Search Results: Authors starting with G from The Bookworm

Palm Beach, Florida:: Bacchus Press, January, 2006.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. A binder's error resulted in an extra set of rear endpapers being bound in.. about 10.25 inches tall by 7.25 inches wide . Bibliography, appendices, index. Illustrated endpapers. Description: Several black and white illustrations. Following is taken from the publisher's blurb: ''You are transported back in time to 18th century Paris where you meet Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. In the comfort of Jefferson's residence on the Champs Elysees, you sit down with two of America's favorite Founding Fathers and, in response to questions, they tell you in their own words the most interesting stories of their lives.''

New York:: McGraw-Hill, 1937.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green cloth with gilt spine text; owner's names on the front endpaper, Good condition; no dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: 380 figure illustrations. Chapter headings are: Equipment of a power station; Prime movers; steam engines; Steam turbines; Condensers; Feed-water heaters and evaporators; Feed-water treatment; Fuels and combustion; Steam-generating units; High-pressure and binary-cycle boilers; Boiler-room auxiliaries; Economizers and air heaters; Superheaters and reheaters; Fuel-burning equipment; Duct work and piping; Draft system; Coal and ash handling; Pumping equipment; Steam-station costs; Load curves and plant location; Selection of prime movers and steam-generating equipment; Cycle arrangement; Binary vapor cycles; and Station design.

Westlake Village, California:: Royal Print, 1994.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: Black cloth with gilt spine text, 8vo, dust jacket art by Mary Manes

New York:: Heritage Press, 1964.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with light burgundy vignette; the top edge tint is dark maroon; a Very Good book, with a Very Good slipcase.. about 10.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide . Description: Illustrated by Charles Mozley; book design by John Dreyfus. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Originally published in 1906, this was the first book in the Forsyte Saga, and was the basis for the 1949 film, That Forsyte Woman with Greer Garson and Errol Flynn. This copy includes the publisher's insert, The Sandglass (Number X:29)

Ithaca, New York:: Cornell University Press, 1995.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue cloth; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. about 9.75 inches square . Index. Gray endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white and color, including previously unpublished artworks and pictures of medical artifacts. This is part of the series, Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Drawing on a rich array of sources, the authors interweave the perception of medical practitioners, the mentally ill and their families, and journalists poets, novelists and artists. As they trace successive ways of explaining madness and treating those judged insane, Gamwell and Tomes vividly depict the political and cultural dimension of American attitudes toward mental illness.''

New York:: Clarkson Potter, 1999.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: two tone boards, yellow with pumpkin at the spine; the corners are lightly bumped, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. about 9.5 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide . Index. Description: Illustrated with a few black and white photographs, and includes a large section of color plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Butter, sugar, flour, eggs. . . anyone who has so much as made a batch of cookies knows that this is where it all begins. Butter lends flavor and richness, sugar adds sweetness and melting textures, flour provides substance, and eggs bring it all together. Afterwards, the baker can allow flavor to take over -- chocolate, citrus, fruit, nuts, cheese, and spices complete the dessert making roster. Chapter by chapter, pastry chef Gale Gand and her husband, star chef Rick Tramonto, with writer Julia Muskin, explain each basic ingredient and each flavor's personality and follow up with some… Read More

Self Published, May, 1960.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: plain paper covers with text; a few brief ink notes on the front cover, otherwise in Good condition.. about 10.5 inches tall by 7.75 inches wide . Bibliography. Description: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 119, Article 3; pagination for this article runs from page 133 to 204. 32 figure illustrations. From the author's introduction: ''The Acrodont Amphisbaenids or Trogonophinae, form a small group of highly modified species apparently adapted for subterranean existence in arid regions. Four genera presently occupy discrete ranges in the region between northern Africa and Persia. The ecology of collectors has made most of the species excessively rare in museums. In 1954 the Carnegie Museum received a series of five specimens of a form that had been omitted from the last revision of the Amphisbaenia. Detailed examination of this form focused my interest on the group. Beyond the need for taxonomic analysis, it proved… Read More

Saxonville, Massachusetts:: Picture Book Studio, 1989.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards with black cloth a the spine; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 11.5 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide . Illustrated endpapers. Description: Author/illustrator Ivan Gantschev was born in Bulgaria; his picture books have been published in ten languages. Card catalog description: ''Owl tries to track down his friend Mole who left home in search of friendship; and though owl fails to find him, Mole does turn up again with precisely what he needs.''

New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1960.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: khaki cloth with burgundy buffalo vignette; burgundy and turquoise on the spine; top edge tint is light red; a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. The jacket has good color, and the front and rear panels are almost entirely intact, but the jacket was torn apart at the center spine, and has external tape repairs in the reassembly.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Description: Illustrated with 17 halftone reproductions from various sources and with line drawings by Nick Eggenhofer. A comprehensive history of the slaughter of the buffalo, the battles between the hunters and Indians. Also tells of the buffalo hunting for sport by Washington Irving and the Russian Prince Alexis. Describes Buffalo Bill's killing buffaloes to feed the men who were building a railroad across the plains. Most of the book, however chronicles the hide hunters who swarmed over the ranges in 1871… Read More

New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1973.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with navy blue cloth at the spine; embossed owner's seal on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 9.25 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Charles Shields. ''Four fairy tales featuring a dragon, a giant, a cunning mule, and a little chimney-girl.'' The tales are: Dragon, Dragon; The Tailor and the Giant; The Miller's Mule; and The Last Piece of Light.

