Search Results: Titles starting with G from Quadrant Book Mart

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Cornell publications in the history of science Rust-orange cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine, cloaked in chipped glassine covers. Two handsome volumes in matching cloth-covered slipcase. Bindings are sound and interiors unmarked. Quarto. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in a B&W frontispiece reproduction depicting the paths of visual rays (in Volume 1) and of the eyeball with description (in Volume 2). 'These two volumes contain the first complete translation into English of Galen's treatise 'On the Usefulness of the Parts'. The only other translations of the entire work into a modern language of which I am aware are two into French, one by Jacques Dalechamps (Lyon, 1566) and the other by Charles Daremberg (paris, 1854-1856). Since the… Read More

Turin: Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Pictorial with blue softcover. Spine uncreased. Binding is sound. Interior unmarked. Glossy pages, each illustrated with color reproductions. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Beautiful pieces of the 19th and 20th century from the City of Turin, Gallery of Modern Art, (GAM).

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Co. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. Red cloth board with a tiny bit of wear at extremities. Black titling and border on front and spine, with an embossed black and gilt checkerboard on the front. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. A group of pages dogeared at the bottom, (269-288). Pages are lightly toned with age. Undated. 16mo (4.5 x 6.5 ins.) BOOK INFO: By all the greatest players and composers of the world. To which is added a special section of bridge position problems, by the late W. J. Wray, Halifax. The whole interspersed with notes on the positions by Joseph Gould. With an appendix, containting corrections and improvements of play, compiled by J. Richards, Penzance. Includes index.

Ottawa, Canada: Ottawa-Hull Chapter NPPAC. Pamphlet 11x8.5. Very Good/ No DJ. lower corner of rear cover is dog-eared. Includes a detailed map of Gatineau Park (45x17.5"") in near fine condition except for 3/4"" tear to left edge. A proposal for maintaining the wilderness area near Quebec describes its biology, geology, forests, aquatic environments and plants and animals, along with political and human histories, and offers land use ideas, including education, recreation and management policy. The area remains under debate in the 21st century.

Frankfurt/Main: Verlag Das Musikinstrument [Vorwort 1963, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 1962 Light green cloth boards with tan titling on front and spine, lightly toned at around extremities and spine. Sewn binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Lacking dustjacket. Slender, small 8vo., (6 x 8 3/8 ins.) Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 70 p. 22 cm.

Halle: Richard Muhlmann's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1897. Hardcover. Good/None. Dark brown to black gilt decorated cloth boards. Not ex-library or reprint, 18mo. Repeated fleur-de-lis decorated end papers. Gilt page edges. Pages clean and lightly toned. Barest foxing and attractive purple bookseller stamp on title page.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good/None. Black cloth boards with gilt titling and Oxford crest on spine; spine tail also bears handwritten library numbers. Binding is sound, though book opens out flat at title page. Contents page bears stamped date in black. Text is unmarked. Page edges are toned and pastedowns are scarred where bookplates were removed. 8vo. BOOK INFO: See associated photos for Table of Contents image. 'Bibliography of J. L. Synge': p. [257]-265. Includes Author and Subject Indices. 'Almost as impressive as his geometrical insight are Synge's freshness in his approach to mathematical physics, his logical penetration, his command of language, his love of paradox, and his wit.' (-from the Introduction by Werner Israel, Felix Pirani, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh.) Table of Contents: Lanczos, C. Einstein's path from special to general relativity.--Balazs, N. L. The acceptability of physical theories: Poincare? versus Einstein.--Ellis, G.… Read More

US: Springer, 1980. Ex-Lib. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Perspectives in Mathematical Logic Series Yellow cloth boards, toned along upper edge and lightly soiled. Interior is clean, and text is unmarked. Front pastedown is scarred where bookplate was removed. Title page blindstamped Cornell Univ Library. Rear fep ink stamped/dated. Binding is sound. 8vo. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'The aim [of this book] hs been to give a unified and coherent account of the many and various parts of general recursion theory.... The exposition is organized around a main core which is reasonably complete. This is the general theory of computations. But the main core flowers into a number of side branches intended to show how computation theories connect with and unify other parts of general recursion theory. Here we are less complete and proofs may sometimes be more in the nature of a comment on the basic ideas involved. In the main body of the text and in an Epilogue we have tried to point… Read More

