Search Results: Titles starting with G from Matthew's Books LLC

New York: World Publishing Company, 1970. first edition. hardcover. Book Fair: water damaged, especially to rear board, rear of text block. toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight, water damage to boards and spine. Reading copy only./DJ Fair: water damage, edge wear, not clipped. 8vo 294pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "Back in the days when teh grass was real and the only dome above the field was the sky, there were pro-football players who "played sixty minutes of a game, convinced that to be removed, even because of injury, amounted to personal disgrace." They frequently went without medical attention and sometimes without a paycheck. They were the men who established pro football and theirs was The Game That Was. To capture teh flavor, the spirit, and the nostalgia of those remembered but often unrecorded yesterdays, Myron Cope took a year away from his reporting for Sports Illustrated and made a sentimental journey to visit twenty men who passed, punted, and pummelled… Read More

Avon Books, 1968. mass market paperback. good. 383pp. "Gaudy Night is a time when all manner of strange things happen, but never so strange as when Harriet Vane returned to Oxford. She was confronted with poison pen letters, loathsome drawings, scrawled obscenities, and attempted murder. Only her old friend and lover, Lord Peter Wimsey could rescue her from the madness of that night." #00572.

Signet, 1962. mass market paperback. very good: clean, tight, unmarked, little age toning. fourth printing, clean and tight. 187pp. #00007.

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1964. Second Edition. hardcover. very good: toning to endpapers, mild handling wear to boards and spine, name on FFEP, some wear to edge of text block./DJ good: edge and corner wear, age toning, NOT clipped. 8vo 673pp. from front flap: "The disciplines of genetics, developmental biology, and biochemistry have an important common denominator--molecular biology. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the physical basis of heredity as interpreted through molecular studies. It is almost totally concerned with how genes act, and the effects of their actions within the individual cells. This edition of Genetics and Metabolism has been fully revised and expanded to include the many new outlooks and concepts which have recently redirected thinking in this field. Yet the authors have been careful to retain the fundamentals necessary to an understanding of the original literature." #01199.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. hardcover. Book VG+: wrinkle in cloth at base of spine, mild shelf wear outside edge of text block, else clean, tight, unmarked./DJ VG: crease at base of spine, mild shelf wear, NOT clipped ($35.00). 8vo 638pp. + illustrations. stated first edition but number line to 2, likely second printing. from front flap: "The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books, and the people who have revered, gathered, and preserved them over the centuries." #01903.

Doubleday Doran and Company, 1930. hardcover. good: ring stain and age wear to boards, spine sunned. text clean, binding tight/no DJ. Octavo 300pp. Early printing of one of Maugham's "travel books" novels. #00171.

Norwalk CT: Heritage Press, 1992. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover NF/no DJ. Berthold Mahn. 8vo 374pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Introduction by Henri de Montherlant. #01975.

Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1980. hardcover. near fine: clean, square, tight, unmarked./no DJ.. 8vo 192pp. stated first edition. from rear cover: "...Now Suzanne Hilton, also author of THE WAY IT WAS--1876, takes you aboard sailing ships to cross the Atlantic. Reaching America, you ride along horseback trails through the forests and mountains, and on crowded stage-coaches jolting over corduroy roads to reach the tiny frontier settlement. Frequently you meet Indians, stop at local inns, and always face the threat of the unknown. . ." #01291.

Dell, 1970. first thus. mass market paperback. very good: crease on front cover, text clean, binding tight. Dell 2871 320pp. first New Dell printing July 1970. #00429.

Pantheon, 1955. hardcover. near fine. some toning on FEP, small sticker on bottom of FFEP otherwise pages clean and unmarked. slight shelfwear./very good. slight chipping at spine and corners, crease at flap, toning, some fading to spine, not price clipped ($2.75). Second printing before publication, February 1955. An overall near fine copy of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's reflections on the lives of Americans, particularly American women, in the mid-20th century. She shares her meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment. Occasioned by her visit to Florida's Captiva Island in the early '50s.  A rare early copy in this condition.. #00028.

