Search Results: Titles starting with G from Boojum and Snark Books

McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1971 An excellent hardcover copy of the second printing of the revised edition (1971), with dustcover: book near fine and dustcover very good. Grey boards, black spine lettering, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 157 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Statistics through the 1970-1971 season. Book near fine (top corner of front free endpaper clipped, else fine; pages clean and binding tight and square). Dustcover very good (sunning of spine; modest wear; 3/16 inch closed tear, top edge of front panel). "Gordie Howe has been called not only the greatest living hockey player, but the greatest hockey player who ever lived." (K086). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1984 First edition. Blue and red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 201 pp., index, numerous figures. Minimal ex-library markings ("withdrawn" stamp in two places; never a circulating library book). Else near fine. (3214031). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Atheneum, New York, 1980 First edition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 66 pp., illustrated with old prints and advertisements. Book near fine, dustcover very good. "Grandfather, grandmother, and grandchildren experience almost every possible mishap as they make a 30-mile car trip in 1908." (3214003). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., 1940 Stapled wraps, illustrated covers, 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches, 55 pp., extensively illustrated in b/w. Very good. (K073). Soft cover. Very Good.

Peter Pauper Press; Mount Vernon, New York, 1958 First edition (no additional printings indicated). 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, illustrated green paper-covered boards, 61 pp., colophon at end. Book very good plus (mild foxing, predominantly rear board; previous owner's name neatly in ink on front pastedown). Dustcover very good (modest foxing; 3/8 inch closed tear, top edge, front panel near spine, associated with a 1/8 inch chip). (K062). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1988. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 214 pp. Fine in a near fine dustcover (mild rubbing). 'The year is 1938. Nineteen-year-old Louise Merrill is a fashion apprentice for her aunt Hattie in a Columbus, Ohio, department store. Sent to Paris for the very first time, on her first trip as a buyer, she embarks aboard the Berengaria from New York Harbor on a voyage that will transform her life.' (3214006). F.

Bubier Publishing; Lynn, Massachusetts, 1897 First edition. Scarce. A wonderful little book with substantial 'how-to', technical and comparitive information about early small gasoline engines. Very nice figures (technical drawings), including one pull-out. 25 figures plus the pull-out illustration. Green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine and front board, decorations on front board, 6 1/2 x 4 inches, 67 pp. plus illustration list, index and advertisements in rear. Decorated light green endpapers. Very good (previous owner's small printed label pasted to bottom of front board; same owner's name and Washington, D.C. address in ink on a front endpaper, dated Apr. 7 '98). Contents: History of the Gas Engine; The Bisschop Non-Compressing Gas Engine; The Day Gas Engine; The Sintz Gas Engine; The Olin Gas Engine; How to Make The Warwick Gas Engine; The Wadsworth-Warwick Marine Gasoline Engine; The Fairbanks-Morse Gas and Gasoline Engine; The American Otto Gas Engine; How… Read More

Putnam, New York, 1952. A clean, tight copy, very good (modest edgewear). No dustcover. First edition (no additional printings indicated). (3214010). F.

Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt, 1965. Yellow cloth-covered boards, black paper spine label, 9 x 5 3/4 inches, 173 pp. Very good. (3214021). F. Hardcover.

Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick; New York City, 1894 Farm and Fireside Library, Number 114, August 1894. Stapled wraps, stiff card covers, 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches, 208 pp., extensively illustrated in b/w. Contains multiple biographical sketches of poets. Fair (front cover and spine strip starting, but still attached; modest wear, covers, with some chipping to bottom fore-edge corner; moderate uniform browning/toning, paper, but not brittle). Rare (e-copy only at OCLC WorldCat). (K083). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Johannesburg Joint Council of Europeans and Natives, Johannesburg, (circa 1927). Green printed, stapled wraps, 9 1/2 x 6 inches, 24 pp. About good. Scarce. (3214031). F. Soft cover.

Hoeber, New York, 1945. Rust cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine (still bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, 345 pp., index, numerous illustrations. VG+. Previous owner's name, front free endpaper. (3214018). F. Hardcover.

Alan R. Liss, New York, 1987 Gray cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 353 pp., index. "Withdrawn" stamp top edge of book block; no other library markings. Else very good (book and dustcover). Mild soiling, edges of book block; mild rubbing, dustcover. Volume 241 in Progress in Clinical and Biological Research. Proceedings of the International Titisee Conference Held in Black Forest, Federal Republic of Germany, Sepyember 28-30, 1986. (3214017). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

John Wiley, New York, 1964. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Gray cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 740, references, index, illustrations. Near fine (gilt lettering on spine slightly dulled, else fine). The first U.S. edition of a classic work. (3214030). F. Hardcover.

Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; San Diego; 1990. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dark green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 308 pp., index, figures and tables. Book and dustcover very good plus. ISBN 0120176289 (3214043). F. Hardcover.

The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1935. Obelisk reprint of 1939. Rare (actually scarcer than the first printing in 1935 --- only one OCLC library holding for the 1939 reprint). Distinctive black and metallic gold printed/decorated wraps, 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 294 pp. VG (modest oxidation, gold ink on covers).. Soft cover.

Leisure Time Publishing, Dallas, 1990. First edition. Glossy black boards, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 227 pp., buyer's guide, index, color photo illustrations. No dustcover as issued. Mild rubbing, else fine.. F. Soft cover.

Geological Society of America; Boulder, Colorado; 1986. First edition. Color illustrated front board, map illustrated endpapers, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 696 pp., index, figures and tables. Library inkstamps, front endpapers, else very good+. Note: the table of contents calls for an accompanying slipcase containing 11 plates. Slipcase with plates not present. ISBN 0813752027. F. Hardcover.

Elliot Stock, London, 1878 This is the first edition. Scarce. The original softcover book has been rebound between maroon cloth-covered boards, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 64 pp., b/w illustrations. The front cover is loose and laid in; chipping at the lower fore-edge corner of the front cover, with an old tape stain here as well; text and front cover illustration intact. Otherwise, pages clean and binding intact. The famous one pound bank note is present. A nice copy of the scarce first edition. (1722RO007). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Rice University Press, Houston, 1991 An exceptional copy of an important photography book, as new in an as new dustcover, inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page, dated "98". Black cloth-covered boards, blindstamped spine and front cover, 10 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches, unpaginated.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.