Search Results: Titles starting with N from Quadrant Book Mart

Hamburg: Meiner, 1976. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. In a two-volume set of gray-green cloth boards with gilt titling on front and on a maroon band on spine. Page edges stamped 'Mathematics library'. Pastedowns scarred where bookplates were removed. Bindings are sound. Date stamped on contents page of Schriften and on frontispiece (a photo of Frege) page of Briefwechsel. Text is unmarked. Bindings are sound. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Edited by Hans Hermes, Friedrich Kambartel, Friedrich Kaulbach, Gottfried Gabriel, Christian Thiel, and Albert Veraart. 322 and 310 pp., respectively, including indices. Bibliography of the author's works: v. 1, p. 305-312. Mathematics, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

New York: Maynard Fones. Paperback. Good/None. Inscribed by Artist. Pictorial stapled softcover inscribed by artist, 'Dear Margaret, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed making it. Love, Carolyn.' Quarto. Illustrations by Carolyn Crisci: Line drawings of children in scenes on Nantucket Island, MA, printed on only one side of page.

Prague, Czech Republic: Shalom Neuman. Hardcover. Near Fine+/None. 2018 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Clean and bright pictorial boards. Otherwise, like new. Binding is tight. Interior is unmarked. Quarto. Ships from US. Larger size may require extra postage; any increase will be submitted to customer for prior approval. BOOK INFO: Text by Enrico Baj, Donald Kuspit, Robert Morgan, and Lester Strong. Glossy, clean & bright full-color reproductions throughout, with photos of live events at the end. 'To enter the universe created by New York-based artist Shalom Neuman is to enter a realm of glitzy brilliance, artistic virtuosity, and technological sophistication, tempered by an underlying vision of the world that is anything but upbeat. Neuman calls his work *fusion art,* and it's art with a message. Combining color, motion, and sound into a multidisciplinary, multisensory extravaganza aimed at appealing to more than just the visual sense, it reflects and comments on a contemporary world… Read More

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1845. Hardcover. Poor+/None. Third Edition in textured blue cloth boards with quarter leather and gilt titling. The leather is cracked and worn at ends. Three pieces of medical tape across spine are holding on front board. Residue evident from another previous repair attempt and bits of leather pulled off with the tape on front and back panels. Hand-tinted fold-out map illustrating the route of the Church of Scotland's deputation has 1/2-in. closed tear to edge. A few numbers in marker on rear end papers. Light foxing throughout on borders of pages, and one instance of marginalia in neat script. Not a reprint, print-on-demand or ex-library. INSIDE: 'This work was undertaken...to see the real condition and character of God's ancient people, and to observe whatever might contribute to interest others in their cause...We have had specially in view the people of the parishes of Scotland, feeling it our duty and our privilege, as ministers of… Read More

London: John Murray, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Newly rebound and contents now well protected, with tan leather-look boards, gilt border and decoration on front cover and gilt bands on spine, 8vo. Former owner's book plate preserved by cutout on front pastedown of each. Not ex-library or reprint. Interior unmarked. Letterpress printed on good paper with rough cut page edges, toned nicely with age, foxing on end pages, and only sporadically throughout, (moreso in 3rd vol.) Found one page uncut. Pg. 371 of 3rd vol. has closed tear to edge. Overall lovely and enjoyable to read and turn the pages. Fantastic, fine woodblock illustrations throughout. 450, 564, 527 pp with index. Heber served as the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta until his sudden death in 1826 at age 42. He travelled widely throughout India, working hard to improve the spiritual and general living conditions of his flock, however the arduous duties, hostile climate and lack of attention to his own heath brought… Read More

New York: Negro Universities Press/Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1969. Third Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. Black Heritage Library Collection Brown cloth boards, lightly edgeworn. Ex-library, stamped Withdrawn in red on all page edges. Envelope removed from rear end paper. Rectangular white sticker on front board, bottom corner near hinge. Binding sound. Interior unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Originally published in 1850. With an introduction bby Lucius C. Matlack. The remarkable story of Bibb's escapes and recaptures from his enslavement by a Native American owner inthe deep South. 'From the most obnoxious substances we often see spring forth, beautiful and fragrant, flowers of every hue, to regale the eye, and perfume the air. Thus, frequently, are results originated which are wholly unlike the cause that gave them birth. An illustration of this truth is afforded by the history of American Slavery...From the soil of slavery itself have spring forth some of the most brilliant… Read More

