Search Results: Authors starting with G from Alba's Books

New York: Pantheon Books, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Stated first American edition. Introduction by E.A> Bennett. A groundbreaking work on psychology by the great Austrian psychologist. Encompasses the complete Tavistock Lectures. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

Princeton: Princeton / Bollingen Paperbacks, 1978. First PBP Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Translated by R.F.C. Hull, this is a groundbreaking study of the psychological hysteria caused by UFOs. Original paper covers in fine, clean and unmarked condition.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original brown cloth with date on title page. Book is near fine and unmarked, with minor sporadic spotting to middle foreedge and no other significant flaw. Jacket has slight wear to the edge at the head of the spine, and is otherwise fine, clean and bright. An unusually well preserved jacket. Listed in Bleiler: Allegory, Symbolism 042407B.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. W.A. Dwiggins. Stated first printing of the first one-volume edition of Wells' seven famous Science Fiction novels, with an original preface by the author. In the rare W.A. Dwiggins dust jacket which features a scene from The War of the Worlds. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is very good, clean and bright, the only flaw a `1/2"" horizontal chip across the top of the spine not affecting the text. Protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover, this a very attractive, solid copy of an extremely scarce Wells item.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original indigo cloth with gilt title and top foreedge. ""1924"" on both title and copyright pages, but accompanied by ""1923"" on copyright page to indicate previous edition published in England. A novel by the author of The Time Machine. Tiny black stain on front edge. Very mild rubbing to the spine edges.

New York: Harper Collins Books of Wonder, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Tom Kidd. With the '1' in a number line. The first printing of the Tom Kidd-illustrated edition of Wells's classic with a historical afterword by Peter Glassman. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked in an archival Mylar jacket cover.

New York: Dover Publications, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. Introduction by E.F. Bleiler. Complete and unabridged texts. A very well preserved copy of this handsome, durable Dover edition of Well's futuristic novels. This is the original first Dover edition format, without the bar code on the rear cover. Unmarked.

New York: Dover Publications, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. The first Dover anthologization of Wells' sci-fi short stories, including ""The Country of the Blind"" and ""The Man Who Could Work Miracles."" A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: The Modern Library, 1996. First ML Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Duodecimo. With the '1' in a number line. Introduction by Peter Straub for this edition. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked in an archival Mylar dust jacket cover.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Publisher's green gilt cloth with gilt top foreedge and date on title page and 'Published April, 1905' on title page. Scarce collection of Wells's early fantasy, horror and S-F stories, including first book publications of ""The Magic Shop"" and ""A Dream of Armageddon."" Boards bright and clean; spine title slightly dulled and spine lightly rubbed but presentable. Vintage designer bookplate of Sci-Fi collector John E. Northland, else no other markings. An attractive copy in a Mylar plastic jacket.

Naperville: Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Photographs. With the '1' in a number line. Includes the full text and original illustrations of this classic, as well as a CD of the Orson Welles radio broadcast, an original foreword by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by Ben Bova. A great resource for scholars and students, as well as Wells fans. Pristine, clean and unmarked.

New York: Dover Publications, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. Eighteen stories, including The Invisible Man, many of which are difficult to find elsewhere, anthologized here for the first time in book form. A clean, unmarked, bright copy.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Alvin Langdon Coburn. tated first publication of the Godine edition with photo plates by Coburn of a work last published in 1911. Includes ""A Dream of Armaggedon"" as well as the title story. A fine, clean, unmarked and unclipped copy with very slight fading to spine, protected by the Mylar cover.

Girard, KS: E. Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sextodecimo. First separate publication of these essays as Little Blue Book No. 1662. An unusually well-preserved copy, clean, bright and unmarked.

Farrar, Straus & Girouix, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. A superb copy in a Brodart cover.

The Book Collector's Packet, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. Edward A. Wilson. A profile of the famed book illustrator including a complete checklist to date of his work. Fine, clean and unmarked in a Mylar periodical sleeve.

New York: Vintage Books, 1961. First VB Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sextodecimo. Edward Gorey. Stated 'First Vintage Edition' with cover art by Edward Gorey. Part of the Vintage Russian Library series. A clean, tight, unmarked copy in the original stiff paper covers.

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Rodger McPhail. The first separate publication and first illustrated edition of this work by Wodehouse. has all first edition points. A fine. clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Simon Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Barry Zaid dj art. Stated first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine if price-clipped dust jacket protected by a Mylar cover. Appears like new.

New York: Meredith Press, 1953. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Stated first U.S. edition with a special introduction by the author. Wodehouse's great school cricket story in its first U.S. appearance. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is fine, clean and bright with price clipped. An attractive copy in the archival Mylar plastic jacket cover.