Search Results: Titles starting with G from Old Bookshelf

New York: Charles S. Francis & Co., 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 287pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering and decoration. Chipping to head and tail of spine (corner chiped at top), corners rubbed. First and last few pages most heavily foxed, most o text occasionally foxed. An uncommon copy published by Francis & Co. of their Library for School Districts and Families. Included are articles on voyages and travels, science, natural history, art, literature and religion. Illustrated with engravings.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 267pp. Gilt lettering and elaborate gilt design to spine, AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION on title page. Binding is n near fine condition, contents are age-toned and very faint scattered foxing, former owner's name on front pastedown, a pencil inscription initialed by author on title page. An interesting collection of historical and descriptive sketches covering the northeast U.S. and Quebec. Howes S-458.

New York: Vendome Press, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214pp. Green cloth, black spine lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is sound and tight, slight fading along edges, contents clean, small rust spots from binding staples in front inner hinge, underlining on a few pages, former owner's name on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and torn along edges, missing several pieces. An uncommon signed book by tennis great Bill Talbert.

Coventry House, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur Zaidenberg. 169pp. Tan cloth. Light fading and slight stain to spine, covers unworn, text is clean. Illustrated.

Hartford, Conn: J. Blakeslee Frost, 1866. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276pp. Brown cloth. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail, dampstaining to preliminary pages and last few pages, text is age-toned and there are a few spots and smudges in some margins, the binding is tight. An uncommon book relating the author's observations during her residence of 5 years in California.

Los Angeles: Press of Commercial Printing House, 1917. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 117pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering. Light dampness stains to boards, endpapers lightly stained and text has a few wavy pages, but is otherwise very clean. Front endpaper is INSCRIBED and SIGNED : "To my cousin William E. Hill with the affectionate regards of Charles H. Whipple". 7 sheets of genealogical charts bound-in and photos of family members. The original publication, not a recent reprint.

New York: Random House, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 409pp. Black cloth. A very clean, fresh copy in a bright and clean unclipped dust jacket, unblemished.

Philadelphia: Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co., 1932. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Unpaginated, 24pp. 24mo. Illustrated wraps, stapled spine. Seven color illustrations. Light wear and soiling to covers, binding tight and contents clean. Published for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington.

New York: Ernst Kaufmann, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 172pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Minor shelf wear, spine faded, contents mildly age-toned, an occasional spot in text but overall sound, former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Illustrated. An early edition from this publisher.

San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., 1858. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 324pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt spine lettering. Light wear and fading to boards and spine, light foxing to text, former owner's pencilled name on front free endpaper. Early California imprint.

Barys Markova Nagy Bruhn: Dance Horizons, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 191pp. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Near fine book, very good dust jacket with slight edgewear.

New York: M. Dekker, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Marcia Brown. 80pp. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in like new, unused condition.

Paris: Albin Michel, 1942. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300pp. Three-quarter blue morocco, marbled boards, 5 raised bands, title in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Text is in French. SIGNED and dated (27 May 1948, Roma) by dancer and choreographer Lillian Moore on half-title page. Front board detached but present, one inch missing from head of spine, minor wear to binding, text is clean and binding is tight. Still a handsomely bound book with a significant signature, unfortunately with detached board.

W.F. Shaw, 1881. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 101pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Covers worn, binding shaken, contents have smudges on many pages and dampstaining to last pages, but text is complete, owner's name and date (1882) on front endpapers. Contains 50 compositions for cabinet organ.

Venezia: Edizioni Daria Guarnati, 1948. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 82pp text, 98plates. Illustrated stiff wraps. Covers lightly soiled and faded, some chipping and tearing to spine, but mainly intact, contents are clean.

Sevenoaks, Kent: J. Salmon, 1930. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Catherine Tucker. Unpaginated stiff wraps with color illustration. No date, c1930. Light wear to cover, contents, including all illustrations are clean and unmarked. 12 lovely tipped-in watercolor illustrations by Catherine Tucker of rural scenes of Bermuda, each with brief descriptions.

Philadelphie, PA: James Elverson, 1886. First Edition . Half-Leather. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 144pp. Green stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Cover and contents are clean and unworn, text is mildly toned, faint foxing to endpapers. A compilation of nearly 4,000 names and addresses.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 124pp + ads. Rust cloth, gilt lettering, frontispiece with tissue-guard. illustrated with full page and in text illustrations. Rubbing to extremities, contents age-toned but clean except for a small spot in margin of one illustration page, small tear to tissue-guard, binding is tight. One of Trollope's short novels.

Germany: Konstanz, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 40pp unpaginated. Tan pictorial boards, linen baking. Text is in German. Very good condition, contents age-toned but book appears to be unread, former owner's name on front pastedown. Illustrated throughout.

London: Mathews & Marrot, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 27pp. Tan boards, red decoration. Copy No.140 of 530 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Dampstaining confined mainly to upper portion of boards and faintly to upper internal margins, spine is chipped, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown