Search Results: Titles starting with G from Peruse the Stacks

E. P. Dutton, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing of this operatic mystery novel from the great Metropolitan tenor, and University of Texas professor, William Lewis. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Lewis to his future in-laws on the ffep. Very good book with some moisture to bottom edge of page block and up a couple inches from the heel of the spine. Some red offset from the boards to the underside of the jacket, else clean.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. First edition. 8vo, 287pp. Quarter white cloth stamped in gilt, yellow paper boards, illustrated jacket. Signed by Pullman on the title page. Spine slightly cocked, mild bumping to corners in near fine jacket with minimal wear. First American printing of the second book from Philip Pullman, a fantastical novel for adult audiences.  Uncommon signed.

Philadelphia: National Council on Asian Affairs, 1957. First edition. 4to, 55pp. Photographs, illustrations. Cream stock wrappers show wear and soiling with bumped head of spine. Internally clean with some toning to paper and a tear to bottom half of pg 17/18. Very good. Quotations from Gandhi accompanied by illustrations and photographs, nicely printed and produced.  .

San Antonio: Wings Press, 1999. First edition, limited to 50 signed and dated copies, this being #4. Square 8vo, 79, [5]pp. Vignette illustrations. Signed by Suárez at colophon. Nearly fine in publisher's white embossed wrappers which show some edge wear and light smudging. First poetry collection from the Cuban American writer and professor, Virgil Suárez.

Los Angeles, CA: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 800 copies. Contributions from Ward Ritchie, Lawrence Clark Powell, and others. Fine condition, spine slightly cocked.

Holicong, PA: Wildside Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good first Wildside Press edition. Jacket has a couple small tears and some edge wear.

Colorado Springs, CO: Gauntlet Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Limited to 475 signed and numbered copies, this being #362. A Gauntlet original, Repairman Jack novel. Near fine in like jacket.

Ysleta: Edwin B. Hill, 1938. First edition thus, unspecified limitation. Brochure, [6]pp. Staple bound printed card wraps. Bump to lower corner else nearly fine. Collects two poems from Fanny Kemble Johnson (1868-1950) amateur journalist who published in various magazines including Weird Tales.  "Vale, Sylvia" won first place in the N.A.P.A. title poet-laureate in 1889.   Myers Myers 96.

San Jose: Dean Charles Ing, 1970. Bound manuscript copy. 4to, 89pp. Printed recto only, reproduced from typescript. The author's copy bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Near fine condition. Laid in is a marked-up, unsigned draft of a two-page letter from Ing to Dr. Magnus Ljung of the Goteborgs Universitet in Sweden. Bound manuscript copy of the American science fiction author, Dean Ing's (1931-2020) master's thesis from San Jose State University, department of Speech-Communication.  The laid in letter is heavily corrected and discusses Ing's research for his thesis, offering this copy for scanning in hopes that Dr. Ljung might use it for a citation or two in his own writing.  Ing would go on to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and reside in Ashland for the rest of his years.  In addition to his genre fiction, he wrote survivalist nonfiction articles including instructional writing on the manufacture of tools and avoidance of disease.  These themes were woven into his novels… Read More

Parents' Magazine Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Yasuo Segawa. First American edition, English version by Alvin Tresselt. Japanese folktale. Very good in publisher's brown paper boardsin ver good jacket with some wear at spine ends and corners and a small tear to top edge of front panel. Original price of $3.50 in tact.

London: Punch, 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. George Cruikshank. First edition with original pen and ink study by Cruikshank mounted to ffep. 8vo, viii [x] [1] 284pp.with 12 steel engravings and numerous woodcuts throughout. Full brown calf with boards ruled and spine tooled in gilt and red morocco spine label with gilt lettering. All page edges in gilt with green endpapers. Signed by Reviere and Sons, stamped to verso of ffep. Good only with front board detached and wear and rubbing to edges of boards and some surface abrasions to rear board. Bookplate of Robert Downs of Denmark Hill attached to front pastedown.

England: Lion Publishing, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first edition, 1987. This copy, though unmarked, comes from the personal library of Madeleine L'engle. MacDonald, being an influential figure to modern fantasy in general, and whom L'engle often quoted, had a particularly profound impact on her faith and writings on Christian myth and mysticism. Very good hardcover with some tanning to the page block edge in like jacket with minimal wear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First American Edition. 8vo, 88pp. Quarter mustard cloth, blue boards, dust jacket. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Very good with former owner's name to ffep, corners lightly bumped, and some soiling to rear board. Jacket very good with wear and chipping to edges and a tape repaired tear to lower edge of rear panel. Original price of $7.95 in tact. First U.S. printing of this classic story from Dahl, published the prior year in the UK by Cape.

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1942. 12mo, unpaginated. Red cloth boards with stamped illustration and lettering. Very good in like illustrated jacket with some chipping at spine ends, rubbing along joints and a small tear along top edge of rear panel. Pictures By Gladys Rourke Blackwood. Early work from the author of Misty of Chincoteague.

New York: Viking, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Speciall ABA edition advance hardcover copy, with facsimile Stephen King letter in front. Near fine with some pushing to spine ends and some light wear to front cover, presumably from slip case. Cardboard slip case has some bumped corners and mild separation where seams are stapled.

Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, wraps issue, signed by Nau on the title page. A few scattered annotations and underlines in the preface, first chapter, and bibliography at rear, else clean internally. Wraps and spine show some rubbing to edges, a sticker pull, and some tanning.

U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this large hardcover of photographs and accompanying poetry. Near fine with a few scuffs to the back of jacket, and general light wear. CD of poetry in tact in back of book.

U.S.A.: Tor Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing, inscribed by Oltion on title page. Very good with some edge wear to jacket and a slightly cocked spine.

[Trappist, KY]: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1966. First edition. 4to, unpaginated. Photographs. Inscribed to May [Sarton] on the title page by a (perhaps former) monk at the abbey and dated in 1971. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt lettering in illustrated jacket. Near fine book in very good jacket with rubbing, fading, and edge wear. Interesting association copy of this collection of photos from the Abbey of Gethsemani at Trappist, Kentucky, with text by Fr. Louis, or Thomas Merton.  This copy from the library of May Sarton, and inscribed to her by a different Thomas: "For my dearest May, This small token of affection to share with you a 'place of roots' in my life.  I particularly share this with you since you are somewhat like a sister, having been in and out of Solitude yourself.  My continuous best love, Thomas, Gethsemani, Kentucky." .

U.S.A.: Putnam Juvenile, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Owner's name in ink, sadly, on front of jacket and also on top edge of text block. 1st printing.