Search Results: Authors starting with G from The Sensible Magpie

NEW YORK: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Schmidt-Glassner, H.. FIRST EDITION. Translated and adapted by Olive Cook. From the dust jacket, "No region in Europe is so richly endowed with great medieval architecture as the valley of the Rhine. In the few miles between Strassburg and Cologne, its whole development from Dark Ages to the end of Gothic can be traced." For students as well as visitors wanting a record of these "superb monuments in stone." 78 pp with 200 astounding black and white plates to rear. A light smudge to lower front board edge, previous bookstore sticker to RFEP, light wear to DJ edges, minimal shelfwear. Gilt lettering to spine, gray cloth-covered boards, tight, bright, clean, DJ has plastic cover. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping.

Madrid: Gredos, 1962. Paperback. Good. IN SPANISH. Untrimmed, uncut pages. Mild wear to cover. Sunning to spine. Clean, bright, solid binding. Red and blue lettering on tan covers. Pull out maps to rear of book. 230 pp with works cited, and indices. Sibilants in Romania. Sibilant, a speech sound, is characterized by a hissing effect.

NEW YORK: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Reprint. Here, the author interprets the unrest following the First World War and its expression in the youth of the time in this continuation of the Forsythe Saga. 328 pp. Deckle edge. Green topstain. Purple cloth boards with white lettering, green and white design. Boards very lightly cocked. Light bump to one corner. Light rubbing to spinecaps, tips of corners. Light fading and shelf-creasing to spinecaps. Light scratching to top edge. Art Deco DJ for this reprint edition. Light DJ edgewear with one inch closed tear , several quarter-inch closed tears, and several 2 cm or smaller in diameter chips. Light creasing to front DJ panel. Light rubbing, scratching, and soiling to DJ surfaces. Clean, bright, and tight.

Tokyo : Kodansha International , 1981 . Hardcover. FINE in fine dustjacket . FIRST EDITION. An invaluable resource both for carpet dealers and collectors, this volume is devoted principally to 20th century and contemporary carpets, including the carpets of Xinjiang and Tibet. Each province of China is treated separately, with brief histories and detailed descriptions of their various types of carpets. Crimson boards with white lettering, extensive full-color plates. 200 pp. Small ding to bottom edge of front board; moderate ding to bottom edge of rear board. Very light rubbing to a small portion of rear DJ panel; some very light edgewear including light creasing to the bottom edge of rear DJ panel and DJ spine. Clean, crisp and tight. Protected by stock slipcase. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping.

Madrid: Gredos, 1960. Paperback. Good Plus. SECOND EDITION. IN SPANISH. Untrimmed, uncut pages. Mild wear to covers. Some yellow highlighting. Text block tearing away from inside front cover, 3". Still solid binding. Red and blue lettering on tan covers. 232 pp with index. Spanish lessons linguistics : Lectures at the Ateneo in Madrid. Seven lessons

Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. NEAR FINE. Very light sunning to spine. Gilt lettering debossed on spine and front of mauve-colord, cloth-covered boards. 161 pp with bibliography. Clean, bright, tight. The author explains what medieval writers meant by spiritual pilgrimage. Four chapters : Commentaries ; Letters ; Latin Plays ; English Plays ; Conclusion.

London: Element, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. THIRD PRINTING. Fine. Gilt lettering to spine, red boards. A section of illustrations to center. Very clean, tight, bright. 395 pp with notes and references, genealogical charts, appendices, bibliography, picture credits and index. "The secret of the Ark of the Covenant is as compelling a mystery as the quest for the Holy Grail. What is it? Why is it? And, indeed, where is it? Stretching back through history to the tombs of pharaonic Eqypt... is Gardner's contoversial and intriguing study of the Ark's significance, casting penetrating new light on the mystery of its miraculous powers and potential," (from rear panel).

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1924. Hardcover. POOR. Campbell, Lansing and Edward Bloomfield. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Colorfully illustrated paste-on to front cover. Heavy wear includes frayed edges, bumped or nudged corners. Paste-on illustration is worn off on edges. Spine covering is missing down to netting. Front board is barely attached. Taped repaired hinges. Staining to covers. Fragile. Eight color illustrations are adorable! 193 pp. More delightful stories from the Uncle Wiggily series.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Solidly bound book has a slight mustiness. Board edges very lightly sunned and soiled. Tiny bumps to top corners. Illustrated dustjacket good plus. Front flap is creased with light wear to jacket edges. A 1.75" tear to upper rear cover and top spine cap looks chewed a bit. Provocative illustrations both in color and black and white. 85 pp. Clean, tight, bright. A beautiful collection of 74 photographs of "people in the far corners of the world".

London: H. K. Lewis & Co. , 1952. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Winner of the Buckston Browne prize of the Harveian Society of London, this essay deals with questions of how a doctor is to best care for patients who are terminally ill. 45 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Light soiling to front and rear boards with several black dime-sized spots. Light rubbing to extremities. Light bumps to front corners and to rear bottom corner. Moderate rubbing to lettering on spine. Inscription in purple marker and former bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Rear hinge starting.

