Search Results: Titles starting with G from About Books

GAG Charitable Corporation, 1981. Complete 2 volume set. Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp. Illustrated with a few family photos and reproductions of ancient coins as chapter headings. Autobiography, with attention to the corporate history of the Gerber Goldschmidt Group. The author, George A. Griesbach, co-founded the company in 1920 along with partners Meyer Hirsch Goldschmidt, and Jacob Gerber. At the start, the three traded in a variety of products as manufacturers' representatives from offices in Cape Town, South Africa and Berlin, Germany. Ultimately the firm grew into a $2 billion international holdings company with more than 30 worldwide branches in 22 countries. Appendix, with biographical profiles of people mentioned in the text. Bound in the original red linen.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 8vo. 2 vols. pp.1-269 + pp.270-522 . Great Packaging, Fast… Read More

Cedar Grove, New Jersey / Altrincham, England: Dar-Web / John Sherratt, 1971. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is lightly rubbed but has NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($12.00). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This fully descriptive G. A. Henty bibliography transcribes his title pages line by line. Unlike Newbolt, this covers the American editions too. It describes book covers, spines, contents, etc. Identifies his magazine appearances. Illustrated with photos of 73 book covers. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown leatherette. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xvii, 184pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Cedar Grove, New Jersey / Altrincham, England: Dar-Web / John Sherratt, 1971. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($12.00). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This fully descriptive G. A. Henty bibliography transcribes his first edition title pages line by line. Unlike Newbolt, this covers the American editions too. It describes covers, spines and contents, etc. Identifies his magazine appearances. Illustrated with photos of 73 book covers. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown leatherette. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xvii, 184pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1971. Very Good condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Bound in the original royal blue cloth, attractively decorated in white and black. Front cover has a couple light surface scratches. 11.25" wide by 12" tall. Illustrated with 239 plates, including 96 in full-color, some folding. Features several works never before published. The entire range of Braque's oeuvre is represented. Includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, frescoes, collages, graphic works, stained-glass windows. "From Braque's early Fauvist masterpieces, through the Cubist revolution in modern art to the classically inspired canvases of the 1920s and the lyrical abstractions of his later years." Photographic endpapers. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition/No jacket. 261pp.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1988. Near Fine condition. Square and tight. Previous owner's last name on the front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 1988. Facsimile reprint with the addition of a new foreword by James R. Whitley, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Chief of Staff. Studies in Military Engineering, Number 3. Appendices. Battalion organizational diagram. Awards and decorations. Index. Bound in the original full wraparound pictorial wraps, lettered in bright red. From the publisher of a later edition: "Born and raised in Adair County, Kentucky, Henry Giles entered the U.S. Army in 1940. As weapons sergeant with the 291st Combat Engineer Battalion, Sgt. Giles participated in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the crossing of the Rhine River at Remagen. Throughout his time in the European Theater he wrote over six hundred letters home to his soon-to-be wife, Janice Holt. He also religiously kept a journal… Read More

Florence [Italy]: G. P. Vieusseux's Reading Rooms and Circulating Library, 1896. Near Very Good condition. Pages are age toned, but NOT brittle. A few pencil check marks (easily erasable). January 1896. G. P. Vieusseux's Reading Rooms and Circulating Library. This copy lists English Books of Biography, History, Travels, Fine Arts, etc. (pages 1-251). The title page calls for a section listing "Novels" to begin on page 253, but that section, if ever published, isn't included in this copy. We consulted the Library of Congress and British Library online catalogues but could not find any copies of this book that do include a section on Novels. This lending library, established in 1819, claimed 200,000 volumes in all languages. Subscribers could borrow books by mail or in person. This library claimed some 20,000 English language titles in the collection. Bound in are 1st and 2nd supplements with additions through 1901. Subscriptions rates, postage costs, and terms are… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. SIGNED directly on the title page by Sue Grafton with her characteristic black sharpie (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). A gorgeous copy of the first printing. Gift quality. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($16.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1990. First printing, with "First Edition" so stated, and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original pale gray boards with a black cloth spine stamped in shiny red metallic. From the dust jacket: "'G' IS FOR GUMSHOE is: A rich, complex, and gripping tale in which Kinsey's grit is tested to its utmost as she unearths the gruesome truth about a long-buried… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. SIGNED directly on the title page by Sue Grafton with her characteristic black sharpie (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). A gorgeous copy of the first printing. Gift quality. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($16.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1990. First printing, with "First Edition" so stated, and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original pale gray boards with a black cloth spine stamped in shiny red metallic. From the dust jacket: "'G' IS FOR GUMSHOE is: A rich, complex, and gripping tale in which Kinsey's grit is tested to its utmost as she unearths the gruesome truth about a long-buried… Read More

