Search Results: Titles starting with L from Quadrant Book Mart

Milan: Editrice Ancora Milano, 1984. Paperback. Good+/None. Cream pictorial softcover, moderately soiled on front and upper page edges, with 5 small dings to cover edges and some rubbing to spine head. Interior clean and unmarked. Half title page bears blindstamp of former owner. Binding sound and tight. 12mo. The evangelizer in San Luca. Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., was an Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church. A towering intellectual figure of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Martini was the liberal contender for the Papacy in the 2005 conclave, but the conservative Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI. Martini died in 2012. Includes 3-pg. index. Roman Catholic Church; Pope Benedict XVI

Paris, France: E. de Boccard, 1951. Deuxieme Edition. Paperback. Good/None. Cream colored softcover with red and black titling on front cover and spine; spine covering is cracking, though not heavily, and binding is sound. Worn ant spine ends and bottom front corner bent. Half the page edges are scored half way down the long edge, resulting in a closed 1/4-in. tear with a chip on the back cover. Interior is unmarked. Large 8vo. BOOK INFO: The origins and functioning of the Cistercian Order. The original emphasis of Cistercian life was on manual labour and self-sufficiency, and many abbeys have traditionally supported themselves through activities such as agriculture and brewing ales. Over the centuries, however, education and academic pursuits came to dominate the life of their monasteries. Cistercian Order; Medieval history; Trappists; OCist; SOCist; Citeaux

Paris, France: Pastel, L'Ecole des Loisirs, 2002. Album. Very Good+/None. Glossy, full-color pictorial boards. Light yellowing to rear (white) board and page edges. Pages are unmarked, clean and bright. Binding is tight. (8 x 9.25 ins.) Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Illustrated by Laurence De Kemmeter. A summer beach trip turns into a wonderful imaginary road trip.

Fribourg, Switzerland: Collection Images. Hardcover. Good/None. Light green cloth boards. Front hinge cracked. Pages toned, with light foxing along page edges. Unpaginated, approx. 220 pages. Also undated, perhaps 1935. Small quarto. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Copious B&W illustrations depicting beautiful scenery, architecture and monuments in the little country. A table of illustrations denotes the city of each photograph. The result is a stunning photographic essay of Switzerland, with a preface and some explanatory text in French. Switzerland; photo essay

Ottawa, Canada: Julliard, Le Cercle du Livre de France. Paperback. Fair/None. Formerly white softcover with black and green titling, significantly toned with age, with dampstains along bottom and a couple creases at top. Pages unmarked but toned. Sewn binding is sound. FFEP pulling out 1 in. up from bottom hinge. 12mo.

New York: Tamiment Institute, 1977. Paperback. Good-/None. White and green softcover with white titling on front and black on spine; also contents in black on front. Spine especially is toned with age. Binding sound and spine uncreased. Interior unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Illustrated in B&W graphs. With four articles on The Church and the American Labor Movement: Four Episodes, 1880s-1920s. And four other articles entitled: Samuel Gompers to Frederick Engles: A Letter; Organizing, Union Growth and the Cycle, 1949-1966; The Socialist Review: An Introduction and Appraisal; An Ambiguous Alternative: An Introduction to Alternative. Also includes Books Reviewed. Plus terminal ads. Socialist Revie; Alternative; Samuel Gompers; Frederick Engles; American Labor Movement

New York: Tamiment Institute, 1977. Paperback. Good+/None. White pictorial softcover with black titling on front and spine. Binding sound and spine uncreased. Interior unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Articles include: Cowboy Strikes and Unions; Class and Ethnic Conflict in San Francisco Political History: The Reform Charter of 1898; Social Motivation of the Anthracite Mine Workers: 1901-1920; White Supremacy and Black Workers: Georgia's 'Black Shirts' Combat the Great Depression; Letters to Daniel De Leon: The Intra-party Constituency for his Policy of Strict Party Discipline, 1896-1904. Notes and Documents include: Conrad's Anarchist Professor: An Undiscovered Source; 'Who Are Wanted in Minnesota: Workers as Described in Antebellum 'Booster Literature'; Review Essay: American Labor in Recent Soviet Historiography; And Books Reviewed. Plus terminal ads. Cowboy Strikes and Unions; Class and Ethnic Conflict in San Francisco; Reform Charter of 1898; Anthracite Mine Workers; White… Read More

