Search Results: Titles starting with G from Whitmore Rare Books

France: AG Printing Department, 1919. First edition. Handbill measuring 195 x 127 mm with text to recto only. A Fine example of a scarce piece, which is not listed in OCLC. As the American Expeditionary Forces under General Pershing faced the violence of the European warfront, women also took on more official military positions than they had in the past. "At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving in military combat roles," but many professionally "provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers and translators" as well as serving as secretaries, operators, and canteen workers (National WWI Museum & Memorial). In fact, "World War I marked the first major mobilization of American women in Europe in US history. More than sixteen thousand women served as part of the AEF in sex-segregated environments in non-combat roles. Thousands worked stateside in the armed services in order to free up men for war. Hundreds more traveled to France to… Read More

London: Harper Collins / Voyager, 2018. First U.K. editions. Fine/Fine. A Fine set of the first UK printings of the A Song of Ice and Fire [Game of Thrones] books 1-6, including: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows (signed); A Dance with Dragons (signed); and Fire and Blood (signed). The last three books signed directly on the title pages. All books in Fine, unread condition, with Fine dust jackets. One of the most impactful modern fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire has inspired generations of fans and two television series. Set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, George R. R. Martin's epic novels are a masterclass in worldbuilding. Readers follow a rich cast of heroes and villains as they vie for power often to violent and tragic ends. Each book is packed with vivid storytelling; a must-have while awaiting the publication of the final two novels. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Atlanta; and Burton, MI: Meisha Merlin; Subterranean Press, 2018. Firsts thus. Fine/Fine. Books 1 and 2 published by Meisha Merlin, both number 79 of 500 copies. Books 3 and 4 published by Subterranean Press, also numbered 79. Books 5 and 6, by Subterranean Press, numbered 30. (Note: the print run for book 6 expands to 800 copies.) An exceptionally Fine, unread set in pristine jackets and slipcases. Signed by the author and the illustrator on the limitation pages. One of the most impactful modern fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire [Game of Thrones] has inspired generations of fans and two television series. Set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, George R. R. Martin's epic novels are a masterclass in worldbuilding. Readers follow a rich cast of heroes and villains as they vie for power often to violent and tragic ends. Each book is packed with vivid storytelling; a must-have while awaiting the publication of the final two novels. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

London: Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/16 x 6 inches; 234 x 152 mm.). Collating [8], 181, [1, blank]. One of twenty-five copies signed (on the half-title) by Michael Glover and Sir Antony Read and specially bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full black morocco. Covers ruled in gilt, front cover with an oval onlaid red morocco medallion (3 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches; 88 x 75 mm.) stamped in gilt with the silhouette portrait of George Hennell (reproducing the portrait on the front flap of the dust jacket). Spine panelled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands and with a circular red morocco onlay with the Zaehnsdorf monogram stamped in gilt at the foot, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, red watered silk doublures and liners. Original pictorial dust jacket bound in at end. Six double-sided photographic plates and several maps and plans in the text. Housed in the original fleece-lined black cloth slipcase. A… Read More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Very Good. Second state with "Devine" on contents page. Inscribed by the author: "To Mr. and Mrs. Pell | the best publicity agents an author ever had. Affectionately Anita Loos | Nov. 3, 1925." Book Very Good with spine a bit dulled and cocked, several newspaper clippings are tipped in on the early pages, presumably publicity work of the Pells. A comic novel about the roaring 20s and a runaway best seller. Inspired in part by H. L. Mencken and supported by him. Edith Wharton declared it was "The great American novel." There have been numerous adaptations for stage and screen, the most famous being the 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe where she sang "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Quite uncommon with a personal inscription in the year of publication. Very Good.

