Search Results: Authors starting with G from Independent Books

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1955 135 pp.; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. mildly tanned. Cover: tan wraps, brown artwork front, brown titles/text all surfaces; a bit grubby, sm dampstain front/spine edge, v sm scuff back. 1" tear on bottom front joint.

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1995 Unnumbered pp.; TPB

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1971 Numerous black/white illustrations, and several full-page color illustrations. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 88 numbered pp, 38 lots; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: brown paper over boards with yellow backstrip, Mountain/Valley artwork and black titles front, gilt titles spine; very light shelfwear.

New York: Kennedy Galleries / Merlin Dailey, 1978 120 lots. Estimates laid in. A few of the illustrations in color.

Nagoya: Japanese Gallery, 1986 In English, Japanese, and Korean. Stapled spine. 311 items with prices in Yen. Second issue of this new gallery's catalogue, with introductory letter / request for subscription payment, and bid slip laid in. Of historic and artistic interest, a good reference. Grubby.

Nagoya: Japanese Gallery, 1986 In English, Japanese, and Korean. Stapled spine. 314 items with prices in Yen. First issue of this new gallery's catalogue, with introductory letter and sales slip laid in. Of historic and artistic interest, a good reference. Scarce.

New York: Ronin Gallery, 1990 46 numbered pp; PB. Stapled spine. Includes prices. Of artistic and historic interest.

New York: Ronin Gallery, 1987 47 numbered pp; PB. Stapled spine. Includes prices. Fine and decorative arts, books. Of artistic and historic interest.

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994 The "Kwakiutl" are one of the most described and, hence, most widely known ethnic groups in the world, Yet, increasingly, people write about us and, apparently, think about us in the past. . .It is as if our culture is gone, but we are very much alive. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 465 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, sm frontis. Cover: brown, silver artwork + titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, spine modestly sunned, top board barely bowed. Numerous maps, tables, and figures.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917 499 numbered pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; rear hinge cracked, a.e. lt tanned. Cover: ridged purple, gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extremities a bit worn, spine faded, 3 sm dampstains back.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 35 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, a.e. deckled; sm dk stain affects 5-6 early pp, PO info penciled ffep, t.e. dusty . Cover: olive, gilt titles and blindstamped rule titles front, plain spine; v lt shelfwear, tail worn. Slim classic.

London: Duckworth, 1930 Condition notes - 129 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; some signatures are browned, a.e. tanned, PO name inked to ffep. Cover: green, dk blue titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, front top corner bumped, spine mildly sunned.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929 Complete in 6 volumes, housed in a matching gilt-decorated bookcase. This is No. 332 of the first 500 copies of this edition, signed by author Galsworthy on the limitation page. Includes The Forsyte Saga, A Modern Comedy, Caravan, Three Novels of Society, Three Novels of Love, and his Plays. Pages, clean, toned, tight, rubricated title and frontis pages, f.e. deckled, Forsyte family tree folds out at rear of Vol. 1; a.e. sunned, esp top edge, eps toned, a few dog ears. Covers: pebbled green cloth, gilt titles front, 5 raised bands and bright gilt ornamentation/titles spine; very mild sunning to center of boards corresponds to DJ. DJ: pebbled green cloth DJsw/gilt linework front/back and gilt flowers and lettering to spines, lined with gold moire, inside edges have gilt flowered dentelles; as books are, the center is lighter than the edges, faded and a bit looser where sun exposed, spines mildly sunned. A very nice set indeed.

Boston: James H. West Co., 1895 A small, charming book, uplifting and religious in nature. Condition notes: 60 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt sunned, faint numeral to ffep, PO info crayoned to lfep verso. Cover: brown silk cloth, beveled boards, black ornamentation and titles front, plain spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, faint orange swath across front.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1971 431pp. HB. Pages: generally clean, bright, tight; edges smudged. Cover: brown w/ gilt titles stamped to spine; wear to corners, some light stains, dampstain along back edge of spine, nick to bottom front, spine flat. An impressive volume, somewhat neglected.

Moscow: Congres International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques, 1960 In French. Roughly translates to: Atlas of Russian Historical Ethnography. Stapled spine. Paper from the Soviet Delegation to the 6th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences. Atlas of Historical Ethnography of Russia. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 16 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: white wraps, black titles front; minimal edge/shelfwear. 2 copies available, w/ cover of 2nd copy bearing several smudges to cover.

Libros De Mexico, 1972 93 numbered pp + 1; HB w/DJ. In Spanish. Pages: clean, bright, tight, uncut, green eps; slight scuffing eps. Cover: orange, green titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped w/plastic protective cover, glossy orange/navy, reverse titles all surfaces, sm white spot front neat t.e., t.e. mildly worn.

Washington DC: Samuel H. Smith (printer), 1804 An American classic. Quite scarce. Condition notes: 204 numbered pp; HB. Pages: mostly clean with a bit of marginalia, tanned, a bit loose; small book store label to front pastedown, ink notes to front eps, title page, and rear blanks, front hinge cracked, pages sunned with some small stains Cover: full leather, well worn, spine re-backed in leather w/ some ffep insect damage to the repair (no body lives here anymore, though), no titles; substantial edge/shelfwear, extrems well worn. A great, scarce book with definite condition issues.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 A companion to the "Student's History of England", which is not part of this listing. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 88 numbered pp + maps + index; HB. Pages: clean, bright, generally tight, black eps; front hinge cracked at half title, with crash showing and front board wiggly, a.e. tanned, pp toned, name penciled to ffep verso. Cover: navy, gilt titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, w/ extrems worn, numerous tiny tears head/tail.

London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1895 A broad-brush approach to English History for students with a basic understanding of subject. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 1,023 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow edgestain; a.e. lt tanned, a very few instances of pencil marks. Cover: brown, black titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems moderately worn.