Search Results: Authors starting with G from Arabesque Books

Atlanta: Bird Printing Co., 1916. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 88 pages. Protected in mylar. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Lucian Lamar Knight. A very attractive copy with a portrait of an old black man (Unc' Nat.) on the front board. One page has a 1" closed tear. No previous owner's names or marks. Scenes and portraits of the Old South in prose and poetry. Photos of "de ole black Mammy" among others. Written in Southern Negro dialect. A scarce copy.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (1999), 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Fine. 8vo. 194 pages. Illustrated with photos. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the limitation page and numbered. Limited to 1050 copies. Bound in full genuine leather with gilt decorations and raised bands on the spine. All edges are gilt. Includes silk moire end papers and a satin ribbon page marker. Also includes a Certificate of Authenticity from the Easton Press and a note card about the author and the book. No previous owner's names or marks, a beautiful, like new, gift quality copy. A collector's item.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. 223 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear and is price clipped. Edges of binding and book have very slight browning, otherwise a beautiful copy of the scarce first edition. Over 200 photographs "provide a remarkable visual record of the unique town of Natchez, Mississippi, from the Civil War through the glittering Victorian era into the twentieth century.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1969), 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to. Vol. I, pp. xxi, 964. Illustrated. Signed on the front free end paper by the author. Facsimile reprint of the 1954 edition. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, price clipped. The definitive history of the Atlanta area from the time of its first settlements in the 1820's through the 1870's. The original dust jacket has a 1" closed tear on the rear panel. No former owner's names or marks, a very clean, attractive, signed copy.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Woodcuts by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.. pp. xiii, 17-209. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket has minor chips and tanning along edges. Book has a few pencil notes, but no former owner's names.

Self Published, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to. 165 pages, appendix [31]. Illustrated with five tipped-in original photos. Inscribed by the author on the front paste down to an individual, signed and dated, April 26, 1992. Book protected in mylar. Bound in blue imitation leather with the title and author's name in gilt on the front cover. Text of book appears to have been typed and then reproduced. Edward J. Gay was a U.S. senator from Louisiana. Includes a history of the Gay family and an appendix with family trees of the Gay family, the Andrew H. Gay branch, the Sophie Mitchell Gay Crow branch, and the Mary Susan Gay Butler branch. An attractive, clean copy of a very scarce book.

New York: George Routledge & Sons, (1881), 1881. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 64 pages. Illustrated in color and black & white with little poems on each page. Book protected in new mylar. Illustrated binding has some edge and corner wear, but overall attractive. Interior of book is clean with tanning on a few pages. No previous owner's names or marks.

Boston: Chapman & Grimes, Inc., (1947), 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 115 pages. Dust Jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Dust jacket has two small closed tears and very small chips, not price clipped. Former owner's name (a North Carolina Reverend) on the front paste down and front free end paper. Interior of book is clean with no other marks. From the dust jacket flap, "A Negro Reverend looks at the racial situation in the South and points out the responsibility of religious leaders to clarify such situations by making their teachings practical and keyed to the problems of the times. The author traces the causes of this racial problem from colonial days to the present and offers his ideas for the betterment of his race." An uncommon book.

New York: Scribner, (2011), 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. pp. vii, [3], 1-309, [1]. Illustrated. Inscribed on the title page, "To Don, Best Wishes! Mark Kelly". No other names or marks. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. An excellent, very attractive copy of the first edition, first printing with the "1" in the number sequence.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. pp. xii, [3], 2-318. Illustrated. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket protected in new mylar, not price clipped. Dust jacket has very slight edge and corner wear and a 3/4 " closed tear on the rear panel. Book is in excellent condition. No previous owner's names or marks. An attractive, tight, very clean copy.

Easton Press, 2011. Full-Leather. As New in Original Shrink Wrap. 8vo. Brand new, never opened, in the original shrink wrap. Easton Press beautiful leather binding with gilt tooling and raised bands on the spine. A complete book of all our important American documents. Signed by Newt Gingrich. A gift quality book.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, (1960), 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Condition./Very Good Condition.. 8vo. 328 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Book has minor browning on a few pages. Previous owner's name and date on the front free end paper. Includes the Americana Monthly Bulletin with a write up on this title loosely inserted. The First Pennsylvania Rifles were among the most formidable and deadly rifle regiments of the Civil War.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Thick 8vo. pp. xxxviii, [2], 1-495. Map end papers. Dust jacket is protected in a new mylar sleeve, price clipped. Gift inscription from a previous owner on the front free end paper. Otherwise a very clean, unmarked, solid, square, attractive copy.

Westport, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. Limited to 2000 Copies. . Hardcover. Fine Condition./Fine Slipcase.. 4to. Saul Field. pp. xiii, [5], 3-187, [2]. Illustrated. Limited to 2000 numbered copies and signed by the artist. A beautiful copy.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980), 1980. First Edition . Hard Cover/Cloth. Near Fine./Near Fine. Folio. 224 pages. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. Inscribed to an individual, "with all best wishes, Gene Moore, November 3, 1980". Very small light stain on the bottom front corner of the cloth binding. Former owner's name and address embossed on the front free end paper and first blank page. From the dust jacket flap, "There is an art gallery in New York City that is open every day, all day, and even all night. Its clientele is enormous and anonymous. This gallery comprises the five small display windows of Tiffany & Co. Here for nearly twenty-five years Gene Moore has delighted people from all over the world with his beautiful, dramatic, and witty compositions." A beautiful, scarce, inscribed copy.

New York: Atheneum, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 308 pages. Dust jacket protected in new mylar, not price clipped. Dust jacket has very slight wear at corners and edges. Interior of book is very clean, tight, solid, and square. No previous owner's names or marks.

New York: powerHouse Books, (2006), 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio, (14 1/2" tall). Unpaginated, (208 pages). Illustrated in full color, (70 plates). First Edition, First Printing with the "1" in the number sequence. Inscribed on the title page, "To Julie, Best wishes Jeremiah 08." Interior designer to the rich and famous. Introduction by Edward Albee. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. Printed and bound in Italy. Dust jacket and book are in beautiful condition. A massive book in excellent, gift quality condition.

New York, Chicago, Toronto: P. F. Volland Company, (1918), 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations on each page with four line poem. Illustrated end papers. Book protected in new mylar. Illustrated binding has corner wear, small chips at top and bottom of spine, two small tape stains. Interior of book is very clean with white pages and no previous owner's names or marks.

Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1956), 1956. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. 470 pages. Illustrated. Civil War Book Club Edition signed by both authors. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Small 1/4" chip at top of the dust jacket, otherwise very attractive. The book is solid and very clean, near fine.

London, Zurich, Mainz, New York: Printed By The Soho Press, London. Eulenburg Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine./No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volumes. No date, but probably 1960's. Both volumes are protected in mylar. All eight symphonies are included with a foreward in both English and German. Each symphony has a title page and is individually page numbered. Volume One includes Symphonies 1-5 and is bound in half leather and cloth boards with gilt tooling on the spine, marbled end papers. There is a 3/4" round abrasion on the front end paper and a slight bump on the rear board. Volume Two includes Symphonies 6-8 (#8 has a foreward by Max Hochkofler) and is bound in 3/4 leather and cloth boards with gilt tooling on the spine, marbled end papers. Very slight wear at the top and bottom of the spine. The two volumes match in size, gilt tooling, color of the cloth boards and marbled end papers. The color of the leather varies. Volume One is a dark,… Read More