Search Results: Authors starting with G from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Alice Odabashian. Gaboudigian was one of the most famous poets in the Soviet Union, honored and loved by Armenians in her homeland and all over the world. Inscribed and dated by the translator on the dedication page. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a very lightly worn dust jacket. Inscribed By Translator.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by Ernest J. Gaines. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from the publisher. Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, this novel is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis (1929-47), a young black man sentenced to death by the electric chair in Louisiana. Octavo. Full dark green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This is the first general study of the fortunes of Catullus in the Renaissance. After a brief introduction tracing the transmission of the poet from antiquity to the middle of the fifteenth century, the book follows his reception and interpretation by editors, commentators, university lecturers, and poets from the first edition (1472) through the sixteenth century. Octavo: xiii, 446 p. with 8 illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of foxing to the top edge; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

New York: gestalten, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. ...comprised of six chapters, each of which exemplifies an aesthetic and conceptual point of view: Understatement, Modern Musings, Rough and Local, Progressive, Graphic Spaces, and Dramatic. Each of these approaches goes beyond the visual to buoy and amplify the philosophies of the kitchens and bars that they help define." Profusely illustrated, largely in color. Quarto: 256 p. Original pictorial boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy - as new, still in the original shrink wrap.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. ...provides a survey, both descriptive and analytical, of the most significant adaptations of Herakles in western literature, from Homer to the present day, with particular emphasis upon the more original and creative portraits of the hero." Octavo: xvi, 317 p. with 23 illustrations. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. The ink signature of Paul Naiditch, longtime Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles, appears on the front flyleaf. Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.

London: William Heinemann, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first issue with the broken musical note on page 200. First published in 1906, this was the first installment in The Forsyte Saga, a sequence of three novels that chronicles the lives of three generations of a monied, middle-class English family at the turn of the last century. Octavo. In a full green morocco binding by Morrell of London, with handsome gilt stamping, five raised bands, and ornamental dentelles. Some general browning along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Octavo, six volumes. Original pebbled green cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping. A fine set in the original green cloth dust jackets, lacking the wooden stand.

A group of 15 black-and-white photographs of gaming tables produced by Mason & Co., which at one time was the nation's largest producer of gambling equipment. Several of these 8" x 10" images are stamped with a Newark, New Jersey address on the verso, dating the images to pre-1935 when the company consolidated its operations and moved them to Chicago. The company was founded in the late 1800s as Geo. Mason & Co. and initially produced ornate roulette wheels. According to a handwritten note on the back of one of the photographs, the images in this group show the new standard carved library equipment. There are a variety of mahogany tables for playing roulette and craps. One of the images in the group has been mocked up to show it in a residential setting, perhaps for a catalog. Along with the photographs, this group includes four brochures about gambling: Harrah's Club Lake Tahoe Gaming Guide, 1955; Roland Hill's In Las Vegas I Recommend: Where to Go, Stop, Eat, Play and Shop, 1950; Joe W. Brown's… Read More

Los Angeles: Women's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California, 1966. Wraps. Near fine. A reprint of this official history, which was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the WCTU's Southern California organization. Includes profiles of the state presidents, county histories, and department reports, as well as a brief chapter on women's suffrage: "The campaign of 1911 brought us victory, and the women of California took their places by the side of the men as political equals. We went to the polls and voted with a new dignity, and we were not contaminated either by this close proximity to the male voter. The cooperative spirit of all the organizations working together to win this amendment was wonderful. The W.C.T.U. was an important factor because so thoroughly organized." Profusely illustrated. Octavo. Original printed light brown paper wrappers. Near fine.

Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Profusely illustrated with duotone photographs by the author, which are preceded with a foreword by Frank O. Gehry. Signed by Garcetti on the half-title. Quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Signed and dated by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the title page. Fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simon Bolivar, liberator and leader of Gran Colombia. The book traces Bolivar's final journey from Bogota to the Caribbean coastline of Colombia in his attempt to leave South America for exile in Europe. Breaking with the traditional heroic portrayal of Bolivar El Libertador, Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) depicts a pathetic protagonist, a prematurely aged man who is physically ill and mentally exhausted. The story explores the labyrinth of Bolivar's life through the narrative of his memories, in which "despair, sickness, and death inevitably win out over love, health, and life." Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Signed and dated by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the title page. First-hand account of an illegal 1985 trip to Chile made by film director Miguel Littin, who had been permanently exiled from his homeland after General Augusto Pinochet's 1973 military coup. Posing as a Uruguayan businessman, Littin spent six weeks clandestinely documenting the effects of the repressive police-state on everyday life. The Spanish-language edition of this book was impounded and burned in 1987 by the Chilean Interior Ministry. Translated by Asa Zatz. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 233 p. Foreword by Congresswoman Lois Capps. 16 pp. photographs. First edition, limited to 100 hardcover copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fr. Virgil Cordano to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the half-title. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor bump to the bottom corners; else near fine in a clean and bright dust jacket. Signed by Author.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Inscribed by Garcia to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A fine copy.

Stoughton, Massachusetts: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 390 p. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Eight illustrations, with two maps, including one folding. Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1970. First edition. Gardiner wrote this detailed and rich recollection for the benefit of his children, completing the manuscript in 1896. He left New York City on the steamer Crescent City in March 1849, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, took the brig Sylph to San Francisco, and arrived in late July. During his stay in California, he mined at Hawkins' Bar and Sullivan's Creek between August 1849 and March 1850; the Mariposa mines from April to July 1850; Horse Shoe Bar on the American River from May to September 1851; and Secret Ravine from October to June 1852. Other locations mined by Gardiner from 1852 until his return home in 1857 included Swett's Bar, Indian Bar, Chambers' Bar, and Belvidere Flat. He also wrote in some detail about his visits to San Francisco and Stockton. This copy was… Read More

Stoughton, Massachusetts: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Eight illustrations, with two maps, including one folding. Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1970. First edition. Gardiner wrote this detailed and rich recollection for the benefit of his children, completing the manuscript in 1896. He left New York City on the steamer Crescent City in March 1849, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, took the brig Sylph to San Francisco, and arrived in late July. During his stay in California, he mined at Hawkins' Bar and Sullivan's Creek between August 1849 and March 1850; the Mariposa mines from April to July 1850; Horse Shoe Bar on the American River from May to September 1851; and Secret Ravine from October to June 1852. Other locations mined by Gardiner from 1852 until his return home in 1857 included Swett's Bar, Indian Bar, Chambers' Bar, and Belvidere Flat. He also wrote in some detail about his visits to San Francisco and Stockton. Red cloth binding, with… Read More

New York: Richard Marek, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printings (1981-89). The first eight new James Bond novels, each inscribed by John Gardner on the title page. For Special Services, Icebreaker, and Role of Honor are review copies with the publisher's promotional material laid in. In 1979, Gildrose Publications (now Ian Fleming Productions) approached Gardner (1926-2007), the respected English thriller novelist, and asked him to revive Ian Fleming's James Bond series of novels. Between 1981 and 1996, Gardner wrote fourteen James Bond novels and the novelizations of two Bond films: License to Kill and GoldenEye. Popular among Bond fans and commercially successful, these novels are also credited with influencing the subsequent Bond films, most notably A View to Kill and The World is Not Enough. Octavo, eight volumes. Uniformly fine, crisp and unread, in fine dust jackets.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by John Gardner on the title page. The second novel featuring spymaster Big Herbie Kruger, a German-born intellectual whose brilliance and fearsome exploits have made him a legend in Britain's Secret Service. Octavo. A nearly fine copy in a clean and bright dust jacket.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by John Gardner on the title page. The rakish owner of the Flamingo Café fights for his existence amid the Sino-Japanese wars of the 1930s. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.