Authors starting with G from Boston Book Company

1951. Paperback. Very Good. GADSBY, George M. UTAH'S FIRST CENTURY! Sagebrush and Pioneer to a Treasure House in the Mountains. New York, San Francisco, Montreal: The Newcomen Society, 1951. First edition. Illustrated from photographs and drawings. 40 pp. 8vo., white paper wrappers printed in red and black to upper board. Very good. ... more information

1943. Good. GAG, Wanda, translated and illustrated. THREE GAY TALES FROM GRIMM. New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. 63 pp. 8vo, pictorial paper-covered boards. Near fine copy with shelfwear to heel, crown, and bottom edge. Good dust jacket, missing 2 x 1 inch chip at top of front panel, slightly into illustration; shallow chip to top edge of rear panel. Distinctive illustrations and clver translations of three Grimm tales: The Clever Wife, The Three Feathers, and Goose Hans. ... more information

1858. GAILHABAUD, Jules. L'ARCHITECTURE DU V.me AU XVII.me SIECLE ET LES ARTS QUI EN DEPENDENT: la sculpture, la peinture murale, la peinture sur verre, la mosaique, la ferronnerie, etc. Paris: Gide, Editeur, 1856-8. Volume I. and IV. only of a four-volume work. Between them, the two volumes contain 8 chromolithographs and 131 engraved plates, two of which have color added. Most plates are clean despite a few with light foxing in margins, and a few more with heavier foxing. Both volumes are disboun... more information

1924. Fine. GALANTIERE, Lewis. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERARY FRANCE. The manuscript, 7 typewritten pages, of an article printed in the Boston journal The Independent, issue of September 27, 1924, "Special Fall Book Number." The title appears to have been added by the editor and was in fact changed in the printed version to "Marcel Proust and the Outlook in France." Besides pencilled copy editing marks and printing instructions, the text bears several ink corrections and additions i... more information

1955. Very Good. GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. THE GREAT CRASH 1929. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Early printing. [xii] + 212 pp. 8vo., red cloth stamped in silver. Corners gently bumped. Owner's inkstamp to front pastedown. Red pencil ownership to title page, one page of red pencil underlining in chapter 1. Jacket sunned at spine, rubbed, a few small closed tears. Very good overall. ... more information

1977. Good. GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First edition, inscribed by Galbraith on front flyleaf. 365 pp. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt. Photo illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket that shows light edgewear, especially at crown. Companion to a PBS television series. ... more information

1907. Good. GALE, Zona. THE LOVES OF PELLEAS AND ETARRE. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition. Ex-library copy, with library stamp on the front pastedown and pocket removed from rear. Owner's name on flyleaf, the boards fairly shelfworn. A good reading copy. ... more information

1933. Fine. GALE, Zona. OLD-FASHIONED TALES. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. ix + 350 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Fine in fine dust jacket with pictorial cover. Short stories by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and playwright. ... more information

1966. Paperback. Fine. GALILEO GALILEI. LE OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI, NUOVA RISTAMPA DELLA EDIZIONE NAZIONALE, COMPLETE IN 20 VOLUMES (i.e. 21 volumes: Vol. III. is bound in two parts). Firenze: G. Barbera, 1966, except for Vol. III, Part 1: Firenze: G. Barbera, 1892. Various pagination. Thick 4tos, printed paper wrappers, bookblocks sewn. Originally published in 1909. Overall this is a clean and attractive set, printed on high quality paper with wide margins (ideal for binding). Most of the volumes ar... more information

1907. Paperback. GALILEI, Galileo. LE OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI EDIZIONE NATIONALE SOTTO GLI AUSPICII DI SUA MAESTA IL RE D'ITALIA VOLUME III PARTE SECONDA. Firenze: Tipografia Barbera, 1907. pp. 403-886, plus folding b/w plate. 4to., tan wrappers printed in black, chipped at edges, moderate soil. Rear wrapper detached. Block split at pp. 744-745. Some pages done in facsimile. Introduction in Italian, text in Latin. ... more information

1946. Good. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES. THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ITALIAN MAJOLICA formed by the late Mortimer L. Schiff... New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1946. Limited edition estate catalogue. Illustrated from photographs. 107 pp. Large 8vo., red cloth printed in gilt to spine. Prices noted in red pencil to text margins, some paste action to end pages. Boards are lightly soiled and skewed with lightly bumped corners. Good plus. ... more information

1996. Paperback. Very Good. HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERIES. YANKS PAINT BRITS. New York: 1996. Limited edition illustrated exhibition catalogue. 39 pp. 4to., illustrated glossy paper wrappers printed in white to upper board. Very good plus. ... more information

1945. Paperback. Very Good. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES. AMERICAN FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS. American Furniture of the XVIII Century. Property of Mrs Lewis F. Frissell, New York. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, 1945. Wrappers. Very good. Auction catalog. ... more information

1950. Paperback. Good. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES. THE NOTABLE AMERICAN COLLECTION OF MR AND MRS NORVIN H. GREEN. Early American Portraits and Miniatures. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, 1950. Wrappers. Very good. Auction catalog. ... more information

1959. Fine. GALLICO, Paul. LUDMILA. Drawings by Reisie Lonette. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First American edition. 12mo. A fine copy in dust jacket. ... more information

1967. Fine. GALLO, Miguel Mujica. GOLD IN PERU. Meisterwerke der Goldschmiedekunst aus der Pra-Unkazeit, dem Inkareich und der Ubergansara. Mit einer Einfuhrung von Raul Porras Barrenechea. (Germany): Verlagd Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen, (1967). Small square 4to., white cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; color illustrations. Fine, in an edgeworn dust jacket. In German. ... more information

1906. GALPIN, Henry J., ed. ANNALS OF OXFORD, NEW YORK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY PIONEERS. Oxford, NY: Henry J. Galpin, 1906. 568 pp. 8vo., maroon ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. Spine dulled, edges shelfworn. Front and rear hinges starting. Some foxing to bookblock edges; text clean. Scarce. B/w photo reproductions and illustrations throughout. ... more information

1929. Very Good. GAMBADO, Geoffrey. AN ACADEMY FOR GROWN HORSEMEN, containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling. Illustrated. (Facsimile edition of the W. Dickinson, London, 1737 work). Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. 1/400 copies. 4to., brown paper-covered boards. Touch of wear to extrenmes, moderately foxed throughout. Very good. ... more information

1928. GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand. AUTOGRAPH, SIGNED IN INK `M K GANDHI [AT] SABARMATI 7: 9: 28' on a 3.25 by 4.25 inch piece of paper. Included is a six-line typed note on Satyagrahashram, Sabarmati letterhead (8.75 by 5.24 inches), also dated 7-9-28, that begins "Dear Friend, Mr. Gandhi is sending you the autograph you required..." It is signed `A. Subbiah' in ink and is creased twice where it had been folded for mailing. The mailing envelope is present. It is jagged along top edge ... more information

1793. GARDINER, John. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE, CAUSE, AND CURE OF THE GOUT, AND OF SOME OF THE DISEASES WITH WHICH IT IS CONNECTED. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Spotswood, 1793. First American edition; it was first published at Edinburgh in 1792. 216 pp. 12mo., contemporary sheep, but upper board is detached. Early ink ownership (Wm. Paine) on t.p. and bookplate of Henry Rouse Viets on front pastedown. Ex-library; nineteenth century ink stamp on t.p. but no other marks. Text leaves are... more information