Titles starting with G from Gene Sperry Books

Bolton, Ruthie., Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1994, c1994, 1st Edition, boards (hard cover), fine with dj (one tiny tear), 275 pp, 8vo, "It is nigh impossible to convey the astonishingly eloquent simplicity of Ruthie's witnessing to her time... ... (more information)

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Bolton, Ruthie., Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1994, c1994, 1st Edition, boards (hard cover), gift inscription on ffep o/w fine with fine dj, 275 pp, 8vo, SIGNED & dated by the author, "It is nigh impossible to convey the astonishingly eloquent simplicity of Ruthie's witnessing to her time... ... (more information)

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Galatoire, Leon., Pelican Publishing Co. (LA), 1994, c1994, 1st Edition, cloth (hard cover), gift inscription on ffep o/w near fine with near fine dj, 223 pp with index, small 4to, ISBN: 0882899996, 'A tremendous sourcebook for anyone wanting to create authentic Creole meals' ... (more information)

Subjects: COOKING / Reference;

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Moffat, Alex W., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1942, c1936, 4th edition, blue cloth (hard cover), vg with partial dj (significant pieces missing), 181 pp with index, 12mo, "...planned out of consideration for the digestive apparatus of those who cruise-the thing, after all, upon which success or failure largely depends ... (more information)

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Wilbur, Richard., Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994, c1994, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), one corner bump o/w near fine with dj, 31 pp, color illus. by Barry Moser, small 4to, "...classic story of boys and baseball is illustrated with dramatic watercolors... ... (more information)

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Jackman, Stuart., Atheneum, 1982, c1981, 1st U.S. Edition, blue cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 303 pp, 8vo, "October 15, 1944: an ominous silence emanates from the 87th Maintenance Unit in the Nile delta town of Marazag... ... (more information)

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Wolpert, Stanley., Oxford University Press, 2001, c2001, 1st Edition, 1st printing, cloth (hard cover), PO's name & address on ffep o/w near fine with fine dj, 308 pp with notes, bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 019513060X, 'Chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his early days as a child of privilege to his humble rise to power and his assassination at the hands of a man of his own faith. A remarkable tribute by a historian at the height of his narrative and a... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia; HISTORY / World;

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Erikson, Erik H., W.W. Norton & Co., c1969, 1st Edition, 1st printing, black cloth (hard cover), some minor dampstain to rear cover o/w vg with good dj (corner-clipped, tears, some dampstaining to reverse), 474 pp with notes & index, 8vo, ISBN: 39301049X, 'Many of the methods of civil disobedience used today have their origin in Mahatma Gandhi's militant nonviolence' ... (more information)

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Erikson, Erik H., W.W. Norton & Co., c1969, 1st Edition, 1st printing, black cloth (hard cover), PO's small name on ffep o/w vg+ with vg+ dj (minor edge tears, price-clipped), 474 pp with notes & index, 8vo, ISBN: 039301049X, 'Many of the methods of civil disobedience used today have their origin in Mahatma Gandhi's militant nonviolence' ... (more information)

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Blum, Howard., Simon & Schuster, 1993, c1993, 2nd printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 349 pp with note on sources, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0671687581, "...waged a grim six-year battle to bring down this generation's Al Capone - John Gotti ... (more information)

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Donaldson, Stephen., Harper Collins (UK), 1991, c1991, 1st UK Edition, black cloth (hard cover), near fine with dj, 410 pp, tall 8vo, "Morn Hyland had survived a terrible ordeal at the hands of one space pirate... ... (more information)

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Gronowicz, Antoni., Simon and Schuster, 1990, c1990, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with vg dj (light wear, slightly chipped), 476 pp with index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0671225235, "What she had you couldn't see with the naked eye. It was something in her eyes, something behind them... ... (more information)

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Moyer, James A., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1921, c1921, 1st Edition, 4th Impression, green cloth (hard cover), very light wear o/w vg (no dj), 261 pp with index, B&W illus., small 8vo, "The essential principles of automobile construction and operation... ... (more information)

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Mayor, Archer., Warner Books, 2003, c2003, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj (as new), 296 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0892967668, "In a riveting new adventure, Vermont detective Joe Gunther mounts a concerted campaign to staunch the flow of drugs into his beloved state ... (more information)

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Harrigan, Stephen., Alfred A. Knopf, 2000, c2000, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), illus. eps, fine with fine dj, 581 pp, B&W map illus., tall 8vo, "A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo... ... (more information)

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Blunt, Sir Anthony (Intro by)., Courtauld Institute Galleries (London), 1972, ncrd, revised edition, stapled soft cover (paperback), 76 pp with museum plan, 8vo, 'Those who visit the galleries will be able to enjoy an important series of Italian paintings and other Old Master paintings', 'The Courtauld Institute of Art was founded in 1931 through the enthusiasm and generosity of Samuel Courtauld' ... (more information)

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Gautschi, Willi., Front Street Press, 2003, c2003, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj (as new), 813 pp with notes, bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0972557202, "This definitive study of General Guisan and the war years in Switzerland is an immensely valuable contribution to the military history of World War II ... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / Military / World War II;

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Wert, Jeffry D., Simon & Schuster, 1993, c1993, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj (price clipped), 527 pp with notes, bibliography & index, B&W illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0671709216, 'General James Longstreet was Lee's senior Lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia and the general whose conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg remains a topic of heated debate more than 130 years later' ... (more information)

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Chadwick, Bruce., Sourcebooks, Inc., c2007, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 406 pp with bibliography, notes & index, B&W illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 9781402206955, 'Why George and Martha, perhaps the wealthiest couple in the colonies, agreed to commit acts of treason against the King of England that surely could have ended in their deaths; the story of a remarkable union that wold give birth to the Union as we know it today' ... (more information)

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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia., trans. by Edith Grossman., Penguin Books, 1991, c1990, reprint, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), one note in text o/w vg, 348 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 0140148590, "General Simon Bolivar...embarks on a seven-month voyage down the Magdalena River... ... (more information)

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