[United Kingdom], 1870. Geography notebook of Mary Barker: Quarter black roan over marbled boards measuring 9 x 7 inches. Comprised of a calligraphic title and frontis plus 59 hand drawn-and-colored maps done by a young woman in her first three years of teacher training. Throughout, Mary annotates on the margins which year and term she is in and occasionally notes that the map was drawn "From Memory"; and each map has penciled corrections and assessments. [with] Geography notebook of Allison Jane Gillespy: Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Calligraphic title page and 35 intricately hand drawn maps from the British Empire, Europe, and the Middle East. A pairing of beautiful and research-worthy notebooks documenting teacher training in the late nineteenth century, as well as providing a look into how geographies changed across time and how British educators were being trained to perceive and educate the young about other parts of the world and how they connected to the British empire. With nearly… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bright, Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Book with a previous owner's penciled gift inscription at the front and original price sticker on the rear end paper. Dust jacket is extremely bright and fresh, with just a bit of wear to the edges of the flaps. A first edition of the novel that inspired George Stevens's 1956 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Rock Hudson. Edna Farber, a Pulitzer Prize winning author "with a deep sympathy for minorities that often found its way into her books" offers readers a satirical and subversive look at Texas society in a moment of transition from cattle to oil economy (Washington Post). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1909. First American edition. Original pale green boards stamped in darker green on front cover and spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a rectangular blind panel with scalloped bottom edge. Color pictorial endpapers. Small quarto (7 x 5 7/16 inches; 178 x 137 mm.). 51, [1]. Color frontispiece (included in pagination) and nine full-page color illustrations. Black and white vignette on title-page and nineteen black and white vignettes in text. Minimal darkening to spine, still a near fine copy. "Beatrix Potter, writer of some of the most beloved children's books of all time, was a woman of immense talent, indefatigable spirit, and a generous heart...Although she grew up in London, she was deeply influenced by long family holidays in the countryside, first in Scotland and later in the English lake district. As was the custom in families of her class, she was educated at home by governesses. An eager student of languages and literature, she grew up loving… Read More

[London]: Not Published [Printed by I Botson and Palmer], 1833. First edition. Recent marbled wraps tied at spine. All edges gilt. Bookplate of J.O. Edwards to verso of front wrap. Ownership stamp of Lady Ulrica Thynne (d. 1916) to front endpaper. A Near Fine copy, with a bit of light scattered foxing throughout. Measuring 180 x 110mm and collating complete including half and full titles: [6], 63, [1, blank]. A scarce work in translation which was only distributed among friends and family, OCLC reports copies of Giustina at only 6 libraries. The present is the only example on the market. A narrative poem in three cantos, Giustina is a romance set in Spain but clearly commenting on the hypocrisy of patriarchy and the English marriage economy. Driven by "that deep confiding trust which flows from the chaste Fondness only woman knows," Giustina chooses Alonzo as her mate. She is, after all, pure of heart and shaped by the advice that a woman should not be mercenary. The great tragedy for Giustina and… Read More

London. Fine/Near Fine. Limited to 410 copies signed by the illustrator, of which this is 331. Fine book bound in original vellum with gilt to spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Housed in a Near Fine slipcase with original paper label to top panel and retaining the original glassine jacket in exceptionally nice condition with trivial nicking to top edges. Among Christina Rossetti's most influential works, here combined with the dark and seductive illustrations of Rackham. "Set in a fairy world and exploring themes of temptation, sacrifice, and salvation, Goblin Market tells the story of a fraught encounter between two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, and evil goblin merchants. While Laura exchanges a lock of her golden hair for the chance to taste the goblins' enchanted 'fruit forbidden'...and the goblins violently attack Lizzie, smearing their fruits 'against her mouth' in an attempt to force her to eat" (BL). Ultimately, it is the sisters' reliance and trust on each other that restores them to… Read More

London: Country Life Limited, 1935. First edition. Publisher's cream tweed cloth flecked with royal blue. Front cover and spine decoratively lettered in blue. 83, [1, blank] with nine full-page color plates. A Near Fine copy. Beautifully illustrated with plates depicting relationships between mythical deities and humans, most of which end tragically. Among the most striking are Aphrodite and Adonis, Selene and Edymion, and Pluto and Persephone. "The illustrations were popular enough to be reprinted in Good Housekeeping with an accompanying text by Hugh Ross Williamson, and, in 1935, were compiled in book form under the title Gods and Mortals in Love. Dulac designed a special cover with a silver Cupid and lettering in the style of an ancient Greek inscription" (White). Hughey, 84; White, 39.

