Titles starting with N from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. xii, 281 pages of text. Cream colored rough linen binding with nautical designs stamped in blue on front cover and spine; minor browning to spine. Protected in a matching fleece-lined slipcase, which is moderately worn but intact and attractive. Illustrated by Kent with full page and in-text woodcuts. Page edges are untrimmed. This is a special edition, limited to 100 un-numbered copies, with a one page printed poem and woodblock on Japanese vellum inscribed and signed b... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999 [viii], 194 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by the author "For Henry Reuss [Henry S. Reuss] who made so much of this writing see well. With affectionate best [signed] John G.". Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Near fine condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Paris: E. Le Heley, 1900 50 plates, accompanied by printed descriptive tissue guards. Blue leatherette binding, with gilt front cover decoration of an eagle perched upon the name of Napoleon. The spine has been inexpertly repaired with masking tape, as well as the front inner hinge. All page edges are gilted. Minor browning to outer edge of margins, and paper is somewhat brittle, but not chipped. Heliotypes by E. Le Heley. Published at 73, Rue Claude Bernard, 73 in Paris, with no publisher listed. No... more information

Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1913 viii, 516 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Illustrated by in-text diagrams. About a dozen pages have blue pencil underlining and/or notations. First edition.. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

London: Hakluyt Society, 1849 vi, xx, 260 pages of text. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and sunning to spine, with chips to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated in black & white with three maps and one plate containing facsimiles of signatures. First Series, No. 5. Both of the folding maps are torn with no loss. Minor foxing scattered throughout text, wi... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. xiv, 178 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with two tears and slight soiling on rear panel, one small scuff of front panel; protected in archival mylar. Contains: Dymer; Launcelot; The Nameless Isle; The Queen of Drum. Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963).. First American edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1789. vi, ix-xii, 171 pages of text, followed by iii index and [i] errata; complete as issued. Illustrated by a large fold-out map and 17 plates. The date of publication is neatly handwritten at the bottom of the title page; previous owner's stamp twice on the title page and bookplate (circa 1910) on front pastedown endpaper: Henry Von Wackerbarth. Several light pencil notations in the margins. Rebound (circa 1910) but the leather is chipped, rubbed and worn, and would gr... more information

London: Printed for Law and Whittaker, 1818. [xii], 180 pages of text. Library copy, bound in the original boards which are moderately worn, with linen tape repaired spine. Intact and functional, but in need of rebinding. Library label at bottom of spine, and library bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Title page and dedication page with five numerals handwritten at the bottom margin, and stamp to top and bottom edge of closed pages, which are the only markings in the text. Complete with 16 v... more information

London: John C. Bishop, 1852 xvi, [17]-453 pages of text, with [2] pages of advertisement following text. Original hardcover blind stamped cloth; spine chipped and plastic taped; outer hinges cracked and chipped; inner hinges plastic taped. Co-author F. Daumas. Illustrated with a folded map. Contains previous owner marks. There was a Capetown edition issued in 1846. Mendelssohn I, p49-50. Travel, Africa, Missions.. First English edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition. Small octavo (8vo). ... more information

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1970 xxii, 768 pages, of text. Red hardcover cloth binding with decorative black and gilt lettered spine labels is bright and crisp; imperfections limited to minor bumping to several corners. Price-clipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with thirty plates, eleven of which are in color. Four large folding maps in rear pocket, titled 1) Route from York Factory to Isle a la Crosse, 2) Fr... more information

Huntingdon, Quebec: The Gleaner Book Room, 1915 185 pages of text, followed by [iv] pages including a poem and publisher's advertisement. Maroon hardcover cloth binding with moderate soiling and shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a black & white frontispiece showing the interior of a settlement home. A few pages with small tears or creases in margins, but an intact and attractive copy of this uncommon publication.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. O... more information

London: Printed for S. Baker, G. Leigh and T. Davies, 1768 [ii], viii, 257 pages of text. Hardcover binding; green cloth spine with hand-lettered title label, with marbled paper-covered boards. Binding is rubbed at the extremities, with moderate shelfwear, including darkening and fraying of spine. Ilustrated with a frontis depicting the scene of a shipwreck. Text is slightly shaken, with several loosened pages. Moderate to mild foxing scattered throughout text, and one page with small tear in the margin (no... more information

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955 [x], 84 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is moderately darkened on spine, with a small chip, several tears and creases, and slight shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains a small card "with the compliments of The Fund for the Republic.". First edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: National Register Publishing Co., 1951. [iv], 164 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear, including a tiny bump to one corner. No dustjacket. Text is clean and unmarked. Organized by state. First edition. This is apparently the first attempt ever made to register the practitioners in the field of interior design. Included is a four page prospectus for the book and two applications for inclusion.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8... more information

Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1967. 155 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear. The pages are moderately and uniformly browned from age. The text is clean and unmarked. Front cover design by Lothar Reher.. First edition. Paperback. Very good- condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. xii, 359 pages of text followed by [viii] pages of reviewer's comments. Original hardcover binding is heavily worn and soiled, with moderate darkening and fraying; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Several pages with minor soiling, and a few pages with small creases at the corners. Signed and inscribed by Richard Wright on the front endpaper "To Robert Edward Jones with best wishes Sincerely [signed] Richard Wright 7/5/40." Previous owner's (t... more information

Toronto, ON, Canada: W. J. Gage Limited, 1968 357 pages with index. Minor shelfwear to pictorial hardcover cloth binding. No date of publication; circa 1968. Illustrated by A. E. Ingram.. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842 [vi], 96 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with 50 engraved plates, of which the first three are finely hand-colored. Bound in modern (circa 1980) full leather, in excellent condition. New endpapers. Title page slightly soiled and spotted, but remainder of text and plates are nearly immaculate. Title continues "...Synonyms, Indexes and other Additional Matter by J. O. Westwood." The second edition and revised edition of "Epitome of the Insects of China.... more information

London: Printed for the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 1792 The first five volumes of an edition that eventually became 16 volumes, published from 1792-1813. These five volumes are bound in two matching hardcover red leather bindings with modern gilt lettering on spines. Illustrated with 179 plates, of which the vast majority are hand-colored; the few that are not are engravings of microscopic organisms. Volume I: published in 1792; 80 pages of text, followed by [vii] pages of index and errata; illust... more information

London: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick Lane, 1743 The complete seven volume set of this monumental work. Published over a span of approximately 20 years, this publication yielded 362 beautifully hand-colored images of birds and quadrupeds of remarkable detail with intense color quality and accuracy. "Uncommon Birds": Four parts bound in two volumes. Full leather binding (measures 29.3 cm or 11+1/2 inches in height) is overall intact, with most hinges nearing separ... more information