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Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion
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Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion

by Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)

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New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1941. First printing. Full cloth. Octavo. 223 pages. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Mild browning to endpapers along hinges, a few extremity rubs. Jacket has a few closed edge tears, a few shallow edge chips, slight rubbing, but no significant loss. Bright, attractive copy.. Drawings by Rea Irvin. Not just a fine compilation of cocktail recipes from the early 20th century, but also a wise and witty look at the philosophy of drinking, the arts of sociability, and a snapshot of the times. <br /> <br /> "Richly embellished with drawings almost from life by Rea Irvin, with a Foreword in golden prose by Lucius Beebe and a Recessional or final insult hurled at the Reader by Lawton Mackall. Published for Hussies and Homebodies...
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There is Life in the Old Land Yet [and] Southern Cross (along with 30 other pieces of sheet music)
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There is Life in the Old Land Yet [and] Southern Cross (along with 30 other pieces of sheet music)

by Gibson, A. F. [and] Charles Ellerbrock [Sheet Music, Civil War, Maryland, Confederate]

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Baltimore: Various publishers, 1860. Cloth over boards. Folio. Various original paginations. Original pieces of sheet music gathered and bound in 20th century cloth over boards with a leather spine label titled in gilt. Mild scattered foxing inside. Near fine overall.. Some illustrated title pages. This is a bound volume of individual pieces of sheet music, mostly published in Baltimore in the 1860s. Most appear to be popular songs of the day but two are rare and decidedly pro-Southern songs printed in Baltimore early in the Civil War.<br /> <br /> A. F. Gibson composed and dedicated "There is Life in the Old Land Yet" to Severn Teackle Wallis. Wallis was a prominent Baltimore lawyer and member of the Maryland legislature who was then imprisoned at Ft. McHenry along with other Maryland officials suspected of disloyalty to the Federal Government.<br /> <br /> Gibson's composition was published in 1862 by George Willig of Baltimore, and reflects Maryland's… Read More
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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)

by Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from underside by prior owner, along with some light soil and minor extremity rubs. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in black. Attractive copy.. Black and white photographs. An account of the tragic loss of the school-ship Albatross in a sudden squall on May 2, 1961. Chuck Gieg was one of the teenaged students on board who survived the incident. Alice Sheldon, who owned and operated the ship with her husband, was lost as were four students and the ship's cook. The Ridley Scott film "White Squall" is based on this incident. <br /> <br /> This copy is inscribed and signed by young Gieg in the year of publication on a sticker that is affixed to the front free endpaper. A rather scarce book.
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Episodes in the Life of Ye Printer...9. - Ye New Installation
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Episodes in the Life of Ye Printer...9. - Ye New Installation

by [Gill, E. M.?]

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[New York?]: (Gill Engraving Company?), 1905. Near Fine. Framed original, black and white animated art piece depicting a colonial print shop and the arrival of a new hand screw press. Appears to be acrylic on artists' board.. One of a series of illustrations by E. M. Gill which were featured in Artemas Ward's advertising trade journal, "Fame," around the turn of the 20th century. Nicely matted and framed.
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Going Native (Signed)
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Going Native (Signed)

by Gogarty, Oliver St. John (1878-1957)

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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940. First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 294 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board. Jacket has minor extremity rubs.. Gogarty, who was James Joyce's model for Buck Mulligan in the opening chapter of Ulysses, here presents a satire on English social mores. It is the story of one Ouseley, an Irishman, advised by William Butler Yeats to leave Ireland and go native among the queer English. Signed by Gogarty on front free endpaper.
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The Vicar of Wakefield (Signed by Rackham)
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The Vicar of Wakefield (Signed by Rackham)

by Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774), Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)

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Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. Limited edition. Vellum over boards. Quarto. 232 pages. Very good with some overall light soil, a few slight rubs.. Color plates, black and white drawings. Beautiful copy of this classic, with 12 full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. This is #155 of 200 copies in the American edition, and is SIGNED by Rackham under the limitation statement on verso of half title. Bound in full vellum with gilt-stamped titles and rules on spine and upper board, top edge gilt.<br /> <br /> Ref. LATIMORE p. 65.
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California, Wine Land of America
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California, Wine Land of America

by Gonzalez, Amado (1913-2007)

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San Francisco: Wine Advisory Board, 1960. Poster. 21" x 28 1/8. Tack holes in the four corners, a few light stains in margins, a small closed tear at lower middle of wine glass, and a couple of short closed edge tears. Very good overall.. Color offset lithography. Colorful California wine poster by Amado Gonzalez California Wine Advisory Board. Gonzalez was born in Mexico but immigrated to San Francisco in 1927 and studied at the California School of Fine Arts. He painted murals for the WPA in the 1930s.<br /> <br /> This colorful vintage poster would make a stunning focal point in any winelover's home.
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Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed...
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Memoirs of an American Lady: with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution (complete in 2 volumes)

by [Grant, Anne MacVicar (1755-1838)]

