Search Results: Titles starting with L from Island Books

L'Accademia Militare, Modena,, 1972. Folio, First Edition, text in Italian, with coloured and monochrome plates and facsimiles; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.

La Voix de l'Ouest, Rennes,, 1944. 8vo., text in French, with photographs in the text and full-page map, page-edges tanning lightly; newly bound in grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, uncut, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a very good, bright,clean copy.

La Voix de l'Ouest, Rennes,, 1944. 8vo., text in French, with photographs in the text and full-page map, page-edges tanning lightly; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, uncut, front cover frayed at top edge, backstrip rubbed (but binding wholly sound), a good, clean copy of a fragile production.

[For the Author and colleagues], Paris,, 1804. 8vo., [First? Edition], text in French, only the most minimal age-staining; handsomely bound in contemporary full roan, boards with elaborate decorative triple frame border in gilt, back with flat bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt lattice, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. A rare arithmetic primer constructed on the mother-son principle, with 'Adolphe' pursuing his learning through structured conversations with 'La Mere'. EXTREMELY SCARCE, THE MORE SO IN THIS CONDITION. Fourcroy 1801.

Vanoest, Paris,, 1951. 8vo., Second Edition, text in French, with 159 photographs on 64 plates, 8 plans in the text and 1 (of 2) folding map, top lightly dust-soiled; original wrappers printed in red and black, uncut, a near fine copy. WANTING MAP I: CARTE HISTORIQUE DE L'INDOCHINE. Etudes d'Art et d'Ethnologie Asiatiques I. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Privately Printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie,, 1928. 8vo., First and Sole Edition thus, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), contemporary gift inscription on blank preliminary, fore-edges a little dusty and browned; original paper boards, faux-vellum back, paper label (chipped at edges but not affecting lettering), uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SYMONS (THIS COPY NO. 7)

Payot, Paris,, 1950. 8vo., First French Edition, page-edges lightly browning; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, uncut and largely unopened, a near fine copy. Wiskemann's early study was first published by OUP in 1949.

Croesor Junction Press, [Llanfrothen],, [1982]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and printed endpapers; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed 'Notes' leaf loosely inserted.

Turner, Paducah KY,, [1995]. Folio, First Edition, with title-vignette, very numerous photographs throughout, front endpaper map and rear endpaper photographs; original laminated boards, a near fine copy. SCARCE.

Librairie A. Jullian, Geneve,, 1913. 8vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with numerous plates, and illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, maroon cloth sides, back with flat gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, green endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.

Librairie A. Jullian, Geneve,, 1912. 8vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with numerous plates, and illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, maroon cloth sides, back with flat gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, green endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.

Etudes Augustiniennes, Paris,, 1972. 8vo., First Edition, text in French; origjnal wrappers printed in red and black, uncut, a near fine copy. With the author's signed compliments slip loosely inserted.

Editions du Grand-Chene, Lausanne,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, title and text in orange and black; original printed wrappers, uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED, a near fine copy in glassine dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES).

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.

Ian Allan,, [1965-66]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; on japon; cloth (blue/green respectively), backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 12099.

Nelson, Paris,, 1927. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; cloth, boards elaborately blocked in colours to series design, gilt back, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Published in the series 'Collection Nelson'.

Chatto & Windus,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at edges and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The author's first novel, a literary landmark of sixties Britain, and the basis of Bryan Forbes' feature film (1962) starring Leslie Caron.

Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Paris,, [1945]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in French, with very numerous photographs in the text, and folding coloured maps; laminated boards, a near fine copy.

Editions Fleurus, Paris,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, text in French, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Includes Luftwaffe OOB.

Desaix, [Brussels,, n.d.] [c.1920]. Sm. oblong booklet containing 10 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in French; original wrappers printed in red, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-soiled else a near fine copy. The photographs include Panorama of the battlefield, Mont-St-Jean, Ferme du Caillou, Ferme de Hougoumont, la Belle Alliance, Hanoverian Memorial, Gordon Monument, Ferme de la Haie-Sant, the Lion and the French Memorial. Nice example.