London: B.M. for G. Bedel and T. Collins, 1659. First edition. Twelvemo measuring 90 x 140mm (pages). Collates complete: [48], 90, [6]. Internally a pleasing copy, trimmed a bit close along the header but always retaining the page number and running titles. Small closed tear to lower margin of A6; some light marginal soiling on occasion, not affecting text. Several examples of contemporary ink marginalia and manicules. Finely bound in full red morocco with gilt to spine and boards; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates of John Lawson and Anthony Fair to front pastedown. A scarce and early work on the social education, the present is the only copy on the market. ESTC records 12 copies, with only five of those in North America. Grieving over the loss of his eldest son, famed diarist and social commentator John Evelyn turned to translation and study for consolation. The result of his efforts was The Golden Book, a tract encouraging parents to take a strong hand in their children's educations… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1907. First edition in book form. Twelvemo (7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches; 187 x 113 mm.). Collating 53, [3, blank]. Original gray cloth. Front cover and spine lettered in white and pictorially stamped in green, white and slate. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine ends. With five color plates by Arthur Rackham (including frontispiece). An excellent copy of this very scarce little book. Good-Night (Buenas Noches) is the delightful story of Padre Alonzo and his cheeky Mexican parrot, Loretta, and yellow canary named Tony. Loretta has taken a shining to Tony and a disliking to the slim, hollow-faced Padre Anzar. Loretta has to stand her ground with Anzer and the prowling cat Tomasso. The story first appeared in Scribner's Magazine in February 1906, accompanied by six (one additional) Rackham illustrations. No English edition was ever issued. Eleanor Gates was born on September 26, 1875 in Shakopee, Minnesota, southwest of Minneapolis. She described her early life in her… Read More

New York: A Touchstone Book published by Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Thus. Near Fine. The first Touchstone paperback edition of Yoko Ono's illustrated book, after the exceedingly rare 1964 first edition, of which only 500 copies were printed in Tokyo. Inscribed on the front endpaper "To Paul, Love Yoko Ono." In just about Fine condition, with only the slightest bit of edgewear and some creasing near the front joint. Internally clean and unmarked. "The original Grapefruit is split into five sections - Music, Painting, Event, Poetry, Object -- with each page offering a conceptual direction for work yet to be created...After Ono married John Lennon, Simon & Schuster published a new edition of Grapefruit, though this version included some editorial revisions and additions -- the most prominent among the latter being a short foreword authored by Lennon" (The New Yorker). This artist's book earned and has maintained fame as an early example of conceptual art, making her a predecessor to men like Kosuth… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a price-clipped dust jacket that is otherwise in Fine condition (retaining critical "First Edition" slug on the lower flap). No previous ownership markings, an extremely clean, fresh copy with a bright yellow top-stain. Jacket exceptionally bright, without fading or toning, two short pieces of tape professionally removed from verso. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Steinbeck's classic account of the Dust Bowl and Depression era struggle of the Joad family, The Grapes of Wrath is a quintessential American classic. It would win both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; and the Nobel Prize committee would refer to it as Steinbeck's "epic chronicle" upon giving him the award in 1962. The book was the best-selling novel of 1939 and became instantly controversial upon its release for its depiction of farmers and worker rights. Of course, The Grapes of Wrath was also adapted into the classic 1940 film, directed by… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. Book with a faint dampstain on the edge of the front end paper and the half-title, otherwise a clean, excellent example. In a jacket that has a little chip at the spine and front flap fold, retaining the critical "first edition" slug on the lower flap fold. Spine a trifle toned, otherwise a bright fresh copy. Steinbeck's classic account of the Dust Bowl and Depression era struggle of the Joad family, The Grapes of Wrath is a quintessential American classic. It would win both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; and the Nobel Prize committee would refer to it as Steinbeck's "epic chronicle" upon giving him the award in 1962. The book was the best-selling novel of 1939 and became instantly controversial upon its release for its depiction of farmers and worker rights. Of course, The Grapes of Wrath was also adapted into the classic 1940 film, directed by John Ford and starring… Read More

