Search Results: Titles starting with G from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition, First Printing of Chris Van Allsburg's scarce first book. (Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1979). A Caldecott Honor book for 1980. Fine in a fine dust jacket, presents almost as new. Profusely illustrated throughout by Van Allsburg.

A wonderful story about a young boy named Alan who, while looking for his dog, Fritz, stumbles in the garden of Abdul, a somewhat sinister retired magician. And thus begins Alan's adventures! Illustrated with beautiful and captivating full page illustrations by Van Allsburg in black and white. Oblong Quarto. 9.5 x 11.5 inches. 32 pp. A lovely copy of the renowned Van Allsburg's first book.

Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fine in publisher's original light cream cloth, blind-stamped central vignette. Gilt lettering o the spine bright. In publisher's original pictorial dust jacket. Navy endpapers. No sunning or fading, jacket and internal content fine, clean and bright.

First Edition, First Printing. Complete with 12 beautiful color plates. (One of our favorites, the horse is absolutely wonderful). Lacking the extremely rare jacket. With first printing points: In publisher's original brick-red cloth; full-page color pictorial pastedown; all edges yellow stain; caption on frontispiece plate shows misprint "Omniberon" (later corrected to Quiberon"); pages 126 - 127 printed in the correct order. Illustrated endpapers, in black. (Bienvenue and Schmidt).

Very good plus boards, with a some residue on back cover, only very light edgewear. Binding square. Internal pages and content near fine and unmarked, with a bit of offsetting and foxing in places. Octavo. 283 pp. A bright, lovely copy of this Ruth Thompson classic.

First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Wallis on the front free endpaper. Very rare thus. Wallis was an American lawyer, scholar, politician and fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen. He visited Spain in 1847, and in 1849 the U. S. Government sent him on a special mission to that country to examine the title to the public lands in their former colony of East Florida (on the peninsula), as affected by royal Spanish Crown grants during the negotiations for the treaty of 1819, which provided for the American annexation of Florida, and creation of the Territory of Florida. This book details his travels and includes his commentary on the people, culture, art, architecture, literature, economy and other aspects of the country. Very good in original brown cloth, with edgewear and spotting to covers and boards. Content very good for age, with moderate foxing throughout, but still clear. Octavo. 384 pp. Overall, a nice copy, very rare signed.

First Edition, First Printing, First State (Verso on the half-title page lists titles through Glinda in Oz; and near perfect, fully legible type on page 150, indicating it was produced during the first press run). Includes 12 full color, full page plates illustrated by John R. Neill. Very good plus in publisher's black cloth variant with first state full color pictorial paste-down on the front cover. Light wear to the spine head and tail. Bit of foxing, in the margins only, to a small number of pages and plates. Lacking the very rare dust jacket. 4to. 279 pp. Overall, a wonderful copy of this important book in the Oz series.

This was the very last OZ book written by Baum, published after his death in May 1919, coming a year after The Magic of Oz, which was published to great acclaim just one month after Baum's passing. Baum died from complications developer after major gallbladder surgery. He completed Magic and Glinda, (in that order), during a short period when he rallied and prevailed over a… Read More

First Limited Deluxe Edition. Number 790 of 1,000 copies. Signed by Hobbs on the tipped in colophon leaf. Near fine in original cloth-backed, brown textured boards, metallic gold spine wrap w/black stamped titles, gilt stamped. Very good unprinted dust jacket, with several small chips. Pages fine. A groundbreaking work of economics by Franklyn Hobbs, whose ancestor was Thomas Hobbes, "my illustrious and much maligned ancestor who gave the World The Leviathan," and whom this book is dedicated to the memory of. Chapters include: the supply of gold; debate about gold; gold as a stabilizer; gold as an asset; credit function of gold; as a money guarantee; theory of gold; gold money or gold standard; in the Pharaonic and Biblical ages; as a token of value; in the arts; versus silver; who owns the gold?; buying and danger in owning gold; statesmen and economists look at gold; idle gold and gold not idle; spending gold and price of gold; inflation w/gold; hoarding and building prosperity w/gold no novelty;… Read More

The Golden Primer Parts I & II., c. 1910. First Edition combining the two volumes of the 1884 edition into one. Very scarce. Gold-decorated pictorial white cloth, Title page and 26 color illustrations by Crane, printed by Edmund Evans. A near fine copy, with a bit of wear to the rare cover and a spot of two. Some foxing to the fore-edge. Internally fine, with text and illustrations bright, clean and richly colored. 8vo. 62pp. A wonderful copy of this children's educational classic.

