Search Results: Authors starting with G from Gotcha By The Books

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1976. 2nd printing. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Five of Gadamer's essays on Hegel, translated and with an introduction by P. Christopher Smith; foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional light foxing in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed.

Koln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2011. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Gelitin (formerly Gelatin), Musee D'Art Moderne Paris; Gelitin is a contemporary art group consisting of four Austrian artists; 103 colour plates; introduction (in German and English) by Tex Rubinowitz; half red cloth with white paper sides, front board and spine opening to reveal stitch binding; VG tight and clean in VG dustwrapper.

Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2004-2008. Limited Edition. paperback. Fine. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Lot of 8 catalogues relating to The Lockhart River Art Gang (as group and individuals), represented in Brisbane for some years by Andrew Baker Art Dealer; two Samantha Hobson catalogues and one Fiona Omeenyo limited to 500 copies, the remainder to 1000; all with colour illustrations throughout; all Fine.

Brisbane: Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Samantha Hobson, Silas Hobson, Adrian King, Rosella Namok, Fiona Omeenyo, and Evelyn Sandy - collectively The Lockhart River Gang - Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane 2006; catalogue limited to 1000 copies; full-page colour plates throughout accompanied by descriptive text on facing page; 12 plates plus one each to front and rear covers; VG tight clean copy.

London: Billing and Sons (for the authors), 1896. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 2 vols 8vo. 2 Volume set of Lucy Garnett's translations of Greek Folk verses and songs, edited and with essays on folk-lore by J.S. Stuart-Glennie; mythological idylls, social songs, historical ballads, tales, historical legends - Byzantine, Ottoman, Hellenic, etc - Zoonist, Magical, Supernalist, etc; Stuart-Glennie's essays reference aspects of collecting folk-lore, folk-lore research etc; from the library of American philosopher, writer, iconographer (and sometimes poet) Hartley Burr Alexander whose bookplate appears to front pastedown of both volumes; blue cloth boards with gilt device to front and gilt titling to spine; both vols with bookshop labels to front endpapers, tanning to prelims and endpages, rear endpaper creased at gutter (vol 1), o.w. Very Good throughout; vol 1 boards lightly rubbed, and with minor worn spots, tanned to spine; vol 2 with some wear and scratches to front board,… Read More

Australia: published by the artist, 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated survey of artist Justin Garnsworthy's works using Blu Tack as a medium; full-page colour and b&w plates throughout; includes a short interview with the artist; mild foxing to reverse side of front cover, mild knock lower text block (light creases to some pages) o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed.

Melbourne: Hawthorn House, 1937. Limited Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. References the first pamphlet (and possibly the first publication of any kind) produced in Melbourne, being the Articles and Rules for the Regulation of the Melbourne Union Benefit Society (1839); one of 230 copies, 200 for sale; blue buckram with gilt titling to spine; heavy tanning to endpapers, o.w. Very Good clean copy.

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1967. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Argues that Kant propounded a 'moral religion' which rests on the assumption of a personal God, that this moral religion is built up on 'good will', and that therefore Kant was closer to the spirit of the Gita than to that of any other Western or Indian thinker, school or system; with focus on The Concept of Perfection in Kant and the Gita, and more broadly in Indian and Western thought; endpapers tanned, front endpaper with some minor worn spots and stains, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; boards rubbed; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, some loss to lower front edge.

London: The Grolier Society, no date (c1890). limited edition. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed/worn boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w and colour plate illustrations Two works of Gautier, being no. 864 of 1000 copies of the Luxembourg Edition of the Beaux Arts Classics from Grolier Press, with illustrations by Paul Avril (full-page b&w and colour engravings with tissue-guards); no publishing date (c1890's); light-medium foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, light scattered foxing in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards worn at edges, and with heavy wear and sunning to rear board and spine.

Illinois: The Masonic Book Club, 1987. numbered limited edition. hardbound. Very Good in lightly rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Facsimile reprint of P.W. George's masonic stories set in a mythical Lodge in an imaginary town, being No. 1375 of 1500 copies for members of The Masonic Book Club; also includes facsimiles of ten stories of Friendship Village taken from the Masonic News of 1927-1929; foreword by Richard Harter Brown, Past Master The American Lodge of Research; being Volume Eighteen of the publications of The Masonic Book Club; very mild foxing to endpapers, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards with some mild foxing to edges front and rear.

