Search Results: Authors starting with G from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

London. George Bell & Sons. 1902. Hardcover. folio, 36(13.5") x 24cm, the first edition, xiii,[1],147,[1]p., with 8 photogravure plates, 24 colour plates & 26 monochrome plates, numerous text illustrations, two facsimile leaves, title printed in red and black, in the original light blue cloth elaborately gilt decorations, titles and illustrations on the covers, gilt titles and illustrations on the spine, top edge gilt, the other edges uncut, decorative endpapers in green and white, binding slightly dust worn (stamping clear), armorial engraved bookplate over private library bookplate, faded circular internal small library stamp (withdrawn), still a very good attractively copy (Igc).

New Haven. Yale University Press. 1958. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 22cm, x,271p., 8 plates, notes, index, original blue cloth with gilt spine titles and small gilt illustration on front cover, a very good copy in very good jacket (S12.9).

Edinburgh. John Grant. 1897. Hardcover. 16mo. 15cm, 18th edition, 160p., text in Scottish Gaelic, original purple pebbled cloth, printed paper label on front, fine as new conditon. Gar). ~ Peter Grant (1783 1867) was a Scottish pastor in the Baptist Church and through his evangelical work and songs was known throughout the Highlands for many years. This book although in Scottish Gaelic, has Peter Grant's prefaces to his fifth and sixth editions in English.

Toronto. Deneau and Wayne Publishers. 1987. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 23cm, 302p., maps, plates and illustrations, notex, index, blue cloth, inscribed bythe author, nicely signed by the author, a fine copy in fine jacket.(Cmt).

Ottawa. Published by the author. 1983, 1983. Soft cover. 21cm, 241p., printed wraps, signed by the author, fine (ads).

London. Printed by Benj. Motte, for Tho. Home. 1711. 8vo, 18.2cm, 4th edition, [7],[1] (Blank),477 [i.e. 475], [1](Blank), [14] (Contents)p., complete but numerous pagination errors, including hiatus in numbering between pp. 384 and 387., one folding map, appropriately bound in modern half brown calf, gilt ruled raised bands, blind decorations in the panels, dark green calf label, gilt titles, marbled boards, some foxing on the map; and some on the preliminary leaves mainly towards the edges, expert repair on the map and a few edges, bookplates of G.R.G. Conway (on front pastedown) and Florencio Gavito (on front free endpaper), two renowned collectors of Spanish Americana, very good to fine copy, rare. (cgc). The 4th edition was issued twice, 1699 and this issue by Motte, in 1711. OCLC 56125 71 1 1; European-American 711/82: "Reissue of London, 1699 edn. ",' Sabin 263 02; JCB (3) 1:152; Hill 655. Gage was sent to Spain by his father in 1612 and while there, entered the Dominican order. In 1625 he… Read More

Toronto. University of Toronto Press. 1988, 1988. Soft cover. 8vo. 23cm, 4th edition, 186p., many text illustrations, with indexes of Author, Titles and Illustrations, trade paperback, fine, as new (B8).

Paris.1931. folio. Soft cover. 38.5cm, contains: Au Pays de Marie Chapdelaine, by MauriceConstantin-Weyer. with 16 large colour plates (one full page) by ClarenceGagnon, original decorated stiff wraps, a very good to fine copy.(Agc).

Quebec. Imprime pour l'Auteur. 1895-1913. sm4to, 25cm, the first edition, in 2 volumes, x,711 & xi,462pp., portrait plate in volume two, in full dark brown fabrikoid, spine titles stamped in white, on somewhat fragile paper as usual, solidly library bound, very good (gar).

Dubuque, Iowa. Reprint Library. [1962]. Hardcover. thick8vo, 21.5cm, in two volumes, x,711 & xi,462pp. blue cloth, very good to fine. (bks).

Quebec. Imprime pour l'Auteur. 1895-1913. 1st Edition. Soft cover. sm4to, 25cm, the first edition, in 2 volumes, x,711 & xi,462pp., portrait plates in volume two, bound in full brown fabrikoid, gilt spine titles, with the original printed wraps bound in, the paper which often poor is sound and clean, a fine set (n2) GAGNON, PHILAS (baptized Jean-Philas), tailor, book collector, politician, author, and office holder (1854-1915)*, and Narcisse-Henri-douard Faucher* de Saint-Maurice. The magnitude of his work as a book collector, and the question of what might become of it, was a frequent source of worry to Gagnon. As early as 1885 he had begun to consider divesting himself of his collection. He obviously had this prospect in mind when he sent his sale catalogues to the great American libraries and invited them to borrow and examine his handwritten catalogue. Five years later he approached the province's legislative library, but it chose to take the library of Pierre- Joseph-Olivier Chauveau instead. As… Read More

Np. Np. 1922, 1922. Soft cover. 8vo. 23cm, 20p., illustrations, portraits, printed wraps, pencil notations and underling, very good (Mds).

London. Truslove and Shipley. 1890. Hardcover. folio, 29.5cm, [viii],123p., with 2 full page maps, gravure frontis of an early portrait & 15 plates and illustrations from engravings, limited edition, large paper copy, this being #202, in half maroon morocco, maroon cloth boards, gilt spine titles, gilt ruled borders on the boards, t.e.g., some slight wear on the edges, top spine edge bit worn, tissue guards foxed else very good to fine copy (ds3).

St. John's. Robinson Blackmore Printers and Publishers. 1994, 1994. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. 28cm, ix,428p., numerous plates and illustrations, notes, appendices (list of employee's, etc.), index, dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles, script retirement inscription on the front free fly, a fine copy in fine jacket (S2.12). - The 75th anniversary project of Newfoundland Telephone Company.

Paris. Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs. 1842. Hardcover. 8vo, 20.5cm, in 4 volumes, 488 & 560 & 469 & 574,(2)pp., with 2 folding frontis maps, 194 engraved plates, notes, in contemporary quarter dark green calf, gilt spine titles & panels borders, marbled boards, endpapers and edges, internal library stamps, some wear else a very good to fine sound set (s12). - Text in French. Volume 4 completes the study of England and includes Scotland and Ireland with maps. The set includes an extensive series of rear engraved plates-176 for England, 14 of Scotland and 4 of Ireland.

Monaco. St. Crispin Press. 1991, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 47p., printed jacket over plain stiff card wraps, a fine copy (ds9).

New York. 1941, 1941. Soft cover. 23.5cm, 248[3]p. listing 1287 items with prices realized pencilled in the margins, printed wraps, fine (s5.4) "This sale contained the manuscript journal of Daniel Harmon

Boston. Printed by T.B. Wait & Sons. 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 21.5cm, first edition, 419p., early and late slight damp stains on the margins, in the original quarter leather and paper over boards, spine worn and titles faded, occasional foxing, a very good sound copy (sgc) Sabin 26448. Shaw 34759. Austin 809. "Written to supply "more particular information respecting the late northern epidemics", especially to the physicians of Philadelphia." cf. Preliminary p9 Remarks on pulmonary consumption, pp378 419. The author was president of the Vermont Medical Society.

New York. The Macmillan Co. London. Macmillan. Hardcover. Fine. 1925. 24cm, xi,305p. tables, charts, appendices, extensive bibliography, index, green cloth, fine copy Includes much of the Irish grain trade.

Toronto. The Copp ClarkCompany, Limited. 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. sm8vo, 19cm, first Canadian edition, (Britishsheets), viii,346p., green cloth, gilt titles, good to very good, sound(hmds). ~ A satirical novel of British middle class thought to beGalsworthy's best work after "The Forsythe Saga". The Canadian editionis printed from the British sheets with new title-page.