Search Results: Titles starting with G from Gilt Edge Books

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1962. November 1962. BOMC Edition. Translated from the Portuguese by James L. Taylor and William L. Grossman. The story is set in the year 1925 in Ilheus, Brazil.... it was the year Gabriela moved in from the backlands, one of a flock of dirty, bedraggled migrant workers - but what a girl she turned out to be! A most enchanting heroine. Well designed spine. A very bright book. Price-clipped dust jacket.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1934. Attractively bound in illustrated dark green cloth boards....light green title print to front board, decoration and spine. No names or inscriptions. This book remains sound, square and tight.... a nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Wisdom, insight and instruction from golf's greatest player. Snead mixes expert advice on golf with unforgettable anecdotes. He shares the priceless strategies that helped to shape his success (and now yours), including instructions on the swing, putting, and insight on the all-important mental game. Watch the perfect drive with the Sam Snead flip book. Just flip the lower right-hand pages and watch Slammin Sam in action.An article on Tiger Woods present. Color photo of Sam Snead on back cover. Name to ffep. A bright collectible book. An absolute must for your golfing library.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. The author's distinctive characters are drawn into a drama that is at once the subtlest of spy chases and the most bittersweet of love stories. A Cold War drama. An immaculate book. Clipped dust jacket but a stickered British price remains in appropriate place.. ISBN: 0-224-01676-8. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Cold War + Spies + Espionage + Central Intelligence. Catalogs: Mystery.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. First novel by this Irish author. A suspenseful techno-thriller, with international terrorism ranging from Ireland to Switzerland. No markings of any kind. An extremely bright, clean copy in its bright price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Berkeley: University Of California Press, 1976. Irving Massey.... Professor of English, State University of New York at Buffalo. In 'The Gaping Pig', Irving Massey takes examples from Homer, Ovid, Chamisso, Mary Shelly, Lewis Carol, Kafka and others to develope an approach (his third) to metamorphosis. Ten chapters are offered, notes and index. Burgundy cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. Dust jacket illustration: Detail from 'The Prodigal Son' copperplate engraving by Albrecht Durur. A lovely, bright copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: W.H.Allan, 1985. Illustrated wrap-around dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt to spine. A very nice copy.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's afterword by Richard Schickel. Behind that most fabulous of faces was always a mystery. In this extraordinary book the real Garbo is revealed for the first time as the very human woman she was. Antoni Gronowicz, the late, acclaimed poet and novelist, first met Garbo in 1938, over the course of their friendship, he came to know her well. No reader can doubt that what is presented here is the truth about a complex, fascinating, and remarkable woman. A minute touch of normal fade at top edge of front board.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Halifax: Petheric Press Limited, 1975. Illustrated card covers. Although a work of fiction the people and their way of life and events are similar to the many shipbuilding communities of 19th century Nova Scotia. This Nova Scotian author has contributed frequently to the Nova Scotia Historical Society. He has spent many years collecting material on Bay of Fundy steamboats and Digby local history. Gaskill's Cove is a tribute to those hard working people of that era by whose efforts Nova Scotia attained a period of world renown and prosperity. Stain to front cover. Modest wear. This copy remains sound and most serviceable.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: General Central Publishing, 2008. The author returns to the fabled Gold Coast of Long Island and the changing world of ultra-WASP John Sutter to tell a stunning tale of love and lust, redemption and retribution. Map end papers. An immaculate copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Toronto: J.M. Dent & Son (Canada) Limited (1946) First Printing October 1946 . Illingworth H. Kerr's first collection of Qu'Appelle Valley tales. A book for all ages. Everyone who likes to read about " deals, dickering, and hoss-trading" will be irresistibly drawn to this book of petty adventure, raised to the grand scale, the nth dimension of cunning calculation. The author's pictorial talent comes to the fore with his hilarious illustrations of the book as well as the interpretive jacket cover in four colours. Light olive-green boards with dark green title print to front board and spine. Very light foxing to fore edge. One corner bump. Boards clean and bright. No ownership markings or inscriptions. The dust jacket has been strengthened internally, with small paper loss to lower right corner of front panel. It remains bright and presentable.