Search Results: Authors starting with G from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

ONE ISSUE, Curtis Publishing, 1919, first edition., white lettering flaking from spine and front cover, else just about fine. In actuality, this is one issue of a 1919 Saturday Evening Post put in book form. It bears contributions by: G. Chester, W. Irwin, O.R. Cohen, et.al. and perhaps most notably contains a frontispiece which marks Norman Rockwells first magazine cover to appear in book form.

SOAP CARVING, The Studio Publications, (ca.1936), first edition., vg+ in like dust-wrapper save for a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Among the first if not the first book on the subject. Profusely illustrated with photos.

THE PIN-UP, Universe/Bell, 1972, one cor- ner gently bumped, else fine in dust-wrapper with over 500 illustrations, 50 in full color.

THE COUNT'S MILLIONS, Scribners, 1913, first American edition with this title and these illustrations, spine a little darkened, else just about a vg copy. Illustrations by famed artist John Sloan.

FRIENDS OF DICK GACHENBACH AND THE SEABURY PRESS / FULL COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER, Seabury Press, 1977, first printing, measuring approximately 22" by 17" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy.

AMERICAN GODS, William Morrow, 2001, first edition., as new in like dust-wrapper. HUGO, NEBULA & BRAM STOKER winning novel. SIGNED by the author.

MAD FOREVER, Crown, 1959, first edition, slight wear to the lower fore edge corner tips, head of spine modestly bumped, else near fine in bright vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Introduction by Steve Allen with satire of Marilyn Monroe, comics, baseball, et.al. The scarce second hard-cover collection from the people of MAD. 

THE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE MAD, World Publishing Company, 1969, first edition, fine like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with just the slightest of wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and with all inserts present and unused. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white on every page. "A collection of the worst from 17 years of MAD." Quite scarce in this condition.

PANIC, E.C. Comics, 1954, first edition, just about fine in full color pictorial wraps. PANIC was indeed not an imitation of MAD. It was actually produced earlier, tabled for a short while, and finally released a short time after. This is Volume 1, #1.

GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, October, 1950, first edition., Volume 1, #1, 5 leaves chipped at the lower fore edge corner tips, else vg in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Clifford Simak, Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Isaac Asimov, et.al.

THE FIRST 31 GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS being SINISTER BARRIER, LEGION OF SPACE, PRELUDE TO SPACE, THE AMPHIBIANS, THE WORLD BELOW, THE ALIEN, EMPIRE, ODD JOHN, THE FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE, RAT RACE, THE CITY IN THE SEA, HOUSE OF MANY WORLDS, SEEDS OF LIFE, PEBBLE IN THE SKY, THREE GO BACK, THE WARRIORS BY DAY, WELL OF THE WORLDS, CITY AT WORLD'S END, JACK OF EAGLES, THE BLACK GALAXY, THE HUMANOIDS, KILLER TO COME, MURDER IN SPACE, LEST DARKNESS FALL, THE LAST SPACESHIP, CHESSBOARD PLANET, TARNISH UTOPIA, DESTINY TIMES THREE, FEAR, SHAMBLEAU & DOUBLE JEOPARDY, World Editions & Galaxy Publishers, 1950 thru 1954, near fine to fine in full color wraps. For the lot of 31 -----

HOW TO GET OUT OF VIETNAM, Signet/NAL, 1967, first edition, fine in wraps as issued.

THE RANDOLPH GALDECOTT TREASUREY / FULL COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER, Color Illustration from The Dikerting History of John Galpin, Line Illustration from The House That Jack Built, Design by Denise Schill, first printing, measuring approximately 36" by 24" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy with one fold.

THE TAILYPO: A Ghost Story / FULL COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER, Seabury Press, 1977, first printing, measuring approximately 22" by 17" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy.

A Pony Named Nubbin, Viking, 1939, first edition, fine in vg+ or better full color pictorial dust-wrapper. Illustrated in full color by Margaret Van Doren.

ORCHARD SONGS, Putnam, 1893, first edition, American issue, spine and portion of front panel a little sunned as usual, else a near fine copy of this poetry volume.

CARNACK THE LIFE-BRINGER, W.H. Wise, 1928, first edition., a vg copy. Illustrated in color and black & white. An early man tale.

ROMANCE ISLAND, Bobbs-Merrill, 1906, first edition., a bright vg+ copy of this, the authors first book.

LIGHT WOMAN, Appleton-Century, 1937, first edition., near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear to dust-wrapper spine extremities and corner tips. The former PULITZER PRIZE winner's last book published during her lifetime.

PORTAGE, WISCONSIN AND OTHER ESSAYS, Knopf, 1928, first edition, a tight vg+ copy. INSCRIBED by the author and dated a year after publication.