Search Results: Authors starting with G from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING STATED. Near Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents the FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING of TYPE, a compendium of 850 typefaces boldly and completely illustrated. A MUST HAVE for publishers and printers, this 9 1/4" x 12" (oversized, may require additional postage) spiral-bound hardcover book has 207 pages with no dust jacket (as designed). The overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Near Fine: light foxing to edges, else clear, tight, white, sharp with no marks. Cover (green glossy boards on a spiral metal binding with black and white particulars) = Near Fine: scratches to back and bottom front, rubbing on corners, else shiny, bright, colorful and square with no marks.

Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1950. FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Hardcover with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD PLUS/GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE FIND, the family saga VIRGINIA REEL by Hollywood Actress VIRGINIA GILBERT. This is the hilarious story of how an impecunious but ingenious single mother raised three daughters in a small Virginia town, and still helped her eldest to become a successful actress. Never reprinted since the early 50's, This FIRST EDITION STATED is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 254 page hardcover, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall condition of the book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = Very Good Plus: pencil marks on first and last fep's, foxing to outer edges, some process staining to first and last fep's, else, very tight, white, clear, sharp, with no additional marks. Cover (yellow cloth boards with design and particulars in blue on spine only) = Near Fine: rubbing to edges and top and… Read More

New York: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1976.FINE. Softcover. Lee Boltin, photographer. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a descriptive and photographic record of arguably the greatest touring art exhibition of the Twentieth Century: TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN. It was organized by Egypt's Organization of Antiquities and the six participating museums, the National Gallery of Art, the Field Museum of Natural History, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Metropolitan. An 8 1/2" x 11" paperback (oversized, may require additional postage) containing 175 pages chock-full of both b & w and color photographs. Overall condition is FINE: light foxing to front and back reverse covers and title page, light rubbing to cover, else white, clear, colorful, sharp, tight, no markings, square.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents two fascinating Civil War era isssues of GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, issue #1 = volume LXIX (1864), August; issue #2 = volume LXX (1865), April. "No matter how gifted or accomplished a lady may be by birth or education, the Lady's Book contains some useful information or other that will add to her grace and knowledge."--Field and Fireside Gazette, New York. A sampling of the articles' authors includes William E. Pabor (poet, founder of the town of Fruita, CO); George Cooper (NYC poet, remembered for his song lyrics, many of which were put to music by Stephen Foster); and Caroline Orne (poet, and first librarian of the public library in Cambridge, MA). The Illinois Central Railroad Company advertises on both rear covers: "One million acres of superior farming lands" for sale along their right of way--a 40-acre tract cost $432. 6 5/8" x 10 3/8", #1 = 83 pp., #2 = 84 pp. GOOD condition. Each in it's own clear plastic bag.… Read More

Chicago: Laidlaw Brothers , 1917. reprint. VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A HISTORY OF ART by CHARLES GOODYEAR. This is the first and only reprint published by Laidlaw. At the same time, A S Barnes, the book's long time publisher, came out with this same "newly revised and enlarged" 23rd edition, "with new illustrations." This was the last year the book was published. 6 1/8" x 9 3/8", 394 page hard cover with numerous black and white photos and illustrations, with no dust jacket. Overall book is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good: Staining to first and last fep's, penciled owner's name and notes on reverse first cover and first fep, occasional notes in light pencil inside, else tight, , sharp, little tanning, very clear. Cover (black cloth boards with white designs and particulars) = Very Good: rubbing to all, yet tight, standout front particulars, square.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. reprint of HOUSEHOLD EDITION. Very Good +. Various illustrators. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. The publishers note dated Autumn, 1904 states: "The present Household Edition of Mr. Whittier's Complete Poetical Works includes all the poems published during his lifetime that he wished to preserve, together with those contained in the posthumous volume AT SUNDOWN and in the authorized LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by Mr. S. T. Pickard. They are arranged according to the classification adopted by the poet himself in 1888; the lines have been numbered, and many notes have been added at the end of the volume. Entirely new plates have been made for this edition, and great care has been used in the choice of illustrations. These represent the work of many eminent artists." PRINTED SIGNATURE OF WHITTIER under his portrait opposite the title page. No DJ. ; 5 1/4" x 8", XXI +… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1992. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. FINE/VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the LARGE PRINT EDITION of THE PELICAN BRIEF by award-winning author JOHN GRISHAM. "With two Supreme Court Justices murdered and the FBI having no clues, law student Darby Shaw takes it upon herself to do some digging. What she finds puts her in the assassins path." 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", 371 page hardcover, with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall book condition is FINE. Pages = Fine: few bits of foxing on top edges, else As New. Cover (black quarter cloth over brown boards, with gold gilt particulars on spine only) = Fine: lower front corner bent from a bump, else As New. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (glossy paper with illustration of man's shadow on marble wall front, photo of author back, particulars in gold, black and white) = Very Good: chips at corners and… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a very unusual NEAR FINE copy of the FIRST EDITION of A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS. The ORIGINAL DUST JACKET illustrates the evolution of the Cat family (with a mole? At the top edge); this dust jacket seems to indicate first edition (though title and copyright pages are missing, and were never part of the book); book begins with page xvi "My Life List." No evidence of any page separation; while small print under it says "giving field marks of all species found north of the Mexican border," the title is exactly as above without the words "North of Mexico." 4 ¾ x 7 3/8", 200 pp. (incl. Index), color illustrations, b/w maps, animal tracks on endpapers. Book condition is Near Fine: foxing at edge of some pages, no marks, tight and clear. Jacket condition is good: four solid chips, tape marks at bottom of each fold.