Search Results: Authors starting with G from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1977; First Edition; 4to, 251 pages. A behind the scenes look at the other side of life at the Algonquin Round Table, its notorious glib personalities blinded by their own press releases and tormented by a crippling self consciousness. Robert Benchley, to his credit, was later in life to express remorse that he had so often made such a public clown of himself. Profusely illustrated with period photos. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. A revealing book.

Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1981; Quarto, 71 pages; illustrated. Official catalogue for the 1981 Corcoran exhibition of 89 paintings of contemporary Spanish painters and sculptors, a project of the U.S. - Spanish Joint Committee For Educational and Cultural Affairs. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, picturing each of the 89 works exhibited. Fine, in heavy wraps.

John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1991; First Edition, limited to 5,000 copies; quarto, 130 pages; blue cloth; gilt spine titles and front board decorations; front page block edges untrimmed; illustrated. First publication of the 1775 journal of Father Vicente Santa Maria, member of the very first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay. Text on the left in the original eighteenth century Spanish, and corresponding English translation on the facing pages. Reproductions of four early Spanish maps, plus six color illustrations created by Louis Choris in 1816. Fine, no dust jacket.

Harmony Books, NY, 1979; First Edition; quarto, 256 pages; illustrated. A detailed guide to the phonographic recordings of over 550 operas, arranged by composer. Brief biographical details and career notes for each composer are followed by a listing of his operas, details of librettist and first performance, notes on the music, well-known arias, and recommended recordings, replete with recording label catalogue numbers and cast lists. Profusely illustrated with over 250 photographs of stage performances and operatic stars, plus 150 record covers reproduced in full color. A supplementary section contains illustrated biographies of 100 leading opera singers. A valuable resource for the opera lover or music collector. Near Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped. A bright and handsome copy.

Arbor House, NY, 1981; First Edition; 8vo, 189 pages. Ernest K. Gann’s gripping story of self-reliance and courage when a plane is downed in 1928 during the pioneering days of the U.S. Airmail Service. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a 3/4" closed edge tear in the top blank margin of the rear panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Not price-clipped.

Times-Mirror Printing And Binding House, Los Angeles, 1928; First Edition; 8vo, 62 pages; illustrated. Charming volume of humorous rhymes and caricatures of Arizona desert wildlife, by author and artist Eve Ganson, who relocated from Tucson to Los Angeles in 1928, and later to Santa Barbara, California. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, binding tight, sound and square, corners sharp. Previous owner signature on front blank end paper. No dust jacket. A superior copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993; First Edition, second printing before publication; 8vo, 188 pages. Twelve fantastical stories by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translation by Edith Grossman. As New, in an As New dust jacket.

Universidad Nacional Autonomo Mexico, Mexico, 1945; First Edition; 8vo; 218 pages; printed stiff wraps. Translation into Spanish, from primary source Conquest era Nahuatl documents, of a corpus of mythic poems and narratives of the Nahua peoples, authored by eminent scholar and linguist of prehispanic cultures Angel Maria Garibay (1892-1967). Lengthy 54 page introduction by the author is followed by 146 pages of text and substantive background notes, a 12 page bibliography, and 6 page index. Very Good Plus, clean, bright, no previous signatures or any other markings of any kind. Rare in complete first edition.

Editorial Porrua, Mexico, 1961; Second Edition, revised and enlarged by the author; 8vo, 385 pages. A professional instruction in Nahuatl grammar and pronunciation, accompanied by twenty selections from primary source 16th century Nahuatl literary manuscripts, followed by their corresponding translations into Spanish. Also included are a number of later-century texts demonstrating dialectical variations and the evolution over time of the Nahuatl language. Painstakingly authored by Catholic priest Angel Maria Garibay K. (1892 - 1967), renowned linguist, philologist, and historian of Mesoamerican cultures, most especially of the Nahua peoples. Revised and enlarged from the 1940 edition by the author, with explanatory preface at the front. Finely bound in full tree calf with morocco spine labels, beveled boards, gilt titles, decorative end papers, and green silk marker ribbon, original wraps bound in. Forty-eight page Nahuatl-Spanish dictionary at the back. Inscribed and signed on f.f.e.p. by the… Read More

Ediciones A, Caracas, 1959; First Edition; quarto, 494 pages; photo illustrated. Detailed architectural study and background history for over ninety Venezuelan colonial period churches from the Eastern, Western, and Central regions of the country. Profusely illustrated with photographs and floor plans. Two-panel fold out map of Venezuela at the front. Authored by Graziano Gasparini, professor of pre-Columbian and colonial architecture at the Central University of Venezuela. Introduction by Carlos Raul Villanueva. Text in Spanish. Very Good, upper corners moderately bumped. Clean, bright, no foxing, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. In a Very Good dust jacket that has minmal rubbing at the topmost edge of the spine panel and two small (1/4") closed edge tears.

