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G IS FOR GUMSHOE
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G IS FOR GUMSHOE

by Grafton, Sue

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(New York): (Henry Holt and Company), 1990. First edition (stated). Near fine in fine jacket.. First printing of this gritty installment in the Kinsey Millhone series, filled with "guilt and guile" - "G is for good: very, very good indeed" (rear flap copy). 9'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth with grey boards, metallic red-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($16.95) dust jacket. [10], 261, [1] pages. Some foxing to edges of text block.
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G IS FOR GUMSHOE
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G" IS FOR GUMSHOE

by Grafton, Sue

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this gritty installment in the Kinsey Millhone series, filled with "guilt and guile" - "G is for good: very, very good indeed" (rear flap copy). The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines, to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original boards. Original unclipped ($16.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 262 pages. Inscribed by Grafton to title page "For / Dudley... / warmly," dated 1990 at ALA (likely the American Library Association conference). Jacket with a hint of edgewear, a touch of foxing to verso. Textblock with scattered faint foxing. Tight.
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GA HOUSES [Unbroken Run of the First 125 Issues]
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GA HOUSES [Unbroken Run of the First 125 Issues]

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(Tokyo): (A.D.A. Edita Tokyo), 2012. First editions. Near fine.. Consecutive run of the first 125 issues (1976-2012) of this long-running glossy, indispensable, and high-concept magazine documenting contemporary residential architectural for design professionals. Produced by the Japanese publishing company A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, GA (Global Architecture) HOUSES covers landmark, groundbreaking, and innovative international homes. Released several times a year, GA is generously illustrated with extensive color photographs and diagrams/plans of projects together with accompanying articles that are written by architectural professionals for architectural professionals. A standard in the industry and a difficult run to assemble - the early issues are particularly uncommon. A beautiful set. 125 volumes. 11.75'' x 9'' all. Glossy color photographic wrappers all. Various paginations. Text in Japanese and English. Some mild toning, soil to early issues. Occasional discrete ownership stamps from previous owner… Read More
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GAMBLER
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GAMBLER

by Hirst, Damien; Sellman, Billee; Freedman, Carl; Gillick, Liam

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(London): (Building One), 1990. First edition. Near fine.. Scarce limited edition catalogue of the second of two highly influential warehouse exhibitions organized by Damien Hirst in 1990. Curated by Sellman and Freedman and including work by Young British Artists Dan Bonsall, Dominic Denis, Steve di Benedtto, Angus Fairhurst, Tim Head, and Michael Scott, GAMBLER hosted the first exhibition of Hirst's infamous "A Thousand Years": a cow's head enclosed in a glass vitrine with maggots and suspended fly-electrocuting light, so compelling a model of life and death it reportedly captured Francis Bacon's attention for a full hour. ARTSPACE magazine selected it as the most pivotal artwork of 1990, quoting and accepting Hirst's own explanations about the fear of death. Julian Stallabrass, however, located its inspirations more specifically in mass culture's horror-movie representations of death: "It's all so Peter Cushing. And what else could a boy do, growing up in the 1970s, who happened to be called… Read More
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THE GARDEN
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THE GARDEN

by Glück, Louise

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[New York]: Antaeus, 1976. Near fine.. Fine press limited first edition of this early work in the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning poet's oeuvre. THE GARDEN, published the year after her second collection, presents five poems on the linked topics of nature and the garden, both of which would become major themes of Glück's later works, including her Pulitzer Prize-winning WILD IRIS. A beautiful fine press production designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press. 10'' x 5.5''. Original green paper wrappers, french folds. [12] pages. Faint section of toning to top edge of front wrapper and spine, else clean.
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI

by Van Allsburg, Chris

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9780395278048
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039527804X
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Fine in near fine jacket.. Signed later printing of Van Allsburg's first book, the story of a boy's search for his dog in a mysterious and eerie garden. Chris Van Allsburg's rich illustrations are easy to get lost in. He began his career as a sculptor, graduating with an MFA from RISD; his wife Lisa and illustrator David Macaulay urged him to try his hand at children's book illustration in 1979, and a Caldecott Honor, National Book Award, and numerous other accolades later, his books are a beloved part of many childhood (and adult) shelves. 9.5'' x 11.5''. Original cream cloth, blind-stamped central vignette. In original unclipped ($17.95) pictorial dust jacket with silver Caldecott Honor Book seal to front panel. Black endpapers. Illustrated by Van Allsburg with full-page black-and-white plates. [32] pages. Signed by Van Allsburg on title page. 2'' closed tear to jacket front joint, light sunning around spine. Minor edgewear.
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI

