Search Results: Authors starting with G from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

N.P.: Privately printed, 1939., 1939.. First edition. 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" in round color pictorial cover. 16 pages including covers, maps, illustrations. A collection of 8 maps of various counties to include Los Angles and Ventura County, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties, all showing various routes to travel to see the various missions. All maps are nicely illustrated with pictures of the various missions. On reverse of opposite page is a description of the county in which the missions are located along with lures of things to see and do for the tourist. Light tanning and soiling to rear cover. A nicely produced item for the Golden Gate Exposition.

Cairo: Thoth Bookshop, 1942., 1942. First edition. First edition. Wrappers, 179 pp. log by a Royal Air Force public relations officer of the advance into Cyrenaica and Libya during WW II. Written by a Royal Air Force public relations officer, this tells of the advance into Cyrenaica and Libya during WWII, focusing on the fighter force which secured the air flank of the Eighth Army during the campaign. Some Australian reference. Several black and white photographs, some full-page. Inscription on upper front cover. Covers lightly marked, lightly soiled and slightly creased. Small split at the head of the spine. Spine rubbed. Bottom corners of first pages slightly creased. Very good copy.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875., 1875. First edition. First U. S. edition and first edition in English. Originally published in France in 1867 as "Le Dossier No. 113." Translated from the French. Orange cloth, covers blind-stamped, titles and devices stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, 190 pp., plus 2pp. advertisements, double column. Bookplate of noted collector Adrian Homer Goldstone on front pastedown sheet. This is one of the earliest books whereby a detective is introduced and the entire novel is structured around a crime and its detection. Light cosmetic touch-up to the spine ends and corner, else a very good, tight, clean copy of a rare book and an early Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873., 1873. First edition. First U. S. edition and first edition in English. Originally published in France in 1866 as "L' Affaire Lerouge." Translated from the French by Fred Williams and George A. O. Ernst. Maroon cloth, covers blind-stamped, titles and devices stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, 156 pp., plus 4 pp. advertisements, double column. This is one of the earliest books whereby a detective is introduced and the entire novel is structured around a crime and its detection. Small corner chips at the top of the front and rear free endpapers, else a near fine, bright, clean copy of a rare book and an early Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery.

London:: Faber & Faber, [1996]., 1996. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Enquiry agent Angell is hired by the glamorous wife of the century's greatest philanthropist and financier, to terminate the investigation of her husband's secret crimes of child abuse and murder. Simultaneously, undercover officer Alan Rosslyn is surprised to be asked by "C" - the new head of the Secret Intelligence Service - to abort his pursuit of the manufacturers of the worst pornography ever seen. Rosslyn's refusal to compromise hurls him into the hunt for Angell. Fast-paced thriller.

[Chelsea: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003]., 2003. First edition. First edition. Oblong quarto. Signed by the illustrator, Susan Guy, and the author. Pictorial paper over boards, n.p. [40 pp.], illustrated in color. An alphabet that details in both words and pictures, the Wyoming cowboy's way of life, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, grizzly bears, Yellowstone National Park, etc. Very fine in dust jacket.

Austin & London: University of Texas Press, [1966]., 1966. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, tan front and rear endpapers, xx [2], 169 pp., frontispiece, introduction, illustrated, appendix, bibliography, index. This is a lively report of travels in early nineteenth century Texas and Louisiana and a fascinating account of the discovery, exploration and settlement of those areas is presented in the work of this ebullient young French dramatist and journalist who traveled to Louisiana in 1837 and to Texas in 1839. Fine, bright copy in a price-clipped dust jacket.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, [2014]., 2014. First edition. First U, S, edition. Pseudonym of J. K. Rowling and her second book using this name. Fine in dust jacket. A missing novelist has just completed a poison-pen manuscript on people he knows and if published will ruin lives.

[Santa Fe: The Press of the Territorian, 1970]., 1970. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Limited to 1,500 copies. Printed wrappers, 48 pp., illustrated. Number 18 in the Western Americana series. A meaty booklet that covers the revolt of 1680, the massacre of 1760, the annual Taos fair, the first Americans, the mountain men, Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Jim Beckwourth, Father Martinez and his controversial association with Bishop Lamy, the first governor, the revolution of 1847, the fight at Turley's Mill, gold, badmen and bandits, Long John Dunn, the world-famous art colony, Taos Pueblo, etc. Fine copy.

Buffalo: Gies & Co., 1881., 1881. First edition. 5 1/4" x 12" sheet, folded to 8 panels, 4 with text, 3 with lightly color illustrations of 2 different plows and a rake, plus cover panel. Describes various sizes and styles of plows to be offered, attachments including the Patent Jointer, which insures perfect alignment with the plow. Also a description of the Gale Sulky Rake. One of Albion’s great industries was the Gale Manufacturing Company, which was in existence here since 1864. The Gale firm was a major manufacturer of farm implements and was most known for its “Gale Chilled Plow.” Gale plows were sold throughout the country and even to foreign locales. In the Michigan Museum in Lansing there is an authentic Gale plow on permanent display. In 1918 the firm discontinued the farm implement line and went into the foundry business. A clean, bright brochure.

Kent: The Kent State University Press, 1999., 1999. First edition. First Edition. Cloth. 373pp. Numerous Illustrations. Numerous Maps. An excellent review of the role of Leadership in the outcome of the battle and many phases of the Battle of Gettysburg. As New in dust jacket.

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1966., 1966.. First edition. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth, 116pp. Illustrated with colored sketches from Abert's sketchbook. 2 Large Folding Maps at rear. Introduction. Appendices. References. Index. Large Quarto. An interesting, detailed diary of Abert's expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe in 1846. An attractive volume. As New, in original mailing box.

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1966., 1966.. First edition. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth, 116pp. Illustrated with colored sketches from Abert's sketchbook. 2 Large Folding Maps at rear. Introduction. Appendices. References. Index. Large Quarto. An interesting, detailed diary of Abert's expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe in 1846. An attractive volume. Fine.

San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1970., 1970.. First edition. First Edition. Cloth, xi, 77pp.+24 pages of color drawings by Abert. Preface. Glossary. References. Index. 2 Large Folding Maps. An attractive and interesting record of Abert's 1845 journey on the Santa Fe Trail from Santa Fe to St. Louis, through Comanche country. This volume was issued as a complement to the 1967 issue of Abert's later diary of 1846-1847, by this same editor and publisher. Fine in plain dust jacket, as issued. Dust jacket has light occassional soiling, and a 1" closed tear at bottom of fore-edge.

N.P.: Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1932)., 1932. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers with caption title, 32 pp. Six Guns 793 says, "Rare" and "A little-known book containing some material on the Mason County War and Scott Cooley." Much on Indian raids and depredations. Fine copy.

New York: Pocket Books, [1942]., 1942. First edition. First edition. PBO. PB 178. Early WW II anthology with stories by William L. Shirer, Winston Churchill, Han Suyin, John Hersey, Robert J.Casey, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Malcolm Cowley, and 11 others. Pictorial wrappers, x, 431 [5]pp., acknlgmnts, foreword, postscript. Very good copy. [a]

[London]:: Macmillan, [1997]., 1997. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. 'The Lord Mayor stared at the single sentence, and reached out a shaky hand to steady himself. There flickering on the green fascia, in minuscule letters, was the simple message: I Solomon, sentence you to death within one week. Prepare yourself!' The Floria Tosca Grand Opera Company is back in business, and is preparing for their performance of La Traviata in the presence of the Lord Mayor. The cast has little idea of the blood that will flow from their performance. What could possibly be the connection between this small itinerant opera company, the Lord Mayor of London, and an international assassin named Solomon who's hellbent on revenge?

[London]:: Macmillan, [1995]., 1995. First edition. First edition. Author's second mystery. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. After a violent post office raid, Inspector Proby chases one of the suspects to a rooftop. When Proby reaches the rooftop, he finds it empty. Proby Makes his way to the edge of the building where a pistol lies glittering in the sunligh, and peers over. Just below him the terrified suspect clings to a piece spouting ... two hundred feet above the ground. Proby stretches out his hand to grab the man, but it's too late .... the suspect has fallen to his death. Now Inspector Proby must answer a charge of murder. Did he take the law into his own hands? Proby must fight to prove his innocence.

New York: Lancer Books, [1966]., 1966. First edition. First edition. Paperback original. Lancer Books 73-500. Fine unread copy in pictorial wrappers. Billed as "The first biography of Ian Fleming."

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984 and 1985., 1984 and 1985. First edition. First editions. 2 Volumes. Cloth, 402pp., + 413pp. Profusely illus., primarily from old photos. The definitive study. This outstanding set presents a detailed chronology of the development and uses of firearms in the West, and the influence that they had on the history of the Western Frontier. A fine, bright set. Dust jacket to the first volume is very slightly sunned on spine, else fine, as is the second volume. Increasingly scarce, especially in this condition.