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1983; First Edition; oblong 4to, 233 pages; illustrated. A tribute to the beauty and intelligence of whales and dolphins, covering both natural and human history. Contributions by many of the world’s leading contemporary painters, novelists, poets, sculptors and composers, including John Fowles, Margaret Atwood, William Golding, Allen Ginsberg, Carl Sagan, Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, and Leonard Bernstein. Over 200 stories, essays, poems, and 11 musical scores, with 150 b&w illustrations and 75 full-color paintings. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Vincenzo Batelli & Co., Florence, 1843-[46]; Antique hand colored folio copper engraving of a peccary in its natural habitat, with substantial self-contained descriptive text engraved beneath. An original plate from the mid 19th century Italian zoological work "Zoologia Morale Esposta In Centro Venti Discorsi O In Prosa Da Domenico Gazzadi Di Sassulo, Altrettante Figure D’Animali Incise In Rame, Colle Notizie Scientifice Del Dottore Antonio Baschieri Da Modena," described by Christie’s as "possibly the rarest Italian colour plate book of zoological interest" at the time of its Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books sale in 2008, where it sold for £7,500. Engraved by J. Giarre, printed on wove paper bearing the watermark of Antonio Sferra. Sheet size 12" x 17", plate mark 10" x 14". Very Good. Scattered marginal foxing, occasional small transparent staining, tiny (3.5 mm) pinhole in upper blank margin well outside the plate mark, paper entirely supple, no… Read More

Vincenzo Batelli & Co., Florence, 1843-[46]; Antique hand colored folio copper engraving of a hare in its natural habitat, with substantial self-contained descriptive text engraved beneath. An original plate from the mid 19th century Italian zoological work "Zoologia Morale Esposta In Centro Venti Discorsi O In Prosa Da Domenico Gazzadi Di Sassulo, Altrettante Figure D’Animali Incise In Rame, Colle Notizie Scientifice Del Dottore Antonio Baschieri Da Modena," described by Christie’s as "possibly the rarest Italian colour plate book of zoological interest" at the time of its Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books sale in 2008, where it sold for £7,500. Engraved by J. Giarre, printed on wove paper bearing the watermark of Antonio Sferra. Sheet size 12" x 17", plate mark 10" x 14". Very Good. Some scattered foxing and few small light transparent stains in the margin, miniscule (2 mm) pinhole outside the plate mark at top, paper entirely supple, no chips, no… Read More

Vincenzo Batelli & Co., Florence, 1843-[46]; Antique hand colored folio copper engraving of a sea lion in its natural habitat, with substantial self-contained descriptive text engraved beneath. An original plate from the mid 19th century Italian zoological work "Zoologia Morale Esposta In Centro Venti Discorsi O In Prosa Da Domenico Gazzadi Di Sassulo, Altrettante Figure D’Animali Incise In Rame, Colle Notizie Scientifice Del Dottore Antonio Baschieri Da Modena," described by Christie’s as "possibly the rarest Italian colour plate book of zoological interest" at the time of its Valuable Manuscripts and Printed Books sale in 2008, where it sold for £7,500. Engraved by J. Giarre, printed on wove paper bearing the watermark of Antonio Sferra. Sheet size 12" x 17", plate mark 10" x 14". Very Good. Some scattered foxing and few small light transparent stains in the margin, single 1/4" closed edge tear at the bottom well clear of the plate mark, paper… Read More

National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1947; Large color map measuring 6"x9" folded, 27" x 30" fully opened. Fine condition.

National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1946; Large color map measuring 22" x 32" fully opened, 6 1/2" x 8" folded. Fine condition.

National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1946; Large color map measuring 21 1/2" x 24" fully opened, 6" x 9" folded. Fine condition.

California Division Of Mines, San Francisco, 1961; Detailed 1:250,000 color geologic map of the the Kingman quadrangle, together with companion photo-illustrated Kingman Explanatory Data Sheet. Both documents measure 22" x 36" when opened, 8" x 11" folded, and are enclosed in the original double-weight printed envelope with map key on the back. Fine condition. A flawless copy.

California Division Of Mines, San Francisco, 1959; Detailed 1:250,000 color geologic map of the the Santa Maria quadrangle, plus companion photo-illustrated Santa Maria Explanatory Data Sheet. Both documents measure 22" x 36" when opened, 8" x 11" folded. Fine condition, enclosed in the VG+ original double-weight printed envelope with map key on the back.

California Division Of Mines And Geology, San Francisco, 1966; Detailed 1:250,000 color geologic map of the the Santa Ana quadrangle, together with companion photo-illustrated Santa Ana Explanatory Data Sheet. Both documents measure 22" x 36" when opened, 8 "x 11" folded, and are enclosed in the original double-weight printed envelope with map key on the back. Fine condition. A flawless copy.