Search Results: Titles starting with I from Brillig Books

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, charcoal grey cloth covered boards. 239pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. Includes short bios followed by several pages each of photographs for 29 of the historical greats of bodybuilding from Eugene Sadow in 1867 to Mike Mentzner in 1978. Includes Lou Ferrigno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robby Robinson, Chuck Sipes, Dan Padilla and many more. Special section of full color full page (edge to edge) photographs of Ferrigno, Schwarzenegger, Robinson, Padilla and others. A tight, fresh, clean volume in a bright dust jacket with some short closed edge tears. Fine in very good dust plus dust jacket. Scarce..

NY: Ridge Press/Crown Publishers, (1973). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, red glazed paper covered boards. 189pp. plus a full page map. A representative selection of historical photographs of the North American Indians (esp. plains Indians) which is concurrently a history of photography, native americans and the europeanization of the Western American plains. Fine in dust jacket with very minor edge wear, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

London: British Ornithologist's Union, 1930. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 10 Volumes in thick octavo, library cloth bindings. Over. 7500pp. Series 12 No.5 through Series 14 No.3 (1930-1940) inclusive. Illustrated throughout with color plates, maps, charts, folding plates, black and white photographs, diagrams etc. The pre-eminent journal for ornithology, A quite rare run of a complete decade of this journal. All very clean and generally unmarked interiors, with no stainds, tears, creases etc. Includes scholarly articles on ornithology from every part of the world. Minimal library markings including small very discreet armorial bookplate on pastedowns, minmal library markings to first few pages and library numbers to spines. 1940s bindings are a very square binding with large white library title labels. A remarkably well preserved run of this now quite uncommon record of a period of noteworth progress for British ornithologists and world-wide ornithology An important research… Read More

New York: George Braziller, 1981. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Royal octavo, (7" x 10") original illustrated stiff wraps. 124pp. with index and bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with rarely published drawings, sketches etc of Le Corbusier's uncollected thoughts on urbanism, architecture and urban planning. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

New York: Doubleday, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, blue paper covered boards. 182pp. Introduction by Jorge Luis Borges. A fresh crisp copy with speckled remainder spray to bottom edge else fine in a fresh crisp and sharp dust jacket. A very near fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

Pittsburgh, PA: Frontier Press, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. Octavo, illustrated stiff wraps. [xx], 85 1 of 3,000 fine press printing. Tipped in color frontispiece of John Kane painting. Remeniscences of the Homestead Strike and life in Pittsburgh, Santa Fe, Harvard and Carnegie Tech where the author was a writer, poet and teacher at the turn of the century. A very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked volume. Fine..

Seoul: Art Space, 1996. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. First printing. Quarto, vividly illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). Unpaginated. Catalogue of Whitney Museum exhibition. In Korean and English with essay on Kang in English at back. Includes list of performances and exhibitions. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions. A beautiful collector's copy, very tight, crisp, stiff, sharp, clean, unmarked, unblemished and unread, with a flat uncreased spine. UNCOMMON..

München, Germany: Verlagsgruppe Droemer Weltbild, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Tall narrow octavo, (10" x 4"), green cloth spine over illustrated white paper covered boards. 115 pp. Illustrated throughout with pale green monochromatic reproductions. Housed in light brown paper covered box with red titles and illustration. A Slow Food sponsored title. Fine in fine box. A beautiful copy of this charming book production. TEXT IN GERMAN..

Collegeville, MN: Order of Saint Benedict, 2005. Book. As New. Cloth. BRAND NEW BOOK. Quarto (11.5" X 10"), royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt cover decoration and gilt spine titles. 216 pps. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs and full color reproductions and details of the pages of the completely handcrafted St. John's Bible. A monumental effort to create a hand made copy of the bible incorporating both ancient and modern images and forms of writing. This is the story of this complex and monumental project. FLAWLESS and unread. Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. AS NEW. BRAND NEW BOOK..

Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Press, (1994). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Thick quarto, stiff flexible green leatherette. 1460pp. including index. Illustrated throughout. A very tight, clean, fresh copy with no underining, marking, names etc. A flawless copy. Virtually as new. Fine..

