Search Results: Authors starting with G from Bynx, LLX

London: Jonathan Cape 1929. First Edition. 448pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Spine has slight cocking, modest bumping to front board tips, text block has discoloration. Wrapper has minor chipping and general wear. Interesting ephemera included - an uncommon subscription postcard, as well as an order form for war-themed books.
An attractive copy of Graves' autobiography, a large part of which is taken up by his experience of the First World War serving as a lieutenant, then captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers with Siegfried Sassoon. This first issue INCLUDES the subsequently suppressed Sigfried Sassoon poem on pp 341-343, which Sassoon had written to Graves in letter form. Sassoon demanded the recall of the edition and the removal of the poem; this request was completed and a second issue was produced with asterisks marking where the passages had been.

New York: Dey Street, 2021. First Edition. 376pp. Hardcover: FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE.
Reading this book, Dave Grohl's enthusiasm for music, and his appreciation for everything in his life, shines through on every page. Grohl has become America's musician and his humbleness, combined with enormous talent places him in a category with too few others.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1943. First Edition. 428pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book is in great shape with no marks or inscriptions; spine gilt a bit dulled, some toning to the text block and a small bookseller's ticket on the rear paste-down. Wrapper is bright, with modest chipping at the spine ends, and toning on the reverse. A superior copy of Guthrie's iconic book.
Autobiography by one of America's greatest songwriters, served as the basis for the Hal Ashby film starring David Carradine. Bob Dylan, in his autobiography Chronicles, recounts reading Bound for Glory for the first time: "I went through it from cover to cover like a hurricane, totally focused on every word, and the book sang out to me like the radio…a hell of a book".