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1935D7560London: Faber & Faber 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Publisher's red cloth lettering stamped in blue on spine; in blue dust jacket lettered in red; small 8vo; pp. 142. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly scuffed; cloth split along front joint but holding just fine; some pencilled underlinings. Dust jacket a little soiled; tanned along spine; and chipped along the edges; not price-clipped and in mylar. Sold as is. Three lectures given at University College Bangor in November 1934. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
19359173London: Faber and Faber 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Very good. Gill Eric. 144 pages. 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm. Title page illustration by Gill. GILL 31. Backstrip chipped at extremities. Covers a bit rubbed. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1912222598New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. 1912. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with line drawings in text. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Very good. Small bookplate of Jeffrey Norton on the front pastedown. The first American book on the dry fly. Burns: "A book which helped shape methods and thoughts on trout fishing with a dry fly in America.". F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. hardcover books
1996TB30511Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in blue-gray full leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in four compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. An 12mo measuring 7 1/8" by 4 1/2" with 216 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A bright clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's plates names dates or notations. The Easton Press hardcover books
199634991Norwalk: Easton Press. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. B004BIIJS2 . Collector's edition. Small octavo fully bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt ribbon book mark. Fine. Unused book-plate laid in.; 216 pages . Easton Press hardcover books
1981228931Oxford: Phaidon 1981. hardcover. fine/fine. With many b/w and color illustrations. 287pp. 4to black cloth d.w. Oxford: Phaidon 1981. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> A Cornell/Phaidon Book.<br/><br/> Phaidon unknown books
194560374Montgomery AL: The Committee 1945. First edition a reproduced typescript. 4to. 1 2 9 5 8 6 10 3 pp. printed rectos only. The committee was composed of Gill a physician and state health officer Clark a professor of food hygiene and health and Tucker a nutritionist; it inspected each of the state's prisons Kilby Draper Atmore and Julia Tutwiler women's the state Cattle Ranch and all of its road camps paying particular attention to medical and dental services rehabilitation work and food services and nutrition noting many deficiencies in all areas and making recommendations for remediation in detail. The races were largely segregated but seemed to have shared fairly equally the poor conditions but with African Americans bearing the brunt of the road camp work. The "History of the Alabama Department of Corrections" on that organization's website makes no mention of this report and none of its findings or recommendations are included in the ADOC website timeline. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Some age soiling else very good. Brad-bound at top final leaf with tear at brad. #7545. <br/><br/> The Committee unknown books
1880401565London: John Murray 1880. Second edition inscribed by David Gill. Hinges split; top corner of front free endpaper wanting—despite these faults still a nice copy. 8vo. liv 285 pp. with 32 pp. of ads dated September 1888 bound in at rear. Frontispiece map and with tables and figures in the text.Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and in gilt. Inscribed by David Gill on half-title: "To Annie Maclear/with best wishes/from David Gill/1890 Nov 18". Four-page manuscript poem "In Memoriam" pinned to front free endpaper. An account of Isobel Sarah Black Gill's 1848-1919 life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish astronomer Sir David Gill 1843-1914. The purpose of this 1877 expedition was to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. In his introduction to his wife's book he details the various historical attempts at this same endeavor. Among his many achievements David Gill was a pioneer in the field of astrophotography he photographed the Great Comet of 1882 and he served as the director of Lord Lindsay's later 26th Earl of Crawford private observatory. Also the Carte du Ciel project-an international effort to catalogue and map the stars-was continued largely due to Gill's support. His expedition to Ascension Island was partially funded by the Royal Astronomical Society where he later served as president from 1909-1911. Despite Isobel's claim that the book is an "unscientific account" in Chapter I she wrote a very knowledgeable description of her husband's work which relied upon objects such as knitting needles and lengths of fabric to explain the measuring of astronomical distances and angles. David Gill was once asked if his wife knew anything about astronomy to which he replied "Not a word thank God!" Inscribed to Annie Maclear 1868-1945 the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Maclear 1794-1879 an Irish astronomer known for his work recalculating the dimensions of the Earth and also a friend of David Livingstone. Both Maclear and Gill spent much of their careers in South Africa and both served as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope from 1833-1870 and 1879-1907 respectively. When they first moved to Ascension Island Annie Maclear was one of the Gills' first visitors and became a dear friend. On December 28 1890 in Cape Town South Africa Annie married Harold Jacoby 1865-1932 an American astronomer and an assistant of Gill's. This book was perhaps an engagement or wedding gift as the inscription is dated a month before the wedding. Laid in is a fair copy of a lengthy poem in honor of Maclear entitled "In Memoriam" "Died at Mowbray on the 14th July 1879. Sir Thomas Maclear late H. M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope in his 86th year." that is signed by Gill although her name appears to be misspelled "Isabel". The poem appears to be unique as we can find no mention or trace of it and to our knowledge it remains unpublished. A footnote explains that Maclear was totally blind in his last years and the poem ends appropriately with the lines "The weary eyes that rested here/Preparing for a purer light/Have opened far beyond the stars/And endless day succeeds the night." In a letter to the English mathematician and astronomer Sir George Airy notifying him of Thomas Maclear's death David Gill wrote that though he had only met him a few times he was deeply impressed by Maclear's work and hoped to "produce much valuable metal from the ore which Maclear has collected.". <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1969WRCLIT30941London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1969. Cloth. First edition. About fine in lightly spine-sunned dust jacket. Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press hardcover books
