Search Results: Authors starting with G from International Bookshop

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. Photos, clippings, menus, text about celebrated group of authors who met in NY at the Algonquin Hotel. Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Irving Berlin, Harpo Marx, George S. Kaufman, and more. American literature in the 1920s. Approx. 7 -1/2 x 10", 251 pgs.. Paper. Good. Book.

Marblehead, Mass.: Marblehead Publications, 1993. Fine Book As New null 'The Only Guidebook to the Old Town' Stapled at side, 52 pgs, diagrams, drawings, maps, b&w photos plus words and music to 'Marblehead Forever' inside back cover.. Paper. 5. Book.

Richmond, Va: Dietz Printing Co., 1932. Story of colonial Williamsburg, Virginia told through collected clippings, records, legends, forgotten letters and drawings. 2nd edition. Black hardcover, tanned pgs with rough edges within.. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Bullock, Orin. Book.

Nantucket, MA: Whaling Museum Publications, 1954. Good in poor dust jacket. Book Good in Poor jacket Signed by Author "This book is a portrait story of Nantucket's most interesting person, Walter Folger, who called himself 'clock and watchmaker' but because he was so many things besides, the islanders said ' he's as odd as huckleberry chowder'. Inscribed and signed by the author. Maroon hardcover. Prev owner's bookplate and name, date on front flyleaf. Brittle dust jacket folded and pressed between book pgs.. Hardcover. 3/1. Book.

Saratoga, California, 1972. null Book Good Privately Printed Rare signed and inscribed by author on 1st pg, dated 1973. 325 pg self-published autobiography of Emma Stolte Garrod, a personal history of the lives of early pioneering families in the Santa Cruz. B&W photos, list of monthly rainfall for 34 years from 1935-69, poems, how to make butter, canning vegetables, preserving olives, Cover and st 3 pgs have torn edges. Front and back of white paper cover lightly tanned from moisture and handling. Small pc. of tape on 1st pg. Otherwise book inside is tight and clean. Can send photos to buyer to judge condition and author's signature.. Paper. 3. Book.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New AmericanLibrary, 1987. null Book Good null Includes "The Life of Olaudah Equiano, The History of Mary Prince, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Book is stiff and clean as-new but for some fading of backstrip.. Mass Market Paperback. 3. Book.

Winlaw, BC, Canada: Sononis, 2005. Fine Book As New null First Nations individuals and aboriginal cultures in British Columbia. 'chronicles a lifetime of experiences, observations, and achievements of Tyee Ha'wiih Earl Maquinna George, First Hereditary Chief of Ahousaht. '. Paper. 5. Book.

NY: Richard R. Smith, 1949. Good in fair dust jacket. Book Good in Fair jacket Signed by Author Follow-up to the earlier similar volume, 'All Men Have Loved Thee', in this volume the author devotes himself to capturing the essence of France, and in particular the city of Troyes in brilliant etchiings and drawings, poetry and prose, ca. 1930s and 40s. Inscribed and signed by the author/artist on 1st blank pg, May 2000. Large, blue hardbound, 10 x 13". Hardcover. 3/2. Illus. by Geyer, Harold C.. Book.

London: Michael Joseph, 1972. Good in fair dust jacket. Book Good in Fair jacket null "A Fragment of Autobiography". Jacket, book very good but for fim yellow spots inside covers and on jacket inside folds.. Hardcover. 3/2. Illus. by Clarke, Ron. Book.

Lausanne: Edwin Frankfurter null Book Fair null No date, fragile paper cover, tanned pgs, but all intact including fold-out map inside back cover 'Compagnie Generale de Navigation sur le Lac Leman' 47 pgs, approx. 4-1/4 x 6", wear along edges and tears n backstrip, liquid-type stain on front lower right cover. Inside good condition considering estimated age.. Paper. 2. Book.

