Search Results: Authors starting with G from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. Very Good/Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 278pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; black cloth with blue lettering and rules. Jacket shows a number of sizeable chips and tears along edges, with the top 1.25" of spine lost and some general smudging, creasing, and scuffs to surface. Boards edgeworn and bumped at corners and spine ends. Spine just a bit cocked. Opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. Basis for the 1939 United Artists film Slightly Honorable, starring Pat O'Brien and directed by Tay Garnett.

London: Cassell and Company, 1922. Very Good/Very Good. London: Cassell and Company, 1922. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan printed dust jacket; [6],31pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including several tiny chips to margins, none quite touching text, dampstain at jacket spine crown not affecting cloth, spine panel rather toned, textblock foxed, else a Very Good, sound copy. Autobiographical novel based in part on the author's love affair with the American birth control activist Margaret Sanger.

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, 1933. Very Good/Good. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 432 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket heavily chipped and creased; fading to edges and spine; heavy unsightly spotting to rear panel and front fold. Edgewear with some fading to boards with brief exposure to top edge. Binding is sound. Spotting along top edge of text block, previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper, and interior otherwise unmarked. A Very Good copy in a Good only dust jacket. Basis for the 1936 black and white science fiction film "Things to Come" directed by William Cameron Menzies.

New York: Berkeley Medallion, 1962. Very Good. New York: Berkeley Medallion, 1962. First Edition ("Berkeley Edition, February, 1962"). Mass market paperback; 158pp +2 ads. Berkeley Medallion F607. Illustrated wraps. Covers a bit edgeworn, with light creasing at a couple corners and edges, and down front fold adjacent to spine, with a small UK bookseller's price sticker at top front. Spine itself slightly cocked with vertical creasing, though unbroken. Thin patch of dampstaining visible at top interior corner of front cover, not visible from exterior nor affecting adjacent pages. Small P written in pen at top edges of textblock. Interior a bit toned as expected but unmarked. Binding is sound. Early collection of novelettes and short stories. Contents include "The Voices of Time," "The Sound-Sweep," "The Overloaded Man," "Zone of Terror," "Manhole 69," "The Waiting Grounds," and "Deep End." [CURREY p. 23].

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1986. Very Good +/Near Fine. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1986. First Hardcover Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 126pp. Top textblock edge a bit dust-soiled, corners very slightly softened, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Short story collection first published as a mass market paperback by Panther Science Fiction in 1967 and reissued here in this handsome hardcover edition.

Chicago: Alhambra Book Co, 1900. Fair/No Jacket. Chicago: Alhambra Book Co., 1900. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo; 202pp. Publisher's red cloth with black stamped lettering and illustration and gilt title lettering to spine. Marbled page edges. Illustrated throughout. Covers soiled and waterstained but with no warping or runs to cloth. Hinges cracked with mesh exposed at back, but boards still holding. Pages a bit toned but unmarked, with page binding sound. Not ex-library.

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co, 1857. Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1857. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's slate gray blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, title page a cancel; vii,[1],[7]-418pp. (complete despite error in pagination). Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities, margins and spine rather toned and spine gilt significantly dulled, contemporary bookseller ticket and 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Historical novel by American newspaper editor Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881), exploring themes of religious intolerance in 17th-century Connecticut. WRIGHT II 1227.

Manchester: Palatine Press, 1934. Very Good-. [Manchester: Palatine Press, 1934.] Slim octavo; publisher's two-toned cloth, upper cover lettered in black; 41pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, eight (8) leaves of plates. Ex-Borough of Crosby Local History Library with their interior markings, boards a bit rubbed and dust-soiled, else Good to Very Good, internally sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Date of publication based on author's preface.

London: Flamingo An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Flamingo An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. 1189 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards with spine lettered in silver. Tan endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows general rubbing with some mild creasing along edges. Boards lightly bumped at extremities, binding sound, and pages unmarked.

