Search Results: Authors starting with A from Brillig Books

Sorrento, Italy: A. Cuomo Company, 1981, 1981. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Small quarto, (8 1/2" x 12"), black stiff wraps (paperback). 120pp. A catalogue of this Italian firm which produces fine woodcarvings, sumptuous inlaid furniture and collector's porcelain figurines and sculpture. A tight, clean, unmarked volume with a shallow crease from the outside lower corner, else fine. Very good plus to Near fine. UNCOMMON..

London: Secker & Warburg, (1988). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards. 336pp. plus notes on author and translator. A very tight, clean copy in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with slight short crimp a top front corner, else fine. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1973). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, terracotta colored cloth covered boards. 93pp. including index. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated blue stiff wraps. 150 pp. including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white sketches, illustrations, drawings, patterns etc and with a section of glossy full color illustrations of ritual and ecclesiastical robes and items. A tight, clean, glossy, crisp, unmarked volume. Custom printed presentation bookplate from temple on inside of front cover and a couple of light corner creases. Near fine. UNCOMMON..

Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.A.: New Riders Pub, 2000. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Oblong small quarto, orange and black and white illustrated stiff wraps. 304pp. includng index. CD ROM SEALED in rear plastic pocket. Fine. AS NEW..

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1995. Book. As New. Illustrated Wraps. First Edition. Tall quarto, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 208 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with 280 reproductions in black and white and full color, many full page of drawings, engravings, prints, photographs, posters and other items from the history of graphic arts. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, crisp, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Readex Microprint, 1966. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo, textured olive gree paper covered boards with gilt titles and gilt spine titles. 468. Facsimile reproduction of the 1874 edition published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. With long foldinig map (24" X 8.25"). A very clean, crisp, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume without dust jacket (as issued). AS NEW..

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1888., 1888. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Small octavo, taupe cloth boards with blind-stamped gilt and colored cover decorations. 136pp. plus 4 pages of ads. Illustrated by 'Boz' with many line sketches. Near fine with discreet previous owner's name on blank preliminary. The most minimal of surface rub at spine tips and very light surface soil on rear panel. A tight and fresh interior and with quite minor flaws described a near fine copy..

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson Custom Publishing, 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First printing of this edition. Small quarto, grey stiff wraps (trade paperback). 668 pp. plus glossary and index. A beautiful copy of this essential work on game design. Very tight, square and tight, with glossy, crisp, sharp, stiff covers, no interior marks or flaws, unblemished and apparently unread with flat uncreased spine, Very fine. Virtually as new..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1933. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 320pp. A nice tight, internally clean copy with discreet prior owner signature, small booksellers ticket on ffep and light soil on boards. A very good plus to near fine copy. SCARCE..

New York: Vendome Press, 1988. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. Small quarto, blue cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 128 pp. including index. A portrait gallery with lengthy biographical sketches, intended to identify the real life "models" among Proust's acquaintance for the characters in Remembrance of Things Past. Illustrated with over 50 period portrait photographs (some full page and double page) by the renowned society photographer Paul Nadar. A very tight, clean, fresh unmarked volume with bright gilt and fresh cloth, in a crisp, tight, sharp dust jacket with a couple of small punctures at middle of rear spine, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: Windmill Books (Harper & Row), 1967. Book. Illus. by Charles Addams. As New. Cloth. 1st Edition. First Edition. Small Folio (12" X 9") Turquoise green cloth covered boards. Unpaginated (Approximately 60 pp.) "1167" printed on front flap, which is neatly clipped at bottom but price at top is not clipped. The master of humorous horror takes on Mother Goose. Generously illustrated by the author with full color and black and white illustrations, most full page and several double page. Addam's first book for children and the first publication of Windmill Books. A beautiful volume, with very fresh cloth and all interior pages and images, very bright, clean and totally unmarked and unlemished., in a dust jacket with a ,5" closed edgetear at very base of spine and a nick at top edge, with some negligible dust soiling, else fine. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. An excellent collector's copy..

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth spine over pale tan paper covered boards. 386 pp. plus acknowledgments and list of illustrations. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The confessional autobiography of one of America's and international tennis's greatest champiions. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked, unread and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, tight, glossy, unclipped dust jackets. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. BRAND NEW..

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, (1995)., 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Folio, putty colored cloth covered boards. 299pp. plus biographical chronologies. Generously illustrated in black and white and color with plans, elevations, models and photographs. A very fresh, clean and unread copy with a very minor bump at upper rear spine tip. A beautiful copy..

New York: G.P. Putnam, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black paper covered spine over red paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. 320pp. including appendices and bibliography. The very first edition of this distinguished guide to identification of modern collectible books which went through many printings and editions and was for years the vade mecum of booksellers. Apparently the first state, with the publisher's corrected spine title on a white parchment overlay on spine. A very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with minor fraying at very top of spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Richmond, UK: Osprey/Hazleton, 1985. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large octavo, dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 283 pp. including list of Brabham Grand Prix race victories year by year from 1962-1984 listing car, driver etc. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of cars and drivers, and loaded with technical history and details. A beautiful volume with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt spine titles, tight, square, unmarked, unblemished and apparently unread, in a tight, unclipped, glossy jacket with a moderately sunned spine (as is common with this title). Tipped in between the rear endpapers is a full page black and white photograph of a Formula One car as an errata slip for its proper placement earlier in the book. AS NEW in near fine dust jacket..

Philadelphia: Unigraphic, 1976. Book. As New. Cloth. Very thick quarto, maroon buckram with gilt spine titles. 727pp. plus a 113 page index. A facsimile edition of the 1882 edition. Illustrated with engravings, portraits and maps. A history of the early days of this important Western Pennsylvania County and its community from the revolution through the Whiskey Rebellion and the Civil War including prominent families from German, Scotcth-Irish and French Huguenot extraction. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and a pristine, bright, fresh, crisp, unmarked, unread and unblemished interior. VERY FINE. Flawless. AS NEW..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Later Printing. Later printing. Octavo, grey cloth with green tittle iside the light outline of a pickle and light greenand silver spine titles. 297 pp. including iindex, bibliography and notes, Illustrated with 45 black and white photographs including a frontispiece of founder of H. J. Heinz company, Henry Heinz and including his early relatives and officers of the firm, his grand mansion, photographs of the employees at work in the first plant, sdevertising ephemera, and an interesting photograph of a huge electric sign occupying most of the side of a building in New York, which was erected in 1900 and said to be New York's first large electric sign. BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY BOTH THE AUTHOR ROBERT C. ALBERTS AND HIS WIFE ZITA D. ALBERTS. "To Mary Patricia Smith on the occasion of her marriage, January 12, 1974, from Robert C. Alberts and Zita D. Alberts her first sousins once… Read More

Gracie Station, NY: Chess Information and Research Center, 2002. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. BRAND NEW. Octavo, photo-illustratedd stiff wraps (paperback). 352 pp. including index. Printed with special blue "breakouts" and diagrams too highlight key concepts. A thorough guide to Alburts' "System of Predicted Results" (SOPR) for accuately evaluating your position on the board at any time in the game. With a special section on the Benko Gambit. This copy is pristin; tight, square, glossy and clean, with stiff, crisp wraps and unmarked, unblemished and unread interior and a flat uncrased spine. Very fine. BRAND NEW..

Spain: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. BRAND NEW BOOK. Quarto, pale green paper covered cloth covered boards with copper-gilt spine title. 126 pp. including, selected bibliography and chronological biography. Very generously illlustated throughout with 124 illustrations, (112 in full color). Unread, unmarked and unblemished. FlawlessVery Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. BRAND NEW BOOK.