Search Results: Authors starting with G from West of Eden Books

Grand Rapids MI, Revell, 2017, trade paperback, 355 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The bestselling author of 18 novels presents a story of love in the postwar years as a heartbroken young woman starting a new life as a nurse midwife meets a returned soldier haunted by the horrors he witnessed at war. Scarce signed. Laid in is a promotional bookmark. ISBN 9780800723637

Don Mills ON, Oxford University Press, 1989, hardcover children's picture book, 32 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ lacking dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end and corner wear, boards lightly rubbed. The story of a little girl with crossed eyes who became one of Canada's best-loved children's authors. Illustrated with full color, impressionist-style paintings by Laurie Lafrance. Foreword by Jean Little.

Malvern PA, Cynren Books, 2018, trade paperback, xiv-200 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, New, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright pictorial card covers, tiny corner bumps. The international journalist and lifelong Beatles fan presents a compilation of her own diaries, along with extensive scrapbooking, original photographs, and exclusive interviews in an effort to relive and share with younger fans the heady, happy days of Beatlemania. Illustrated throughout with period photographs and memorabilia. Appended: Subject Index, Title Index. foreword by Larry Kane. ISBN 9781947976030

Indian Hills CO, Allnut Publishing, 1983, hardcover, 272 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, short edge tear, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of John Galvin's rescue from certain death by a courageous submarine skipper, his part in the subsequent history-making secret mission, and his personal search for the meaning and purpose that was to guide his later life. Foreword by Governor Joe Foss. ISBN 9780934374019

Dunboyne IE, Book Republic, 2011, hardcover, 301 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket, new, light wrinkles to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. A group of Irish college students in economic desperation take to the land. ISBN 9781907221316

New York, Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1964, hardcover, 154 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end, corner, and edge wear. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, chips and small losses to edges and folds, in new Brodart sleeve. A highly unusual story of a church caretaker who begins to display uncanny wisdom as the church itself speaks directly to him regarding some of the congregation's moral dilemmas.

London UK, Michael Joseph, 1969, hardcover, 240 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, age-toned particularly to spine, light edge nicks, short closed edge tear, bit of crumple to top edge of front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. "It is a homage to love in its elderly aspect--sad, desperate, and hopelessly funnny."

New York, Walter J. Black, 1950, hardcover, 182 pp, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, foxing to edges and endpapers. Dustjacket shows slight edge nicks, tiny closed edge tears, touch of foxing to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The 37th installment of an astonishing 86 Perry Mason books from Erle Stanley Gardner. At the time of his death in March of 1970, in Ventura, California, Gardner was "the most widely read of all American writers" and "the most widely translated author in the world," according to social historian Russell Nye.

Winston-Salem NC, Press 53, 2012, trade paperback, 201 pp, First Edition stated, New, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the title page. Inscription reads "For Xxxx Xxxx (name) I hope you enjoy the Zhang Boys, CG." followed by full signature. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in colorful card covers. A set of linked stories revolving around a condominium building in Washington D.C.'s Chinatown district, filled with complex, unusual characters.

New York, Bloomsbury, 2018, hardcover, 432 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The popular author of the Scarlet series - Scarlet, Lady Thief, and Lion Heart returns with the tale of a clever, strong-willed heroine with magic in her blood and a nearly impossible dilemma, to save her family, her fellow Elementae, or herself.

Koalabo Publishing, 2018, children's paperback picture book (8" x 10"), 44 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed without personalization by the Author on the title page, "I hope you enjoy my book! Boaz Gavish", blue ink from signature has lightly toned the page, signature still bright and clear, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. Young Mia, and her robot Koala, Koalabo, embark on an incredible imaginary space adventure, seeing the wildest sights and meeting the most incredible space creatures, including a visit to the small purple planet of the Space Ticklers. Colorfully illustrated throughout in the author's bold, unique style. ISBN 9781999753221

Woodbury MN, Flux, 2012, trade paperback, 323 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, New, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) on the half-title page, "Dear Xxxx, Words are power! Break the silence! All best, Margie". In this second book by the author of Inconvenient, four teens, each longing to be different, must individually deal with a shocking secret. Promotional bookmarks included. ISBN 9780738721644

New York, Joseph Fels International Commission, 1917, hardcover, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted. Very good condition, no dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, spine lettering faded. 'This monograph comprises the five chapters of Book X of Progress and Poverty' the author and influential American political economist and journalist's most renowned work.

Chucklin, Inc. 2017, trade paperback, 262 pp, First Edition stated, Signed by the Author and inscribed to the original owner (named) on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The award-winning, bestselling author of the Cookbook Nook Mysteries and the Cheese Shop Mysteries (as Avery Aames) presents a standalone suspense thriller centered on an orphan, grown to adulthood, who finds that his parents had not actually perished in a fire and that his unknown father is still in grave danger.

New York, Wendy Lamb Books, 2002, hardcover, 176 pp, Fine in Fine dustacket, Signed and inscribed "To Cassie, Love, Patricia Reilly Giff" on the title page. Straight, tight, and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, and Newberry Honor sticker. The multi-award winning author of Lily's Crossing, and Nory Ryan's Song, strikes gold again in this Newberry Honor Book about a 12 year-old girl who plans to escape the system with her elderly, artist, foster mother - all the while dreaming of a past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment in mental pictures shell never forget. ISBN 9780385326551

New York, Wendy Lamb Books, 2002, hardcover, 176 pp, New, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight, clean and unread with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The multi-award winning author of Lily's Crossing, and Nory Ryan's Song, strikes gold again in this Newberry Honor Book about a 12 year-old girl who plans to escape the system with her elderly, artist, foster mother - all the while dreaming of a past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment in mental pictures shell never forget. ISBN 9780385326551

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443

New York, Random House, 1969, hardcover, xi-272 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end and corner touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A collection of Gilman's writings on drama, fiction, films and other things dating from 1963-1969. His views of art and its relationship to life, black literature, and longer essays on the literary careers of Norman Mailer, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg.

London UK, Academic Press, 1961, hardcover, xii-343 pp, First UK Edition, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, Harvard University bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, slight wear to edges and spine-ends. Dustjacket has light rubs, slight age-toning to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. In three sections: Energy Metabolism, Intermediate Metabolism, Biochemistry of Development. Profusely illustrated throughout with graphs, charts, and drawings. Appended: Author Index, Subject Index.

Chassagnard Publishing, 2017, trade paperback, 288 pp, First Edition stated, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The author of Good Girl Bad Girl returns with her second Kal Medi suspense thriller featuring a series of seemingly linked murders, a dangerous cartel, and a young woman suffering from PTSD or something even more sinister.