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

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie. Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 255 pages, hundreds of woodcuts, gift inscription from the author on the half title. Square duodecimo. Condition of this 1st edition is good antiquarian. The black cloth covers are a little worn, some corner rubbing, spine a bit faded with some pulling at the top, interior clean and unmarked. This unusual book is a very early example of a graphic novel, told entirely in engraved woodcut illustrations without text except for an introduction and a postscript “A review of Block Books and Stories in Woodcuts. ” It shows/tells the fictionalized story of Bikini Island in the South Seas and the devastation that came to its inhabitants at the end of WWII with the advent of the nuclear age. The woodcuts are striking and graphic, sharp and clear, in a recognizably mid-century style quite reminiscent of Rockwell Kent, who lends his name and introduction to the book. A beautiful book with a haunting, too… Read More

Toronto: Benben for Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities. Good with no dust jacket. 1979-1980. Softcover. [6], 73, [3]; [6], 75-174; [4], 175-249. [9]; [3]. 251-428, [34], iii, 3 pp.. Illustrated with 39 plates. Bright orange covers stapled, very minor wear. Clean and bright inside. Good copies. Includes articles by Jorge Roberto Ogdon, Dorothy Louise Easy, Juan Jose Catillos, Winifred Needler, Hans Goedicke, Donald B. Redford, and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 428 pages .

Cambridge: Blackfriars. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Xxi + 219 pp. Notes, glossary, 3 appendixes, and index at rear. Latin and English text. Red DJ in fair condition. Some marks on front and faint wear along edges, library sticker on spine. Book is ex-library with usual interior and exterior marks, with pocket on rear fly page. Red cloth boards. Book is in good condition, clean with no marks save aforementioned library marks. ; Summa Theologiae; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages .

Regensburg: Kommissionsverlag Friedrich Pustet. Good. 1984. Softcover. 3791709119 . 202 pp. Notes and select bibliography at rear. German text. Blue softcover. Book is in good condition. Corners and edges somewhat bumped. Corner at top of rear cover is bent. Interior is clean, signed by previous owner on front cover. Otherwise no marks. Very usable copy. ; Studia patristica et liturgica; X X ; 202 pages .

London: Faber & Faber. Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. xix, 114pp + 4 unnumbered pages. Frontis, photographs, index. Book has yellow and blue cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Dust jacket is grey and cream with black text on spine and covers with illustration on front cover. Dust jacket has mylar cover. Illustrated front and back pastedowns and flyleaves. Book plates on front flyleaf and edge page. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 137 pages .

New York; Westport; London: Greenwood Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0313263299 . KB40...xv, 200 pp. Select bibliography, index. Errata sheet tipped in. Octavo. Dark burgundy cloth with gilt is clean and unmarked, interior tight and clean. Appears unused. Good copy. ; Contributions to the Study of Religion; Vol. 30; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Boston: Beacon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807056049 . Kb6 ...xiii, 252 pp. Notes, references, index. Illustrated with 5 tables, 2 maps, 2 figures. Octavo. Bright red dust jacket with painting of a pensive pregnant Italian woman. Jacket has minor shelf wear, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and tight, small erasure on the first free end paper, otherwise clean and tight, very nice copy. In this book, historian Kertzer reveals the shocking and little-known system that operated just a century ago, when in cities such as Milan and Florence up to one out of every three newborns was abandoned. Kertzer shows how the establishment of foundling homes by both Catholic and civic organizations began int eh 13th century as a way to discourage abortion and infanticide, while allowing unwed mothers to avoid dishonor. But as the Church attempted to increase its control over family life, these institutions eventaually became the center of a system that… Read More

Sint-pietersabdij: Steenbrugge. Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Softcover. 483 pps. Edited volume with articles in German, English, Russian, French, and Dutch. Tan soft cover with blue and black lettering. Book in good condition, only very faint marks and wear on front cover otherwise very clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 483 pages .

Cape Town: University of Cape Town. Good. 1962. Hardcover. 326 pp. English introduction with Latin text. Orange cloth boards. Book is in good condition. Edges and corners somewhat rubbed. Black mark on front cover. Some pencil throughout but interior is quite clean. Usable copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Kb60... Xxix, 56 pages. Map, notes, bibliography, appendices, glossary and index. Dark blue cloth cover with copper text on the spine and dark blue painted top edge of the textblock. Icelandic with English facing translation. Minor wear on tail. Interior in excellent condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 56 pages .

