Search Results: Authors starting with G from Tannery Books

Canmore Press, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Jan VerBraeken. Cathy Gaskill, Ruth's Gift: A Family Legend Expanded, Canmore Press, 1998. Trade pb, xii, 144 pp, line drawings by Jan VerBraeken. Fact-based novel about the Quaker Jones-Winslow family from Back Creek Monthly Meeting, who moved to Indiana and later returned to North Carolina. Very Good: lightly bumped and scuffed, po sticker on ffep, pages bright, crisp.

Pocket Books, 1979-1992. First printing. Paperback. Good. All are First Pocket Books printing, mmpb. Star Trek, The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry (and Alan Dean Foster and Harold Livingston), Dec. 1979; Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan, Vonda N. McIntyre et al, July 1982; Star Trek III, The Search for Spock, Vonda N. McIntyre (& Harve Bennett), June 1984; Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home, Vonda N. McIntyre et al (incl. Leonard Nimoy), Dec. 1986; Star Trek V, The Final Frontier, J.M. Dillard et al (William Shatner), June 1989; Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country, J.M. Dillard et al (Leonard Nimoy) Jan. 1992. I, III-VI Good: light bumping and creases, some tanning, no markings, sticker residue on V. II (Khan) is Fair: large crease on cover, sticker damage with tear on lower left corner. Individually priced, 23.00 USD.

Norwalk, Conn.: The Heritage Press, 1985. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Kurt Craemer. Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii, Norwalk, Conn., The Heritage Press, 1985. Dark brown cloth with gold lettering over mottled gray paper boards with two-tone illustrated on front, xxii, 514 pp, woodcut illustrations by Kurt Craemer; plain, reddish-brown slipcase. The Heritage Club's "Sandglass" laid in (4pp). Near Fine/Good: spine lightly bumped, pages crisp and bright, no markings; slipcase faded and lightly scuffed.

Charlottesville, Va. : Lewis Glaser, 1957. Paperback. Very good. Leo S. Stoutsenberger. George Washington, Lewis Glaser, George Washington's Rules of Civility, Charlottesville, Va., Lewis Glaser, 1957. Stapled blue and white paper covers, 8vo ( 21 cm), 64 unnumbered pp. Taken from 16-year-old Washington's copybook, many of the rules from Francis Hawkins' book, these social rules span from common sense and humorous — such as not spitting on people while talking – to reminders of the contemparay caste system of society, using the labels of "betters" and "inferiors." Very Good: light bumping and scuffing, no markings.

Summerfield, N.C.: The Golden Rule Press, 1921. Hardcover. Ex-library. George Washington, transcribed and compiled by Joseph A. Hoskins; President Washington's Diaries, 1791-1799. Summerfield/Greensboro, N.C., The Golden Rule Press (author), 1921, hardcover library edition. INSCRIBED by author on ffep, dated 1932. Green cloth hc with black titling on front, plain brown endpapers, 100 pp. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: corners bumped and wearing, ex-library with no markings except donor bookplate and spine strip, p. 41 corner creased, last page shows binding holes (as when staples are removed).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, fifteenth printing. White spine over black cloth with gilt design, 4to, [x] 7-84 pp heavy paper, 12 plates illustrations by the author; slipcase with gold and red pastedown cover and spine. Very Good/Good: book covers lightly scuffed, pages crisp, no markings; slipcase faded, spine label peeling.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Lionel Godfrey, Cary Grant - The Light Touch, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1981, First Printing. Light blue-gray cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, 8vo (21 cm), 224 pp with index, 24 pp bw photos; color dustjacket. Good/Good: spine and corners bumped, spine starting to skew but tight, po name in ink on ffep, no other markings; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. Elizabeth Gray Vining, Flora - A Biography, Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966, First printing. Tan cloth over gray paper boards with red title block on spine, 8vo (21 cm), 208 pp, illustrated; orange and white dustjacket with portraits on front and back. Fair: ex-library with stickers and stamps, tape residue, markings throughout.

Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. John Greenleaf Whittier, with designs by E. H. Garrett, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892, later printing. White cloth hc with green-stamped design, 12mo (18 cm), green floral endpapers, [vi] v-[x] leaves, 1-43 leaves with text on rectos, 10 illustrated plates including portrait frontispiece, red title and capitals. Good/no DJ: corners and edges bumped and wearing, foxing or glue bleed-through on covers with spine tanned, no po markings.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. Second edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/very good. Val D. Greenwood, The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, Second edition. Although written in the internet's infancy, still a full resource of what types of records are available, like birth certificates and missing counties in the U.S. Federal censuses. Navy cloth hc, 8vo, xiv, 610 pp with index; glossy blue DJ. Ex-library (Very Good)/Very Good: ex-library with stamps and stickers, protective DJ cover taped to book, pages crisp.

Denver: Sage Books, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library/very good. Major-General Grenville M. Dodge, The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Denver, Sage Books, 1965 reprint of 1911 edition. Brown cloth hc, 8vo, [xviii] 9-182, bw illustrations; chamois-colored DJ with blue portrait and lettering. Ex-library (Very Good)/Very Good: ex-library with stamps and stickers, pages crisp, no internal markings; DJ taped to book, spine sticker, light scuffing, unclipped.