The Hague/Paris: Mouton & Co, 1967. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Analysis of the work of eight Asmat woodcarvers, Bapmes, Matjemos, Bishur, Tarras, Itjembi, Bifarji, Initjajai, and Ndojokor; includes introduction detailing aspects of Asmat culture and carving; b&w photo illustrations throughout, with text figures in colour; former owner's name to front pastedown, occasional mild foxing, mild offset from text figures, o.w. Very Good; no dustwrapper.

Amsterdam: L.J. Veen, no date (1921). 2nd Edition. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w plate illustrations Gedichten (poems) of Guido Gezelle, the 2nd edition; no publishing date but introduction dated 1921; Gezelle was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium, best known for writing poetry and prose in the West Flemish dialect - this collection in said dialect, with no English translation; b&w plate illustrations; clay cloth boards with gilt designs and black titling to front and spine; bookshop label to front pastedown, medium-heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, tanning to pages facing plates, o.w. G-VG throughout; spine lightly sunned.

London: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition at Gagosian Gallery London March 26 - May 19 2007, featuring the work of Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, and Serra - the exhibition being mostly of sculptures, but also including some works on paper; curated by Valentina Castellani, Mark Francis, and Veronique Wiesinger; full-page plate illustrations throughout; Very Good tight clean copy; no dustwrapper (as issued).

Zurich: Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 2006. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 23.5 x 20.5cm. profusely illustrated Photographic study of Giacometti in his studio on Rue Hippolyte Maindron, showing numerous images of the sculptures, as well as action shots of Giacometti at work; photos by Ernst Scheidegger; texts by Scheidegger and Christian Klemm; Very Good clean tight copy; dustwrapper with mild crease/closed tear to centre front, o.w. Very Good.

London: J.M. Dent , 1956. hardbound. Very Good throughout in heavily rubbed boards in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations JM Dent re-issue of the story of convict John Graham, written and illustrated by Robert Gibbings with 40 b&w wood-engravings; being a tale of convict transportation from Ireland to Australia, shipwreck, and further experiences therefrom, including the rescue of Mrs Fraser (whose plight is depicted in the frontispiece illustration), which was effected by Graham for which he received a free pardon; this copy from the library of Australian artist Pamela Crawford, signed/dated by Crawford to front endpaper, and with stamp stating 'Gift of the Estate of Mrs Pamela Crawford'; Crawford (nee Sneeman) was part of the radical arts scene in Brisbane in the 1940's, a member of the Barjai Group and also connected to the Miya Studio; in 1988 she donated a large collection of books and artworks to the University of Queensland; light toning to endpapers, light scattered foxing,… Read More

New York: Aperture, 2007. hardbound. both volumes Very Good in Very Good dustwrappers/Dustwrapper. 2 vols landscape 4to. profusely illustrated Epic 2-vol set illustrating every Gilbert & George picture made between 1971-2005; thousands of illustrations in colour and b&w, and including exhibition shots; Nature Pieces, Drinking Pieces, Human Bondage, The Dirty Words Pictures, The For Aids Pictures, New Democratic Pictures, Ginkgo Pictures, and more; both volumes with Introductions by Rudi Fuchs; includes biography, and index to picture titles; red cloth boards with gilt titling to front boards and spines; 1st Aperture Edition (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1); both volumes Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. colour frontispiece/b&w plates 1st Edition Letters of Eric Gill, containing over 300 letters from 1900-1940, edited by Gill's close friend Eric Shewring; colour frontispiece plate showing a letter to David Jones, 11 b&w plates; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, red topstain; light foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, tanned top front (3cm) and heavier tanning to spine, price clipped, o.w. G-VG

Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Simryn Gill show, ""Simryn Gill: Gathering"" Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 20 November 2008 - 22 March 2009, edited and curated by Russell Storer, with texts by Storer, Jessica Morgan and Michael Taussig; colour plates throughout of Gill's work; VG clean copy.

Oxford: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1989. Signed 1st Editions. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Documents the series of British concert tours undertaken by Bela Bartok between 1904-1938, recording the views of Bartok and his British contemporaries on issues such as pianism, composition, and social questions, and also covering the relationship between Bartok and British critics Philip Heseltine and Cecil Gray, and with his performing associates the Aranyi sisters; 14 b&w plate illustrations, b&w text illustrations; this copy signed and with gift-inscription by the author; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1945. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w photo illustrations Tells the backstage story of the overseas production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, for the entertainment of US WWII troops; signed with gift-inscription by Margalo Gillmore, author and member of the overseas Barretts Company; 16 pages b&w photo illustrations to rear of text; mild toning to endpapers and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, tanned to spine (titling faded), o.w. Good.