Search Results: Titles starting with G from Bluebird Books

Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. An 1876 first edition of Bret Harte's only full-length novel, which is a romance set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush. Bret Harte (1836-1902) was born in Albany NY but moved to California as a young man where he worked as a newspaper man. He wrote many popular stories and poems and later served as a diplomat in Europe. With 33 engraved illustrations by unstated artist(s). --- In full light brown cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations to covers and spine in black and gilt. --- Loosened hinges have been carefully reinforced prior to this listing, and with prior owner's signature to front paste-down, along with some small tears to gutter areas of first few leaves and dampstains to edges of many pages. Overall, a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy of this work by Mark Twain's contemporary and sometime friend.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 467 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. The author profiles nine mostly European people of means, eight men and one woman, who sought adventure, wealth, hunting and/or the experience of traveling in the untamed American West. With plenty of black & white drawings, photos and maps. --- In brown and green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt and maroon on cover and spine. Jacket with color cover and spine illustrations. --- A very nice copy: clean, unmarked and firmly bound. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor soiling and a couple of small tears along edges, else intact and bright.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); (20), 296 pages .

Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. An ex-library copy of D. Alexander Brown's description of the so-called Galvanized Yankees. These former Confederate Soldiers were recruited from Union prison camps in the North and sent to fight Indians in the American West. The men were promised that they would not be sent to the South to fight their former fellow Confederates. With a section of black & white photos and drawings and a two-page map to rear of volume, printed on buff leaves. --- Rebound for the library in durable blue buckram with spine titling in white. Textblock from the first edition of this work. --- Evidence of previous ownership by the Denver Public Library consists of pocket, stickers, serial numbers and rubberstampings (including de-accession statement). Also with a prior owner's infrequent notations in red ink. Original dust jacket flap has been cut out and pasted to front endpaper.; Ex-Library; Octavo - 8… Read More

New York: Galahad Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0883653818 . A comprehensive guide to 'all prominent games of chance' to aid the gambler turn his losses into winnings. In full paper-covered boards w/titling in white on spine. Interior of volume is bright and unmarked. The jacket is in nice shape, but with some sun fading to spine and edges. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 216 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Full-Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library first edition of Vance Bourjaily's adventure novel, which begins with a man accompanying some horses on a voyage to New Zealand. With illustrations by Mitchell Hooks and a prefatory note by the author. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series which preceded the Dial Press trade edition. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. --- Bound in full dark green bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Text presented on quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Green silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A gift-worthy copy, but with a couple of tiny scuffs to lower front cover corner, otherwise about Fine & lacking additional damages (and probably… Read More

New York: Bramhall House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hard Cover. 0517177846 . From the jacket flap: "Infinitely varied examples of the agony, ecstasy, freakishness and fun of the English language which will warm the hearts, prick the minds and stir the risibilities of rhymesters, punsters, scholars, schoolboys, slangers, wallflowers, wits and wordgamers." The author has a lot of fun showing the reader the many ways wordplay can be used in the English language, with dozens of riddles, puzzles and other word-related fun. --- In full tan leather-look paper-covered boards. Titling to spine in blue foil, wrapped in typographic jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy without visible damages. Excellent jacket with tear and crease to top edge of front cover, else undamaged and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; 279 pages .

Korea: The Center for the Study of Korean Arts. Near Fine. 1982. Stapled wraps. A catalogue of items displayed at the Kan Song Art Museum. (Apparently, Gan Song is also referred to as "Kan Song.") This collection is number 23 in Kan Song Collection series published by the sons of Kan Song on the 20th anniversary of the passing of Gan Song in 1962. With text mostly in Korean characters, and black & white and color photos of the art treasures, including ceramics and pottery, metal sculptures and paintings of various types. --- A softcover in stapled, stiff red wraps with front cover titling in Korean symbolic characters, back is in English. --- A sound copy: tightly-bound and lacking inkings but with slight scratching to covers.; Square Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 64 pages .

München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. Near Fine. 2000. Softcover. 3423241713 . Fifty years of laughs and jokes, told by German people on themselves. In German language with entries in Roman-style typeface. Includes contributions by Chris Howland. --- A softcover edition with flaps, bearing impish gnome-like figure smoking a huge hand-rolled something-or-other. --- A clean, newish copy, lacking damages other than a back cover retailer's sticker.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; 235 pages .

New York: The Modern Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library edition, 1931 (NOT confirmed). A Modern Library reprint edition in a scarce Toledano spine 6 of the native New Zealander's collection of 15 short stories. Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) counted Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence among her friends after emigrating to the United Kingdom. --- In Toledano spine 6 / blue cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling on spine / gilt torchbearer logo to front cover / blue topstain / orange Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Though copyright page bears "First Edition, 1931" statement, this copy could have been published after that date. ML #129.2. --- With faded and discolored spine, small hole to front joint, and minor yellowing to leaves, else a firm, unmarked copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); (8), 255 pages .

