Search Results: Titles starting with A from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Fresno, CA: For the Author, 1892. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 294 pages of text. Original unrestored blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt spine and front cover lettering; minor rubbing to extremities, and slight darkening of spine. Illustrated with a frontis of the homestead. Small chip to edge floral-decorated front endpaper. Text is printed on high-acid content paper, which is overall toned, without chips or tears. Previous owner's name neatly on a front endpaper. Rear hinge is starting to loosen..

New York: Kurt H. Volk, Inc., 1941. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of 27 typographic designs. Contains each letter of the alphabet. Additionally, the title page contains an illustration of the letters K, H and V combined. There is an extra illustration of the letter Z included. The original decorative clamshell box is moderately darkened, with chipping at the hinges, and rubbing at the extremities. The box remains intact and functional. The contents of the box (illustrations) are in about fine condition, with minimal browning to the title page and the back of the extra Z illustration. Limited to 500 copies printed. First edition..

Caramel Valley, CA: Caramel Valley Art Gallery, 1954. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto (4to). [13] pages, followed by 50 numbered pages and 50 un-numbered plates. The original cloth binding is spotted, stained, and discolored, with small bumps to the lower corners, remaining intact and attractive. No dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the artist on the front endpaper "To Catherine + George [name withheld] who are gifted artists + the Salt of the Earth! To George (added) who helped make this book possible with his fine photos - Thanks and affection [signed] A. G. Warshawsky." The text and photographs were lithographed by W. T. Lee Co., Monterey, CA. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 260 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding is rubbed and fraying at the top edge, with minor bumping, and minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper "For Hugh T. Martin [signed] John T. Richards Chicago Illinois November 11th 1930." DEFECT: There is minor staining to the lower corner of the pages, affecting only the margin, where there was exposure to moisture. There is no odor. The text is otherwise clean and unmarked. First edition..

Boston, MA: Thomas and Andrews, 1798. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 388 pages of text. Newly rebound in brown cloth with a maroon leather spine label. The title page and the fold-out map frontispiece was washed. Minor foxing to text. Early owner's ink inscription on the top of an interior page. Title continues "...on the American Continent, and its Appendant Islands; Particularly the West-Indies. Describing the Extent, Boundaries, Population, Government, Production, Commerce, Manufactures, Curiosities, &c of the several Countries, and of their important Civil Divisions, and the Longitude and Latitude, the Bearings and the Distances, from noted Places, of the Cities, Towns, and Villages. To which is Annexed an Accurate Table of all the Post-Offices in the United States." The folding map is titled "Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries 1798." Howes J842, a reprint of the 1797 expansion with… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1878. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Third edition. Octavo (8vo). xx, [13]-383 pages of text including publisher's advertisement. Original binding is moderately rubbed and shelfworn, with a small bump to a bottom corner; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with two folding maps. The inner front hinge is weakened. A few pages have minor soiling. Howes C175; Field 244: The most valuable portion of the book is that in which she gives the personal narrations of some restored captives, scarcely to be deemed happy in surviving the awful massacre of their families. A previous owner's bookplate on the inside front cover: P.G. Wood U.S. Army. Palmer Gaylord Wood (1843-1915) served in the Civil War as Second (and later First) Lieutenant of the 7th California Volunteer Infantry starting October 28, 1864. He also served in the Spanish American War. Third edition stated on the title page..

Washington, D.C: Minister of Finland to the United States, 1949. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo (8vo). 12 un-numbered leaves of text. Illustrated with a facsimile of the 1683 publication, as well as a facsimile of the first printed description of the settlement of Finland in the New Sweden Colony (1702), as well as a black & white photograph of the Delaware (Finn) Monument carved by Waino Aaltonen and erected ca. 1938 near the site of the original settlement. The monument commemorated the three hundreth anniversary of the first settlement of Finns on this continent. Hardcover; red cloth spine, with paper-covered boards and printed front cover label. Almost in near fine condition, with minimal shelfwear. With a foreword by Hurja and an introduction by Jutila. The letter is transcribed for ease of reading. Only four copies of the original were known to survive at the time of the printing of this volume..

New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1935. Book. Very Good- Condition. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [xx] pages. Paperback binding with a faint vertical crease, minor shelfwear, and foxing to the covers. Front cover art by Stuart Davis. The text is illustrated with back and white reproductions of artwork by Max Weber, Arshile Gorky, Joseph Stella, and John Marin. The exhibition catalogue lists 65 artists. First edition.

