Search Results: Titles starting with G from PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS

Zeiss Ikon. Dresden. 1923- 1928.. pp. 16 AND single sheet folded, both c. 15 x 10 cms. A bit dusty but good copies.

Boston. Ticknor and Fields. 1863. First edition.. pp. (viii), 436, 21, (i) Catalogue [September 1863]. Publisher's purple cloth over bevelled boards, now faded, edges stained red, small faint damp-mark in the top inner margin of the last few leaves, else a good copy. *SABIN #20506.

Portugala Eldona Rondo. Porto. 1948.. pp. 62, (ii). Folding table. Original decorated paper wrappers, a bit discoloured at the edges of the front cover, else a very good copy.

Arcade. New York. 1990. . pp. (xii), 458, (ii). Dust wrapper, very good.

Ex officina Elzeviriana. Lvgdvni Batavorvm [Leiden]. 1629. [Second edition]. 16mo.. pp. (xii), 443, (i). Engraved title and initials. Modern calf by MALTBY'S of OXFORD, boards blind-ruled, a very good copy. *COPINGER #1324; WILLEMS #311. This edition, published in the same year as the first, corrects a number of the earlier errors. It appears to be somewhat scarcer than the first edition.

For J. & P. Hill, by Loxley Brothers, Sheffield. [1913].. pp. 166, (ii) Index. Frontispiece of George Stephenson, many test figures and 1 folding plate of railway engines. Original roan, a bit rubbed at the spine ends, else a very good copy. *See COPAC : J. & P. Hill. Sheffield : [19--] 1 sheet : col. ill ; 64 x 88 cm. folded to 22 x 14 cm.British Transport Commission. Historical Relics: 3996, located in the British Railway Museum

Reprint from the T[elecommunications]. R[esearch]. E[stablishment]. Journal. Ministry of Supply. No date [c.1945]. Sm.4to.. pp. 22. Original decorated and printed paper wrappers, stapled, cyclostyled text, unsigned author's inscription on front wrapper, a very good copy.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1895.. pp. xv, (i), 468. Frontispiece and 12 plates, all coloured. Publisher's cloth, uncut, a bit rubbed at the edges, joints firm but a couple of gatherings pulled, a good copy.

Smith, Elder. London. 1906. New edition.. pp. xii, 221, (i). Frontispiece and many text illustrations. Contemporary green calf, spine and the top of the boards faded, without the half-title, else a very good copy.

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1929.. pp. 256. Frontispiece, 14 plates, all coloured. Publisher's green cloth, uncut, faded on spine and around the edges, foxing around the edges of the plates, but a good copy overall.

[For the Author]. Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire. [1878?]. . pp. (iv), (41)-59, (i). 2 text woodcuts. Without wrappers, if ever issued for this title, a very good copy. *COPAC no copy recorded.

Thacker, Spink. Calcutta. 1906.. pp. (xii), 197, (i). Frontispiece and 6 plates. Pictorial cloth-backed paper boards, now a little dull and marked, front joint weak, contents clean.

The Eastern Press. Beirut. 1969.. pp. 145, (i). 14 illustrations. Dust wrapper over cloth, presentation inscription from the editor, a very good copy. *With essays on gardens of : The Ancient Near East : Japan : Ikebana : Persia : Arabic Gardens of Spain : France - Mediaeval to Modern : England : Literary Gardens of Andrew Marvell and John Milton. Originally delivered as a series of lectures in 1967/8 for the Cultural Program of the Alumnae Association at the Beirut College for Women.

Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. Braunschweig. 1900. Third edition.. pp. XVI, 440. 127 text woodcuts. Original cloth, a very good copy.

Simpkin, Marshall. London. 1852. Eighth edition. . pp. xxxix, (i), xxxix, (i), 720, 18 Table of Contents, 30 Advertisements. Engraved portraits of Soyer and Mrs. Soyer, additional engraved title, 13 engraved plates [3 folding], numerous text woodcuts including full-page kitchen plans. Original blind-decorated cloth, spine faded, a little worn at the ends and splitting at one side of the head, portraits and folding plates foxed, the occasional spot elsewhere but text clean, joints firm, a good copy. *Soyer (1809-1858) French born and educated, left France for London at the revolution in 1830. Following a number of appointments in aristocratic houses, he was given the position of chef at the Reform Club and on the day of the coronation of Victoria in 1838, prepared a breakfast for two thousand people. In 1847 his sympathies were aroused by the famine in Ireland and having written extensively to the papers on the subject, he was appointed by the government to oversee soup kitchens in Dublin. He did… Read More

Ernest Flammarion. Paris. [1931]. 6th. edition. Obese 4to.. pp. (viii), 1281, (vii). Original English-mustard yellow cloth, lettered in blue and black, now rather faded and dusty, despite which a good copy, joints firm and contents clean.

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1981. First edition.. pp. xi, (i), 428. 56 illustrations. Dust wrapper, very good copy.

Collins Clear-Type Press. London and Glasgow. 1907.. pp. 176. Frontispiece, 11 text figures. Limp cloth covers, rear cover faded and dull, else a very good copy. *COLLINS SCHOOL HEALTH SERIES.

Gustav Fischer. Jena. 1888. . pp. XII, 308. 2 lithographed plates [1 part-coloured]. Continental binding of cloth-backed marbled boards, a couple of adjacent leaves slightly marked, else a good copy.

Westview Press. Boulder, San Francisco. 1991.. pp. x, 147, (iii). A very good copy in dust wrapper.