Search Results: Authors starting with G from Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Original full brown morocco leather with elaborate black blind stamped decoration, spine bands & bright gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Hinges and text tight & intact. [672pp]. Text printed in double columns with a historiated letter at the beginning of each entry. Profusely Illustrated with full-page portraits. Edges somewhat rubbed. Light age toning to plates. ; Thick 4to 11" - 13" tall; 672 pages .

Warsaw, Poland: Foreign Scientific Publications. Very Good. 1975. Softcover. X-Lib. Clean white soft covers. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with B/W plates, drawings and fold out diagrams. English articles Nos. 1, 3, 6, 9-16 and 18 are not included. Translated from German, French and Polish by Kazimierz Galewski, Anatol Dangel and Zdzislaw Marklewicz. Published for the Smithonian Institution. Science, Insects ; Ex-Library; B&W Drawing & B/W Photo; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages .

South Australia: Hussey & Gillingham. Good+. 1902. First Edition. Soft Cover. Ernest Gall was a South Australian born photographer active from the 1880s to the 1920s. Illustrated with 80 Viewlets: b/w photographs and drawings. 20 unnumbered pages. Inscription by original owner. Tape on spine. Light foxing throughout. -0---Lightly soiled covers with corner wear. Australia, South Pacific , Oceana ; Photographs; Thin 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Providence: Snow & Farnham Co.. Very Good. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint damp stain on bottom corner of a number of pages. Clean blue cloth has gilt embellished title on spine and front cover. Text tight & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W portrait photograph and map Illustrations. Regimental history. Line & staff officers and history of the field. Military; B/W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 326 pages .

Philadelphia: J. L. Smith. Good+. 1904. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Hardcover. U. S. Geological Survey, surveyed in 1894, edition of 1902, printed in 1904. This is a 30 1/2" x 38 1/2" USGS map that J. L. Smith of Philadelphia, sometime after issue, sectioned (4 sections x 6 sections) and mounted on linen to create a folding pocket map. It is mounted in a 10 x 5.5 inch dark brown embossed and gilded hardcover folder that bears the title "Smith's Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity". The map covers the area north and west well past Norristown and south into Delaware, as well as a good part of New Jersey beyond Camden. It shows the local road network and was made for local travel. The inside cover has original owner's signature. Cover graded G+ due to rubbing along the spine edges & corners. The map is in VG condition. ; Fold out cloth Map; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Philadelphia: Saunders Co.. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. [559 pp + 16 pp ads].250 b/w engraved illustrations. Concise and practical treatise on the etiology, pathology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of constipation and obstipation. Prior owners ink stamps. Spine heel lightly rubbed. Medical; B/W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 559 pages .

Albany, N. Y.: Charles Van Benthuysen. Very Good. 1861. First Edition. Soft Covers. Original clean yellow soft covers with small edge tear. A fold out map of the Erie Canal at rear of booklet. Bound with twine. Illustrated with tables. Eastern Division Canal repairs. Canal, New York; Tables & Large Fold-out Map; 8vo; 160 pages .

Cleveland: Tho. Brown. Good+. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: "Giving the Author's First Experiments Contained in a Paper Read Before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Sciences. Also Directions for the Most Successful Modes of Angling for such Kinds of Fish as are Herein Described." Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Text tight and intact. Light foxing through-out. Engraved Illustrations. The hatching and rearing of Speckled Trout; Black Bass; Large Mouth Bass; White Bass; Grass Bass; Rock Bass; Pickerel; Yellow Perch; Sun Fish and Eel. Agriculture, Pisciculture; Engraved Illustrations; 8vo; 142 pages .

Paris: Charles De Sercy. Good+. 1657. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary speckled brown calf covers & most of spine mounted on early rebinding in brown calf. Somewhat worn elaborate gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled page edges. [lxxxiii, 2, (Premiere Partie) 262pp] [ vi, (Seconde Partie) 127pp, 3]. Text is tight & intact: some pages misnumbered. 26 fine engraved portraits including frontis portrait of the author, age 11, after Frans by J. Frosne. Many vignettes. Fountain pen ink swirls on front & rear endpapers. A few small ink spots on last 2 leaves. Penciled-in note in French on front endpaper. Scattered age toned leaves (approx 50) . Collection of tributes in verse to the French King & Queen, Queen of Sweden, Chancellor Séguier, Prince of Conti, Forquet, etc. Attributed to the son of the actor Beauchasteau**The collected works of a child prodigy who was granted a pension by Richelieu, feted by Oliver Cromwell, and disappeared. ** Poetry; Large 8vo… Read More