New York: Tamiment Institute, 1974. Paperback. Good-/None. White and green softcover with white titling on front and black on spine; also contents in black on front. Spine especially is toned with age. Binding sound and spine uncreased. Interior unmarked. Contents page creased vertically. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Articles include: 'We Were the Poor People.' The Hormel Strike of 1933; Idaho's Criminal Syndicalism Act: One State's Response to Radical Labor; Immigrant Strikebreaking Activity: A Sampling of Opinion Expressed int he National Labor Tribune, 1878-1885; Annual Bibliography of Periodical Articles on American Labor History, 1973; Aspects of DeLeon; John L. Lewis Discusses the General Motors Sit-Down Strike: A Document. And Books Reviewed. Plus terminal ads. The Hormel Strike of 1933; Idaho's Criminal Syndicalism Act; General Motors Sit-Down Strike; Immigrant Strikebreaking

Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1952. Seventh Ed.. Hardcover. Fair+/None. Gray-blue cloth boards, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ins., light wear to corners and spine ends. Owner's name stamped on page edges, pastedowns and end papers. Writing in text, (lab notes, formulas), and Univ. of Penna. lab supplies list laid in. Binding is sound. BOOK INFO: A teaching manual for students familiar with elementary inorganic, theoretical and organic chemistry, for use in study of medical, dental and veterinary courses, arranged in two parts. Part I, Introduction: Inorganic Constituents, Standard Acid and Alkali, Electrolytic Dissociation, Colloids, Alcohols, Aldehydes and Esters, Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats. Part II, Body Tissues and Fluids, (in 17 parts including Pancreatic Juice, Milk, Blood, Bone, Bile, etc., Dietary Deficiencies, Table of Logarithms, and Abridged Table of Atomic Weights.) Inorganic Constituents, Standard Acid and Alkali, Electrolytic Dissociation, Colloids, Alcohols, Aldehydes and Esters,… Read More

Copenhagen: New Nordic Publishing Arnold Busck, 1926. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. Olive green cloth boards with gilt titling on cover and spine, gilt-stamped insignia on front, with light wear at extremities and corners bumped. Marbled page edges. Interior unmarked and binding sound. Small yellow circular price sticker on ffep, blank. BOOK INFO: Textbook and Handbook of Nursing, Volume 1, released by Danish Nurses. The textbook may be based on an American nursing text by Munck's teacher, Anna Maxwell, and the introductory chapter deals with ethics in nursing at the time, according to the Dansk Sygeplejerad website. Illus. B&W drawings. Not a reprint or print-on-demand. Ships from US.

Pigotts, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Rene Hague and Eric Gill, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Gilt and black decorated light blue paper boards with black titling on a white label on the front. Lovely hand made paper with rough-cut page edges. Binding is tight. Illustrated with B&W and some red woodblocks. Interior is unmarked. 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 ins. Photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: 1 of 200 privately printed. Engravings by Joan Hassall. Chapters 8-20 of the 18th book of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. In Old English(?). 'The text of this edition follows exactly that printed by William Caxton in 1485, as given in the edition of H. Oskar Sommer (London, 1889). Caxton's misprints have not been corrected.' According to Sequitur Books, the press didn't finish this book run and 'only 20-25 copies were bound'.

US: Irish Academic Press Ltd. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/None. O'Conaire, Breandan NOT Ex-Libris; Unusual in this good condition; About 9 pages have marks in margins but not underlining; Wrappers lightly rubbed from usual handling and rear lower corner bumped. Previous owners writing on front free end paper. Primary source material for study of Irish language and folklore. In the late 1880s, Hyde collected folk tales, compiled them, and wrote on the importance of keeping the Irish language alive. Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949, Folk literature, Irish --History and criticism, Folk songs, Irish --History and criticism, Civilization, Celtic, in literature, Language and culture --Ireland, Irish language --Revival, Folklore --Ireland

The Hague: Mouton, 1971. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good-/None. Janua linguarum. Series minor ; 104 Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titling on spine; a library binding covering a gray softcover with black titling and design inside. Harvard College Library bookplate on front pastedown. Library stamp on copyright page. Two instances of underlining noted in the introduction. Text is otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight. No dustjacket. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'Wittgenstein believed that certain problems have arisen in philosophy, problems connected with the subjects mentioned above, because of a failure to understand language. The perplexities accompanying these problems may be compared to an illness. The aim of philosophy, as he came to see it, is to treat this illness. Thus, the task of philosophy is therapeutic. Since the source of the illness is a misunderstanding of language, the cure lies in coming to a clearer understanding of the functioning of language.' (from the introduction). Bibliography: p.… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. McFee, Michael **SIGNED** by editor on title page; Gift inscription inked in blue on half title page, else unmarked interior. Spine uncreased. Nice, clean book. 8 vo. This collection includes poems by: Betty Adcock, A. R. Ammons, Maya Angelou, James Applewhite, Gerald Barrax, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Fred Chappell, William Harmon, Susan Ludvigson, Michael McFee, Heather Ross Miller, Robert Morgan, Reynolds Price, James Seay, and Jonathan Williams. American poetry--North Carolina, American poetry--20th century, North Carolina--Poetry

