Search Results: Authors starting with G from Dark and Stormy Night Books

London: J. Wallis, No. 46, Pater-Noster-Row, 1800 Third edition "with many valuable additions". Hard cover, 12mo, in a modern Fine Binding (unsigned) of half blue morocco over green cloth, the spine with five raised bands, title stamped in gilt to spine, six full page engraved plates complete. Third Edition, xvi, 363 pp. Condition: Fine. Exterior is free of marks, except for shadow of glue along edge of cloth on rear board where it butts up to the spine leather. Some light markings to original preliminaries. A couple of light pencil notes left for the collector to divine significance of. Text is lightly age-toned, otherwise generally clean, and firm binding. Early ownership signature in old ink to title page. ** A really interesting encyclopedic sort of book, consisting of (Part I.) statements on moral philosophy, astrological science, discussions of time and calendar, and religion (vis-à-vis popery and the devil,) contrasted with the more "recreational" Part II., consisting of magic tricks,… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1912 **With owner signature of travel guide writer, Findlay Muirhead (1860-1935) ** Hard cover, in olive green buckram with titles in gilt, on laid paper, edges untrimmed, 278 pp. A collection of Galsworthy's essays reprinted from various publications, including Scribner's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, and others. A 1915 review of the author's work by Louise Collier Wilcox calls Galsworthy " the great prose impressionist of our generation, " and calls a handful of the essays herein exquisite. (NAR, Dec. '15, Vol. 202, No. 721, p. 891.) He would, in 1932, earn the Nobel prize in Literature. A small excerpt of description from the title essay, which takes place in Italy: "If the air was void of sound, it was full of scent that delicious and enlivening perfume of mingled gum, and herb, and sweet wood being burned somewhere a long way off; and a silky, golden warmth slanted on to us through the olives and umbrella pines. Large wine-red violets were growing… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1908 Hard cover, 8vo., 265pp., Second Edition. In publisher's cloth binding. CONDITION: Very Good. Covers dust-soiled. ** Attached to the front pastedown is ALS by the Author to the recipient of the book, Frank Lyman. ** Author William Francis Ganong (1864-1941was Professor of Botany as well as Director of the Lyman Botanic Garden at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was instrumental in the formation of the glass-housed Lyman Botanic Garden, named after the recipient of this volume, in 1894. This book has chapters on setting up a laboratory for botanical studies, including the apparatus and chemicals needed. There follows details on protoplasm, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, geotropism, and phototropism. Illustrated throughout. OCLC 3613817.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924 Hard cover, 8vo. in quarter brown cloth with decorated, paper-covered boards, 119 pp. A satirical fable about a man who becomes a zoo exhibit after breaking up with his fiancé. Author David Garnett (1892-1981) was a Bloomsbury Group affiliated novelist, and co-founder of the Nonesuch Press. His first wife, Rachel Marshall, was the artist for this volume. Engraved bookplate of Frederick Whiley Hilles, and his signature, to ffep , dated 1 June, 1924. Hilles was Bodmin Professor of English Literature at Yale, and a former intelligence officer based at Bletchley Park during World War II. He was a noted scholar on the writings of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He and his wife gave a library to Radcliffe College at Harvard. Condition: Very Good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1991 249pp. Signed by Author on Title Page. The fourteenth novel of the series featuring Lovejoy, English antiques dealer and rogue. This adventure has him travelling to America (to escape another escapade gone wrong) and working his way from New York to the west coast. He fights a ring of antiques scammers, and enters the nefarious world of an American gambling tournament, courting danger around every corner. Condition: Near Fine in like dustjacket (now protected in mylar).. Signed by author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Viking, 1993 231pp. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page. The seventeenth novel in the ever-popular series of books about the roguish English antiques dealer Lovejoy, parlayed memorably into television by actor Iain McShane. Lovejoy meets a lovely but mysterious woman in blue chiffon at a charity auction, and becomes involved in a scam involving Celtic gold artifacts in Wales. Condition: Near Fine with light mark to fore-edge of textblock, in Near Fine dust jacket, now protected in mylar.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: A Joan Kahn Book. St Martin's Press, 1987 260pp. The inimitable East Anglian antiques "divvie" cooks up another caper-- with his trusty squad of loyal helpers--to upend the plans of an illicit treasure hunter, and rescue an "important local find--a genuine Roman bronze figure." Condition: Near Fine in a like, price-clipped dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Arrow Publishing Company, 1916 Hard cover with dust jacket, 8 vo., in green cloth with gilt titles, green stained edges to text block, 236 pp., plus 2pp. adverts. "With a Reminiscence and a Forward by George Jean Nathan. Frontispiece photo of the author. Eleanor Gates (1874-1951) was an author, journalist and dramatist, and this was her most famous work. Seven of her works were staged on Broadway. She founded the first woman-owned film production company, the Liberty Feature Film Company, in 1915. Poor Little Rich Girl, starring Mary Pickford was released in 1917, one of the two films the company brought out. (Shirley Temple would reprise the role in a1936 re-make.) Condition: Near Fine. No foxing. Bright and tight. Dust Jacket is Very Good, showing some darkening and wear to spine, and minor soiling. Unclipped.. First Theatrical Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine /Very Good.