London: Printed by T. Bensley for R. H. Cromek, 1808. First edition. Near Fine. Quarto (pages 275 x 340mm): [xvi], 36, [4, prospectus]; complete with the engraved frontis of Blake, engraved title page and eleven other plates engraved by Louis Schiavonetti after illustrations by William Blake. Handsomely bound in early 20th century full calf with rules stamped in black and a blue morocco spine label. Illustrated title trimmed a little tightly, no loss to the illustration. A clean and attractive copy internally with all plates retaining their tissue guards. With the armorial bookplate of C. E. Richardson, motto: virtute aquiritus honos. Housed in a custom slipcase. A blank verse poem, The Grave was the work for which Scottish writer Robert Blair was most renowned. "In October 1805, William Blake was commissioned by the engraver and would-be publisher Robert H. Cromek to prepare forty drawings illustrating the popular "graveyard" school poem first published in 1743. In Cromek's first prospectus of… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book with a previous owner's bookplate on the front end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. In a bright, Near Fine dust jacket that is price clipped, but otherwise presents very well. The author's third book, winner of the National Book Award and the William Dean Howell Award and published in an edition of just 4,000 copies. Pynchon's post-modern masterpiece, a rich, vertiginous book of sometimes frustrating complexity. Written in 1973, and set at the end of World War II, Gravity's Rainbow would be awarded both the National Book Award and be selected for the Pulitzer Prize. (Although it was denied the latter by the Pulitzer board on account of a particularly controversial passage.) Writing in The New Yorker, poet L. E. Sissman called Pynchon a "mathematician of prose" - and this is considered his greatest work. Gravity's Rainbow appears on Time's list of the 100 greatest English language novels written from 1923… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition. Very Good +. First issue, with the four main issue points present: 1) pg. 60, line 16 "chatter" 2) pg. 119, line 22 "northern" 3) pg. 205, lines 9-10 "sick in tired" 4) pg. 211, lines 7-8 "Union Street station." Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and blind embossing to front board. A Very Good+ copy with the spine gilt a bit dulled, top front corner gently bumped and some soiling/discoloration to the green cloth boards, otherwise an attractive copy of this exceptional novel, which introduced the Lost Generation to the world. Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the great novels of the 20th century. Fitzgerald intended the novel to be a "consciously artistic achievement" and "something extraordinary and beautiful and simple, and intricately patterned." The book took Fitzgerald two years to write, and he worked on it under a variety of different titles, including Dinner at Trimalchio's and Under the Red, White and Blue.… Read More

London: David Bogue, 1847. First edition. Near Fine. Finely bound by the Kelliegram Bindery in fine red crushed morocco, recreating the George Cruikshank illustration from page 215 on the front cover in inlaid morocco. Green silk paste-downs and end papers, all edge gilt, decorative gilt details and inlaid morocco on the four corners of the front and rear boards. Front hinge a bit tender, otherwise in lovely, Near Fine condition. Internal contents in excellent condition. Augustus and Henry Mayhew combine forces to narrate the story of an anonymous woman who believes only one thing is lacking in her life: a housekeeper. Nameless -- likely so that readers can put themselves into her place -- the protagonist is otherwise fulfilled by her loving husband and two daughters. But she struggles with balancing her happy family life against the challenges of managing the domestic space she inhabits. "I had long felt (though I had never liked to confess as much) that my domestic cares had been making inroads… Read More