Search Results: Titles starting with G from Alkahest Books

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. first U.S. edition. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, dark yellow cloth covers with titles on top and spine in red, and picture of a helmet in black on top cover. 306 pages. Slightly darkened on spine. No names or marks, clean and tight. No dust jacket. Mystery novel set during World War I, originally published in England as " Bretherton: Khaki or Field Grey?." Eric Ambler named it as one of his top five spy stories. 092508C

No. Plainfield, NJ: Nautilus Books, (c. 1971). hardcover. Good. No. Plainfield, NJ: Nautilus Books, (c. 1971). hardcover. Good/good. Some dampstaining at head of spine; red marker slash on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has some red dye that has transfered from the the book cover at the top of the spine, and along top edge. 040710A

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1905. first edition, 2nd state. hardcover. Very good. Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence. 2nd state with Metropolitan Magazine stamp on copyright page. With illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. Octavo, teal cloth covers with pictorial design and titles in red and white. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Former owner name on front paste-down endpaper. Studio

New York, Dick and Fitzgerald. (c. 1859),, 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Pages: 32 + 16 p. ads, 16mo, hardcover. Brown textured boards with blind-stamped D & F logo on rear board, gilt titles on front cover. Folding checkerboard opposite title page (title page browned at borders from offsetting). Very Good condition. 061507A

Chicago: Adams Press, (1983). softcover. Very good. Trade paperback, approx. 5 by 7 inches. 275 pages. From the rear cover: "Ten world famous scientists disappear mysteriously. A secret city hallowed [sic] out of the center of a mountain. An evil scientist trying to dominate the world holds the US hostage. The Gamma Force malfunctions creating chaos." 102504A

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co.,, (1936),. hardcover. Very Good. Frances Beem. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co.,, (1936),. hardcover. Very Good. Frances Beem. 64 pages, 12 mo. Cute stories and period illustrations in black and white and seven in color. Former owner inscription to former owner on front free endpaper. Pictorial boards, light wear at edges. 092108D

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988),, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988),, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first printing. Pages 178,octavo, hardcover, first printing. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition, F/F. 041407A ISBN: 015134292X

Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Company, (c. 1945). First Edition. hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo, red cloth covers, xiv [2] 221 pages, plus 3 unnumbered pages which includes a bibliography, and map. Dust jacket has a large chip at foot of spine, and chopped at edges. Pictorial endpapers. Black and white photographic reproductions. SIGNED by the author. 040414B

New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944,, 1944. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. xiv [4], 3-332 pages, octavo, red cloth covers. Faint dampstaining along one edge of cover, else Very Good. Dust jacket is chipped at edges, Fair. 092108A

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, (1975). First English edition (stated). Hardcover. Very Good. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, (1975). First English edition (stated). Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Translated from the Hebrew by S. Gershon Levi. Introduction by Robert Alter. Book is in Very Good condition. Dust jacket is a bit rubbed with a few small tears at edges. 021210C

New York: Exposition Press, (c. 1964). 2nd enlarged edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, teal cloth covers, 143 pages. Gift inscription (non-authorial) on front free endpaper. Signed by one of Joseph Sadony's sons, Joseph Sadony, Jr., on the half-title page. Dust jacket price clipped, light wear at edges.020922B

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1965). hardcover. Very good/very good. Small quarto, (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 3/8" tall) sienna brown covers, 310 pages. Translated by Reginald Spink. Includes 16 color plates plus many black and white photographs; maps. With notes, sources, and index. Light crease on bottom of first few leaves of book; one cover corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket has some wear at edges. 092717D. "The author is a professional anthropologist and historian who lived for fifteen years in Tahiti... His research his yielded a wealth of new material, official reports and court records from government rchives in Papeete, articles and notices in Tahitian newspapers and missionary journals, travel accounts, private diaries and family papers, and hitherto unknown letters to and from Gauguin."

Andover: Printed for the author by Flagg and Gould., 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, scuffed leathee over boards with new spine and new red leather spine label. viii + (unpaginated, but about 360 pages) Ex-library, Harvard Business Library and Baker Library with cancelled stamp. Some foxing/brown spotting throughout. Printed in two columns. "The compiler has, during the past year, visited t greater part of t he most considerable towns in the United States, and has corrected and enlarged his former information, by personal observations and inquiry...The accounts of the principal literary institutions are much more particular than any before published... Almost every considerable public library in the United States is noticed. The enumeration of academies, with regard to most of the states, is tolerably complete." Worcester is also well-known for his dictionaries and the "Dictionary Wars" woth Noah Webster and G. C. Merriam Co.

Chicago: Geja's Cafe. softcover. Very Good. Tri-fold paper menu from Geja's Cafe, 340 W. Armitage, Chicago, Illinois. Unknown date, but the Seafood Fondue with lobster tails, shrimp, halibut, scallops with fresh vegetables is priced at $15.75 per person, and Geja's Trio, a selection of three cheeses, cost $4.50. Light horizontal crease at center of menu, acouple of small spots on covers

New York, Abbeville Press, Publishers., 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. near Very Good. 280 pages, approx. 9 by 12 inches, softcover, first paper edition. Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, November 18, 1984, February 24, 1985. Includes many black and white and color illustrations, bibliography, and index. Crease on rear cover, else Very Good. "A history of the unique relationship between artists and the Gemini workshop. " 051705A ISBN: 0-89659-518-8

Logan, Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc.. softcover. Fine. Glossy white paper printed in blue and brown; folded map. 092715A

Salt Lake City, Bookcraft Publishers, (c. 1956),, 1956. Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Bookcraft Publishers, (c. 1956),, 1956. Hardcover. Pages 291 pp.,8vo, hardcover. Illustrated. Front endpaper has some heavy erasures, else book is in Very Good condition. Dust jacket is rubbed, edge-worn, sunned at edges, and price is clipped, only fair condition.

London: Harrison and Sons, 1904. Tenth Edition. hardover. Very good. Small quarto (approx. 7 1/4" wide by 10 3/4" tall) red cloth covers with beveled edges, top edge gilt, gilt spine titles and gilt emblem on top cover. Illustrated with coats of arms. Includes Corrigenda tipped in at front. [vi] + 673 [1] + 15 pages of: A List of Messrs. Harrison & Sons Publications. Frontispiece: The Arms of His Majesty King Edward VII. A few penciled notes on rear blank. Some scattered foxing; minor spotting on covers. Hinges starting, but still a sound copy. 092717E

Washington, D. C. G.S.A., 1983,, 1983. Soft cover. Washington, D. C. G.S.A., 1983,, 1983. Soft cover. Pages xii + 77,8 1/2" x 11", softcover. Very Good condition. ISBN: 0-911333-06-1

Knoxville, TN, published by the author. (c. 1984),, 1984. Soft cover. Knoxville, TN, published by the author. (c. 1984),, 1984. Soft cover. Pages 102 pp.trade paperback. Fine condition. ISBN: 0-913857-00-9