Paris: F. Ferroud, 1920 In French. Limited Edition No. 126 of 1200; this having the limitation page initialed by the publisher, and being one of the iteration (Nos. 101 - 200) printed upon japon imperiál, containing two states of each etching, plus a separate suite of woodcuts in black on China tissue. Printed for Phillipe Renouard, (Paris bookseller and famed bibliographer of Parisian 15th and 16th century printers and booksellers.) Hard cover, large octavo (measuring 6 ¾ x 10 inches), with slipcase.** Finely bound** and stamp-signed, by Fernand Hauttecoeur in elaborate lapis blue morocco gilt, featuring an Egyptian-styled winged sun disc with flanking cobras to center front board, and triple papyrus blossom motifs to corners. These are inlaid in shades of red, orange, teal and tan. Exquisitely ornamented inner doublures feature papyrus blossoms intertwined amongst gilt and black stems, setting off vibrant silk pastedowns of malachite green, peacock blue and gold. The original colored paper wraps… Read More

London: Fasque, 1846 3pp. Single sheet, folded. A letter regarding the Chinese tea trade.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1846 Hard cover, in Two Volumes (complete.) Third Edition, second printing; (first printing was 1842.) Copyright page seen in both books: 1836 by R.W. Pomeroy (printer) Additional illustrated title page in Vol. II: Philadelphia: Stoddart and Atherton, 1828. [As listed in Worldcat.] 8vo, in full sheepskin, xxvi +337; 288 pp. with two engraved title pp. The spine of Vol. I with four raised bands containing the title in gilt to a red onlaid leather label, all edges marbled, marbled paste downs, rolled gilt pattern to board edges, two prior owner's labels (one engraved). Physical description Vol. II: full sheep, no raised bands, gilt fillet to spine and rolled along board edges similar but not matching Vol. 1. Similar but not identical marbled endpapers. All edges marbled.** CONDITION: Overall, Good. Vol. I: Scuffing to exterior surfaces. Rear cover detached; front hinge fragile. The plates are generally clean and bright with minimal foxing, however area adjacent to text is… Read More

Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1958 Hard cover, oblong quarto, 261pp plus "scene overview" in pocket at back, ex library, In German. The "Urfaust" is an early draft of Goethe's greatest work, Faust. This tragic play concerns the learned Faust, who make a pact with the devil (Mephistopheles) in order to gain worldly knowledge on the condition that he serves Mephistopheles for eternity. The Urfaust is written in poetic and prose form. Condition: About Very Good, with library stamps to endpapers and title page. Corners lightly bumped.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.F. Cotta’ßchen Buchhandlung, 1837 A soft cover, envelope style folio,( measuring 12 ¾ x 9 inches,) in robin's egg blue and red card, pages unnumbered. The inner pocket holds 4pp. short descriptions of eleven scenes drawn by Retzch, each illustrated full page in black and white and bound with string.(Lacking illustration No. 7.) A final page is publisher's advertising. Condition: Good Plus. Contents have some wear and folded edges. Illustrations are bright, with a bit of light foxing toward margins. Exterior folio is slightly soiled and faded but remains reasonably attractive for its age. The Cotta publishing concern had exclusive rights to publish the works of Schiller and Goethe during this period. The German artist, Moritz Retzch (1779-1857) was best known for his paintings and engravings illustrating Goethe.. Soft cover folio. Good Plus. Illus. by Moritz Retzch.

New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1978 Second Printing, dated 1978. Hard cover, 8vo., in black cloth with titles in gold to the spine, 323pp., in the original dust jacket. An anthology of verse written in English by 108 Indian poets, spanning the years of the mid-nineteenth century to the 1970's. This volume was important in establishing the study of Indo-Anglian writers. Editor Vinayak Krishna (V.K.) Gokak (1909-1992) was a highly celebrated Oxford-educated scholar and writer from India, winning the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for works in the Kannada language, for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Condition: Very Good Plus, with some soiling to the half title page. In a Very Good Minus dust jacket, which has some rubbing. Now protected in mylar. . Second printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus.

