Titles starting with L from McBlain Books

1979. [Exhibition Catalog] Gonzalez de Saenz, Luisa, 1899. L. G. Saenz. Del 24 de agosto al 21 de octubre de 1979. Museo de Arte Costarricense. San Jose, Costa Rica: Museo de Arte Costarricense, 1979. ills, photos, 16p. plus (16)p. plates. Wrapper. 20cm. Inked name on title-page. Ex lib. Spanish text. Works by a Costa Rican artist. ... more information

1970. Paperback. 3. [Exhibition catalog] *Shields, L. Robert. L. Robert Shields; Drawings and Painting. 2 photos, Folded softcover four-page leaflet. 26cm. Very Good. Held April 5-25, 1970 in the Art Gallery at Fisk University. African American artist. ... more information

1934. 2. [Souvenir Dance Program] L. U. D. Fraternity. L. U. D.: "That Grand, Glorious and Noble Fraternity" Founded in '31 to Satiate Ye Primitive Impulse Presents Its "Congressional Ball", Wednesday Evening, January 24th, 1934. NY: 1934. photos (portraits), 20p. Wrapper (split at fold, minor chipping). 31cm. Contents Very Good. Includes photographs and brief tongue-in-cheek statements about 32 Members and Associates. ... more information

1928. Paperback. 2. Rouillard, Germaine. L'Administration Civile de l'Egypte Byzantine. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1928. 2nd ed. illustrations, index, xv. 268p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Unopened. Very Good. French text. ... more information

1928. Paperback. 3. Cros, Louis. L'Afrique Francaise pour tous. Paris: Michel, (1928). illustrations, 651p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Piece of front cover replaced. 22cm. Good. French text. ... more information

1927. 3. Berthelot, Andre. L'Afrique Saharienne et Soudanaise: Ce qu'en ont Connu les Anciens. Paris: Lest Arts et le Livre, 1927. 4 maps (2 folding), 431p. Hardcover in later green cloth. 23cm. Contents rather heavily browned. Bookplate of John Ralph Willis. Good. French text. ... more information

1971. Paperback. 2. Amin, Samir. L'Afrique de l'Ouest Bloquee: L'Economie Politique de la Colonisation, 1880-1970. Paris: Editions de Minuit, (1971). 322p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Former owner's name. Text lightly browned. Very Good. French text. ... more information

1960. Paperback. 3. Diop, Cheikh Anta. L'Afrique noire pre-coloniale: etude comparee des systemes politiques et sociaux de l'Europe et de l'Afrique Noire, de l'antiquite a la formation des etats modernes. Paris: Presence Africaine, (c. 1960). errata slip (partially mounted inside front cover), illustrations (some color), maps, Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Spine sloped. Former owner's name. Text moderately browned. Several pencil markings in margins. Good. French text. ... more information

1865. 2. Baquol, Jacques. L'Alsace Ancienne et Moderne ou Dictionnaire Topographique, Historique et Statistique du Haut et du Bas-Rhin. Strasbourg, 1865. 3rd ed. color frontis, 14 plates (8 colored), 5 folding maps, 642p. Hardcover in later 1/2 cloth (marbled boards with cloth backstrip and corners). 23cm. Age-toning. A couple of minor stains on page edges. Very Good. French text. This edition was edited by P. Ristelhuber. ... more information

1904. 3. Jullien, Le P. M. L'Arbre de la Vierge s Matarieh. Souvenirs du Sejour de la Sainte Famille en Egypte. Le Caire: Imprimerie Nationale, 1904. 4e edition. frontis, 74p. Contemporary 1/2 leather (original front wrapper bound in). 28cm. Backstrip faded. Bookplate. Foxing on blank leaves at both ends and on tissue-guard for frontis. Very Good/No Jacket. French text. ... more information

1928. 2. Diehl, Charles. L'Art Chretien Primitif et l'Art Byzantin. Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest, 1928. 62p. text plus 64 plates. Hardcover in contemporary red 3/4 leather. 25cm. Covers lightly scuffed. Contents sound. Very Good. French text. ... more information

1971. 2. Chirkov, D., compiler. ... L'Art Decoratif du Daguestan: Daghestan Decorative Art. Moscow: Sovietsky Khudozhnik, 1971. 3 maps (one captioned in each language) on a single folding leaf, ills (some color), 277p. Yellow cloth. dj. (tear and wear along upper edge). 33cm. Very Good/Good. Introduction by Rasul Gamzatov. Title and text in Russian, French and English. Dagestan is a region in Russia of slightly less than 20,000 square miles on the Western shore of the Caspian Sea - its chief towns a... more information

1935. 2. Zervos, Christian. L'Art de la Mesopotamie de la fin du quatrieme millenaire au XVe siecle avant notre ere. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", (c. 1935). (244)p. Hardcover (folded paper jacket over white boards). 32cm. Very Good. Some text but mostly captioned photos. French text. ... more information

1921. 3. Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945. L'Art de la Perse Ancienne. Paris: G. Cres, (1921). Translated by Paul Budry. photos, plans, ix, 65p. plus 150 plates (on 75 leaves). Hardcover. 25cm. Moderate general wear. Name on endpaper. Good/No Jacket. L'Art de l'Orient series. French text. Persian art and architecture from the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD. ... more information

1770. 2. Nollet, Jean Antoine, 1700-1770. L'Art des Experiences: Ou Avis aux Amateurs de la Physique sur le Choix, la Construction et l'Usage des Instruments; Sur la Preparation et l'Emploi des Drogues Qui Servent aux Experiences. Paris: Chez P. E. G. Durand, Neveu, Libraire, 1770. 3 Vols. 56 plates (most folding), 509p. 552p. 524p. plus 10p. publisher's adverts. Modern quarterbinding. 17cm. Intermittent foxing. Very Good. French text. Nollet was a French clergyman and the first professor ... more information

1975. Paperback. 3. Hussein, Mahmoud. L'Egypte: Lutte de Classes et Liberation Nationale. Paris: Francois Maspero, 1975. 2 vols. 180, 150p. Softcover. 18cm. Very Good. Petite Collection Maspero, Nos. 140-141. French text. Vol. I subtitled "1945-1967"; Vol. II, "1967-1973". ... more information

1894. 2. Testoin, Edouard. L'Egypte: ou le pays des Coptes: Diffusion de la langue Francaise en orient. Tours: Cattier, 1894. frontis (portrait), 256p. Hardcover in later 1/2 cloth. 25cm. Corners rubbed. Very Good. French text. ... more information

1882. 3. [Odd volume] Bemmelen, Pieter van. L'Egypte et l'Europe, par un Ancien Juge Mixte. Leiden: Brill, n.d. [1882?]. Volume 1 ONLY (of 2). xxiii, 344p. Hardcover. 23cm. Cover has a few spots of discoloration. Contents slightly shaken and age-toned. Good. French text. ... more information

1927. Paperback. Grousset, Rene. L'Empire Mongol. Paris: E. de Boccard, 1941-1927. 2 vols. folding maps, 583, 364p. Softcover. 23cm. First volume browned and quite brittle. Fair. Grousset's Histoire du Monde, Tome VIII(3). French text. ... more information

1854. Huc, Evariste Regis, 1813-1860. L'Empire Chinois: Faisant suite a l'Ouvrage intitule Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans la Tartarie et le Thibet. Paris: Librairie de Gaume Freres, 1854. Deuxieme edition. 2 vols. bound in 1. folding, partially colored map, xxiv, 471, 487p. Hardcover in contemporary pebbled cloth. 22cm. Backstrip quite worn at ends but still functional. Corners worn. Contents sound. Fair. French text. ... more information