Search Results: Titles starting with L from Americana Books ABAA

Paris: Librairie De Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1881. Leather bound. Good. Large, heavy folio. Two volumes in one. [2], vi, 388 pages; [1], vi, pages 3-432 pages. Illustrated with numerous plates, illustrations, and 2 maps. Red moroccan leather binding with gilt tooled borders, decorations, illustration, and title on the front board. Gilt title and decorations on the spine. All edges gilt. Cloth is torn at the front bottom corner. Other corners are gently bumped. Leather is lightly rubbed on the joints and spine, more evident on the lower spine. Interior contents are very sturdy and clean with light foxing to the colored maps. All text is in French. A good or better copy.

Paris: Le Livre De Demain, 198. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 124 pages. Illustrated with black and white sketches. Yellow paper illustrated covers. Untrimmed text edges. Light toning and a little scattered foxing to the contents. Small tear to the top of the front cover. Text in French.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1947. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. Rebound. [4], iv, 760 pages. Illustrated with folding maps and illustration. All text is in French. Orignal stiff color wraps bound inside a gray buckram hardcover binding with gilt title on the spine. New end papers. National Library sticker located bottom of the front paste down. Nice inscription written in French on the half title page (not transcribed here) addressed to "Mary Mitchell." Stephens Mitchell bookplate on the front paste down. Pencil name of Mitchell written on the dedication page. Provenance from the estate of the Mitchell family in Atlanta, Georgia. Stephens Mitchell (1896-1983) was the son of Eugene Muse Mitchell and Isabel "Maybelle" (Stephens) Mitchell. He was born 1896 in Atlanta. His sister was Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind. Stephens Mitchell attended the University of Georgia and was a prominent Atlanta attorney, historian, and devout Catholic. He also edited the Atlanta Historical Bulletin. After… Read More

Paris: F. E. Bilz, Librarie-Editeur, n.d.. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Volume 1 only. [1], iv, 1040 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with title and embossed, illustrated decorations on the front cover. Illustrated with color chromo lithographic plates including fold outs of the human body on the front and rear paste downs; a photograph collage of Bilz's graduates; two page color lithographic view of "Institution de medication naturelle Bilz" in Dresden; two color pages of mushrooms and fungi; the Larynx; teeth; children diseases; stomach; exercises; organs; and several sketched illustrations. The covers are a bit loose. Hinges are cracked. A closed tear to the photo collage portrait. A couple of small edge tears to the 'exercise' plate and the last few pages. Pages 1039 and 1040 loose. Contents clean inside. A fair or better copy. All text in French. Volume 1 only.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [3], 864 pages, [2]. Reddish marbled paper covered boards. Brown leather spine and corners. Reddish marbled end sheets and foredge. Leather is rubbed on the corners and spine. Previous owner name in pencil on the front blank end sheet. Interior contents very clean. The last two pages in the index have a tear with some missing content.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [4], 602 pages, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover with white title and illustration on the front cover and spine. Color frontispiece and 3 more color illustrations in text. End sheets and the preliminary pages are illustrated. Light shelf and edge wear to the blue cloth binding. Front hinge cracked and partly glued.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. [4], 602 pages, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover with white title and illustration on the front cover and spine. Color frontispiece and 3 more color illustrations in text. End sheets and the preliminary pages are illustrated. Light shelf and edge wear to the blue cloth binding. A 1913 Christmas gift inscription written on the front paste down. Another 1960 inscription written on the right front flyleaf. A good or better copy.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [4], 602 pages, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover with white title and illustration on the front cover and spine. Color frontispiece and 3 more color illustrations in text. End sheets and the preliminary pages are illustrated. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Previous owner inscription on the front end paper.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [4], 602 pages, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover with white title and illustration on the front cover and spine. Color frontispiece and 3 more color illustrations in text. End sheets and the preliminary pages are illustrated. Light shelf and edge wear to the blue cloth binding. Slight lean to the binding. The front and rear hinges were repaired with glue. Interior contents clean. A fair or better copy.