New York: Harper & Bros, 1941. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. The Rise of Modern Europe Rare in this condition. Black textured cloth boards, blindstamped border and medallion on front cover, with gilt titling on spine, 8vo., barest wear to top corners. Top page edges are lightly soiled. Rough cut page edges. Binding sound. Interior clean and unmarked. NOT ex-library. BOOK INFO: Edited by William L. Langer. With prelim section of 62 illustrations 'drawn from unusual sources and specially chosen by the author.' Industrial, railway and hospital photos with other historical photos of works of art, cartoons, historical figures and artists.

W Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2009. Paperback. Like New/None. Perspectives on writing 2009 Glossy green and white softcover with green titling; spine is uncreased. (No DJ). Interior is clean and unmarked. Thick 8vo. Photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Genre studies and genre approaches to literacy instruction continue to develop in many regions and from a widening variety of approaches. Genre has provided a key to understanding the varying literacy cultures of regions, disciplines, professions, and educational settings. GENRE IN A CHANGING WORLD provides a wide-ranging sampler of the remarkable variety of current work. The twenty-four chapters in this volume, reflecting the work of scholars in Europe, Australasia, and North and South America, were selected from the over 400 presentations at SIGET IV (the Fourth International Symposium on Genre Studies) held on the campus of UNISUL in… Read More

Bridgeport, CT: Sacred Heart University, 1982. Paperback. Good+/None. Cream colored staplebound wraps, toned with age, with personal letter from the editor laid in, written to Lonnie, a presenter at a Princeton summer seminar, and dated Aug. 22, 1984. Interior clean and unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: A publication intended to compile works and criticism of Herbert, (3 April 1593 ? 1 March 1633), the Welsh-born English poet, lyricist and Anglican priest, 'and in general stand as a convenient meeting place for those interested in Herbert.' Articles included in this issue: 1. Church History in 'The Church'; 2. The Problem of Circularity in Herbert's Wreath; 3. The 'Season'd Timber' of Herbert's 'Vertue'; 4. A Note on Herbert's 'Coloss. 3.3'; 5. John Swan's Adaptation of George Herbert's 'Man'; 6. Henshaw, Venning, and Bates: Quoters of the Bible or of Herbert?; 7. Review: George Herbert and the Liturgy of the Church of England by… Read More

Boston: Bedford / St. Martin's, 2012. Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. Bedford Series in History and Culture Bright pictorial softcover-binding sound and spine uncreased. Bottom corner bumped. Mild water damage to half title page, above which inscription reads, 'Oct. 2013 For Andy with best regards, Mike Baylor'. Some light pencil marginalia. 8vo. Baylor explores the relationship between the Protestant Reformation and the Peasants' War, a massive rebellion of German commoners that challenged the social and political order in what would prove to be the greatest popular rebellion in European history until the French Revolution. He examines the centuries-long debate over whether and how the two upheavals might be connected. Period letters, sermons, pamphlets and illustrations give firsthand accounts from the reformers, rebels, and targeted institutions. Includes document headnotes, maps, chronology of events, questions to consider, selected bibliography, and index. Peasants' War,… Read More

Frankfurt, Germany: Lothar Woeller Press, 1950. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. White cloth boards with gilt titling on front and spine, lightly soiled/toned. Undated. Large octavo. Binding tight and square. Interior clean and unmarked. Light foxing to a few pages. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: With charts, maps, porcelain marks, 4 color and 5 B&W photographs tipped in, and 174 B&W reproductions. Includes index of illustrations, bibliography, glossary and index. Collector explores the history and production of porcelain with a chapter devoted to basics for the beginner collector, including appraising, identifying forgeries, and Things Not to Do. ""Although the author states that his book is written mainly for people who are starting to collect this kind of porcelain...he can pride himself that his publication is helpful in every respect and informative even to the connoisseur and so-called expert."" (from the introduction)

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 1978. Paperback. Good/None. White pictorial softcover with dogeared upper corners. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. 6 x 6 inches. Revised edition. 25 towns described and indicated on a map. Includes an index of New Mexico ghost towns--by county--not shown in the book. 30 p. : map ; 15 cm.