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Paperback. Like New/None. Pitt Comp Literacy Culture Series 2005 Our photos depict actual book for sale. In original shrink wrap. 8vo. Ships from our family-owned, independent bookstore in the US. BOOK INFO: The Language of Experience examines the relationship between literacy and change--both personal and social. Gorzelsky studies three cases, two historical and one contemporary, that speak to key issues on the national education agenda. 'Struggle' is a community literacy program for urban teens and parents. It encourages them to reflect on, articulate, and revise their life goals and design and implement strategies for reaching them. To provide historical context for this and other contemporary efforts in using literacy to promote social change, Gorzelsky analyzes two radical religious and political movements of the English Civil Wars and the 1930s unionizing movement in the Pittsburgh region. Charting the similarities and differences in the… Read More

Paris, France: Editions du Seuil Linguistique. Paperback. Good-/None. Cream-colored glossy softcover with black and red titling, rubbed and lightly edgeworn, with dogeared rear bottom corner. Sound binding and uncreased spine. Bookstore price sticker to ffep. Two pages have marginalia in blue pen and one short instance of underlining noted. Ships from US. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Under the direction of Julia Kristeva, Jean-Claude Milner, and Nicolas Ruwet. Emile Benveniste (5/27/1902-10/3/1976) was a French structural linguist and semiotician. He is best known for his work on Indo-European languages and his expansion of the linguistic paradigm established by Ferdinand de Saussure, (who was a teacher of his). 'Upon his retirement from the College de France, [in 1969], this collection pays homage to work made possible through his teaching. The presence here of the specialist studies of linguistics, anthropology, mythology, psychoanalysis and literary theory, testifies to Benveniste's contribution to… Read More

US: W H Freeman & Co, 1971. Ex-Lib. Hardcover. Good/None. Mathematics Ser. Blue cloth boards with silver titling and design, faded, soiled and lightly worn at extremities. Pastedowns bear light adhesive residue, library stamps and scar from a sticker having been removed. Text is unmarked. Binding is sound. Slim 8vo. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Lattice theory offers an ideal framework for understanding basic mathematical concepts. This outstanding text is written in clear, direct language and enhanced with many research problems, exercises, diagrams, and concise proofs. The author discusses historical developments as well as future directions and provides extensive end-of-chapter materials and references. Includes bibliography and subject index. Lattice theory, Lattices, Distributive

Chicago, IL: Jana Skirmanta Apgads, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Blue boards with gilt titling on front and spine. One page,'Pamanitas iespiedkludas,' is loose, apparently at rear hinge, which is cracked. The binding, however, is sound. Interior is unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Destiny of Latvian and Lithuanian Eastern Provinces. 'Mr. K. Stalsans describes numerous attempts of Slavic nations to assimilate Latvians and Lithuanians during the period of the 19th century. With a profound clarity and scientific validity he acquaints the reader with the Baltic nations and their places of settlement.' -from the Introduction, which is in English. Three maps on two fold-out pages at rear. Latvian History

Riga: Avots, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/None. Light gray boards with silver embossed symbol on front and black titling on spine. Simple maps on endpapers of Baltic and Slavic states and Prussia, Lithuania and Estonia with rivers. One chapter has some pencil underling, not intrusive. Clean and tight. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Latvian Culture Foundation. Compiled by M. Zirnite. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index of symbols. Ships from US. Riga Latvia

Lawrenceville, NJ: Lawrenceville School, 1935. Paperback. Good/None. Cream-colored folded pamphlet, bound with decorative twisted cord. Lightly edgeworn and toned in a vertical triangle along front top corner. Interior unmarked. 6.5x8 ins. BOOK INFO: In connection with the Graduation of the Class of 1935, June 14-16, 1935. List of the Members of the Graduating Class; Class Day Exercises; Program; Organ Recital; Program; Graduation Exercises and Founders Day Address Program; Concert by Musical Clubs; Commencement Sunday Services; Members of Musical Clubs: Glee Club, Band and Choir. B&W engraving of the school adorns the front cover. Glee Club, Band and Choir; Lawrenceville, NJ; New Jersey; Lawrenceville School; Class of 1935