First Edition thus, First Printing thus (1968). One of only 1,500 copies, this being number 834. Fine in a fine, original slip case. Presents almost as new. Signed by famous artist and war-time correspondent and illustrator, John Groth. Stunningly illustrated throughout, with each volume showcasing 10 full-page and 11 double-page color plates, in addition to over 150 black-and-white drawings. Introduction by Henry Steele Commager. An absolutely amazing edition of this timeless tale. One of our favorites.

John Groth (b. 1908 -d. 1988 ) was a sought after illustrator and journalist, renowned as one of the leading war correspondent-illustrators of his day. He was also the first Art Director for Esquire Magazine. Groth famously illustrated a number of classics, including A Christmas Carol, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Grapes of Wrath, The War Prayer, and this LEC edition of Gone With the Wind. In all, he covered six wars / conflicts during his career, and was one of the first journalists to enter… Read More

First UK Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A clean copy, bright and tight, with no markings of any kind. A Modern travel classic by American novelist Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar recounts the author's four-month journey by train in 1973 from London through Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and his return via the Trans-Siberian Railway. A fantastic copy of this iconic journey and take.

First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in original bright orange cloth in a near fine pictorial dust jacket with light wear and slight chipping along edges and top and tail of the spine. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright. Inscribed by Pat Conroy on title page. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. [viii], 536 pp. A lovely copy of this Conroy classic.

First Editions, First Printings. Four Volumes, complete. Very rare thus. Overall, a wonderfully clean set of these famous Jamboree puzzle, activity, and brain teaser books. Richly illustrated and a fantastic example of 1970s design. Content fine; exceptionally clean, bright and unmarred. Very good plus stiff, pictorial soft covers with some wear and rubbing to the spines (volume 2 the most) and slight, shelf edge wear. 4to. A wonderful set for anyone who enjoys games and puzzles.

First Edition, Frist Printing. Very good plus in original two-tone cloth, spine lettering dull with mild sunning to head of upper board. Brown top stain. Play which was adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein into their first collaboration, the hit Broadway musical, Oklahoma! In addition, Riggs is of Cherokee descent, and the first Native American to achieve success as a playwright. Prior owner stamp on front free endpaper. Octavo. 5.25 x 7.75 in. A lovely copy of this classic.

First Edition, First Printing (1937). Complete in 2 volumes. Near fine in original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and very good plus dust jackets, worn and lightly chipped at extremities. Jackets wrap with the full map of Connecticut showing counties, towns and political regions. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. To the date of publication, the book lists monuments, families of note, historical homes, original plats - three hundred illustrations and maps. Regional and statewide history and events. A highly desirable set, home published at Yale University. Previous owner's attractive bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Published under the auspices of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut for the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, and inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper by the Connecticut Society. Large quartos. 7.5 x 10.5 in. xxvii; xii; 973 pp. in total. A lovely set.

First Edition thus. Deluxe Edition. Undated c. 1950. Finely bound in red leather with gilt borders and spine text, top edge gilt and raised bands. Illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins, with 14 beautiful, full-page color prints in green and purple hues and numerous smaller designs. Contains all four adventures. Mild wear along joints. Content fine, with text bright, clean and unmarred, with paper made by by Curtis Paper for the publishers. A lovely copy of this timeless classic.

First Edition, First Printing. Morgan's first novel, signed by him on title page. Poet and novelist, Frederic Prokosch's copy with his bookplate on front free endpaper. Very good in original dark blue cloth. Spine sunned. Front hinge cracked but holding. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. 348 pp. Overall, a lovely copy.