Search Results: Titles starting with G from Dorian Gallery

The Garden of Delights by A. M. SpyrouMonogene, Pyrmont, New South Wales: 2000. ISBN: 095872492xExtent: 71p.Description: illus. with Hieronymous Bosch reproductionsFine condition jacket edges slightly scuffed.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2006

The Great Delusion; a Study of Aircraft in Peace and War, by Neon [Pseud.]with a Preface by Arthur Hungerford Pollen Neon Published by Ernest Benn Limited, 1927
A Study Of Aircraft In Peace And War by renowned military commentator, Arthur Pollen Black half leather, marbled endpapers, binding is edgeworn, toned etc. Leather was dry and was treated after photos with leather conditioner. P 288, errata, ft notes, appendices, index, Preface by Arthur Hungerford Pollen. The author argues that airships can never be safe or practical as commercial long-distance vessels, and that they are useless in war, and that airplanes can never be made to pay as passenger or freight carriers and that they are unreliable and ineffective in war. There is much material comparing airships and aircraft.

A sound copy with damp stains to the inside of covers and one crease to the spine.

Green Mansions by W. H. Hudsonillustrated by Keith Henderson Windsor Press, New York c. 1940 (originally published in 1904) this is a new edition with art deco style illustrations.
Cloth hardcover with really stunning illustrations throughout.
Some wear to cover edges, mild edge toning inside, sound binding.
About: Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest-dwelling girl named Rima. The principal characters are Abel, Rima, Nuflo, Cla-Cla and Kua-kó.Plot summaryPrologue: An unnamed narrator tells how he befriended an old "Hispano-American" gentleman who never spoke of his past. His interest piqued, the narrator finally elicits the story.Venezuela, c. 1875. Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guayana. Surviving fever, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian… Read More

Neville Spearman, Jersey, 1983 1st edition. 224 pages, 9 x 6. This lovely book is rare, it is a true story of paranormal adventure and one of a series. It is important reading for anybody interested in the paranormal. Condition, clean and tight copy. Pages are browned throughout. Jacket is rubbed, slightly edge-worn, short closed tear to the front fold-over, bottom edge creased. Otherwise excellent copy of scarce first edition.