196628970Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. First edition. Previous owner's initials on front free endpaper else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . David & Charles hardcover books
1995150875Tiverton: Cornwall Books 1995. Hardcover. VG- Outer edges of pages are tanning lightly otherwise clean. Blue cloth gilt letters on spine dark turquoise and color illus. dust jacket 118 pp. BW & color illus. "Along with the Trelawnys each of the principal Cornish families has its own fascinating story which forms part of the rich heritage of Cornwall and sets that county apart from its neighbours. This book realtes the history of twenty-two families their houses and estates and describes within the context of national history the part each has played in the politics commerce and the arts of their day. . Here for the first time is an accessible study of the vital role played by the great families of Cornwall in shaping the affairs of the county and the nation studying their ups and downs; their great men and women as well as the odd black sheep." dj. Cornwall Books hardcover books
19131305205Manchester: University of Manchester 1913. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Ex-Library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print tattered corners and spine caps spotting and shelfwear tape across spine for reinforcement; Text block has gilt top edge deckle-edged shaken binding intermittent spine breaks front endpapers torn along spine exposing binding library label on front pastedown spotting to front endpapers library stamp on verso of frontispiece and verso of title page call number in pencil on verso of title page; 412 pages frontispiece folded map folded map after final page 20 page publisher catalog. 1305205. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. University of Manchester hardcover books
1919WRCLIT56797Montreal: Édition du Devoir 1919. Printed wrappers. Portrait. Preface by Albert Lozeau. First edition. Wrappers somewhat nicked and used along overlap edges toe of spine chipped early ink ownership inscription. A good sound copy. Édition du Devoir unknown books
1987702736NY: E.P. Dutton. 1987. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. E.P. Dutton paperback books
1968156749Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles 1968. Softcover. G Covers have moderate aging soiling or foxing; only first page is not clear. Tan paper wraps 71 pp. several duotone illus. Reminiscences of the life and work of English sculptor printmaker and designer Eric Gill 1882-1940 as told by Cecil Gill Beatrice Warde and David Kindersley. Includes a few examples of his work and one view of the artist at work. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles unknown books
1980271605New York. : Wiley. 1980. 1st Edition. Black cloth silver spine title. . A very good copy with no dustjacket. 4to. weight: 2.4 lb. Wiley. hardcover books
199544862NY: Routledge 1995. Paperback. Very good. 192pp index. Tanned overall else very good in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> Routledge paperback books
19781268383New York: Methuen 1978. First American Edition. 4to. 223pp.; VG/VG-; spine teal with gold lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; bumping and chipping to corners head and tail of spine; spotting to text block; price unclipped; INSCRIBED by both authors on second front endpage; shelved photography or front table. 1268383. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Methuen unknown books
1984131008Albany NY: Preservation League of New York State 1984. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with color illustration. 60 pp. Profuse BW illustrations. Based on a film of the same name written and narrated by Brendan Gill for the Preservation League of New York State. --title page verso. Preservation League of New York State unknown books
19816681New York: Harry N. Abrams ©1981. 4to. 160 pp. illus. <br><br>A major "coffee table" book with good text and magnificent photographs. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
197117819New York: Pierpont Morgan Library 1971. Softcover. VG- very slight wear to cover edges. Brown wraps. 52 pp. 64 bw plates. Catalogue by Felice Stampfle and Cara DuFour with an introduction by Brendan Gill. Pierpont Morgan Library unknown books
1973299970New York: Harcourt 1973. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Zerbe. Packed with black & white photographs by Zerbe. 288 pages. 4to 2-toned blue cloth d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> 500 photographs of the young rich and beautiful at play.<br/><br/> Harcourt unknown books
1973241455New York: Harcourt 1973. First. hardcover. very good. Packed with black & white photographs by Zerbe. 288 pages. 4to tri-toned cloth. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. First Edition. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/><br/> 500 photographs of the young rich and beautiful at play.<br/><br/> Harcourt unknown books
1978268230New York: Methuen 1978. First. hardcover. very good/near fine. Color photographs by Dudley Witney. 223 pages 4to green cloth dust wrapper. New York: Methuen 1978. First American Edition. Embossed private library stamp on title else near fine in near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Methuen unknown books
1978121296New York: Methuen 1978. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. Color photographs by Dudley Witney. 223 pages 4to cloth dust wrapper edge-worn chipped and price-clipped. New York: Methuen 1978. First American Edition. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Presentation on flyleaf: "For my beloved Edith and Marty Segal - Merry Christmas! gratefully Brendan." Gill drew a small green and red Christmas tree within the presentation.<br/><br/> Methuen unknown books