Brooklyn, New York: Self-Published, 1929 Hardcover, quarto, 159pp. Printed at Hebrew Monotype Press, Brooklyn, NY. In publisher's purple cloth with orange pictorial decoration. Condition: Very Good. Minor wear worn to corners and at head and foot of spine. Rear board has some bands of discoloration that might be production-related. Hinges are fine. Not written in. Small closed tear to the top of one page, repaired. Moderate age-toning. Generally quite clean. ** A collection of songs from Palestine arranged for piano and voice. From religious songs to love songs to songs of the homeland. In Hebrew with English translations. Illustrated throughout. The anthologist, Thelma Goldfarb, collected the musical material from Harold Horowitz and other immigrants. She was the daughter of Rabbi Israel Goldfarb, described as a composer and "father of congregational singing." The Goldfarb family's home in Brooklyn also housed the The Jewish Songster Publishing Company. More information may be found at The… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1955 Hard cover, 8vo, in blue cloth, titles to spine in black, illustrated map endpapers, with illustrations and photographs, First Edition, in an unclipped original dust jacket, 254pp. This travel memoir by the English Author, novelist, historian and poet Louis Golding (1895 - 1958), traces the journey of Odysseus through the Mediterranean isles. "He wanted to to accomplish the Odyssey for himself, to find out what songs the siren sang, to catch a glimpse of Helen's golden hair above the ramparts of Troy, to eat lotus in the island of the lotus-eaters, to end his adventures in the exquisite island from which Odysseus originally set out and to which he ultimately returned." (from the blurb) Sadly, shortly after the author visited, Ithaca suffered a major earthquake destroying much of the area and its buildings. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Some fore edge foxing, owner's bookplate to front pastedown, in a Very Good dust jacket which shows wear at the edges (now protected in mylar).… Read More

Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1853; copyright 1827 Hard cover, 24 mo ( measuring 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches ), in original blue cloth, with floral design stamped in blind to both boards, and the spine ornately decorated in gilt. 144 pp. Condition: Good Plus. The book is generally tight and clean within, with a couple of old ink stains ? to the top board and moderate soiling to both boards. Otherwise, very attractive and charming with the many engraved illustrations. A gift inscription in old ink dated 1855 from a father to his daughter, appears on the ffep. This work of history and geography for children of the young republic was first published in 1827, going through various editions in the subsequent years. Author Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) a largely self-educated man, relocated his Connecticut bookshop and publishing business to Boston just prior to the advent of Peter Parley. The series was much imitated. As described in the author's introduction, this is the Revised Edition of the very… Read More

London: Kegan Paul & Tench Co., 1885 Printed at the Chiswick Press, and finely bound by R. W. Smith whose signature is pallet stamped to the ffep. Hard cover, 16 mo (measuring 3 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches) in a contemporary fine binding done in full tan morocco, ruled in gilt, with five raised bands to the spine, ruled gilt with terminal gilt dots on the bands, the title upon a red leather label, and publication date upon a black leather label at foot of spine, 224 pp. The gold, taupe and white marbled endpapers are highlighted with decorated dentelles, rolled with both an attractive tulip, and shark-tooth, pattern in gilt. The text, upon laid paper, features a title page printed in black and red. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. CONDITION: Very Good Plus, or better. The book is clean, tight, and bright with minimal age toning to the fore and bottom edges, a touch of foxing only appearing to the tissue-guard and frontispiece engraving. Very slight darkening of spine. A couple of small nicks to edges of… Read More

Boston: Wm. J. Reynolds & Co., 1850 Hard cover, 8vo., (4 3/4 inches x 7 1/4 inches) in green cloth with ornate gilt floral design blocked to both boards, 287pp., Presentation Copy, with pen inscription to ffep.: "Ben: Perley Poore with kind regards and best wishes of the Author, Jan. 13th, 1850." Chromolithographed title page. Condition: overall about Good, but with significant damage to surface of spine. Otherwise, boards are dust soiled, with light wear to corners. Lightly age-toned interior, with text block tight. Occasional soiling, and top edge staining to a few interior pages. Splendidly bright four-color title page illuminated in gold, with original tissue guard. *** HANNAH FLAGG GOULD (1789-1865) was a popular poet in her time, residing in Newburyport for more than fifty years at 23 Charter Street, a three story brick Georgian home located only a couple of blocks away from this bookseller. She published eleven volumes of poetry, ranging in topic from verses on childhood and domestic… Read More

London and Glasgow: Gowans and Gray Ltd., 1911 Both Reprints. Soft cover chapbook, 16mo,(measuring 4 x 6 inches,) in decorated parchment paper over stiff card wraps, illustrated by Scottish artist Jessie M. King in transitional Art Nouveau to Art Deco design showing a landscape with overhanging pinecone-clad branches in black, green and blue, framed with a hand-lettered titles and additional illustration of pine cones, and lettering to the spine. Booklet No 1 is the 6th reprint, dated August 1911, bring the total copies to 42,000 for the publisher (copyright page).viii, 68, iv pp. Booklet No. 2 is a 7th printing, dated 1916 (46,000 copies all told.) viii, 68, iv pp. **CONDITION: At least Very Good. Book 1: Some staining at lower edge of wraps, spine slightly darkened. Foxing affects the advertising pages only, both at front and rear of booklet (and not the wraps.) Photos are printed on glazed paper and remain clean and bright.Book 2: tape ghost to spine edge of front wraps. Clean and bright inside… Read More