The Soaring Twenties: Babe Ruth and the Home-Run Decade
by Gilbert, Thomas
New York: Franklin Watts. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1996). First Edition. Hardcover. 0531112799 . [brand-new book; tight, clean, flawless]. (The American Game) Series (B&W photographs) One of an excellent series of baseball histories for young readers, this volume "discusses the changes in professional major league baseball during the 1920s, including the pennant race scandal in 1920,... Read More
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Baseball and the Color Line
by Gilbert, Tom
New York: Franklin Watts. Fine. (c.1995). 1st printing. Softcover. [brand-new, perfect condition]. (The African-American Experience) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) An examination of race relations in the world of baseball, beginning in the mid-1800's, when "many talented African American excelled within the ranks of amateur baseball." Subsequently, however, "team owners, who once welcomed the addition of... Read More
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Susan Tells Stephen
by Giles, Nell
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint. Near Fine in Good dj. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. [very light shelfwear, a touch of dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket moderately edgeworn, some paper loss at spine ends and corners, a few tiny edge-nicks here and there]. (B&W drawings) "A handbook of good grooming, good clothes and good manners, and... Read More
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The Works of James Gillray: 582 Plates and a Supplement Containing the 45 So-called "Suppressed Plates"
by Gillray, James
New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc.. Very Good. 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [modest soiling to covers, light foxing to edges of text block; internally quite clean]. (B&W illustrations) A reissue of the volume originally published in London by Henry G. Bohn in 1851, the title page of which (reproduced herein) reads: "The Works... Read More
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Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928-1942 [*SIGNED*]
by Ginell, Cary, and Kevin Coffey
Westport CT/London: Greenwood Press. Fine. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice copy with no significant wear, blemished (if that's how you look at it) only by the author's inscription]. (Discographies, Number 90) Series (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED to a "gentleman record collector and a great friend" and SIGNED by author Ginell on... Read More
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Kaddish and Other Poems, 1958-1960
by Ginsberg, Allen
San Francisco: City Lights Books. Fair. 1964 (c.1961). Second Edition. Softcover. [a worn copy, with cracking and surface deterioration to spine (although the binding itself is still intact, i.e. no loose pages), small chip at upper left corner of front cover, about a 2.5" split at lower front hinge, some external soiling and light staining, a few... Read More
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A Light for Fools
by Ginzburg, Natalia (translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear only; jacket shows just a touch of wear to extremities]. "The story of two well-to-do Italian families, who are engulfed by the impersonal forces of world events. From the late thirties when the teenage... Read More
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The Crucifer of Blood: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by Giovanni, Paul
Garden City NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1979). Book Club Edition. Hardcover. [gift inscription (non-authorial) plus previous owner's name and circumstances of acquisition, all in ink on front endpaper, otherwise a nice clean copy with no discernible wear; the jacket has just a touch of edgewear]. This Sherlock Holmes play, an... Read More
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Boot Straps: The Autobiography of Tom M. Girdler [*SIGNED*]
by Girdler, Tom M.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderate wear to extremities, front hinge cracked exposing webbing, light dampstain at lower left corner of front cover, light soiling/age-toning to edges of text block]. SIGNED and DATED (1944) by the author on the front endpaper. The author (1877-1965) was a major... Read More
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The Cypresses Believe in God
by Gironella, José María (translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1956. One Volume Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [bumped at top rear corner, otherwise a nice clean copy with just light shelfwear; the jacket is a bit age-toned along the edges, with a few tiny nicks along the top and bottom edges, one addtional nick at... Read More
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Lillian Gish: The Twelfth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, March 1, 1984
by {Gish, Lillian} [The American Film Institute] (McBride, Joseph, ed.)
[Washington DC]: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. 1984. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [minor edgewear, faint vertical stain line on front cover, a trace of foxing along edge of rear cover,] (B&W photographs) Tribute book issued in conjunction with the AFI's Life Achievement Award presentation to Miss Gish, at that time only the second woman to have... Read More
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Glass Houses
by Gizycka, Eleanor (pseud. for Eleanor Medill "Cissy" Patterson)
New York: Minton, Balch & Company. Very Good. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid clean copy, slight fading to spine cloth, teensy bit of fraying at a couple of corners, one-time owner's name and (faint) address in pencil on front endpaper, vintage bookseller's label (J.W. Robinson Co., Los Angeles) on rear pastedown]. Novel set amidst... Read More
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Spoofs
by Glaenzer, Richard Butler, ed.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [a good sound copy, light shelfwear, a bit of foxing to the fore-edge, 1933 Christmas gift inscription ("to John from Daisy") on the half-title page; the jacket has short tears at several corners with little bits of paper loss,... Read More
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The Public Enemy
by Glasmon, Kubec, and John Bright
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [a good sound copy with only light shelfwear, spine very slightly turned]. (4 B&W film stills) Photoplay edition, actually a novelization of the ... Read More
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Norma Ashe
by Glaspell, Susan
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, very light shelfwear, fading/browning to edges of endpapers; jacket a bit rubbed/scuffed, moderate edgewear and a few insignificant tears, minor paper loss at top of spine, a couple of white smudges near top of spine, partially obscuring the title, faint... Read More
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The Road to the Temple
by Glaspell, Susan
New York/Toronto: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1927, 1941). Second Edition. Hardcover. [rear hinge cracked, otherwise only lightly shelfworn; the jacket is worn and a bit faded (especially the spine), with numerous tiny edge-nicks, various creases, a small chip at the bottom of the front, and several old internal (yellowing) tape repairs]. ... Read More
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The Actor: A Life Story
by Glassley, Chester
New York: Vantage Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1992). First Edition. Hardcover. [very slight bumping to bottom corners, affecting both book and jacket]. Vanity-press novel set in "the post-Korean War world of Hollywood intrigue," this is "the searing odyssey of a man who was born to be a sex god -- a perfect specimen... Read More
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Potash & Perlmutter: Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures [Photoplay Edition]
by Glass, Montague
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good in Good dj. [1923] (c.1911). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [solid copy, moderate wear at extremities, top edge dust-darkened; jacket has some paper loss at top of spine (extending slightly into front panel and affecting top part of "POTASH" in title on spine), small chip at base of spine, also a... Read More
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Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things
by Glass, Montague
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Fair dj. 1919. 1st Edition (I-T). Hardcover. [moderate wear to bottom edge and top of spine, gilt spine lettering largely rubbed away (although front cover lettering is still strong); jacket heavily soiled, large chip at top right corner of rear panel, small chip at upper left corner of front... Read More
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Toujours Forever
by Glasser, Ren, and Jean Libman Block
New York: Crown Publishers Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1963). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [book moderately worn, slight soiling to top/bottom edges, prev. Owners' names in ink on ffep; DJ mildly worn at spine ends, creases in rear flap]. "A novel about the wild & wonderful world of cosmetics -- a witty, sophisticated,... Read More
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The Art of Taking a Walk: Flanerie, Literature, and Film in Weimar Culture
by Gleber, Anke
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press. Fine. (c.1999). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 069100238X . [nice clean as-new book, with no discernible wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) In this "deeply original and searching reassessment of the complex intersections among modernity, vision, and public space," the author "examines one of the most intriguing and characteristic figures of European... Read More
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McLaren
by Glover, Guy
Montreal: National Film Board of Canada. Near Fine. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0772200092 . (OS stapled wraps, 11"x15") [a nice clean copy, with faint handling wear only]. (B&W photographs, graphics) Large-format booklet (32 pages, plus covers) presenting a brief biography of the innovative Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren, plus an illustrated survey of his work, much of... Read More
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If You Can Wait --
by Goddard, Gloria
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1933). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [moderate wear to extremities, light soiling to page edges, one-time owner's pencilled name and city on ffep, vintage bookseller's label on rear pastedown (David Spencer Limited, Vancouver); jacket heavily edgeworn, a bit of paper loss at spine corners]. "A human drama... Read More
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Better to Burn
by Goddard, Gloria
New York: Godwin, Publishers. Fair. (c.1935). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [general external wear, slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, dampstain (cloth faded) at lower right corner of front cover, front hinge weak, rear hinge cracked but not split; internals unaffected by dampstain]. Uncommon novel showing "the completely demoralizing, thoroughly... Read More
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Portrait in Black; a play in three acts
by Goff, Ivan, and Ben Roberts
New York/Hollywood/London/Toronto: Samuel French. Very Good. (c.1948, 1945). First Edition. Softcover. [solid copy, with some browning to pages and uneven browning to front cover (see scanned image), slight bend at bottom right corner of front cover]. (3 B&W photographs, stage diagram) Melodrama about a woman in love with a doctor who helps to kill her husband... Read More
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