Search Results: Authors starting with G from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange

Durham, NC: DukeUniversity Press, 1995. Oversize Paperback. GOOD. Tight, bright, clean and square but has penciled check marks in margins and some pencil underlining. 6x9.25x.8". 288 indexed pages, with annotated essays with cited works. Content: Rethinking Jazz History (6 essays); The Jazz Artist Among the Discourses (30; The Essential Context: Jazz and Politics(2)

Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1992. Hardbound. FINE/ Near Fine. As new except for mark from sticker removal inside front cover. DJ has shelfwear to edges. "In the years after she moved to Chaco Canyon in 1897 with her husband Richard…who had previously discovered the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde... Marietta Weatherill got to know the Navajos probably as intimately as a white person could...In 1953 (she) told the story of her life to a newspaper reporter who recorded it...bequeathing a priceless historical treasure to the future..." 242 pages with bibliography, 9.25x6.25" (23.5x15.9cm). ISBN: 1555660908.

London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, square. Owner's name on title page. Red covers, sewn binding. 36 pages including Bibliography.

Paris, France: Ecrivains de Toujours/ aux editions du seuil (#50), 1963. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, faint curl. Rubbed covers with faint edgewear, and light pencil markings. Bookstore sticker. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. 189 pages (7x4.75"). Text in French.

Rome, Italy: Rizzoli Editore, 1979. (Nuova edizione). Hardbound. GOOD+. Tight, light age tanning to pages, text with occasional pencil marking in margins and 1 coffee (?) spot, square. Dust jacket is present but soiled. Small rips along edges and separation of front flap from cover have been repaired on the inside with clear tape. "La scala a chiocciola de una vecchia viletta divide simbolicamente i due mondi del'autrice: in una soffitta tra catelli appesi al muro, libri piante uccelli, c'e il mondo del lavoro, le lettere che arrivano ogin giorno, le telefonate continue con le richieste pius disparate. Al pian inferiore c'e invece la famiglia con le vicende quotidiane del marito e dei figli, i pranze da perparare, la casa da sequire." ("The spiral staircase of an old cottage symbolically divides the two worlds of the author: in an attic between castles hanging on the wall, books, plants, birds, there is the world of work, the letters that arrive every day, the constant… Read More

NY: Mentor (#MQ873), 1960. (6th printing). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, yellowed pages, clean, square. Light edgewear. Creases on front corners of covers. Topics from a series of lectures: Economics and Art; Inflation - What it Takes; The Care & Prevention of Disaster; Was Ford a Fraud?; The Pleasures and Uses of Bankruptcy; and more.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. Hardbound. VERY GOOD/Good dj. Tight, bright, clean, except for faint foxing to top exterior page edges, and square. Unclipped dust jacket has light age soil, sunned spine and tiny rips along top and bottom edges. The musings of a brilliant economist with rapier wit.

NY: Henry Holt, 1958. Hardbound. GOOD. Reading copy. Loose hinge, slight page yellowing, clean interior, age soiled exterior, slight skew. 19th Century Spanish literature. No dustjacket. Text in Spanish. Introduction and Notes in English. English/Spanish vocabulary. La lectura de la copia. Bisagra suelta, página ligero amarilleamiento, interior limpio, edad sucios exterior, ligera inclinación. 19th Century literatura española. No sobrecubierta. Texto en español. Introducción y notas en Inglés. Inglés / vocabulario español.

Mexico: Editorial Porrua (Num. 107), 1971. (reprint). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, seriously tanned pages, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. "Nota preliminar de Teresa Silva Tena" Text in Spanish. 258 pages (8-1/2" x 5-3/8"

Mexico: Coleccion Literaria Cervantes/ Editorial Orion, 1969. Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, slightly yellowed pages, clean, slight curl. Appears unread (some pages uncut). School page inserted in front. "Una de las formas mas bellas del tipo psicologicosentimental es esta novela.." 19th century novel, 189 pages, 7-1/2x5-7/8" (19x14.9cm).

Madrid, Spain: Libreria Y Casa , 1959. Trade paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean, & square but w/paper cover folding in around edges. DJ showing wear around top and bottom edges, small rip at top of spine. Text in Spanish. Encuadernación es apretado. Las páginas son luminosas, limpias, y cuadrado pero con cubierta de papel plegado en alrededor de los bordes. Chaqueta desgaste que muestra alrededor de bordes superior e inferior, pequeña rasgadura en la parte superior de la columna vertebral. Texto en español

Immaculata, PA: Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2007. Trade paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for 3 folded page corners. "There's always spring - Even though my heart makes barrier, it comes…"

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. Hardbound. VERY GOOD. As new except for faint age tanning of pages and softened spine ends. Dust jacket is intact and unclipped but has slight age soil and some chipping along exterior edges. 364 pages. 8.5x5.5x1.25". On August 7, 1942, the First Marine Division launched the first successful American land assault in World War Two. The invasion of Guadalcanal was a long, cruel holding operation fought with too little equipment and support, not enough food and ammunition, and too few men. The marines on the island were subjected to bombing raids and strafing by Japanese aircraft, bombardment by battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and land artillery, as well as being continually attacked by Japanese tanks and infantry. For five long months they were attacked day and night before being eventually relieved by Army units. Who were these men who faced overwhelming odds? And how did they survive? T. Grady Gallant, who fought at… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Maxwell galleries, 1984. Oversize paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean, slight flare. Rubbing to covers. 24 page, 11x8-3.8" (27.8x21.3cm), staple bound. Catalog of exhibit of women artists held November 30, 1983 through January 31, 1984 at the Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco. Introductory essay on the history of women's art in California plus Biographies. Black & white and color illustrations.

NY: Kennedy Galleries, 1972. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for corner crease and a few spots on front cover. Exhibit catalog. "works by over forty artists…a representative and varied collection of portraits, landscapes, still life and genre paintings, plus a half dozen pieces of sculpture...a small group of drawings..." Illustrated with black and white photos (a few color) 64 page, staple-bound, 9.5x6" (24.1x15 cm).

NY: Swann Galleries, 1998. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean and slight tilt. Rubbing to cover hinge and crease to bottom corner. Interior as new. 547 lots of 19th and 20th Century Photographs with illustration, description, and price range of each. Cover photo William Keck's "Dining Room Window"

NY: Swann Galleries, 1999. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. Faint edgewear. Interior as new. 518 lots of 19th and 20th Century Photographs with illustration, description, and price range of each. Cover photo Imogen Cunningham's "Orchid Cactus".

NY: Swann Galleries, 1999. Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean and square. Small hole on front cover. 218 lots of 19th and 20th Century Photographs with illustration, description, and price range of each. 265 lots of Photographic Literature with description and price range. Cover photo Paul Strand abstract.

NY: Parke-Benet Galleries, 1968. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright interior, faded cover and spine, clean, square. Faint foxing to exterior page edges, faint rubbed marks on cover. Catalog for sale #2674 held at Park-Bernet Galleries in NY March 26 & 27, 1968. Items include: Modern French Literature in bindings by Crette, Creuzevault, Gruel, and others; The Desastres and Caprichos of Goya; color plate books; Important Voyages and Travels. 121+ illustrated pages, with patterned endpapers, 10-1/8x7" (25x18cm)

NY: Kennedy Galleries, 1980. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright and clean with date stamp on back cover. Exhibit catalog. 26 pieces listed with title, date, and medium. Illustrated with black and white photos. Chronology. Staple-bound, 16 page, 11x8.5" (28x21.4 cm).