Search Results: Authors starting with G from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Four 4.25x6.5" sepia toned cabinet card photos by E.B. Snell Elite Gallery, Wellington KS. One 5.25x8.5" by H. Beck Winfield Kansas, with two inked annotations identifying destroyed properties.
On May 27, 1892, a cyclone ripped through the heart of Wellington Kansas, leaving 17 dead, numerous injuries, leaving hundreds homeless, and causing $500,000 in property damage. At that time, Wellington was one of the state's fastest growing cities, with a population of 12,000. The cyclone caused extensive damage to a 26-block area and ended the momentum of growth the city had been experiencing. Photographer E.B. Snellhad a studio in the city and captured the aftermath.
Condition: Good. Margins and backs discolored, but not affecting the images. The larger card is somewhat faded.

1st Edition. Small 4to, illustrated boards, cloth spine. 132 pp. A humorous account of the "Follies", the London theatrical phenomenon that was a blend of Vaudeville and the Folies Bergere. " Songs, Dance, Reciatations…" "With a New Song by H.G. Pelissier." b/w photos and illustrations by Geoffrey Holme and others. Pasted to the front end paper is a letterhead for the Follies, with manuscript note signed by H.G. Pelissier, the song writer and eventual producer. " Dear Mr. Lloyd, / I have now taken over the above company -- performers in period costume -- Do you think we should do any good at Hull? If so about what time of year & who is the right man to writemto who would be likely to "run" us --Hoping you will excuse my bothering you. /s Pellisier. H.G. Pellisier was an English theatrical producer, composer, and satirist. He presented a number of theatrical productions during the Edwardian era, including 'The Follies'. J.C. Lloyd operated Lloyd's Opera House, in Ellensburg, Scotland, torn down… Read More

William Morrow. Fine. 1955. 1st ed. 1st Edition. 8vo, green boards, black titles. A fine, virtually p ristine copy with just a hint of wear at bottom edge of spine. I n near-fine d/w with 1/4” closed ear at upper right front; ½† closed tear at lower front flap, slight surface wear. .

William Morrow. Fine. 1975. 1st ed. 1st ed., 8vo, black boards, white titles. Published posthumously, an unusually scarce Gardner title -- especially in this conditio n. The title story is the only short story Gardner wrote featurin g his most famous character Perry Mason. Other: The Jeweled Butte rfly, Something Like a Pelican, and A Man is Missing) . s-new copy in fine, mylar protected jacket -- not price-clipped. .

William Morrow. Fine. 1973. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1973. 1st ed., 8vo, black b oards, gilt titles. A fine, pristine copy in fine, mylar protecte d jacket -- not price-clipped. .

Macmillan, New York. 1928. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Garland, with added signature of Rudy . CONDITION: Good. Covers: front hinge cracked, light surface wear, a little more so at top of spine. Newspaper review affixed to ba ck free end paper has browned and left image transfer on facing p age. Signed by Garland on front pastedown; two photographs of Ga rland and company on the half-title, along with a guest pass to t he Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens signed by Rudyard Kipling w ho, as a member, gave Garland admittance. Another photo of Garlan d on the verso and a fourth affixed to a blank page facing page 2 05. Unknown whether the extra items were added by Garland or anot her. .

Paris: Editions Des Chroniques Du Jour. 1928. Small 4to, xxix, [3] p., 28 b/w lithographed plates, b/w ills. No . 556 of 560 copies. Good. Lightly shaken but fully intact, seve ral edge tears up to 1” in spine. Partially uncut. Original gla ssine d/w present but toned with most of spine absent and several smaller tears. Ex-libris the Stendahl Art Gallery, Los Angeles. This volume was a well-used reference copy in the gallery’s re ference library, hence the rough condition. Until its recent clos ure, the Stendahl Gallery was one of America's oldest continuousl y operating private art galleries. Art from the Stendahl collecti ons found a home in The Louvre and many other major institutions throughout the world. Upon closing the gallery, the family donat ed a significant collection of photographs and documentation to t he Getty Research Institute. .

