Search Results: Authors starting with G from CraigsClassics

"The Shop - The Story of the ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY" by Captain F.G. Guggisberg. 1902 2nd edition (stated); Cassell and Company; London. The book features photographs and illustrations throughout, including 8 colored plates and 2 fold-out plans. Gilt top page edges. The book examines the Academy's history from its early days beginning in 1741 to the beginning of the 20th century.The contents are arranged as follows: Early Days 1741-1763; The Company of Gentlemen Cadets; The Educational Course; Final Examinations and Commissions; A Period of Transition 1855-1864; The Story of a Batch, Told by One of Them; The "Shop" from 1865-1870; The "Shop" in the 'Seventies; The "Shop" in the 'Eighties; The "Shop" in the Nineties; The G.C. of the Present Day; Games at the "Shop"; Appendices.Condition:Clean covers with bright gilt on the spines; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice text pages - clean and white with no issues found. Tanning & light foxing to the front and rear end… Read More

"War and the Future - Italy, France and Britain at War" by H.G. Wells. "PRESENTATION COPY" is blind-stamped on the title page. 1917 1st edition; Cassell and Company; London. The contents are grouped as follows: The Passing of the Effigy; The War in Italy; The Western War; How People Think about the War - please see the photos for the complete list. The book explores World War I causes, military technology, ramifications, possible outcomes, and more.Condition:Light soiling to the covers and spine. The cloth on the spine has faded a bit. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a crack at the rear hinge with the webbing exposed resulting in the back cover being a bit shaky. The text pages are clean and nearly appear unread with only a few tiny, darker foxing spots at the outer margin of pages 43-46, and an occasional random page with a small, light foxing spot. Heavy tanning to the front and rear end papers. "PRESENTATION COPY" blind-stamped on the title page. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

"The Adventures of Tommy" by H.G. WELLS. 1929 1st American edition; Frederick A. Stokes Company; New York. With illustrations in color throughout by Wells. The story appears in print on the left-hand page, with the corresponding text in Wells' handwriting and color illustrations on the right-hand pages. The book was written by Wells for a child of a friend who was ill - "Tommy" saves the life of a rich man and is rewarded with an elephant. The book is larger in size - it measures 11 3/4" tall x 9 1/8" wide.

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There are a few small, light stains on the front cover; light soiling to the front cover illustrations; tiny cloth tears at the cover corner tips, and at the top-left corner of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Light foxing to the end papers, and to the first couple and last couple pages. There appears to be two characters written in pencil within the text on the 2nd illustrated page after the title page. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

"The Old Reliable" by P.G. WODEHOUSE with its original dust jacket. 1951 1st American edition; Doubleday & Company; New York. From the dust jacket: "He's off again, the inimitably funny P.G. Wodehouse, projecting an entirely new cast of colorful characters into that glittering metropolis of movie magnets - Hollywood. In this hilarious frolic, the principals, in order of their appearance, consist of a superannuated playboy and a butler who has done time for safecracking; an ingenious but practical lady biographer and a vaguely lovelorn English nobleman; a beauteous but apprehensive Juliet and her irreverent Romeo; a tight-fisted former film queen and a pair of thoroughly screen-struck policeman."

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Clean covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. About ten or so pages at the center have a small stain at an outer edge; light stain at the lower-outer corner of the rear and paper. Name, date & initials written in pen at the top edge of the front end paper.… Read More

This is an antique collection of biographical sketches of eminent historic figures, "BOOK OF BENEFACTORS" (also known as 'Lives of the Benefactors') by "the author of Peter Parley's Tales" (S.G. Goodrich). 1844; Bradbury, Soden & Co.; Boston. The book features illustrated portraits and tailpieces. There are 22 biographies in all including George Washington, John Jay, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette, William Tell, Johannes Guttenberg, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Copernicus, Galileo and more - please see the photos for the complete list.Condition:Clean covers and spine; the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn; tiny cloth tears at the corner tips; bright gilt on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Mild foxing to the pages (though heavier on the first few pages of the book up to the 1st Preface page). Tanned, rectangular outline on the front end paper and pastedown (presumably from a piece of paper left between the pages). Overall the book is in Very… Read More

