Search Results: Authors starting with G from Lippincott Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Green cloth, decorated front panel, decorated endpapers. 69 pp. With 28 plates by Maude Adams of the author's black spaniel, 4 in color, with tissue guards, including frontispiece. A blot of white on front cover, wear at extremities, previous owner's inscription on ffep. A good copy, binding tight, illustrations lovely, especially the color plates.

Wien: Anton Scholl & Co, 1942. Hardcover. Good/Good-. 36 pages of text followed by 74 plates, some in color, plus 3 color plates tipped in. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Water-stained at foot of spine with boards slightly cupped. Lightly soiled dustjacket has a large chip at top of front panel affecting the title but not the illustration. From the library of Charles Bell, writer, poet, and Rhodes scholar. Bell's Greenville, Mississippi childhood included classmates Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land, Houghton Mifflin, 1962, was praised by William Carlos Williams. Bell's work includes three volumes of poetry, two novels, and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." Text is in German.

Old Orchard Beach, Maine: Old Orchard Publishing Service, 1986. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 218 pp. Includes a "finale," made up of what might be called a posterior dedication illustrated by a drawing of the back side of a naked man , with lips or a lipstick mark superimposed on the buttocks. From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on the folksongs and folklore of Maine and Maritime Canada, with an inscription from Garcia to Sandy's wife. Ives was the founder and Director of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History and the editor of its annual publication, Northeast Folklore.

Norman: Univ Oklahoma Pr, 1954. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eggenhofer, Nick. 296pp, index, bibliography, 2 maps, 13 illustrations. Prev. owners signature covered on half-title, else fine in protected dj with some light edgewear & moderate sun fade to spine.

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 256 pp. Includes bibliography, glossary and index. Illustrated with numerous black and white reproductions of paintings, plans, models and photographs. The second title in the 12 volume series, Conway's History of the Ship. The ship may be the most influential invention in human history. Conway's History of the Ship is the first comprehensive and authoritative account of this technological and cultural phenomenon. An unprecedented line-up of over one hundred leading maritime historians and specialists from around the world was assembled to ensure that the work is informative, authoritative and fully international in outlook. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. David Prosser. 349 pp. During production, some dustjackets were fitted to the books before the bookcloth was properly dried. The resulting moisture bled through the jackets as it stuck them to the books. This is one of those copies, and it would have been a near fine book in a very good dustjacket if not stuck together.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. David Prosser. 367, [1] pp. Fine, dustjacket has closed tear on back panel and light soil.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. David Prosser. 346 pp. With dj illustration and frontispiece by David Prossner. A collection of ten stories, including "The Loves of Bantan" and "The Dream Fantasies of Bantan's Creator." Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket.With dj illustration and frontispiece by David Prossner. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. David Prosser. 373 pp. With dj illustration and 10 plates by David Prossner. Near Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket.

Middletown (CT): Wesleyan University Press, 1977. Limited/Numbered . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 356pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, illus. #277/300 copies. American Maritime Library, vol 8

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163pp, b/w photo plates. Priced dj in mylar protector.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1995. Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. 32 pp. Illustrations in b&w and color, list of works, biography. Clean & tight. Near Fine.

Boston: G. K. Hall, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine. 213 pp with index. Foxing along top edges, else Fine.

n.p.: Macmillan, 1942. Paper Wrappers. Very Good. Leroy Baldridge et al. 48 pp. Includes word list and many illustrations. Reading level corresponds to Macmillan's Third reader. Normal light soiling on covers and 1/8" nick at lower front cover corner else VG.

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Marjorie Torrey. [ii], 146, [2] pp. Red cloth, spine title stamped in blue, design of apple blossoms blind-stamped on front, decorated endpapers with same design, delightful illustrations. Soiling and wear. Library blind-stamp to first 8 leaves the only markings. Cows, kittens, lambs, a goat, and a burro keep Sarah busy at the new ranch.

Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. xv, 400 pp. Useful overview of infections and situations a physician may expect to encounter. Material presented by more than 75 doctors. Pale blue pencil underlining, else very good.

Bangor, Maine: n.p.; n. d.. No Binding. Fine. Printed greeting card. A Geagan drawing in green ink of a cartoon beaver decorating a tree. A copy of his first book, Nature I Loved, is shown under the tree. Printed in red, the card reads "Alice and Bill Geagan send Christmas Greetings." Geagan also wrote The Good Trail and Seed in the Wind. In her introduction to The Good Trail, Margaret Chase Smith wrote " Bill Geagan is a Maine man who loves his state and praises his God for giving him the opportunity to enjoy its wonderful woods, lakes and streams." This card was never used and is in Fine condition.

Brookfield, Conn: Brookfield Players, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 166 pp. Includes: In the Tradition, I Have Seen Myself Before, The Drink in the Body, By the Soul You May Bury. Green cloth; light sunning to spine and bottom edges of boards. Yellow dustjacket has lightly sunned spine and tattered edges but is complete and clean. VG/Good

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. Stated First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Hilary Knight. Unpaginated. Wonderful pencil illustrations by Knight, including the endpapers. Quarter green cloth with yellow paper-covered boards. Red title in oval of green foliage stamped on front board. Paper on the boards was originally lemon yellow but has toned to a mottled orange. Lettering on spine and front board still bright. Price-intact dustjacket VG+ with light soiling to back panel.

Taunton, Massachusetts: William S. Sullwold Publishing, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. xii, 84 pp. Brown cloth, titles gilt. B&w photos, errata slip laid in, plus 4 sheets from the Descendents of Whaling Masters laid in.