Search Results: Titles starting with G from MLC Books

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1945. Ghost written by Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, who also wrote under the name Craig Rice, among others (Hubin.) Basis for the 1943 William Wellman movie "Lady of Burlesque" starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea. Photos from the movie on the rear jacket cover. Tenth Tower Books printing. Gently bumped and rubbed with a damp stain to the spine and upper rear panel, no damp indication to the text block. Binding square and solid, pages tanned. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, corresponding damp stain to the spine and rear panel, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1925. A tale set in the 1940s in which Samara overthrows the Russian leaders and establishes a capitalistic monarchy. Gently bumped and rubbed, rear hinge just beginning to loosen, binding cracking at page 108.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Afton, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Afton Historical Society Press, 2002. Jacket lightly crimped at the corners and spine ends. Signed by L'Enfant on the title page. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Washington D. C., 1979. Pamphlet distributed at banquet honoring excellence in scientific and artistic creativity by individuals of Indian descent. Honorees include Raj Chandra Bose, Harish-Chandra, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, H. Gobind Khorana, Zubin Mehta, Satyabrata Nandi, C.K.N. Patel, Raja Rao, A.K Ramanujan, Rustum Roy, Kundan S. Singwi, S. Subramanian, E.C.G. Sudarshan, and Manik Talwani Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: David McKay / Ives Washburn, 1973. A man moves to a village after being acquitted of murdering his wife and child. When girls from the neighboring school are killed or go missing, the town is ready to explode and Superintendent Folly arrives to sort things out. First American edition, published in Britain in 1949. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a small drip mark to the upper edge of the text block. Pages tanned, lower corner of the rear end paper clipped. Jacket rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, flaps a bit tanned, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Headline, 1995. Very lightly bumped, slightly cocked. Binding just beginning to crack at the author's note at end of book. Page ends tanned and a bit soiled. Jacket in mylar. Signed by the author on the Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Near Fine.

London: George A. Harrap & Co., 1934. Inspector Jim Silver investigates the mysterious disappearance of the Colonel who inhabits "Gallows" Grange. Published in the U.S. as "Call Out the Flying Squad!" Second impression, April 1934. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a small drip mark on the front board. Spine slightly sunned and cocked, binding solid. Staple holes in the rear end paper. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. Superintendent Ancher believes an obvious suicide is murder, but how to prove it? Spine ends gently rolled, foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. One of Macdonald's best, Lew Archer is hired to find Mrs. Galton's son. Ex-library, rebound in library boards, with internal and external stamps and stickers, a pocket in the back. Beverage ring ans small stains to the front board. Square and solid. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

New York: Walker & Co, 1961. Gently bumped and rubbed, spine faintly sunned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

1st Books Library, 2001. Spine slightly cocked with small nicks to the lower edge of the boards. Signed by the author on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Wayzata, MN: Turtinen Publishing, 1977. Story of the 1941 Heisman Award winner Bruce Smith of the University of Minnesota. Signed by his father, Lucius Smith, who wrote the foreward. Dime size stain at spine heel, otherwise as new. DJ lightly soiled, small tears, edgewear, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the Foreword Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Good +.

New York: St Martin's, 1977. First U.S. edition. The second Thomas Brunt mystery. Spine ends rolled, lower corners bumped with corresponding wear to the jacket. Pages tanning, jacket in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Methuen, 1905. All 15 color plates present. Bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends, spine a bit darkened. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rawlins, J. T..

OTR Publishing, 2004. A comprehensive history of the Gang Busters radio program, which ran from 1935-1958, including a complete episode guide. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

New York: A.L. Burt, 1928. A novel of the French Foreign Legion. Early reprint. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, spine a bit spotted. Binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed with large chips and tears, internal reinforcement, much of the spine missing, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the extremeties. Spine faded, front hinge cracked, rear hinge loose. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. A Philo Vance mystery, with murder against a background of horse racing. Basis for the 1936 Edwin L. Marin movie starring Edmund Lowe as Philo. Ex-library with a stamp and evidence of a stamp pad removal on the front end paper, no other indications. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends. Faint dime-sized drip mark on the lower front board. Hinges solid, binding is cracking at page 46 but still good. Jacket rubbed with edgewear, damp stain to the spine heel only visible internally. Clear internal tape repair at the spine ends and upper rear flap, in new Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. A Philo Vance mystery, with murder amid a background of horse racing. Basis for the 1936 Edwin L. Marin movie starring Edmund Lowe as Philo. Ex-rental library with a sticker to the front pastedown. Bumped with wear at the edges, chipping and loss to the spine ends. Damp stain to the lower and fore edge of the boards and text block. Hinges beginning to crack, plot synopsis glued to the front pastedown.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Belton, TX: Regal Crest, 2014. Janie O'Grady leaves her dangerous neighborhood in New York City during the Great Depression and moves to the Devon countryside on the English shore as head gardener to a 17th century manor. Light crease to the rear cover. Signed by Duncan, dated June 2014, on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.