Temecula, CA: Gold Prospectors Association of America, 2004. Very Good+ condition. NO spine creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Subtitlle: "The Largest Guide for Gold, Gem & Treasure Hunting" Includes an article, Fine Gold Separation, by Clarence "Doc" Ashcraft. No date of publication is indicated but circa 2004 based an internal evidence (i.e. an ad for the "2004 Alaska Gold Adventure"). This guide to finding gold, diamonds and other gems in the US and Canada has history, topographic maps, GPS directions, mining comments, and member reports for mining sites that are arranged county-by-county, state-by-state and province-by-province. Oversize Softcover. 8" wide by 10.75" tall. This large book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. 2004? edition. Oversize Softcover.… Read More

University of California: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. NOT a library discard. SIGNED by George P. Hammond in blue ballpoint pen, directly under the book's frontispiece portrait of him (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Also laid-in is a document signed by Hammond, in his capacity as Secretary of The Friends of the Bancroft Library. Very Good condition -- only very lightly rubbed. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated with frontispiece and 10 other plates. This festschrift has contributions by Dale L. Morgan, Charles L. Camp, Robert H. Becker, Warren R. Howell, J. S. Holliday, Francis P. Farquhar, etc. There is also a chapter by Hammond, and the book reprints his first appearance in print, IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN IN 1923. Includes a George P. Hammond bibliography. Number 13 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. Bound… Read More

Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2002. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Small remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original silver cloth, stamped in bright red on the spine and front cover. From the publisher: "Based on her experiences as a stripper in a city she calls Laurelton - a southeastern city renowned for its strip clubs - anthropologist Katherine Frank provides a fascinating insider's account of the personal and cultural fantasies motivating male heterosexual strip club 'regulars.' Given that all of the clubs where she worked prohibited physical contact between the exotic dancers and their customers, in G-STRINGS AND SYMPATHY Frank asks what - if not sex or even touching - the repeat customers were purchasing from the clubs and from the dancers. She… Read More

Blairsville, PA: Crank'en Hope Publications, 1986. Very Good+ condition. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. No highlighting. NO margin notes. 1st Edition? (No other printings listed). A volume from the Ridgecrest series, with "An Indian Uprising" printed at the lower edge of the front cover. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line drawings. Contains detailed specifications for the Pontiac automobile models listed in the title of the book. Bound in the original blue pictorial wrappers with a black cloth spine. Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. 1st ed (No additional printings listed). Oversize Softcover. Very Good+ condition/No jacket, as issued. 482pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc, 1980. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (only light edgewear). NOT price clipped ($19.95 sticker over $17.95 price). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Small bookstore ink stamp (Cinema Bookshop, Hollywood, CA) on the front endpaper. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. First Edition with "First Printing 1980" so stated on the copyright page. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Entire screenplay of the blockbuster movie based on Margaret Mitchell's novel, including revisions made by F. Scott Firzgerald and Ben Hecht. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos from the film, production crew and cast, including Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, etc. Bound in the original gray boards with a red cloth spine stamped in bright silver. From the dust jacket: "This screen play, never before published, takes Sidney Howard's adaptation and adds to… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Very Good condition. This volume contains 4 novels bound as one. The binding is marbled boards with black leather spine and corners. Moderate corner wear. Small chip at the head of the spine. The four works are: GABRIELLE ANDRÉ by S. Baring-Gould [1871, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 201pp.]; AGAINST TIME by Alexander Innes Shand [no date, Boston: Little & Gay, 200pp.]; FOR THE KING by Charles Gibbon [1872, New York: Harper & Brothers, 122pp.]; ROUGEGORGE AND OTHER SHORT STORIES by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Alice Cary, Lucy H. Hooper, Jane G. Austin, A. L. Wister, L. Clarke Davis, Frank Lee Benedict, etc. [1870, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 148pp.].. First American Edition?. Hardcover. Very Good condition. about 670 pages.

