Search Results: Authors starting with G from Borg Antiquarian

Knoxville, TN: GPPress, 2002. Limited Signed First Edition, 1st Printing #130/2000. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author, tall 8vo, white cloth with irridescent scarlet lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with two maps as frontispieces, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colored gatehouse, 247 pages + [1] Dedication. Weight: 1 lb. 4.8 oz. SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, clean in a bright, clean dj (unclipped) with some traces of edgewear.<br/> <br/> Alex Gabbard (born 1944) is an award-winning photographer & author with a lifelong interest in auto racing. He has published 35 books, of which 3 received "Book of the Year" awards from international competition: "Vintage & Historic Racing Cars" that also received a Moto Award for photography; "Fast Fords" for automotive history; and "Gaspee" for Mainstream Literary Fiction awarded by Writer's Digest magazine.<br/>… Read More

Palm Beach, FL: Bacchus Press, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Reproductions. Small 4to (7 3/8" x 10 1/4"), maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with reproductions of period portraits and related material, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) reproducing detail from Trumbull's Signing of the Declaration of Independence, endpapers reproduce Trumbull's painting in B&W, xiv + 334 pages Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. A fascinating way to experience and enjoy two great Founding Fathers! Publsihed to celebrate the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin.<br/><br/>EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally in a comparable dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. No remainder marks.

London Seven Oaks: New English Library, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting of a fanged snake, 272 pages. Stephen Gallagher (born 1954) is a prolific English screenwriter and novelist.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR SIGNED COPY! Tight, bright, and very clean. No previous owner or remainder marks.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. B&W photos & maps. INSCRIBED by the Editor Gary W. Gallagher on the front free endpaper, thick heavy 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with 8+ 8 + 9 + 8 groups, i.e., 33 B&W photos & 13 maps; archival mylar-protected cover over photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting General Robert E. Lee astride his horse Traveller at Chancellorsville by Guilliaume, Confederate gray endpapers, xxxv, [xliv] + 620 pages. 2 lbs 10.5 oz. Gary W. Gallagher is Professor of History at Penn State and author of several award-winning books on Civil War and Confederate subjects. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the distinguished Editor. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION for this valuable discussion of Lee's generalship. An important assessment of Lee as brilliant soldier and commanding general by important participants (e.g., Jubal Early & James Longstreet) and scholars of the… Read More

New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Tables. INSCRIBED by the Author "To M.... / On becoming Self Made. Love.." on the front free endpaper, 8vo, white quarter cloth with bold gold lettering on spine over red boards, Foreword by Suze Orman, Illustrated with a few charts and tables, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped" $25.00), xx, [xxi-xxii] + 214 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] A Note on the Type. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! Useful advice further endorsed with a Foreword by Suze Orman.<br /> <br /> Nely Galán (born 1963 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo. She created and executively produced the FOX reality series The Swan.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), green cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover, foldout Forsyte genealogical tree at front, Mylar-protected light green lettered dust jacket (unclipped), top edge stained green for dust protection, xvii + 1088 pages. Sequel to The Forsyte Saga. Contents include: The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing, Passers By, and Swan-Song. John Galsworthy OM (1867 - 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. SUPERIOR COPY with tight, bright, clean contents (though a bit of original printer's ink at edges of half title). Dust jacket is Fine though with slight sunning to backstrip.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 3/8"), maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Big Ben and darkened London skyline, xvii + 1088 pages. Novel of contemporary Victorian manners about Fleur Forsyte and Marjorie Ferrar who "lives dangerously." John Galsworthy OM (1867 - 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. SUPERIOR COPY with tight, bright, clean contents. Dust jacket is Very Good with a few clean tears and slight wear to head and foot of spine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo, purple cloth with gold spine lettering, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with depiction of a white monkey, [i-vi} + vi-viii + 328 pages. John Galsworthy OM (1867 - 1933) was a famous English novlist. The White Monkey is the first book in the second trilogy which comprises John Galsworthy"s Forsyte Saga; that is, this is the fourth book in the series, and the first in the Modern Comedy trilogy. The Forsyte Saga (1906-21) and its sequels are considered Galsworthy's masterwork(s). The author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. NEAR FINE COPY overall: tight, clean, with minor flaws to cloth and the dust jacket, which is slightly soiled. Cloth has slight soil and lightly bumped corners. A few chips lost to upper and lower portions of dust jacket along the spine and light stains to rear panel.

