Titles starting with G from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

1793. Florian’s Imitation of Cervantes’s “La Galatea” with Four Color-Printed Engraved PlatesFLORIAN, Jean de. Galatée, Roman Pastoral. imité de Cervantes par M. de Florian, de l’Académie Françoise, &c. Édition ornée de Figures en couleur, d’après les Dessins de M. Monsiau. Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.First edition with these color-printed plates. Large quarto (13 5/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). 125, [1, blank] ... more information

1979. first edition. One of Twenty-Five Copies Signed by Michael Glover and Sir Antony Readand Specially Bound by Zaehnsdorf[ZAEHNSDORF, binder]. [GLOVER, Michael, editor]. HENNELL, George. A Gentleman Volunteer. The Letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813. Edited by Michael Glover. [With a Foreword by General Sir Antony Read]. London: Heinemann, [1979].First edition. “Of this edition 25 copies have been reserved by arrangement with the Publisher’s for fine binding by Zaehnsdo... more information

1730. Scarce, Early Forerunner to Peepshow BooksYet "Engelbrecht's Work is Beyond Compare"[PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature Theater]. ENGELBRECHT, Martin (designer and engraver). [German Village Street Scene. Oktoburfest Celebrants Carouse and Make Merry]. [N.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], [n.d., c. 1730]. Number thirty-six in an ongoing series of unknown total, complete, as issued. Six hand-colored, hand cut-out copperplate engravings (6 1/2 x 8 in; 167 x 204 mm) mounted... more information

1990. first edition. Signed by Elmore LeonardLEONARD, Elmore. Get Shorty. [New York]: Delacorte Press, [1990].First edition. Signed by the author on the title-page in blue ink. Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 inches; 234 x 155 mm.). [10], 292, [2, blank] pp.Original quarter white linen over black boards. Front cover stamped in blind with a palm tree. Spine lettered in green. A fine copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket."’The best American writer of crime fiction alive’ (Newsweek) outdoes ... more information

1876. first edition. Is it Really Bonnie Prince Charlie or the Great Pretender?ALLEN, Phoebe. Gilmory: A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Samuel Tinsley, 1876.First edition of the author’s first novel. Three octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches; 188 x 125 mm.). [2], 258; [2], 248; [2], 263, [1, printer’s imprint] pp. With the 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue, dated September, 1877, and the [8] pp. publisher’s advertisements, dated August 20th, 1877, at the end of Volume I. No half-titles ... more information

1909. first edition. First Edition of “Ginger & Pickles,”in the Original Printed Glassine Dust JacketPOTTER, Beatrix. Ginger & Pickles. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909.First edition. Small quarto (6 15/16 x 5 3/8 inches; 177 x 137 mm.). 51, [1] pp. Color frontispiece and nine full-page color illustrations. Black and white vignette on the title-page and nineteen black and white vignettes in the text.Original greenish-tan boards decoratively stamped and lettered in darker green on fro... more information

c.1910. Felonies Against Felines Afoot?WAIN, Louis. "The Good Puss." [N.d., ca. 1910]. Chromolithograph. Image size: 15 1/2 x 24 inches; 390 x 600 mm. Slight cockling, mounted to the image, title cartouche to lower right, framed and glazed.A delightful Wain chromolithograph depicting a pubescent cat in red bow tie, proudly holding a fork in his right hand with an impaled mouse on it, being walked by his father to "Dame Tibby's School," accompanied by nine adolescent cats of dubiou... more information

1826. first edition. The Author’s First Book, Published Anonymously—An Important Entry into the School of "Fashionable" or "Silver-Fork" Novels[LISTER, Thomas Henry]. Granby. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1826.First edition of the author’s first novel. Three twelvemo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 11/16 inches; 187 x 119 mm.). [4], 324; [2], 342; [4], 330 pp. Complete with half-titles in Volumes I and III (as called for), but without the advertisement leaf at the ... more information

1805. first edition. Some of the Finest Aquatint Plates in Existence"Only One Copy at Auction in the Last Thirty -Five YearsNATTES, John Claude. A Graphic and Descriptive Tour of the University of Oxford, &c. London: Published by James Cundee, [1805].First edition. Large folio (21 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 545 x 348 mm.). 8; 9-16 pp. Engraved title with tinted aquatint vignette, four tinted aquatint plates engraved by Merigot, one engraved by Pugin Wrappers expertly renewed to style with original brown... more information

1874-87. A Faithful Record of the Impressions Made on the Mind of a Competent Observer"Elegantly Bound by Bayntun of Bath in Full Blue Morocco ca. 1920Extra Illustrated With 379 Portraits and Views and Six AutographsGREVILLE, Charles F. The Greville Memoirs. Edited by Henry Reeve, registrar of the Privy Council. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874-1887. First editions. All volumes “Special Copy-Extra Illustrated.” Three parts in eight octavo volumes. Comprising: A Journal of the Reigns of... more information

1903. first edition. Pretty In Pink[RACKHAM, Arthur]. GREEN, [Louisa Lelias], The Hon. Mrs. The Grey House on the Hill. London, Edinburgh and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1903].First Rackham-illustrated edition, first issue, printed on pink paper. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 5/8 in; 182 x 117 mm). 205, [1, blank], [2, adv.] pp. Eight full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth, a color variant not noted by Latimore and Haskell, with added gilt prize supra-libros ... more information