Unknown Publisher, 1890. Hardcover. Fair/None. Forest green cloth boards stamped in black and gilt titling, 'Album, Scenery at Natural Bridge, VA' with very light edgewear and rubbing to spine heel and top rear edge. Binding is two-hole punched, tied with broken cord. Pages are toned, about every other one heavier (the photo pages) and some thin and fragile; one of these (pg. 7) worked itself loose. Interior unmarked. Oblong 8vo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 ins.) BOOK INFO: The park, history, titles and land grant, and natural setting of the Natural Bridge. Text pages framed in red. With B&W period photographs. VIRGINIA, NATURE, NATURAL WONDERS, SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Library, 1986. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Signed. Publication / American Philosophical Society Library ; no. 11 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Yellow pictorial softcover with black titling on front and spine; edges a bit softened at extremities, and rear cover has 3 tiny brown impression marks with some rubbing/reddish staining (see photo). Spine is faded but uncreased. Interior and text are unmarked. Small quarto. (7 x 10 ins.) Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'In the early modern period, natural history was a covering science which included every aspect of nature--plants, animals, rocks and minerals, geography, and climate, as well as human beings and their behavior. This bibliography includes works on all these topics, running in time from the Cosmographicus Liber of Peter Apianus...to the 1770 translation of Per Kalm's Travels in North America. In choosing a cutoff date of 1770, I have attempted to… Read More

Justarip. Paperback. Near Fine-/None. Signed/Inscribed. Glossy blue pictorial softcover. Light crease on front cover. Interior is unmarked and binding is sound. Inscribed by Riker. Signed by both Riker and Scott. 'The Nature of Beyond is a visual and textual foray by artist and poet in the nature of beyond and those varying degrees between dream and reality. Through juxtaposing artwork with poem, the journey begins with the simple haiku of a single bird singing and how his simple song affects the world and finishing with the essay of a mysterious package at the local post office emitting small chirps calling from beyond. It is the hope of the artist and the poet to guide your search through these pages to find your own personal nature of beyond. Wherever it leads and whatever the discovery, may you enjoy the journey.'

London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. C. D. Broad, Litt. D. In original dustjacket. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Tidy, black cloth boards with gilt titling and banding on spine. Binding is sound. Front pastedown is scarred where a bookplate was removed. No indication of ex-library, though. Interior is unmarked. Edges of priceclipped dustjacket are toned and softened; spine is suntanned and scarred at the heel where a sticker was removed and someone inked in the letters missing from 'Cambridge'. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: First published 1921. See photos for Table of Contents. 'In this work I propose to consider what can be determined as to the characteristics which belong to all that exists, or, again, which belong to Existence as a whole. I shall also consider what consequences of theoretical or practical interest can be drawn from these general characteristics with respect to various parts of the existent which are known to us… Read More

Chesapeake, VA: Harris Connect, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Navy blue boards with gilt titling on front and spine and gilt insignia on front, with square corners. Interior is clean and bright. Black textured end papers. Quarto. Includes a list of past presidents, glossary of codes (for highest military award, branch of service, and most recent profession) and alphabetical directory of members. Also a corporate member listing. With a blank page in back for handwritten updates. navy league yearbook; Navy League contacts; Navy League annual

Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1984. Paperback. Good/None. Orange softcover with black and white titling on front cover and black titling on spine, lightly edgeworn and with dark toning at upper front corner. Interior unmarked. Binding is sound. Small quarto. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: An International Journal of Innovative Theory in Psychology. Contents (on back cover) include: On the limits of research; Stability and change in science; Paralytic epistemology, or the soundless scream; Determinism, free will and self-intervention; Psi phenomena and the Rosenthal effect; Interpersonal expenctancy effects and psi: Some communalities and differences; The reality of psi; The subject-object division in language acquisition and ego development; The polyglot mismatch and the monolingual tie...the meaning of numbers and...words. With book reviews of Popper and After: Four Modern Irrationalists; Beyond Universals in Cognitive Development; Morality in the Making: Thought, Action, and the Social Context.… Read More

