George W Gilbert (287 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 21pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 16 drawings, including 2 full-page plates, and a small map of Nicaragua, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLII, #6, October, 1891. From the opening paragraph, "In the last days of 1848 a number of young Yale graduates, bound together by almost brotherly friendship and the intimate association of long years of school and college life, were suddenly seized with a longing to join the throng that from all parts of our country was working its way by every known and unknown route to the newly discovered gold-fields of California." Housed in protective mylar report cover. Gilbert Gaul, A. B. Davies, W. Taber, J. A. Fraser, George Wharton Edwards, (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 98 clean, unmarked pages. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1975 PUBLICATION; light foxing of inside covers, endpages and edges; o/w in good condition. Book.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 76, No 15, pp. 3437-3444, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Good in a Brodart Co. 0801514088 The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Generously illustrated! The dust jacket is protected by a clear, plastic, cover. Illustrated in Color & B&W Photographs (illustrator).

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). 113pp ISBN 08015140963 Although dated, this is a most useful companion to Gilbert's essential classic, COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHICA: The Images and Equipment of the First Hundred Years of Photography. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. complete issue, clean text, some overall wear consistent with age WHST4.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. VG++, December 1936, clean & tight, no map, mild bump at top corner- still square, no markings, a very nice issue.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition/Volume 5, 1983. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 5, 1983 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. No dust jacket. Mort Rosenfeld, Paul Henry, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Jeffrey Terreson (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Senior Art Editors); Angelo Perrone (Associate Art Editor); George Calas, Jr., et al. (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Acceptable. 172 pages. 11.5 x 8.75 inches. Unusually large format. No publishing date appears, might be 19th century. Lacks the binding, except of last leaf, the pages are in good shape. The last page detached and chipped with damgae to it's very bottom inch and the last bass line of accompaniment of the very final line of the work. First signatures almost detached.…

