Search Results: Titles starting with G from Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

London. Fisher, Son & Co. n.d. Bound in 3/4 morocco and marbled boards, gilt embelishments, raised bands, marbled endsheets. 4to. Profusely illustrated with 129 stunning plate engravings. Covers mildly rubbed. Mild scattered foxing ( not affecting plates). Very Good.

New York. Arlington House. 1970. Bound in gilt titled purple cloth. In publishers original blue slipcase. Thick folio. First Edition. This copy inscribed and signed boldly in ink by Joan Crawford to table of contents page. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Some staining and adhesion abrasions to rear cover. Several page tips with tiny creases. The tops of several pages in the Dietrich section very mildly wrinkled. A Very Good copy in a somewhat frayed but Very Good slipcase.

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1931. Green pictorial cloth. 8vo. Illustrated with monochrome plates and decorations by Howard Pyle. A Very Good copy.

Cincinnati. c.1947. Luminaries listed upon the official Knights of the Road letter-head are. Jack Dempsey, Carl Sandburg,Walter Huston,Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Lowell Thomas -broadcaster, and traveller,Joe Louis- Heavyweight Champ, Jack Dempsey-Heavyweight Champ,Walter Huston - Director, "Gen." Jacob Coxey - Politician and Activist, Arthur Hayday - British Union Leader and Member of Parliament, Monrad Wallgren - Governor and US. Senator. Letter sheets and certificates folded for mailing.Very Good, moderately soiled Envelope opened at side instead of rear. All other pieces in bright, crisp Fine condition. A charming and evocative gathering of American Cultural relics.

Boston. Roberts Brothers. 1885-1890. Bound in High Victorian, gilt titled, pictorial decorated cloth over boards.Blind embossed branch design to covers. Gilt Title panels with elaborate gilt and red fleurettes to spines.Decorative endsheets in green cloth, 2 in brown cloth. 12mo. (4.5"x6.5) Later Printings. Illustrated throughout with full page monochrome plates after engravings. A set of 7 Alcott novels in very attractive Victorian bindings. The set is comprised of: Little Women, Little Men (2 copies),Rose In Bloom, Jack and Jill,Old-Fashioned Girl,Jo's Boys. Laid down on the front paste-down of Little Women is a white card, cut to cover proportion, which bears Alcott's signature ( L.M. Alcott) in ink. Beneath her signature,Alcott has inscribed the names of the novel's characters -"Meg Jo Beth Amy Teddy & Jo". A very rare and unique inscription by one of America's most notable authors. All books are in Very Good condition with tight bindings which present various… Read More

Cologne. Taschen. 1988. Bound in titled blue cloth. Tall 4to. Profusely illustrated with colour plates, diagrams, photographs, etc. Some water staining to rear cover with very minor resultant page rippling. A Very Good, crisp copy.

Berlin. Phonix Illustrationsdruck. March 1928. Bound in pictorial decorated wrappers. Small Folio. Volume 5, Number 3. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome plates, designs, vignettes, etc. depicting period Art Deco advertising art. A superlative collection of Art Deco advertising graphics. Spine and coers chipped. Water staining to upper edges throughout. A Good, tight copy.

Berlin. Frensel Und Engelbrecher. 1931-1934. Bound in pictorial wrappers. 4to. 9.25" x 12.25 Profusely illustrated throughout by chromolithographs, colour and monochrome plates - many tipped-in, illustrations en texte, drawings,die cuts, etc. reproducing period advertising from a myriad of international sources. " Gebrauchsgraphik, Monatschrift zur Förderung künst-lerischer Reklame (Commercial Graphics, Monthly Magazine for Promoting Art in Advertising), which was published in Berlin from 1924 until 1944, was the leading voice of the Avant-Garde influence on the European Commercial Art and Advertising industries before World War II. In the thirties, all roads led through Berlin, and Gebrauchsgraphik spotlighted all of the aesthetic trends fermenting in Europe -- Art Deco and Surrealism from Paris, Constructivism from Moscow, Futurist Fascism from Rome, De Stijl and Dutch typography from Amsterdam, and of course the spreading influence of the Dessau Bauhaus. A journal that was… Read More

London. Jer. Batley at The Dove. 1725-1726. Bound in full period calfskin. Elaborate gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt-tooled fleural motifs. Red and green morocco labels.All edges marbled. 8v0. 5"x8". The First Edition in English - the First Edition having been published in Madrid 1601-1615. Here, translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Illustrated by 3 folding engraved maps,12 folding engraved plates and 2 single,full page engravings. Lacking the third single full page plate of 5 small portraits (Vol.5). Renowned primary account of the early Spanish conquest of the New World. "A grand chorus of writers, from Nicholas Antonio down to Thomas W. Field, unite in their testimony as to the fidelity of this Prince of Historians. He was successively employed as historiographer by Philip II, III, and IV, and having access to every available source of information, made free use of many original documents which had never before been printed, and which no longer exist in MS. His… Read More

New York. Harry N. Abrams. 1983. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. 4to. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome paintings, drawings, maps, etc. Some very mild sunning to edges of prelims, else a Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper.

Utica. H.H. Hawley and Co. 1848. Bound in full gilt decorated and titled calfskin. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with 59 maps of New York counties, and various additional tables, charts, etc. Sabin:46766 Spine and covers well worn with gilt having been rubbed off from covers. Front and rear covers detaching. Small portion of spine panel lacking. A Good only copy, with crisp internals.

San Francisco. State of California. 1954. Exhaustive study consisting of 15 wrappered reports, many with large fold-out maps, and 34 individual large fold-out Map Sheets. Slipcased and boxed. Dampstaining to edge of box ( not affecting slipcase or contents), else Very Good. Contents Near Fine, clean and crisp.

New Haven. Yale University Press. 1918. Bound in pictorial, gilt titled paper covered boards. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with full page color and monochrome plates. Translated from the French by Louise Morgan Sill, with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Mild wear to spine, mild foxing to fore-edge, offset to ffep and front paste down due to dustwrapper, Usual mild foxing throughout, slight soiling to title page. A Very Good copy in original, torn, somewhat soiled, slightly foxed, Good Dustwrapper.

New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1978. Gilt titled half-cloth and paper covered boards. Folio. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with 51 full page monochrome portraitures by Stieglitz. A dazzling collection of some of Stieglitz's most hauntingly beautiful work. Very Fine in Fine dustwrapper and Near Fine slipcase.

Munchen. Ulbert Langen. nd. Gilt lettered cloth. Thick 4to. Illustrated with plates. Scarce. Very Good.

New York. E.P. Dutton. 1979. 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

New York. Simon and Schuster. 1951. Bound in pictorial boards. Tall 4to. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour vignettes, decorations, etc by Garth Williams. Widely regarded as one of the most charming fairy books ever produced, this title remains quite elusive and desireable. Rather obvious repairs to spine strip particularly at front hinge which has been coloured in with a green filler. Covers and corners somewhat rubbed with portions of original glassine lacking. Previous owners small name and ink to title page. Despite the hinge work this is still a very bright, crisp, serviceable copy.

Santa Barbara. Mission Creek Studios. 1988. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards with gilt pictorial cover plate. 4to. First Edition. Signed by the Authors. Profusely illustrated throughout with monochrome photographic portraits by Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill. A Very Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper.

Tokyo. Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai. 1937. Thick 4to. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour and monochrome plates. A wonderful and important work on Japanese Art. Spine lightly sunned, some light scattered foxing, else Near Fine in chipped dustwrapper.