"The Rise of the Book-Plate" by W.G. Bowdoin. 1901 1st edition; A. Wessels Company; New York. The book is richly illustrated with examples of bookplates throughout. "Being and Exemplification of the Art, Signified by Various Book-Plates, from its Earliest to its Most Recent Practice." With an Introduction and chapter on the study and arrangement of book-plates by Henry Blackwell. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Condition:Clean covers and spine. Small cloth tears to three of the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and mostly clean with only a few random smudges found. There is an old bookplate affixed to the front end paper. Small foxing spot at the upper-outer corner of the frontispiece, title page, and the tissue guard in between. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.

"The Art of Living" and Other Stories by John Gardner. 1981 1st Edition (stated); Alfred A. Knopf; New York. The book come with its original, un-clipped dust jacket (showing the book's original $12.95 price). The book features woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Ten short stories. Decorative end papers.From the dust jacket:"The first collection in seven years from one of America's most celebrated and admired writers - ten wonderful short (and long) stories that allow us to explore and enjoy once again the many facets of John Gardner's unique fictional world. Here are enchanting tales about queens and kings and princesses in magical, timeless lands; marvelously warm and funny stories that move, amuse, and enlighten us as they probe the mysterious and profound relation between art and life."Stories include:* Nimram* Redemption* Stillness* The Music Lover* Trumpeter* The Library Horror* The Joy of the Just* Vlemk the Box-Painter* Come on Back* The Art of LivingCondition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp… Read More

This is a signed copy of the "Life of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS" by William Gardner. 1905 1st edition; Roxburgh Press; Boston. The book is inscribed by the author in pen on the front end paper: "To E.S. Waters - With Kind Regards by The Author." Illustrated. The chapters are as follows: Youth; Apprenticeship; Member of Congress; The Compromise of 1850; Results of the Fugitive Slave Law; The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise; The Brewing Storm; Decline of Popular Sovereignty; The Conventions of 1856; Popular Sovereignty in the Supreme Court; Popular Sovereignty in Congress; The Lecompton Constitution; The Illinois Campaign; The Debates with Lincoln; The South Rejects Popular Sovereignty; Seeking Reconciliation; A Noontide Eclipse.Condition:Clean covers and spine; sharp corners; bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The inside of the book is in excellent condition and nearly appears unread - clean pages with no issues found. The book is inscribed by the… Read More

Nice condition copy of "Music and EDGAR ALLAN POE" - A Bibliographical Study by May Garrettson Evans. 1939 1st edition; The Johns Hopkins Press; Baltimore, MD. The contents are grouped as follows: Recognition by the Musically Inclined; Poe's Verse in Music; Poe's Tales in Music; Bibliographical Lists; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Biographical Works Consulted - please see the photos for the complete list.Condition:Clean covers and spine; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are in excellent condition and appear unread - clean with no issues found. Overall a very nice copy.

"The Life of CHARLOTTE BRONTE" by Elizabeth C. Gaskell. Volume II only of a two-volume set. 1857 1st American edition; D. Appleton and Company; New York. The book is illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of "Haworth Church and Parsonage," the home of the Bronte family from 1820 to 1861. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents. There are eight pages of publisher's advertisements at the back.Condition:The cloth on the spine has somewhat faded. Small cloth pieces missing at the top of the spine; there are a few small tears at the bottom of the spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Name written in old handwriting on a front end paper. Consistent light foxing to the pages, though heavier on the frontispiece and to an occasional random page. Soiling to the center of the yellow end papers and pastedowns. Overall the book is in Good condition.

