Search Results: Titles starting with L from Renaissance Books

San Diego: Phenix Publishers. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Art photography magazine. [64] pages, including covers. Numerous colour and b&w photographic illustrations. Page dimensions: 11" x 8 1/2". Includes partial nudity. .

London: Arrowsmith. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Rebound. Library labels and markings. Blank corner missing to pages 9-10. Foxing, fingermarks, and stains to many leaves. A rough reading copy. ; 212 pages. Rebound. Page dimensions: 173 x 112mm. Military history, World War One. Chapter titles: War Fever; Moving Up and Shaking Down; In For Keeps; A Cup of Coffee and a Riot; Scraps; Battle of Champagne; We Leave and Relieve the Legion; Verdun - Shock Troops; Verdun Again - and Spring; Battle of the Somme; I Change Arms - Then Armies; . . . . And Peace? . . . .

Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1874-1875. Hardcover. Some rubbing to boards. Vellum joints split on Volume Two (vellum is split along 90% of front joint, and 50% of rear joint.) Moderate foxing. Minor dampstains to upper margins of leaves. Tidy pencil marginalia in English throughout. ; Two volumes only, containing "L'Inferno" and "Il Purgatorio". Volume One: "L'Inferno": (iii)-x, [2], 444 pages (lacking half-title leaf). Volume Two, "Il Purgatorio": xxii, 817, [1] pages. Half-vellum and marbled papered boards. Gilt decorations at ends of spines. Red leather lettering pieces on spines. Page dimensions: 181 x 116mm. Text and extensive footnotes in Italian. "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, / Chè la diritta via era smarrita." .

Brunsvic [brunswick]: George Westermann. Good with no dust jacket. 1874. Twenty Third Edition. Half-Leather. [iii]-xii, 694 pages. Text is in French. Contemporary half leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine and red morocco lettering piece. Edges of spine and boards rubbed. 3/8" chips to leather at corners or boards. Some splitting to gutters at hinges. Some foxing to endpapers and to margins throughout. Half-title page missing. An anthology of French literature from the mediaeval period through until the nineteenth century. ; 8vo .

Paris: Firmin Didot, Pere Et Fils. Good with no dust jacket. 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, with library labels removed from tail of spine and front pastedowns. Minimal library markings. Heavy rubbing to marbled papered boards. Loss of marbled paper along edges of boards. Small loss of leather at head of spine on four of the five bound volumes. Moderate rubbing to leather spines. No splitting to gutters at endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. 1/2" loss to strip along blank fore margin of half-title page to Volume Two. All half-title leaves present. Heavy creasing to one leaf in Volume Seven.; Published 1827-1839. Title continues: "historiens et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que des littérateurs étrangers qui ont écrit en Français, plus particuliérement pendant les XVIIIe et XIXe siécles". xxix, [1], 582; 756; 562; 646; 668; 647; 574; 606; 597; 575 pages. 10 volumes in 5. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Page… Read More

London: Press Service, Free French Headquarters. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1942-1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine faded. Some rubbing and minor marks to boards.; 12 issues of "La Lettre de la France Libre" with original wrappers bound in. With a volume title page "La Lettre de la France Combattante : News of Fighting France : Volume Two" and a short preface by C. De Gaulle - "This small volume, containing last year's 'Lettres,' offers clear evidence of both our battles." Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 206 x 130mm. Illustrations, maps. Text in English. Military history, World War Two. .

London: John Long. Fair in Good dust jacket. (1963). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-book exchange. Many book exchange rubber stamps on endpapers. Pen marks on title page. Adhesive tape stains on endpapers and dust wrapper flaps. No tears in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; (184) pages. "Solo - ex-commando and ex-wrestler now turned private operator - took on the job with the idea that it would be a pushover [. . . ]" - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Wellington: Government Printer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. No signatures. ; Fifth edition. xlviii, 615 pages. Brown cloth boards with blind-stamped borders. Yellow endpapers. Page dimensions: 208 x 135mm. ; 8vo .

Wellington: Government Printer. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1905. Hardcover. Front free endpaper and title leaf loose. ; Fourth edition. x, 492 pages. Brown cloth boards with blind-stamped borders. Gilt lettering on spine. Floral patterned endpapers. Page dimensions: 204 x 131mm. With an 8 page Preface by Edward Tregear, Secretary for Labour. .

London: Trinity Trust. Good with no dust jacket. 1947-1948. First Edition. Softcover. Fading, rubbing, creasing and some staining to wrappers. Creasing to text leaves. Some rusting to staples.; Broken run of 7 issues, as follows: September 1947; November 1947; December 1947; January 1948; February 1948; July 1948; August 1948. 1947 issues: 257-288, (321)-384 pages. 1948 issues: 64, (193)-256 pages. Printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 224 x 141mm. Various contributors. ; 8vo .