Chicago: The Black Cat Press. 1936. 1st ed., in d/w, limited to 1000 copies. A critical study of Abra ham Lincoln's political relationships, with previously unpublishe d election materials. Some light soiling along top edge and penc il erasures on ffep where a price was apparently removed, otherwi se a fine copy. Dustjacket is fair only with several large open t ears and darkened spine. .

New York: Book People. 1975. A trade paperback magazine featuring work by Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Gregory Corso, Kenneth Rexroth and others. Good; clean and tight but with A few small chips along edge of spine and she lf-wear at edges. .

London: n.p.. Fair. Hardcover. 1720. 1st edition. Full title: Under the conduct of the Illustrious JAMES Marquis of MONTROSE, in two parts. The first describing the wars in the yea rs 1644, 45, 46. The 2nd part containing an account of Montrose's Negotiations abroad and the state of affairs in Scotland from th e year 1647, to the year 1650 inclusive. The 2d part being never before published, is now done into English from the Latin of the right Reverend father in God, Doctor George Wishart, Bishop of Ed inburgh, With an appendix containing 1st a Description of Montros e's pompous Funerals in the year 1661. 2dly, A character of King Charles the 1st by the famous Mr. Alexander Henderson, on his Dea th-bed. 3dly Montrose's Declaration when he returned to Scotland, Anno 1650. 4thly. The Declaration of the Commission of the Kirk, in Answer to it. 5thly, Two Poems done by Montrose. As Also, Fif teen letters to Montrose, from King Charles the 1st, His Queen, K ing Charles the 2d, and Prince… Read More

London: Elkin, Mathews and Marrot. 1929. 1st ed., limited signed.. Published by London: Elkin, Mathews and Marrot, 1929. 12mo, picto rial boards and endpapers. With the dust jacket. Mild spotting to edges, endpapers lightly browned. A near fine copy with only min or bumping at corners, lightly toned endpapers -- in good+ dust j acket with several open tears at extremities. Signed limited edit ion. This copy number 360 of 530 numbered copies signed by Graves . .

Akron: Saalfield. 1907. 12mo (5 x 6 1/2"), cloth, some fraying and soil, 12p. including c overs, One of the volumes in Saalfield’s series of ‘muslin bo oks’. VG. Illustrated in color on every page based in part be her drawings from the Almanacks. This copy differs from all other copies we have seen; the front cover is white, not red. Unknown if this is a variant edition or a later printing - in all other r espects it is the same as other copies we have seen. The back co ver is red and blue, as usual. Front cover soiled with loose thre ads at top and bottom edges. Back cover lightly soiled at top of spine edge with 1” fray on spine. Interior has some yellowing a nd light dam staingin but over all quite clean. .

Stockton CA: Russell C Grigsby. Good+. 1943. 1st ed.. 1st ed., 8vo, dark green boards, 154 pp. Grigsby lived in the Tuo lumne/Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada from 1907. This memoir s cover his early years, through the Depression and his work with the California Conservation Corp, through the publication date 1 943. Good+: Presents as very good-near fine overall but chip at t op of spine results in loss in 1/8” of cloth, lightly rubbed co rners. Inscribed by Grigsby on fep to Ruth Ann Newport, County Hi storian, Tuolumne County CA. Good+ dustwrapper has ½”open tear at top of spine; similar at top back panel, and some light spott ing .

1703. Amsterdam: F. Van der Platas, 1703 - 12mo, vellum. 448 pp. Second edition of this history of the Order of the Templars (1119-1314) , written in 1691 by a Protestant theologian, scholar, professor of theology, rhetoric and history. Includes an index of authors c ited and subject index. Vellum binding is intact, but soiled and with a slight bow to front cover. Ink title on spine. Pencil not ations on ffep. Title page in red and black, engraved vignette. T ext block is tight but many pages are age-toned or foxed; not eno ugh to detract from a generally sound appearance. Several small tears in end papers. Detailed photos can be emailed on request. .