Search Results: Authors starting with G from Scraps of American History

New York: Random House, 1962. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/fair. 126 pages. A comic play first presented by Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in New York on April 5, 1962 and starring Barry Gordon, Jason Robards, Jr. and William Daniels. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. Blue boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear, corners and spine ends a little bumped, minor spotting of cover, interior pages bright, binding tight. Mylar covered blue and white jacket with black titles on front cover and spine is tanned with edge wear and chipping at top of spine cover and along top edge of back jacket, holes in back cover near fold, not clipped.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 650 pages, with index. Arranged chonologically and selected from the work of English poets. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt decoration on front cover and yellow lettering on spine, blue top edge, blue ribbon bookmark attached to binding. Some spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine edges bumped, spine a little cocked, writing and pasted photos and text on front and back endpapers, interior pages lightly tanned, one page miscut. Book formerly belonged to William T. McKinnon, instructor in English at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1916. First printing. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Articles include "Little-known Sardinia," "The Awakening of Argentina and Chile," "Wards of the United States," and "A Little Journey in Honduras." Yellow wraps with black titles. Some fading and scuffing of cover with spotting, edge wear, creases in corners of cover and first few pages, spine a bit faded with split starting at back hinge, back cover stained and spotted, interior pages bright (lots of interesting advertisements), binding tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 236 pages plus catalog, illustrated with black and white plates. By the author of "The Mirrors of Washington" and published anonymously. Twelve essays on Warren G. Harding and his presidency. Red cloth binding with black titles on spine. Cover faded at top, spotting, spine faded, some staining of back cover, discolorations and spotting of end papers, interior pages lightly tanned, frontispiece tissue foxed, binding tight.

New York: University Publishing Company, 1901. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 208 pages with vocabulary. A primer addressing the needs of the beginning Latin student. Gray boards with quarter leather, gilt titles on spine. Boards and leather much scuffed, chips in leather at spine ends, corners bumped, spots and scratches, multiple names in pencil on end papers, hinges weak with back hinge showing webbing, some spotting of interior pages with a few small notations, binding weak in places.

New York: Benziger Brothers, 1876. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 376 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece and black and white drawings. A reader for children intended to give them a sound Catholic education, with church history as well as stories about American history. Quarter leather over black stamped cloth boards, black titles on covers and embossed titles on spine, blessing from Leo P. P. XII on front fixed end paper. Front cover detached at hinge, scuffing and spotting of cover, wear to leather on spine, corners and spine ends bumped, several names in pencil on front free end paper, interior pages tanning with some stains, part of index missing with back free end paper, writing on back fixed end paper. Measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. 272 pages with bibliography. An analysis of the fiction of Ellen Glasgow by the author. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Handsome book with light bumping to corners and spine ends, spine a little faded but titles bright, minor edge wear, light scratches and a little spotting, former owner's name on front fixed end paper with a little spotting of end papers, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding tight. Average size, measures 6 x 8 3/4 inches.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1971. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 351 pages with index, illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. A lavishly illustrated guide to Denmark's surviving prehistoric monuments, written by a leading archaelogist. Turquoise blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Titles bright and clear, a little fading of upper cover, light edge wear, minimal bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles shows a little edge wear, small stains at edges, not price clipped.

New York: Duffield & Company, 1907. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 290 pages, illustrated with sepia toned frontispiece. Considered an erotic romance novel and quite racy for its time, this story about a Russian queen and her seduction of a young British aristocrat was thought to have been inspired by the author's affiar with young Lord Alistair Innes Ker, brother of the Duke of Roxburghe. Glyn popularized the concept of "It" and influenced the careers of Hollywood stars. Red cloth binding with blindstamped titles on front cover and spine. Spine faded (titles may have had color but it no longer remains), spotting, some edge wear, cover stained and a bit scrubbed, corners and spine ends bumped, marks on front fixed end paper, corner creases in front free end paper and first few pages, interior pages lightly tanned but clean, binding tight.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. D"Agostino, Anthony. 112 pages with color illustrations throughout. A guide for aspiring angels. White cloth binding with gilt imprint in front cover and gilt titles on spine, decorated end papers. Spine soiled, light edge wear, cloth a little bubbled on back, gilt bright, interior pages bright. Measures 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches

New York: American Publishers Corporation. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Multiple sections plus advertising. Also includes "Paul and Virginia," and The History of Rasselas, Prince Of Abyssinia, A Tale by Samuel Johnson. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge. Some spotting of cover with scratches and fading, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine and gilt a little faded, small chip in top of spine, front hinge weak, former owner's name "Miss Sue Sheetz" on front free end paper, interior pages tanning, binding otherwise tight.