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Heywood & Company Ltd., 1951. 268 pp. Twelve chapters from "Refractive Index and its Measurement", the identification of various gems, through to real, cultured and imitation pearls. An appendix, names and addresses of recommended suppliers and index is included. Following the index from pages247 to 268 are advertisements. The book is well illustrated with 62 figures and various tables. " Gem Testing" is mainly the outcome of the author's own work as a professional gemologist and as a teacher. Book carries previous owner's signature to fep. A clean bright copy. .. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, Publishers, 1934. Gene Arnold has been in radio since 1928, coming to the air with a background of twelve years of experience on the stage. His radio activities have covered a wide range, including announcing, singing, and continuity writing. Gene Arnold's greatest success has been achieved through his quiet philosophy and the reading of verse. This collection of poems, varied in content, are the choicest of those he has read to his radio listeners. There are poems of inspiration, poems of humour, and poems of sorrow, touching everyone of us. Unopened blank pages at rear. A respectable copy in price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Gene Arnold Radio Narrator + Humour + Inspirational Poems + American Entertainment. Catalogs: Poetry.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Petheric Press Ltd, 1985 This guide will be found to be a goldmine of wise council and an invaluable treasury of source facts... Except for a few Acadian references in Moncton, everything mentioned in 'Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia' may be found within Nova Scotia. 136 printed pages include Index of Surnames and Subject Index. Gift inscription inside front cover. An extremely clean, bright book.. Third Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Ballantyne Books, 1991. This book is a detailed tapestry of New York and Virginia society in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A fascinating mystery of slavery, murder, and libel, a public scandal already known to history, and a hidden love story known only through the remarkable imaginative powers of the author in his literary debut."A Generation of Leaves" is a panoramic novel of men and women who shaped and were shaped by - our history. Name to ffep. A clean bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Constable And Company (1946) First Collective Publication."Standard Edition of The Works of Bernard Shaw". Deep rust-red boards with gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. A handsome, desirable copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston and New York: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1903. Preface by the author. The contents provide eleven chapters. The chapter headings read: The Gentle Reader... The Enjoyment of Poetry... The Mission of Humor... Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcraft... The Honorable Points of Ignorance... That History Should be Readable... The Evolution of The Gentleman... The Hinderland of Science... The Gentle Reader's Friends Among The Clergy... Quixotism and Intimate Knowledge and Delight. Front free endpaper has been removed. Occassional brown spotting. A nicely designed binding. Floral impressed design to front board. Gilt to top edge, front board and spine remain extremely bright. A sound, square, handsome book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Charles Scribner's Sons 1916 ( 1899, 1900 ) Illustrated with photo frontispiece of author and one other, both b/w. Purple cloth boards, untrimmed fore edge, top edge gilt. No ownership markings, occasional foxing. Title print to spine still bright as are the boards.. Hard Cover. Good.

Ottawa: Department of Mines / Queens Printer, 1929. . Card covers. A detailed faunal study of the Windsor series, of Carboniferous Age, in the type area in the vicinity of Windsor, Nova Scotia. The importance of this marine series is paramount in the unravelling of the stratigraphy of the great accumulations of deposits that make up the Carboniferous rocks of Eastern Canada. The field work was mainly undertaken during the summer months of 1912 and 1913. 268 pp. Illustrated with a fold-out map in excellent condition, figures and 36 b/w plates. A very good copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Memoir 155 + Horton Windsor District Nova Scotia + Geological Survey Canada + Nova Scotia + Fauna + Carboniferous Age + Canadiana + NOISBN. Catalogs: Geology.

New York and London: McGraw-Hill, 1939. 731 pp. Contents include 20 chapters. (1) Introduction,(2) Rocks and Structures.(3) Weathering,(4) Underground Water,(5) Streams in general etc. Well illustrated with maps, diagrams and photography. Some visable separation between rear text and end paper but not a break, Sticker residue to ffep, front board marked, mild edge wear. . First Edition (9th impression). Hard Cover. Very Good.