Search Results: Authors starting with G from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good/good. Guy, Susan. Inscribed by author to title page. SECOND PRINTING. Light surface wear to jacket. A little gnaw to bottom corners of jacket and book. Beautiful watercolor illustrations. Blue illustrated boards with glossy matching jacket shows cowboy and his horse. White and black lettering. Unpaginated. Fun facts and answer pages to rear of book. Landscape format, 9.25 x 11.25" This charming book is written in two-tier format with rhyming text for younger readers and detailed expository text for older readers. Shown are many natural wonders of the expansive Equality State with dramatic true-to-life artwork.

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First edition. 8vo., 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. xviii, 1088. Quarter-bound in dark-green morocco over light green-on-tan marbled boards, single-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands (six panels) to spine, with gilt lettering: Title, Author, Date. Fold-out genealogy chart of Forsyte family at front. Rubbing to extremities and a few rubbed spots to leather. Improperly cut pages, pgs. 781-784. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Solid, bright copy.

New York: Human Sciences Press, 1987. Paperback. Good. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1987. 9 x 6 inches:pp. 160. White stiff paper wraps with red type. articles by Editors, plus David V. Keith, Augustus Y. Napier, Douglas A. Kramer, Marilyn J. Mason, Carl Whitaker, Thomas C. Todd, and Pauline Grossenbacher Boss. Some handling wear. Bump at upper spine. Number written at upper corner of title page. Text is otherwise unmarked. Binding tight.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. LippincottCompany, 1907. First edition. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 159. Blue cloth with titles in gold gilt. Inscribed ("Compliments of") and signed by the poet on title page. Textblock square, some general wear to cover - rubbing, scuffing, scratches. Titles bright. Top edge gilt, interior bright, clean in tight binding. Text is unmarked. Erwin Clarkson Garrett (1879-1954)was a highly decorated U.S. Soldier (Decorated Order of Purple Heart, Silver Star (United States), regiment and division awarded the fourragère from French Government) Poet states in his preface that first part of book is composed of army experiences when serving as a private during the "Philippine Insurrection" (1899-1902) serving in Companies L and G, 23rd US infantry and 5th U.S. Cavalry (both "Regulars"), followed by verses on various subjects.

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1943. Hardcover. Good. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1943. FIRST EDITION. 9 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [12], 702. Red Buckram cloth-covered boards with gold gilt type. With appendix and index. Illustrated. Previous owner's name to front paste-down endpaper. Mild wear, rubbing to surfaces and extremities. Worn gilt lettering. Occasional notations and marginalia in red pencil. Acid transfer from vintage article, laid-in. Introduced by Bruce Richard Baxter. The history of Willamette University.

New York: Golden Press, 1972. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Golden Press, 1972. Second printing, with publisher's code on inside back cover. 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches: unpaginated. White illustrated boards with red and black type. Light bumping and rubbing wear to corners, but very clean. Lovely pictorial endpapers. Giftgiver's inscription to top of front pastedown. Text is unmarked. Tight and bright copy. Children's tale about a duck facing the fact that Winter has arrived.

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First edition (NAP). 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. 323. Maroon cloth covers with gold gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail deckle-edged. 12 illustrations, index, fold out map. Rubbing at corners, spine edges. Previous owner's name/town to front free endpaper. Some light scuffing, scratches to gold gilt on top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Covers storytelling (esp. origin stories) plus stories about the dead, the sun and moon, coyote, monsters, stars, thunder, Yosemite, etc.

New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1976. 8 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 236, (4). Tanned photographic dust jacket with red and black type. Black cloth with silver gilt titles on spine. With appendix, glossary, index. Dust jacket has toning, chipping, creasing,sticker residue on spine, and small closed tears. Price clipped on inner flap. Corners of boards are gently bumped. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1964. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 447. Red and white photographic paper jacket with red,white and black type. Black cloth with spine titles in gold gilt. Appendices, bibliography, index. Over 20 photos. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Dust jacket has small triangle rubbing to bottom of spine and rubbing, some soiling to edges. Corners sharp, light rubbing to boards. Some soiling to head and fore edgeof book. Interior clean and bright, no marks. Binding tight. Comprehensive history of the raid, with many first hand accounts by the surviving participants.

San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Only. San Francisco, CA: A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First edition. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 511. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine. With foldout meterological observations chart [creased], illustrations. Corners worn, some fraying at edges and top of spine and lower spine end chipped. Spine a little faded, some darkening to front edge of cover, rear board scuffed and scratched. Sticker with the number 1905 affixed to bottom spine. Owner stamp and name written in pencil on free facing end page. Foxing. Pages are unmarked. Front and back hinges cracked, binding shaken but holds. NOTE: This is a fairly rough but all there READING COPY. Extracts from the author's private journal as a medical officer in the army. With his accounts of Garrison life and the Oregon and Washington Territorial Indian wars from 1855-58.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [6], 186. Green and beige illustrated paper dust jacket with yellow and green type, with a photo of the author on the back panel. White cloth over turquoise boards with green gilt type. Inscribed "To David," and signed by Molly Gloss. Some light wear to jacket - scuffing, light creasing, scratches. Some age toning to endpapers, white cloth shows some light wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York, London: Oak Publications, 1965. Trade paperback. Good. New York, London: Oak Publications, 1965. Later edition, probably 1970's due to having an ISBN. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 72. Lavender photographic cardboard wraps. with white type. $3.95 price on front cover Cover wear, creasing. Some handling wear. Some scattered pencil notes. Binding tight. An entertaining and highly informative manual of blues history and harmonica techniques written in a down to earth and engaging style. "If you're expecting this book to teach you how to sound exactly like Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, or any other great harp bluesman -- forget it -- cause it won't do that. What it will do is give you a taste of the background and mechanics of several main styles of blues harp -- and the rest will be up to you." (From Chapter 1).