Roslyn, New York:: Walter J Black, 1961.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: olive-tan binding with rust colored titles; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket by Bill Hughes. ''It began the evening pretty Gwynn Elston, hoping to sell a children's encyclopedia, called at the Frankline Gillett residence. The sight of 7-year old Frankie was shock enough, but the photograph of Frankline Sr stunned her with its implication -- both father and son were the image of Felting Grimes, husband of her best friend Nell. Later, at the Grimes residence shock changed to fear when Felting, strangely interested in Gwynn's recent whereabouts, pressed on her a drink that immediately roused her suspicions. She poured it out, carefully taking a sample of the residue. That's where Perry Mason entered the picture. But he was scarcely on the scene before Felting Grimes was discovered shot dead.''

New York:: Penzler Books, 1989.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: an attractive binding -- light turquoise boards (matching the endpaper color) with darker turquoise cloth at the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Bibliography. Turquoise endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed by the author. Dust jacket design and art by George Corsillo. An historically accurate novel of the Theodore Roosevelt's years as a young man in the Dakota Territory.

New York:: Simon & Schuster, 1978.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text, the spine is slightly cocked, owner's name, otherwise a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) .

New York:: G P Putnam's Sons, 1952.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: tan boards with red spine text; the top edge tint is light yellow; a Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Doris Reynolds. According to the publisher's blurb, the author was ''born and educated in France, and is the author of six novels and co-author of several books of nonfiction, but this is her first book to be translated into English. A specialist of African culture, she is, in private life, the wife of the painter Ray Bre-Koch and makes her home inn Paris.'' This is a novel of a black woman making her way in white-man's Africa, and of her white lover who loses his heart to a newly arrived French woman, whose seductive spell was as potent in its own way as the fetishes of the children of Africa.

Chicago:: Henry Regnery Company, 1974.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: textured binding, white with black spine text; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Description: Figure illustrations plus a short section of black and white plates. Foreword by Patrick Moore. ''Worlds in Creation demonstrates that we are creatures of space, and that the universe is our ultimate ancestor.'' The author 'blurb' reveals that, at the time of this writing, ''Kenneth W Gatland is a British scientist. He is president of the British Interplanetary Society, an aerospace consultant, the author of a number of books, and the editor of Spaceflight magazine. Derek Dempster is a writer and former test pilot.''

Dallas, Texas:: Brown Books Publishing, 2010.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black binding with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Description: Includes a section of photo plates at the rear. The publisher's blurb reads: ''In this book Peter Gawenda tells his family's story from a child' perspective. Adults may have comprehended the War on a grand scale, but Peter and his brothers saw it not as military or national history but as the adventures of everyday living. Born in 1937, Peter recreates the dramatic story of how he and his three siblings shared their family's celebrations, dangers, and desperate flight. Their father had been drafted in 1939, and he did not return until after the war and his incarceration in several prison camps. His family had long thought him dead. Their mother did what a German mother in the Third Reich was expected to do. She provided for their livelihood, instilled in them self-discipline and taught them… Read More

Melbourne:: Georgian House, 1945.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; the spine is slanted, the cloth darkened at the spine; owner's gift inscription; Good condition; no dust jacket.. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) . Description: Includes a photo frontis with seven additional double sided black and white plates. Reminiscences of life around Daly Waters in Australia's Northern Territory. In her foreword, the author states, ''The material for this book was gathered from many conversations with Mrs Henriette Pearce while she was staying in Adelaide this year. Although I have told the story in a different form, nothing has been added which is not true in sprit to the authentic narrative of her own life in the Northern Territory.'' In 1930 Henrietta and her husband Bill built a pub in Daly Waters.

New York:: HarperCollins, 1993.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; this is the library edition, but NOT a library copy; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . green endpapers. Description: Panoramic dust jacket art by Robert Andrew Parker. Five short stories that describe what it was like to grow up in Jerusalem in the first half of the twentieth century. Story titles are: Golden Windows (1910); A Garden with Rabbits (1912); Beyond the Cross-Stitch Mountains (1948); Dreams of Fire (1950); and Cardboard Boxes Full of America (1954). Recommended for grades three to seven. A Willa Perlman Book (imprint of HarperCollins).

New York:: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936.. New Edition, 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with gilt text; lightly rubbed at the spine ends, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: Includes a frontis and seven additional black and white plates (four are maps), plus one additional map within the text. Originally published in 1931 by Longman's Green and Co; this is billed by the publisher as being the ''New Edition July, 1936''; this copy is a second printing of the new edition. To the best of my knowledge, there are no changes from the Longman's Green edition, this might more accurately be termed a reprint edition, rather than ''New'' edition. ''Using much new source material, often modifying the hitherto accepted accounts, the author has produced a volume rich in bibliography, that is still a very readable narrative.''

Self Published, 1978.. 3rd Printing.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Very Good condition.. 8vo (9 inches tall) . Glossary, bibliography. Description: Historic photo illustrations. Reminiscences of life in old Willow Glen in Santa Clara County, California. This informal 'history' (not a history), is presented in the form of tales and information relating to various houses and buildings. Printed by Consolidated Publications of Palo Alto, California. Originally published in 1977, this is a later printing