ON BECOMING A NOVELIST
by GARDNER, John
New York: Harper & Row, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly bowed; spotting bulked edges of text. Very Good in a bright, Very Good or better dustwrapper with a very small tear near the top of the spine. Introduction by Raymond Carver.
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OCTOBER LIGHT
by GARDNER, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Winner of the National Book Award.
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![[DRAGON, DRAGON AND OTHER TALES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/778/547/1223547778.0.m.jpg)
[DRAGON, DRAGON AND OTHER TALES]
by [GARDNER, John]
[New York]: [Alfred A. Knopf], [1975]. First Edition. Wraps. Some tanning to the text. Near Fine. Long (7" x 22") Galley Proofs folded in half without publication information of Gardner's first collection of tales for younger readers. Included is a dustwrapper for the finished book also folded in half.
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INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF THE GOLD PANIC. Report of the Majority of the Committee on Banking and Currency. March 1, 1870
by GARFIELD, James A
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional staining, lower corner of page 377 torn away costing a few letters; front joint partly split but cover still firm, spine sunned with loss to head and tail, rubbing to extremities, some staining to edges. Very Good in Fine case. Publisher's plum cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine lettered... Read More
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COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. With a Biography of Distinguised Persons from the Earliest Period to the Present Time...
by [GARFIELD, James A.] MANGNALL, Richmal
Philadelphia: E. S. Jones & Co., 1852. Stereotyped Edition. Hardcover. Small dampstain to the upper corner of the first few pages; light rubbing to the spine and spine edges. Near Fine in a Fine, handsome slipcase. Gilt-lettered black morocco-backed black cloth. James Garfield's copy SIGNED by the future President on the front free endpaper: "J. A. Garfield" with... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by GARLAND, Hamlin
Photograph. Minor staining to photograph. Near Fine. A 3-1/4" x 5-1/4" black-and-white photograph of Garland sitting on a porch rail, laid down on an 8" x 10" piece of cardboard, SIGNED by Garland in dark ink beneath the image along with the place: Onteora, New York.
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THE GOLDEN ECHO
by GARNETT, David
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a slightly browned, close to Fine dustwrapper. AN INTIMATE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE PORTRAIT OF A LITERARY GENERATION. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were... Read More
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THE SLEEPING GYPSY
by GARRETT, George
Austin: University of Texas, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Jo Alys Downs. Garrett's third book. Illustrated with drawings by Jo Alys Downs.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH MEDICAL CHRONOLOGY, SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
by GARRISON, Fielding H
Philadelphia & London: W. B.Saunders Company, n.d. [1970s?]. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear. Very Good. Reprint, cloth; 996 pages. Illustrated with portraits.
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THE FIRST WINTER OF MY MARRIED LIFE
by GASS, William
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine without dustwrapper, as issued. One of 275 numbered copies SIGNED by the author of a total edition of 301.
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CARTESIAN SONATA AND OTHER NOVELLAS
by GASS, William
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps with publisher's material stapled to inside front cover.
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MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN
by GAUTIER, Theophile
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine in glassine and a rubbed, Very Good slipcase. Andre Dugo. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and decorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy #670 of 1000 copies SIGNED by... Read More
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MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN
by GAUTIER, Theophile
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Small nick and very slight sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Andre Dugo. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and decorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy... Read More
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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
by GAY, John
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Fine in a broken slipcase lacking the bottom edge and with the backstrip detached. Mariette Lydis. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F.... Read More
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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
by GAY, John
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Mariette Lydis. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. One of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist... Read More
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TRIVIA: OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON
by GAY, John
London: Bernard Lintott, [1716]. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean copy recently and sympathetically rebacked with gilt decorations and the original burgundy gilt-lettered morocco spine label. A lovely copy with a distinguished provenance. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in full polished calf with gilt-ruled borders and gilt dentelles by F. Bedford. One of only 250 copies of the Large Paper... Read More
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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
by GAY, John
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good slipcase with splits and wear. Mariette Lydis. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. One of 1500... Read More
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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
by GAY, John
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine in a worn slipcase missing the bottom edge. Mariette Lydis. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. SIGNED by the... Read More
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ORIGINAL OVERSIZE SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF GERTRUDE ATHERTON BY ARNOLD GENTHE
by GENTHE, Arnold (ATHERTON, Gertrude)
Photograph. Various chips and tears, some large, along the margins of the mat, but none coming close to either the photograph or Genthe's signature. Mat in Good condition, photograph Fine. A beautiful large (10-3/8" x 13-1/4") silver print portrait of writer Gertrude Atherton (1857 - 1948) SIGNED by the photographer in pencil "Arnold Genthe/N.Y." below the image on... Read More
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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54... Read More
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NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a lovely binding with only a few minor rubs. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated red morocco leather with silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a detailed chromolithographic title page and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with... Read More
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![[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/695/905/274905695.0.m.jpg)
[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London
by GERARDE [GERARD], John
London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636. Third Edition. Hardcover. Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank outside corner of the first dozen or so pages, not close to the text; title page with small repairs. Some old dampstaining, mostly marginal and mostly rather... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
by GERNSHEIM, Helmut & Alison
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Quarto, 599 pages. A new revised and expanded edition of this monumental reference work, illustrated with 390 photographs and engravings.
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by GERSHWIN, George
Framed Photograph. A beautiful presentation in perfect condition, not examined out of the frame. Wonderful 8" x 10" black-and-white photograph showing Gershwin partly in shadow and seated playing the piano, elaborately matted and framed to an overall size of 20" x 17-1/2," SIGNED by the composer with the sentiment "Sincerely."
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SIGNED QUOTATION FROM RHAPSODY IN BLUE
by GERSHWIN, George
Framed Manuscript. Ink blot slightly affecting first notes of the manuscript as well as "G" in "George." Not examined out of the frame but appears to be Near Fine. On a 6" x 6-1/2" piece of paper Gershwin has written three measures of the lyrical theme in E major from the "Andantino moderato" section of his composition RHAPSODY... Read More
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