Search Results: Titles starting with G from The Country Bookshop

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1965. Scratch and wear on front cover.. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Portland, Maine: Gannett/ Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1946. Book has presentation bookplate from Gannett Maine Papers on front fixed endpaper; near Very Good condition with bright, marbled covers. Interior is Very Good, well printed on high quality paper. Comes in slip-case which has former owner's personal bookplate on front and is worn at the extremities. Book illustrated with two color portraits. "Published for those whose friendship and close association have meant so much to William Howard and Guy Patterson Gannett." 17 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, 1795. 8 pages, printed on 2 sides of one large sheet, uncut (as issued). No date but definitely circa 1795 or earlier. Contains words of the songs and has a rough woodcut illustration on the front. Paper is thin and shows through in places, also some foxing. Quite scarce. [loc=office]. Pamphlet. Good/No Jacket as issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, 1795. 8 pages, printed on 2 sides of one large sheet, uncut (as issued). No date but definitely circa 1795 or earlier. Contains words of the songs and has a rough woodcut illustration on the front. Paper is thin and shows through in places, also some foxing. Quite scarce. [loc=office]. Pamphlet. Good/No Jacket as issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1929. Cloth. No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 376pp. Two hundred illustrations: photographic plates and drawings. Guide to antiques, encompassing the historical events leading to their evolution as well as the time and place of creation. origins and eras from which they came. Very good condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Norman OK: University of OK Press, 1954. 314pp. Depression's impact on agriculture which threatened US economy. Peck devoted his efforts to the farm parity movement, putting farming on an equal footing with other economic groups. Card on ff end paper, "With the compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Slight rubbing at corners, otherwise very nice condition. Jacket rubbed at folds, minimal chipping at edges. Book plate taped into front cover. [loc-agriculture]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo - 9¾" Square.

New York: Simon and Schuster/MOMA, 1957. 240pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Overview of the achievements of German artists over the last 50 years. Book faintly faded at top edge; otherwise bright and clean. Jacket shows slight overall soil. [loc=Art/countries and styles]. Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good (see descr.). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Some wrinkling of top and bottom edges of pages, as from high humidity perhaps, otherwise Very Good. Heavily illustrated with color and b&w photos. 142 pp.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, DC: Department of the Interior, 1947. Reprint of 1920 edition. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bulletin #95. 2 inch tear at back. 1 1/4 inch tear at bottom of spine. Curling at front corners. 754 pp.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bulletin 95.

Lexington, KY: U/Press of Kentucky., 1988. Chips at top of DJ.159 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

San Francisco: The Pioneer Press., 1923. Book in Good condition. Hardcover. First edition, containing signed letter from the author. 315 pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: New Directions, 1949. This bi-lingual edition is limited to 3,000 copies. It is dated April, 1949. This is a rare copy signed by Whicher. The "dust jacket" is a clear vinyl cover on which is printed the title and author [which are not printed on the actual hard cover beneath). The vinyl has an inch long cut in the upper front. All the printing can be read quite clearly. The front free endpaper (on which the author's signature appears) has been browned because of some type of paper which probably resided there for a time. Otherwise the book is Very Good. Rare to find a signed copy of this nicely produced effort from New Directions.. Signed by Author/translator. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Phila, London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1929. 357pp. Gonococcus is examined closely, along with the modes of infection, diagnosis, treatment, hygiene and related disorders. Photographs and drawings. Generally good condition with significant edge and corner wear; some soil and small marks on boards.. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. 1/2 inch tear at back top corner of jacket. First full biography of this folklorist who founded the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, studied with Francis James Child, and was a pioneer in field research methods and technology. 263pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986. 2 pen marks on front cover of jacket. First full biography of this folklorist who founded the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, studied with Francis James Child, and was a pioneer in field research methods and technology. 263pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press., 1964. Texas Folklore Society Publication XXXII. Ranges from straight folk tales to a Folksong and Folksong Scholarship Symposium by "five men eminent in the field of folk music". Also, essays: on "Freud's Myth of the Primal Horde"; on the folklore of the South and racial discrimination; on the social customs of which O. Henry wrote in his Texas stories; and on different versions of the origin and nature of woman (plus on those of Texas stream names). 274 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press., 1964. Texas Folklore Society Publication XXXII. Ranges from straight folk tales to a Folksong and Folksong Scholarship Symposium by "five men eminent in the field of folk music". Also, essays: on "Freud's Myth of the Primal Horde"; on the folklore of the South and racial discrimination; on the social customs of which O. Henry wrote in his Texas stories; and on different versions of the origin and nature of woman (plus on those of Texas stream names). 274 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

La Fayette, IN: The Echo Music Company, 1897. 146pp. Songbook with words and music. Contains military songs, old war songs, campfire selections, plantation melodies, with a section for funeral and memorial songs and services. A classic collection. Pages are intact, although cover is loosening from staples holding spine. Shows wear. corners chipped off. Some soil on covers. Inside of book in Very Good Condition. Readable covers. Soft Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1898. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Illustrated with pen, pencil, and camera, by Mrs. J. Stewart Smith." Partial contents: Sanct Geilie-Grange: Its Historical and Ecclesiastical Associations; The Lands and Manor-Place of Granege; The Dicks of Orkney; The Lauders of Lauder and Bass: As Warriors; The Castle of Bass; Lady Bass and the Lauders of Tyninghame; The Baronets of Fountainhall; Relugas. Covers wearing/rubbed, especially extremities of spine, which has a 1 1/4" tear in top edge along back hinge (otherwise book is in Good condition). 427 pp. [loc=scotland]. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Amsco Music Publishing, 1965. Paperback. Near fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160pp. 144 American songs, old and new, with melody lines, text, guitar and banjo chords, tuning instruction and bibliography. Songs of love, work, Westward expansion, blues, murder, drinking, Revolutionary War and Civil War. Clean and bright. [folk mus. oversized]. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.