New York: S. N. Gaston. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Soft Covers. Rare pocket-sized atlas focusing on the secessionist or slave-holding states at the outset of the American Civil War. Bound in tan publisher's printed wrappers. Front wrap is identical to the title page & with American eagle emblem. Saddle-stitched binding is tight. 14 hand-colored cerograph maps (1 double-page). Blank on verso of each map. Cover has small areas of chipping but generally good; interior has only minor pencil marginalia & light age toning.. The initial double-page map of the United States and Territories is indicated with "great cantonments and strategic points" marked with a hand-colored red dot. These points include New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington DC, Norfolk, Pensacola, Cairo, St. Louis, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Individual maps of the Confederate and Border States follow: Delaware/Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,… Read More

New York: Press of Gillies Brothers. Very Good+. 1883. Hardcover. Very nice original clean reddish brown cloth decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. Also contains historical sketches of the past presidents of Rutgers College. Prior owners bookplate. New Jersey ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pages .

London: Printed for Ri. Chiswell. Fair. 1696. First Edition. Hardcover. In custom made slipcase. Worn leather covers with rounded corners. Hinges cracked. Covers reinforced with cloth tape & firmly attached. Soiled title page with a few age darkened pages. Rear endpaper missing. VG. Religion, English Language, Catholic Church, Puritans; Dominican; Church History; Ethiopia; Jesuits; Missions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 466 pages .

Boston: Cupples, Upham & Co.. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards. Red cloth corners & spine with label. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations. Small cloth tear on front hinge. Spine label with small chip. New England; B&W illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages .

Great Britain: Alabaster, Passmore & Sons, Ltd. Printer. Very Good. 1917. Pamphlet. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pages .

New York: Boni & Liveright. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1926. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Limited, Numbered & Signed Edition 1027/1250 copies. Clean grayish blue paper covered boards over white spine with paper spine label in original lightly tanned dustjacket. Text tight, clean & intact with deckled edge uncut pages. Pictorial frontispiece. Dust Jacket protected in a mylar cover. Prose, Literature. ; 8vo; 285 pages; Signed by Author .

Paris: J. B. Baillière. Near Fine. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Title cont. ".....ET EN PARTICULIER SUR LE SIÉGE, LA NATURE ET LE TRAITEMENT DE L HYSTÉRIE, DE L'HYPOCHONDRIE, DE L ÉPILEPSIE ET DE L'ASTHME CONVULSIF". Attractive later binding of green calf with gilt decoration & lettering over green marbled boards. Hinges & text tight & intact. Text bright & clean except for very light foxing on first & last 2 leaves only. Bound with new endpapers. Vol 1. [6, 421 pp]. Vol. 2. [4, 432 pp]. Medicine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 853 pages .

Bremen: North German Lloyd. Very Good+. 1907. Soft cover. Clean soft pictorial cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Sailing from New York to Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg on Tuesday, June 25th, 1907. First & second cabin passenger list. "Alice" a twin-screw passenger steamship. Oelrichs & Co. , General Agents, 5 Broadway, New York ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages .

Lancaster, Pa.: The Society. Very Good+. 1891-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards with leather spines and protective leather front corners. Gilt lettering on spines. Soft cover booklets with most original covers bound into ten hardcover volumes, 1891 - 1900. Text's interiors are tight, clean & intact. Each booklet has a tissue protected frontispiece. Illustrations: engravings, drawings in one color, maps, photographs. Vol. 1. 94pp, published in 1891. Proceedings & addresses: (includes Society Constitution) Lancaster April 15th, 1891. Vol. 2. 182pp. Published in 1891-1892. Proceedings & addresses Harrisburg, Oct. 14th, 1891. Vol. 3. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceedings & addresses Oct. 12, 1892. Vol. 4. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceeding & addresses York Oct. 11, 1893. Vol.5. 266pp. Published 1895. Proceedings & addresses, Reading Oct. 3 1894. Vol. 6. 283pp. Published 1896. Proceedings & addresses Bethlehem, Oct. 22, 1895. Vol. 7. 576pp.… Read More

New York City: Prentice Hall. Very Good. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean dark blue cloth with bright gilt title on spine. (xxi) ,1008pp. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact with a few pencil margin notes. Business. ; Illustrated with Forms; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1008 pages .

Brussels And Paris: G. Van Oest & Co. National Art & History Library. Very Good. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown buckram cloth with bright gilt title on spine. Original soft covers are bound in. (ix) A151pp. Few small mended edge tears not affecting the text. First and last few pages are lightly age toned. Interior of text is tight and clean. ART; B/W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 151 pages .