Chicago: Miss Ruby I. Gilbert. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Fair/No jacket. 64 pages with index. Lyrics and music to about 50 songs for crusaders against alcohol in the Temperance Movement. Green wraps with black titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover heavily worn with creases and scrubbed areas, corners chipped, heavy wear at spine with a little pulling at staples, some tanning, former owner's names on front free end paper, some staining and tannng of interior pages, binding tight.

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1892. Possible First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 174 pages, indexed. A collection of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs compiles for the National and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Unions. Words and music. Gold boards illustrated with singing bird and flowers, black cloth spine, advertisement for song book on back. Much edge wear to cover, corners bumped, spine worn at edges with split in cloth, some scrubbing and spotting of cover, cover darkened, hinges weak with front hinge separated, front free end paper loose, interior pages tanned and a little spotted, former owner's name on front fixed end paper.

Chicago: Woman's Temerance Publishing Association, 1885. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Fair/No jacket. 63 pages with index. Lyrics and music to over 50 songs for young crusaders against alcohol in the Temperance Movement. Blue illustrated wraps with black titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover very worn and creased with many rubbed and soiled spot, edges chipped with corners very worn and creased, cover split at spine, former owner's name on title page twice, title page and first few pages wormed at leading edge, corners of pages crased and chipped, some light staining with tanning.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1932. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 605 pages with index, illustrated with black and white plates, two-color title page. An in-depth biography of Mary Stuart. Tan cloth binding with very light embossed decorations on front cover and spine, gilt titles on front cover and black titles on spine, rough cut leading edge. Cover a bit scuffed and soiled with spotting, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, possible author signature on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned with plates darker, binding tight.

London: R. A. Everett & Co., 1903. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 276 pages plus advertisements. From Nat Gould's Sporting Novels series. Set on the race track. Yellow illustrated boards with red and black titles. Advertisement for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap on back cover. Cover is in fair condition, scrubbed, worn and bumped, part of spine cover missing, a little soiling, some foxing of first few pages and end papers, back hinge a little weak, front hinge OK and binding tight. Nice copy of an uncommon item. Average size, measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

London: R. A. Everett & Co., 1902. Not stated. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 282 pages. From the sporting novels of Nat Gould series. A novel set on the racetrack. Yellow illustrated boards with red and black titles. Advertisement for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap on back cover. Cover is in poor condition, scrubbed, worn and bumped, part of spine cover missing, titles fairly legible, front hinge almost broken, spotting of end papers, first section of pages to page three detached and laid in, rest of binding a little loose, all pages present as far as I can determine, some tanning, small tears in some page top edges, back hinge starting. Average size, measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1962. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/good. 213 pgs. Rowdy novel about a college sophmore's wild weekend with a fourteen year old prostitute in a small Southern town, told from his point of view and hers. Pink and black boards with gold titles on spine, black top edge. Copy is in very good condition, no obvious flaws, titles bright, interior pages clean and not browning. Illustrated jacket with green and black titles on front cover in spine shows small tears at top of front jacket cover, back cover and spine slightly scrubbed, one inch l-shaped tear with crease in back cover, small tears at bottom edge of back cover, price clipped, a little spotting of jacket. Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.

New York: The Century Company, 1903. First edition. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket . 255 pages, illustrated with a black and white frontispiece. A collection of horse stories: "Her First Horse Show" "Isabella" "Crowninshield's Brush" "Ting-a-Ling" "The Braybrooke Baby's Godmother" "The Echo Hunt" and "The Reggie Livingstones' Country Life. Original red cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine and green, red and black horse illustration on front cover, gilt top edge. Some spotting and darkening of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, back cover a little scrubbed, some foxing of end papers, former owner's name and date on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned with darker edges, gilt faded, binding tight with a few page sections lightly pulled.

London: John Long, 1908. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 382 pages, plus one page of advertising. A young woman who has been ill takes a holiday in the south of France and finds herself shadowed by a mysterious stranger. By the author of "The Silence of Dean Maitland." Blue cloth binding with black titles and blindstamped borders on front cover with heavy gilt titles and bands on spine. Front and back covers heavily spotted, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine a little faded but gilt bright, former owner's names "Mrs. Calderon Carlisle" and "Mary J. Williams" on front end papers, end papers darkened, interior pages bright, bookseller's sticker "Brentano's, Paris" at bottom of back fixed end paper, binding tight.