Search Results: Authors starting with G from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Washington, D. C & London: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark grey cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, xvi, 505 pp, notes, references, index. Owner's name on fpd, else fine. DJ has two 1 cm tears, slight rubbing to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "This text discusses the basic theoretical principles of dynamic psychiatry and the major treatment modalities, including individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family/marital therapy, pharmacotherapy, and dynamically informed hospital treatment, and applies the theoretical principles and therapeutic approaches described to the major Axis I and Axis II disorders in DSM-III-R." Gabbard offers a telling explanation of the need for his book: "[Residents] could diagnose a psychiatric disorder according to symptoms, course, and history, but they could not understand the person with the… Read More

New York, Berlin, Heidelberg & Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dull green laminated boards, yellow & white titles & decoration, xx, 492 pp, glossary, bibliography, author & subject indices. Coffee spots on top edge, otherwise clean with very little wear, owner's name on ffep, about half a dozen dog-eared pages. Contents: neurology & behavior; prevalence estimates & etiology of learning disabilities; the nervous system & learning; use of neuropsychological knowledge in understanding learning disorders; perceptual disorders; sensory & motor pathways & learning; hemisphere specialization, handedness & laterality; language development, aphasia & dyslexia; neurophsychological basis of problems in writing, spelling & arithmetic; remediation, therapy & the learning-disabled child. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). 2nd ed, 2nd ptg. . Good+/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York & London: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, xiv, 524 pp, index. One corner bumped, moderate wear, previous owner's name stamped on top & bottom edges, a few spots to edges & margins. Proceedings of the Gatlinburg Conference, October 25-29, 1955, sponsored by the Committee on Photobiology of the National Academy of Sciences. Contains 64 papers by 80 authors along with selections from the discussions. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG-/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Cleveland, OH & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition. Blue boards, black titles on spine, decoration on front board & device on rear board, 184, [1] pp, 21 b & w drawings in text. Few crayon marks on fpd & copyright page, small tear to head of spine, else VG. Children's mystery novel. Shipping weight 1 lb.. BCE. . G+/No dj. Illus. by Mary Stevens. 21 X 14 cm.

Boston, New York, Toronto & London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, black titles on spine & blind device on front board, [ix], 326 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Private library stamp on top edge, top corners bumped. DJ extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Gaines tells how in the 1970s and 80s the nouveau riche invaded the Hamptons, upsetting the old-money Summer Colony. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey-tan cloth with titles in black & white on front board & spine, xxii, 656 pp, 30 ff b&w photo plates, footnotes, index. Edges of boards and paper somewhat browned, slight wear to spine ends. When Galbraith was appointed Ambassador to India at the start of the Kennedy administration, he decided to keep a journal with the objective of eventual publication. The journal was intentionally one of personal observation, but omitting any state secrets. India fought a border war with China during this period, which was the greatest crisis Galbraith faced during his ambassadorship, which ended in July 1963. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark grey cloth with gilt and red foil titles and decorations on front board and spine, top edge dyed grey, xvii, 334 pp, index. Owner's name stamped on fpd and top & bottom edges. DJ slightly rubbed at extremities; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Readers will finish this book not only with a new view of how the modern economy works, but also with a new sense of what it takes to avoid its more disastrous effects. Galbraith, as may be expected, presents his powerful and even revolutionary analysis in a style that is disarmingly elegant and witty. Somehow it seems improper (though fortunate) that a work of such commanding importance and intellectual depth should be so thoroughly accessible to the average reader as well as to the professional economist." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½… Read More

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mauve boards, blue cloth spine with gilt titles, ix, 194 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. DJ has small tear to head of rear fore-edge, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Memoir of Galbraith's personal interactions with Franklin D. & Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Speer (whom he interrogated after WW2), Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, John F. & Jacqueline Kennedy and their friends, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Chester Bowles, George Ball, and Averell Harriman. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey-tan cloth with titles in black & white on front board & spine, xxii, 656 pp, 30 ff b&w photo plates, footnotes, index. DJ slightly worn at corners and tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. When Galbraith was appointed Ambassador to India at the start of the Kennedy administration, he decided to keep a journal with the objective of eventual publication. The journal was intentionally one of personal observation, but omitting any state secrets. The border war India fought with China was the greatest crisis Galbraith faced during his ambassadorship, which ended in July 1963. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles, 365 pp including numerous color and B/W illustrations, notes, index. Two leaves browned by piece of newspaper laid in, else fine. DJ worn at edges, has a few 1-2 cm closed tears with creasing, spine slightly faded, introductory price partially obscured by Dayton's sticker; in Brodart archival cover. A popular history of economic ideas and their effects on society, with a heavy emphasis on the 20th Century. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 25½ X 18½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles, 365 pp including numerous color and B/W illustrations, notes, index. Boards slightly faded and worn along top and bottom edges, a bit of excess glue at gutter of fep, half-title and title pages (I don't know if this is a manufacturing defect or a repair.), else fine. DJ rubbed, worn at edges, has two 2 cm closed tears and a long scratch on back panel; in Brodart archival cover. A popular history of economic ideas and their effects on society, with a heavy emphasis on the 20th Century. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. BCE. . Near Fine/VG. 25½ X 18½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark grey cloth with gilt and red foil titles and decorations on front board and spine, top edge dyed grey, xvii, 334 pp, index. Very lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, one leaf dog-eared. DJ rubbed and creased a bit at corners and spine ends, with two edge tears (the larger 4 mm long); in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Readers will finish this book not only with a new view of how the modern economy works, but also with a new sense of what it takes to avoid its more disastrous effects. Galbraith, as may be expected, presents his powerful and even revolutionary analysis in a style that is disarmingly elegant and witty. Somehow it seems improper (though fortunate) that a work of such commanding importance and intellectual depth should be so thoroughly accessible to the average reader as well as to the professional economist." Shipping weight 3 lbs.… Read More

