Search Results: Authors starting with N from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1977. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 42 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the spine, minor soiling, and minor shelfwear. No dustjacket, as issued. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New Delhi, India: Sterling Publishers, 1972. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 167 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with library label at bottom of spine and minimal shelfwear. Private library pocket (Vivekananda Vedanta Society) affixed to inside front cover, and previous owner's name stamped on the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. lvi, 107 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and slight darkening of spine lettering. Unclipped dustjacket with slight darkening of spine, one small tear, and minor soiling and rubbing to extremities; protected in archival mylar. Lectures on the Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation 1944. From the library of Theodore W. Schultz (1902-1998), winner of the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with W. A. Lewis. Signed in ink on the title page "T. W. Schultz March 1944." Endpapers are map-illustrated..

London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1823. Book. Good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Heraldry; titles; nobility; 2 vols.; xxii, 334, 372p.; 18cm; 3/4 old leather rubbed; gilt decorated spines; marbled edges; back cover detached vol. 1; front cover detached, errata slip, part front flyleaf lacking vol. 2. Edward Nares (1762-1841)..

Chicago, IL: Regent House, 1955. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 245 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. The price-clipped dustjacket is heavily sunned on the spine, with rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. One page corner is creases. The text is clean and unmarked. Stated: First edition..

New York: Knopf, 1938. Book. Hardcover. First Edition. Theater; biography; ix, 282p. 19.5cm; black cloth; glue residue front flyleaf; charcoal portrait of author, American drama critic, on dustjacket front; dj rubbed..

New York: Knopf, 1942. Book. Very good- Condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). American poetry; 7p.; 24.6cm; light orange paper wrapper. Minor discoloration and rippling at the bottom edge..

Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto National Museum, 1967. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 30 pages of Japanese text, followed by 72 photograph of objects, with 6 pages in English providing a list and short description of the 262 items in the exhibition. Heavy bump to the top of the spine, a scuff to one cover, and minor shelfwear. In addition to artwork, this exhibition included Kimonos, ceramics, lacquer boxes, etc. The text is clean and unmarked..

Nara City, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1970. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 40 pages containing approximately 100 photographs of objects in the museum. Several photographs are in color. Followed by 39 pages of text in Japanese (pages 11 and 12 are blank), and 9 pages of object descriptions translated into English. There are 116 objects described as well as 32 Sutra and handwriting items. The text is clean and unmarked..

Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto National Museum, 1970. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 26 pages of text. Original paperback binding with a small bump at the top of the spine and minimal shelfear. Catalogue of an exhibition of 15 paintings including an introduction and list of exhibits in English. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. The text is clean and unmarked..

Paris, France: Editions Mana, 1946. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 117 pages of text. Hardcover binding; plain and unfinished boards wrapped by a off-white dustjacket affixed to the spine. Boards (and dustjacket) are slightly bumped at corners. Dustjacket with oval photograph inset on front cover is moderately darkened on spine, with moderate soiling and slight shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Contains 74 black & white photographs in heliogravure. Texte de Jaboune. Illustrations de M. Natkin..

Dusseldorf, Germany: Knapp Verlag, 1960. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). viii, 328 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with a small bump to the top of the spine; otherwise in excellent condition. The original unclipped dust jacket is slightly sunned on the spine, with a tiny tear and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The text is in German, and is clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs and figures. First edition..

London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1895. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Six large folio volumes, complete. Published between 1895-1908. All bindings are moderately to heavily rubbed, worn and stained, and one spinestrip is mostly lacking, with other spine extremities chipped and frayed. One board is detached, and a few are loosened, and a few endpapers are loose or detached, and most endpapers are slightly to moderately foxed. Three of the volumes suffer from minor to moderate staining to the fore-edge, affecting some plates, but mainly confined to the margins. Illustrated by 174 plates (complete) of which 10 are in color (artists: Howard Carter). Part I: [viii], 15 pages of text, [i] blank. Plates I.-XXIV. The North-Western End of the Upper Platform. Part II: [viii], 18 pages of text. Plates XXV.-LV. The Ebony Shrine. Northern Half of the Middle Platform. Part III: [viii], 24 pages of text. Plates LVI.-LXXXVI. End of Northern Half and Southern Half of the Middle… Read More

Brooklyn, NY: Bone Hollow Arts, 1986. Book. Very good+ condition. Unbound. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Louise Neaderland: "Handmade tissue box containing 50 1-ply sheets of all kinds of news and advertising in several different languages. One side flap remains unglued to allow for refilling. These newsprint items are meant to fade and ultimately disintegrate. It is the artist's intention to comment on the fact that we learn very little from history and are forced to repeat the same mistakes; that advertisements for five hundred dollar shoes sit cheek by jowl with news of the latest disasters; that all items, in any language, seem to carry the same weight, and that they are all, in a sense, disposable." Measures approximately 6.25" x 3.75" x 2". Top cut open previously held together with a (now cut) piece of clear tape..

Harborside, ME: Social Science Institute, 1955. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition, 2nd printing. Octavo (8vo). xxx, 254 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, including minor bumping to corners. Unclipped dustjacket with the price rubbed off the inner flap, two tiny chips, a few minor creases, and minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Signed by Helen Nearing as "Helen + Scott Nearing" on the title page in ink, and on the dedication page in marking pen. The text is clean and unmarked. Minor browning to the endpapers. First edition, 2nd printing..

Harborside, ME: Social Science Institute, 1961. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). vi, 202 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition, with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is moderately sunned on the spine, with two scuffs and loss of color to both the front and rear panel, and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed in ink on the title page "Scott Nearing" with no further inscription. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1974. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First thus edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 164 pages of text including an index. Hardcover leatherette binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket slightly sunned on spine with minor shelfwear and soiling; protected in archival mylar. From the library of Theodore W. Schultz (1902-1998), winner of the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with W. A. Lewis. Signed in ink on the front endpaper "From JPE via G. Stigler Dec. 14, 1973 [signed] T. W. Schultz." Schultz has added numerous ink comments, notes and underlining throughout the text. A few pages are rough at the edges, where they were likely uncut and carelessly opened..

Chicago, IL: Olympian Publishing, 2006. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 205 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains over 100 color illustrations. Detroit born (1961) painter of Symbolist imagery, etc..

Rome, Italy: Etats Libri, 1979. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 172 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains over 200 photographs in color and black & white. Text is in Italian and English. Protected in publisher's slipcase, which is slightly shelfworn..

no place: No publisher, 1940. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Black & white photographic portrait of Nehru, under which he has signed his full name with no further inscription. The photograph is framed, and has a quote framed underneath it that reads "That is the goal of India - a united, free, democratic country, closely associated in a world federation with other free nations" taken from Nehru's autobiography. A note on the back says that this was given to someone by Reginald Babulal Singh in the Fall of 1940. Singh was a member of Gandhi's Indian National congress and was in Chicago in December 1940 lecturing on India's problems. The matting is yellowed and a bit stained at the bottom edge, and needs to be replaced..