Search Results: Authors starting with G from Glenn Books

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1966. Catalogue bound-in. Catalogue from Sale #2435, April 26 to May 3, 1966. 765 entries with hammer prices in neat ink in margins. Sold by order of the trustees following the accession of the Western Americana collection of Everett D. Graff. Illustrated with many title-pages. An excellent reference source. 164 pp. + adverts. . First Edition. Black Cloth. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1964. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh and illustrations by Charles Mozley. Area of rubbing front cover fore-edge margin. Otherwise the book is in fine condition. First published in 1906, this was the first volume in the "Forsyte Saga" series. 285pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Burgundy Leather. Near Fine./No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Two volumes in one. Panelled spine, lettered and dated in gilt. Green paper-covered boards with moderately-heavy soiling. Small 1/2" rubbed area at foot of front cover. All edges gilt. A total of 29 biographical sketches of English actors of the time. Included are Nell Gwinn, Charles Hart, Colley Cibber, Richard Savage, Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Baddeley among many others. 315-308pp.. First Edition. 1/2 Black Calf. Moderate Wear and Scuffing/No Jacket. Octavo.

Salzburg, Austria: Neugebauer Press, 1983. Distributed by the Alphabet Press. Essentially as new color picture book. The author won the Austrian State Award for Best Illustrated Children's Book for "The Moon Lake" in 1982. . First American Edition. Color Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Quarto.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. Dust jacket is price-clipped and spine is sun-faded. Book-plate on front pastedown. Illustrated in black and white, two maps of the Chisholm Trail. An excellent account of the cattle trail from the Rio Grande to the railheads of Kansas. See Adams Herd 875 and 6-Guns 797.. First Edition. Aqua Cloth. Minor Wear and Soiling./Light Edge Wear. Illus. by Nick Eggenhofer. Octavo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a front preliminary page. Quite a clean and crisp copy throughout. Illustrations by Thomas O'Donohue. 315pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. White Cloth. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Octavo.

Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1978. Rhis is copy #88/300 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on colophon page. Lovely typography. A clean and crisp copy. 108pp.. Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. 1/4 Brown Cloth Over Boards. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Thin Octavo.

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Covers spotted and stained. Dust jacket lightly chipped. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. First edition..

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner. A crisp copy. 69pp.. Signed by Author. Later Printing.. Color Pictorial Boards. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. This is #92/100 limited edition, SIGNED AND WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING by the author. This is a clean and crisp copy. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. 138pp.. Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Full Red Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Catherine Kanner. Octavo.

Chicago, Cedar Rapids: Bookfellows, The Torch Press, 1935. This is #84/100 copies printed on Ioway Club hand made paper. AUTOGRAPHED BY THE AUTHOR. Paper front cover and spine labels. 46pp. Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1922 for his work, "A Daughter of the Middle Border". . Signed by Author. Limited, Sign Edition. 1/2 Green Cloth. Essentially No Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Topeka, Kansas: The Mail Printing House Likely printed in the 1920's. Illustration of a young lad and his dog on front cover. This study guide was to be used in "The primary Sunday School Teacher Training Mission Bands and for mothers at home". 95pp. of teaching outlines for missionary education. . First Edition. Brown Wrappers. Light Edge Wear.. Octavo.

London: C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press, 1812. Covers with two sets of double-fillet gilt borders with corner rosettes. Between them a border of gilt grape leaves. Inner blind-stamped designs. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs. Inner dentelles, Old light purple endpapers. All edges gilt. Edges and joints just a bit scuffed, but firmly-bound. Verso of Contents page has a light smudge at top. Remainder of the book is quite crisp and clean. A total of 67 fables in two parts. Engraved head and tail piece vignettes. A charming, mellow volume. First edition was published in 1720. xx, 226pp. . Later Edition. Full Red Morocco. Gentle Edge Wear./No Jacket. 6 1/2" x 4".

London: Darton and Harvey, for Rivington et al, 1793. Rebacked retaining the leather spine label. Cover bordered in double-ruled blind fillets. Corners and edges worn. Endpapers darkened at periphery, appear to be original. Engraved title-page with vignette. Engraved memorial frontispiece, by Neagle, bound following the 11-page "Life of John Gay". The fables are in two parts, 66 in all, each embellished with a copper-engraving. These are found two to a page, each an oval vignette. Title-page shows moderate foxing, confined mainly to the edges. Text is very fresh, indeed. Some plates are slightly darkened along peripheral borders, with only occasional light foxing. Table of fables directly precedes the first fable. A nicely-restored English fable book, beautifully-illustrated with copper-plates. The author died in 1732, 61 years before this book was published. 256pp.. Later Edition. Contemporary Tree Calf. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

Ramona, CA: Ballena Press , 1972. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Spine title in ink. Limited to 750 copies. Owner's name, address on front flyleaf. 59 pages of autographs accompanied by a few lines of information about each entry. Three to four autographs per page. Quite nicely done. 59pp.. First Edition.. Blue Wrappers. Nearly Fine.. Thin Royal Octavo.

(Washington, D.C.): Surgeon General's Office, 1863. This medical report was from Paris, Kentucky and was for the month of December 1863. Signed by the surgeon Wm. A. Webster of the 9th New Hampshire Volunteers. The report covered the regiments of the 9th New Hampshire and the 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery, Companies A-K of the 9th NHV and Company D of the 1st Ohio. 44 total entries for the month with 36 sick, 41 taken sick, 3 wounded. Some of the illnesses include fevers, diarrhea, syphilis, earache, colitis, jaundice, burns. Only page 1 is completed, others are not used. Some brown spotting as noted on photo, likely coffee and/or blood. Folds have been re-inforced with archival tape making this a very readable document. An unusual piece of American Civil War medical history. The 9th NHV remained in Kentucky from March-December 1893. There were several skirmished in or near Paris in the Spring 1863, and Union forces remained in Paris until April 1864. . First Edition. Large Folded Document.… Read More

London: Ben. George Covers designed in blind-stamp and gilt. Yellow endpapers. Rear hinge starting to weaken. Four full-page color illustrations, others in black and white. Embellished first letters in chapters. All edges gilt. Among the stories is "The Monkey Room At The Zoo" illustrated with four plates; also a pleasant piece of poetry entitled, "The Boy and the Butterfly". 196pp.. Reprint Edition. Green Cloth. Corner Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon, 1879. A 31-page pamphlet in wrappers, later bound in boards and very-well protected. An oration before the Maine Medical Association at its annual meeting, 12th of June, 1878. "There is no doubt that vast numbers of wives submit themselves uncomplainingly to distressing and harmful exaction of their lustful husbands, in the hope of keeping them from adulterous courses". . Second Edition. Cloth-backed Boards.. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. With a catalogue of lithographs and etchings. 11 color plates, 2 black and white photographs, 107 monochrome plates. 1/2" water-staining at very bottom of later plates. Rear endpapers foxed. Ink inscription front free endpaper dated 1928. All color plates tissue-guarded. Contains a list of the artist's works and an index. . First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards.. Moderate Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Quarto.

Philadelphia: Chas. C. Rhodes, 1857. Rebound in 1/2 brown leather over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. New endpapers. Title-page browned. Paper toned and lightly foxed through text. A very detailed account of the Kansas Territory's early years with emphasis on the administration of Governor Geary. Two earlier issues, also in 1857, carried the "June 1857" point of issue in the title. The third issue contained "July 1857". See Kanzana 45, Sabin 27338, Rader 1584. Third Issue. 1/2 Brown Morocco. No Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.