Search Results: Authors starting with G from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Mechliniae, for P.J. Hanicq , 1849. Hardcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A nice exemplar of The Roman Breviary (Latin: Breviarium Romanum), a liturgical book, a breviary of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, containing public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings and interpretations and even learned-by-rote utterances to be made by bishops, priests, and deacons in the higher offices of the Catholic Church. This format was authorized from 1568 under 1974 when it morphed into the Book of Hours. A short, squat, handsomely rebound in a black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt letter to spine including accession number, having been deaccessioned from the Library of Princeton University, having been donated by Prentiss B. Reed. Some but few additional signs of ex-library status (embossed stamp at title page, bookplate inside front flap, etc. Measures 5" x 3 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Double-column texts printed in black and red. Lightly toned interior,… Read More

Rutgers, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Presumed First Edition but not so stated, and this is not the slightly different edition published a year later under a slightly different title. Handsomely produced in a cream cloth hardcover format, clean, minor wear thereto, tightly bound, bright of interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xvii [2], 3-189 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Baltimore, Maryland: Baccus Press, Baltimore (1985), 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in light gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering in black to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi + 403 pp. First Edition. Comprises well over 3,200 entries, including tons of biographical sketches of prominent wine- and vineyards-related writers. Illustrated throughout. With a Foreword by Maynard A. Amerine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required… Read More

Baltimore: Bacchus Books, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in First Edition state in two-tone cloth, tan and brown, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. xiii [iii] + 403 pp. Foreword by Maynard A. Amerine. Illustrated endpapers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Musee de l'Affiche, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond crimping to front upper tip that runs through, less wear to text block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy, illustrated card stock wraps. Unpaginated, but roughly 80 pages, with triple-column text, and then several score black-and-white illustrations of individual and catalogues of lithographs. An absolute must-have item for art historians and students of the art medium.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 293 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Charlotte / Santa Barbara: McNally & Lofton, 1964. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Preface by Ernest Gruening, a fine study, a social history of Mexican farm labor migration. The author is from Tepic, Mexico, day laborer at points, hand and cannery worker in the Central Valley of California. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-284 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Dance Horizons, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for the previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Presumed First Edition, but not so stated. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, protected by a plastic coat. Bright and accessible social history of dance instruction with a special focus on Margaret Craske, Leon Danielian, Felia Doubrovsk, Valentina Pereyaslavec, Karel Shook, Muriel Stuart, and Hector ZaraspeMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, "To Doris Tindall on the occasion of her wedding with every good wish, fr.: R.L. Gales April 27, 1921." A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Paper title label over front cover, another at spine, abraded and toned. Extensive foxing at front and rear endpapers, dissipating in both directions. A truly scarce First Edition of a poetry anthology by R.L. Gales, priest, poet and folklorist who earned the Newdigate Prize in 1886 for his pastoral poetry set in the English countryside and from a Christian perspective. 69 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Lee Wright Stanley. Another title in the beloved Mother McGrew series, one of another dozen titles. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderately worn covers, loss of paper along edges, cracking at gutters of paste-downs, red cloth tape-backed. Fine illustrations by Lee Wright Stanley. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Lee Wright Stanley. Another title in the beloved Mother McGrew series, one of another dozen titles. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderately worn covers, loss of paper, quarter-sized, at front cover, red cloth tape-backed. Fine illustrations by Lee Wright Stanley. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Seattle: Davidson Galleries, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 12mo 7" - 7. Dale Gottlieb. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial covers, showing "Hold," inspired by the African-American artist Bill Traylor. 14 pp. and multiple full-color illustrations of "story rugs" and artists, including African-American artists such as Bill Traylor, and about social issues.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ben Aronson. Sterling condition softcover copy of an exhibition catalog for a show devoted to Aronson's then recent paintings, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps. Unpaginated, but with 14 pp. of high-gloss, full color reproductions of his paintings, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Lefebre Gallery, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. 1966. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog from a show sponsored by The Lefebre Gallery. Minor wear of glossy covers, less to text-block. Replete with reproductions of the best art works from the beloved painter. A perfectly readable, usable copy. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp. Complete with artist biography and chronology.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Gimpel Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sonia Delaunay. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no copies available on-line. Artist catalog for a show held in 1969 at the Gimpel Gallery. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Michael Hoog provides the Introduction. Staple-bound text, blue glassine paper front and rear protecting fine, glossy black-and-white reproductions of Delaunay's work, with a fine portrait of her at frontis.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Reinhoud. Uncommonly found in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Square format, measuring 6 1/4" on a size, glossy black-and-white cover and illustrations interior, with several short, anonymous essays. Staple-bound, unpaginated, but 8 pp. Four copies available, one with red penned inscription to front cover.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Julius Bissier. Published for the exhibition in 1986 at the Lefebre Gallery devoted to Julius Bissier. Scarce in the trade, a sturdy, attractive, softcover copy of an artist catalog, being a retrospective of the works of the artist, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. Replete with sharp and distinct illustrations of the French artist. Unpaginated, but with roughly 14 pp. and complete with artist biography and chronology by the Lefebre Gallery staff. Two copies available.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jean Dubuffet Joan Miro. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor of Miro panel with slight peeling of gray paper, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Published on the occasion of an exhibition presented by the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York, from November 17 to December 19, 1981. For the Jean Dubuffet portion, 27 works reproduced in black-and-white, five of which are full-page and a frontispiece reproduction laminated in colors. For Miro, 19 works reproduced in black-and-white, 13 of which are full-page and one color laminated frontispiece reproduction. Printed in simple gray covers, text in English.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Antonio Segui. Uncommonly found in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, minor wear of covers, a bit soiled, but clean, unmarked text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Square format, measuring 6 1/4" on a size, glossy black-and-white cover and illustrations interior, with a short essay by the Lefebre Gallery. Staple-bound, unpaginated, but 12 pp. Five copies available.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Lefebre Gallery, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Pol Bury. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog from a show sponsored by The Lefebre Gallery. Minor wear of glossy covers, less to text-block. Previous owner's ink-stamp to front cover. Replete with reproductions of the best art works from the beloved sculptor. A perfectly readable, usable copy. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp. Exhibit catalog folded over rear panel, taped to rear panel.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.