Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Leaf and Stone Books

Leipzig: Librarie Hahnianae. Good with no dust jacket. 1824. Hardcover. Tomus Primus, 1824, Editio Tertia, auctior et Emendatior, xxxx + 488 pages; Tomus Secundus, 1828, Editio Secunda, xvi + 384 pp + Index Verborum 348 pp + Corrigenda + ads. Three volumes in two, handsomely bound in 19th century ribbed brown cloth with blind ruling to boards, gilt to spine with floriation to the borders, brown marbled boards. It appears the binding post-dates the publication. Books are sturdy and clean, front hinges starting but holding very strong, bit of foxing, one page has a small ink blot (pencil eraser size) affecting text, second volume has a bit of damp stain at lower edge/corner affecting the first 35 pages and has a bit more overall foxing than the first volume. Entirely in Latin with Horace's text surrounded by Doering's scholarly commentary. Very hard to find with the Verborum. Nice set.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Cambridge: J. Deighton. Good with no dust jacket. 1850. Second Edition. Hardcover. lx, 174pp + 18 unnumbered pages. Latin and English languages. Index. Book has brown cloth covers with white and brown lettering on the spine. Wear and some tearing to the head, tail and edges of the spine. Wear to edges, corners and slight wear to the covers. Front hinge beginning to wear. Textblock and text are clear, very minor underlining on some pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .

Leiden: Isaac Severinus. Good with no dust jacket. 1718 - 1720. First Edition Thus. Vellum. [38], 443, [53] pages and 64 pages. Frontis plate and folding plate. Numerous engravings within the text. Octavo. In a vellum prize binding with blind ruling, brilliant gilt classical figure with gilt acorn clusters in the corners, spine has gilt decorations in the compartments. Holes where ties once were. Vellum a bit grubby and darkened but otherwise intact. Inside front cover the prize has been removed leaving the board bare. Inside back cover page is also removed. A few library marks but otherwise clean and unmarked. Text in Latin across the top, with two columns in Latin beneath. Tertullian, a Roman from Carthage, was the first Christian writer to write in Latin, described as "the first and incomparably the best" by the Roman author of Praedestinatus," a brilliant author who writing is "aggressive, sarcastic, and brilliant, at points very funny even after 2000 years."… Read More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0801430887 . 212pp + 8 unnumbered pages. Book has burgundy cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Dust jacket is pink with black text on covers and spine, with mylar cover. Slight bumping on head and tail. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; 9.099999990718000 X 6.399999993472000 X 0.899999999082000 inches; 220 pages .

Turnholt: Brepols. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978250300331 . lxxxi + 503 pp. Entirely in Latin. Brepols indicates the preliminary material is XCVIII but in this copy it is lxxxi with no apparent lacunae. Red cloth with gilt has some wear at corners, corners little bumped, spine tips starting to show some wear, gilt a bit smudgy, interior clean and unmarked. This is XXXIII of the Series Latina. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Turnholt: Brepols. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978250300331 . Lxxxi + 503 pp. Entirely in Latin. Brepols indicates the preliminary material is XCVIII but in this copy it is lxxxi with no apparent lacunae. Red cloth with gilt has white library stickers to spine and front cover, faint stain at bottom front, interior has normal library markings including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. Good copy. ; Corpus Christianorum; Ex-Library; Vol. 33; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521585554 . Two volume set. Vol. 1 xxvi, 609pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Vol. 2 xxi, 489pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Equations, references, index. Books have dark blue cloth covers with gold text on front cover and spine. Minor wear and marks on covers and spines. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol. 1&2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1152 pages .

Clifton Hill, Australia: Rigamarole Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 0909229279 . 93 pp + publisher's ad page. Black glossy stiff wrapper dust jacket with blue/red shapes is bit worn at corners, top of spine bumped and rubbed. Grey card covers are clean and nice. Interior has author's gift inscription on first blank, some notes in another hand on inside back cover. Text clean and nice, some pages starting to loosen from glued binding. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 93 pages; Signed by Author .

Akron, Ohio: S. H. Paschen. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. KB7. 147pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Photographs, index, appendices. Book has black paper hardcover with gold text on front cover. Slight marks on covers. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1817. Hardcover. 572pp + 8 unnumbered pages. Index. Book has quarter leather binding with decorative brown paper on the boards. Book has some light wear and tear to head, tail, edges and corners, front board detached but present, leather on spine worn, back outter hinge extremely worn and cracked but back board still attached. Ex-library with plate glued to front pastedown. Text is clear, bright and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 580 pages .

Edinburgh: Tragara Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. 0902616153 . 24 unnumbered pages. Book has grey paper covers with blakc text on the front. Minor wear and tears to head, tail, edges and corners, corners creased. Textblock has deckled edges. Previous owner wrote on first page, otherwise text and textblock are clear and unmarked. ; 24 pages .

Charlottesville & London: University of Virginia Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0813919401 . Xiv, 240, [ii] pages. Notes, works cited, index. Octavo. Black and gold dust jacket with romantic knightly image, very minor shelf wear to DJ, flaps intact. Book itself has some small numbers written at top of first blank in pencil, otherwise clean and tight, very nice copy. "...Saville uses Lacanian theories of sublimation and courtly love to reconfigure" the long-standing rift in the field of Hopkins criticism. Was he a determined ascetic Jesuit because he was trying to conquer his homosexuality, or was his monasticism an oppressive regimen that he tried to escape through his poetry? ; Victorian Literature And Culture Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages .

Kingston, Ontario, Caada: Blue Heron Press. Good. 1999. Softcover. 0920266169 . III + 267 pp. 6 appendices, works cited, and index at rear. English text. Red softcover with black and white photo on front cover. Book is in good condition, very clean with no marks. ; 267 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. ix, 282pp + 7 unnumbered pages. Book has dark green covers with gold and white text on the spine. Wear and minor tears to head, tail and corners. Very minor marks on the covers. Ex-library with stamps and white text on spine, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages .

New York: Vrest Orton. Good. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 53 pages, frontis plate of George Jean Nathan. Limited edition of 300 copies. Attractive cream hardcovers with a sprightly 1930s design, covers bit age darkened, some corner rubbing, spine covering chipped partly obscuring title, interior "ex libris" Rev. I. L. Boreisis, the first administrator of the Detroit St. Anthony's Lithuanian Church. Paper lightly age toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. Review copy with the small review sheet still inserted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages .

Oxford University Press. Good. 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. (16) + (50) +(2) +130 pages +(2) +(12) contains index, latin language, red cloth cover with gold lettering on spine and black motif on front, wear to head, tail, edges and corners, some pages show use of pencil and highlighter but does not affect readability; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .

N/A. Fair with no dust jacket. Softcover. 45pp + 3 unnumbered pages. rench language. Pictures. Book has light blue paper covers with dark blue text and pictures on the front and back. Major wear and tears to head, tail and spine, wear, creasing and tears to edges and corners, marks on covers, pen mark on front cover, sunning to spine and edges. Page 46 has some pen marks on it, otherwise text is clear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .

Paris: Cerf. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. 127 pp. Text in Greek, else French. Library bound in dark red buckram with gilt to spine, white library letters marked out, interior has normal library marks, pocket removed, else clean and sturdy. A nice copy of the Cerf edition of Phil of Alexandria. ; Les ?uvres de Philon d'Alexandrie, 5; Ex-Library; 127 pages .