Search Results: Titles starting with G from Quirky Used Books & More

Oxford University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover and hard to find book. No dust jacket. Four dime-sized circular stains on front boards. Beige-ish cloth covered boards, with wearing to corner tips and spine ends. Dented corners. Slightly cocked. Sunning to spine. Ex-libris stick on FEP. Paste downs and end pages are pictorial. Pages are age-toned. Binding is good, and copy is readable. Book does fall open between two of the page signatures, but as stated, good reading copy. 220pps.

St. Martin's Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. The book is in good shape, the dust jacket is a little worse for wear. Scuffed, rubbed, crimped and scraped on edges. Blue boards are clean with very light shelf wear to lower edges of boards and spine. Deckled outside page edges. Top and bottom of text block a little dusty from sitting on a shelf. Firm binding. Nice reading copy. 278 pages.

Brentano's , 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Poor condition. Faded and stained blue cloth boards. Worn tips and spine ends. Dented tips. Warping to front board. Foxed. Foxing to tissue guard and fingerprint smudges to same. Splitting in the hinges front and back. Age-toned pages. One black & white plate loose, laid into pages. Rough cut page edges, AKA "deckled." Book shows age, however with care, can be easily read. Photos provided upon request. 356 pages, plus index.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover, second edition of original 1958 printing. Vintage bit of memorabilia, more or less, and look back at the office workplace of yesteryear. One can learn about 10-key machines, proofreading mark-ups, office switchboards, how to take telephone messages, writing business letters, punch cards, taking dictation! Unfortunately, no chapter on how to deal with stress in the workplace. Pictorial cover is faded. Bumped spine ends and corner tips of boards. Shelf wearing along bottom edges. Damp stained on bottom of text block, top of text block is foxing, with lighter foxing beginning to show on outer edge and bottom edge of text block. Cocked to right. Dented corners. Smyth sewn binding still firm. Pages are lightly age-toned. Paste downs and end pages have moisture rippling, but not excessive. Chock full of photos and diagrams of yesteryear. 502 pages.

D.C. Heath & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Green cloth boards with red titling. Boards are faded, more so along outer edges, with stains and marks. Lightly age toned pages, with darker toning in the hinges between pastedowns and end papers. Erased pencil markings at top right of FFE. 129 pages.

Amerind Publishing Co, 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. DJ has taken some knocks: chipped, torn and worn, yellowed. Book has been exposed moisture w/ ripples to cloth on boards. Ripples in the hinges and gutters. Book cocks. Dented upper corner tips. Bumped lower spine end. Good binding. Nice reading copy. Photos supplied upon request. 274 pages.

Penguin , 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Book has scraping to outside cover edges. Bumped, dented and creased corner tips. Faded, scuffed and scratched covers. Age-toned and yellowed pages, with darker toning on outer edges. Scraping along spine edges. Orange price sticker on bottom of spine. Owners name on inside front cover. Staining on outer page block. 371 pages.

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2006. Softcover. Good. Nice copy. Lightly scuffed. Firm binding.

F.A. Davis Company, 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. Dark brown covered boards are faded, soiled, scratched and scraped. All corner tips and top and bottom of spine are dented, and worn through cloth covering. Gilt lettering on spine is still very visible and in overall good shape. Book is cocked. Faded paste downs and endpapers. Owners name and address on FFE and flyleaf. The text block is extremely yellowed and soiled. There is foxing and exposure to dampness over time has caused the page block to ripple near spine. Readable copy. Heavy book. Black and white photos and diagrams fill the book. Very few markings on pages. 605 pages.

Mentor, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Paperback. Lightly age-toned pages which remain in good shape, not fragile or browned. Gently bumped corner tips, light scraping on edges of wraps. Yellowed text block. Binding remains firm. 637 pages.

The Geographical Publishing Company, 1943. Softcover. Good. Red faux leather softcover wraps. Fading embossed titling and design on front cover. Scraped edges, with some wearing to the cloth at tips and spine ends. Rear wrap has some scrapes and small area of soiling. Marbleized text block edges have faded, however the marbling is still visible. Age toning to paste downs and end papers. Binding is in good shape. There are some pages with folded over lower corners. 1132 pages.

Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey, 1956. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. Rubbed wraps and spine edges. Lightly yellowed/faded. Bumped tips. Maps present in rear pocket. Free of markings. Saddle stitched binding.

Cambridge University Press, 1982. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Rubbed, creased and chipped wraps. Bumped tips. Binding is sound. 131 pages.

The Geological Society of America, 1982. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Qto. Bumped and lightly creased corner tips, with more bent rear corner tip. Thumb-markings on lower corner of text block. Scuffed covers. Lightly scraped edges, bumped spine ends. Solid binding. Pages free and clear of markings, marginalia, underlining. Nice reading copy. 528 pages.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1987. Softcover. Good. Softcover publication. Smudged covers. No maps. Old price sticker on front.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1975. Softcover. Good. 1975 reprint of original 1963 publication. Rubbed covers. Lightly yellowed. Two small spots on bottom of text block.

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1957. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Scuffed wraps.

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1957. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Scuffed wraps.

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1985. Softcover. Good. Softcover. 1985 second printing. Bumped tips. Light yellowing to spine.

Geology Department, Northern Arizona University, 1986. Softcover. Acceptable. Yellowed wraps, scuffed. Bent corner tips with wearing around cover edges. No marks. 176 pages.