Cincinnati and New York: L. Swormstedt and J. H. Power/ G. Lane and L. Scott, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. [2], iv, [3], 412 pages, [1]. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, steel engravings in text. Black cloth covered boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled end sheets. Leather is chipped upper spine corner. Cloth is wrinkled and stained. Light scattered foxing to the contents. Contents include music scores with a 5 page song printed on dark blue paper.

Boston: A. Tompkins, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Quarto. [2], ii, 476 pages. Illustrated with steel engravings. Brown cloth covered hardcover with brown leather spine and corners. Marbled end papers. Leather is rubbed and scuffed on the corners and upper edges. A few rubbed/faded spots to cloth binding. Very light wear to leather spine. Light occasional foxing to contents.

New York: Burdick and Scovil, n.d.. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. pages 5-434, [1]. Illustrated with twelve steel engravings and 12 color illustrated drawings. Restored. Front board reattached to text. Missing the right front flyleaf. Inner front hinge has been glued. Most of the old spine laid back down onto thick red Japanese tissue. Some light painting performed to the red covers. Small news clipping taped to top of page 179. Previous owner name in gilt bottom of the front cover. Fair only.

New York: The Womens Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 222 pages. Tan paper covered boards with green paper title label on the front cover. Green cloth spine with title. Small tear/split top edge of the spine. Light edge wear to the binding. Small crack bottom of the rear hinge. Interior contents clean. A good or better copy.

Suffolk: Self published, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 102 pages. 40 illustrated figures. White illustrated soft cover.

New York: House of Books, Ltd, 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [46] pages. Salmon color cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Light soil to the binding. Foxing to the front and rear end sheets. This is a play set in 10 scenes. Signed, numbered copy. This is number 23 of 300 copies.

New York: Harper Collins, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. [7], 290 pages. Illustrated section. Interior contents very clean. Stated first edition.

Montpelier, Vermont: Lucius Q. C. Bowles. Wright and Sibley Printers, 1813. Leather bound. Fair. 16mo. [1], 320 pages. Brown calf leather binding with chipped red leather title label on the spine. Leather is dry, rubbed, scuffed on the upper edges and spine, worn on the corners and spine. Moderate toning throughout the text. Contents mostly clean but very worn with some faded print. Hinges are slightly cracked but holding steady. Faint signature of the previous owner on the front blank end paper. A fair copy only.

Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. [2], 49 pages, page 50 blank, [2] pages index, [2]. Half leather binding with blueish marbled paper covered boards. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Blueish marbled end papers. Illustrated with engraved plates and protected by tissue. Spine is chipped at the top with loss and is now patched with dark Japanese paper. Outer hinges and board corners are worn and rubbed. Inner hinges are in good shape. Interior contents and illustrations very clean. Limited, numbered edition. This copy is number 30 of 250 copies.

Chicago: Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, n.d.. Soft cover. Very good. Oblong string tied soft cover. Approx. 12" x 9". [22] tipped in color pictorial views of the Railway route with 3 pages of text and a map on the last page. Brown paper covers with title, illustrations, and color pasted down lithograph on the front. No date provided.

New York: H. D. McIntyre & Co, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. [1], 141 pages, [2] pages advertisements, [1]. Brick cloth hardcover with gilt title stamped on the front cover. Cloth is lightly chipped head of the spine and edge worn on the corners. Light occasional foxed spots to the text. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page - "Samuel C. Clarke, Esq. With the respects of Oliver Gibbs, Jr." Contents are a series of letters from a former Civil War officer to General Spinner on fishing in Minnesota. From the introduction: "These letters were begun with the purpose of amusing a little band of wild men in Washington, who, adopting the habits and customs of civilized life, were found to be pining for their old sports; and, chained to their office work the whole year round by the behests of public duty, they were obliged to be led around in some way as these letters took them, - On Paper, - or starve their gushing fancies altogether, except so far as they might be able to… Read More