Search Results: Authors starting with G from Bibliodditiques

London: Percival Marshall, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. A memoir of life in the British Merchant Navy. Tight binding. No written inscriptions on pages. A 2" tear on frontis. Some light foxing. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has some tears and chips around edges. Illustrated with 12 black and white plates. Appendices include, "Chronological order of John Stewart and Company's Ships and Barques", "Ships and Barques owned by John Stewart and Company, 1870-1928", and "Particulars of vessels of the fleet". Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 264 pp.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. Author's Edition with Preface and Notes by William M Rossetti. Tight binding. Green cloth covered coverboards with gilt embossed lettering on front and spine. Some light wear to corners and head/tail of spine. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages, other than previous owner's name on front endpaper. Frontis portrait of Rossetti with tissue guard. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 336 pp.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Randy Monk. 8th Printing. Ex-Library. Tight binding. No tears, chips or creases to pages. Cover is clean and bright. School stamp, inscribed number and card pocket remnant on front endpaper. Marks left by tape on inside covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: DC Comics. Eight printing. Paperback. Very Good +. Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, P. Craig Russell. Volume IV of the Sandman graphic novel series. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Tight bindig. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: Sm a4to (9" to 11"). 217 pp.

Rexdale, Ontario, Canada: MacMillan of Canada, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. A couple small tears and a small chip around edges. Map showing Simpson's travels. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 232 pp.

New York: Random House, 1943. Hardcover. Fair. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Spine cover is missing. Some edgewear to boards. Beautifully illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). Unpaginated.

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, 1956. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Elsie Darien and Jo Poehlmann. Bonnie Book #4343. Tight binding. Clean and bright interior. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages, other than a small tear on the last page at the bottom of the gutter. Pages yellowed. Light edgewear to coverboards. The moveable parts of the book (Captain Bill's head and legs) are intact and in good shape). Size: Sm 8vo

New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

San Salvador, El Salvador: Minissterio de Educacion, 1974. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. An association copy from the privated library of Canadian author, Timothy Findley. Findley's name is embossed on front endpaper. Gift inscription also on front endpaper which reads, "To Bill and Tiff...Hope you enjoy them! Bonny, July '91". "Tiff" was Findley's nickname and I'm assuming the "BIll' referred to is the "Bill" who was Findley's partner at the time of his death. Cover has a few stains and nibble marks. Slight curling at edges. A few pages remain uncut. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 176 pp.

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1968. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good +. Bantam Book F3585. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Interioris clean with some toning around page edges. Small corner crease on rear cover. Size: 12mo (7" to7.5"). 172 pp.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Red coverboards with gilt embossed lettering on spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Jacket is toned with some surface wear and chips at head of spine. Waterspot on top edge of text block does not extend on to surface of pages. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 366 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Fine/very good +. Author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for "One Hundred Years of Solitude. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on page. "Second printing before publication" stated on colophon page. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 348 pp.

Paris Montreal: Etudes Vivantes, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Constantino Gatagan. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Slight edgewear to coverboard corners. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. No date of publication indicated. Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 461 pp

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Joel Gardner. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket has crease along spine, light edgewear. Jacket is NOT price-clipped. Illustrated with photographs by Joel Gardner. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 590 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good +. Mel Crawford. Little Golden Book #148. First Edition with letter 'A' on last page. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or writing, other than previous owner's name on inside of front cover and some numbers on the title page. Minimal wear. Size 8vo (7.5" to 8").

New York: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Constance Garland. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Decorative binding with black, cloth-covered boards with red border; gilt lettering on spine; covered wagon and team of horses on front. Pictorial endpapers. Edge of pages are rough-cut. Top of pages are red-dyed. Black and white frontis. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 426 pp.

Toronto: Vision Books/Farrar, Straus & Cudahy/Burns & Oates, 1961. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Annne Marie Jauss. Book tells the story of Florence Nightingale and the Sisters of Mercy. Title No. 49 in the Vision Book Series intended for Catholic youngsters. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a small tear, less than 1", on rear panel. Stated First Printing. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 185 pp.

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has small chips/tears around edges. Lower right corner of front coverboard is worn. Beautifully illustrated. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 80 pp.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. A very nice copy of a relatively hard-to-find first book of the "Atlan" series by Jane Gaskell. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is clean and bright with minor edgewear and is price-clipped. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 445 pp.