Search Results: Titles starting with A from Brillig Books

Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Small thick quarto, orange illustrated glazed paper covered boards. 673pp. including extensive index and glossary. CD ROM in sealed envelope on rear pastedown. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume. Fine. AS NEW..

Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House Publishers, 1978. Book. Illus. by Pat Marriott. As New. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, black textured paper spine over green textured paper boards with gilt cover decoration and gilt spine titles. 231pp. Illustrated with full page color plates by Pat Marriott. A very tight, fresh, clean, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, very tight, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Sydney Australia: Ure Smith, 1948. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small folio, terracotta colored cloth covered boards with gilt facsimile intials of the painter and gilt spine titles. 75 pp. LIMITED EDITION 1/1200, printed on heavy cream rag with untrimmed edges. Illustrated with 10 full color tipped-in plates and 32 black and white plates. With an appreciation by Clive Turnbull and a biographical sketch by Tristan Buesset. A beautifully produced and elegant work with decorations and titles in a matching terracotta ink. Bunny was the first Australian artist to ever exhitibt at the Old Salon in Paris and to have his paintings purchased for the French National collection. A tight, clean, bright, volume with brililant pages and bright, fine plates, unmarked. Slight offsetting to endpapers from foldover typical with this title, else fine, in a tight, crisp, sharp, clean, unclipped dust jacket which has one thumbsized chip next to top of spine and slight loss at the spine ends, else fine. Very near… Read More

Taiwan, ROC: Chinese Color Printing Company Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, (15" x 10") bllue cloth covered boards. 287 pp. Very geneously illustrated throughout with mostly full color full page photographs but also intext black and white photographs, reproductions and diagrams. 30" X 15" folding full color photograph of the Forbidden City at rear. Text in CHINESE and ENGLISH. A fine tight, clean, unmarked copy in a very tight, crisp, sharp dust jacket with a quarter tone fading to spiine and upper rear edge. Fine in near fine dust jacket with original clear mylar jacket protector. UNCOMMON.

Beverly Hills, CA: Abner Kreisberg Corporation, 1975-1976. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. 2 Volumes, octavo, illustrated stiff wraps. pp. 151, 143 plus 33pages of black and white photogaph plates of numerous numbered lots. A historic collection and sale catalogue. Very clean, tight and fresh interiors. Volume 1 has slight abrasion and light crease, else fine. Volume 2 fine. A near fine set. Scarce..

NY: Harper and Row, (1971). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth spine over grey/green cloth covered boards. 216pp. A very tight, fresh, crisp and apparently unread volume in a bright, sharp, fresh dust jacket with a small superficial scrape at spine edge, else fine. A brilliant fresh copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books Llc, 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. Tall octavo, pictorial illustrated self=wraps (trade paperback). 160 pp. including index. The best available history of this infamouos French spriit and its legal prohibiton. Generously illustrated throughout with reproductions of paintings, posters, labels and vintage photographs. AS NEW..

New York: Routledge, 1999. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated black sitt wraps (trade paperback). 336 pp. A telling commentary on the words, phrases, concepts and jargon that shape and drive academic discourse. A very tight, clean, crisp, sharp, bright, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. AS NEW..

New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Octavo, biege cloth covered boards with red and gilt titles and spine titles. 380 pp. including index and "Acknowledgements" (The acknowledgements are actually more or less detailed notes on sources and persons appearing in the biography.) Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and movie stills. Written by one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, Jerome Lawrence was not only the author of the famous Inherit the Wind but also the founder of the American Playwright's Theatre. Includes details of Muni's almost 300 performances in the Yiddish theater before he began his Broadway career. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR JEROME LAWRENCE, IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION on free front endpaper. This copy in excellent collector's condition. Fresh cloth, bright gilt, clean interior, unmarked, unblemished and apparently unread in a tight, crisp, sharp, glossy price-clipped dust… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, (1990). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, grey brown cloth covered boards. 303pp. including extensive indices. A very tight, fresh, clean and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, unmarked dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Lausanne: Guild du Livre, 1953., 1956. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo, cream cloth covered boards with brown spine, gilt spine titles and gilt cover decoration. Red and gilt decorated endpapers. 234pp. A very tight, unmarked volume. Touches of browning at edges and light fading a spine ends, else fine. Very good plus to Near fine. Uncommon..

Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.: Morgan Kaufmann Pub, 1989. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Large thick octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 819pp. including index. First in series of proceedings of IEEE on artificial intelligence. MINT in original publisher's shrink wrap..

London: Longmans, Green 1905. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 312pp. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. A very tight, fresh volume with bright gilt. A tiny pencil lead thin bubble on lower board and offsetting to ffep and last page, else fine. With the minor flaws noted, this is still a very attractive, near fine volume and quite scarce in such excellent condition..

New York: Viking Studio Books, (1993). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Folio, black cloth covered boards. 240pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with many full page edge to edge color photographs and accompanying biographical commentary. A sumptuous visual tribute in portraiture and biography to the achievements of African Americans in every facet of American life from politics to science, sport, literature, art and entertainment. A very tight, fresh, clean and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First U.S. Edition. Quarto, red cloth covered boards. 288pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with 45 color and 100 black and white reproductions of paintings and drawings, and four maps (one double page). A comprehensive and entertaining survey of the exploration of Africa from its earliest days to the heyday of Livingstone, Burton et al. A very tight, fresh and unblemished volume in a crisp sharp dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Lawrence Hill, 1955. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Author(s). Quarto, brown cloth covered boards with line drawing of mask on front panel and spine title. 254pp. including index, bibliography and appendiz of "Style Regions". Map endpapers. Very generously illustrated throughout with 276 black and white photographs of a wide range of African masks, statues, totems, ceremonial objects etc. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated "To E____ M_____, from Ladislas Segy N.Y.C. Feb. 26, 1956". A very tight, clean, unmarked volume. Very slight signs of foxing to endpapers, else fine. Very near fine. Without dust jacket..

London: Longmans, (1962). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, maroon cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 220pp. Essays and reflections on writing and other authors. A very tight and fresh copy with discreet prior owner's name and date, else fine in a remarkably crisp and sharp dust jacket with one pinhole at top of gutter on jacket, else fine. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket..

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, (1995)., 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Folio, putty colored cloth covered boards. 299pp. plus biographical chronologies. Generously illustrated in black and white and color with plans, elevations, models and photographs. A very fresh, clean and unread copy with a very minor bump at upper rear spine tip. A beautiful copy..

London: Horace Cox, 1908. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Printinig. Royal octavo. Olive green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt title and cover decoration and gilt spine ditles. 228 pp. plus index and "exhaustive" bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, woodblocks and historicall reproductions. A very uncommon history of pre-Industrial Revolution farmiing in England authored by a Fellow of the Linnean Society. This copy has very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt. Tight, square, unmarked (except for diminutive name at top corner of ffep) with clean unsoiled, unstained pages. Slight sign of damp at lower corner of first few pages which is barely noticeable. Despite the minor flaws noted, still a remarkably well-peserved and very attractive volume. Near Fine..

London: Ian Allan, (1986). Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 240pp. including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless and AS NEW..