Search Results: Titles starting with G from BookAddiction

London: Macdonald, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 180pp, illustrated with charts, tables and diagrams, indexed. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (boards are strong, square and clean, with narrow strip of discolouration along the upper edge). Internally a hint of toning on prelims and last few pages, else neat and clean. Firmly bound. In its original dust jacket (bumped and browned at edges, creased, short flat tear on rear). Written for mechanical and electrical students enrolled on the first year of the General Course in Engineering City and Guilds course., covering both mechanical and electrical sciences.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 272pp. Laminated printed light card covers. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Sensitive analysis of the thought and intellectual development of the distinguished Labour historian, G D H Cole.

London, UK: Gerald Duckworth, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 76pp, 82 full page black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Endpapers just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has mylar wrapper, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. With a long introduction written specially for this reissue by Quentin Bell.

New York, NY, USA: Henry Holt & Company, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 262pp. Quarter bound in black cloth over grey paper-covered boards, red titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Cocked. Bottom edge of boards sun faded. Text block edges starting to fade. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, light shipping to top edge, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Kinsey Millhone mystery as the lady detective tackles another case.

London, UK: Hodder and Stroughton, 1917. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 226pp. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, black border on front, black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Some soiling on boards, rear board mottled. Spine mottled and faded, ends heavily rubbed with some <1cm splits in cloth. Corners heavily rubbed and rounded with cloth wearing through. Text block edges tanned, bottom edge foxing, top edge dusty. Volume quite loose. Ink stamp and blind-embossed stamp on front free endpaper, water stain around top of rear hinge. Previous owner's name in pen on first blank page. Front hinge cracked, gutters stretched in places. Light foxing throughout.

Scottish Natural Heritage. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Not dated, c. 2020. 44pp. Illustrated card covers (very slightly rubbed on corners). Colour illustrations. Neat, clean, bright and tight. Reveals the heritage and culture of the Highlands through a study of the place-names in the area and the languages they reflect. Square format.

New York, NY, USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. Hardcover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pick, Aubrey (photographs). 256pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Light shelf wear. Internally clean, neat, bright and tight.

London, UK: The Pilgrim Press. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lumley, Savile. Undated. 310pp, colour frontispiece plus six black and white plates. Brown cloth-covered boards, three colour decorations to spine and front. Bumped spine ends and corners. Cocked. Presentation plate on front paste down. Half-title page and frontispiece have 1cm closed tear with a little crumpling. Binding loosening. Internally neat, clean and bright. 8vo.

Kent, UK: Isle of Thanet Gazette, 1953. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated, circa 20pp, extensively illustrated throughout. Stapled booklet in paper wraps (lightly soiled, a little oxidized around staples, booklet has been folded in half in the past). Minor wear to page edges. A pictorial record of the damage caused in Margate by the great storm which affected the east coast of England in February 1953, with brief textual commentary. Oblong, 8vo.

New York, USA: Duffield & Company, 1919. 1st US Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st US edition, first printing (previously published in the UK). 442pp. Inscribed by the author of the front free endpaper, 'Ethel, With the Author's love, August 1919'. In red cloth-covered boards i=with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn and faded, rubbed and rounded at edges, creased over a sunned spine. Internally some faint spotting on first and last few pages, else neat, clean, bright and tight. Brebner was a popular British author of adventure and detective fiction. This is one of his later, and harder to find, titles.

London, UK: University Tutorial Press. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated but likely circa. 1950. 26pp. Printed light card covers, stapled. Shelf wear, top corner bumper. Internally, neat, clean and bright. Translated from the Latin by A A Irwin Nesbit.

London, UK: Hutchinson, 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cameron, John. First Edition. 390pp, eight black and white illustrative plates (inc. frontispiece). Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped spine ends. Top front corners lightly bumped. Top text block edge dusty, all edges starting to fox. Endpapers foxing. Rear gutter cracking. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. A novel of Irish society with much of the action set around the gaming tables. This was the number 6 in the best selling novels list in the US in 1906.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 192pp; black and white photographic plates and in-text illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Boards faded at exposed edges. Lightly bumped spine ends. Endpapers tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Examines the social history of gambling from card games, to horses, pigeons to casino games and also looks at the careers of some of the most famous professional and amateur gamblers of all time including Casanova, Gordon Selfridge and the Aga Khan.

London, UK: Wright & Brown. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated. xx, 21-320pp. Red cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Sun faded spine and covers. Bumped spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan, affecting page margins. Prize bookplate on front pasted down (dated 1937-38). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo.

London, UK: Harrap, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 144pp. Maroon cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Light bump to outer edge. Foxing to endpapers. Page margins tanning. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 0.5cm tear at spine heel, some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price clipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 4to. The fourth part of the Birds of the World Series describes the history, habits and habitat of the many species of game birds. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs.

New York, NY, USA: Harper & Row. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Perl, Susan. Undated (circa 1980s). Pictorial paper-covered boards; fore and bottom text block edges untrimmed; black and white illustrations throughout. 12mo. Lightly bumped spine heel. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, else internally clean, neat, bright and tight.

London, UK: William Luscombe, 1974. 1st Edition 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 124pp. Orange cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. A variety of games and puzzles for those tedious times when the kids are stuck indoors or in traffic.

London, UK: Alexander Moring, 1902. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cruikshank and Others. 360pp, black and white frontispiece tissue-guarded). Illustrated with numerous steel engravings. Blue cloth-covered boards; three colour illustration and titles on front, three colour illustration and gilt titles on spine. Wear to covers. Bumped spine ends and corners, cloth wearing through. Top text block edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and foxing. Binding loose. Missing front free endpaper. Front gutter reinforced with binder's tape. Previous owner's name written into 'This book belongs to' box on front paste down. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring some foxing. No dust jacket. 8vo. From the popular stories of the brothers Grimm. Translated by Edgar Taylor.

Truro, UK: Bradford Barton, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 112pp. Grey printed cloth over light card covers. 8vo. Lightly chipped edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: John Hamilton, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bradshaw, Stanley. 1st edition, 1st printing. [1938]. 224pp, with black and white plate frontispiece and three further black white plate illustrations, publisher's catalogue at rear. In red cloth-covered boards, with bevelled edges and black titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth is rubbed around spine and on corners; corners rounded, the leading corner heavily so, some minor soiling. Text block edges toned. Two previous owners' names on front free endpaper, visible dimples on front hinge, else otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A hard to find adventure story.