Search Results: Titles starting with L from Besleys Books

Jean Villette, Paris, 1723. Hardback, full calf. Folio, 39 x 27cm. 1723 Nouvelle edition. [14], 548pp. 267 engraved illustrations in the text. Lacks 1 leaf of prelims following advertisement and the final two un-numbered leaves following page 548. First page of main text loose with a tear to the margin. Occasional marks and a few marginal stains but generally clean. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on the front pasetdown. Calf worn and rubbed but binding remains secure. . Hard Cover. Fair.

Paris: Chez Dentu , 1826. Hardback, gilt title to spine label. Text in French. viii, 226p. 1st edition 1826. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Stamp to verso of title page and last 2 leaves. A little occasional foxing to contents. Scarce. (r23). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Milano : Editrice Piccoli , 1959. Hardback. Text in Italian. Unpaginated, 16 pages. Full-page colour illustrations. 2nd edition. nd. [circa1959]. A little wear to extremities. A pleasing copy. (an46). 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Paris: Réunion des musées Nationaux, 1998. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 461pp. Illustrated throughout. Slight edgewear to cover and spine of d/w. A little pencil marking to free front end paper. Contents very clean. A pleasing copy. (BS1). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Firenze, Sansoni, 1958. Hardbacks, 2 volume set. Text in Italian. 362pp; 495pp. Illus. Bindings a little grubby and worn. Annotations in pencil to ffep in vol. 1. Private ownership. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs27). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

France.: Libraire De L. Hachette, 1856. No D/J. The book is good, and in the main tight (2 or 3 pages loosening) (light foxing through out) You will receive the book seen in the image.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Deuxieme Edition. Quarter Leather. Fair to Good/No D/J.

Bailliere 1880. good. 1st Fench ed. 21.5 x 13.0 cms. Pp. xii, 260, 48 publisher's ads. Frontis and text illustrations. Original cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth slightly faded and spotted, library bookplate on front pastedown but no other library marks. Binding is hardcover.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Paris: Masson et Cie Editeurs, 1946. Paperback. Text in French. 170pp. Covers a little darkened to spine and edges of covers. A very pleasing copy. (bs54). Soft Cover. Very Good.

Avignon: Imprimerie Laffont, 1953. Booklet, staple bound. Text in French. 32pp. Illus. Hole punch perforation throughout booklet to top left corner. A rather pleasing copy. (q29). Soft Cover. Good.

Assisi, 1977. Paperback. 10pp. (267-277). Signed offprint. Slight wear to extremities. Contents clean. A pleasing copy. (AR20). . Signed. Soft Cover. Good+.

Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin, 1968. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Text in French. 526pp. Illus. Inscribed by author to Robert Rothschild, Belgian diplomat, to half-title. Gilt titles to spine and front board. Colour illustrative end-papers. Slightest wear. A very decent copy. (p15). Inscription from Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Paris: Le Leopard D'or, 1989. Paperback. Text in French. 134pp. Slightest wear. A very decent copy. (bs56). Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Rennes: Librairie Larcher, 1928. Paperback. 70pp. Illustrated. French text. Cover extremities worn, spine worn to ends. A little discoloration to covers. Binding slightly weak. Contents generally clean. A decent copy. (BS0). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Methuen & Co, 1907. No D/J. The book is in good used condition (minor signs of shelf wear to exterior) Frontispiece protected by original tissue guard. Not only known as a very collectible book, it has been said that here we have one of the most accurate historical accounts known to be in print. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second Abridged Edition. Cloth. Good/No D/J.

United Kingdom: Small Plane Publishing, 1998. No D/J. The book is in good used condition. A good reference book for the aircraft enthusiast, full of illustrations and photographs, and a brief history of each aircraft. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Colorado Springs, CO: Alamut, 1991. Paperback. 52pp. One plate. Slightest wear only. Contents clean and unmarked. (al27). First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

LLOYD'S OF LONDON, 1962. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 738 pp. Illustrated. Slight wear to extremities. Sound copy. (Q16). Hardcover . Good/No Jacket.

Lloyds, 1983. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. ISBN: 0907432387. Nice clean copy with slightest of wear only. Firm binding. Private ownership. (Q7). Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Readers Union, 1970. D/J is good. The book is in good used condition.These long walks were the expeditions into Central Africa to discover the sources of the White Nile, undertaken by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), John Hanning Speke (1827-1864), James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) and Samuel White Baker (1821-1893). Burton was also famous as a translator. There were three expeditions on which these British explorers made their journeys into a great un-mapped darkness, we know more about the moon today than was then known about Central Africa. In 1850, no European had entered the interior for some eighteen hundred years. The first journey was made by Burton and Speke between 1857 and 1859, setting out from and returning to Zanzibar, in which Lake Tanganyika was explored and Lake Victoria discovered by Speke. The second journey was made by Speke and Grant in 1860-1863, going from Zanzibar to the northern shores of Lake Victoria, on to Uganda and Unyoro, and finishing at the Nile trading… Read More

France: Edition Nationale, 1985. Paperback. 100pp. Illustrated. Text in French. Slight wear to extremities. (AR22). Paperback. Good/No Jacket.