Titles starting with G from David Hecht, Bookseller

N.Y., , 1948. Pictorial wrprs. VG. 8vo. 4 x 9 in. Attacks the G.O. P. Congress on the issues of housing, social security, H.C. L. curb, farm program, civil rights, labor, health, minimum wage and other economic matters which the Democrats accuse the Republican Congress of stonewalling to the detriment of average people. Reminds voters "remember in November the Congress that forgot you! ... more information

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N.Y., , 1876. 1st edition. Orig. 3/4 gilt calf, hubbed spine, gilt lettering. Extremely nice copy inside & out. VG. Thick 8vo. Publ. by Sheldon & Company, 677 Broadway.Approx. 6 x 9 1/2 in. Dbl. columns, small print. Wealth of fiction, short stories, newly publ. book reviews & poetry. Also notable non-fiction including interesting articles about or text on Alexandre Dumas, "Can The Voyage To Europe Be Shortened?", "The Napoleonic Legend", 7pp. "English Lecturers ... more information

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Boston, , 1887. 1st edition. Completely dsbd., no covers, text & plates laid loose, orig. marble free eps. present. . Orig. marble eps, a few blanks, all the text & plates present but quite heavily water-soiled & stained, but all pages & plates loose & not stuck together., & all lie flat. Sometimes the major problem is just a little water-crinkling but usually there are some visible watestns., or soiling, almost always to the blank portions of all the plates contained after the... more information

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N.Y., , 1971. Cloth w/ dj. Quality bc edition, nice condition. VG. . Thick 8vo. Scholarly & well-written book about spies. ... more information

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London, , 1777. Dsbd., self-wrprs. Lacks engrd. frontpiece, o/w vg. . 12mo. Printed by John Bell. 4 3/8 x 7 11/16 in. Moore ( 1712-1757) was a poet, dramatist & periodical writer. He edited "The World" publ. by Dodsley 1753-1756 with most of the essays dealing with high society. He wrote 'The Gamester" in 1753. ... more information

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np, , 1981. . Folded. VG. . Eleph. folio. . Color movie poster, 21 x 29 1/2 in. Paper, text on reverse. Movie advertised as "Coming Soon. Columbia Pictures Presents A World Event...". ... more information

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London, , 1991. Pict. softcover. VG. 12mo. . Penguin Books. A controversial biography witheld until after her death. Chronicles extraordinary personal details on her life and popular image. Reads as if spoken by Garbo herself which caused great controversy since Garbo & her Estate denied any involvement with the author. Photos. ... more information

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London, , 1775. 16th edition. Orig. calf. Bdg. wear, some text browning, old pen names & dates on fly, top of tp trimmed in blank margin. Good. 16mo. Miller was the preeminent man in his profession for many years bringing many new plants to England & establishing new horticukltural techniques. The present work was the most popular Gardener's Kalender of the century, first published in 1732. The book is about how to keep a fruit & vegetable garden, kitchen garden, greenhouse, details on raisin... more information

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Chicago, , (ca. 1900-ca. 1915). Orig. pictorial wrappers. Uniform text browning, the collection incl.; the wrprs. in quite good shape generally, a few wrprs repd., most spines reinf. w/ old scotch tape. Gd. - VG. . 12mo. Twenty-eight Dime novels, all published by M.A. Donahue & Co., Chicago. Nearly all not dated, ca. 1900-1915. Some illustrated. All part of the "Gaslight Detective" series. All with nice 3/4 front wrpr. vignette engravings, some w/ smaller circular vignettes, instead. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1932. 4th revised edition. . Orig. cloth. Typed item pasted to endpaper. VG. . 8vo. . How to fix & maintain the 1932 auto. Over 600 text illustrations. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1962. 1st edition. Cloth w/ pict. dj. . Occas. light browning to mats of tipped-in plates. Signature on frree ep. A nice copy in DEMCO protected dj. VG. Folio. . McGraw-Hill Book Company. Art history in detail of the late 19th & early 20th centuries, approximately 1884-1914, & also history of other cultural phenomena influencing art. Based on landmark exhibition sponsored by the Council of Europe. Thick beautifully printed in Belguim, folio volume, with 52 tipped-in color plates onto ... more information

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Boston, , 1948. Back endpaper partially torn from back cover & repaired. Gd. 8vo. . 1st volume in Churchill's history of World War II. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1976. Softcover. Well-used, an average copy. Gd. Lg. 16mo. A pioneering scholarly collection of hundreds of prntd. items relating to gays & their treatment throughout American history from 1566 to the 1970's. The best one-volume resource book on gay U.S. history. ... more information

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Los Angeles, , 1997. Pict. softcover. . 1 leaf creased, hole in last index pg. w/ bit of loss, o/w av. nice clean tight copy. VG. Thick 8vo. . Guide to & review of over 7,000 restaurants, hotels, gourmet shops, wine sources, regionak foods.also some places to shop, see, museums, etc. Maps. ... more information

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Girard, , nd, ca. 1925. Orig. prtd. wrprs. Text browning. VG. 32mo. Detailed work on subject. Little Blue Book No. 1304. ... more information

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Np, , nd, ca. 1863. . Self-wrprs. . Tp browning. VG. . 8vo. . Besides Gen. Sumner, also includes testimony of Generals Heintzelman, Hooker, Burnside, Meigs, Casey, Barnard & Keyes before the "Senate Committee on the Conduct of the War Concerning Gen. Geo. B. McClellan." Front page in banner lg. dark type. Text dbl. columns, small type. ... more information

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(London), , (1820). VG. 8vo. Dsbd. from the end of Vol. XV. of the Pamphleteer. Lists by subject hundreds of titles of works appearing in the Pamphleteer volumes. ... more information

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London, , 1813. 1st edition. Recently rebound, antique-style, 2 tone paper over bds., paper spine label. . Light browning. A nice, tight, clean handsome volume, solidly & tastefully rebound. Fine. 16mo. Sherwood, Neely, & Jones. Single vol. of set but complete in itself with these traveller accounts appearing only in this volume. Four impt. narratives. Frontis folding 1811 map of length of the Nile River showing Egypt,, Abyssinia, Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, Arabia, three plates (1 fldg.). First... more information

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Chicago, , 1942. 1st edition. Orig. gilt cloth. No dj. Dj blurbs meatly pasted to front ep. Clean & bright copy. VG. 8vo. MacArthur's life, military career, & beginning of World War II. Photo plates. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. ... more information

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np, , ca. 1880's or 1870's. Eleven loose engraved plates incl. duplicates. in manila folder incl. duplicates. A few sheets w/ v. minor old soiling to margin edges, one or two w/ some marg. fxg. VG overall. Collection of engraved portraits, all on loose engraved heavier sheets measuring 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. incl. wide margins. Apparently issued as portraits per se, not part of a book. Circa 1880's or 1870's. 10 sheets (some duplicates) each showing one portrait each plus 1 sheet showing 8 small portrait... more information

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