Titles starting with G from Amanda Willis Rare Books

Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1930. First edition; 285pp; red boards, black spine with title in red lettering, black endpapers with red rules, top edge black, others uncut; very stylish art deco dust wrapper depicting a young woman's face in silver against a patterned background; a romantic tragedy set in Scotland; 8vo.... more information

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the Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited edition of 275 copies of which this is no. 95; book fine; 91pp; quarter publisher's vellum over blue boards, gilt title to spine, single gilt rule; teg, others uncut; illustrated with eight engravings by Gertrude Hermes; translated from the Arabic by Toussaint and rendered into English by Christopher Sandford and printed for subscribers; 8vo.... more information

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Constable, London, 1942. Reprint. Faded black boards, gilt title to spine, no dust wrapper; short stories; 8vo.... more information

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The Verona Press, London, 1939. Limited edition of 1200 numbered copies of which this is number 75; green and off-white patterned boards, gilt lettering to title label on spine, grey dust wrapper with green lettering, spine sunned; brown and black title; sixteen coloured lithographs; book designed by Hans Mardersteig, printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona in Centaur type, the paper made by Enrico Magnani, Pescia; the stones from which the coloured lithographs were printed have been ground; publisher's... more information

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The Swan Press, Chelsea, 1927. Limited edition of 250 copies of which this is no. 242, a hand-written note on the limitation page denotes that nos. 235-250 are printed on hand-made paper and are not for sale; 2p. introduction + 14pp; quarter buckram over orange and white swan-patterned paper covered boards; title on label to spine, pages uncut, some unopened; before the half-title there is a stub which is apparently present in other copies; inscribed by Philip Gosse; a collection or counterserration of wor... more information

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Barrie and Jenkins, London,1970. First edition; blue boards, gilt title to spine; dust wrapper; owner's name; 8vo.... more information

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Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1983. Paperback, illustrated wraps, slight crease to spine; illustrated throughout in colour and black and white; exhibition catalogue; 4to.... more information

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Stone Trough Books, York, 2005. Third edition with corrections; book and dust wrapper as new, brown boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, facsimile of author's hand-writing to endpapers; edited by James Ramsden; foreword by Humphrey Lyttelton; 8vo.... more information

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Stone Trough Books, York, 2005. Third edition with corrections; book and dust wrapper as new, brown boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, facsimile of author's hand-writing to endpapers; edited by James Ramsden; foreword by Humphrey Lyttelton; 8vo.... more information

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Paramount Publishing, Edition XXL, Germany, 2000. First edition. 99pp. Glossy pictorial boards, near fine, no dust wrapper; illustrated throughout with photographs and cartoons, cocktail recipes, text in German; 4to.... more information

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Andre Deutsch, London, 1963. First edtion; unpaginated; yellow wraps with title in red; printed in America which is why some of the spelling is American, a note to that effect on the lower cover; near fine copy of this apparently very scarce book; tall 8vo.... more information

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Longman, London, 1972. First edition. Book very good, top spine edge bumped,grey boards, silver title to spine, illustrated dust wrapper; full page drawings, others within text; ghosts and the supernatural; 8vo.... more information

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The Cresset Press, London, 1949. First edition. 341pp; red boards, faded gilt title; dust wrapper designed by E. Rowson; autobiography set in the Midwest by the author of "A Narrow Street"; 8vo.... more information

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Tia Publishing, Birmingham, 2008. First edition, paper wraps; 240pp; short stories set in Dublin, West of Ireland, Birmingham and Nice; promotional postcard loosely inserted; 8vo.... more information

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Milan, 2004. Glossy silver wraps illustrated with a handbag on front cover and a shoe on lower cover; wonderful photographs; 4to.... more information

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New York, Hyperion East, 2002. First edition, book and DW as new, yellow boards, blue lettering, a privledged glimpse into the colonial life of Java.... more information

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Fawcett World Library, USA, 1962. An Original Gold Medal Book, first printing; paperback book very good, illustrated wraps; pages browned; by the author of the Travis McGee novels; 8vo.... more information

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, July 1954. First edition. vii; 343pp; book very good, faded gilt title to spine, orange boards, illustrated price-clipped dust wrapper with bits missing, illustrated endpapers; sketches and black and white photographs throughout; a personal history of fifty years of changing taste and the people who have inspired them; 8vo.... more information

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, September 1954. Second impression. vii; 343pp; book very good, faded gilt title to spine, faded and mottled pink boards, illustrated price-clipped dust wrapper with bits missing, illustrated endpapers; sketches and black and white photographs throughout; a personal history of fifty years of changing taste and the people who have inspired them; 8vo.... more information

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The Peterhouse Press, Wendover, 1983. First edition. 63pp; green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dust wrapper near fine; endpapers and watercolours illustrations throughout by Elizabeth Bury; foreword by Mary Christie; 8vo.... more information

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