Search Results: Authors starting with G from Quaker Hill Books

Harper Bros. New York, 1901-02 First Edition. Orig. cloth. Excellent. 8vo., A beautiful copy inscribed by the author in a custom 1/2 brown morocco slip case.. First Edition.

BostonBoston: , 1833 Disbound. First Editions. 5 Issues. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This short-lived periodical ran only to 12 issues. The present issues contain an announcement of the first annual meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, as well as a printing of Rushton's Expostulatory Letter to George Washington (taking him to task as a slaveholder)..

London, 1927. Full morocco. Fine. Hugh Thomson. 8vo., Sumptuously bound in pictorial morocco depicting a woman with a parasol by Riviere..

Alliance, Ohio, 1919. Every Day Life of the Man Under a Musket. 186pp. illustrated. The important and dramatic diary of the Civil War by a member of the 104th Ohio Regiment. Original green, pictorial paper wraps. Spine reinforced with green binding tape. A clean and excellent. copy.. First Edition. Green Paper Wraps. Excellent. 8vo..

New YorkNew York: Appleton, 1858 Orig. Tan Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With 30 engaging illus by Herrick, and a folding chart. Original tan cloth stamped in blind, a good copy,lightly foxed and rubbed with a small chip missing at top of spine. First edition. "This is a fascinating and entertaining account of the organization of New York banks and the duties of the various officers. There's also a vivid description of the clearing-house system. Anecdotal conversations abound and the illustrations are very revealing. The history of the great panic of 1857 is portrayed. The author was a well-known merchant of New York City - Larned, The Literature of American History, 2856. Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators, 830a. A valuable book, being probably ther best over-all description of bank operation at the middle of the century. The author was long a recognized authority on American bank administration-- Larson 1736..

London:: Black Swan,, 1703. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized; Wherein All the Parts of Man's Body, with their Actions and Uses, are succinctly described, according to the newest Doctrine of the most Accurate and Learned Modern Anatomists. 632pp. and 19 full plate illustrations. Binding shows wear and front hinge starting but overall still strong.Contents moderately foxed but a quite good copy of Gibson's famous 17th century medical reference book.. Sixth Corrected Edition. Contemporary Brown Calf. Good. 8vo..

London: Bradbury & Evans., 1880. A beautiful set of these sought after titles with magnificent hand colored plates by John Leech and hundreds of other illustrations. In fine condition.. Edition Deluxe. 3/4 Black Morocco Gilt. Fine. Illus. by John Leech. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Three Volumes.

London:London:: John Murray, 1826 Near Fine. Second Edition. 8vo. Gleig's famous narrative reviewing the British army's victories and defeats in America and his philosophical conclusions about war, politics and society. Beautifully bound in recent 3/4 red morocco with gilt lettering and tooling on the spine. Very light scattered foxing but overall the text and pages are very clean and fresh..

Washington, 1867. First Edition 3/4 calf. Excellent. Folio., 2 vol., Binding a bit rubbed and scuffed..

London,: G.G. And J. Robinson:, 1798. Third Edition Corrected. (iii)-lvi and 463, (iii)-ix and 554 pages, lacking half titles. Extremely nice copy of the final version of Godwin's most important political work, espousing "one of the earliest, the clearest, and the most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures colud live in harmony without laws and institutions....It is to be doubted if anyone full accepted this out-and-out radicalism, but Godwin's passionate advocacy of individualism, his trust in the fundamental goodness of man, and his opposition to all restrictions on liberty, have endured....they lie at the roots of all marxist and anarchist theory." PMOM Text very clean and strong, showing only some light aging and foxing, minor dampstain to margins of last few leaves in Volume II. C.f., Printing and… Read More

Silus Andrus. Hartford, 1826. First Edition full calf. Rubbed and nicked with some foxing and creasing at page edges. 8vo., 2vol in 1., Good..

Philadelphia,Philadelphia,: David McKay Co. 1929 Gray Boards/Gilt. First American Edition. Small 4to. 12 colour plates and many other lovely monochrome illustrations. Light wear and rubbing otherwise an excellent copy..

London:: W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office,, 1795. Includes: A Life of Doctor Goldsmith; The Traveller; The Deserted Billage; Life of Thomas Parnell, D.D.; and The Hermit. Engraved frontispiece and five full page engravings with other vignettes throughout the text. Beautifully bound in full polished tan calf ruled in gold, raised spine in six compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Contents show some light to occasional moderate foxing but otherwise a very clean and lovely copy in a fine binding.. First Edition Thus. Full Polished Calf Gilt. Very Good. Illus. by Thomas Bewick.. 4to..

New York, 1833. Full calf. Very Good. Spine dry and cracked. 8vo..

Richmond, Va:: Old Dominion Press,, 1925. 2 volumes, 444pp. & 431pp.; Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Original red cloth with printed labels on spine. William McCabe was born near Richmond in 1841, graduated from the University of Virginia and immediately enlisted in the Confederare army in 1861. He served throughout the war mostly as captain of artillery. During the war he contribute many poems to southern magazines in an effort to bolster morale and after became a noted educator and writer. A beautful set showing only very light rubbing and soiling to the paper labels on the spine.. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo..

NewYork:NewYork:: Simon and Schuster, 1963 Excellent. First Editions. 3 Volumes. Volumes are: "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" "The Insect God" and "The West Wing". All stated as Firsts in the original publisher's slipcase. Books show some light scuffing and the slipcase is scuffed a bit around the edges. Otherwise a remarkably clean and shapr set uncommon in such good condition..

A wonderul collection of 30 letters written by this soldier of the 44th New York Infantry. The letters date 1862 and 1863 and contain fascinating information about the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where his unit helped in the defense of Little Round Top..

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. 1908 Brown Cloth Over Tan Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The famous saga of Lafcadio Hearn including the extensive bibliography. A lovely copy with only very light soiling and rubbing and some insignificant war to top and bottom of the spine..

US Gov't. Washington, 1872. First edition. brown cloth. Moderately rubbed - Very good. 8vo..

NewYork,NewYork,: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1898 Olive Green Cloth/gold. Excellent. 8vo. Frontispiece and title-page illustrations with tissue-guard. Black and white gravures illustrated by MAXFIELD PARRISH. 228 p.p. Clean and tight, with only some very light scuffing to top of front cover. A lovely copy..