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

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, tan cloth spine, dark grey titles on spine & device on front board, top edge dyed grey, xiii, 181 pp, notes, index. Spine slightly cocked, previous owner's name on recto of ffep. DJ browning about the edges, slight wear to corners; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 13 cm.

Minneapolis: G. C. Peterson Machinery Co. Inc., 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black, white & beige card covers, perfect bound, [xvi], 464 pp. Some scratches & spots to front cover. Trade catalogue, with 1979 prices, for a machinery distributor. Reproduces manufacturers' brochures for multiple brands of metal and woodworking machinery, tools, and accessories. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Soft Cover. VG/No dj. 28 X 21½ cm.

London: Euromoney Publications PLC & G. T. Management PLC, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, xiv, 679 pp. Slight edge wear. Contains information such as history; names, addresses & hours of exchanges; regulation & taxes; brokers; top listed companies; and ongoing developments for 39 countries with established markets (listed alphabetically); 16 with emerging markets; and 6 eastern European countries. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 17½ cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, black cloth spine with red foil titles, red foil publisher's device and ISBN on rear board, ix, 261 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. We can't really recommend the seventh Kinsey Millhone mystery as bedtime reading--it kept us up till dawn one night. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Auburn, NY: General Electric Company, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stiff white card covers, xiv, 409 pp, index. Two small tears to covers, else VG. Contents: construction & basic theory of operation; symbols & terminology; ratings & characteristics of silicon controlled rectifiers; gate trigger characteristics, ratings & methods; turn-off characteristics & methods; series & parallel operation of SCR's; static switching circuits; AC phase control; choppers, inverters & cycloconverters; DC regulated power supplies; light sensitive applications; gate turn-off switch; protecting the SCR against overloads & faults; voltage transients in SCR circuits; interaction & radio frequency interference in SCR circuits; cooling the SCR; SCR reliability; test circuits for SCR's; selecting the proper SCR; General Electric semiconductor specifications; application & specification literature, sales offices. Shipping… Read More

New York: M. S. Mill Co., Inc., 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Chartreuse boards, dark blue cloth spine with white & chartreuse titles, green endpapers, 320 pp. Very slight fading near edges. DJ has wear & small (4 mm) tears at spine ends, spotting to rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Two young cousins travelling in the Middle East decide to drop in on reclusive great aunt Harriet, who lives in a decrepit old palace in Lebanon. "Dar Ibrahim proved difficult indeed to get into...and almost impossible to get out of. The young cousins discovered that the 'Lady Harriet' had very good reason for not wanting witnesses to what was going on in the underground rooms below the Seraglio. The title comes from an English legend about a pack of ghostly hounds that hunt through the sky with Death and clamour over the house at night, when someone is going to die." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG+.… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, ix, 160 pp, 34 figures. Small cut to cloth at center of spine, else VG+, a bit of smudging to boards. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly black pictorial boards with white titles, xii, 483 pp 3 pp color plates, many charts and b & w photos in text, glossary, bibliography, index. Slight edge wear, else fine. Although this book is the product of a conference on the title topic, according to the editors it is "a text for advanced students and a source book for scientific workers in the field; it is not a conference proceedings." Contains 22 papers by 34 authors grouped under these headings: the solar-galactic neighborhood--galactic gravitational fields; massive interstellar clouds; other galactic features; the Oort cloud; perturbations of the solar system; existence and stability of a solar companion star. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 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: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, frontis., [ix], 238 pp, 6 ff b & w drawings. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, front hinge reglued, former owner's name rubber-stamped on blank recto of frontispiece, sewing completely missed pp 29-32 which are laid in in the correct location. Contains Gallegher: A Newspaper Story; A Walk of the Avenue; My Disreputable Friend, Mr Raegen; The Other Woman; The Trailer for Room No. 8; "There were Ninety and Nine"; The Cynical Miss Catherwaight; Van Bibber and the Swan-Boats; Van Bibber's Burglar; and Van Bibber as Best Man. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Later printing. . G/No dj. Illus. by Charles Dana Gibson. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Bound with metal rings in green boards. Covers worn, torn, faded, & stained, the 100 full-page color plates have just a bit of edge wear. There are a few rubber stamps of an apparent accession number, but no hint of whose stamp it was. Minimal text accompanies the 100 plates, all printed single-sided and most on coated stock. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . G/No dj. 35½ X 26½ cm.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, lilac boards & endpapers, foil titles on spine, xxix, 496 pp, numerous b & w drawings, a few old woodcuts, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contents: roses; annuals, perennials, bulbs & grasses; herbs; houseplants; trees & shrubs; special gardens; flowers that attract birds, bees & butterflies; vegetables; historical & miscellaneous lists. Each topic typically contains a short essay followed by a list--of plants, insects, garden supply houses, or whatever--pertaining to the topic. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . As New/As New. Illus. by Elizabeth Lum Drake & Richard T. Smyth. 24 X 16½ cm.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter dark green cloth, pale green paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, gilt initials & decoration on front board, [x], 244, [1] pp, 5 b & w illustrations, 8 ff color photo plates, index. Faint splatter on bottom edge and bottom inch or so of rear board near spine, otherwise as new and still quite attractive. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "In fluent, wholly enjoyable prose, he offers beginners and experts alike solid practical advice--on composites, on which gentians to grow, on first rock garden plants and their care. While Charlesworth's focus in A Gardener Obsessed is primarily rock gardening (whose species and practitioners he discusses with rare expertise), he also presents his thoughts on a wide variety of personal and philosophical issues, from overcoming envy, to old age, to the matter of why some plants live and others die." Shipping… Read More

Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, [vi], 178, [1] pp, 91 b & w drawings, bibliography. Nicely printed & bound. DJ has 3 tears with creasing to edges of rear panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Florence Bellis, developer of the hybrid primrose, writes about legumes, humus, organic & inorganic fertilizers, calcium, magnesium, & sulfer, cultivation, mulches, moles, planting, maintaining viability of seed, edible plants, and pollination. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fine/VG. Illus. by Valerie Willson. 22 X 19 cm.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue-green cloth, foil titles on spine, [ix], 292 pp, 4 ff color plates, index. Owner's address stamp on fpd, else fine. DJ has two small edge tears, a bit of rubbing to extremities; in Brodart archival cover. General chapters on gardening techniques are followed by guides to selecting plants suitable for the climate of the Upper Midwest. Snyder chaired the University of Minnesota's department of horticultural science from 1953 to 1970, and founded its Landscape Arboretum. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/VG+. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Minneapolis: Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect-bound in yellow printed paper covers with black cloth tape on spine, not paginated, about 1.5 cm thick. Covers soiled, otherwise very good. Separately paginated and dated installation and adjustment instructions for dozens of thermostats; humidity, temperature, pressure, & safety controls; motorized, solenoid, & diaphragm valves; relays; motors; and accessories. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Soft Cover. G+/No dj. 27½ X 21½ cm.

Cambridge, England, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Company Library. Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy: The United States in the Twentieth Century. Black cloth, foil titles in blue box on spine, xxii, 296 pp, many charts, figures, maps, & tables, index. Lightly used corporate library copy, with card pocket on rfep, catalogue & ownership stickers on DJ, else fine, promotional bookmark laid in, DJ in plastic cover. The authors base their history on documents in company and regulatory agency archives, newspaper clippings, and interviews with current & former employees. Although the focus is on Panhandle Eastern, the book necessarily provides much information about the industry as a whole and the changing nature of its regulation over time. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York & London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, x, 238 pp, bibliography. Notes on a few pages, half a dozen index tabs made of tape were added by previous owner. According to the preface, "This book supersedes a previous one entitled Thermodynamic Properties of Air. The properties of air have been reexamined and recalculated, the properties of products of combustion of hydrocarbons and of the constituent gases have been added, and tables of functions useful in analysis of the flow of compressible fluids have been greatly extended." Contains 64 tables with explanations. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 6th ptg. . VG-/No dj. 26 X 19½ cm.

Scranton: International Textbook Company, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full blue cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, x, 334 pp, many figures in text, bibliography, index. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, otherwise VG. DJ in Mylar cover applied by library. Contents: thermodynamics; basic gas turbine cycle; variations on the basic cycle; gas flow; turbines; compressors; combustion; heat transfer; part-load operation; further variations on the basic cycle; aircraft gas turbines & jet propulsion. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ed, 2nd ptg. . 23½ X 16 cm.

New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1923 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full dark green cloth, gilt titles on spine & blind double rule border on front board, xx, 483 pp, 544 fig., index. Corners & spine ends rubbed & beginning to fray, edges spotted, owner's name on ffep. Contents: the automobile; the automobile engine; automobile power plants; fuels & carburetting systems; engine lubrication & cooling; electricity & magnetism; battery ignition systems; magnetos & magneto ignition; storage battery; starting & lighting systems; chassis & running gear; clutches & transmissions; rear axles & differentials; wheels, rims & tires; automobile troubles & remedies; operation & care. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ed, 10th ptg. . Good/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.