Search Results: Titles starting with G from Mike's Library

Armonk NY: M E Sharpe. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0873327209 . Light edge tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket light tone. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper to Japan Society staffer: "September 1990. For Sandra, without whose encouragement, sincere criticism and suggestions this book would never have been undertaken nor completed, but mostly for your friendship which has never wavered. Love, Jack." "Based on the author's own experience and his interviews with almost 100 general managers and others, this book is about the Gaijin Kaisha, the foreign firm in Japan. It also discusses what the general manager needs to consider and the support he must have from his head office if his company and he are to be successful in Japan, and it tells where he can turn in the Japanese community for assistance." ; ix, 270 pages; Signed by Author .

Roma: Libreria dello stato. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1951. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Light tone, light cover rub, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback pamphlet. ; English translation of guide to Galleria dell'accademia, Firenze. 80 illustrations from its collection of Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture. ; Guide-Books to the Museums and Monuments of Italy; Vol. 52; 103 pages .

Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0761911685 . Library stamps/marks/labels, rear hinge creaks, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Casinos de juegos del mundo : a survey of world gambling / William N. Thompson -- Canadian gambling : trends and public policy issues / Colin S. Campbell and Garry J. Smith -- Gambling and the American economy / Eugene Martin Christiansen -- Contributions of casino-style gambling to local economies / William R. Eadington -- The economic impacts of casino gambling at the state and local levels / Ricardo Gazel -- Follow the money : gambling, ethics, and subpoenas / John Warren Kindt -- Indian gaming : financial and regulatory issues / Gary C. Anders -- Gambling as a community development quick fix / Audie Blevins and Katherine Jensen -- Casino gambling and street crime / William J. Miller and Martin D. Schwartz -- Federal involvement in U.S. gaming regulation / James H. Frey -- Costs and treatment… Read More

Chicago: A C McClurg. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, 1905 owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Twelve tipped in photo reproductions on tissue paper including frontispiece; Lucy Fitch Perkins color illustrated seventeen decorative drawings introducing chapters and sixty flower panels plus cover paste-on. "an idyll in its way, a honeymoon garden book full of graceful play and voicing the inclusive idealism of youth instead of the eclectic idealism of experience." - J B Kerfoot; "The Latest Books"; Life, volume 47, page 432. A charming example of early twentieth-century book decoration and romantism. ; (5), 201 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. 0824001575 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprints of four works, three by Laurence and a fourth by "Charles Evelyn". Contains: Gardening Improv'd (London: W Taylor 1718) containing I.The Clergyman's Recreation, shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening (Fifth Edition, London: Bernard Lintott 1717)... II. The Gentleman's Recreation, or, The second part of The art of gardening improved (Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott 1717 ... III. The Lady's Recreation, or, the Third and Last Part of The Art of Gardening Improv'd / by Charles Evelyn (London:J Roberts 1717); The Fruit-Garden Kalendar, or, a Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden (London: Bernard Lintot 1718). ; The English Landscape Garden; Ex-Library; Vol. 9; 633 pages .

New York: E P Dutton. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. Toned with random foxing, edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket foxing, spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This volume, therefore, has been prepared by the author ... to assist in educating our soldiery in the use of gas, both in defense and in offense. It covers the whole subject of toxic gases in all their different varieties; defense equipment; the tactical employment of gas and chemical shells, smoke screens, and the like; chemical and incendiary hand grenades and infantry weapons; the manufacture, storage and transport of chemical weapons, the equipment and personnel necessary, together with the duties and organization entailed by their use." - DJ blurb. "Holding the view that future wars will be decided in the "chemical laboratory", this book provides a comprehensive history of the US Chemical Warfare Service, World War I experiences with poison gas, defense… Read More

Paris: Presses Universitaires De France. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. 2ième édition. Mass Market Paperback. Pencil UNDERLINING and margin marks, cover rubbed, light cock, otherwise light wear. Solid mass market paperback. ; French language. Table des Matières: La Vie; La Philosophie; L'oeuvre; Extraits: A) La science; B) La reverie; C) Convergences; Bibliographie. ; SUP Philosophes; 120 pages .

Geneve: Slatkine Reprints. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 2051001901 . Library stamps/marks/labels/peel to rear paste-down, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; French language. Facsimile reprint of 1895 edition, Toulouse: Imprimerie et Librairie Édouard Privat. Étude historique sur le midi de la France et le nord de l'Espagne au XVe siècle. ; Ex-Library; xxxii, 409, (1) errata pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine sun, toned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Collection of twelve adventure tales featuring Esper Indiman. "some criminous" - Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 1466. Frontispiece by Charles Johnson Post, ornamented initials at each chapter head, and decorated book cover. Contents: I. The Gentleman's Visiting Card; II. The Red Duchess; III. House in the Middle of the Block; IV. The Private Letter-Box; V. The Ninety-and-Nine Kisses; VI. The Queen of Spades; VII. The Opal Button; VIII. The Tip-Top Tip; IX. The Brass Baggage-Check; X. The Upset Apple-Cart; XI. The Philadelphia Quizzing-Glass; XII. The Adjuster of Averages.; v, 302 pages .