This is a beautifully illustrated volume from "Bryant's Popular History of the United States" by William Cullen Bryant and Sidney Howard Gay. Volume II only. 1883; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The book is profusely illustrated with in-text illustrations and engraved plates throughout.The contents of this volume are as follows: The Pequot War; Southern New England; The Boston Puritans; The Shawomet People and Their Indian Friends; New Netherland under Peter Stuyvesant; The Dutch and Their Neighbors; Quakerism in New England; Virginia and Maryland under the Commonwealth; The Later Years of New Netherlands; The Surrender of New Netherland; The Carolinas; Virginia under Berkeley; New York; North and South Carolina; The Political Policy of the Puritans; Philip's War; New Hampshire; The Witchcraft Delusion; Colonization by Friends; The French in the Mississippi Valley; The Mississippi Scheme; Spanish Colonization; Spanish Explorations and Colonizations.Condition:Clean back cover and spine; there are… Read More

Antique copy of "GALLERY OF COMICALITIES" - Embracing Humorous Sketches by the brothers Robert and George Cruikshank. Circa 1870's (there is no date of publication stated); Reeves and Turner; London. Special edition printed on parchment (1st edition in this format). There are a few full-page illustrations at the front, including a portrait of George Cruikshank. The book contains 143 "sketches" in verse with illustrations by the Cruikshank brothers, Robert Seymour, and others.Condition:Soiling to the covers and spine; there is a thin, reddish stain along the bottom edge of the back cover; small cloth tear at the top of the spine; sharp corners. Wear to the labels on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. The pages are age-toned with some occasional foxing; heavy tanning to the front and rear end papers.

This is an antique copy of "The Dispensatory of the United States of America" by George B. Wood and Franklin Bache. 1868 12th edition (stated); J.B. Lippincott and Co.; Philadelphia. Massive volume of 1,704 pages with illustrations and figures. With an Index and Appendices at the back (including "Art of Prescribing Medicines," "Tables of Weights and Measures," "Alphabetical Table of Pharmaceutical Equivalents," "Tables," and "Correspondence Between Different Thermometers"). Full leather binding with four raised bands on the spine. There are advertisements on the front and rear end papers and pastedowns.Condition:Foxing to the covers; one band on the spine has scuffing to the leather; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some writing in pen at the top edge of page 1,505, a nickel-sized stain spot at the top-right corner of pages 1,505 to 1,520, and 2 small tears/pieces missing at the top-right corner of… Read More

Nicely illustrated copy of "The Yeomen of the Guard" - or, The Merryman and His Maid by Sir W.S. Gilbert with original dust jacket. 1929; Macmillan & Co.; London. The book features 8 color illustrations by W. Russell Flint and "drawings in pen and ink" by Charles E. Brock. The story is a "Savoy Opera" that ran for 423 performances at the Savoy Theatre and was the 11th collaboration between Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (who composed the music for the opera).Condition:Clean covers and spine; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Clean text pages with no issues found; book label affixed to the front end paper. The front end paper has "747" written in pen...no other writing found. Overall the book is in very good condition. The dust jacket has small pieces missing at the top and bottom edges of the spine, and a larger piece missing at the top edge of the front cover.

This is a wonderful, over-sized print of GEORGE WASHINGTON after the famous 1796 painting by Gilbert Stuart. Engraving on paper; dated 1866. The engraving features a beautifully decorated border designed by W. Momberger. The four corner vignettes depict Washington's most significant military battles and victories of the Revolutionary War: Trenton, Princeton, Valley Forge, and Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown. The top-center figure is of Washington as President; the bottom-center figure is of Washington as a plantation owner.The entire sheet measures 23" tall x 17 7/8" wide. The border around the engraving measures 17 1/2" tall x 13 7/8" wide. The engraving itself measures 13 1/4" tall x 10 1/4" wide.Condition:The sheet as a whole is very clean with no stains or writing. There are a few tiny, shallow impressions within the left-hand border; there is a thin, shallow 1" impression within the right-hand border. In the right-hand outer margin (outside of the border) are a few tiny impressions, and a… Read More

This is an antique THEODORE ROOSEVELT biography, "Roosevelt the Happy Warrior" by Bradley Gilman with its original dust jacket. 1921 1st edition; Little, Brown, and Company; Boston. With a frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt, and 10 other illustrations. The dust jacket comes with a clear, protective sleeve - not shown. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents. From the dust jacket: "A biography, written con amore (with love) by a Harvard classmate, that is full of illuminating anecdotes and memories of this great American."

