Search Results: Titles starting with G from Pelargos Bookstore, MBS

Pictorial and descriptive tour through creation, illustrative of the wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography and Geology. A new edition, carefully revised. xii+803 pp.+17 engravings on steel h.t. Numerous engravings on wood in-text. 26x18 cm. WM. S. ORR & CO., London, 1852.
--- Three-quarter leather (private binding), with edgewear. Tight binding, all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers, some occasional foxing. Pages are clean from notes or other marks.

1ère édition. 252 pp. 18x12 cm. Éditions Jules Tallandier, Paris, 1932.
--- Three quarter cloth. B&W full page illustrations. Light wear at corners and spine ends. Unmarked.

Zweite auflage, mit 574 abbildungen und 4 farbentafeln. xvi+334 pp. 18,5x12,8 cm. Julius Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, 1925. --- Text in german. Cloth-bound (publishers cloth), with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Richly illustrated. Pages bright and clean.

Delivered by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, on November 19, 1863. 12 pp.+a portrait h.t. 2,1x1,6 cm. Borrower's Press, Ohio, 1983. Printed by hand. Press on 100% rag paper. Limited edition to 200 copies. This is number 148. Signed by J. Bernier. --- Pages bright and clean. Unmarked. A great miniature book.

Edited by Evita Arapoglou. Texts by: Evita Arapoglou, Ian Collins, Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Ioanna Moraiti. 253 pp. A. G. Leventis Gallery, 2017.
--- A publication dedicated to the friendship between three significant figures of the 20th century; the artists Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika (1906-1994) and John Craxton (1922-2009) and the writer Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011). The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which was organised by the Leventis Gallery in collaboration with the Benaki Museum and the Craxton Estate.
This richly illustrated edition contains texts by the exhibition curators, reproductions of works of art by Ghika and Craxton inspired by the places where the three men had lived (Hydra, Kardamyli, Crete and Corfu), thoughts by Leigh Fermor, rare photographs, letters, dedications, as well as personal recollections of some of their friends.
The exhibition was first presented at the Leventis Gallery in Nicosia (February - May 2017), then traveled to the… Read More

With ten illustrations by Percy Tarrant. vi+406 pp. 19x14 cm. W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London, n.d. (c.1930)
--- Half-leather, marbled covers (private binding). Marbled endpapers. Spine in six compartments, with gilt lettering. Light wear to extremities, to hinges and spine ends. Tight binding, pages bright and clean.

A Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation. xxv+289 pp.+91 illustrations, 2 photogravures and 1 plate in colour, h.t. 27x19 cm. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., London, 1911. Ex libris W. E. Stanley Merrett.
--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers cloth). Edgewear and many spots at covers. Top-edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Dedication written on first blank page. Very tight binding, pages clean. No foxing. Many illustrations in the text. Some holes by bookwork (inactive) at the bottom of 10 first pages.
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Volume publié sous la direction d'André Journaux, Pierre Deffontaines et Mariel Jean-Brunhes Delamarre. xv+1883 pp., No 20, NRF, Éditions Gallimard, 1966. --- Full leather (publishers binding). Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.

With illustrations from photographs taken by the author. First edition. 192 pp.+50 photos h.t. R. H. Russell, New York, 1897.
--- Hardcover (publishers binding). Wear at the corners of the covers and the edges of the spine. Discoloration at covers. Top-edges gilt. B&W photographs. Pages bright and clean. Tight binding.

The Story of the Klondike Rush. First edition. Illustrated by Duncan Macpherson. 147 pp. 21,5x14,2 cm. Great Stories of Canada / Macmillan, Toronto, 1954. --- Hardback. Some wear at spine ends. Illustrated endpapers, with some wear and a stamp of previous owner.

1ère édition. 121 pp.+40 ills. h.t. 33,5x25,5 cm. Paris, 1932. Édition numérotée, N.296/400.
--- Full leather (private binding). Spine in six compartments, gilt lettering to second and fourth. Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean. Very tight binding. 32 b&w and 8 colour illustrations (photographs and engravings) h.t. (More photos are available)
--- The French historian and journalist René Puaux (1878-1936) worked for the internationally renowned Parisian newspaper "Le Temps" and was a fervent supporter and advocate of the Greek cause during the Balkan Wars. His reports from the front were collected in two publications, "Dans les Balkans" 1912-13, and "La malhereuse Epire", which was translated into Greek. In 1919 he was sent as correspondent to Asia Minor and on his return journey crossed Thrace and reached Mesolongi. In all he made seven trips to Greece, a country he loved passionately.
In this edition (which was also published in Greek in 1995), he records in an engaging and enthusiastic… Read More

N. Kyparisses, Zalocosta, Al. Philadelpheus, G. Soteriou, A. Hatzimihali. 144 pp. 28,5x22 cm. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 1949.
--- Text in english. Half-cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Light wear at the corners of the covers. Pages bright and clean. Beautiful photos from Greece in '40s.

Black and white photographs by: Y. Papaioannou, Nellys, Biris, A. Ververis, M. Chrousaki, Megalokonomou, Photo United Agency, M.S.A. Captions in english. 28x22 cm. Royal Greek Embassy Information Service, Washington, n.d. (c.1955) --- Some spots on covers. Pages bright and clean. GOOD+

Photographs by D. A. Harrisiadis. First edition. 233 pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode London, 1948.
--- Cloth-bound (publishers cloth). Light edgwear, foxing on free endpapers and a dedication written on first free endpaper. No foxing at other pages. B&W photos h.t.

Lectures. x+175 pp. Oxford University Press, London, 1944.
--- Cloth-bound (publisher's cloth), gilt lettering on spine.

Translated by Irvin Ziemann. 223 pp. Published by Anast. A. Theodhorou, Athens, 1973. --- Cloth-bound (publishers cloth) with dust jacket, which has edgewear. The book is in a fine condition. Richly illustrated with B&W and color illustrations.

And pocket stable-directory; in which the management of horses generally, as to health, dieting, and exercise, are considered, in a series of familiar dialogues, between two Grooms engaged in Training Horses to their Work. With notes, and an appendix, including extracts from the receipt book of John Hinds. Second edition, with considerable additions. xii+298 pp.+ a color plate h.t. 19,5x12 cm. Printed for the author. London, 1830.
--- Cloth-bound. Very sensitive hinges. Wear to the corners of the covers and the spine (see photo). Spine is cracked but repaired. Occasional light foxing. Notes written on endpapers and there is a small piece of newspaper inside front cover.

Copyright edition. 467 pp. 15,3x12 cm. Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun., Leipzig, 1846.
--- Three-quarter cloth binding. Some edgewear and discolouration on spine. Pages bright and clean.

Aquarelles de Marius Hubert-Robert. Ouvrage orné de 175 héliogravures. 234 pp.+6 aquarelles+1 carte h.t. 20,5x15 cm. B. Arthaud, Grenoble, 1930.
--- Light edgewear. Pages bright and clean, unmarked. Edges untrimmed.

Mit 21 karten, 84 plänen u. grundrissen und 55 abbildungen. Siebente auflage. cxc+438 pp. 16x11 cm. Verlag von Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1913. The last edition before World War I, when Egypt was still part of the Ottoman Empire. --- Text in german. Clothbound (publishers cloth) with gilt letters on front cover and spine. All edges marbled, pages clean and bright, colored folding maps h.t. Light wear.