Search Results: Authors starting with A from Glenn Books

New York: A and B Booksellers, 1955. Undated but probably early 1960's. This is actually two catalogues in one. First is "World Theatre in Literature" with 5012 entries, followed by "The American Theatre 1732-1954" with 1149 entries. A comprehensive listing of books for sale by the New York specialists in books about the theater. . First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Minor Wear. Octavo.

London: A. and C. Black, 1919. Printed in the same year as the first edition. Some pencil underlining and marginal notes. Marginal brown stains pp.1-5. Chapters on true hitting of the ball, value and nature of the swing, how to learn the swing, wrist-play, keeping your eye on the ball. 82pp. A reading copy but quite suitable for the golfer's library.. Early Reprint. Green Clo. Moderate Edge Wear and Fading/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

London: Bradbury, Agnew, and Company TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with elaborate gilt designs, red and black leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Circular gold book-plate on front pastedowns. Volume 1 rebacked with original spine laid-down. SIGNED BINDINGS BY MANSELL. Undated as usually seen, probably late 1880's. The two volumes contain a total of twenty full-page hand-colored steel engravings and two hundred woodcuts. Internalle, both volumes are clean and crisp throughout. 320-304pp. The first edition was published in 1847-48. . Later Edition. Full Tree Calf. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Illus. by John Leech. Crown Octavo.

Washington: Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 1848. This is a Senate document from the 30th Congress, 1st Session, Executive No, 23. 132 pages of text material, followed by twenty-four full-page lithographic plates and a large folding map. Plates show very minor brown spotting, confined mainly to the periphery. The large folding map has two small closed tears and small areas of paper defect at left margin secondary to binding and folding process. The plates were probably drawn by Abert, lithography by C.B. Graham. The report details Abert's trek from Fort Leavenworth, along the Santa Fe Trail to northern New Mexico, and his return along the Trail. Several pages of Cheyenne vocabulary are included in the report. See Howes A11, Streeter Sale 168, Graff 5, Sabin 57, Wagner-Camp 143. First Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1889. Bound by Pagnant in 3/4 teal morocco over marbled boards. Limited to 900 copies, this is #675. Issued with a double suite of illustrations by Felicien de Myrbach. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine has five raised bands with elaborate gilt panels. Wide margined text in French. Light overall wear with an occasional nick, else a thoroughly handsome clean, tight volume. 224pp. . Limited Edition. Quarto.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1944. Color pictorial dust jacket showing American planes attacking a ship, presumably Japanese. Crisp and clean throughout. Contents include a map of Japan, basic principles of spoken Japanese, basic conversation, a large appendix, Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries. 159pp.. First Edition.. Green Cloth. Light Edge Wear./Chipped Dust Jacket. Small Octavo.

West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1980. Limited to 1,150 copies, with drawings by Ann Mikolowski.. Limited Edition. Brown Pictorial Wrappers. Essentially No Wear to Binding. Tall Octavo.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. The author, who was drector of the Tanmarind Institute for 15 years, tells the story of the prints made by members of the Taos and Santa Fe art colonies. Beautifully illustrated through, many in color. A very crisp and clean copy. 167pp.. First Edition. Purple Cloth. Fine/Fine. Small Quarto.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1936. Previous owner's western book-plate on front pastedown. Illustrations through text. A very clean and crisp copy. From the jacket, "A mine of cowboy lore and a vocabulary of the lusty speech of the range, from 'dinner plates' and 'walkin sticks' to 'necktie socials' and 'hot rocks'. 257pp.. First Edition. Tan Cloth. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Octavo.

Library of Congress, 1941. Covers have a bit of soiling, not heavy. 67 songs from "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "You'r In The Army Now". Piano accompaniment and extra verses. Also chorded for guitar or ukelele. Tuning chart for these instruments at the end.. Second Edition.. Pictorial Wrappers.. Light Edge Wear.. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. AEG. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. From the Easton series, "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Color frontispiece of the author who lived from 525-456 B.C. Some occasional underlining and marginal notations in a neat hand. The three plays of "The Oresteia" were first performed in 458 B.C. 177pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Green Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Imperial Octavo.