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1966. hardcover. Book G: age wear to boards and spine, scuffed corners, ex library with stamps, binding loose but intact, text clean. sgined by author on FFEP: "With my greetings and good wishes Isaac B. Singer/no DJ. 8vo 205pp. ninth printing. collection of short stories by Polish-American Nobel Prize winning author, originally written in Yiddish and then translated by author into English. #01866.

New York: Penguin Press, 2006. first American edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear bottom of boards, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild age toning/soil, NOT clipped. 8vo 298pp. from front flap: "An astounding novel based on the true story of the life and mysterious death of the largest herd of giraffes ever held in captivity." #02484.

London: George Routledge and Sons. hardcover. Book VG-: shelf wear, mild scuffs/stains to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight.. 8vo 313pp. #02298.

New York: The Girl Scouts, Inc, 1930. Revised Edition. hardcover. Book VG: shelf wear to boards and spine, bumps to corners, ex libris bookplate front paste down, toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.. 12mo 464pp. Revised Edition, September 1930. from Preface: "Since much of the material of the handbook is out of date, this abridged edition, omitting obsolete sections, has been prepared for use until a new handbook can be published." #02429.

Little Brown and Company, 1970. first edition. hardcover. very good+ : mild shelf wear around edges of boards, else clean, square, tight./very good: corner and edge wear, NOT clipped ($5.95). 8vo 276pp. from rear flap: "THE GIRL IN A MASK--a thrilling blend of mystery and romance set against the background of a beautiful country estate." #00856.

New York: Vantage Press, 1959. first edition, Advance Review Copy. hardcover. Book VG+ : mild shelf wear, toning and offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ VG: mild age toning, NOT clipped ($2.50). 12mo 89pp. Advanced Review Copy, stated first edition. from front flap: "A "glad evangel," a teacher of teachers, a man who truly loved his fellow men inspired the writing of the title poem in this book. Howard N. Reeves, Jr., so honors the memory of Dr. Francis Harvey Green, scholar and man of God. These poems echo the serene faith in the spirit of Eternal Hope which was the secret of Dr. Green's life. . . and is the basis of the author's own Christian philosophy." Includes card from Vantage Press publication with publish date (Mar 17 1959) and request for two copies of review when it appears, along with letter from publisher to The Rev. Edwin Randall: "This book is being sent to you with the compliments of the author." #01442.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897. hardcover. Book VG: mild age wear to boards and spine, mild toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 12mo 296pp. later printing of first edition. Collection of first hand accounts, retelling of folk tales, travel diary, etc. of Japan. writer largely responsible for introducing Japan to the West. Born as Hearn, he later changed his name and moved to Japan and assumed Japanese citizenship. #01610.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1973. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, few spots of foxing to endpapers, neat underlining through first half of text block else clean. binding tight./DJ G: age wear/toning, chipping at spine ends, NOT clipped ($7.95). 8vo 376pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "Is it possible to conceive of God in terms other than those of Western civilization? Vine Deloria's new, thought-provoking book says we can, and must, if we are to survive in today's world. Deloria analyzes the religious crisis in contemporary American life, and shows that the major religion of the land, Christianity, has failed both in its theology and in its application to social issues." #02126.

Kitty Hawk, NC: Deo Volente, 1985. spiral bound. Book VG: mild shelf wear and age toning to covers, spiral comb intact, text clean. gift inscription by editor on copyright page: "For Glo with much love Kim. 8vo 379pp. from Foreword: "The God Willing Cookbook is the work of an unusual sisterhood that begon on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1966. A group of women friends living and visiting in the area organized a retreat for women whose lives were affected--directly or indirectly--by the abuse of alcohol. Since the original gathering "just among us Gulls" at Nags Head, the retreats have been held twice yearly and have brought strength and hope to hundreds." #02215.

very good: age wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, gift inscription on FFEP, text clean, binding tight/good: edge and corner wear, age toning, NOT clipped ($1.35 Net). 12mo. 83pp. from front flap: "The portrait of a hot-tempered and masterful father by an unusually out-spoken son. The author tells of his father's fearless relations with his God, his impatient endurance of his pastors and the conflict of his high-spirited views with the faith of his wife." #01055.