Search Results: Authors starting with G from Alkahest Books

Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1876. hardcover. Good. Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1876. hardcover. Good. Octavo, 376 pages. Rebacked, with new spine and endpapers. Beautiful engravings. Text in Old German. 021210A

Baltimore: Bacchus Press, (1995). first edition.. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, burgundy cloth covers, xv [1] 318 pages. Includes black and white illustrations and index. 090617A

Sears Bank & Trust, Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, 1976-1977. softcover. Fine. An exhibition drawn rom the fabled holdings of Milan's Ambrosiana Library... Notre Dame's unique photographic record of the Ambrosian manuscripts and master drawings provides a nearby scholarly resource rare in its variety and depth.Small quarto, (approx.8 7/16" wide by 9 15/16" tall) blue card covers with gilt titles, 64 pages. Illustrated with both black and white and color plates. 090617F. Illuminated manuscripts

NY, Crown Publishers, (1993),, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, (1993),, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first ed. Pages 306 pp.,8vo, hardcover, first ed. Book and dust jacket in Fine condition. Review slip laid in. #032401A

New York: E. C. Publications, 1964. First edition thus. softcover. Very Good. New York: E. C. Publications, 1964. First edition thus. softcover. Very Good. Includes: A Special Fold-Out Bonus Mad Protest Signs For Dopey Demonstrations. 88 pages. Some foxing/browning at edges of covers and pages.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., (c. 1964). first printing.. hardcover. Very good/very good. Gaither, Gant . Pictorial boards, quarto (approx. 7" wide by 10 3/16"), 59 [1] pages. One corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket price clipped, one corner worn. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. "A children's book for ADULTS only."

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., The Blakiston Div., (1967). first edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 241 pp., 8vo, hardcover, Includes index. Former owner embossed name stamp on front end paper; bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, VG; dust jacket has small chip missing at head of spine, slightly sunned. 071902A

New York: Ethyl Corporation., 1952. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile of the 1860 Sloan & Griffith publication. Includes: Explanatory Notes to the First Book Written About Petroleum. Both pieces in Fine condition, housed in a 1/4 leather box with gilt spine titles, some cracking at box spine edges. Slipcase is Fine. 010608A

Fort Worth, Texas: Gallagher-Crosby Company, 1931. first edition. softcover. near Very Good. Wrappers, (approx. 5 1/2" by 8"), stapled and glued paperback (staples are starting to rust.) Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 175 pages. Humorous pictorial cover design of a bottle of Cognac being used as a cannon with a doughboy reading a rule book standing next to it. Top cover printed in black and red on a tan background. Foxing (light brown spotting) on many pages in the book. An irreverent unit memoir from a serviceman of the the 17th Engineers from the Mehun General Ordnance shops, in France during World War I. Light creasing and wear on cover corners. Head of spine chipped. 090617A

Chicago, International Galleries, Oct-Nov. 1964,, 1964. Soft cover. Chicago, International Galleries, Oct-Nov. 1964,, 1964. Soft cover. Pages 11, softcover, Includes 6 illustrations (2 in color); biographical notes. The covers sre sunned at edge, sticker mark on front cover, else Very Good. 122801A

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1944. First Edition. softcover. Very good. Terracotta-colored wrappers (approximately 7 1/4" wide by 10 3/16" tall) 148 [2] pages. Ilustrated with black and white plates. Edges of covers have light chipping; no marks or writing. Very Good. Laid in is a bookseller's catalog : Catalog 36, Sports and Pastimes, books with Colored Plates, Bewick, Cruikshank, Leech, Rowlandson and Other Illustrators. Costume, Panoramas, Hunting, Fishing, Heraldry, Chess, Etc. Harry A. Levinson, Beverly Hills, California, 1951. Front cover of this bookseller's catalog detached, chipped, but present. 122 priced items. Light crease runs vertically throuhout the catalogue. Illustrated Books, Sports, Sporting. Colored Plates. 012204A