Mitriti: Apud Hilarium Santos, 1791. Red leather spine label. Spine floral designs in gilt. Old marbled endpapers. Title-page with illustration. All edges red. Spine extremities worn, as are corners. Writing in a very old hand on title-page with small area of brown spotting. (See photo). Text is quite clean, with occasional brown spots. 88 illustrations through the text, indexed at the conclusion. 324pp. + index. A rather elusive edition of Aesop's Fables, published in Madrid, text in Latin. Not listed in OCLC or APBC. We have seen a 1788 Madrid edition with same number of plates but a different publisher. This edition was mentioned in Blake's "Ninth Catalogue of Second-hand Books" on p.312. . Later Edition. Full Mottled Calf. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".

London: R. Sare, et al, 1704. together with: "FABLES AND STORYES MORALIZED. BEING A SECOND PART OF THE FABLES OF AESOP.. R.Sare, London, 1699. Twenty-eight page "Life of Aesop" in front of the book.Notes in an old hand rear endpaper and laid-in card. Contemporary panelled covers, The book has been rebacked by professional handbinder, new endpapers from old matching stock.New black leather spine labels. Leather has been renourished. Original panelled covers are well-preserved. See photos. Frontispiece portrait of L'Estrange and full-page engraving of Aesop surrounded by animals from his fables. Wide margins, clean text. Slightly darker toned paper used in rear 1/3 of the tome. A very nicely-preserved copy.. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Full Contemporary Calf. General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Tall Quarto, 12" x 8 1/2".

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. TWO VOLUMES uniformly bound. Previous owner's name top of front free endpapers, both volumes. Frontispiece illustration of the "Blake" in Volume 1. Both volumes replete with text illustrations, full-page maps and diagrams, some in color, several fold-out. Map is present in rear pocket of Volume 2. The author (1835-1910) was the premier American thalassographer (oceanographer) of the 19th century. He was the son of the famed naturalist Louis Agassiz. During the voyage of the "Blake", he collected hundreds of deep sea and coral reef specimens. 314-220pp.. First Edition. Dark Blue Cloth. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jackets. Royal Octavo.

Jefferson City, MO: Ellwood Kirby, 1868. Spine lettered in gilt. Old water-stains to corners first 50 pages. Frontispiece illustration of a sorghum evaporating range. Quite a clean copy. Article of wine districts of Missouri has 4 pages of diagrams of planting techniques. Chapters on minerals, education, plants. 447pp. + 6pp index. . First Edition. Black Embossed Cloth.. Moderate Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons (1997). Near fine in like dust jacket. The revised edition of the 1991 successor to Van Allen Bradley's "Handbook of Values". A fine addition to the library of the book collector or bookseller. First edition..

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons (1995). Near fine in like dust jacket. An update of the 1989 edition, with an extensive listing of authors' first books with 1978, 1985, and 1995 pricies. Several illustrations of title pages and book covers. Early edition..

Kansas City: Executive Publishing Company, 1929. Red cloth sewn-in bookmark. Light edge wear and soiling. Illustrated throughout in cartoon by H. Wood. We do not know who Ainoch was but he leaves a dedication signed "H.J." A book full of clever, and not so clever, anecdotes and sayings; such as "A lump in the throat caused by gladness never chokes", and "You don't have to be a florist to hand out a bouquet". About 1000 more!!. 270pp.. First Edition. Red Cloth. Moderate Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. 3/4 green morocco faded to tan over green cloth. signed binding by Bayntun of Bath. Joints rubbed. Six-panel spine bordered in gilt. Marbled end papers. Forty etchings and 58 woodcuts by George Cruikshank. Frontispiece repaired by old tape (about 2"). Plate at p.151 is loosened. Plates on pp. 16, 28, 45 are in the second state. (See Sadlier 31). 439pp.. First Edition. Mild Cor439pp./No Jacket. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark is sewn-in. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about the book and author are laid-in. The play was first staged in October 1962. It won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 and was adapted into a film in 1966 starring Elizabeth Talor and Richard Burton as Martha and George. 238pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Dark Chocolate Brown. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.