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition. Marbled paper over boards with leather spines and fore corners. Duodecimos. xii, 322 (2 pp ads) and viii, 344 pages. Attractive 19th century bindings show slight rubs to extremities, a few scuffs to boards. A lovely, sturdy set. Near fine overall.. Anne MacVicar's father was an officer in the British army during the French and Indian War. As a young child she and her mother came to America to be near her father. Anne spent several formative years in the household of Margarita Schuyler of Albany, New York before returning to Scotland with her family a few years after the war ended. <br /> <br /> Madame Schuyler is the "American Lady" of the title, and this delightful work paints a charming picture of what is was like to grow up in her household in the middle of the 18th century. She was said to be arbiter of elegance and morals in Albany, and she frequently hosted travelers, British soldiers, Native Americans, and… Read More
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Part of New-York in 1742, Shewing the Site of the Present Park; the Collect and Little Collect...

Part of New-York in 1742, Shewing the Site of the Present Park; the Collect and Little Collect Ponds; and a Portion of the West Side of Broadway

by Grim, David

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[New York]: [City of New York?], 1856. Single sheet. Approximately 7 1/4" x 10 3/4. Very good. Three old folds, with two edge tears along creases, chip to top right corner.. This map was originally produced circa 1813 by David Grim, and this hand-colored facsimile was reprinted in the "Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1856.
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The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm
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The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm

by [Grimm] Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell (translators), and Maurice Sendak (illustrator)

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9780374339715
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0374339716
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First printing of the revised edition. Hardcover. Square duodecimo. [viii], 334 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, dark brown endpapers, integral ribbon bookmark. No noticeable wear to book. Jacket has a hint of sun-fading to spine and along upper joint fold, else fine also.. Drawings by Maurice Sendak. A superb selection of 27 stories chosen from Grimm's tales. In addition to several familiar standards there are many that will be new to most readers, such as the title story--a masterpiece that is definitely one of the Grimms' darker tales.<br /> <br /> This copy is signed by Sendak on the title page.
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Marino Marini Etchings 1914-1970

by Guastalla, Guido and Luigi Toninelli (compilers)

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Livorno/milan: Graphis Arte/Toninelli Arte, 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio. xiv, 133 pages. Near Fine in a Good Dust Jacket. B&w and Color Plates. One of 500 copies in English. Translation by Dermot T. Cooke. Introduction by Enzo Carli. Primarily a catalogue of Marini's work, with notes and captions. Red textured paper over boards with gilt stamped spine and upper board lettering. Minor bump to lower fore corner of lower board. Jacket has overall yellowing, a .5" x .125" hole near top edge of front panel, a 1" closed tear at lower edge of front panel near joint fold, rubs and wrinkles at extremities, and some surface abrasions. Still a presentable jacket, and one which has preserved the book itself in very nice condition. Contains an index to the etchings.. Jacket in Mylar protector.
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The Last Gift: A Novel
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The Last Gift: A Novel

by Gurnah, Abdulrazak (b. 1948)

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New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. First U.S. printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 279 pages. Bound in yellow paper over boards with spine titled in black. Moderate bump at top of upper joint, else fine in a fine dust jacket.. This was Abdulrazak Gurnah's eighth novel, and centers on an east African immigrant named Abbas, who has raised a family in England and now reflects on the past he has never told anyone about. A stroke has now rendered him unable to speak about it. <br /> <br /> Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, "...for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.".
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From Capitol to Kremlin
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From Capitol to Kremlin

by Guthridge, Mrs. Jules [Anna Sterling] (1849-1922)

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New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 206 pages. Near fine. Bound in burgundy cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, top edge gilt. Contemporaneous prior owner name neatly penned to front free endpaper. Light rubs to extremities with a few shallow bumps. Hinges sound. Clean and bright overall.. Frontispiece portrait. In the spring of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt sent a Commission abroad in an attempt to interest the prominent nations of Europe in putting China's finances on the gold standard. Anna Sterling Guthridge travelled with the Commission as the wife of its First Secretary. <br /> <br /> Mexico sent its own Commission, headed by Enrique C. Creel, and together this Joint Commission visited London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. Guthridge records with enthusiasm the scenes and anecdotes of this tour early U. S. diplomatic tour. Scarce.<br /> <br… Read More
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John Wilkes Booth Himself (Signed)

by Gutman, Richard J. S. and Kellie O.

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Dover, MA: Hired Hand Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Full cloth. Square octavo. 87 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Black & White Photographs. Premier reference and complete study of the photographs of John Wilkes Booth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on half title, SIGNED by both on limitation page at rear. The book reproduces and details every known photograph of the dashing young actor who would assassinate Abraham Lincoln. So much of what's been written about Booth is colored by that tragic act. His photographs, on the other hand, show him the way he wanted to project himself. Taken together, these 40 photographs form a fuller impression of the man. Bound in brown cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, small photo of Booth laid onto upper board. Jacket has mild edge wear, some rubs, and a closed 2.5" tear angling down from top edge of front panel. . Jacket in Mylar protector.
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