Back Creek Friends Meeting, N.C. Friends Historical Society, N.C. Yearly Meeting, 1993. First edition. Paperback. New. Barbara N. Grigg and Myrle L. Walker, Friends at Back Creek - Into the Third Century; Back Creek Friends Meeting, N.C. Friends Historical Society, N.C. Yearly Meeting; 1993, First Edition. Cream paper covers with sepia photo on front, 8vo, 112 pp with index, 14 bw photos plus illustrations and map. "A history of one of the oldest meetings (250 years old) in central North Carolina. Located in Randolph County, early members of this meeting came from Perquimans and Pasquotank counties and from Pennsylvania." The "Early Families" chapter includes Andrew Hoover, Thomas Winslow, Jedidiah and Jesse Hussey, Thomas Lowe, and Nixon. A few other biographies in later chapters. New: direct from the publisher; one copy has a tiny spot above the title.

Doubleday, 2001. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John Grisham, Skipping Christmas, Doubleday, 2001, possible BCE (has ISBN but no price). Blue paper boards with silver lettering on spine, small 8vo, 178 pp; blue dustjacket with wintry scene. Very good/very good: corners bumped, pages crisp, no markings; DJ lightly bumped. Printed in USA

New York: Darien House - Crown, 1973. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/fair. Groucho Marx, Richard J. Anobile, The Marx Bros. Scrapbook, New York, Darien House - Crown, 1973, second printing. Brown covers, imperial 8vo (about 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches), 256 pp with index, many photos and reproductions. Interviews, family photos, movie and publicity photos, playbills, fold-out panaramic photo of Cocoanuts cast with music on reverse. Good/Fair: DJ has large chips, tape, and has been adhered to covers, price unclipped, later small price sticker; interior mostly clean except a few small check marks and smudge on p. 47.

Bonanza Books - Random House Value Publishing, 1982. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Lawrence Grow, The Second Old House Catalogue, Bonanza Books, 1982. Gray boards, brown cloth spine with gold lettering, imperial 8vo, 224 pp with index, many bw photos and drawings; white DJ with color photo on front. "2,000 Completely New and Useful Products, Services, and Suppliers For Restoring, Decorating, and Furnishing the Period House - From Early American to 1930s Modern." VG/G: lightly bumped on corners, no markings, pages bright, crisp; DJ lightly tanned, corners bumped, small tear near top of spine, price unclipped.

Sudbury: J. Wright, 1848. First Printing. Leather_bound. Good. Sarah Grubb, A Selection From the Letters of the Late Sarah Grubb (formerly Sarah Lynes.), Sudbury, J. Wright, 1848, First Printing (Smith, v1, p. 877). Full leather hc, gilt spine divisions in five compartments with black leather title block, [viii] 452 pp, errata note tipped in. Good: covers scuffed and worn, bleedthrough from scrap p. 179, light foxing with damp stain on rear corner, no markings noticed.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Amelia Mott Gummere, The Quaker in the Forum, Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co., 1910, First Edition. Blue-gray cloth covered hc with gold lettering, 8vo, x, 334 pp including index and ads, 14 plates of illustrations including frontispiece. Stories of Quaker practices in tension with or influence on early American government, including a friendship between Samuel Fothergill and Benjamin Franklin, and a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Eliza Gurney. Ex-lib (G)/no DJ: ex-library with minor markings, corners worn, small tears on pp 37 and 53 edges with no loss.

Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1857. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Joseph John Gurney, Four Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity; Delivered in Southwark, 1834, to the Junior Members of the Society of Friends, Philadelphia, Henry Longstreth, 1857, Second American Edition. Brown cloth hc with blind-stamped floral design, 12mo (15 cm), 176 pp. Good/no DJ: Ex-library with markings and pocket, corners worn, tape over spine, pages foxed with dampstain on edges, no apparent user markings.

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1831. First American Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Joseph Gurney Bevan, Memoirs of the Life of Isaac Penington; to Which is Added A Review of His Writings, Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1831, third state (first American – Smith, p. 261). Biographies of early Friend and prolific writer Isaac Penington and his wife Mary, followed by reprinted selections of his writings. Full leather hc, 12mo (18 cm), [i]-xii, [13]-208 pp. Good: covers scuffed and wearing, boards bowed, light stain and po writing on ffep, light foxing, no noticeable internal markings.

Dublin, IN: Prinit Press, 1975. Paperback. Good. James Victor Guthrie, A Quaker Pastoral Minister: James Taylor Guthrie, Dublin, IN, Prinit Press, 1975. Gray paper covers, 8vo, [iv] 1-24 [8], 25-50 pp, bw family and home photos, cartoon sketches of daily life reproduced from another book in the center and covers, fold-out family tree attached inside rear cover. Good: ex-church-library with pocket and stamps, covers lightly scuffed, light foxing on edges, no internal markings.