Search Results: Titles starting with G from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2001. Journal. Very Good. Journal is very lightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Fore edge corners are slightly bumped with light curling to wraps. A couple pink marker marks to bottom text block edge. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Articles by Elisabeth Ladenson; Gretchen Schultz; Naomi Schor; Brigitte Mahuzier; Judith Halberstam and Catherine Zimmer.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. Hardcover. Fair. Illustrated boards. Edges worn; corners rounded; surface of spine rubbed off. Pages show some soiling. Many illustrations. 116 pages (numerated as p. 2-4, 224-336). 8 x 6 inches. An anthology of short tales and poems with illustrations throughout. This was edited by Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885) under the pseudonym Uncle Herbert.

Katowicach, Poland: Galeria ASP, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in stiff-wraps. Very light wear to covers. Internally clean and unmarked. 41 pages of color illustrations. 48 pages. 11.7 x 8.25 inches A catalog of the permanent exhibit of art works contributed to the Akademia Sztuk Pieknych w Katowicach, between 1984 and 2004. Introductory note by Prof. Tomasz Jura is in both English & Polish. Art captions are in Polish. Quality color reproductions of the works of more than 70 contemporary Polish artists.

Polo, Illinois: [Polo Historical Society], 2019. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Near like new. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated. 432 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. A Civil War history of the 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment. The narrative is complemented with maps and illustrations, official war reports, newspaper accounts from the period, personal accounts, diaries and letters, and over 150 individual photos of the men. Contents: [1] Answering the Call: Signing Up - The First Illinois Regiment Mustered In for 3 Years Service. [2] Camp Scott - Freeport, Illinois (Muster List). [3] Leaving Northern Illinois -- Heading for Missouri. [4] On the Move in Missouri. [5] A Recruits Life & Joining with the 14th. [6] The Cat and Mouse Game with General Price. [7] Images of What Was to Come. [8] Preparation for the Battle. [9] The Battle of Shiloh - Sunday, April 6th, Day One. [10] The Battle of Shiloh - Monday, April 7th, Day Two. [11] Following the Battle-- The Dead and Wounded (Casualty List). [12] Leaving Pittsburg… Read More

London, 1963. Soft cover. Good+. British journal of international drama. Wraps show minor surface and edge wear, including a few light rain spots on the front panel. Features: "The Workout" by Albert Bermel, "The Windows of Heaven" by Shimon Wincelberg (from "A Cat in the Ghetto" by the Polish poet and novelist Rachmil Bryks), and an illustration by I. Toffel. 15 x 24 cm. 84 pages.

London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1887. Soft cover. Good. Card wrappers with colored illustration on front; stitched. Front cover chipped; small corner chip on rear cover; wraps split at tail of spine. Pages printed on one side. Foxing. 13 color engravings. pp. iv, 29, [3], plus [8] advertisements for selected Field & Tuer titles. 18.5 x 14 cm. Early nineteenth century English children's game of command and response. Published as Volume ii of the Leadenhall Press Series of Forgotten Picture Books for Children. Originally published in 1823 by the London houses of Dean & Munday; and A. K. Newman & Co, The Minerva Press. This edition features a four page introduction by Andrew W. Tuer regarding the history of these presses.

[Denver, Colorado]: Garden Home High School, 1941. Hardcover. Good. Gold colored embossed boards with light wear at extremities. Student inscriptions at front of book. Pages show handling and bit of light general soiling. 40 unnumbered pp. 11 x 8 inches. Includes individual portraits of the senior, junior, sophomore, freshman, and 8th grade classes, as well as for the faculty. Also includes group photos (without individual names) for clubs, student organizations, and sports teams.

Portland, Oregon: Reed College, 1945. Soft cover. Very Good+. Robert B. Huffman. Saddle stitched booklet is very lightly bumped at fore edge corners. Clean and unmarked. 33 pages. 15 x 23 cm. The May 1945 Reed College literary magazine (poetry & prose). The Gargoyle was established in 1941 and published at the end of each school year. Contributors: Sally Allen, Lee Forbes Hosford, Edwin Kaye, Roberta Chatfield [m. Shaw], Helen Warga, Mary Wilbur [m. Skelton], Robert Huffman, Shirley Peterson [m. Goldberg; later taught film at Vancouver Island University], Katherine Ware [m. Ankenbrandt], Peter Franz Linde [later a professor at San Francisco State College], Bob Thomas, Michael Bauman, Rae Elizabeth Galbraith [m. Ballard; later in life sponsored the U.C. Berkeley American Academy of Poets College prize as the "Galbraith Memorial Poetry Prize."] The last page provides a very brief biography (one or two sentences) for of each of the contributors.

[Schoorl, Netherlands]: Uitgeverij Pirola, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Light wear and scuffs to boards. Interior is clean. Semi-gloss paper. Many photographic illustrations. 207 pp. 24.5 x 17 cm. One copy noted on OCLC (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Nakomelingen van het echtpaar Johann Jurgen Beins en Margarethe Elsabein Flottmann (dochter Johann Hermann Flotman--im Flotte--en Anna Christina Hocker), gehuwd in 1729 te Versmold in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Johann Jurgen Beins is de stamvader van vier generaties molenaars die voor een deel in Duitsland zijn gebleven terwijl een ander deel zich hoofdzakelijk over Noord-Nederland heeft verspreid.

Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown, pebbled leather boards with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Some rubbing along edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges of text block are marbled. Hinges good. Some foxing and minor soiling to pages. Illustrated plates featuring many photographic portraits. 569 pp. 10.75 x 8 inches. Biographies of 260 residents of Keokuk County, Iowa.

Indianapolis: Genealogical Section of the Indiana Historical Society, 1978. Soft cover. Near Fine. Staple-bound. Clean. 16 pp. 10.5 x 7 inches. Feature article is 5-pages of property research done for District 14, Land Lot 245 (690 Dameron Circle SW) in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Includes a one-page family tree for John A. Lee, who purchased this property in December 1854. The lot is now located just off of Brownlee Road, near I-285, and tucked between the west Atlanta neighborhoods of Mays and West Manor. The author of the article is Ronald E. Raven, who was at the time the Deputy State Records Management Officer for the State of Georgia.

Genesee, NY: The Castlerea Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Book has small bumped spot on bottom edge of front board. Name on ffep. All other pages are clean and binding is very tight. Dust jacket has a little light rubbing at spine edges. Head and tail of dj spine are lightly bumped/worn. A little wear to upper edge of dj. Dj has been placed in an archival quality protective mylar cover. Flat signed by author on title page. Errata slip laid in. 186 pp. The author has lived in the bluegrass region of New York for more than 50 years. In that time, through his work as a veterinarian, he has become familiar with the history of the farms and estates of the region. He has also had experience with the horse breeding, racing, hunting and equestrian sports of the region. Foreword by Martha D. Wadsworth.

London: Marion Boyars, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Crisp and square, would be a near fine copy, but is down graded because the ISBN has been blacked out on the copyright page. Dust jacket heavily rubbed, not price clipped. Back of jacket has a closed tear on the bottom edge that has been repaired with archival mending tissue. 442 pages.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Eight volumes. Books have light wear/bumping to head and tail of spine. Fore edge corners are lightly worn. Faint age toning to edges of text blocks. No marks. Bindings are sound. Dust jackets each have tiny closed tears and chipping along the top and bottom edges. Age toning to spines as well as along the edges. DJ have each been placed in an archival protective clear cover. "Authorized Edition." Published for Review of Reviews. Dates range from 1904 to 1912. Books measure 5.25 x 7.5 inches.

Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards in blue cloth with gilt title on spine and front cover. Small blemish on front free endpaper, else internally clean. No statement of publication date, but likely 1919 or 1920. 23 pages. This short volume consists of an essay written by Lambert Wood for a geology course he took at Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.), which his professor sent to his mother, the notable author Elizabeth Lambert Wood, following his death. Lambert was killed in action while commanding a company during an advance in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, Soissons, France. The first few pages provide an introductory account of his decorated war service, a one-page tribute from another soldier, and a sympathetic letter of condolences written by Lambert's geology professor, Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland. Lambert Alexander Wood (1895-1918) of Portland, Oregon.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1977. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex library book has glue & bookplate/pocket residue on rear fep and rear paste down as well as front paste down. Stamp on bottom and top edges of text block as well as title page. A little wear to spine corners as well as fore edge corners. Pages have no underlining but a little neatly written marginalia. Dust jacket has several diagonal creases on front. A little wear to top and bottom edges of dj. Not price clipped. No library marks or labels on dj. Second printing, 1977. 149 pp.

New York, NY: AMS Press, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Fair. Ex-college library book has bookplate on front paste down. Blind stamps on half-title page and introduction page. A few marks on title page. Pocket & plate in rear. Head and tail of spine are bumped and worn. Rubbing to spine edges as well as board edges. Fore edge corners are bumped. Rubbing & fading on spine where it looks like a call number label has been removed. Some ink underling to pages. Binding is sound. 1965 printing of original 1850 work. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 192 pages.

Strasbourg, France: Friedrich Bull, 1907. Hardcover. Good-. Book has a little wear along the edges of the boards. A little wear to surfaces. Faint warp to upper portion of book. Very neatly written small, hand-written title has been pasted onto spine. Names on second fep as well as title page. Pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. Binding is sound. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 358 Pages. "Funfte verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage von August Kayser's Theologie des Alten Testaments.

Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author. Stated First Edition. Red cloth boards with black lettering. Spine a bit faded; spine ends a bit pushed; small splotch of paint on rear board. Lightly marked price on ffep, else interior is clean. A couple roughly-opened pages in the front-matter (foreword and half-title pages). 197 pages. 8.4 x 5.6 inches. On-the-ground observations while traveling in 1933 through the principle cities of Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary, and including a couple interviews with prominent Germans. His visit to Berlin, recorded in chapter one, occurred not long after Hitler was made chancellor of Germany and opinions on the street are given by the people regarding their internal and foreign policy issues and Hazen gives an impression of the feeling of society and daily life. The second chapter is a long interview with the German Crown Prince Wilhelm, often touching on the events… Read More

Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. E.C. Caswell. Book has a little wear to corners as well as head and tail of spine.Owners name and date of April 21, 1929 on ffep. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dj ha wear to head and tail of spine with a few small closed tears. One small chip along edge of spine. A little edge wear to dj as well as wear to fore edge corners. Light soiling to dj. Dj has been placed in an archival quality protective mylar cover. First Edition (NAP), 1928. 228 pp.