Search Results: Authors starting with G from Camphor Bookstore

HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover, dustjacket. In "as new" condition. Winner of the 2009 Newberry Medal, and Hugo Award. Neil Gaiman's award winning tale of Nobody "Bod" Owens, who would be a completely normal boy if he didn't live in a graveyard.

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett. With an introduction by T. E. Lawrence. Illustrated by Henry Keen.London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924. xviii, [2], 279. [1], 1 ad'] pages. Frontispiece, endpapers, illustrations and 28 engraved plates by Henry Keen. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First illustrated edition.Extraordinary illustrations from lithographed plates. A classic compilations of fantasy, legends and fairy tales in excellent condition- without a jacket.

Liveright, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 347 pp. Photo plate illustrations. VG+ unmarked condition without a jacket.

Hyperion Press 1936. First Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. cloth. 34pp of text plus 61 lovely tipped-in platesThe book and jacket are both in very good condition - The binding is starting and pages are at risk of coming loose, there is light spotting on the front free endpaper (please see photos.)

Aepfel und Birnen / Apples and Pearsby Goethe, R(udolph Konstantin), Degenkolb, H(ermann) und Mertens, R.The most important German fruit varieties. Published... under the direction of the fruit and viticulture department of the German Agricultural Society.
Berlin, Paul Parey, 1894. 25x17cm. Hardcover. With 104 chromolithographed plates - each with 1 page of text in German, and 1 blank sheet for notes. The text is in German, in gothic style font, including the info about the fruit varieties and the advertisements in the back.
About the plate illustrations:The beautiful color plates were printed in the Lithographic Institute of W. Müller in Gera, who also made the master drawings. 53 apple and 51 pear varieties are illustrated and described with 1 to 3 whole fruits and 1 slice view.
Condition: The plates are bright and gorgeous and in excellent condition, without foxing or tears and suitable for framing. The cover has some fading and light staining commensurate with the age of the book.

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1926. Classic adventures of mild Mole, genial Ratty, wild Toad and calm Mr Badger, in an antique edition nicely illustrated by Barnhart. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine; stamped black illustration of a mouse reading under a tree on front board and spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 351 pp. There are 8 bright full-page color illustration plates, including a tissue-protected frontispiece, and 4 full-page black and white drawings. Condition: The book is in VG condition overall. The cover cloth is a little age darkened and the titles on the spine have faded. There's a lengthy inscription on the half-title page (see photos) but otherwise unmarked.

Love Respelt Again by Robert GravesLimited to 1000 copies only (#272), and signed by the AuthorSpottiswood, Ballantyne & Co Ltd London and Colchester. An edition of fifty poems in handwritten manuscript form by Graves, then reproduced with lithography along with the accompanying "illuminations" / drawings of Aemilia Laraçuen. The book is in excellent, near fine condition - the paper jacket is a little age-toned, and has a tape repair along the spine (the backside, not visible.)

The Enchanted Landscape Photographs 1940-1975By Wynn BullockAperture, New York, 1993. First Edition. In addition to the superb photographs, there is a poem by Ursula Le Guin, a biographical essay by Raphael Shevelev, and excerpts from the writings of Wynn Bullock. Bibliography in the back. Book and jacket are in near fine, as new condition.
About the book:In images of haunting beauty Wynn Bullock explores the ineffability of time and space, the mystery beneath the static surface of reality, and the contradictory and compelling nature of existence itself. Now available in paperback, The Enchanted Landscape, a definitive retrospective monograph of his photographs, confirms Bullock as one of this century's preeminent photographers and celebrates the incandescent brilliance of a true American sage.

Recits de Belzebuth a son Petit-filsby G. I. GurdjieffJanus, Paris, 1956. First French edition, translated from the original manuscript. Red leather hardcover. 1177 pp. Red silk ribbon marker. Unmarked and in good condition. The original jacket and glassine cover is worn and chipped (please see photos) but still good. About the book: George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, (1877-1949) was a Greco-Armenian mystic and philosopher who founded an influential quasi-religious movement. Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve our purpose as human beings. Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson is the first book of a trilogy in which Gurdjieff set forth his 'Fourth Way' spiritual mysticism.