Search Results: Authors starting with G from BRYAN BUNCH BOOKS

The most comprehensive and accurate account available for the ancient Greek sports at the various games, such as the Olympics. Discus, javelin toss, races, wrestling, long jump., and more.

The new sciences introduced by Galileo are the physics of motion and structural mechanics. Introduction by Antonio Favaro.

New York: Scribners, 1934. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Some wear at top and bottom of spine, small penciled notation on front endcover, New York Times review from 1936 tucked into book

Scottish Geologist James Geike was an early interpreter of climate change, favoring an ice age of glaciers on land. This is a classic work, originally published in 1874,

Scottish Geologist James Geike was an early interpreter of climate change, favoring an ice age of glaciers on land. This is a classic work, originally published in 1874,

This complete and unabridged Modern Library Giant is the companion to the Masterpiece Theater production. Dust Jacket protected with mylar. An extremely readable version of Eliot's 1872 classic, often considered the best novel in the English language.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. First edition. Trade Paperback. As New. Cover drawing by Philip Kerr. First book of poetry by Jack Gilbert, who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1962. Number 58 in the Yale Series of Younger Poets Author's signature "For JENNY, Jack Gilbert, Monterey 3-22-1963"

An analysis of Darwin and religion by a professor of history at Georgia State University in the context of why Darwin rejected creation on a theological basis/ Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper, otherwise like new.

New York: Covinci-Friede, 1932. First edition thus. hardcover scloth. Very Good. Translated from the German by George Madison Priest. The is Goethe's 1829 masterpiece made available for readers of English in a popular (not academic) version. Note that Faust is a play in verse, and this translation reflects the metrics and rhyme schemes of the original German. Although technically ex-libary, this volume was part of a retirment community library and saw very little circulation. Aside from stamps on the endpapers and title page, it is in fine condition. It also has on the front endpaper in handwritten ink "John McCeoup, Princeton, 1935"

Cleveland: World, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Some foxing and edge ware on DJ

New York: The Heritage Press, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Rackham, Arthur. Part of The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf Spine of blue-cloth cover badly sunned, but gilt depiction of toad on front still bright. Book is slightly cocked. Pages all edged in red, with no foxing on the pages

Ancient and non-Western traditions; Middle Ages and the Renaissance; Calculus and mathematical analysis; Functions. Logic, set theory, and foundations; Algebras and number theory; Geometries and topology; Mechanics and mechanical engineering; Physics; Probability and statistics; Higher education; Mathematics and culture

Poet and novelist and collector of Greek myths writes a novel of Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a fierce Hercules among them

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. Hardcover. Fine. Originally pubishined in England as "The Golden Fleece:" "A story full of sly humor and bawdy detail, in this case with a bit more casual slaughter and mass copulation" than other historical novels set in Greece. Purports to tell the true story of the voyage of the Argo and Jason and the Golden Fleece. Ex-library as shown by a couple of stamps on the flront endpaper and the top of the book.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Includes an introductory note by Lord Houghton (R.M. Milnes), a memoir of the author by James Hedderwick, a section called "final memorials," and the pomes, of which "The Luggie" occupies much of the poetry section; Profits were to go to David Gray's parents. The red cloth binding is unusually bright, but the silver type on the spine is slightly faded.

The Illinois River s entirely within the state of that name, the Land of Lincoln as the license plate notes. The history of the lands along the river is featured in this early volume of the Rivers of America series. The dust-jacket, protected in Mylar, is price clipped and there is a book plate on the endpaper on the back of the front cover, but the book is otherwise fine.

Historical fiction about Ann Hathaway. Shakespeare himself is often out of the picture in this excellent novel based on a little-known figure about whom there has been much speculation.

The English edition won the Glenfidich Writer of the Year award in 1978. This edition comes with tables of equivalent tables of measures and a glossary for American readers.

Rome, Pompei, the Etruscan civilization, and the Greek colonies of Italy

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1961. Second printing. Hardcover cloth. Fine. Classic analysis of a major advance in chemistry, with a dozen illustrations LIke new