Weimar: Ulerander Dunder Berlag, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good. FIRST EDITION. With dustjacket. Yellow topstain. Gilt lettering with green-blue cloth boards. Top and bottom edges very lightly cocked. Light foxing to edges of text. Acid transfer from materials laid-in to FFEP, half-title, RFEP. Small "printed in Germany" stamp to title page. Small ding to top spinecap. Light foxing to DJ surfaces. Quarter-sized chip to front DJ panel. Light creasing to spine and rear panel of DJ. Acid-transfer stain to rear DJ panel from materials pressed up against it.

NEW YORK: Grove Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Foreward by Jean-Paul Sartre. During the 1930's, the Barrio Chino in Barcelona was considered the "sacred pit of humanity." Genet (author of Our Lady of the Flowers) lives amoung the "beggars and thieves, fairies and whores" and frankly declares, "It is the life of vermin I am going to describe." Poetic and honest and candid. 268 pp. Very light edgewear to book and DJ and light sunning to DJ spine. Gilt lettering to spine, red cloth-covered boards, plastic covering to DJ. Tight, clean.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. NINTEENTH PRINTING. Translated by A.E. Cowley. With a facsimile of the Siloam Inscription by J. Euting. Fold-out Table of Alphabets by M. Lidzbarski. Slight wrinkle to spine of mylar jacket. Navy boards and spine. Gilt debossed lettering to spine and board. 616 pp. with indices. Clean, tight, bright. One of the most comprehensive books on the Hebrew language, it covers all aspects, including word roots and derivatives, prefixes and suffixes, syntax and pronunciation. Filled with features, like historical background on the Hebrew language and grammar.

Milan, Italy: Bramante Editrice, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DUSTJACKET. Oversized hardback (4to) in brown cloth; 563 color and B&W plates; text in Italian. Clean, square, unmarked. DJ in protective mylar. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping.

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1972. FIRST THUS. HARDCOVER. Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Reprinted from the 1890 Edition by W.W. Gibbings, London. Tales include Nelly The Knocker, The Three Fools, The History of Jack and the Giants, The Fairy Children, The History of Jack and the Beanstalk, Lame Molly, The brown Man of the Moors, The Yorkshire Boggart and The Barn Elves. Very clean, tight, bright.

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1972. FIRST THUS. HARDCOVER. Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Reprinted from the 1890 Edition by W.W. Gibbings, London. Tales include Nelly The Knocker, The Three Fools, The History of Jack and the Giants, The Fairy Children, The History of Jack and the Beanstalk, Lame Molly, The brown Man of the Moors, The Yorkshire Boggart and The Barn Elves. Very clean, tight, bright.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Caswell, Edward C.. Ex-Library, with name stamped to title pages, card pocket to endpapers of volumes 1 and 2, but torn off of volumes 3 and 4. Faint tobacco aroma. Lightly bumped corners, mild wear to edges. Some light soiling to front boards of vols. 1 and 2, one spot each inside of vols. 1, 2 and 3, and light scuffing to all surfaces in general. Pages lightly age-tanned. Red lettered and illustrated paste-ons to spines and front boards. Decorated endpapers, burgundy cloth-covered boards. Fairly tight, quite lovely books. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping. FIRST EDITIONS ALL. Four romances based on the life of old Philadelphia, this group is the third in the distinguished Old City Fiction Series, following Edith Wharton's "Old New York" and Frances and Edward Tinker's "Old New Orleans." "The Loyal Rebel" 106 pp / "Super-Cargo" 127 pp / "Autumn" 172 pp /… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Small volume, 7.25 x 4.75". Previous owner's name, in ink, to front free endpaper. Lightly shaken. Boards edges and corners worn with small amount of fraying to spine caps. Corners lightly nudged. Light sunning to spine. Mildly scuffed surfaces. Gilt lettering to spine of red cloth-covered boards. Orange script "EL" initials to endpapers. 304 pp with notes. Bibliography, verso contents page. Everyman's Library #993 Essays & Belles-Lettres. Sir Richard Steele (1672 -- 1729) was a Irish writer and politician and co-founded the magazine, The Spectator. A member of the Life Guards and eventually captain in Lord Lucas's regiment ; appointed gazetteer, twice married ; and expelled from the House for his pamphlet, The Crisis, are some of the events of Steele's life.

Paris : Librairie Artheme Fayard , 1950. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Reprint. "Le livre de demain." Originally published in 1909, this novel concerns the experience of an adolescent boy and girl, based on a Freudian interpretation of the human psyche. 189 pp. Flexible navy blue faux-leather covers. Moderate crease to length of front cover with another very light 4 inch crease. Moderate rubbing to spinecaps and tips of corners with some light rubbing elsewhere to extremities. Light age-tanning to page edges. Small crease and small tear to rear pastedown.

London: Cage Birds, 1955. Hardcover. VERY GOOD MINUS in Fair Dustjacket. STATED FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's name to front and rear endpapers. Gilt lettering on spine of orange, cloth-covered boards. Tan, illustrated jacket with open and closed tears under 4". With 8 colour plates including frontispiece and 10 black and white illustrations. 103 pp with glossary and index. Clean and tight. History of Canary Breeding with chapters on Inheritance in the canary, Colour in the Canary, Ground Canaries, Breeding for a Red Canary and more.