New York, London: Oak Publications, 1975. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. New York, London, et al: Oak Publications, 1975. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 80. White photographic cardboard wraps with lavender and blue type. With flexi-disc record. Cover wear, creasing,some light toning, soiling. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Original $6.95 price on front cover. From the front cover - "A master song collection of classic and obscure Chicago blues, Memphis jug band blues, and down-home styles of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, and others. With hints on the basics, practical harp notation, and a record featuring original master harp breaks and fills." A blues harp masterclass illuminating techniques and blues history in a down to earth and easily accessible style.

Shakarpur, Delhi INDIA: Gola Publishers. 1st Edition. Good. Shakarpur, Delhi, India: Gola Publishers, no copyright date. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [10], 86. Green card cover with white type and diagram on front panel. A bit of shelf wear, toning and several small, closed tears on upper edge of pages, particularly on pp. 36-45 - no text is affected. Book store stamp inside front cover. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Overall solid copy of this very elusive and early title by Dr. Gola. Dr. Gola, a naturopath by profession, is also an expert at the initiation of mantras, and one of the founders of the Astrological Teaching Academy, the courses of which are conducted under the auspices and supervision of the Astro Science Research Organisation.

London: J. M. Richardson and J. Hatchard, 1810. Second Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Very Good. London, J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill, and J. Hatchard, Picadilly, 1810, Second edition. 8vo, 9 x 6 inches: pp. 607. Brown 3/4 calf binding over marbled boards. 5 raised bands separating 6 panels with gold gilt titles and N with a crown on top in four of the panels. Marbled endpapers. 2 lengthy appendices. Armorial bookplates on each endpaper. The Bertram Goodhue bookplate is affixed inside the back cover. Gilt topstain. Leather has light rubbing at edges, corners, and on raised bands. Toning, foxing throughout, binding tight. Text is unmarked. Overall, a handsome volume. What really sets this volume apart is the privately commissioned bookplate designed by American architect, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue for William C. McMillan, affixed inside the back cover. Noted for his Gothic revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, as well as credited with popularizing the Art Deco style in some of his designs,… Read More

New York: Wm. M. Goldthwaite, 1890. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS. New York: Wm. M. Goldthwaite, 1890. 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [4], 488. Gilt debossed lettering and library catalog label to spine of black, cloth-covered boards. Decorative endpapers. Photograph of Henry Woodfin Grady to frontispiece. Illustrated with six black and white photographs. All edges gilt. Ex-library copy. Ex-libris sticker inside front cover. Perforated library stamp to title page and pp 487. Library pocket inside back cove. Ink smudge to edges of three pages. Corners bumped. Mild scuffing to boards. Small bubble near front lower corner and top edge. Moderate wear to spine with a frayed, 1" slit to rear center edge. Clean, bright, solid. "Grady's speeches are justly esteemed as models of the loftiest type of oratory. They will be handed down to future generations as masterpieces of rhetoric, equalling in grace and elegance and surpassing in fervor the sublimest efforts of Webster, Calhoun, Prentice and McDuffie," (preface).

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (Revised). Hardcover. Good. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (revised). 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. xii, 330, 14, [2]. Dark brown cloth, ruled on blind. Recently rebacked with full calf spine, ruled and decorated in gilt, five raised bands with medallion gilt stamp repeated in each section. Selection from publisher's general catalogue of works on medicine (14 page) appears at rear. 12 color and sepia-tone plates. Two indices. Deckled edges. Boards have light edge and corner wear. Front board has some soiling, staining. Front hinge has been repaired with book binding tape. Half title page has a tear at upper spine join. Previous owner's, physicians both, have stamped preliminary pages. Very occasional bracketing/notes in light pencil. Binding solid, tight overall. Edited with the assistance of Marcus Gunn (Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital). Gowers was a noted neurologist and surgeon who pioneered work in Epilepsy and… Read More

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 262. White and maroon lettering to spines and front boards, gray cloth-covered boards. Second in a series of three dealing with changing conceptions in social psychology. Light corner wear, bumping. Text is unmarked. Very clean, tight, bright. Volume two (of three) of the Springer Series on Social Psychology, dealing with changing conceptions. Contents include but are not limited to: The Evolution of Leadership; The Dilemma of Unwanted Leadership in Social Movements -- The German Example Before 1914; Max Weber's Model; Charismatic Domination, Totalitarian Dictatorship, and Plebiscitary Democracy in the Twentieth Century; Leadership as a Function of Group Action; The Gender Bias in Everyday Scientific Thinking; Reflections on and Initial Case Study Investigation of Contemporary Women Leaders, and more. Volume Two ISBN: 0387962220.

Bend, Oregon: Maverick, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bend, OR: Maverick, 1989. First edition. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. [8], 294. White photographic cardboard cover with black type. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs.. Inscribed and signed by the author. Light edge and corner wear to wraps. interior clean, bright and unmarked in tight binding. Excellent period history, based on numerous personal accounts.

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2009. First edition. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 432, [2]. Tan photographic paper jacket with blue, white and brown type. Blue cloth quarter bound over tan boards. With genealogical tree, appendix, notes, bibliography. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Crisp, clean, unmarked. Looks like a new copy. Michael Gray is an esteemed music writer, author of the legendary volume Song and Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan. "A superb meditation on a rare American figure, one who grows more mysterious and iconic the more Gray reveals of his facts and context; a brilliant exhibition of how musical study becomes cultural study; and an elegant and passionate book that expands until its subjects seem to be time and memory themselves". - Jonathan Lethem (review taken from back of DJ). 434 pp.