NY: The Feminist Press, 1973. null Book Good null Approx. 5 x 7", 63 pgs. Good condition but for price written top corner of 1st pg and crossed out with black marker. The Feminist Press at the City University of NY. "classic narrative of confinement and madness"...."First published in 1892, 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is written as the secret journal of a woman who, failing to relish the joys of marriage and motherhood, is sentenced to a country rest cure to rememdy her 'nervous condition'.". Paper. 3. Book.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971. "Evolving definitiions of 'folklore' are first examined from boththe classic European and the American points of view....The interaction of folk and popular culture is an important element of the study." Illustrations and photos of tools, chairs, shed, rooflines, building techniques, chimneys, decoys fraktur, gravestones, etc.as examples.. Hardcover. Good. Book.

Paris: Le Cherche Midi Editeur, 2001. null Book Very Good null "Une Francaise a la Maison Blanche" En francais. "Elle a change le 'look' de Hillary Clinton et coiffe de nobreuses personnalites en vue aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde. Durant quartre ans, elle a fait partie de l'entourage presidentiel a la Maison Blanche. Elle, c'est Isabelle Goetz, une jeune Francaise qui a quitte son village natal du Territoire de Belfort, sans relation et avec simplement son diplome de coiffure en poche, pour partir a la conquete de l'Amerique." Inscribed to owner with a few hand-written paragraphs inside on title pg.. Trade Paperback. 4. Book.

Boston: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1988. "Performance is in some sense a combination of theater, dance, mime, concept art, music and today --even video. It can simply be defined as live art by artists." Many fascinating b&w photos, illustrations, of historic performances. Few pgs with underlining. top corner curled.. Paper. Fair. Book.

Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Perseus Books, 1997. " For the last 25 years, Dr. James Gordon has pioneered an approach to healing that synthesizes the best of modern, scientific medicine with the best of the alternative techniques." Quick signature by author on title pg. Green/gold round sticker on cover "Autographed Copy--Bunch of Grapes Bookstore--Martha's Vineyard". Signed by Author(s). Paper. As New. Book.

NY: Chancellor Hall, 1961. null Book Very Good Signed by Author Inscribed on 1st blank pg: 'To Barbara and Jean with my best wishes...Chas. H. Goren...March 5, 1963'. Heavy red hardbound, 518 pgs, housed in white slipcase decorated with kings. Backstrip is slightly faded, slipcase is somewhat yellowed with expected wear around edges. Contents: 100 memorable hands, A cavalcade of bridge, The Goren system, Some tests of skill, Down the years from Whist, A Bridge master's album, A museum showcase of playing cards, The international laws of bridge.. Hardcover. 4. Book.

Newington, Connecticut, USA: American Radio Relay League, 1972. null Book Good null "A basic text for individualized study....Publication No. 19 of The Radio Amateur's Library, published by the League." Electromagnetism and iInductance, Field-effect transistors, Amplifier circuits, Impedance matching, Bipolar transistors, Selecticvity of coupled circuits, and more, including diagrams and charts. Good condition but for 1" tear, front cover, tanned pgs. within.. Paper. 3. Book.

Mexico: Alfaguara, 1999. null Book Good Children's "Aunque no los puedas ver, ellos estan ahi. La luz es su refugio, aunque tambien una taza les sirve de escondite. Los hay frandes y chicos; pero no les temas, todos son inofensivos." Desde 8 anos. Approx 7-1/2 x 7-1/2", glossy black cover,. Hardcover. 3. Book.

Shelburne, Vermont: Shelburne Museum, 1972. null Book Very Good null The building of and the collections at the Shelburne Museum. 127 pgs of color and bw photos: furniture, pottery, pewter, weathervanes, textiles, paintings, decoys, carriages, dolls, toys.. Paper. 4. Book.

France: Cle Intl, 1999. null Book Fair null "La Grammaire progressive du Francais est une grammaire d'apprentissage destinee aux etudiants de niveaux faux debutant et intermediaire en francais." Just a few pen notes inside, otherwise clean, glossy blu paper cover shows wear.. Paper. 2. Book.