New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1966. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, bone white cloth covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 272pp. Including bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with 600 reproductions in black and white and color by 350 artists including, Wyeth, Kent, Parrish, Wilcox, Flagg, Christy, Gibson, Penfield, Pyle, Rockwell, Ward, Frost etc. A very tight, clean, fresh, volume, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. AS NEW..

London: Charles Tilt, 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo. Cloth gold cloth covered boards All edges gilt. viii, 82, 6 (ads). A scarce compilation of engravings from the original plates of Cruikshank's popular satirical illustrations for Smollett, Fielding (including "Tom Jones") and Goldsmith. This copy lacks the very first plate. Otherwise complete the images are all unmarked and without creases or tears. Occasional light foxing or offsetting. 3 plates of the last 10- show dark browning around margins. The binding is painted with a soarse heavy gold color and the hinges have been reinforced (or this is a rebinding). The interior and images are very good to near fine. Uncommon..

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, sand colored cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 191pp. including index and bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with 64 color plates and over 80 black and white woodcuts and engravings. A very beautiful study of the history of this important genre of book illustration with sumptuous color reproductions of early herbals. Wilfrid Blunt is a well-known expert on botanical illustration. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth, bright gilt and perfect interior, in a dust jacket with just a touch of edgewear at top of spine and one very short closed edge tear along top forecorner edge. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Opera Society, 2005. Book. As New. Cloth. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles. Decorative musical notation endpapers. 187 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, (many vintage) from the long history the the Pittsburgh Opera and opera performance in Pittsburgh. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author HAX MCCULLOUGH on title page. A very tight, bright, fresh, clean, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and fresh cloth, unmarked and unread in a glossy, bright, clean, tight, brilliant dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1978). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, teal green paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. Map endpapers. 240pp. including index and chronological summary. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs and reproductions. A very tight, clean, fresh, and unmarked volume with a small prior owner address sticker under foldover on pastedown, else fine in a tight, bright, crisp, sharp dust jacket. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the first edition..

New York: American Tract Society, 1854. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. Elaborately illustrated black and white printed sewn wraps (paperback). 48 pp.plus ads on rear panel recto and verso. Illustrated with about half a dozen steel engravings. A very tight, apparently unread, very crisp, fresh, bright, clean, stiff, square, internally unmarked volume. One small faint spot of foxing at base of title, neatly penned library number sticker at inside corner of front panel (removable with careful conservation), but NO other markings. A remarkably fresh and crisply preserved example of a very fragile item. Near fine..

Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan, 1999. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Large octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 128 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with many black and white photographs of tractors both old and new. A very tight, clean, bright volume with fresh cloth and sparkling gilt, unmarked and unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, tight unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: American Tract Society, 1856. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. Elaborately illustrated black and white printed sewn wraps (paperback). 48 pp.plus ads on rear panel recto and verso. Illustrated with about half a dozen steel engravings. A very tight, apparently unread, very crisp, fresh, bright, clean, stiff, square, internally unmarked volume.Small neatly penned library number sticker at inside corner of front panel (removable with careful conservation), but NO other markings. A remarkably fresh and crisply preserved example of a very fragile item. Near fine..

New York: American Tract Society, 1855. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. Elaborately illustrated black and white printed sewn wraps (paperback). 48 pp.plus ads on rear panel recto and verso. Illustrated with about half a dozen steel engravings. A very tight, apparently unread, very crisp, fresh, bright, clean, stiff, square, internally unmarked volume.Small neatly penned library number sticker at inside corner of front panel (removable with careful conservation), but NO other markings. A remarkably fresh and crisply preserved example of a very fragile item. Near fine..

La Jolla, CA: Green Tiger Press, 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong small quarto, brown cloth covered boards. 56pp. including bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with vivd tipped-in full color reproductions of noteworthy illustrations from children's books, along with black and white reproductions (not tipped-in). A very carefully and beautifully produced short work on the role of art and illustration in children's books. This copy is in pristine condition, very clean, fresh, bright, tight, unmarked and apparently unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, tight matte illustrated dust jacket (with a full color pasted on plate) with a couple of miniscule barely perceptible edge nicks. Very fine in fine dust jacket..