Search Results: Titles starting with G from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

The Hague: Mouton, 1976. An "attempt to reconstruct an anthropological concept of rationality" through the reinterpretation of Mead's works. Publisher's Approaches to Semiotics series number 54. Hardcover. Light wear to book, jacket rubbed & lightly edgeworn with tape stain near base of spine on the rear panel. Text clean; 219 pages; index, bibliography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991. Proceeds of this conference on one of Galen's works, including style & context; use of the word 'Endeixis' ('indication') by Galen & other authors, Arabic equivalents; lists of Latin manuscripts containing medieval versions of Methodus Medendi; its translation into Middle English and teaching in the Renaissance; essays in German on the book's scientific fundamentals, al-Razi & Johann Agricola Ammonius's opinions on it. Eight essays in English, three in German. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling. No jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, minor staining. Text clean; viii, 205 pages + publisher's ad. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

London: William Heinemann, 1927. Haunted sailor decides to confront his ghost. First edition. Hardcover, full blue-green cloth, gilt titling. General wear, spine faded, no jacket, bookplate, spine lean. Text clean; [6], 293 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Small Octavo.

New York: Exposition Press, 1966. Comments on Galveston & oleander culture, checklist of 60 oleander varieties. Galveston became the "Oleander City" after extensive civic plantings in the wake of the huge storm of 1900. The author was a widely-known expert on oleanders, having broadcast on radio and published several brochures; he co-founded the National Oleander Society. Small hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Half-inch tear (binding defect) in front hinge, slight shelfwear. Jacket rubbed with small hole in spine. 31 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5½" by 8¼".

New York: John Lane, 1914 Full olive cloth, decorated cover in white and green, initialed by 'FH' (?); gilt titling. Corners bumped, edges worn, not too badly. Pages yellowed, front endsheets browned; text clean. Five-line note on second blank. 328 pages + 1 ad at rear, glossy b/w fronticepiece. Romantic legal novel.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 5¼" by 7¾".

New York/Newark: Barse & Co., 1928 Party games for children; the scarcest of the author's game books. Full red cloth, black titling. Light wear, binding flaw has left a dent inside the front cover, affecting several pages; several pages also have a sort of crease, apparently another material problem, not later damage. Jacket shows edgewear and minor chipping, some rubbing. Text clean; 53 pages.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4½" by 6¾".

New York: Viking Press, 1966. History of gardening from ancient times, including Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Persian, Greek, Arab, Roman, European, American, Chinese & Japanese gardens. One of the publisher's large format lavishly illustrayed 'Studio Book' series. First edition, INSCRIBED by the author to someone's friend on the free endsheet. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, jacket lightly edgeworn with minor chipping at the head of the spine. Text clean; 388 pages; index, notes, many color & b/w plates, photos & illustrations.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8¾" by 11¼".

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Later entry in the Philo Vance series, set amongst the horse-racing set, filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe as Vance. First printing, with 'A' on copyright page. Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Light general wear, gilt a bit tarnished, ink name & dates + rubberstamped name & address on free endsheet; jacket shows a bit of edgewear, minor chipping & creasing, short tear; front flap too closely trimmed, removing the last letter from most words. Text clean; 332 pages + 8 pages offering brief synopses & reviews of previous Vance novels.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5½" by 7½".

Ottawa: Lee Valley Tools Ltd., 1997. Modernized excerpts from 'The Complete Farmer; or, A General Dictionary of Husbandry in All its Branches', 1766-1777. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xxii, blank leaf, 369 pages, b/w illustrations from period sources; modern glossary.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 9¼".

Bellville, SA: Mayibuye Books, 1992. Collecton of poetry by this white anti-apartheid activist, who had, at the time of publication, recently returned to South Africa after some 30 years in exile, where he helped found the Mayibuye Centre for History & Culture in South Africa, intended to collect & preserve materials on the fight against racism there. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page: "Best wishes to Tom on the occasion of your visit to the Mayibuye Centre Barry". Paperback, green covers. Light wear, ink date on first page, old sticker remnants on rear cover; bend/crease to first few pages, extending, though diminished, through the book - a binding flaw. Text clean; [6], 87 pages + 3 pages publisher's ads.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5½" by 8¼".

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1931 Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo. 538 pages with notes, appendix and index. By author of The Golden Bough. Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt tops. Light wear to head and tail of spine; upper corner of rear board lightly bumped; bookseller's sticker on rear end sheet. Text is clean and binding is tight..

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1969. The author, formerly a defense attorney who represented one person accused by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in the Clay Shaw case regarding an alleged conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy, recounts Garrison's career and manouverings in the Shaw case. Stated first edition. Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titlimg. Light wear, jacket with a bit of edgewear, chipping at the head of the spine. Text clean; x, 278 pages; index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6¼" by 9¼".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Novel of a farm girl gone to college becoming alienated. Stated first edition (first printing). SIGNED by Moore on a (probably) tipped-in leaf. light wear to book, ink name, jacket shows some edgewear, small sticker-removal scar to rear panel, Autographed Copy sticker rubbed. Text clean.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

New York: Viking Press, 1994 Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. Octavo. Signed by Wachtel 12/1/94..

Colusa, CA: Dark Regions Press, 2011. 18 weird horror stories inspired by the mythoi of H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, with Pugmire's own obsessions in the weave; interview/overview of the author by Jeffrey Thomas. Unlimited paperback edition. Minor wear, hint of creasing. Text clean; 191, [3] pages. . Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 9".

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Scholarly study of the Fox River valley and what became south-western Wisconsin & adjacent parts of Illinois and Iowa, where Native Americans controlled lucrative lead-mining regions, trading with the French & British, co-existing in such communities as Green Bay and Prairie du Chien, how they were able to maintain control for nearly a century, and how they finally lost out. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear, bookplate & rubberstamp (of museum director & author Edward F. Finch) on free endsheet. Text clean; xviii, [2], 233 pages; index, notes, note on sources, maps, illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Exposition Press, 1960. Young Mexican boy climbs a mountain to seek help for his parazyzed sister, meets the Feathered Serpent, who directs him to a miracle. For younger readers. SIGNED by the author/illustrator on the free endsheet. Hardcover, full reddish cloth, black illustration & titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows some rubbing to the corners, linear rust stain to rear panel. Text clean; 39 pages, sketchy line drawings.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anneliese Sinn. Octavo.

New York: Stein and Day, 1967. Campy British espionage thriller/satire - Leslie also wrote a number of Man From U.N.C.L.E. novels. First American edition, listing no later printings; hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine ends bumped, minor edgewear, hint of foxing to front endsheet; jacket also shows minor edgewear, faint interior foxing at the flap creases, $4.95 price intact, pop art design by Paul Omin. Text clean, no names or marks. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Biography of this French chemist, a disciple of Berthollet, rival of Davy & Dalton, considered one of the first 'professional' scientists. Black hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book & jacket; jacket spine faded, front flap creased. Text clean; xvi, 333 pages; indexes, bibliography, notes, chronology, b/w frontispiece portrait.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Basle: CIBA-GEIGY, 1981. Technical information, tables & charts on measurement, physiology, metabolism, food value. Hardcover. Stated eighth edition. Light wear to book, a few scuffs & scratches, covers & spine faded; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean.. Eighth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.