Search Results: Titles starting with G from Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB

London: Sotheby's Belgravia, 1979. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good+ copy.. 141 pp. Illus. with color plates and b/w photos. Sm. Sq. 8vo. 289 items described. Sale code: WISDOM.

Washington, D.C.: Pan American Union, 1958. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ copy, minor soiling on wrappers.. frontis, 90 pp. Sm. 4to. Four essays of her work and a bibliography of her work: Recuerdo de Gabriela Mistral by J. Marín; Gabriela Mistral; aspectos de su vida y de su obra by J. Uribe Echevarría ; Alabanza de Gabriela Mistral by R. Helidoro Valle; Las ideas americanistas de Gabriela Mistral by J.A. Mora; Los escritos de Gabriela Mistral y estudios sobre su obra by N. Albanell y N. Mango.

Habana: n.p., 1959. First edition. Stapled self wrappers. A very good copy, chip to corner, fold throughout, leaves browned but clean.. 11 pp. Sm. 4to. Special issue devoted to publication of the First Agrarian Reform Law of Cuba (Ley de reforma agraria) signed into law on May 17, 1959. It confiscated all properties over 420 hectares and re-distributed them. Prior to the enactment of this law nearly 80% of Cuban land was owned by foreign, primarily American, companies. In many quarters, domestic and foreign, the law was quite unpopular, though supported by the peasantry.

Habana: Imp. del Gob. y Cap. Gral por S.M., 1897. First edition. A very good copy, folded, with small tear along fold and some tiny chips to the edges.. Broadside. [31 cm. x 45 cm.]. Replacement of General Valeriano Weyler (1838-1930), known by the Cubans as the Butcher of Cuba. Weyler was named governor of Cuba in 1896 when rebellion was at its height with the charge to suppress the insurgency. Like those before him, Wyler was at first unable to successfully combat the guarilla tactics of the rebels, but soon began a policy of establishing "reconcentration camps," in which the local populace had to relocate or be subject to execution. By the end of 1897, Weyler had relocated more than 300,000 and cut the rebels off from their supporters. But "although he was successful moving vast numbers of people, he failed to provide for them adequately. Consequently, these areas became cesspools of hunger, disease, and starvation where thousands died. Weyler's reconcentration policy had another important… Read More

Lipsiae: In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1886. Fifth edition. Cloth. Boards starting at the ends, spine worn with small chip, pencil notations about history of text on first blank, a few blanks with the odd pencil notation, binding tight, text clean, a good solid copy.. [149] - 410 pp. 16mo. Interleaved with bound in blanks at each page for notes. Retains original pagination from the larger text. Gais Elements of Roman Law in Latin.

Paris: Libreria de Garnier Hermanos, 1863. First Spanish Language edition. Publisher's dark green cloth, heavily decorated in gilt, violet, green, orange, and red; all edges gilt. Boards rubbed, extremities worn with minor loss, hinges starting, small booksellers label to front pastedown, remnants of tissue guard on frontis, owner's name stamped in blind on title, small puncture to top margin of first few leaves, scattered toning, contents lightly foxed and soiled, but clean overall.. 404 pp., [3] pp. Illus. with 12 engraved portraits with tissue guards. 4to. Contents: Margarita, reina de Navarra; María Estuardo; Madama de Motteville; La duquesa de Montpensier; Magdalena de Scudéry; Madama Enriqueta, duquesa de Orleans; Madama de Sévigné y Madama de Maintenon; Madama de Caylus; La duquesa de Borgoña; La duquesa de Maine; Madama de Lambert; Madama Necker; Madama Geoffrin; Maria Antonieta; Goethe y Bettina; Madama Recamier; Madama Emilio de Girardin; Madama de Tracy; Eugenia de Guerin; La duquesa… Read More

Paris: Libreria de Rosa y Bouret, 1858. First Spanish Language edition. Publisher's black cloth, paneled in blind, heavily decorated in gilt, violet, green, and red; all edges gilt. Forecorners worn, joint split at head and tail of spine, contents toned and foxed, but overall clean and very good.. 351 pp., [1] index. Illus. with 18 engraved portraits with tissue guards. 4to. "...escrita por los señores d'Araquy, Dufayl, Alejandro Dumas, de Genrupt, Arsenio Houssaye, Miss Clarke; retratos dibujados por G. Staal grabados en acero por los primeros artistas ingleses." Includes: Laure de Noves; Mademoiselle de la Vallière;Isabelle de Castille; Cléopatra, reine d'Egypte; Catherine II; Juana de Arc; St Cécile;Marguerite d'Anjou (d'Araquy); Aspasie; Héloise; Lucrèce; Marie-Thérese d'Autriche; Jeanne Gray; Valentine de Milan; Sapho; Pocohontas; Miss Nightingale. Quite popular.Issued in French by Garnier Frères the same year. Reprinted in 1862, and 1870. OCLC locates only three copies of this first… Read More

Valparaiso: Imprenta del Universo de Guillermo Helfmann, 1901. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands. Chip to front board near spine head, joints and spine scuffed, boards edgeworn, scattered foxing, but still very good.. 358 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Gustavo Acosta C., ed.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine (as new) in a price-clipped dj that is otherwise pristine.. 184 pp. Illus. by Virginia Powell. 8vo. A warm, affectionate introduction to the gardener's world by the author of "Sissinghurst: the Making of a Garden."

