Search Results: Authors starting with G from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Philip Wilson Publishers in association with The Gilbert Collection 2000. 4to. 310 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Slight fading to dj spine with light creasing to extremities. Internally clean. No ownership names. Full colour illustrations throughout. 0856675113 . Near Fine. Cloth. 2000.

Paris: Libraire de Theodore Lefèvre et Emile Guerin c.1900. 8vo. (iv), 320 pp., FRENCH TEXT. Bound in tan cloth with illustrated pastedown to the front board. Boards are darkened with some rubbing. A firm binding. Pencil notes to the half title otherwise internally clean though some darkening to the edges of the pages that does not affect the text. Illustrated with black and white in text illustrations. English translation of the title "The Model Cook: Or The Art of Cooking Good Food With Economy" . Good. Cloth. 1900.

Spain: Edicions de L'Eixample, S. A. 1985. Small Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Red suede with dcorative tissue paper and black lettering inside black publisher's box. Scratches to box but still firm. Internally and externally clean. Colour photography throughout of Ballet Antonion Gades' production of Carmen, based on the novel by Prosper Merimee and opera by Georges Bizet, directed and choreographed by Carlos Saura and María Pagés. Spanish language, but largely a photography book. . Near Fine. Suede. 1985.

Edinburgh: Atelier Books 1996. 4to. [viii], 101 pp. Illustrated covers, which have light rubbing. Internally clean. Includes insert on the 1996 exhibition of seventy oil paintings and watercolours by Arthur Melville. 1873830092 . Very Good. Softcover. 1996.

Viking 1991. Square 4to. 187pp. Contains lots of large and double-page full bleeds of sumptuous city and country palaces and country monasteries. Large ink inscription to prelim. a couple of dents to extremities of jacket, otherwise very good.This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0670835587 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

London: Viking 1991. Square 4to. 187pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial jacket. A few small marks to front board and small tear to back board, otherwise clean. A few marks on panels and small tear to back panel. Large inscription and crease to endpapers. Contains plenty of large and double-page full bleeds of sumptuous city and country palaces and country monasteries. A nice companion to exploring the imperial architecture of various parts of Russia. 0670835587 . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1991.

London: Waddington Galleries 1973. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Green paper covers with red printed text to front, unmarked and with minimal wear. Internally clean and bright. With 24 colour reproductions of Yeats' paintings. Includes a final inset page with a reproduction of a painting that "arrived too late to be included in the catalogue". . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1973.

London: The Catto Gallery 1989. 8vo.Exhibition Catalogue. 12 pp, illustrated in colour, with price list, small crease to spine corner . Very Good. Soft Cover. 1989.

London: Michael Joseph 1953. 8vo. Tenth impression. 268 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering and cat illustration to spine in a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket chipped along edges with some stains to rear panel and section of loss at head of spine. Ink name to ffep. Cloth clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1953.

London: Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo. 268 pp. Recently bound in half brick morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. New endpapers. Minor spotting to text. A very good copy of this classic children's tale, contains the advice to Peter on how to be a cat 'when in doubt, wash '. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1950.

London: Duckworth 1929. 8vo. 1151 pp., Blue half calf binding with marbled boards. Top Edge gilt with gilt decorated spine. Some wear to the extremities and slight sunning to the spine. Binding firm internally clean with contemporary gift inscription to the half title. The collected plays by the author of the Forsyte Saga. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1929.

London: William Heinemann 1916 / 1919. 8vo. Two volumes. Both volumes are first editions. Publisher's original gilt lettered boards in printed dust wrappers. Jackets protected in clear plastic. Leaves of second volume slightly age-darkened. No ownership names. Scarce in such fabulous condition. Galsworthy's non-fiction writings, including on the war. . Near Fine. Boards. First Editions. 1916.

London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. Small 8vo. First Edition, first issue. xi, 60 pp. Blue hardback with gilt lettering in pictorial jacket. Jacket worn at edges, with a few larger tears, marks and a little loss at the tail of spine. Boards clean, binding slightly sloped. Internally clean. Galsworthy, famous for The Forsyte Saga, was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature for his prose. He was hated by the Modernists of his day, especially Virgina Woolf. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Issue. 1926.

London: William Heinemann Limited 1937. 8vo. xvi, 1104 pp. Red cloth boards with maroon leather spine. Gilt decoration, blind stamping and green panel to spine. Fold out Forsyte family tree to front. Some rubbing to spine and marking to pages and front board. Otherwise VG condition in the original glassine. . Near Fine. Leather Spine. 1937.

London: Printed for Henry Colburn 1824. 8vo. xvi, 477; 468 pp. Contemporary dark blue full pebbled morocco with gilt and blind-stamping to front & rear boards. Raised bands to spines with gilt ruling and lettering. All edges gilt. Early bookplate to front pastedowns of Richard Fort of Read Hall. Red ink notations to foot of frontis. Yellow endpapers. With frontis portrait engraving and 17 additional full-page engravings. Slight foxing to some plates. Bindings firm. A fresh and bright Near Fine pair. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. New Edition. 1824.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and T. Cadell 1823. 8vo. In three volumes. 321, (1); 333; 304, (12) pp. Contemporary brown paper-covered boards with paper title labels to spines. Outer spine joints partially split. Damage to one spine with loss at foot. Occasional foxing. Adverts at rear of vol. 3. All bindings firm. . Good. Boards. First Edition. 1823.

Castello: Diputacio de Castello 1993. 8vo. 253 pp. Harback in dust jacket. Dj slightly edgeworn. Internally clean. No ownership marks. Full-colour illustrations throughout. Introductory text in Catalan. History of majolica style ceramics of Ouda, Spain. Text in Catalan only. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1993.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1935. 4to.Limited Edition. 200 numbered copies. xiv., 139 pp. a little foxing to extremities. Bound in a recent quarter brick morocco with marbled boards. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. Limited Numbered Edition. 1935.

Oxford: The Oxford Bibliographical Society 2018. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 530, + 40 plates pp. Hardback with pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Slight curl to jacket edge but otherwise clean, clean boards, internally clean. Colour and black & white illustrations and 40 full colour plates at rear. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2018.

Paris: Ladvocat 1826. 8vo. xxvii, 437 pp. Recent tan calf spine with gilt lettering over original patterned calf boards. Very slight wear to extremities. All edges red. Scattered foxing. Charles Ganilh (1758-1836), French economist & politician, opposed the Adam Smith school of thought. The first theoretically orientated dictionary of economics ever published. . Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 1826.