New York & Minneapolis: Health Education Council, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full sage cloth, gilt-on-red titles on spine, ix, 197 pp, notes, index. Snag to bottom edge of front board, spine ends rubbed, else very good, owner's signature on ffep. Collection of 15 papers on the use of epidemiology to study health rather than illness. Authors include the editor, Howard R. Craig, Owsei Temkin, John E. Gordon, George E. Armstrong, Leo Price, Alton S. Pope, Erich Lindemann, Herbert Pollack, Frederic D. Zeman, Ralph W. Gerard, Roger I. Lee, Haven Emerson, and Granville W. Larimore. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). . G+/No dj. 22 X 14 cm.

Detroit et al.: Gale Research, Inc. (International Thompson), 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rudolph J. Vecoli, Contributing Editor. Two volumes, laminated pictorial boards, mostly black spines with blue, white & mauve titles. Vol. 1: ISBN 0-8103-9164-3, xxvii, 730 pp. Vol. 2: ISBN 0-8103-9165-1, xxvii, 731-1477 pp, index to both volumes. Lightly used reference copy with usual library markings, including 'Withdrawn' stamps in both volumes. Each ethnic group identified is covered in an article by a leading expert on the group (for example, Odd. S. Lovoll wrote the article on Norwegian Americans). Each article contains an overview of the group's history in its homeland, the history of its migration to the United States (except for native groups), customs & traditions, language, family & community dynamics, religion, economic life, role in politics & government, significant contributions of individuals… Read More

New York: Walker and Company, 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, red foil titles on spine, burgundy satin bookmark bound in, xvi, 377, [5] pp. DJ rear panel a bit smudged, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Letters to Gallileo from his daughter are printed in the original Italian with English translation on facing pages. According to the introduction, Sister Maria Celeste "served as the convent's apothecary, tended the sick nuns in the infirmary, supervised the choir, taught the novices to sing Gregorian chant, composed letters of official business for the mother abbess," and wrote and performed in plays. Nearly half of the letters were written to Galileo when he was on trial in Rome for heresy; these contain much information about the management of Galileo's affairs in Florence, which he left in his daughter's care. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition in English. .… Read More

Washington, D. C: BNA Books (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.), 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey covers with black titles, lxx, 644 pp, footnotes, table of cases. Updates the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law's 1999 treatise on the Fair Labor Standards Act (Ellen C. Kearns, Ed.) by discussing cases through August 2001. Originally published at $135. Shipping weight 3 lbs... Trade Paperback. As New/No dj. 23 X 15½ cm.

St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, pale blue paper-covered boards, red foil titles on spine & decoration on front board, [xi], 199, [3] pp. Edges of boards slightly faded, gift inscription dated in 1987 on preliminary page with publisher's device. Price-clipped DJ is rubbed at corners & spine ends, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Contains selected poems from Instructions to the Double, Under Stars, and Willingly, as well as 26 new poems. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Galahad Books, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark brown paper-covered boards, xx, 388 pp. A few bumps to bottom edge of front board, spine ends rolled in. Edges of DJ curled a bit; in Brodart archival cover. A compendium of baseball writing from authors as diverse as Shoeless Joe Jackson (with a ghost), John Updike, and Stephen Jay Gould. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green ribbed cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xi, 760 pp. Edges foxed, corners rubbed just enough to show a speck of board, otherwise very good. Collects 56 of Galsworthy's short stories originally published in magazines from 1900 to 1923. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). Early printing. . G/No dj. 19½ X 14 cm.

London: William Heinemann, 1930 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed green, [ix], 292 pp. Head of spine frayed, extremities rubbed, top edge dye rubbed, owner's name on ffep. From the Foreword: "Before a long suffering public and still more long suffering critics, I lay this volume of apocryphal Forsyte tales, pleading the two excuses: That it is hard to part suddenly and finally from those with whom one has lived so long; and, that these footnotes do really, I think, help to fill in and round out the chronicles of the Forsyte family. They have all been written since 'Swan Song' was finished, but in place they come between the Saga and the Comedy...." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . G+/No dj. 19 X 13½ cm.