Search Results: Titles starting with G from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

France: Editions de la Tour, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 159 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Text in French.

Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1990. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Kobayashi, Toshiyuki. Photographs, measured drawings, and text investigate the architeture of Shin Takamatsu (b. 1948) in this monograph devoted to his work. 193 pp. 4to. Slight scuffing to covers from shelf wear. Small spots to front and rear endpapers, clean within. No dust jacket, as issued. Text in Japanese and English.

Tokyo: A.D.A. EDITA, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. 173 pp. Clean, crisp copy.

London: Royal Society of London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gaskell's classical memoir on the muscles and nerves of the heart included a description of 'Gaskell's Nerves," the accelerator nerves of the heart. He showed that the motor impulses from the nerve ganglia to the sinus venosus influence the heart rhythm but do not originate cardiac movements, which are due to the rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle." (GARRISON-MORTON 829). iv, [4], viii, 751-1419 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. This paper gives the solution to the "generalized derangement problem," the problem of counting the number of permutations of the elements in a set such that no element appears more than once in a particular position. Also contains an important paper on the Miracle Octad Generator. "A New Combinatorial Approach to M24" by R. T. Curtis. (pp. 25-42). 193 pp. 4to. Mustard yellow wraps with very minor scuffing clean and crisp within.

London: Royal Society of London, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. John Tyndall (1820-1893) found that increasing temperature on objects killed or reduced the number of endospores produced by bacteria that lead to infection. The autoclave was developed out of this research and Tyndall's work, along with Louis Pasteur, advanced the understanding of Germ Theory. Also contains W. G. Adams & R. E. Day's "The Action of Light on Selenium" (pp. 149-206). v, 756 pp. 31 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Table of Contents has a horizontal tear mid-page on p.[v], triangular piece missing from lower right corner of p. 163. Interiors clean. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1876. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. John Tyndall (1820-1893) described his experiments with a hermetically sealed chamber in which the atmospheric dust had been allowed to settle; sterilized infusions protected within this chamber remained uninfected for months, while similar infusions exposed to air all showed bacterial growth. Tyndall's researches, along with those of Pasteur, dealt the final blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation and advanced the understanding of Germ Theory. x, 741 pp. 99 plates. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1876. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. John Tyndall (1820-1893) described his experiments with a hermetically sealed chamber in which the atmospheric dust had been allowed to settle; sterilized infusions protected within this chamber remained uninfected for months, while similar infusions exposed to air all showed bacterial growth. Tyndall's researches, along with those of Pasteur, dealt the final blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation and advanced the understanding of Germ Theory. x, 741 pp. 99 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. The occasional library stamp as it is an ex-library volume, rebound.

Sinclair Hitchings, 2009. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. Published for a meeting in 2009 for the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston. 12-1/4 x 14-1/2" Designed by Stephen Stinehour. Printed in typeface Minion, display lettering in Braggadocio on Mohawk Superfine paper.

Galena, IL: Community Development Fund of Galena, 1937. As. Wraps. Very Good. A reprint of one of the earliest city guides produced as part of the WPA American Guide Series. Later Printing, n.d.. 79 pp. 8vo. Slightly lighter blue wraps that than the true first edition of this publication. Clean and crisp within, 15 pages (unpaginated) of black and white photos at rear, Large, color folding map in Fine condition tipped into rear of book.

Boston, MA: Caleb Wright, 1867. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Second American Edition. 416, [420]-832 pp. 4to. 32 Engraved Plates. Brown cloth publisher's binding with blind embossed illustrations on front and rear boards, gold embossed titling to spine. Overall light scuffing and wear, bumping to corners. Clean within.

New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. viii, 277 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Still in shrink wrap.

Boston, MA: B. B. Russell, 1882. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. 611 pp. 8vo. Three quater leather binding with gold embossed titling to spine, leather corners, and gold embossed state seal on cloth of front cover board. Foredges of text block marbeled. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown as well as stamped in ink on first free endpaper. Engraved frontispiece of the Maine State House at that time. Clean within.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. FIne/Fine. 259 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2013. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. First Printing. 308 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. vi, 387 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

London: Royal Society of London, 1787/1821/1833. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. Complete printed indexes of Volumes 1-120 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Each index arranged in two formats, alphabetical by subject and alphabetical by author. Rare in having three complete indexes (in two volumes) covering the years 1665 to 1830, Vol I: 1665-1780; Vol. II 1781-1820 & 1821-1830. Volume I: Vol. 1-70. 801 pp. 8vo. Volume II: Vol. 71-110 & 111-120. 225, 101 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, call number labels on each volume. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Abernathy & Walker, 1808. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Both volumes inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper. xvi, 403, vii, 406 pp. 8vo. Beautifully bound dark blue leather boards with both a gold and blind embossed border to cover boards; gold tooling, blind embossing to spines. Slight wear to boards due to age, two scuffs on spine, head and foot, of Volume I. Marbled endpapers, very clean within.

Santa Fe, NM: One Horse Land & Cattle Company/Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing. 146 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Dust jacket has a 1" closed tear at upper right corner of rear panel, now in mylar cover.

New York, NY: Owl Books/Henry Holt, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/very good. Fascinating work on books and collectors! First Printing, Owl Books Edition. xvi, 638 pp. 8vo. Minimal wear to cover, now in mylar jacket. Clean and crisp within.