Los Angeles: The 11th Grand Conclave Gamma Eta Kappa Fraternity, 1928. Very Good.. Los Angeles, CA: The 11th Grand Conclave Gamma Eta Kappa Fraternity, 1928. Revised Edition. Octavo. 73 pp. Black and white photographs including frontis; two-page illustration listing the perished from WWI. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. No dust jacket. Light soiling and smudging to boards and rear corners bumped. Binding sound, off-setting to endpapers, and heavy staining to pages 46-48, though text remains legible. Very Good.

New York: Didier, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Didier, 1949. First American Edition. Octavo; 287pp. Jacket and illustrations throughout by Hal McIntosh. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.95 price; book in red cloth with gray lettering. Jacket chipped at top front near spine, with shallow chipping to spine ends, some small, clean tears and adjacent creasing along edges, and a few smudges. Boards are square with light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. First Edition with publisher's colophon to copyright page. Octavo. 317 pp. Light green boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Moderate lean to boards; light shelfwear; corners bumped. Front boards gives a little, but overall binding is sound. Some pencil scribblings to rear free endpaper, but overall pages unmarked.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early Reprint. Very Good/Good. New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early American Reprint. First UK Edition was published as Sam The Sudden and the First American Edition was published by George H. Doran Company under the name Sam In The Suburbs. This copy is an early reprint of the American First Edition. Octavo. 346 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket is moderately soiled throughout, chipped along spine ends, and has a four inch tear tracing from top edge near front corner to near the middle of the front panel. Dampstain along top edge of rear panel which faintly echoes to rear board, though text/pastedown unaffected. Boards are in green pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt. Some fading to spine and soiling along edges. Boards a tad bowed and corners bumped. One nick at top of spine and rear bottom edge frayed. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Sturdy in binding. A very good copy in a good only dust jacket. [Jasen - 36a].

London: Blackie and Son, 1878. Very Good. London: Blackie and Son, 1878. Later Edition. Two volumes; large, thick octavos; contemporary half black calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spines in six compartments; xii,1308,216; [2],1287,[1],284pp.; engraved frontispieces, twelve colored plates at head of Vol. I, hundreds of woodcut illus. throughout text. Leather a bit dried and scuffed at extremities together with some brief peeling, spine labels cracked and starting to flake, preliminaries foxed, 20th century gift inscription to Vol. I front flyleaf, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound set.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2014. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [2014]. Signed Collector's Edition. Large octavo; publisher's green pictorial gilt-tooled calf, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers; 627pp. Faint surface scratches to bottom textblock edge, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on colophon. Promotional literature laid in, including signed certificate of authenticity.

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. Very Good. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. First Thus, Limited to 450 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Quarto; publisher's cream over blue paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; xxxvi,[2],334pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece (tissue guard). Extremities lightly scuffed and rather toned, red spine lettering almost entirely effaced, later ownership rubber-stamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; x, 222pp. Printed dust jacket over gray board with blue lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with faint rubbing at spine ends. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2009. Advance Reader's Edition. Paperback. Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 2009. Advance Reader's Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo (7.75" x 5.5"); [viii], 226pp. Illustrated paper covers with publication info on back. Light bumping to spine ends, but no chips, tears, or marks. Slight overall curve to book. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co, 1921. Very Good. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1921. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); publisher's green decorative cloth stamped in black; 268pp. Light shelf wear, faint offsetting to front free endpaper from previously removed news clipping, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Very Truly Yours, Robert Gale Barson / Sept. 28, 1921." The author's only published book, a rather uncommon California labor novel set in a saw mill in the Santa Cruz mountains during a strike. [HANNA 231; SMITH B-290].

Minneapolis, MN: R.H. Adams / T.B. Walker Art Galleries, 1927. Very Good. Minneapolis, MN: R.H. Adams / T.B. Walker Art Galleries, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 120 pp. Black and white portraits throughout. Printed wraps. Light edgewear and creasing to wraps; curling to corners; mild general soiling. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Includes portraits and brief biographies of Geronimo, Susan Johnson, and Clam Fish, among others.