New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 310 pages. Original paperback binding with minimal shelfwear, including a tiny bump to the lower corner. The text is clean and unmarked. Exhibition catalogue. First edition..

New York, NY: Bloch Publishing Company, 1950. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 128 pages of text. Blue hardcover cloth binding; protected in stiff archival mylar. No dustjacket. Illustrated with six black & white plates, including maps, drawings and portraits. With a Preface by Dr. Solomon Grayzel. With an introduction, biographical sketch of the author, and explanatory notes by the translator. Translated from the Hebrew by Mesch. Inscribed and signed by the wife of the translator, Vellie Mesch to friends in Chicago in 1965. First edition..

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1785. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Third edition. Octavo (8vo). Four volume set. Each volume newly rebound in brown quarter leather with five raised bands, two gilt-stamped leather labels, with marbled paper-covered boards. Original engraved bookplate in two volumes lifted and remounted onto the inside front cover. The bookplates match the name of the apparent first owner which is written on the endpapers of two volumes: William Grigson 1787. Complete with a large fold-out map/chart (with a minor expert repair at one fold), and ten additional folding maps/charts/views/plates. There is one extra-illustration in Vol. I; a portrait of Hawkesworth. The page facing this illustrations is toned by offsetting from the portrait. There is minor foxing scattered here and there, and a few pages with minor soiling, but this remains a generally clean text. Title continues: And Successfully performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and… Read More

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1928. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 445 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original hardcover binding is moderately sunned on the spine, with minor flecking to the color on the boards, and minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1927. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). x, 369 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minor to moderate sunning on the spine, and minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York: Elsevier Publishing Company Inc., 1950. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early reprint edition. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 135 pages of text. Linen cloth binding with minor browning to the spine and a few tiny spots of discoloration. No dustjacket The inner front hinge is slightly weakened, remaining intact. Illustrated with black & white photographs. A few tiny spots of discoloration to the margins of a few pages; otherwise the text is clean and unmarked..

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 349 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and slight sunning to bottom edge of front board. Unclipped dustjacket shows minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on a front endpaper..

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Second Impression. Octavo (8vo). 14 pages of introduction followed by 318 pages of text, including an index. Green hardcover binding, decorated with a Native symbol; spine is lightly rubbed at extremities and binding is overall slightly shelfworn. Illustrated with photos. North American Indians, Southwest..

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Incomplete: Lacks two plates. xiii, [i] blank, 404 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Recent quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Front cover cloth bound in as the front endpaper. Lacks the half-title page, frontispiece page, title page, and the large folding map at the rear, which have all been supplied in facsimile on good quality paper. The original chromolithograph frontispiece is present, mounted on the facsimile frontispiece page. Lacks the two mounted photo illustrations at pages 87 and 141. Additionally illustrated with twelve black and white lithographed plates, and six mounted photographs and a total of three maps including the large facsimile. Three plates are detached. Ex-libris stamps in blind scattered throughout the text. Several pages have chips to corners, as well as small tears, creases, minor staining and/or soiling, and other small defects.… Read More

New York: Swedish American Line, 1930. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First thus edition. Octavo (8vo). 8 pages of text. Paperback binding is moderately shelfworn and soiled. Previous owner's name in pencil on front wrapper. Illustrated by six photographs. Reprinted from Motoring Abroad. No date of publication listed; circa 1930..

Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press, 1924. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 221 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the spine. No dustjacket. Contains nine illustrations. There is a Munk Library of Arizoniana bookplate on the inside front cover. Minor foxing to the endpapers and the closed page edges. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

London: C. W. Beaumont, 1926. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First limited and numbered edition. Octavo (8vo). 46 pages of text. Hardcover; blue cloth spine with gilt spine lettering is slightly sunned. Paper covered boards decorated with printed architectural sketches. They are slightly rubbed at the extremities, with overall age-toning and soiling. Bookplate of the Gingiss family (tuxedo, formal wear) on inside of front cover. This is hand-numbered "214" of 270 published, of which 60 were on Japanese vellum (not this one). Edmund Blunden has prefixed an essay, and the whole is embellished with theatrical figures by Randolph Schwabe. Illustrated with a decorative title page, five plates and in-text vignettes. Poetry. Text is clean, binding is tight, and overall this slim volume is quite attractive..