Chicago, no date, circa 1977. First Edition. softcover. Good +. Twelve page booklet, stapled wraps, 8 1/2" by 11". All text, no images.The opening pages states that: This program is partially supported by grants from The Illinois Arts Council, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and Illinois Council/American Institute of Architects. and sponsored by Chicago Women in Architecture, and Artemisia Gallery/Fund. Appears to be a catalogue of an exhibition. Categories include: Development (includes projects by Marion Mahoney Griffin, Bertha Yerex Whitman, Elizabeth Kimball Nedved, Mary Ann Crawford, and Jean Wehrheim. Other headins are: Anticipation; Academic Projects. Exploration: Supervised Work. Articulation: Independent Architecture. Application. Research. Events. Paper covers darkened at edges, staples rusty. Scarce publication. Studio

Boston: The Page Co., 1917. first edition. hardcover. Near fine. The Kenneys. Octavo, red cloth covers with pictorial design on top cover in gold, black and red; spine titles gilt. Illustrated endpapers and borders to text, 455 pages [1] plus 16 pages of publisher's ads. Four color plates by The Kenneys. Top cover is bright, spine is a bit dulled. Hinges tight, no cracking, and no names or writing. Near fine. No dust jacket. Bleiler (1978) p. 79. Historical fiction with fantastic elements; Supernatural. Studio

NY, Simon & Schuster, (c. 1973),, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, (c. 1973),, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first ed. Pages 448 pp.,8vo, hardcover, blue cloth, first ed. Co-authored by Robert Bowie Johnson. Includes notes, appendices, bibliography, and index. An examination of the "West Point Power Fraternity," and its crcial role at the heart of the military-industrial complex. Written by a graduate of the Point, who is a decorated Vietnam veteran, and by a former U.S. Intelligence analyst, this book scrutinizes the echniques and ethics of the Academy. Book is in near fine condition; d.j. has price clipped, sl. faded spine lettering, still VG. #052897A

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. softcover. Very good. Periodical, wrappers (approx. 7" wide by 9 7/8" tall. Irregular pagination. Many illustrations, ads. Includes: Galsworthy's Thoughts on the War; Richard Harding Davis on The Germans in Brussels; A. Barton Hepburn on Trade Opportunities; A Hunter Naturalist in the Brazilian Wilderness (concluded -- 8th article) by Theodore Roosevelt; The Rose, by Sara Teasdale. and much more. Bottom front corner bumped, with some wrinkling. A few ink blots / marks on contents page, still very good. World War I 092508F

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. hardcover. Very good. 16mo (approx. 4 3/4" wide by 7" tall), black cloth covers with silver titles and decorations. xii [3] 251 pages. Some light rubbing on rear cover. Front free endpaper appears to have been removed. Front cover corner lightly bumped. No dust jacket. 082504B World War I Fiction.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. hardcover. Very good. Octavo (approx. 5" wide by 7 1/4" tall), green paper-covered boards with black titles, 94 pages. No dust jacket, if issued. Former owner name on front paste-down endpaper, indentation from paper clip (now removed) on first leaf, else very good. 082504B

Farmington, Structures Publishing Co., 1972,, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Pages: 199, quarto (approx. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4"), hardcover, first printing. Green cloth covers. Ink price on front endpaper, else Very Good. 012204A ISBN: 091233603X

Berkeley, University of California Press, (c. 1982),, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Berkeley, University of California Press, (c. 1982),, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Pages vi + 265,octavo, hardcover. The Sir Richard F. Burton translation taken from the Huntington Library manuscript HM 27954. Edited, with introduction, notes, and bibliography by Frederick C. H. Garcia and Edward F. Stanton. With a facsimile of the 1769 Portugese original. Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket has ink price on front flap of dust jacket, else Very Good. War of the Seven Reduction 1754-1756. 103010A ISBN: 0-520-04524-6

Chicago: Issued by the Independent Postal League, 1912. hardcover. near Very Good. Octavo, maroon cloth covers, 360 pages. Title page has a one-inch tear on right edge. A little damage/crinkling on top edge of title page. 100104A q