Search Results: Titles starting with L from Catron Grant Books

Paris: Presses Universitaires De France, 1956 Paris: Presses Universitaires De France, 1956 399 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Pages are uncut. Tan paper covers are undamaged save for light soil. Now in protective mylar. Rolf Alfred Stein (13 June 1911 9 October 1999) was a German-born French Sinologist and Tibetologist. He contributed in particular to the study of the Epic of King Gesar, on which he wrote two books, and the use of Chinese sources in Tibetan history. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.. 1st Edition.. Paperback. Very Good.

Brussels: Henri Fontaine, 1936 60 pp with B&W illustrations throughout. Catalogue of tours by bus through Europe. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, a few pages dog-eared. Tan paper covers are clean and intact. Size: 5.5" x 8.5". Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1905 Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1905 269 pp plus index. En Francais. In French. A guide for travel through Umbria, including Cortona, Lake Trasimeno, Perugia and Assisi, Montefalco and Spoleto. Text is clean and tight, much yellowed. Half-leather binding with marbleized paper boards has gold-stamped title and cording along spine, leather and boards are much rubbed. There is a crushed area (1"x 1/2") at top of back board. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good +/No Jacket as Published. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket as Published.

Madrid: Camara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Madrid, 1997 108 pps. Many full-color reproductions and photographs. Text in Spanish. Text clean, tight and unmarked. Blue-violet endpapers with owner's name in ink.Golden cloth boards with attached photgraph and deep red type bright with minor marks and 2 upper bumped corners.. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 7" x 9.5".

Switzerland: Office Du Livre Fribourg, 1982 Switzerland: Office Du Livre Fribourg, 1982 304 pp on coated stock , 110 color and 159 B&W illustrations. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's chop on front pastedown. White cloth boards are cean, with sveral; small dents along edges.Dj is intact save for one closed tear. Text in French. Oversized book. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.. Third Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1954 vii, (2) 134 pp with one color pklate frontis and 5 B&W plates in text. Text is clean and tight, unmarked save for the impression of a paperclip on the first 4 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Maroon buckram boards are clean, litghtly rubbed at extremities.. 1st Ed.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Barcelona: Planeta, 1997 307 pps. Full-page b/w photographs introduce each chapter. Text clean, bright, and tight with minor underlining and marginalia scattered in the second half of the book. Black cloth boards with white printing as new. Orange DJ with photograph, white and black printing shows minor wear and one small chip on upper corner.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6"x 9.25".

Madrid: El Momento Musical, 1953 3 pp. . Juana la Macarrona (1870-1947) was a famous Spanish flamenco dancer, Of Gypsy parentage, she danced first in Barcelona and Seville and then in Paris and was acclaimed as the greaestt maestra her time.. In 1926 she worked in Verdine´s flamenco opera, some time after Ruben Darío immortalised her with his pen after seeing her dance in Sevilla.. Sheet Music. Very Good. 7" x 10".

Paris: Librairie Maloine, 1938 230 pp with 60 B&W illustrations and one map. From the series, " La Medicine a Travers Le Temps st L'Espace. Text in French. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Cream paper folded dust jacket is slightly darkened alone spine.. Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good. 7" x 9".

Paris: Les Editions Traditionnelles, 1951 133 pp.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. toned. Blue buckraam boards are cean and intact.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Slender Octavo.

Rome: P. & P. Santamaria, 1966 151 pps. plus 18 pages printed on heavy stock, 9 of which are b/w plates. Text is tight, bright and unmarked. Cream-colored cloth-bound boards with red titles on both cover and spine show some splitting on spine and minor soiling.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 3/8" x 10 1/5".

Mexico: Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1973 316 pp. Text is tight and unmarked, sunned. There is a moisture stain along the top page edges not efffecting text that extends to aprox page 30. Beige cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are lightly soiled, otherwise undamaged.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

Santa Fe: Papalote Press, 2009 202 pp. Seven short stories capturing the quirkiness of Northern New Mexico. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's sticker on front endpapers. Dust jacket is clean, bright, undamaged.. First Printing.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

Park Lane, 1979 Park Lane, 1979 257 pp with 353 color and B&W illustrations on every page.Produced for the commeration of the two hundredth anniversary of La Scala, considered the most fameous lyric theater in the world. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Small previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers. Text is slightly racked.Red cloth boards are clean and undamaged, dust jacket is bright, intact, not price-clipped. Oversized book, no overseas shipping. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Azbuka (SPb.), 2005 Azbuka (SPb.), 2005 635 pp. I kill is a thriller written by Giorgio Faletti. The book was translated from Italian in which it was a best seller, published in 27 editions, to English, in which it also went on to become a best seller, Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Paris: Gründ, 1997 Paris: Gründ, 1997 128 pp with color illustrations on every page. Text in French. Exceptionally handsome overview of early man, originally published in Prague. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Beige cloth boards are undamaged. DJ is clean and bright, now in protective mylar. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. Second Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 1980 109 pp with 8 B&W plates. Text is clean and tight with some underlining. Previous owner's notes on other books on Ladakh on front endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. A general survey of Ladakh with sections on history, customs and religious heritage.. Hard Cover. Fair/Very Good.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2005 372 pp with B&W photos in text. The biography of Ruth harkness, the New York socialite who journeyed to China in 1936 to bring back a giant panda to the United States and the con men, dreamers and adventurers who joined her in persuit of the world's most exotic animal. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is clean and intact.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Triangle Books, 1946 Triangle Books, 1946 308 pp. Subtitled "A Swift, Absorbing Novel of a Girl from the Wrong Side of the Tracks," and just such a girl is pictured on the dustjacket's front in a plunging red dress and seen- it- all sneer. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, yellowed. Grey cloth boards are clean and undamaged, previous owner's name on flyleaf. DJ 's front cover is bright and complete, chips missing from spine and back cover. In mylar jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

, NM: Modern Press, 1981 128 pp. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Signed by author on title page dated 1982. Covers have some shelfwear.. By Author. Trade Paperback. Good. Self-published.