[New York]: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First editions. Cloth. Front boards faintly stained at fore edge else very good or better, owner's name on half-title of Vol. I, binding tight, leaves bright.. xxii, 464 pp.; xxi, 444 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, drawings, and plans. Folio. Includes many rare and interesting gardens such as that of painter Thomas Cole. Covers Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, California, and sections on fences and enclosures.

Warren [Ohio]: n.p., 1880. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy with minor soiling.. 4 pp. 8vo. Republican campaign document refuting a lack of support for Garfield with statistics. OCLC locates eight copies under two accession numbers.

Shimonoseki: Nishi Nihon Kyoiku Tosho, 1973. Orange paper-covered boards. A fine copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.. 131 pp. Illus. with 51 color drawings with facing captions and 1 two-page color map. 4to. "Book of the Castle Town Hagi." A collection of evocative watercolor drawings by Mitsuomi Furudate of this medieval castle town, the birthplace of the Meiji Restoration, still filled with preserved 17th c. wooden samurai buildings, and the center for pastel-glazed ceramics, Hagi-yaki. Inscribed by Yoshijuro Kikuya, the then mayor, to Robert Shaplen, the long-time correspondent for the New Yorker magazine. Text in Japanese.

(Buenos Aires): (Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos), 1811. First edition. Disbound in three original quires. A very good copy, old stitch holes, very faint numeral 7 inked to top margin of title page.. [127 - 145] pp. 8vo. The Gazeta, in its current form, started in 1810 with the May Revolution, was written by Mariano Moreno, and was intended to support the Junta, as well as describe events in Argentina and other neighboring countries and from Europe and the Americas. The issues with 'Extraordinaria' in the title were outside the normal publication, and issued without numbers. So important was the publication that the government ordered it read aloud at chapels after mass. The government was fluid, and Moreno was shoved aside by Cornelio Saavedra and the clergyman Gregorio Funes, who organized a second revolution that took place on April 5th and 6th. Whereas the May Revolution had been a revolution of the urban bourgeoisie, of the "decent people"- the merchant and intellectual elite, the April… Read More

Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universidad Catolica de Chile, 1966. First edition thus. Reprint. Paper wrappers. Very good, unopened (uncut) copy, wrappers edge worn, minor soiling, library stamp on verso of front wrapper, contents browned, one closed tear to margin, otherwise fine.. 317 pp. + 1 folding. 8vo. Volume X of the series issued by the Biblioteca Nacional "Coleccion de Antiguos Periodicos Chilenos".

Santiago de Chile: Instituto Geografico Militar, 1958. First edition thus. Reprint. Paper wrappers. A very good- copy, partially unopened (uncut), with taped label across spine, rear wrapper nearly detached, leaves browning but clean.. 524 pp. 8vo. Volume VII of the series issued by the Biblioteca Nacional "Coleccion de Antiguos Periodicos Chilenos".

New York: The Grolier Club, 1985. First edition. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy.. 109 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Sinclair Lewis issue.

Philadelphia: Printed for the author, T.K. and P.G. Collins, printers, 1836. First edition. Full calf. Rear board detached, front board and initial leaves nearly detached spine defective with top quarter lacking, the remainder brittle and cracked, binding still solid, scattered foxing, leaves crisp and unmarked. A useful volume despite the missing map.. xii, 102, [2], 801, [1] pp. (last page blank), [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 23 cm. Illus. with 68 b/w maps in text. 8vo (23 cm.). Lacking the folding frontis map. Sabin 27997. Amer. Imprints 37747.

Beijing: Cultural Relics Publ. House, Wen wu chu ban she, 1990. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers, over plain card boards. Wrappers scuffed, contents about fine, overall a very good copy.. 33, [246] pp. Illus. with 202 color plates with facing descriptions. In Chinese, English & Japanese. Catalog at the first the exhibition of archaeological finds; further exhibits led to three further catalogues issued in 1992, 1993, and 1997.

n.p.: Private Printing, 1902. First edition. Removed. Near fine, tiny hole at center fold. 1 sheet. 21 3/4 x 17 inches folded to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. 21 3/4 x 17 inches. The table removed from a book of the same name.

South Norwalk, CT: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1950. Paper wrappers. Minor shelfwear, else fine.. 52 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w photos. Sm. 4to. Cover Title: " Munsell Genealogy." Frontis portrait of Joel Munsell (1808-1880) and image of family coat of arms. Kaminkow 12354.