Search Results: Titles starting with G from Brillig Books

New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 104 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. A complete index to the full series. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a very tight, crisp, glossy, sparkling price-clipped dust jacket. Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy. AS NEW. SCARCE..

Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1946. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards, with red and yellow title and cover decoration and spine titles. 159 pp. plus acknowledgments. Teacher's Guide for the 1946-1947 school year. Contains the complete "Fun with Dick and Jane" primer with all multi-color illustrations, plus introduction, and lesson plans for each unit provided as teaching guides, along with a bibliography and "Index of Skill-Building Exercises". The most scarce issue of this foundational and widely popular elementary school reading primer of the immediate post-war period. This is a complete and very attractive, tightly bound copy. Titles and decorations are clear and undiminished and the cloth is also clean and fresh excepting slight fading to the background blue on spine. The interior pages are all unmarked and without any stains, foxing, tears etc. Pages 85-95 show minor effects of soft corner dogearing at top fore corners, the… Read More

New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated stiff wraps. 192pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of galaxies and galactic forms. Fine..

Cranbury, NJ: A. S. Barnes, (1972). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards. 147pp. Illustrated with black and white photography. Covers locating, calling and other means of attracting game including movement. An expert treatment for the hunter or naturalist. Fine in fine dust jacket. A very fresh and unread copy in a crisp, sharp dust jacket..

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition, first printing. Large octavo, bone white cloth covered boards. 162pp. including index. A comprehensive selection of the wild game and game fish recipes for American hunting and fishing. Includes fresh and saltwater game fish, upland and meadow game birds and of course deer, rabbit and squirrel. Also includes the less common directions for elk, moose and caribou cooking. A very tight, fresh, unmarked volume with a couple of lentil sized spots on preliminary, else fine in a bright, crisp, clean dust jacket with very minor touches of edgewear. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: W W Norton, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, light brown stiff wraps. 101pp. Advance Reading Copy, with promotional card laid in. A very tight, crisp and unread copy. Fine..

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo, teal green cloth over grey paper covered boards. 178pp. A collection of short stories and the author's first book. A very tight, clean, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, dark green paper covered boards. 223pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with delicate and vivid color drawings. Traces the introduction and history of many familiar and less familiar elements of our horticultural landscape. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Square quarto, (11.75 x 12"), white cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles, in white dust jacket with full color photographs of garden landscapes. 107 pp. including afterword by the author. TEXT IN JAPANESE AND ENGLISH. A gorgeous photographic study by renowned photographer Mizuno Katsuhiko, presenting full color, full page (and some double page edge-to-edge) photographs of the most famous historical traditional gardens of these three areas of Kyoto. (The book is one in a series of three). With photographs of gardens and buildings in shrines, temples and imperial villas in all four seasons. At the rear of the book are comprehensive descriptions of the gardens photographed (in Englsih). A carefully crafted study of the landscape gardens that have made Japanese gardens (and especially those in Kyoto) famous around the world. This volume is in excellent condition; clean, bright, fresh, unmarked and unblemished in… Read More

Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1997. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, gteen cloth covered boards. 142 pp. including appendices. Illustrated with maps and full color photographs of deer species and resistant plants. A full range of approaches to deterring damage to domestic gardens and plants from deer damage including natural deterrents and naturally deer resistant plants. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright, glossy dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Florence: Princeton Architectural Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, white cloth covered boards. 195pp. Rainero takes you on a fabulous photographic journey through historic gardens, ponds, landscapes, mosaics, collonades and statuary accompanied with poetry and brief comments revealing the allegorical and fantasy backgrounds to many famous gardens (including several Medici estates). A beautiful and evocative book of stunning full color full page photographs (many double page and edge to edge). This volume is tight, square, fresh, clean and unmarked in a tight, crisp, sharp dust jacket with one small closed tear at top of spine, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. UNCOMMON..

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1991. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, dark green cloth covered boards with blindstamp title on front panel and silver gilt spine titles. 255 pp.including index and chronology. Very generously illustrated throughoiut with beautiful full color (many full page) photographs by Garbrielle van Zuylen A lovely survey and analysis of the works of this modern master landscape architect and garden planner. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume with very fresh cloth and brililant spine titles, in a crisp, sharp, sparkling, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Bradley, IL: Lindsay Publications, 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. FACSIMILE Reprint of the 1905 edition. Octavo, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 314pp. including index plus ads. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, crisp, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. AS NEW..

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 97 pp. A meditation on war and memory set in the war-torn ruins of Beirut, Lebanon. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth, unmarked, unblemished and unread, in a crisp, tight, sharp, clean, fresh dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Stanford Univ Pr, 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small quarto, color photo-illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 297 pp. Illustrated throughout with 204 black and white photographs amd drawings including 50 new photographs of the 5 different castings of this massive sculptural poral in bronze. . An in-depth study of the history and artistic importance of this work from its commission through creation and later history of the different castings including contemporary and current responses by critics and art historians. A tight, clean, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

London: Hamlyn, 1970. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards. 96pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and full color photographs including the Parc Guell and the Cathedral Familia Sagrada. A very clean, tight, unmarked volume in a dust jacket with edgewear at top and a small chip to top edge. Fine in very good dust jacket..

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, (1987). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Thick octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt and copper gilt titles and decorations and decorative endpapers. 567pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR in year of publication on verso of half title. A very fresh, clean and bright copy in a crisp, sharp dust jacket with two tiny nicks to edges. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

NY: Arno Press, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, grey cloth covered boards. 315pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. A gathering of articles from the New York Times on walking in North America and Europe. A wealth of references to interesting routes and destinations in parks, forests and the out of doors, as well as a strong selection of city walking tours and routes. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A touch of light edgewear at spine tips and a miniscule bump to top edge of board else fine. A very fresh, clean and attractive volume..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, decoarative red cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 245 pp. 9 stories of great American heroes of the United States including Jean Lafitte, Jedediah Smith, William Walker and Frederick Townsend Ward (inter alia). With 12 full page black and white illustrations, A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with nice fresh cloth and sparkling title gilt on front board. Spine titles somewhat dull but quite clear. Near fine. A great copy..

Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, (2004)., 2004. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Thick octavo, illustrated stiff wraps, (paperback). 613pp. including index. A collectionn of essays to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Association of American Geographers. Illustrated with color photographs and graphs. A very tight, sharp, square, crisp, clean, bright, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Fine. AS NEW..