London: Trinity Trust. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1937-1940. First Edition. Softcover. Moderate foxing and rubbing to wrappers. Rusting to staples.; Broken run of 11 issues, mostly from World War Two period, as follows: Vol 19 No 12 (December 1937); Vol 20 Nos 9-10 (September 1938, October 1938); Vol 20 No 12 (December 1938); Vol 21 No 4 (April 1939); Vol 21 Nos 9-12 (September 1940, October 1940, November 1940, December 1940); Vol 22 Nos 4-5 (April 1940, May 1940). Printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 244 x 149mm. Various contributors. Cover stories include: "Danger Signals in British Politics"; "World Trade Union Unity"; "The Dock Strike"; "The Crisis: the Communist Congress and the T.U.C."; "The Crisis of Democracy" by R. P. Dutt; "London-Moscow-Berlin: Plain Words on the Crisis"; "The War and the People"; "The War Opens Out". Also included: 1 duplicate copy of the November 1940 issue (12 items in… Read More

Wellington: Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. 76 pages. Maroon wrappers. Softcover edition. (This title was also issued in a cloth bound edition. ) Moderate rubbing and creasing to margins of wrappers. Triangle cut from corner of front endpaper. Owner's inscription on front endpaper.; 8vo .

Penrith: The Discovery Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1972). Hardcover. Ex-libris label on front endpaper, Frank G. Glen. ; xvii, [3], 614], [2 (blank)] pages + 8 black and white plates (including frontispiece) + 1 full page map. The map is titled "Macquarie's India". Faux leather boards with gilt decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 197 x 129mm. Bookmark ribbon. 1972 reprint edition of a biography first published in 1947. Bibliography on pages 531-540. Series: Great Australian Lives.; .

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne And Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1810. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Libris bookplate to front pastedown. Spotting to endpapers. Rubbing to corners of boards with up to 1/2" loss of leather. 1" split to leather at head of rear spine joint. 3/4" split to leather at tail of front spine joint. ; [x], 433 pages. Half leather boards with marbled endpapers. Page dimensions: 210mm x 120mm. ; 8vo .

Auckland: Viking. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670886513 . First printing. 144 pages. Illustrated. Orange-brown cloth covers with white lettering on spine. Dimensions: 10 1/8" by 10 1/8". Owner's signature. No tears in dust jacket. Contents: Map; Foreword; Introduction; Martha King - New Zealand's First Resident Botanical Artist; Emily Harris - A Life of Genteel Poverty; Fanny Osborne - An Island Life; Sarah Featon - The Art Album of New Zealand Flora; Georgina Hetley - The Native Flowers of New Zealand; Isabel Hogkins - A Grand Affair; Margaret Stoddart - Daughter of Canterbury; The Visitors - Ellis Rowan and Marianne North; Acknowledgements; Glossary. ; 4to .

London and Melbourne: Hamish Hamilton. Good with no dust jacket. (1946). Hardcover. Printed on cheap acidic paper. Leaves browning throughout. Quite heavy foxing to page edges. Front hinge splitting at gutter. ; Australian edition. 212 pages. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 180 x 120mm. .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, dated 1952. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket, heavier on dust-jacket spine. A 20mm tear at head of front joint of dust-jacket. 5mm chips at upper corners of dust-jacket and tail of dust-jacket spine. Overall a nice copy of this scarce first edition. A difficult title to find in this condition. ; First printing. 30 pages. Patterned papered boards with blue cloth spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 119mm. Red lettering on front board. 24 short stories. New Zealand author. Author's first book. [Reference: Bagnall F686] .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Moderate browning and spotting to page edges. Dust wrapper spine chipped with loss. Dust wrapper foxed and brittle, particularly at spine and margins. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; 123 pages. Dimensions: 7 3/8" by 4 3/4". "The Lagoon" was Janet Frame's first published book. The scarce first edition was published in 1951. This second edition was published in 1961. It is a similar format to the first edition. ; 12mo .

Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light spotting to page edges. Slight bumping to ends of spine. No dust wrapper. ; 123 pages. Green papered boards. Dimensions: 7 3/8" by 4 3/4". "The Lagoon" was Janet Frame's first published book. The scarce first edition was published in 1951. This second edition was published in 1961. ; 12mo .

Christchuch: Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Some light marks to rear panel of dust wrapper. A 3/4" tear to margin of dust wrapper. Small <1/4" chip at one corner of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 123 pages. Originally published in 1951, this was Janet Frame's first published book. This copy is the second edition, published ten years later in 1961. This copy of the book has been inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. The inscription reads: "All good wishes from Janet Frame / Levin, 1985". Signed copies of Janet Frame's books are fairly uncommon. ; 12mo; Signed by Author .