Search Results: Titles starting with G from Pazzo Books

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1929. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Facsimile of the 1837 first edition limited to 125 copies. Light scuffing to binding, marginal browning to endlleaves, old gift inscription, otherwise fine. 15 color illustrations, 256pp Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: CAT000664.

Strassbiourg: Bernhard Jobin, 1590. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Tobias Stimmer. Contemporary alum tawed pigskin, blindstamped, brass clasps, some rubbing to spine, ink warks, small piece of brass added to reinforce one clasp - a fine contemporary binding. A few marks and underlines in an early hand, pencil notes on rear endpaper, title page printed in red and black with the slightly off center red to the lobster and snake (this new to the 1590 edition). Third edition, first published in 1575, this was the final edition revised by Fischart. A free translation cum adaptation of Rabelais' masterpiece. As Rabelais wrote under the anagram Alcofribas Nasier, Fischart uses the acrostic (written under the title page vignette) "Im Fischen Gilst Mischen" (to fish well it is necessary to mix) J. F. G. M. : Johann Fischart genannt Mentzer. 565pp, in text illustrations. Fischart coined "Geschichtsklitterung" (pseudo-history) for this free translation of Rabelais' work often… Read More

Rome: Mercurio, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Mild soiling and wear to covers. Undated ca. 1939 - scarce guide to regional restaurants, many of which didn't survive the war. 241pp. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000419.

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1847. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Rebound in full brown cloth with a section of the original cloth laid back down on the front board. Foxing to frontis, old embossed stamp and small tear closed with Japanese paper on the title page. Scattered foxing including to the plates - folding plate of a bouquet de gibier, full page plate of the Soyer tendon separator, a folding plate of the famous Reform Club kitchen, secen other full page plates and a folding plate of a menu for a Reform Club dinner for Ibrahim Pacha. - this last a bit browned at the edges. xl, 720, followed by 6 plates, 24, (2)pp. Cagle 1003 (1846 1st ed.), Bitting 443, Simon 1401 (Sixth ed.). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000175.

Breslau: Aderholz, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Original marbled boards, wear at edges, modest age toning and foxing, old label obscuring a signature (?) on the title, old paper repair to upepr corner of title, otherwise very good internally. 255pp Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046047.

Amsterdam: Joannis Blaeu, 1654. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Early mottled calf, three volumes in one, the last printed 1652. Modest wear and some surface marks and scars to calf, very neatly rebacked some time ago, a very attractive binding overall. Scattered mostly minor foxing, mild age toning, small dampstain in the gutter of title and first few pages, generally quite clean internally with numerous genealogical tables, many folding, and two folding maps. [i-lxxxi], [13, Index], [2, errata, corrigenda], [i]; [x], [2, errata], 439, 450 (i.e. 440), cxxx, [6, Index]; [viii], 109, [ii] Relentlessly unsentimental about mythology and illegitimate historical material, Blondel is most famous for discrediting the Sibylline Oracles, the Pope Joan story and the origins of the fleurs de lis. This work meticulously refutes Jean-Jacques Chifflet's claims as to the supremacy of the genealogy of the Spanish kings over the French. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Rebound in full green cloth, two volumes in one. Scattered minor foxing, small hole touching text in artichoke section - a nice copy. Printed in two columns alphabetically. Size: 4to. 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Inventory No: CAT000511.

London: Cave, 1750. Disbound. Good Condition. Unbound periodical with paper covered spine, worming in outer margin, pages 339-384, one plate (botanical) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 047894.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in green pebbled cloth - light shelfwear, spines slightly darkened, otherwise a lovely set. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 043054.

Verso, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Faint shelfwear to jacket Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 047886.

Athens: University of Georgia, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Light cover wear - with Frost's poem "From a Milkweed Pod" unpublished save for its use as a Christmas greeting the previous year. With a portrait of Frost from the collection of Joseph Frost along with a letter from The Georgia Review conveying the copy of the magazine and thanks for the use of the photo. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 048069.

Karlsruhe-Baden, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Cloth backed paper covered boards, worn but sound. Very neatly done internally with a few recipes on most pages, 246 numbered pages with scattered blanks, index at end. Titled in a later hand with a Odessa Florida address label on the first page of Hans Meier (and note that this was his mother). Dated 1914 with Frieda Meier's dates given as 1896-1941. Apparently a food diary for the Sophienschule in Karlsruhe-Baden, with menus and recipes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000721.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Jacket sunned on top edge and along spine, short tear to edge of rear panel and a few small ships and tears along edges - still attractive and intact otherwise. Decorative endpapers, top edge dyed pink. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 041911.

Venice: Giovanni Fiorina, 1592. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Fair Condition. Early vellum, worn and stained. Lacking first blank and A1 (the first text page but otherwise complete). [4 leaves], 52 (of 53) leaves, 4pp table, 2 blank leaves. Rear blanks are worn. Light dampstains throughout, heavier in spots, but not obscuring any text or illustration. Wear and short tears in the margins to the early pages. 20 woodcuts, mostly of grafting methods (one plate repeated 3 times), and 12 vignette illustrations of the months. A passable copy of a rare and important gardening work. Graesse I 581, Brunet 6466. There were editions in 1593, 1612 and 1781. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 041984.

New York: Doubleday, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Slight shelfwear, lower right corner bumped lightly. Signed by Barth on the half title. The first issue of the trade edition with h18 on page 710. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046439.

Venice: Alessandro Vecchi, 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum, lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked, a few mild creases and tears, light to moderate foxing, scattered light damp staining to bottom margin, four pages in early or contemporary manuscript (apparently a printing error), pages 114, 115, 126 and 127. (27), 366, (2), 296pp, 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts, with a few repeated, and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts, with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067.

London: Harper Collins, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First British edition in a fine unclipped jacket with the first state text ("earing") on the rear panel. Signed by Chevalier on the title page. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 046889.

Glens Falls, NY: The Glens Falls Post-Star, 1923. Fifth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Wear at corners, some soiling to coated cloth, light browning internally. 325, (17)pp. Ads and table of contents at rear. Interleaved with paginated blanks. Errate pasted at rear.First edition listed as 1880 (no copies located, Cook notes a 1913 and OCLC has one copy dated 1896 with 103pp, and one 1906). Just ten copies of any edition in OCLC, three of the 1923. Creamed spaghetti, mexican rice and beans, pati de foie gras sandwiches, mock angel cake and a section of Knox gelatine recipes (perfection salad, nut frappe). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000588.

Pot-En-Cul, 1933. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Glassine wrapper browned. 4 songs with erotic woodcuts - a few full page, the rest in the text. A few spots of browning, otherwise bright. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Erotica; Inventory No: 044370.

London: Aliciam Warren, 1664. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Attractively bound in 19th century half calf over marbled boards. Modest wear at the corners and some rubbing to the hinges. A bit of browning to the page edges, heavy to the first couple of pages, scattered foxing, first few and last few pages lightly creased, lacking the portrait frontis; mostly clean and a nice copy overall. (10), 576pp First published in 1624 and covering A-L, this is the first complete edition. In attempting to write a history of the beginnings of English law, Spelman became convinced that he needed to first write a glossary of Anglo-Saxon words. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045546.