Denver, Colorado: Sage Books / Alan Swallow, Publisher. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Per the jacket flap, in this work "Thirty-five great homes of Colorado are treated in word and in picture. . .[telling the] story of each home and of the people who built and lived in each. . ." The emphasis is on some of the homes built in mining areas of the Colorado mountains. With several black & white photos. Stated second revised edition. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with black spine titling. Jacket features lacy architectural detail from one such home. --- With inked gift inscription and ownership info. to front endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a few tape-repaired tears, but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 218 pages .

London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0600338118 . A profile of the designs and finished works of the noted Swiss-born architect and painter Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), known as "Le Corbusier". With a section of color plates depicting some of his more notable projects; as well as other images in black & white. An entry in publisher's "Twentieth-Century Masters" series. --- In full black paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver to cover and spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and with slight soiling to edges of front and rear endpapers, else a bright, clean, unmarked copy.; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); 96 pages .

London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 48 full-color plates present representative examples of the fabulous artwork of the 19th century French painter. The paintings are preceded by a 32-page biographical summary of Paul Gauguin's life. --- Covers in navy textured paper-covered boards with facsimile cover signature and spine titling, both in gilt. Jacket with bright color renderings of the artist's paintings. --- With inked gift inscription on front paste-down. else a bright, firm copy. Jacket with minor rubbing.; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages .

London / Washington: Tate Publishing / National Gallery of Art. Near Fine. 2010. Softcover. 1854379828 . A presentation of the art of Gauguin and descriptions of aspects of his life, coinciding with an exhibition at London's Tate and Washinton's National Gallery of Art entitled "Gauguin: Maker of Myth." --- A softcover in stiff wraps with detail from Gauguin's "Manao tupapau" to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with very slight rubbing to covers; interior is unmarked.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 255 pages .

New York: A Ridge Press Book/Random House Inc. Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0394733738 . Stated first printing. A comprehensive look at the world of gemstones, with loads of color photos. Signed on front free endpaper by Paul E. Desautels. --- In softcovers, with various colored gems pictured on cover. Covers with considerable creasing and curling to edges; interior is clean and firm.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 252 pages; Signed by Author .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Soft Cover. 0806312920 . [Genealogy] From the back cover: '...a national Yellow Pages for the genealogist'. The author has presented the names and addresses of organizations and institutions who may be of help to the genealogical researcher. All manner of sources are here: state, local, ethnic & religious, periodicals and other registries and lists are included. Ideal for genealogical research. --- A firm, clean, bright copy; but with previous owner's rubberstamping on first page and a handful of red underlinings on interior leaves. Covers have a little rubbing. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 391 pages .

Franconia, Virginia: Braceland Press, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975, 1977. Trade Paperback. 0891570152 . [Genealogy] Volume 1: Author's useful guide to genealogical books and other printed matter, organized by general reference and with research sources by U. S. State and by regions. (ISBN, vol. 1: 0-89157-015-2) --- Includes a second volume, her supplement to volume 1. Vol. 2 includes books and periodicals referenced are organized by U.S. state, and with a section of foreign genealogical works at the rear of volume. Also listed are lists of family genealogies and they are separately indexed. (ISBN, vol. 2: 0-89157-019-5) --- Clean, bright, firm trade paperback copies.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312, 412 pages .

Boston: Ginn and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. Technical works provides wide variety of useful instruments and set-ups for the physics lab of the mid-1920s. With numerous b&w photos and drawings; indexed. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/titling in black on spine & cover. Lacks a dust jacket. With previous owner's inked info. on front paste-down with offsetting to front free endpaper, some minor cover soiling; else a firm, clean copy. ; 247 pages .

Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. A first edition of William Webster's history of worldwide commerce, from ancient times through publication date of 1903. The emphasis here is on transport of goods on sailing ships and steamships. With 10 plates bearing black & white illustrations of various ships, and 18 maps (one is missing), eight of which are in color. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with an image of an ancient ship and titling in brown to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. This book has no dust jacket. --- A prior owner has pasted his name and school to front free endpaper, and with penciled notes at rear endpaper. Also with dulling to cover titling and illustration, minor discoloration to cloth and with age-toning to textblock edges, else a stable, sturdy copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; ix, 526 pages .

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. A 1960 revised edition of a work first published in 1946, edited and annotated by Martin F. Schmitt. For General Crook, the U.S. Civil War was just the beginning as he went on to his Army career in the American West and the Indian Wars. Coverage of Crook's experiences in the Civil War, vs. Geronimo, his capture and much more. With endpaper maps, 4 interior maps, and 16 b&w illustrations. Includes additional background information at appendix, bibliography and index. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine. Red-orange jacket with photo of the General on cover. --- With prior owner's dated signature to title page and a little chafing to cover edges; otherwise a clean, unmarked and tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with considerable rubbing to front panel, sunned spine and with small tears & chafed edges but remaining intact; in… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Company. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Stated (on jacket) 13th printing. First published in 1942, this work pulled no punches in its wide-ranging series of essays examining American life. Mr. Wylie, among other topics, criticized Christianity, teachers, doctors, even motherhood. --- In full grey cloth covers with titling in green to cover and spine. Dust jacket in green. --- Interior leaves somewhat tanned but volume is unmarked and tightly-bound. Dust jacket with chafing and small tears along edges, else intact and now in removable mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxiii, 318 pages .