Troy, NY: Russell Sage College. Good. 1942. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 168 pp. Wonderful ads at the rear. Dark green deeply figured leatherette boards with white are a little rubbed at corners and spine tips. Bottom interior front end papers have a hint of humidity bleaching and a little rippling, otherwise clean and unmarked. Nice copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages .

Florence: G. C. Sansoni. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Xii, 468 pp. Index. In Italian with some Latin. Cream paper hardcovers with black, laminated with clear plastic, some normal shelf wear and age to the covers. Interior has normal library markings including removed pocket scar, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Studi Sulla Tradizione Aristotelica Nel Veneto [Unversita Degli Studi Di Padova Centro Aristotelico]; Ex-Library; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages .

Detroit: Basilian Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Softcover. xxx, 379 pp. Maps and illustrations. Dark blue softcovers with red and gold iconic illustrations. General signs of mild use, back cover has oxidized a bit, interior has been read but is clean and unmarked. Quite hard to find. A biography of Kuntsevych, the martyred Polish-Ukrainian Eastern Rite bishop (1580-1623) who tried to unite the Orthodox and Catholic churches. ; 379 pages .

Paris: Les Editions Du Cerf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Softcover. 2204012777 . 198, [ii]; [xiv] pp. Bibliography, indices. Small octavo. Cream card covers with dark green title are clean, some light shelf wear. Interior is clean and bright. Text in Latin, else French. Sources Chretiennes 249. ; Sources Chretiennes; Vol. 249; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages .

Chicago: Loyola Pr. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. 0829400087 . xv, 859 pp. Index. Frontis portrait of the saint, illustrated with black and white. Title page with illuminated initials. Dark red cloth with gilt and lovely 16th century illuminated initials in gilt. Spine has neat library numbers, minor wear to boards and edges. Interior has minimal library markings, reading room not circulating, book is otherwise clean. A nice copy of this work, reprinted from an earlier edition. ; Ex-Library; 9.50 X 6.60 X 1.70 inches; 859 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Softcover. xviii, 213pp + 1 unnumbered page. English and Latin languages, tables, bibliography. Book has brown paper softcover with black text on covers and spine. Minor wear on spine and corners. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .

Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0813208521 . Xxiv, 407 pp. Chronology, Catalogue of St. Thomas's Works; Bibliography, indices. Octavo. Dark blue hard cover with gilt image of St. Thomas and title, also gilt to spine. Front cover has mark from old sticker, spine has a few signs of age and remains of a sticker, interior has old library indicia, one page has an old stain in the lower margin, otherwise clean and sturdy. Usable and respectable but still priced a bit low. In English with some Latin. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 407 pages .

Roma: Pont.Institutum Orientalium Studiorum. Good. 1964. Reprint. Softcover. 87 pp. In French. Orientalia Christiana. Vol. VI - 1. Num 22. martio 1926. Reproductio lithographica a 1964 (from the 1926 original). Original light manila card covers are a bit sunned around the edges and spine, interior few pages have minor marginalia , otherwise clean and unmarked. Quite scarce. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

New York, ET AL: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0195117220 . KB30...xv, 255 pp. Notes, bibliography, index, tabular comparison of miracle stories in the Lives of Radegund. Octavo. Grey cloth with red to the spine, signs of very moderate shelf wear. Interior is clean and unmarked except for an old pencil price mark at the rear. Includes Venantius Fortunatus, Gregory of ToursSaint Monegund, Saint Radegund, Baudonivia's life of Radegund, etc. Nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .

Washington, D. C.: Historical Division, U. S. Marine Corps. Fair with no dust jacket. 1950. Softcover. vii, 286pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Maps, pictures, bibliography and appendices. Book has red paper covers with white text on the front and spine, black text over white background on the back, pictoral front cover. Major wear and tears to head and tail, wear and tears to head, tail, edges and corners, corners and spine creased, bottom half of back cover is torn along spine edge. Text is clear. Pages 257-278 and 279-286 and stuck together at bottom corners. ; Marine Corps Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages .