Search Results: Authors starting with G from Andrew James Books

Herbert Jenkins, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition 1st printing undated [1946] in good condition no jacket. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Owners name to front paste down. War economy standard with some occasional foxing to the text.

Springer, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reviewers copy unused in immaculate condition

HarperCollins, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription, very clean throughout. Slight lean to spine otherwise fine. The third novel featuring Jack Steel, Gentleman, Soldier, Hero. Set in 1708 as war rages across the lowlands of Flanders with British soldiers fighting to protect the town of Oudenarde with the intention of removing the threat of Louis XIV once and for all. If you like Sharpe, then Jack Steel is your man

Duckworth, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red leather boards with gilt titles with slip case with red 'leather' decoration with rubbing to edges. marbled end papers, gilt edging to text block and complete with silk book mark. The spine is slight faded otherwise fine. Please note that this is a heavy book and additional postal charges apply (UK + £1.65)

London: T Nelson & Sons. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Without jacket, undated circa 1910. Blind tooled red boards with gilt title to spine. Light shelf wear to edges, spine very slightly faded. Blank fep missing, pencil inscription to half title otherwise clean. First published in 1821, Galt intended that this should be a Scottish 'Vicar of Wakefield'. It is set in the sixty years of the reign of George III and is an important social document for the period that saw the foundations laid for a modern Scotland, as well as being a novel

Pantheon Books, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Small remainder mark to lower edge of text block and lower corner to first 20 pages lightly creased otherwise fine. Marorie Garber, one of the world's premier Shakesperian Scholars, delves into ten of the Bard's plays to explore the relationship between Shakespeare and the twentieth century and contemporary culture.

Headline, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing in unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. With light shelf wear along top edge and a small amount of rubbing to rear jacket fore edge. Internally clean without highlights or markings etc. Please note the rear half of the book appears to have been wet at some stage and the pages are slightly puckered there is no other damage to the text or the plates which remain clean and without 'tide marks' , and the boards appear unaffected. The book is otherwise fine. A comprehensive account of life on the 'Home Front' in Britain during the Second World War. Please note additional postal charges will be required due to weight (UK + £2.00 approx)

The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. [1948] assumed 1st edition with dust jacket attached to basic card boards at spine (see photo). In good condition some marks to jacket but free from nicks and tears. Owners details to front paste down and with fade to paste down and half of title page, otherwise clean. A series of lessons which formed the Elementary Study Course for new members of the Theosophical Society of England

John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Eighth edition without dust jacket (as published) Laminated pictorial boards in virtually as new condition. Please note this is a heavy book (2kg) and additional postal charges will apply

Allen Lane/Penguin, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. No inscription or markings very clean throughout. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges will apply.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Penguin Popular Classics edition in excellent condition. Covers and spine crease free and clean throughout

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, Signed by the author and gifted to his own Nanny (see photograph) With unclipped dust jacket with small chip to top rear corner of spine and small tear to lower fore edge corner otherwise free from nicks and tears. Slight fade to jacket spine. Boards in very good condition and internally clean throughout.

SPCK, 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper covered card boards which are rubbed to edges and paper partially missing to spine, slightly soiled. Owners name to ffep otherwise the book is clean throughout other than badly foxed reverse of frontispiece and last page. Published shortly after Ewing's death this is a study of her chidlrens stories which were of a religious moral bent. Frotn cover illustration by Caldecott with sketches by Ewing to the text and a portrait to frontis. by George Reid. A useful addition to the works of Ewing. Reduced postal charges apply

Oxford University Press, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. With price clipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears slightly discoloured to top edge and slight fade to spine. Book itself in very good condition and clean throughout. The second volume in Peter Gay's highly acclaimed series that studies the life of the Victorian Bourgeois

W. W. Norton & Co., 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, very clean throughout. The third volume of Peter Gays highly acclaimed 5 volume series on the English Bourgeois class of the Victorian era.

HarperCollins, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed / 1st printing. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Faded to edges of text block with some foxing to top edge not affecting the pages. Otherwise near fine, Very clean throughout. Volume IV of Gay's acclaimed The Bourgeois Experience in which he examines the victorian preoccupation with the self particularly in the field of art and literature.

The Women's Press Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free and appears unread.

Small book (13cm x 7cm approx) full leather with gilt decoration to edges and titles to spine. Some light rubbing to faces and edges. Marbled edges to text block and end papers. Internally clean. The book is in very good condition other than the frontispiece and half title pages have been cut and have lost approx 1-2cm from the top edge (see photo) Please note the font size is very small due to the size of the book. The stories include Atala by Rene Chateaubriand, Indian Cottage by Bernadin St Pierre (better known for Paul and Virginie) and Idylls and The First Navigator by Salomon Gessner.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. virtually as new, unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears and very clean throughout

Phoenix House, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear to edges but free from tears. Darkened to spine and lightly soiled to faces, internally very clean throughout. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, slight fade to top and bottom edges of boards. Contains a substantial number of poems previously unpublished at the time of publication to which the publisher has added a number of his earlier poems in a concluding section.