Search Results: Titles starting with L from Frey Fine Books

Bruxelles: Editions Simone Eve Landercy, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. trade size white photo-illustrated wraps, 1st ed., 187 pages, SIGNED. Stain to rear cover & spine, text slightly tanned. Text in French. Signed Presentation by the Author.

Barcelona: Editorial Laertes, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good +. small octavo, white & red illustrated wraps, 233 pages. Spanish Civil War ; POUM. Text in Spanish.

Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Ioannem Tornaesium (Jean de Tournes) & Gul. Gazeium (Gulielmum Gazeium, 1561. Leather. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Text in Latin. Lyon, 1561. Jean de Tournes. 32mo., 787, (40)pp., with wood cut title page. Bound in 17th century (or earlier) full calf, with later end papers and paste downs. 5 compartment spine with raised bands, simple gilt floral design in each. Boards ruled in blind and gilt; decorative oval design in gilt on both boards. a.e.g. The title page is bordered with a wood cut scroll work design. Boards are mildly worn, with a small crease in the center of the spine. Text is remarkable clean and bright. A beautiful book, with a warm, supple feel. *** Included in this works of Lactantius are: "The Divine Institutes", a treatise intended to point out the futility of pagan beliefs; "On the Wrath of God", a treatise directed at the Stoics; "The Works of God", written during Diocletian's persecutions;… Read More

Geneve: Skira, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine, DJ. small 8vo, off-white cloth, 1st ed.(1959), 117 pages, in Near Fine ( laminate along front joint separating) Dust Jacket with Slip Case. Lightly soiled & tanned Slip Case. Text in French.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. green cloth, 1st ed. (1992), 191 pages in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Light line on rear cover of book. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1972. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. quarto, yellow & black illustrated hardback, 1st ed. (1972), 100 pages, LXIV color plates, (text in Italian) in Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean / unmarked. Classici dell Arte 60. Due to size, extra cost to ship overseas / expedited.

Middlesex: Airline Publications & Sales, Ltd, 1974. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1st edition thus, 1974. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 23 pp., bound in publishers photo illustrated stiff white wraps with stapled spine. Some overall light soiling to white covers with previous sellers price on upper right front cover, otherwise text is clean and unmarked.

Imola: Editrice La Mandragora, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. trade size blue wraps, 1st ed. (2003) 348 pages. A short tear to top of rear cover. Text in Italian.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. gray cloth, 1st ed. (1971), 261 pages. Exterior lightly soiled, bottom corners bumped, owners name inside; text unmarked.

Firenze: Sansoni, 1973. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good +. trade-size gray wraps, 1st ed. (1973), 393 pages (text in Italian). Small tear to top of spine, otherwise Near Fine; text clean / unmarked. Cristoforo Landino (1424 -1498) was an Italian humanist and an important figure of the Florentine Renaissance.

1915. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition. A Very Good copy of this important culinary title. 8vo, 489 pp. Text in French. Bound in publishers brown cloth with titles in black. Top and bottom of spine show some rubbing as well as on the tips. Interior is clean and unmarked with toning on the front and rear end papers. World Cat shows 11 copies. Rear hinge starting. A Very Good copy of this SCARCE book. French baker Sylvain Claudius Goy wrote a recipe in 1915, that would cement the technique that remains at the heart of baking the modern croissant. His use of yeast differentiated his rolls from traditional puff pastry's and gave birth to the croissant of present day. The recipe in this book, page 272, is the first published example for a croissant.

1915. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st edition. A Fair copy of this important culinary title. 8vo, 489 pp. Text in French. Bound in publishers brown cloth with titles in black. Top and bottom of spine show some rubbing as well as on the tips. front end paper and title page present but detached. Front hinge cracked. Last two pages present but detached. World Cat shows 11 copies. Rear hinge starting. A Fair copy of this SCARCE book. French baker Sylvain Claudius Goy wrote a recipe in 1915, that would cement the technique that remains at the heart of baking the modern croissant. His use of yeast differentiated his rolls from traditional puff pastry's and gave birth to the croissant of present day. The recipe in this book, page 272, is the first published example for a croissant.

Milano, Roma, Napoli ..: G. Ricodi & Co, 1912. New Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New Edition, stated. Text in Italian. A Very Good copy. 4to., (iii), 162 pp., composed mostly of musical score, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Puccini. Color lithographic stiff wrappers. Light edge wear to the wrappers. Mild to moderate soiling to the wrappers. Very Good. *** Puccini completed La Fanciulla del West, based on a play by David Belasco, in 1910. This was commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 10 December 1910 with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie. Toscanini, then the musical director of the Met, conducted. This was the first world premiere of an opera at the Met. ***.

Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. (ca.1901) A Very Good copy. 4to., 194 pp., with 349 b&w photographs in text, 35 plates in b&w, 6 plates in color, maps in both color and b&w. Bound in quarter leather and burgundy cloth boards, elaborately decorated in blind, with pastoral scene; windmills, tulips, masted ships, and amorial motif. Light rubbing to the spine; a few drip marks on the boards. Text appropiately toned.

Bilbao: Bilbaína de Artes gráficas, 1917. 1st edition. Leather. Good +. 1st edition. Text in Spanish. A Good + copy. 8vo., 223, 17 pp., illustrated with numerous plates. Bound in full, flexible leather, with gilt seal on the front panel. The spine has some water damage which effects some of the last pages of the index. See photos. Not as bad as it sounds, still, Good +.

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1968. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. trade-size white illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (1968), 130 pages TEXT IN FRENCH, 7 color plates & 24 in black and white. Top corners lightly bumped, owners blindstamp inside, otherwise clean / unmarked.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1873. Cloth. Very Good. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 80 pp., illustrated with engravings and musical score. Black cloth and grey illustrated paper boards. Tis rubbed thru, moderate soiling. Hinges cracked, but holding. Childish doodling on the blank end papers, with the date 1883. Still, Very Good. French translation of the popular Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

Paris: Gallimard, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Text in French. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 124 pp. Wraps. Light soiling to the dust jacket. Near Fine in Very Good d/j.

Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1876. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Good copy. 8vo., viii, 294 pp, 32 page publisher's catalog. Publisher's cloth with gilt device and titles. Black coated end papers. The cloth is a bit faded at the edges; small closed tear at the front board's joint. Pages nearest the paste downs are lightly foxed. A Good copy.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1976. 1st edition. Hardover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition, 1976. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 72 pp., bound in publishers green cloth with green illustrated dust jacket, $7.95. Jacket is slightly faded with minor rubbing along edges and tips. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Review copy with request from publisher laid in.