Search Results: Titles starting with G from The Antique Map & Bookshop

Polyglot Press, 2005 Second edition. Tall 8vo. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). Henty biography tipped in to front endpaper. Inside a clean and tight copy. 710pp. With 178 b/w photographs.

Vanity Fair. 1902. Colour print: 18.5 cm x 31 cm. In wide ivory mount (width of mount 5.0 cm & 5.0 cm at the lower margin). Drawn by 'SPY'. Ready to frame. With biographical notes on back. In very good condition. Full length portrait of portly Edwardian gentleman. Vanity Fair 'Spy' type colour print of Sir Joseph Loftus Wilkinson, General Manager of 'G. W. R.'. Shown here in profile with hands behind back.

London Nichols. SON. and BENTLEY. at Cicero's Head Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street; where Letters are particularly requested to be sent, Post Paid. And sold by J. Harris (Successor to Mrs Newberry), at the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, Ludgate Street 1813. Contemporary marbled boards with leather tips. Professionally Rebacked with gilt six compartment In very good condition. Slight wear to boards and tips, otherwise Very Good. Signature of J. Young, Barrow 1813 Text: Title; Dedication; Preface, (iii) - iv; Text [1]- 728. (p217-p224, p536-539, p425-426, missing) 10 ENGRAVINGS present: San Sebastian, Marqiis of Wellington San Sebastian, Marqiis of Wellington Obituary Zubictta, San Sebastian, Taxcs by Buonaparte Ancient Plate of Copper Prince William of Orange Church and Parsonage at Tarrant Gunvill. Dorset One division of the Nave of the Abbey Church of Malmesbury Wilts Frankley Chapel. S.E. - Worcestershire Blackfordby. S. W. Brigstock Church, Northamptonshire King Stag Bridge in the… Read More

W.& R. Chambers 1902 (1st.).. Approx 7 x 5 ins. Blue pictorial cloth, bevelled edge boards, lettered in gold on spine and on front cover (the lettering within the panel is black). In very good condition, corners bumped and some minor rubbing to edges. Spine and board edges darkened. Ends of spine rubbed. Neat inscriptions to rear side of endpaper and half title pg. Hinges slightly cracked at endpapers but binding is tight and sound. Some light foxing to endpapers with a couple of small marks to title else pages very clean and tight throughout. Frontis has original tissue guard. 8 b/w ills. by W. Rainey. Mauve / brown endpapers. Hf. title. 400 pp. Other authors are: Guy Boothby, D. Christie Murray, H.A. Bryden, D.L. Johnstone, H. Bindloss, etc.; - "Burton & Son." (pp.1 - 75). See Newbolt 157.1 Plate 152

Grayson & Grayson Ltd. 1953 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In maroon cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Slightly creased along edges. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 254 pp. Collection of science fiction stories from the early 1950s. Authors include John Christopher and Theodore Sturgeon.

Macdonald & Co. 1969 1st.. 8.0 x 5.0 inches. In dark grey cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). A very clean and tight copy. 364 pp. 4 pp cat. This is Vol.15 in the "Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight" saga.

Poole, J. Looker, 1934 1st. Small hardback, 7 x 5 inches. Green cloth with black lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Minor rubbing to corners/ends of spine. Slight darkening to endpapers, inscription on front endpaper H.J. CARTER, else a very clean and tight copy. 175pp. Illustrated with 2 B&W plates.

Edmund Ward. 1962 1st edition.. 4.25 x 5.75 inches oblong. In black cloth covers with white lettering and illustration to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap) Boards slightly faded at edges. Colours clean and bright. A clean and tight copy. 56 pp. With colour illustrations. The Little Engines are together again. Adventures on the Thin Controller’s line.

Chicago. Stone & Kimball. 1896 1st USA edition. 7.0 x 4.5 inches. In blue cloth covers with white lettering to spine and front with cartouche to front. Top edge gilt. In very good condition. Spine darkened. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Neat pencil notes to back endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 270 pp. Collection of stories featuring the adventures of the eponymous hero.

