Authors starting with N from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

New York:: John Wiley & Sons,, 1944.. Third Edition. Hardcover. Sixteenmo, almost 7 inches tall, in red cloth. 499 pages. Mathematical tables, geometry, laying out curves, etc. Two previous owner names on the front endpaper along with a geometric figure. Otherwise clean and sound. Note that this is very thin wartime paper. The covers have modest edgewear and rubbing. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1982.. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in quarter green cloth on beige paper covered boards. The author's first three novels published in one volume for the first time in the United States. A nice copy, bright and clean with just a bit of edge wear. The jacket has some light extremity wear with a tiny loss of material at head of spine, and some light soiling as well. ... more information

Denver:: W.H. Kistler Stationary Co.,, 1935.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in blue cloth decorated in gilt. 533 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings. Very nice production on coated paper with some nice photographs of early aircraft. This covers virtually every engagement of Colorado based military personnel in the stated period starting with the Colorado Volunteers' activity including Glorieta Pass and Sand Creek. Regarding Sand Creek, the author's a little wishy... more information

Boston:: Smith & McCance,, 1910.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.25 inches tall, in gilt decorated blue cloth., all edges gilt. 413 pages illustrated by photographs. Not strictly a unit history, this book discusses the activities of those Massachusetts men who responded to the initial call for defenders by Lincoln in April, 1861. Lots of portrait photographs of the soldiers, some side by side with the same people in 1910. Interior clean and sound but for some underlining and margin notes... more information

New York:: Random House,, 1965.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in red cloth. 498 pages. The basis for the movie of the same name starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, etc. A clean, bright, sound copy with light edgewear and a spot of soiling on front cover. The jacket is price-clipped but otherwise complete, without tears. The rear panel shows minimal soiling and there is very light edge wear. ... more information

Philadelphia:: J.B. Lippincott,, 1958.. First Edition. Blue cloth. Library marks on spine, foredge, endpapers, title page; pocket in rear. ... more information

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1985.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Clean crisp copy of the book. Jacket has minor extremity wear but no chips or tears. ... more information

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1988.. First Edition. Wraps. Slight wear and rubbing; spine slightly sunned with significant loss of color at bottom of spine. Publisher seal on front cover. NFS stamp on bottom edge. ... more information

New York:: Viking Press,, 1982.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in quarter black cloth on black paper covered boards. 192 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF TITLE PREFACED BY THE RECIPIENT'S FIRST NAME. The author's extraordinary first novel concerning the lives of contemporary black women. Made into a television movie by Oprah Winfrey. Bright, sound and unworn but for some minimal edge rubbing. The jacket is price clipped and it has a touch of wear to the head of spine, but o... more information

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press,, 1988.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in white cloth titled in gilt on a black field. 367 pages. Review copy with press release laid in. Rivera's reports in Spanish and in English translation. Bureaucratic detail showing the level of control being exercised by the Spanish in its far flung outposts. Clean, bright and soundly bound. The covers have very light soiling. Lacking jacket although we have some doubt one was issued. ... more information

New York:: Farrar & Rinehart,, No date.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Originally published in Germany in 1930 and apparently in the U.S. the same year. Square octavo, about 8 inches (20 cm) tall, in red cloth decorated in black. Unpaginated but about 200 leaves with illustrations on rectos only. A graphic novel, an impressive one, telling a story of social realism of the era in detailed cuts (apparently lead, not wood). Beronä, Wordless Books, p. 93-97 ("a pioneering work in the develop... more information

London:: Society of Antiquaries of London,, 1974.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, about 11 inches tall, in red cloth. 270 pages plus 27 photographic plates at end, with figures and drawings and foldouts.This volume reports the investigations of a first century A.D. Roman villa and bath which flourished until destroyed in the fourth century. Both book and jacket are bright, crisp and unworn. ... more information

New York:: Harry N. Abrams,, 1994.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. First published in Vienna in 1992. Large quarto, just over 13 inches tall, in bright yellow cloth stamped in gilt. 288 pages with 370 illustrations including 135 color plates. An excellent monograph on the influential turn-of-the-century artist. The jacket blurb calls this "the definitive presentation of his exotic, ornate paintings, his dramatic and spontaneous drawings, and the extraordinary milieu which fostered his gift." ... more information

New York:: Harry N. Abrams,, 1982.. First Edition. Hardcover. Large, slightly oblong, quarto, about 12 by 11.75 inches, in brown cloth stamped in copper gilt. 243 pages with 154 illustrations including 59 color plates. A very impressive book with detailed drawings and paintings of 8 species of big cats including the Snow Leopard and Clouded Leopard. The copy is clean and sound inside but for a scrape to the edge of the front endpaper. The covers have minor extremity wear and a spot of soiling to the ... more information

Chicago:: Reilly & Lee,, 1908.. Later printing ca. 1925. Hardcover. 16mo,. less than 7 inches tall, in olive drab cloth with a color pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Unpaginated, about 50 pages with 16 full page color illustrations and several other illustrations in black and white, elaborately illustrated endpapers. This volume also includes "Robinson Crusoe". This is the ninth volume in the publisher's "Children's Own Books" series (which was originally called &q... more information

New York:: Knoedler Publishing,, 1981.. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, LIMITED EDITION, #444 OF 1000 COPIES. Large folio, about 17 inches tall, 13 inches wide, with imprinted acetate jacket that is, as usual, adhering to book covers stripping some color in horizontal lines from the cover illustration. The jacket is also a bit undersized or perhaps it is shrinking. Otherwise a clean, bright and soundly bound copy with an otherwise undamaged jacket. The original shipping box is included... more information

New York:: Quadrant Press,, 1982.. First Edition. Softcover quarto, about 11 inches tall. White wraps illustrated with color photographs. 96 pages illustrated with photographs and a map. A pictorial history (the pictures being mostly modern) of the development of rail transportation between Washington DC and Boston (through Philadelphia and other points in between. Major emphasis on the Pennsy and the New Haven. Minor edge wear, but otherwise clean and sound. ... more information

New York:: Whitney Publications,, 1956.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12.25 inches (31 cm) tall, in fuchsia cloth titled in white with an interesting blind stamped design on cover. 190 pages including a thorough index. An interesting pictorial with extensive captioning showing objects of mid-century design in retail and museum settings. The book is clean, bright and sound with previous owner embossing stamp (an architect's license) on the front endpaper. Covers have modest edge wear th... more information

Missoula MT:: Boone and Crockett Club,, 1990.. First Edition. Hardcover. A first of this periodical publication. Squarish octavo, about 9.25 by 7.25 inches, in red cloth decorated in gilt. Book shows no sign of wear or damage. The jacket has a hint of edge wear and two tiny closed edge tears. ... more information