Search Results: Authors starting with G from Sky Duthie Rare Books

London: The Theosophical Publishing House., 1945. First edition. Publisher's original quarter light-blue cloth over beige paper-covered boards with titles in black to the upper board. Lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated with five full-page black and white photographic plates. Two related newspaper cuttings loosely laid in. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little toning to the edges of the boards and minor wear to the corners. The contents with a touch of toning to the front free endpaper where the newspaper cuttings have sat are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. An excellent copy. The first edition of this exploratory discussion regarding the famous photographs of the 'Cottingley Fairies', taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths in 1917 and 1920, by the theosophist Edward L. Gardner (1869-1969). Gardner served as the original investigator of these images, which supposedly captured the two girls' encounter with fairies at the bottom of their garden in Cottingley, near… Read More

Londres [etc.]: Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company, Limited., 1912. First edition. Large quarto. Publisher's original full dark-green morocco; the upper board triple-ruled in gilt and with the Uruguayan crest in gilt; the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled and decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title page, contents page, introduction and first text page with gilt borders and embellishments. Illustrated profusely throughout with black and white photographs and one map. Ownership inscription of the Australian writer Mary Gilmore to the head of the title page: "Mary Gilmore / Her book / 16. 3. 26". A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a few small marks and scuffs to the boards, rubbing to the spine and joints and wear to the corners. The contents with scattered foxing to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An interesting association copy of this comprehensive, extensively illustrated, and… Read More

London: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton., 1913. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth with colour pictorial onlays and titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with six colour plates. 327pp. A very good copy, the binding firm with a few minor marks to the boards and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a contemporary previous owner's name to the half-title page, a couple of small splash marks to the textblock edge, and some scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order. A wonderfully illustrated early fantasy adventure novel.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited., 1913. First edition. Quarto. Publisher's original blue-green cloth with embossed gilt vignette depicting fairies to the upper board, elaborate decoration in gilt to the upper board and spine, and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 32 beautiful colour plates by Warwick Goble, each with a captioned tissue guard. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to the front free endpaper, presenting the work to one Kathleen Bell on her tenth birthday. A very good copy indeed, the binding square and firm with a touch of cracking in places, a few small nicks to the spine ends, and a little rubbing to the corners and lower board. The contents with some light scattered foxing to the endpapers/half title and occasionally to page edges, and the odd minor mark to page margins are otherwise in very good order throughout. The plates remain clean, crisp and vivid. An attractive copy, difficult to find in such good condition. A sumptuous collection of classic… Read More

1596. Set of twelve engravings on laid paper. Second state (of two). Signed in the plate with monogram, date and number. B.33 & 36-38 with the coat of arms with tower watermark. A very good set. Nice, even impressions. Margins trimmed outside the platemark. B.27-32 laid onto card. Some with occasional foxing, more so to B. 32-33 & 35-37. Old fold and pinprick hole to B.28. Repaired margins to B.35. Two splash marks to B.38. B.27 (The Last Supper) is a seventeenth-century copy in mirror image by Lucas Vorsterman. An attractive set overall. Here, the German-born Dutch engraver Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), in one of his most popular productions, provides an exquisite, masterful rendition of the Passion of Christ drawing on the figure types and engraving techniques of Lucas van Leyden, as well as Albrecht Dürer's own depiction of the subject. A beautiful work by one of the leading figures of Northern Mannerism. Major holdings of his engravings include the Rijksmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,… Read More

[Original artwork]., [1968].. Pen and ink drawing forming the front and rear cover design for Goodall's book The Adventures of Paddy Pork (1968), depicting the eponymous Paddy skipping down a country lane to a fairground (right-hand side/front cover) and a village scene with other anthropomorphised animal inhabitants (left-hand side/rear cover). To the left is a blank space for the book's titles to be placed; here the faint traces of titles in pencil can be seen but have been subsequently rubbed-out by the artist. The image measuring 38 x 14.5cm. Signed by the artist in ink to the lower left ("John S. Goodall"). There are a few discreet pinholes to the margins, otherwise condition is excellent - the image remaining clean and bright. A splendid, typically playful pen and ink drawing by the artist, illustrator and author John Strickland Goodall (1908-1996) forming the original cover design for his most famous work, The Adventures of Paddy Pork (1968).A charming wordless children's picture book, the… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1865.. First edition. Octavo. Smartly rebound in modern half tan calf over marbled boards, the boards ruled in gilt, the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled and decorated in gilt, and contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate for Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie re-laid to the front pastedown. Early twentieth-century ownership inscription in ink to the front pastedown. xii + 371pp. Lacking the half-title page. A very good copy, the binding square and tight. The contents with a small chip to the bottom corner of the front free endpaper, a few spots of light foxing to the preliminary pages, and the occasional spot of toning are otherwise in very good order. The best-known work by the author, translator and traveller Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon, née Austin (1821-1869), describing her experiences in Egypt during the early 1860s and providing a vivid account of Egyptian life, with a… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1814.. First edition. Octavo. Early twentieth-century maroon cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Illustrated with a folding engraved map frontispiece and nine etched plates, one being a map, from drawings by the author. Errata page following the text at the rear. Previous owner's bookplate ("McClure / Inverness") to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with just a touch of minor shelf wear to the extremities. The contents with toning to the endpapers, minor old neat paper repairs to the blank margins of five text pages, and some occasional light foxing (more so to some of the plates) are otherwise in very good order throughout. An attractive untrimmed copy. Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott (née Dundas; 1785-1842), was born into a Scottish naval family and spent much of her early life in the north-west of England whilst her father was stationed overseas, predominantly in the Caribbean. In 1808, at… Read More

Melbourne: Heritage Publications., [1975]. Facsimile edition. Quarto. Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a large folding frontispiece, one colour plate, four black and white plates, and a folding colour map. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with some spotting to the edges of the textblock, toning to the pastedowns, minor wear to the paper covering the front hinge, and a minor 1cm tear to the blank inner margin of the folding frontispiece are otherwise in very good order. The unclipped dustwrapper with some fading to the spine, light spotting verso and a little shelf-wear to the extremities is likewise very good. A facsimile of the 1803 London edition of Grant's account of his exploration of New South Wales.

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia., 1969. Facsimile edition. Octavo. Publisher's original brown rexine with titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with five half-tone plates. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, ink inscription to the front free endpaper, and faint foxing to the edges of the textblock are otherwise in very good order. The journals of eight expeditions undertaken by the Gregory brothers in Western Australia and Central Australia between 1846 and 1861. A facsimile edition reproducing the original 1884 edition.'Australiana Facsimiles Editions No. 14'.