Carlsbad, NM: New Mexico Potash Industry, 1965. Paperback. Good/None. Pictorial staplebound pamphlet, toned and wrinkled at spine heel and bottom corner. Back cover creased. Stamped with Potash Co. of America and address on front. Page corners are softened. Text is unmarked. 5.5 x 8.25 ins. BOOK INFO: Potash, its use, history, importance to NM and development as an industry in the state. Illustrated in B&W. ephemera

Arlington, MA: Louise T. Reynolds, 1969. Paperback. Good+/None. Toned cream-colored staplebound softcover with red titling on the front, moderately soiled and lightly edgeworn, (please see photo). Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. 8vo BOOK INFO: Includes B&W photos and illustration. Contents: Castro, Cane and Communism by Henry Wallace; In the UN We Trust by Julia Edwards; Stories: The Sapphire Door and The Fight Against Hope; plus poetry, art, criticism and reviews. According to a 1977 New York Times article by John Soto, Louise Reynolds supported this fledgling magazine by working as a secretary during the day. This is an earlier edition of the journal published 3 times/year, if she was lucky.

New York: Republic Publishing Co, 1916. Paperback. Poor+/None. Rare. Gray publishers boards with black titling on band across front and spine. Front cover has closed tear (1 in.), small drip stains, soiling, and is detached; first two end papers halfway so. Rest of the spine cover missing; title band still intact but hanging off spine and attached to rear board. Rear board detached from spine with an interior horizontal closed tear and crease, 2 ins. . Small quarto, (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ins.) BOOK INFO: A sample of liberal opinion in the U.S. from 1914 to 1916, as evinced in articles culled from the New Republic. World War I

Halbert's Family Heritage. Paperback. Very Good/None. Charcoal gray softcover with gilt titling and illustration on front. Binding is sound, and spine is uncreased. Interior is clean and unmarked. Quarto. Genealogy of the Combs family.

New York, NY: New York Zoological Society, 1908. Paperback. Very Good-/None. Book of B&W period photographs of animals and buildings, (26 leaves printed on one side), bound with red ribbon. Pages are toned with age. Each photograph is captioned. Pages are toned with age. Oblong 7.25 x 5.25 ins. Introductory single, double-column page provides an overview of the Park.

New York: E B Treat, 1872. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Fair-/None. Rare First Edition. Tan cloth boards with black embossed border and titling, 8vo., with wear to spine ends and corners. Spine sunned. No indication of later printing. Pencil owners' names on ffep, which has a 4-in. chunk torn out of upper corner. Otherwise unmarked. Binding sound. Light foxing in margins. A Library of Information, Pertaining to the great Metropolis, past and present, with Historic Sketches of Its Churches, Schools, Public Buildings, Parks and Cemeteries of its Police, Fire, Health and Quarantine Departments of its Prisons, Hospitals, Homes, Asylums, Dispensaries and Morgue and all Municipal and Private Charitable Institutions. Rev. J. F. Richmond, five years city missionary in New York. Illustrated with upwards of 200 Engravings.

New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Handsome blue softcover; spine is uncreased, and edges are softened. (No DJ). Former owner's blindstamp to title page. Interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. Oblong quarto, 11 x 9.5 ins. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: Catalogue of the exhibition at the Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York, November 4 to December 13, 1997. With a frontis of the artist before one of his works. Illustrated in 40 glossy, full-color reproductions. With three essays: From Ravenna to the Twentieth Century by Dominique Astrid Levy and Simon Studer; Les Pays se dressent en ateliers... by Anne de Stael; Sur un rouge de Nicolas de Stael qui peut egalement etre dit blanc by Andre du Bouchet. 'For de Stael, life was a compelling and intense experience which he struggled to convey in paint. His letters are passionate with his… Read More

UK: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2016. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Pictorial softcover; spine is uncreased. (No DJ). Interior is clean and unmarked. Oblong small quarto, 10.5 x 9.25 ins. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: This catalogue was printed on the occasion of the exhibition Nicolas de Stael held at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 1018 Madison Avenue, New York, May 2-May 31,2013. Laid in are a large gallery card and one-sheet on the exhibit. Frontis full-length photo of the artist. Illustrated in 11 vibrant, full-color reproductions. 'You look at a painting by Nicolas de Stael with the eyes of a child because you are learning a new language.' -from the text by Michael Peppiatt. 'It is with great pleasure that we present our second exhibition of Nicolas de Stael's work; the first took place in 1997 which was not only the gallery's inaugural exhibition but also the first show of Stael's work in New… Read More