Edinburgh: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1897. Reprint. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Early reprint of popular novelist Swan's sentimental Scottish romance. ; Uniform Edition of Annie S Swan's Larger Books; 317, 2 ad pages .

Tours: Ad Mame et Cie. Good with no dust jacket. 1845. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 1"spine edge tear, rubbed, light cover warp. Solid hardcover. ; French language text. Gumuchian 4565. Embossed covers with gilt decorations and rulings, gilt spine decorations and lettering, marbled endpapers and edges. An attractive copy. Historical novel, set during the Terror of the French Revolution.; Bibliothèque de la Jeunesse Chrétienne, 2e Série; 312 pages .

Koln: Benedict Taschen. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 3822885495 . Bumped corners/head/tail, front hinge creaks, otherwise light wear; sliding cardboard band edgewear with creasing. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Spanish language edition. "Anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Antoni Gaudí. It was here, in the capital of Catalonia, that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works, including villas for the well-to-do bourgeoisie, the expansive Güell Park (today open to the public), and the famous church designed in honor of the Holy Family--a project which begun over 100 years ago and yet to be completed. Gaudí never married and devoted his life entirely to his art: architecture. His works have been acclaimed as "soothing oases in a desert of functional buildings," as "precious gems in the uniform grey of rows of houses," and the master himself was acclaimed as the "Dante of… Read More

New York: Garland Publishing. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0824068637 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, cocked, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "In it, I will analyze his highly personal attitude to religious iconography through an examination of his most important religious themes in his paintings, sculptures and writings, stressing not his stylistic development but his new approach to religious subject matter. His iconography will be discussed as an expression of event in his private life and of the ideas on art and religion current in the Symbolist milieu that he personified." - Introduction. ; Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts; Ex-Library; 541, [122] pl pages .

Delhi: Vivek Publishing House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Spine sunned, owner's emboss on title page, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Reprint, with index, of 1885 edition, compiled by Captain E W Dun, in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department in India. ; 314 pages .

Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von B G Teubner. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, cover sun, light text tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language. Early work by noted Jewish-German professor of philology and ancient religions, published two years before his 1913 founding of the Institute for the Study of Religions, bringing together theologians, philologists, philosophers, ethnologists, and folklorists for the comparative study of religion. Title translates as: Birth, Wedding and Death : contributions to comparative folklore. ; Ex-Library; (2), 222 pages .

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1882. Card Covers. Light edgewear, tone with some random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid ribbon-tied card covers. ; Unpaged, with 14 single side printed leaves. Norse themed Christmas poem by Pollard, with three illustration plates by Walter Satterlee, and covers marked W H Cadwell, New York. A delightful uncommon work by Pollard and Satterlee. ; 14 leaves pages .

New York: Forverts. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. Tone, edgewear, corner bumps, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Yiddish language. L'Argent translation Into Yiddish by Leon Kobrin. 1891 novel in the Les Rougon-Macquart series: "The novel focuses on the financial world of the Second French Empire as embodied in the Paris Bourse and exemplified by the fictional character of Aristide Saccard. Zola's intent was to show the terrible effects of speculation and fraudulent company promotion, the culpable negligence of company directors, and the impotency of contemporary financial laws." - Wikipedia. ; 494 pages .

Lagos: Grace Anasiudu Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. 9780744223 . Library stamps/marks/labels, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; "This book therefore is an attempt to evaluate the gender situation in wide range of areas of Education, Politics, Culture, Economics, Policy formulation and implementations. The contributions to this book proffers solutions towards gender equality from a multi-disciplinary approach." ; Ex-Library; ix, 127 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0815315708 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket peel on rear endpaper, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Who Are the Poor? -- Ch. 3. What Causes Poverty? Individual Level Theories -- Ch. 4. Structural and Feminist Theories of Poverty -- Ch. 5. The "Feminization of Poverty" Model -- Ch. 6. Gender Class and Poverty -- Ch. 7. The Public Side of Gender Class -- Ch. 8. Gender Class Vulnerability in Marriage -- Ch. 9. Conclusion: Toward the Equality of Women. "Only when we cease discussing poverty in terms of culture, behavior, and family breakdown and instead speak about oppression, exploitation, power, and inequality, that is, only when we acknowledge and eal with the reality and role of gender and class as they shape and limit women's lives, will we begin to see improvement in the status of women, and correspondingly, a reduction of what remains an… Read More

Lagos: Foundation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. 978320050X . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, spine sunned, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; "The book successfuly fufils three roles in the annals of Nigeria. Firstly, it provides the biography of a distinguished Soldier-Minister. Secondly, it provides a veritable record of the General as a professional engineer and how he shaped the destiny of the largest ministry in the Federal Civil Service. Thirdly , it provides an inspiration for future leaders who should take a cue from the sterling qualities of Major-General Kontagora (Rtd) a revealed in this book." - Foreword by Major-Gen George Agbazika Innih (Rtd). ; Foundation over-achievers series; Ex-Library; 197 pages .