Search Results: Authors starting with G from Old Bookshelf

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiii, 109pp. Cover and contents are clean and sound. Front free endpaper is INSCRIBED to Stuart Chase and SIGNED by the Galbraith. Book is from the library of Stuart Chase, a fellow economist. Text has margin notations and underlining in pencil throughout, in Chase's hand. Several fascinating notations.

Washington, DC: Washington Chamber of Commerce, 1913. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144pp. Illustrated wraps. Cover is edge-chipped and soiled, staple rust, contents are lightly age-toned and unmarked. This is the FIRST EDITION of this publication in 1913, not a later reprint. "Information of visitors to Washington and those who wish to be informed about their national city." The sights of Washington as it was in 1913. Many illustrations and period ads.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1950. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectors' Firearms ; -Court Swords & Other Edged Weapons Keys, Chests & Other Metalwork From the Collection of the Late W. H. Coverdale. 39pp. Stapled grey wraps. Cover mildly faded, contents clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Sale number 1208 held on December 13, 1950.

Tel Aviv: Dvir Publishing House, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pictorial portfolio containing 10 color prints and 10 pages of text. Cover is age-toned, mainly at margins, plates are all in clean condition, some offsetting to inside front cover from newpaper clipping laid-in. Prints by 10 different Israeli artists with brief biographies of each.

New York: Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 343pp. LIght grey boards, silver lettering. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in very good unworn condition, vertical wrinkle to rear endpaper., faint spotting to top edges.

New York: S.R. Wells, 1871. Fifth Edition . Audio Book (Cassette). Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 126pp +16pp ads. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Soiling and light wear to cover, light dampstaining and foxing to some margins and endpapers, text is mildly age-toned. An 18th century discourse on the art of painting and decorating carriages, gilding, varnishing, staining and ornamenting, and the materials required. An early printing of this title.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1978. Seventh Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 158pp. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper.

New York: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 382 pp. Blue cloth, gilt billiards player on front cover, black border, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, numerous plates. Corners lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, contents are clean and binding is tight. A very well-preserved book.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 327pp. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering. Covers unworn, contents sound. Light edgewear to unclipped dust jacket. Insightful analysis of Carroll's writing.

Lahore, India: The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India.

Boston: George E. Marsters, 1913. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64p. Gray stapled stiff wraps, gold and black lettering and decoration. Light soil to covers, contents toned but clean. Descriptions of tours to Florida, Washington D.C., Bermuda, Califronia, Panama Canal, a hotel directory and many period ads.

Stockholm: Tryckt Hos P.G. Berg, 1857. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 190, 164, 148, 161pp. 4 volumes bound as one. Marbled boards, front board and spine missing, text is complete, clean and unmarked, text block is sound, former owner's name on front free endpaper. Autor's observations of Philadelphia and Quakersim.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 284pp. Blue boards, red spine. Light rubbing to spine ends, contents toned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled and faded. Criminality in America.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 298pp. Brick colored cloth, gilt lettering. Very light wear to edges, spine darkened, contents mildly age-toned. SIGNED "With compliments of the author, Nelson Glueck" on front free endpaper.

Compagnie Générale Translantique. Soft cover. As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Michel Lezla. 24p unpaginated. No date circa1960. Stapled card wraps. No wear, contents clean. Comprehensive fully-illustrated description of the company's principal activities with graphic details. Includes the history of the company, fundamental navigational principles, descriptions and cutout sections of the ocean liners and other relevant information.

Amsterdam: Wed. J. Ahrend En Zoon's, 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 155pp. Green bevelled decorative boards, gilt lettering. Met 21 platen en meer 300 figuren tusschen den text. 21 plates and 300 in text illustrations. Corners and spine chipped, light scuffing, hinges splitting and some internal separation but holding, endpapers darkened, text lightly tanned, occasional light pencil underlining. Text is in Dutch language.

St. Louis, Missouri: The National Home Journal Company, 1907. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32pp. Color pictorial cover. Light wear and light soil, slight horizontal creasing, origninal shipping label on front cover. Evidently this is the first issue of the combined publications of "The Pilgrim" and "The National Home Journal". Travel, fiction, social progress, fashions, humor and period ads.

New York: Animated Book Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Spiral bound hardcover. Small chips to to front board edge,cover is, otherwise in very clean and sound condition. Contents also are unusually clean, title page and rear endpaper are toned but clean. Pages are divided into 3 sections: heads, torsos and legs to create different funny combinations for children.

Chambersburg: Thomas J. Wright, 1833. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 388pp. Full calf, red leather spine label. Covers rubbed and scuffed, contents are heavily tanned and foxed, but the text is unmarked and the text block is still bound tightly, some pencilled notations on endpapers. This is evidently a pirated edition, as we could find no reference to this title, which refers to "Animals" rather than "Animated Nature.

London: The Lodge, 1936. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63pp. Tan stiff wraps. Very slight corner crease, clean cover and interior. An overview of the Lodge's history. Laid- in is a a handwritten and SIGNED letter dated 18/4/37 from J.L. Freedman to a Mr. Perlzweig. A FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint.