Titles starting with G from Charles Agvent, ABAA

Rome: Giorgio Placho, 1722. First Edition. vellum. Small library ink stamp on the verso of the title page and a small skimmed spot on the spine from the removal of a sticker. Occasional small marginal closed tear, some neatly repaired on verso. Darkening to vellum. Near Fine copy. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9") bound in contemporary full vellum. [xvi], 170, [1] pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, an engraved dedication page, and 138 lovely full-page copper engravings of various instruments, some quite... more information

New York: Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Front gutter darkened, dustwrapper with 1" tear & crease. NF/VG. ... more information

New York: Harper, 1907. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Spine a bit rubbed. Very Good.. Howard Pyle. 4 full-page color plates. 1st state binding. ... more information

Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Cloth-backed boards. Few tiny spots of foxing to the bottom bulked text edge and two to the fore-edge, a common and very minor defect for this title. Small tears to plain printed dustwrapper. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and Fine slipcase. Bruno Bramanti. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in half rust-linen stamped in gold with a decorative wood-block paper made by hand by Antonio Gabbrielli of Montecatini. With a spirited new "first person" translation by John... more information

Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Cloth-backed boards. Very mild rubbing to spine; lacking the plain dustwrapper. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Bruno Bramanti. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in half rust-linen stamped in gold with a decorative wood-block paper made by hand by Antonio Gabbrielli of Montecatini. With a spirited new "first person" translation by John Warrington and a preface by John Mason Brown. Illustrated with 30 wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti. Printed and bound at the Officina Bo... more information

Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Cloth-backed boards. Sine of plain printed dustwrapper darkened. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and Fine slipcase with some sunning. Bruno Bramanti. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in half rust-linen stamped in gold with a decorative wood-block paper made by hand by Antonio Gabbrielli of Montecatini. With a spirited new "first person" translation by John Warrington and a preface by John Mason Brown. Illustrated with thirty wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti. Printed a... more information

London: Turret Books, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Fine copies in original mailing envelope addressed to Smith. Four Christmas cards, each printed on different color paper with an illustration tipped to the front and all INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet to NEW YORKER artist Claude Smith. One is numbered 25 of 300 and INSCRIBED "an oddly bloodthirsty Christmas card!"; the others are out-of-series with their inscriptions reflecting the color of the card. An unusual grouping. ... more information

Ann Arbor: University of Mich., (1967). F in dw with short tear & minor rubbing. Paul Klee. Quarto. Nonsense verse with a dark side. ... more information

(Bloomfield, CT): Limited Editions Club, 1967. Leather-backed boards. Fine in a Fine slipcase with light soiling. Alexandre Alexeieff. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound in dark blue gilt-stamped cowhide and vellum cloth; 376 pages. Translated by Constance Garnett; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 81 pages of monochrome illustrations by Alexandre Alexeieff. Copy #1087 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. ... more information

New York: Harper, (1958). First Edition. Fine in Near Fine dw with sunned spine bleaching out the color. Popular author's fifth mystery. ... more information

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. Fifth Edition. Decorated cloth. Despite the missing portrait, a Fine, bright copy. Revised, Enlarged, and Richly Embellished with Engravings." First published in 1856, all editions of this early billiards book, the second American book on the game, are scarce. The author, Michael Phelan, also published the first American book on the game, BILLIARDS WITHOUT MASTER, just thirteen years before this edition. Considered the father of American billiards, Phelan was influ... more information

(Easthampton, MA): (Cheloniidae Press), [1980]. First Edition. Fine. Ten beautiful hand-watercolored etchings (11" x 12-1/2"), each in its own folder, with a printed title page and colophon. This is Letter K of only 26 copies of the special suite in addition to the regular edition of 100. Each etching is lettered and SIGNED by Robinson. The whole is wrapped in a linen chemise laid in a quarter-leather matching linen traycase made by Gray Parrot. ... more information

New York: Harper, 1926. First Edition. hardcover. A lovely copy in dustwrapper and rather scarce as such. In the first state binding consisting of chocolate-brown boards with paper labels on the front cover and spine. Only 1,000 copies were printed of this play which combines traditional theater with elements of the music hall. Neat bookplate of John Glen Martner on the front pastedown. In the scarce dustwrapper designed by Dos Passos which, except for some light soiling and a 3/4" closed tear on the fron... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Southern author's fifth book and fourth novel. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to -----, "In appreciation of appreciation./Vive!/Fred Chappell." Laid in is a brief AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from the author to the recipient and SIGNED "Fred. ... more information

Lincoln, NE: Cliff's Notes, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. Fine & quite uncommon in collectible condition. This little-known Gardner "A" item was often reprinted but seldom seen in the first edition. ... more information

[New York]: Grolier Club, Feb. 1947. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Near Fine. Stapled wraps. An 18-page essay by Auden on Henry James. Also includes an essay by Clifton Fadiman as well as a catalogue of the Henry James exhibition at the Grolier Club. Bloomfield & Mendelson C312. ... more information

New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First Edition. Fine in dustwrapper with two small closed tears at rear. Drawings by Brad Holland. Author's second book. ... more information

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board, [1855]. First Edition. Decorated brown cloth. Some stains & smudges; spine a little worn. Good+ copy.. 285 pages. Missionary history of Eastern Polynesia illustrated with thirteen engravings. ... more information

Newcastle: S. Hodgwon et al., 1792. Third Edition. Cont. calf, rebacked. Title page spotted otherwise only light foxing. x, 483 pages. Demi-octavo bound in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; x, 483 pages. Illustrated with numerous engravings by Thomas Bewick. ... more information

Vol. I, Pl. 35, (1887). Fine. Chromolithograph. Folio. ... more information