by Van Allsburg, Chris

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Boston: Houghton Milfflin Company, 1979. First edition. Fine in about-fine jacket.. First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, a beautiful copy. A strange tale about a young boy named Alan who, while trying to find his dog Fritz, encounters Abdul the magician. Illustrated with fascinating and unusual full page illustrations. An amazing copy. 9.5'' x 11.5''. Original cream cloth, blind-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Navy endpapers. Illustrated by Van Allsburg with full-page black-and-white plates. [32] pages. Spine gently sunned, else clean and fresh.
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI

by Van Allsburg, Chris

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Boston: Houghton Milfflin Company, 1979. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing of Van Allsburg's first book, with two tipped-in bookplates inscribed by him - the story of a boy's search for his dog in a mysterious and eerie garden. Chris Van Allsburg's rich illustrations are easy to get lost in. He began his career as a sculptor, graduating with an MFA from RISD; his wife Lisa and illustrator David Macaulay urged him to try his hand at children's book illustration in 1979, and a Caldecott Honor, National Book Award, and numerous other accolades later, his books are a beloved part of many childhood (and adult) shelves. THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI earned him his first award, a Caldecott Honor. 9.5'' x 11.5''. Original cream cloth, blind-stamped central vignette, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Navy endpapers. Illustrated by Van Allsburg with full-page black-and-white plates. [32] pages. Two bookplates inscribed by Van… Read More
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THE GARDEN TOUR AFFAIR
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THE GARDEN TOUR AFFAIR

by Ripley, Ann

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9780553106930
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0553106937
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New York: Bantam Books, 1999. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First edition, publisher's review copy of this horticultural murder mystery, following garden expert Louise Eldridge as she once again reluctantly dons her sleuth hat after discovering an overgrown body. 8'' x 4.75''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($22.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 304 pages. Black-and-white headshot of Ripley and promotional newsletter loosely laid in. Clean.
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THE GARGOYLE ON THE ROOF
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THE GARGOYLE ON THE ROOF

by Prelutsky, Jack; Sis, Peter

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0688096433
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New York: Greenwillow, 1999. First edition (stated). Fine.. First printing of this spooky collection of poetry about werewolves, vampires, and more, signed by the author and inscribed by the illustrator with an original drawing. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year awards, Society of Illustrators gold and silver medals, and three Caldecott Honors. Original pictorial boards. In original pictorial dust jacket. Featuring fabulous color illustrations by Sis. [40] pages. Signed by Prelutsky on dedication, along with an original drawing signed by Sis of a vampire with bat wings emerging from an egg.
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GARTH PIG STEALS THE SHOW

GARTH PIG STEALS THE SHOW

by Rayner, Mary

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0333579852
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London, UK: Macmillan, 1993. Fine.. First edition, illustrated in color on every page by the author. The porcine family, including ten piglets, forms a band and has adventures when they hire a hairy, long nosed sousaphone player who sucks Garth into the instrument. This is the fourth book to feature Garth Pig and the gang. 8.25'' x 10.5''. Original glazed pictorial boards.
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GAWPY: BOOK ONE
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GAWPY: BOOK ONE

by Hestwood, Harold; Hestwood, Robert

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Carmel By The Sea, CA: Hestwood Studios, 1926. Near fine.. Absolutely stunning first edition by the print maker who was one of the teachers of Virginia Lee Burton. A most unusual production printed at his own studio, including a charming Art Deco inspired typeface. Rarely found in such nice condition. 12'' x 8.5''. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Illustrated with bold '20s style black-and-white linoleum cuts featuring a pelican named Gawpy. Just a touch of cover soil.
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THE GAY COOKBOOK
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THE GAY COOKBOOK

by Hogan, Chef Lou Rand

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Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, 1965. Very good plus.. First edition of this groundbreaking cookbook, written four years before Stonewall, for and about gay men. Before turning to writing, Rand (born Louis Randall) made the most of his "blond and lissome" youth in '20s San Francisco: performing as a chorus girl under the drag name "Sonia Pavlijev", delivering bootleg gin under Prohibition, getting arrested for doing the "low Kooch" in see-through silver gauze trousers, and finally taking to the sea, where he learned to cook on passenger-freight liners and cruise ships. As Lou Rand, he would publish the pulp novel THE GAY DETECTIVE, as groundbreaking in its own genre as his COOKBOOK. Reveling in innuendo for innuendo's sake, THE GAY COOKBOOK's camp sensibility and vocabulary would soon seem dated and outmoded in the activist '70s, which had no time for puns about the "Swish Alps," and the "literally hundreds of lovely sausages" in the world. But Rand, who wrote openly and fearlessly in the years… Read More
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GAYWYCK
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GAYWYCK