Detroit, Michigan: Gale, 1999. NOT a library discard. Complete 2 volume set: Vol 1 A-K, Vol 2 L-Z. Covers are only a little rubbed. Internal condition is FINE. Flat, uncreased spines. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. Uniformly bound in the original black laminated boards. Oversize Hardcover (8.5" wide by 11" tall by 3" thick. This large, heavy 2 volume set (almost 8 pounds) will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost.. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 volumes:lvi, 552pp. + v, pp 553- 1,250. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

[Galena, Illinois]: The City of Galena / Works Progress Administration, 1937. A gorgeous copy that appears unread. Fine condition with just a tiny touch of age toning along the edge of the rear wrapper. Virtually NO wear. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, clean, and tight -- remarkably well-preserved. Sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. NOT a library discard. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white, fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. One of the scarcest titles in the American Guide Series. Mostly written by Nelson Algren. His third appearance in print. The color foldout map of Galena, Illinois is in perfect condition. Illustrated with maps and numerous woodcuts in the text, plus 23 photos on 15 plates on glossy paper. Bound in the original blue pictorial wraps, printed in blue and gold. Dykes 81. Powell 319. McCollum p43.… Read More

New York: William Wood and Company, 1907. Fine condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. 57 illustrations. This copy bears the ownership signature of Dr. Franklin J. Keller, founder of the HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, on West 46 Street, in New York City. The school, initially called "Keller's Folly," became the basis for both the hit film and TV series "Fame." Laid-in is a photo of Dr. Keller, and some info about his role in founding the school. Keywords: New York School of the Performing Arts. Fame. Vocational education. Cholecystotomy. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth/No dust jacket. 8vo. vi, 233pp.

New York: ibooks, 2003. New, unread copy. Flat uncreased spine. Bright and shiny. From the publisher: "Goes behind the legends to provide a complete account of the March 1944 escape of seventy-nine Allied airmen from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany during World War II, describing the construction of an escape tunnel and their ongoing efforts to outwit their captors.". First ibooks Edition. Softcover. New. xxi, 329pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Bookplate. Essays on cities (Fez, Biarritz, Mequinez, Kirriemuir, Mandalay) and short biographies of Winston Churchill, Compton Mackenzie, Anatole France, Thomas Hardy, Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Stanley Baldwin, J. Ramsay Macdonald, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, A. Bonar Law, Hon. Austen Chamberlain, Lords Robert and Hugh Cecil, Marcel Proust, Lloyd George, the Empress Eugene, Lady Palmerson, etc. Top edge gilt. Original dark blue cloth spine and blue paper-covered boards. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 249pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Gallipolis, Ohio:: Gallia County Historical Society, 1993. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original gilt-decorated maroon cloth. This is a labor-of-love history of 179 different one-room schools from the early-days of Gallia County, Ohio. It contains many funny and original stories, and memories of educators and pupils who themselves taught at or attended one-room schools. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of old photos, as well as maps, old newspaper clippings, and document facsimiles. Endpaper photos. Lists the names of many teachers, lists of pupils, and board of education members. Includes the first publication of pertinent history written in 1935 by Bion Bradbury, county superintendent of schools, based on his access to early Gallia County School Office records housed in the attic of… Read More