Search Results: Titles starting with I from Goodbar Books

Spine is tight, bust has a slight curve and some light, cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Light shelf-wear. Lewis, whose eclectic career also encompassed a horror novel, The Witch and the Priest, and a Norse mythology–themed children's book, The Ship that Flew, offers a work of historical fiction that features a signature Roy Carruthers oil-painted cover illustration depicting a serenely distorted Bloody Mary. 510 pp.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gently bumped corners. Areas of very light creasing and rubbing to the covers, but no other notable wear. Hard to find in such nice shape. Agel (producer) and Fiore (designer) are the same creative team behind The Medium Is the Massage, and this unique presentation of Fuller's techno-utopian ideals is in some ways even more adventurous than the better-known McLuhan book. Although Fiore was trained in traditional bookmaking techniques, including papermaking and hand lettering, he later began engaging in design experiments that presaged the relentless but often choppy information flow of the internet. This book is a great example—an aphoristic barrage, accessed at any point, expressing Fuller's concept of dymaxion (a portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension): 'I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process—an integral function of the universe.' Two fragmentary texts, one printed in black and the other in green, run counter to one… Read More

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner stamp to the inside front cover. Areas of rubbing to the covers, but no other notable wear. Hard to find in such nice shape. Agel (producer) and Fiore (designer) are the same creative team behind The Medium Is the Massage, and this unique presentation of Fuller's techno-utopian ideals is in some ways even more adventurous than the better-known McLuhan book. Although Fiore was trained in traditional bookmaking techniques, including papermaking and hand lettering, he later began engaging in design experiments that presaged the relentless but often choppy information flow of the internet. This book is a great example an aphoristic barrage, accessed at any point, expressing Fuller's concept of dymaxion (a portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension): 'I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process an integral function of the universe. ' Two fragmentary texts, one printed in black and the other in green, run counter… Read More

Spine has some moderate to heavy wear, but saddle-stitched binding remains sound overall. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of rubbing, light creasing, and very gentle edge-wear to the covers. Incredible example of mid-century industrial design, jam-packed with vivid full-color photos. 29 pp. Oversized.

Tight, square spine. Former owner bookplate to front pastedown, name written to front flyleaf, and stamp to half-title. There is heavy edge-wear and rubbing to head and foot of spine, but gilt stamping remains bright. Some bumped corners and edge-wear to the boards, but nice solid copy overall. 779 pp. Oversized.

Former library book with a catalog card and pocket (Queen of Angels Priory, Mt. Angel, Oregon) tipped into inside back cover. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. A small area of heavy rubbing to the cover, as well as some light creasing. 86 pp. Spirituality.

A reprint of the 1878 Edgar Williams & Co. historical atlas map. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner label to the title page. Some areas of light rubbing and very gentle edge-wear to the wraps, but in lovely shape overall. 104 pp. History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some toning to the end-sheets and light edge-wear, but no other notable wear to the book. Jacket has some light to moderate edge-wear. Includes lots of B&W figures and illustrations. 154 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Nice tight, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Minor shelf-wear. Price to back cover has been blacked out. Frontispiece by Salvador Dali. Scarce. 121 pp. Poetry/Art.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very gentle shelf-wear to the book. There is some edge-wear and rubbing to the jacket, and its hinges have been reinforced with tape at the head and foot from the inside. Includes B&W plates and map-printed end-sheets. 223 pp. Natural History.

Clean, unmarked interior except for a blacked-out price to the copyright page. Saddle-stitched binding is sound. There is a stamp and a blacked-out price to the front cover, as well as a turned corner at the foot. Light shelf-wear otherwise. Scarce. Spirituality/Esoterica.

Inscribed by Harjo to the half-title: 'For Rita—in beauty/Joy Harjo 10/93'. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Light wear to the covers and a very small area of soiling to the fore-edge. William Carlos Williams Award sticker to front cover. Cover art by June Quick-to-See Smith. Cover design by Kachergis Book Design. Author photo by Paul Abdoo. 65 pp. Poetry.

Jacket design by Miriam Woods. Clean, unmarked pages. Tight spine. Very minor edge-wear to cover. Former library book with pocket adhered to back fly-leaf; blacked-out stamps to title page, flyleaf, and fore-edge; and Mylar-protected jacket that has been taped to book and has call-number sticker adhered to spine. Includes a variety of B&W plates. 213 pp. History.

Spine has a lean and front hinge is in early stages of separating from the interior, but book as a whole remains readable and sound. Pages are unmarked, but there are a few small areas of light soiling. Some areas of fraying to a few corners of the boards, as well as the head and tail of spine. Stamping to spine is faded. Wonderful two-color title page featuring a Hamlet epigraph. Two-color 'decorations in color by the Decorative Designers.' Beautiful cover featuring an Egyptian winged sun and fantastic decorated initials, both credited to Bertha Stuart. 184 pp. Fiction.

No copyright date stated, but appears to be 1960s/70s. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very minor shelf-wear. Jam-packed with monochrome plates. 29 pp. History.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Former owner stamp to the front cover. Minor shelf-wear. 'A Series of Publications Relating o the American Aborigines'; 'List of Publications'. 36 pp. History.

Book is in lovely shape, with tight, square spine and very little shelf-wear. Clean, unmarked interior. There is some rubbing and very light chipping to the jacket. Beautifully designed book with boards covered in turquoise cloth, and spine printed in silver and black. Lots of nice B&W illustrations, as well as B&W and full-color plates. 208 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Spine is tight, but has some sunning, creasing, and a slight curvature. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light shelf-wear, including xome bumped corners and areas of creasing. 1079 pp. Fiction.

Copyright date is stated as 1977, but this is a later reprint. In lovely shape: tight, square, uncreased spine and clean, unmarked interior. Very gentle edge-wear, but appears unread otherwise. Introduction by Czeslaw Milosz. Designed by Namara Features. Cover illustration by Robert Carter. 447 pp. Fiction.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners, but very little wear to the book overall. Jacket has some areas of scuffing, a couple closed tears, and moderate to heavy edge-wear. Includes B&W illustrations and figures. 548 pp. Natural History.