by Virga, Vincent

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0380758202
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(New York): Avon, 1980. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of the first conscientiously gay gothic romance: meditative, otherworldly, intimate, and allusive. Gay novels with gothic and horror elements began to appear in the American market primarily in the 1970s, with Don Holliday's THREE ON A BROOMSTICK (1967) considered the earliest. But Virga departed from these publications in seeking to write squarely within the established conventions of romance. GAYWYCK looked to recreate the style and atmosphere of time-stamped classics like JANE EYRE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and REBECCA. The conscious imitation of, and allusions to, canonical gothics was part of a larger goal Virga hoped to accomplish in GAYWYCK: making space for gay romance by using, and essentially subverting, the same structures and conventions of heteronormative romance. As described by Virga, "It was my intention to write a novel in a genre I loved with gay characters in order to show that genres know no gender. Gaywyck is a… Read More
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THE GEM ABC AND PICTURE BOOK
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THE GEM ABC AND PICTURE BOOK

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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1898. Very good.. Charming McLoughlin ABC with carefree illustrations of children at play, accompanying rhymes about the letters of the alphabet. 13.25'' x 10''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with 2 full-page color illustrations, illustrated in red and black on other leaves. Spine with some subtle reinforcement; rear joint starting to top half, but overall still intact.
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GENERAL GRIVAS ON GUERRILLA WARFARE
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GENERAL GRIVAS ON GUERRILLA WARFARE

by George Grivas; A.A. Pallis

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New York and Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964. First thus. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First edition in English of this reflection on the tactics and methods used by General George Grivas in the the liberation of Cyprus and elsewhere - a rare title, particularly in dust jacket. General Grivas's skills in guerrilla warfare were honed in WWII as the leader of Organization X, a small resistance force composed of Greek army officers who interfered with the actions of the Axis occupiers. After the war, he set his sights on the British colonial forces who occupied his native Cyprus, eventually facilitating the island's independence. This account of Grivas's successes and strategies is rare, especially with original dust jacket present as in this copy. An important work of revolutionary literature. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original brown cloth boards. Original unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket. xii, 110 pages. Small bookseller's label to front flyleaf, Savile Book Shop Washington, DC. Jacket with light… Read More
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THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
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THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER

by DeMille, Nelson

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New York: Warner Books, 1992. Fine in very good jacket.. Signed first edition of the first book in DeMille's Paul Brenner series, following an elite Army undercover investigator. 9'' x 6''. Original mauve and black boards with copper lettering. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($21.95, $26.95 Canada), designed by Anthony Russo and illustrated by Stanislaw Fernandez. 454 pages. Signed by DeMille to title page. Jacket lamination lifting a bit, causing a few small creases; some staining to verso (not visible on front). Scuff to margin of front flyleaf. Sharp and bright.
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GENESIS
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GENESIS

by Young, Ed

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New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this retelling of the Christian creation story with dreamy illustrations by award-winning artist Ed Young. Ed Young entered the world of illustration as a commercial artist, and this background in compelling visual storytelling is evident in all his books. Over his long career, he has earned two Caldecott Honors and two nominations for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. 7.5'' x 11''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($16.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Young to front flyleaf with fading felt pen. Bright.
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GENIUS: Zeitschrift für Werdende und Alte Kunst
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GENIUS: Zeitschrift für Werdende und Alte Kunst

by Heise, Carl Georg; Mardersteig, Hans; Pinthus, Kurt; Matisse, Henri; Gorki, Maxim; Masereel, Frans

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Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1920. First edition. Very good plus.. Second year (in a single bound volume) of the Expressionist journal of the visual and literary arts, with the scarce original lithographs and woodcuts by Masereel and others. The second two-book volume of the ambitious and influential Expressionist annual, founded by Heise and Mardersteig, who met as university students. To satisfy publisher Kurt Wolff, half of each volume was dedicated to "poetry and humanity", the remainder given over to contemporary visual art and critical reaction. Among the contributors to this lavishly illustrated second volume are Rabindranath Tagore, Franz Werfel, Anatole France; Nele van de Velde, Ernst Bloch, and Ernst Josephson; plates include original lithographs and woodcuts by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Frans Masereel, Max Kaus, Georg Erlich, Erich Heckel, and André Rouveyre. 14'' x 10.5''. Quarter vellum with gilt-stamped red paper boards, red and gilt paper label mounted to spine. Plates in color and black… Read More
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THE GENTLEMAN AND THE KITCHEN MAID
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THE GENTLEMAN AND THE KITCHEN MAID

by Stanley, Diane; Nolan, Dennis

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New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994. First edition. Fine in near-fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this delightful tale of a pair of paintings that pine for each other across the walls of a museum, and the young artist who is able to bring them together. Dennis Nolan is a classically-trained artist who has earned a number of awards for his illustrations, including two Golden Kite honors. His polished, expressive art brings the whimsy of picture books to life. 10.5'' x 8.25''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($14.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [16] leaves. Signed by Stanley to title page. Light sunning to spine. Tight.
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