Titles starting with G from Rulon-Miller Books

London: by E. H. and W. H.. 1689. First edition, sm. 8vo, contemporary paneled calf; joints starting, modest rubbing and wear, but in all a good, sound copy, with the engraved bookplate of William Constable, Esq., F.S.A. & F.A.S. Contains an Etymologicon Onomasticon; or an etymological explication of the proper names of men and women now commonly used, coming from the Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Also with an unsigned Preface and a Saxon alphabet. Drawn primarily from the Etymologicon of Skinner, this usefu... more information

London: by E. H. and W. H.. 1689. First edition, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, red morocco label on gilt- decorated spine; rehinged, modest rubbing and wear, but in all a good, sound copy, with the original blank leaf [A1]. Contains an Etymologicon Onomasticon; or an etymological explication of the proper names of men and women now commonly used, coming from the Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Also with an unsigned Preface and a Saxon alphabet. Drawn primarily from the Etymologicon of Skinner, this useful and intere... more information

Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1886. Third edition, revised, square 4to, 53 double-p. genealogical trees of houses and families from England, Scotland, Germany, France, the Border Countries, Italy, the Spanish Peninsula, the kingdoms of central and northern Europe, Christian dynasties in the east, together with supplementary lists (popes, Turkish sultans, caliphs, etc.). ... more information

Philadelphia: printed for private circulation only. 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. [vi], 141; covers soiled, extremities rubbed, lower joint cracked, spine ends chipped to level of pages; good or better in printed pink boards. Presentation copy from author to Minnesota Historical Society. Lyrics translated into English; no texts in German. Ex- MHS. ... more information

London: Longman, [et. al.]. 1861-1868. 5 (of 8) volumes, royal 8vo; ex-library copy with usual markings, some pages slightly browned, hinges cracked in vol. III, extremities and spines rubbed, some spine ends chipped and cracked, covers slightly scuffed, else good in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over black paper-covered boards or dark blue cloth. The first three volumes contain extracts from the historical works of Gerald du Barry, a Welsh noble and churchman of the twelfth century. He attempted ... more information

Hannover: Carl Rumpler. 1856. Second edition, the first under this title; 8vo, pp. xxvi, 127; very good copy in contemporary black cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. Issued as the seventh volume in the publisher's Horae Belgicae series. The first edition appeared in the same series with the title Niederlandische glossare des xiv und xv jahrhunderts nebst einem niederdeutschen, in 1845. Not in Vancil. 4 copies in NUC. ... more information

London: printed for Dan. Brown [et al.]. 1707. First edition, 8vo, [8] & unpaginated lexicon in double column; contemporary paneled calf, red morocco label on spine, sprinkled edges; imperceptibly rebacked, with original spine laid down; spine a little scuffed, else a very good, sound copy. "The first English dictionary to make any considerable use of woodcuts; the next development in this respect does not appear until 1727, when Bailey in his Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II, i... more information

London: W.J. and J. Richardson. 1803. Small 8vo, pp. [8], 139, [1]; mid 20th century calf-backed marbled boards; very good and sound. Alphabetically arranged throughout. Uncommon. ... more information

New York & Lon.: Encyclopedia Britannica. c1933. Imperial 8vo, x & 98pp., 70 plates; very good in tape-repaired dj. ... more information

London: W.H. Allen. [1893]. First edition, folio, pp. xvii, [3], 387; 48 "photo-mezzotype" plates, 16 "chromo" plates in color, and a large folding map; a few other illus., maps and tables in the text; orig. full blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover; half-title browned from endpapers, some rubbing of extremities but overall a very good copy. The first comprehensive scientific account of one of the world's greatest natural wonders, and the first systematic photographica... more information

Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health. [1957]. First edition, 8vo, pp. v, [1], 80; 4 full-page portrait illustrations in the text; original light green stiff paper wraps lettered in blue; ex- library copy with call number on front wrap and a few other markings in the text, otherwise very good. "Prepared for the First International Congress of Neurological Sciences, Brussels, Belgium, July 21-28, 1957" (title-page). ... more information

Ringkjobing: A. Rasmussen. [ca.1956]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 168-[169]; map of Greenland, many illustrations throughout text, mostly photographs; slight wear and tear on jacket, else a near fine copy. Describes the geography, government, people, culture, industry, technology and science of Greenland in the mid-1950's. ... more information

[Guadalajara: Edicion de la camara nacional de comercio e industria de Guadalajara conmemorative del cincuentenario de su fundacion}. 1938. Quarto, 47-[49]pp., 50 mounted photographic plates; the text and plates are loose, laid into original quarter green cloth folder in matching slipcase, the extremities of which are showing wear and beginning to fray, generally very good. The plates portray examples of the colonial architecture of Guadalajara. ... more information

London: for the author by Trubner. 1877. First edition, imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 604; list of subscribers; very good and sound in orig. blue cloth, paper label on spine; ex-MHS. ... more information

London: for the author by Trubner. 1877. First edition, imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 604; list of subscribers; text in double column; cloth split along front joint, paper label on spine chipped, all else very good and sound in orig. green cloth. ... more information

Glasgow: Caledonian Press. 1951. 8vo, pp. [1a]-9a, [1], xxxvi, 470; orig. red cloth, spine faded, else very good. ... more information

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence. [1985]. First trade edition, 8vo., fine in like jacket. ... more information

London: printed for J. Dodsley. 1774. First edition of this translation by Richard Graves, 12mo, pp. xxiii, [1], 192; a very good copy in later dark brown calf and marbled paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine, the binding firm though the front joint is rather rubbed. Della Casa (1503-1556), born near Florence and educated in Rome and Bologna, was a true "Renaissance Man": academician, orator, archbishop of Benevento, poet, and author of several prose works. Written at the request of Gal... more information

Paris: chex l'editeur. 1838. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 173, [5]; engraved frontis and 120 engraved plates (some with multiple images); slightly later full green morocco, fancy gilt border on covers, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt- lettered in 1, marbled edges; with the 1843 ownership signature of Eliza Tiffany; some spotting of the prelims, else a near fine copy throughout. 2 copies only in OCLC. ... more information

Lvgdvni Batavorvm: ex officina Elzeviriana. 1629. Second edition (correcting errors in the first edition, also published 1629), 24mo, pp. [12]. 443; handsome engraved title-page; ex-library copy in contemporary Dutch vellum with yapp edges, title in manuscript direct on spine, adhesive label at lower spine, purple stamps on title, p. 215, and p. 443 (letterpress nonetheless legible), mss. library notes on dedication page, and contemporary ownership signature in the bottom margin of title; the vellum soiled ... more information