Search Results: Titles starting with G from Ironwood Hills Books

Complete 18 volume set, half leather with original boards and modern matching spines. 1824. Overall condition is very good. Recent fine binding using original boards. Old blanks are gone, this has new blanks. Only interior markings are pencilled numbers on back of title page. Some foxing in text, heavier in maps. Many pages uncut. 17 unpaginated maps and one plate of vocabulary. Set is a compilation of journals and texts from every major European voyage of discovery from antiquity to 1800. Kerr is not so much an author as an editor. Wherever possible he reproduced the original texts and journals. He edited them to reduce redundancy but maintain fidelity to the original text. His first volume shows the trouble he went to. He has rendered into English 9th century Icelandic texts then proceeds on to 9th and 10th century Anglo-Saxon texts. Where meaning is obscure he annotates generously. This was a major effort by a true scholar. The maps show a commensurate effort to create the best maps from the… Read More

Pamphlet with large (16 x 11 inch) folding map in front. Condition is very good. Modest general shelf wear to covers, interior has no markings or problems. An above average copy. Pamphlet is packed with drawings and photos. Please see scans of the item you will receive.

First Indigo Edition, first printing, softcover. 2013, New York. This is a used paperback book in Very Good condition. There is light edge wear and evidence of use. No interior writing or markings. A high quality paperback with excellent paper and French fold covers. A nice reading copy. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Author's first novel is quite unusual. No spoilers here but ghosts are involved. Recommended to readers looking for something different. Collectors will want to track down the uncommon first printing of the hardcover.

First edition, first printing, hardcover, no dust jacket. Condition is Good: Boards show wear, binding is sound, moderate highlighting and pencil notations throughout. Sound working copy. Please see images of the book you will receive.

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Volume is Fine: no markings, no problems. Dust jacket is Very Good: has a closed tear on back panel (see image). Please see images of the book you will receive.

First US edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Boston, 1970. Volume is Near Fine: front pastedown looks like a sticker was removed, free blank has an erasure (image provided required heavy contrast to show these issues). Front edge paper has 5 x 2 mm brown spot. Dust jacket is Very Good: not price clipped, light wear along edges and creases. Back panel with moderate soiling and light water stain (not affecting volume in any way). Could probably be improved with cleaning if you knew what you were about. Please see images of the book you will receive.

Softcover 4th edition, 1943. Condition is Good: various bumps and creases, old pencil price of prior seller. Spine is holding well. Please see images of the book you will receive.

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition is Very Good. Jacket shows light wear at edges and corners, not clipped, price shown $2.95. Volume shows light wear to edges and corners, old pencil price of prior bookseller. Book is complete as issued. Pages 119-134 are bound in upside down and backwards; which is kind of odd. This is NOT xlib or book club edition which is uncommon with this title. Civil War action set aboard rebel blockade runners and privateers. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: author also writes under name of Gordon Donalds and is known for his adult westerns.

Purchased new by me the year I stopped collecting coins because my life became extremely busy. Rarely used book with pristine interior - no markings of any kind. Exterior has 40 years of shelf wear and slight sun to the spine. If you are looking to make a set of these books this one would be a candidate. An excellent copy. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

Softcover pamphlet in very good condition. 1937. 60 pages. Wraps show mild general wear, corners bumped, staples just beginning to show rust. Interior has no writing, marks, stamps or other vandalism. An above average copy of a scarce pamphlet. Surprisingly WorldCat shows no copies of the 1937 edition, only the 1955 update. Please see scans of the item you will receive.

First edition, first printing, softcover, signed by author. Condition of volume is Good. Well loved volume shows much use: water injury to pages 323-326, ink note p. ix, general patina and wear. Inscribed by author on half title. All pages present, binding is sound. Signed copies are uncommon. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Novel of 16th century Ireland built out on the origins and lyrics of "Greensleeves."

First edition, first printing, hardcover, no jacket. New York, 1948. Condition is very good. This is a used book that will lay open to most pages. Old owner's name on front blank, no other markings, writings, tears, folds or problems. Boards show general wear, spine is sunned and faded. Packed with illustrations and photos some of which are in color. Volume contains results of technical research that led to numerous commercial applications. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: This is from my father's library. He was an editor at Better Homes & Gardens in the 1950's. Needs a good home.

First edition, hardcover. In original black blindstamped cloth boards. Volume professionally recased with new endpapers and reinforced spine. Interior is excellent - no markings or blemishes. Original free blank end papers front and back. Stray ink mark on bottom edge of block not affecting interior. A very nice copy. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Notes: First editions are uncommon.

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Inscribed by author to "Aunt Billie." Condition is Fine: no markings, no problems. First rate satire of hard boiled crime fiction. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: dust jacket is designed to look torn and worn.