John Wanamaker, 1913. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Red cloth boards with gilt border and titling on cover and spine, 8vo., lightest edgewear. Prelim page viii loose, vi-vii missing, strange, because binding is sound; Otherwise Very Good. Gilt upper page edges. Interior umarked. Pages 189-192, previously uncut, were separated, leaving a tiny chip on one. Pictorial DJ worn at edges and toned. Dedication of the New House of Business, Jubilee Year, 1911. President Taft's dedicatory address, pubic, merchants' and private tributes; New features and progress of the store with musical events and reprints of editorial written about the store; Inner Life of the Store, Education and Well-Being of Employees. Appendix of a brief chronological review of the business with special reference to the erection of the new building in Philadelphia, an an Addendum on the store's introduction of the Parcel Post. William Howard Taft

New York: Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Updike on FFEP. Mustard-yellow quarter cloth boards with silver foil titling on front and spine, lightly rubbed at extremities and spine faded. Minor flaw of a slight bump to rear upper edge. Binding is tight. Interior is bright and clean, and text is unmarked. Glossy pictorial, green-orange-yellow plaid, priceclipped dustjacket. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in B&W cartoons. 'Golf is neither work nor play [Updike] asserts: 'Golf is a trip.' He lyrically confesses, 'In many weathers inner and outer amid many a green and winding landscape, I have asked myself what the peculiar bliss of this demanding game is, a bliss that at times threatens to relegate all the rest of life...to the shadows.'...… Read More

New York: Vantage Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Signed. **SIGNED/INSCRIBED**on front pastedown. Burgundy boards with gilt titling on spine. Ends of spine and corners show wear. Adhesive residue on front from attempted tape repair by former owner to dustjacket. DJ marked in pen under author's name, ""classmate at Easton High."" Interior clean and unmarked. Binding is solid. From endflap: ""Here is a richly authentic picture of the lives of Pennsylcania Dutch families in the 1870s and 1880s, a work of fiction that vividly re-creates all the atmosphere and color and feeling of a way of life now vanished from the American scene.""

Irvington, NJ: Old-Fashioned Gospel Hour, 1936. Paperback. Fair+/None. 1936 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Brown pictorial softcover with black titling (and a small drip stain) on front, worn at extremities and detached from spine. Binding is sound, just need backstrip/cover glued back on. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. Some mustiness. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Includes two B&W photos the choir and 'views in the studio'. A collection of songs like: How Tedious and Tasteless; Bringing in the Sheaves; I've Been Washed in the Blood; There's Music There; Onward, Christian Soldier; Battle Hymn of the Republic; and Faith of Our Fathers, the signature hymn of the Old-Fashioned Gospel Hour. 'In response to numerous requests a Gospel Hour Hymnal has been compiled. It has been a privilege to broadcast the Gospel of Jesus. The ever increasing volume of mail attests that the testimony has reached enormous audiences.... This book has been compiled to include… Read More

Zinatne, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Latvijas PSR Zinatnu Akademija Fundamentala Biblioteka Brown and white pictorial boards. Binding tight. Interior clean and unmarked. Errata laid in. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Science of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic and the library of the fundamentals. 32-page section of B&W photos. Latvian history

US: Thames & Hudson, 1981. Presumed First Edition, none other stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Light blue cloth boards blindstamped with dolphins/water symbol on front, gilt titling on spine. Bottom edge narrowly sunned. Clean, unmarked and tight. All page corners square. Bottom edge of glossy pictorial DJ curling up a little. Oblong 8vo. BOOK INFO: Fables have been illustrated with humans in animal guise, but nothing like these drawings had been seen before Grandville published in the early 19th century. Grandville satirized the follies of politics and society through birds, elephants, rhinos, and beetles dressed and speaking like humans, yet observed with the sympathetic eye of a naturalist. These brilliant, evocative images became the rage of Paris. Among the B&W drawings, this collection includes 23 full-color illustrations from his two major works, illuminating one of the most dazzling talents in the history of illustration. (-abridged from the introduction by Bryan Holme)… Read More