London. Jonathan Cape. 1930 1st edition.. Size 5.0 x 7.75 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Handling marks. Slightly rubbed around edges. Clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 288pp. A young woman falls victim to self righteous villagers.

London, Williams & Norgate, 1926 1st. Hardback, tall, 9 x 6 inches. Green cloth with black lettering to spine and front. In dustwrapper. In very good condition (DW edges torn with chips to corner sand ends of spine, darkened. In protective sleeve.) Some fading to top page edges. Cloth cover clean and smart. Some light foxing to endpapers. Neat inscription to front "David Phillmore." Moderate dark foxing to title page and prelims. Dark foxing spots to pages throughout. Page edges rough cut. Plates with some minor tanning, else clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. xv + 258pp. Illustrated with 13 full-page colour plates.

Sheffield Pawson & Brailsford, 1900 Second Edition Enlarged and Improved.. 10.75 x 9.0 inches. In pictorial brown cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Dark brown endpapers. In good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends, a few minor marks. Corners slightly bumped. Private bookplate pasted to front endpaper. Mild foxing to early pages, a few corners a little turned over. Else a clean and tight copy. 476 pages. With 41 coloured plates representing 56 coloured illustrations drawn specially for this edition by Charles Whymper. all plates present. Descriptions of game birds and wild fowl of the British Isles with information on distribution, breeding and when they may be taken.

B.T.Batsford Ltd. 1989 1st.. 9.5 x 6.0 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Price clipped). Small address label to front endpaper. Slight browning to half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 192 pp. With 84 b/w photographs, 12 colour plates and line drawings and diagrams. A month by month guide to Game Fishing.

Herbert Jenkins. 1963 1st.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly rubbed along edges. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Old owner’s name plate pasted to front endpaper. Occasional foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 191 pp. With b/w photographs. The author writes of the game, deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon. He details their ways and habits and offers advice on appropriate weapons and cartridges.

London. Folio Society. 2019 1st thus. Three Volumes. Two volumes plus separately bound fold out map. Hardback, Size 9.5 x 7 inches. Textured blue cloth with illustrated front covers on gilt background. Gilt titles to spine. Together with The Known World, a beautifully crafted folding map in a hard cover with gilt titles. In very good condition. Volume I has small light brown line spot centre of spine. Plus very good slipcase, with a few light scuffs & faint marks. xiv, 373; vi, 799 pp., Plus folding map.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In light brown polished morocco leather fine binding with blind paneled boards and silver lettering to spine. In very good condition. Clean smart cover. Neat inscription to endpaper “Alan D. Laycock 1962.” Inside pages all clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 127pp.

London, T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd., No Date ca1920. Large hardback, 12 x 9 inches. Halfbound with cream cloth spine and illustrated paper covered boards. In very good condition. Corners bumped and rubbed, some darkening and tanning to front, with handling marks to boards. Endpapers darkened/tanned. No inscriptions. Pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 83pp. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontis plate, colour title page vignette, 15 double-sided pages with music and 30 coloured vignettes, and many B&W illustrations.

Alfred A. Knopf. New York 1928 (1st.).. Original orange cloth spine lettered and decorated in black lettering. In generally good condition. Extremities rubbed. Lower rear spine hinge, neat well done rear with some new matching cloth added, inside rear hinge reinforced. A few faint patches on boards. Inside early and late pages a bit tanned, else generally clean & tight. Size 8.5 x 5.75 inches Profusely illustrated with many drawings and photographs. 382 pp., including: Slang of the Early Gangsters, and a Bibliography. Scorsese based his film on this book. SCARCE BOOK.

London. Michael Joseph. 1947 3rd imp.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In brown cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened. Slightly rubbed around edges with small piece missing from back bottom edge. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Small marks to fore edges. Neat inscription to half title page, dated 1948. Neat pencil inscription to one page inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 135 pp. Collection of poetry. In five sections, The Garden, Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn.

Collins. London. 2007 1st edition.. Hardback, 8vo. (approx 9 x 6 ins.) In green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw;Not price clipped). 326pp. With 143 colour photo plates.