3/4 black calf over marbled boards. Here presented is the section of birds running from 39 though 56 [section numbers 1-3, 5-18]. Close to 200 finely engraved plates. Lacking volume 4 only. .

Paris: A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 3.5" x 5.5". This monumental work totaling 127 volumes and published in sections was highly regarded for it's scientific approach and description of many new species. 3/4 black calf over marbled boards. Here presented is the secition of quadrupeds complete in 13 volumes. Volumes 25-38. [section nos 1-14] The finely executed engraved plates with this section totaling aprox 230. Complete. .

Paris: A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 3.5" x 5.5". This monumental work totaling 127 volumes and published in sections was highly regarded for it's scientific approach and description of many new species. 3/4 black calf over marbled boards. Not illustratred, many charts. Volumes #1-8 and 10-24. Section and series numbers the same as this was the beginning of the series. Some plates, including 18th century foldout maps of North and South America as well as one of Africa and Eurasia [this volume with back cover separated]. .

Paris:: Montalant. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1727. Hardcover. folding plates; Tabulae astronomicae : Ludovici Magni jussu et munificentia exaratae et in lucem editae : in quibus solis, lunae reliquorumque planetarum motus ex ipsis observationibus ... Traduntur ... : adjecta sunt descriptio, constructio & usus instrumentorum astronomiae novae practicae inservientium, variaque problemata astronomis geographisque perutilia : ad meridianum Observatorii Regii Parisiensis in quo habitae sunt observationes ab ipso autore Philippo de La Hire ...4 folding engraved plates. [14], 102, [2], 81, [7] pages. 4to, 256x197 mm, full decoarative modern calf gilt; opening leaves dampstained and foxed, occasional limited browning. DSB VII, 579; Houzeau & Lancaster 12780. .

Paris: Libraire Ancienne Honore Champion,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Mostly b/w; Folio 13" - 23" tal; .ix, [i], 247, [i] pages; Architecture/French Culture. Later maroon buckram, label at lower left corner of rfep, "Rebound and Repaired by Work Projects Administration for the Brooklyn Museum." Cloth moderatgely soiled, lightly worn. Binding solid. Original pictorial front wrap bound in. Pages and plates very good+, minor foxing , embossed seal in front wrap's margin at upper right. 52 gravured plates hors texte [inset], (incl frontis) -- largely architectural, but also including furniture and portraits. Limited edition #246 of 350. .

Brussels: Imprimerie De H. Goemaere. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 440 pages; Toning, biinding solid, red cloth with leather and gilt backed spine. Peice of official looking note paper with three signatures. .

The University of the State of New York. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 326 pages; Contents clean, b/w ills. ; Signed by Author .

De L'Imprimerie De La République, An V. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1797]. Hardcover. vii, 277 pages; Theory of analytic functions containing the principles of the differential calculus, freed from all consideration of the infinitely small...limits or fluxions, and reduced to the algebraic analysis of finite quantities. New methods to determine the roots of numerical equations and single or double definite integrals Nice modern binding 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards. Title page with small archival tape repair to 1" internal loss away from printing and writing. Bottom edge of last page similarly reinforced. Lagrange's points of view couldn't be totally neglected. Completed by convergence considerations, it dominated the study of the functions of a complex variable throughout the nineteenth century ' (DSB). (Riccardi I (2) , 3; Norman 1258). Attractive sound copy with bright French language text. First printing. .

NY: Coward McCann. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8.5 X 11; DJ worn with plastic dust cover. Signed by author Margaret Laing, "To Louise Newman With very best wishes from Margaret Laing." Volume is very good or better with DJ just good. A welll researchbookwhich saw the author take tothe campaign trail with Robert in thecourse of her research. .

Amsterdam: Gerrit: Tielenburg,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1766. Second Edition. Full vellum/parchment. B&W Illustrations; Small quarto; Quarto, second edition, engraved vignette to title, (old signature rubbed away resulting in a hole) , illustrated with engraved text illustrations and eight full-page engraved plates; [bound with, as issued? ] Johann Andreas von Segner's Beschryving van twee verscheide zeer bekwame en zuinige als mede het gezicht bewarende Lampen, illustrated with three folding engravings; the two bound in boards with white paper spine and paste-paper covered boards, worn, 8 x 6 1/4 in. Plates of anatomical subjects for artists. Foldouts are Physics illustrations. Contents bright, firmand white. .

Bruce Rodgers for Frank Altschul]. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Paperback. Wood block print; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 10 pages; One of five hundred copies printed .

Paris: G. Marpon Et E. Flammarion. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1876]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; French Language. Calf leather spine over marbled boards. Contents toned along margin edges. Lower corner of covers rounded. .

Burke and James. Fair with no dust jacket. 1906. Paperback. Photographs; Photos with b/w, sepia and other single colors. Top of tp with dark stain, binding glue drying out. .