Search Results: Titles starting with G from Select Tomes

Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 1997. Stated First Edition, November, 1997 edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. 223 pp. Clean, white, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Dust jacket has no chips or shelfwear and is not price clipped. Each page contains a small photo in the bottom outer edge, which when fanned allows the reader to watch the perfect drive. "Just flip the lower right-hand pages and watch Slammin' Sam in action!"

"An original story featuring Gene Autry famous motion picture star as the hero". Gene Autry is a Special agent, going up against a gang of outlaws who want to destroy a railroad bridge. Authorized Edition with black and white illustrations by Dan Muller. 249 pages plus 3 pages of book ads. Hardback book bound in brown paper-covered boards with burnt orange titles and illustrated end pages. Back top edge corner bumped leaving a slight crack. The full color dust jacket has light edge wear with tiny chips at top edges. Book is a war time issues with typical browned pages. Overall an attractive and readable copy.

General Foods Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Fifth Edition. No Dust Jacket. 370 pp. Text yellowed typical of age. Text block illustrated with b/w photos. Prior owner attribution on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Front and back pastedowns and free endpapers tinted green. Front hinge cracked, but intact. Page 357-8 loose. The period book is relatively scarce in this condition.

Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, 1897, Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. 241 pp. Text unmarked, ivory (typical of age and materials used), clean with no prior owner attribution. Front hinge is cracked, but intact. Title page and front free endpaper detached but included. Book is part of the Riverside Literature Series, Numbers 107 and 108. Tales told in two parts are combined in this hardcover book. Cover is lightly soiled and toned, consistent with age. Rare find.

Harper & Row, Publishers, [1968]., New York, 1968. First edition. Book Club edition. Condition: Book and DJ are Very Good+. Pseudonym of John Creasey. 185 pp has blue tinted top edge and roughcut edge. Text is crisp, clean, and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Not an ex-library copy. DJ has lightly sunned spine and minor soiling on back. A George Gideon of Scotland Yard mystery. Gideon and his men are faced with protecting models from Paris, jewels and furs all aboard a flotilla of boats traveling on the Thames River during a festival. Meanwhile a young girl vanishes and a man is assaulted taxing Scotland Yard's resources.

Harper Collins, New York, 2008. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 285 pp white, clean and unmarked pages. No prior owner attribution. Dust jacket not price clipped. "It was the first title game ever to go into sudden-death overtime. Its drama, excitement, and controversy rivited the nation and helped propel football to the forefront of the American sports landscape." Gifford's story includes memories from fellow Hall of Famers Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Art Donovan, Lenny More and Raymond Berry along with his own experiences and reflections. A like-new copy of this poignant, inside-the-helmet account of one of the greatest games ever played.

E. P. Dutton, New York, 1930. Library Binding. Condition: Good. Margaret Freeman (illustrator). First Edition. Capuana author of "Italian Fairy Tales". Translated by Dorothy Emmrich. Cover good, Ex-library with stamps on edges and card pocket on back pastedown. 205 pp. Some smudges and age typical yellowing on text. Many charming b & w illustrations. An excellent reading copy.

Good Housekeeping Book Division, New York, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition, sixth printing. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. 805 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked. Owner added recipes on Page 805 and rear free endpaper. Original binding is tight. Prior owner attribution on front free endpaper. Orange paper front and rear pastedown and endpaper showing drawing of a lobster.

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. New York, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition, no printing edition shown, presumed first printing. Condition: Fine. No dust jacket. 805 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Orange paper front and rear pastedown and endpaper showing drawing of a lobster.Like new inside and out.

Warner Books, Inc., New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Stated first printing with full number line starting with 1. Condition: As New. Dust jacket condition: Fine. Dust jacket not price clipped. 244 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Pastedowns and free endpapers decorated with Roosevelt family crest. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, many in sepia-tone, some in full color. Foreword by Allida M. Black. Introduction by Mike Wallace. Special contribution by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. A celebrated public profile of a diplomat, social activist, political visionary and important First Lady next to FDR. The author, grandson of Eleanor Roosevelt, compiled this book researching family archives as well as personal experience. Gift worthy copy.

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white, unmarked with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. No prior owner attribution. Pulitzer Prize winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the American Depression. Exceptionally good condition with no stains or wear.

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. Prior owner attribution and pencil notation on front free endpapers. Pulitzer Prize winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the American Depression. Exceptionally good condition with no stains or wear. This book first published in 1939--a possible first edition.

Rodeheaver-Ackley Co., Publishers, Chicago, Ill., 1911. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). First Edition. Preface and an endorsement complete with a facsimile signature by W.A. Sunday--a/k/a Billy Sunday, the noted early 20th Century evangelist, 256 pps. Text has light tanning typical of age. Prior owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Rare first edition of this book.

The Senior Class of Baltimore City College, Baltimore, Maryland, 1924. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. No dust jacket. 278 pp plus 26 pages of advertising. Text block is white, glossy pages, clean and unmarked, no prior owner attribution. Unusual for a high school yearbook to not have writing. Spine headband is missing one inch from top and tail is frayed. Fold-out landscape photograph of senior class. Frontis and dedication to Professor John C. Coulbourn. The Baltimore City College is the third oldest college preparatory high school in the US. In 1924, the school did not enroll girls. Published continuously since 1896, The Green Bag is one of the oldest high school or college yearbooks in America. Few copies of The Green Bag from this era are known to exist. Unable to find another copy on the internet for comparison.

Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin. 1941. Condition: Good+. "Grimm's Fairy Tales" Illustrated by Erwn L. Hess. No Dust Jacket. Prior owner attribution on front free endpaper in pencil. 228 pp. Text yellowed typical of age. Small tear in page 7-8. Has a single page loose (173-174). Otherwise clean and tight reading copy with many black and white illustrations. B/W drawing across front pastedown and front free endpaper has been colored with crayon.

Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1895. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Mary Fairman Clark (illustrator). B/w drawings throughout. Front hinge cracked at gutter, but still intact. 289 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. Owner attribution on FFEP in pencil. Front and rear free endpapers have darkened.