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 20, No. 109. Cover art by Salter. Includes "Author in Search of a Character" by Phyllis Bentley; "And the Birds Still Sing" by Craig Rice; "The Inspector Had a Wife" by Charles B. Child; "The Jinx Man" by Stuart Palmer; "The Point of Honor" by Thomas Flanagan; "Man Who Voted for Ulysses S. Grant" by MacKinlay Kantor; "Going My Way?" by George Harmon Coxe; "A Matter of Timing" by Victor Canning; "Mrs. Oliphant Deceased" by Michael Gilbert; "The Sheriff Decides" by Roark Bradford; "Morte D'Alain" (First) by Maxey Brooke; "The Creative Impulse" by W. Somerset Maugham; "Detective Directory" by Robert P. Mills; "Index to Volume Twenty". A little soiling; edge and corner wear with dings, small tears and losses; mild tanning; musty. Book.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd printing; green pictorial c; lite wear at spine/tips; scratch along front edge; illustrate4d end papers; owner's name; 295 clean, unmarked pages+ 2 pages ads. B&w Illus (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. early, not 1st printing; green pictorical c; lite wear at spine/tips; 295 clean, unmarked pages+ads. B&w Illus (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Good No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages with light reading wear. Wrappers are soiled with handling wear, edge wear, scraped area on lower back, chipping at top of spine. Contents: Shiras, Wild life of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Moore, Cosmopolitan Shanghai, key seaport of China. Life along the central China coast. Forbes, Macao, "land of sweet wadness." Miniatures of Macao. The Society's special medal awarded to Amelia Earhart. Ellison, Shark fishing - an Australian industry. Many advertisements. 10.0" tall. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding, clean and bright interior. Wrappers are yellow and white, with light shelf wear including tearing and wear at spine. Contents: Long and Roberts, Journey into troubled Iran. MacMillan, Far north with "Captain Mac." Allen, Duck hunting with a color camera. Atwood, The eternal flame--natural gas. 10.0" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, small amount of writing on front, and light shelf wear. Pages clean, off-white. Contents: Kane and Locke, New Orleans: jambalaya on the levee. Long and Roberts, Malaya meets its emergency. Hall, Vézelay, hill of the pilgrims. Hoogstraal, South in the Sudan. Jaeger, Poorwill sleeps away the winter. Many advertisements, including a full-page Coca-Cola ad featuring a woman in military uniform on back of wrappers. 10.0" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Binding sound. Pages clean, off-white, with vertical creasing on last several pages. Wraps are lightly worn at spine with handling wear and soiling overall including small amount of writing on front, vertical crease on back. Contents: Sixteen engravings of winter scenes. Davis, The Removal of the North Sea Mine Barrage. Harris, Skiing Over the New Hampshire Hills. Gleason, inter Rambles in Thoreau's Country. Smith, Where the World Gets Its Oil. 10.0" tall; 103 pages.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Wrappers are yellow and white with general light handling wear and minor edge wear at top and bottom of spine. Pages clean, off-white. Contents: Gilliard, New Guinea's rare birds and stone age men. Joseph Fletcher, Three months on an arctic ice island. Long, Eyes on the China coast. Kinney, Stwart, and John Fletcher, Washington's historic Georgetown. Chappelle and Chapelle, Report from the locust wars. The Society's Hubbard Medal awarded to Commander MacMillan. Full-color Coca-Cola ad on back of wrappers. 10.0" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Pages clean, off-white. Wrappers have wear on spine, overall handling wear, soiling. Contents: Vosburgh, Flying in the "blowtorch" era. Long, Stewart, and Fletcher, Sea to lakes on the St. Lawrence. Palmer, Sisson and Fletcher, "Delmarva," gift of the sea. Colton, Mapping the unknown universe. 10.0" tall. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Pages clean, off-white. Wrappers soiled, worn at spine, with writing at top of front and small sticker remnant on top front corner. General handling wear. Contents: Davis, The removal of the North Sea mine barrage. Harris, Skiing over the New Hampshire hills. Gleason, Winter rambles in Thoreau's country. Smith, Where the world gets its oil. Many advertisements. 10.0" tall.…

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Inside front and back hinge has cracked but remains intact.

Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine except for a crease down the middle. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The Spring 1986 issue of Photographica/Journal (Vol. 3, No. 2), the magazine produced jointly by the American Photographic Historical Society of New York and the Photographic Historical Society of New England, with: Jack Naylor on camera collecting in Russian; the re-opening of the Preus Photo Museum by Leif Preus; John W. Lersch writes about a spectacular mahogany and brass World War I aerial camera; a look back at the 1976 Photo-Trek from Cincinnati to Times Square; Bradford Washburn on photographing Mount Everest; exhibition and book reviews; and much more. Edited by Jack Naylor and George Gilbert. Staple-bound self-wrappers; 16 pages; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 11 inches.…

Magazine. First edition. Near Fine magazine with hints of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The October 1994 issue of Photographica (Vol. 23, No. 4), the magazine for the members of The American Photographic Historical Society of New York, with: a profusely illustrated article by Robert W. Soel on Nadar; Weston J. Naef on handcrafted photographs, 1898-1914; a recap with pics of the summer picnic gathering; a spread of newspaper cartoons poking fun at press photographers, 1935-1941; Jack Naylor's photographica collection is acquired by the Japanese government; exhibition and book reviews; and much more. Edited by George Gilbert. Staple-bound self-wrappers; 16 pages; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 11 inches.…

Magazine. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a small stain to the front and light signs of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The October 1993 issue of Photographica (Vol. 22, No. 4), the magazine for the members of The American Photographic Historical Society of New York--their 25th anniversary edition, with mostly reprinted items of note from earlier editions, some current news items, and a history of Niepce and the first photograph by Robert W. Soel. Edited by George Gilbert. Staple-bound self-wrappers; 16 pages; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 11 inches.…