Cologne: Könemann / [Bibliotheca Culinaria, S.R.L., LODI], 1999. First English Language Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Color photos. Oblong 8vo (9 1/2" x 8 1/2" tall), color-printed boards with white lettering; photographic dust-wrapper (unclipped); Preface by Fausto Cantarelli, Introduction by Alberto Capatti, Text by Daniela Garavini, wines selected by Giovanni Vaccarini; illustrated with many color plates covering 90 recipes; 183 pages. Weight: ~ 2 lbs. 90 Recipes from Italy's Most Famous Chefs with interesting histories and folklore. Originally published in Hungarian in 1996.<br/> <br/> Book is clean, unmarked, square, tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered with scrumptious color photos illustrating superb recipes. Very slight edgewear to dj; one tiny nip to its upper right rear corner. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Joe Servello. Square 8vo (8 1/2" H x 7 7/8" W), gray quarter cloth with light gold lettering over pale gray-blue boards, Mylar protected colorful pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrating a crowded procession drawn by Joe Servello, who has repeated the illustration in B&W as the frontispiece plus drawings as capitals & ~ 20 full page drawings (one being a double-spread dragon), pictorial endpapers by Servello, publisher's maroon dust protective stain on top of pages, [xii] + 155 numbered & deckled pages + [156-58] + [159] Illustration. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean with a small red remainder stamp on the lower edge of the pages. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de… Read More

Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Figures. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with a few B&W figures, archival mylar-protected lettered black-&-orange dust jacket (unclipped), 260 pages. VERY FINE / FINE COPY. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature-especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton.<br /> <br /> His brilliant essays and annotated editions are pleasures as well as essential tools. This edition collects several, engaging, and important essays.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, beige cloth with gold lettering on spine & embossed cover with "JG," Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with upsidedown man entangled in buck horns by Daniel Biamonte who executed 9 more in-text full-page B&W illustrations, [viii] + [246] deckled pages + [2] A Note on the Type. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's other highly respected novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the free front endpaper, 8vo, beige cloth with gold lettering on spine & embossed cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with etching by Thomas O'Donohue & 9 more in-text full page sepia illustrations, 312 numbered & deckled pages + [313-14] sepia-toned illustration by O'Donohue + [315-16] + [2] A Note on Type. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's other highly respected novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Henry Holliday. Small 4to (10 1/8" x 6 1/8"), gray cloth with brown lettering on spine over brown boards with hand ringing a bell in copper-color embossed on lower corner of front cover, profusely illustrated with the original B&W illustrations by Henry Holliday, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), pictorial endpapers by Holliday, 111 pages. Surprisingly UNCOMMON and DESIRABLE edition which includes the "suppressed" drawing of the Boojum, and an extensive Appendix containing F.C.S. Schiler's "Commentary on the Snark," and bibliography of foreign printings of the Snark. Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature-especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was considered… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore: Summit Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 4to, red quarter cloth with silver lettering over olive green boards with blind-stamped snowflakes, with an introduction and notes by Martin Gardner, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Julie Metz, profusely illustrated with early Christmas B&W and half-tone decorative motifs, green endpapers, 253 pages. Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature-especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. This edition reproduces Clement Moore's ballad, as well as parodies, satires, ethnic offshoots, sequels, and numerous early illustrations. His critical, annotated editions are pleasures as well as essential tools. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! A fun compendium! Just… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, gray cloth with light gold lettering over tan boards, illustrated with frontispiece & other full-page B&W drawings by Michael Sporn, Mylar-protected pictorial and greenish dust jacket (unclipped) by Sporn, [vi] + 59 pages + [60] About the Author. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force!<br/> <br/> Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the novel… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Mary Azarian. 8vo, light beige buckram with gold lettering on spine and gold pinecone on cover, pictorial dust jacket with woodcut of biker by Mary Azarian, profusely illustrated in woodcuts by Mary Azarian, pictorial beige Indian motifs on endpapers, [312] pages. SUPERB copy of this collection by author John Gardner. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's other highly respected novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Joe Servello. Small 4to (9 1/2" H x 6 5/8" W), gray cloth with pale blue-green lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a gray-green stone [?] primitive carving of a man's head by Albert Chiang, illustrated by Joel Gardner with B&W frontispiece and several full- page & double-spread non-glossy impressionistic B&W photos, publisher's protective gray stain on top of pages, photographic endpapers, viii + 590 deckled pages + [2] A Note on the Type. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman… Read More

Reading, Massachusetts Menlo Park, California New York, etc.: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, white quarter buckram with bright scarlett lettering on spine over ivory boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), xxi + [xxii] blank + 297 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the novel includes an invented "trashy… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo. cloth over boards, 27 B&W illustrations, xiv + 586 pages. Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature-especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. His brilliant essays and annotated editions are pleasures as well as essential tools. This edition collects his scattered, engaging, and highly important essays. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!