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The book is in Very Good+ condition - clean both inside and out with only some light foxing to the end papers/pastedowns and a few pages at the front, and to the top and long edges of the text block. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The dust jacket is unclipped with the original $3.50 price intact on the front flap; light foxing to the covers; tanning to the spine; clean flaps...overall the jacket is in Very Good- condition. (The dust… Read More

This is an antique Revolutionary War, Mexican-American War and Civil War book, "HEROES OF THREE WARS" by Captain Willard Glazier. 1882; Hubbard Brothers; Philadelphia. With 19 full-page illustrations. Decorative floral end papers. The book contains biographical sketches "of the most distinguished soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed by their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States." There are 40 biographies in all, including George Washington, Joseph Warren, Nathaniel Greene, Lafayette, Ethan Allen, John Paul Jones, John Stark, Sam Houston, William Tecumseh Sherman, George McClellan, David Farragut, George Custer, and many more.Condition:There are a few tiny stains on the covers and spine, otherwise clean with bright gilt decorations and lettering; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The text pages nearly appear unread with only a name/date (1883) and "$2.00" written in… Read More

Nicely illustrated antique copy of "A Text-Book of Vegetable and Animal Physiology" by Henry Goadby. 1859; D. Appleton and Company; New York. "Designed for the Use of Schools, Seminaries, and Colleges in the United States." Richly illustrated - "embellished with upwards of 450 illustrations" in both color and black & white. The book is a collection of 96 Lessons grouped into two parts: Vegetable Tissues, and Animal Tissues. The front end paper bears the signature of Mary G. (Greene) Ware, author of "Elements of Character," "Thoughts in My Garden," and "Death and Life."
Here are a few examples of the Lessons: Vascular Tissue; Porous and Dotted Ducts; Hairs; Of the Stems of Trees; The Original Compounds of the Animal Body; Of Cells, Membranes and Fibres; The Nails; Nutrition in Man; The Structure of the Teeth; Nutrition in Birds; The Salivary Glands; The Properties of the Gastric Juice and Mucus; Muscular Fibre; Nervous System in Crustacea; The Eye in Insects; Organs of Vision in the Higher Animals; The… Read More

Nicely illustrated antique copy of "THE DESERTED VILLAGE" by Oliver Goldsmith. 1899; E.P. Dutton & Co.; New York. This edition features full-page illustrated plates by H.L. Richardson (each with a tissue guard). Gilt top page edges.Condition:Small stains to the covers; approximately 3/4 of the front cover is tanned; sharp corners. There is a crack at the center of the book between pages 30 & 31. There is a thin, 2" reddish stain line at the top edge of the back cover. Consistent light foxing to the pages throughout (including the tissue guards). Overall the book is in Good- condition.

This is a charming, antique copy of "The Vicar of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith. 1903; Adam & Charles Black; London. The book is nicely illustrated with 13 color plates by John Massey Wright (over each plate is a piece of descriptive tissue paper). Gilt top page edges. Also included in this copy is an essay by John Forster about the story.Condition:Clean covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are in great condition - lightly age-toned but clean with only a 1" tear at the outer edge of the front end paper, and a 1/2" tear at the outer edge of page 29. There is a Christmas stamp and inscription written in pen dated 1913 on the front end paper...no other writing found. Bright gilt top page edges. Overall the book is in very good condition.