Search Results: Authors starting with G from William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts

Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine softcover first printing of first edition. No DJ as issued. No creases, tears, or markings. Not ex-lib, not clipped, not remaindered. Bibliography, index. 224 pages.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first printing of first edition with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and As New DJ. Not price clipped, not remaindered, not ex-lib. No creases, tears, or markings. A pristine collectible. Illustrations. Notes. Index. 640 pages.

na: na, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good, softcover, saddle stapled. Fading on cover, light tanning around outside edges of pages, hole punched in upper left corner (standard for all almanacs) so it can be hung on a nail. 96 pages.

India: Navajivan Publishing House, 1940. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth 14th edition with gilt lettering on spine and black lettering on front cover and Fair DJ in protective mylar cover. Dated 1940 at the end of the preface, this is the 14th edition. Spine is straight and tight, gilt lettering darkened but clear and legible, shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, all corners sharp. No markings, creases, or tears. DJ is Fair, with significant tears, some closed, others not (1 inch V shaped tear at top of front cover, three inch tear at bottom of back cover, plus two creases across front DJ cover. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 420 pages.

N.P.: Privately printed, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth first edition of privately printed collection of poetry SIGNED by author on dedication page. Spine is staright and tight, but there are three small holes in cloth between spine and front cover. Shelfwear to spine and boards, discoloration and abrasions to covers. Bottom corners of boards are rounded. Age toning commensurate with age throughout. No creases, tears, or markings anywhere. 128 pages.

1946. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Cotton gin ticket (receipt) from 1946 in Dacusville, SC, indicating the amount owed to the cotton farmer/sharecropper. N. B. Williams gin. Very Good condition, slight creasing to center, perforations visible on three sides where it was torn out of the account book. A relic from the twilight of the declining cotton industry. Gross poundage, Bale weight, seed weight, and amount due filled out with pencil. 3 1/2 x 6 inches.

College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first edition with silver lettering on spine and As New DJ. Binding is straight and tight. All corners sharp. A flawless volume: no markings, creases, or tears. Not ex-lib., not clipped, not remaindered. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 224 pages.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth first edition with black, gray, and blue lettering and designs on spine and cover. No DJ. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp. Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, light soiling of spine, age toning throughout commensurate with age. Not ex lib, no remainder marks. No creases, markings, or tears. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. 316 pages.

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Anthony Russo. As New cloth limited first edition SIGNED by author on flyleaf. Gilt lettering and designs and on spine and covers. Gilt paint on text block. Marbled endpapers. No DJ as issued. 204 pages.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New Cloth with silver lettering on spine and As New DJ (not clipped) in protective mylar cover. Previous owners name in pencil on dedication page but otherwise a flawless collectible. No markings, creases, or tears. Illustrations. Endnotes. Bibliography. 204 pages.

New York, NY: J.B. Ford & CO., 1868. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Cloth green cover with gilt lettering, very good condition. No DJ. From the collection of E. J. Aston (a NC travel writer who published frequently with Greeley) and signed on title page by E. J. Aston. Includes a letter to Aston from Horace Greeley, dated August 19, 1869. Aston glued the letter into the front papers of the book. The letter has three folds and is signed by Horace Greeley. Binding is straight and tight. Shadows of plates on facing pages. Title page is loose and has some tanning. Many pages have normal tanning commensurate with age. Slight discoloration to front cover. Tear to cover on upper rear corner. Shelf wear to spine at top and bottom.

Privately printed, 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine privately printed cloth edition with gilt lettering on cover. There is no publication information or date, etc. But it is undoubtedly a first and only edition. All indications point to 1910 as the likely date of publication. Contains thirteen sonnets celebrating the journey of the yacht 'Atlantic,' which set a world record in winning the Kaiser Cup in 1905. That record was not broken until 2005. A black and white picture of the yacht appears on the frontispiece protected by a tissue. The author of these poems, Clay Meredith Greene, was a prolific play and screenwriter who was born and lived his life in San Francisco. Binding and text are in excellent shape. Some soiling of white cloth covers. Moderate tanning to all pages commensurate with age. 10 pages.