Search Results: Authors starting with G from Aardvark Rare Books

New York: M. Barrows & Company, Inc, 1944. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus / None. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Little book (6 1/4 in. x 4 1/4 in.) pink boards with silver-lettered turquoise binding. Shelfwear to front board, edges and corners nudging, this particular volume shows use, and in its 80-year old dotage, sports a bit of a spine lean. 128 pp. including index. Illustrated with photographs. A good, solid and affordable working copy of the very first printing of what became an enormously popular primer of mixology, but one which you won't be afraid to actually use, and maybe even sprinkle upon a page, by accident or not, a dash of bitters before the sweetness of a homemade cocktail. Crosby Gage (1882 - 1949) was a theatrical producer and wine and food editor of Country Life Magazine. He writes: "...It is my purpose to put together in one small book the standard recipes and formulae for cocktails, punches, fizzes, swizzles and other delectable mixtures that have stood the test of… Read More

New York: M. Barrows and Company, Inc, 1947. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Only Dustjacket. 8vo. Yellow boards with dark green lettering. Book itself shoes very minor soiling and a few stains, mostly to endpapers.The dustjacket shows past water contact (the pasta boiled over!) and is rippled, but fully there. $2.00 price tag on jacket, while inked through with a single stroke, is fully intact. Remarkably, we could locate one one copy in Worldcat, in the Culinary Institute of America Library, in Hyde Park, New York. "Here is a veritable encyclopaedia of delicious and nourishing dishes to improvethe family table and help the family budget, for macaroni products are as staple as potatoes....Spaghetti with meat balls or with Italian sauce are but the beginning of a story which includes Noodles with Bacon, Baked Macaroni Lunch, Beef Goulash, Macaroni Jambalaya, Chow Mein, Chicken Tetrazzini, Spaghetti with Chicken Livers, Baked Sea Trout Stuffed with Noodles, and for the children's… Read More

London, England: G. & T. Wilkie, No 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1788. Stitched Pamphlet. Good only. 8 1/8" x 5 1/8" octavo. Remnants of leather to spine. Top 2/3 of title page detached and mounted, Pages 123-134 detached and trimmed, Missing two leaves, 135-138, (appendix). Paper is clean, thick laid bond. Howes G35. Sabin 36424. According to Rare Book Hub, a copy hasn't come up for auction since 1962. Galloway was a distinguished American colonial legislator and attorney, loyal to the British Crown prior to and during the American Revolution. As a member of the Continental Congress in 1774, he proposed a compromise plan for Union with Great Britain which would provide the colonies with their own parliament subject to the Crown (Britannica). The plan was rejected by the Continental Congress by one vote. Congress however voted to expunge Galloway's plan from their journal, so he published it himself in 1775. After 1778 he lived in Britain, where he acted as a leader of the Loyalist movement and an… Read More

London, England: J. Wilkie, No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1780. Third edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" x 5." pp. 101. Half-bound in red morocco boards. Marbled end papers. Front board detached but present. 2-inch leather chip missing from spine. Contains half-title, advertisement leaf, table of contents, letters, and appendix. Missing map. Original collation slightly altered in second gathering: B2, B3, B1, B4. Small hole on last leaf, obscuring one word. Minimal foxing on lightly tanned paper. Sharp print on clean paper. (ESTC T57182) (Howes, 43) (Sabin 26436). Joseph Galloway (1731-1803) was a distinguished American colonial legislator, attorney, and loyalist. Originally an ally of Franklin, he served as moderate delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. When it became clear there was no middle ground between colonists' demands for liberty and British insistence on maintaining total sovereignty, he joined the royalist cause. As part of Howes' army, he participated in… Read More

London, England: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.75 in., pp. viii, 399, [1] (advertising). Modern half calf with decorative rule over marbled boards. Gilt title, bars and fleurons to spine. Four raised bands to spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom edges. New endpapers. Insignia of Coed Coch re-adhered to new pastedown. Occasional light foxing throughout. Tide mark to right margin of title page. Unmarked interior. Gift note laid in from the late booksellerJack Gamble (late of Emerald Isle Books, Belfast) to collector/previous owner. A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1812 is a large 19th-century mansion in the neoclassical style, designed by the architect Henry Hakewill.

London, England: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo. Half leather over yellow and black tartan-designed boards, ruled in gilt chain. Four raised bands to spine with elaborate filigree to each. Rubbing to extremities. Slight separation to front hinge and two inches of rear, but not affecting solid binding in the least. 34 letters. 423 pp. printed in London by Strahan and Spottiswoode on nice, supple, bright paper, with large type and wide margins. A wee bit of spotting to first and last few leaves. Previous owner's names to yellow front free endpapers. "...nor probably by the most elaborate dissertation, could I better describe my countrymen, than by an unreserved display of my own feelings, and by shewing myself as I am. On this subject let me remark, that these letters are, in many parts, transcripts of real ones written to a distant and very dear friend, and therefore that some interminglement of self was unavoidable..." (from author's… Read More

New York: New Amsterdam Book Co, 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL BOOK FROM 1897 Thorough account of the failed insurrection led by British colonialist Leander Jameson against Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic (Orange Free State & The South African Republic) over the New Years 1895-1896. Preceded only by the African edition, but nonetheless issued but one year after the incident. New enlarged and revised edition with appendices and introduction. 270 pp. plus 38 of appendices, and 12 pp. of ads. Front hinge started, but nonetheless, a very sturdy binding of orange cloth with black graphic in front.

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 5 in. x 7.5 in., 128 p., Green cloth boards with darker green spine. title in silver on spine. Rubbing to extremities. Two tiny staple holes both the front and back boards with spot of brown rust-stain, through to endpapers. Front free endpaper missing. Front hinge a little loose, but book holds together well. Spotting to fore-edge. Very occasional light spotting, mostly in margins, but text is uncompromised and clear. Ex-library copy with 'Academy Library Withdrawn from Stock" stamped in red on front pastedown. Young Adult vampire novel by the (then-23 year-old) extraordinarily gifted Jane Gaskell, set among Englands "Mod" set in the 1960's, generally considered brilliant and before-its-time, and said to have influenced a number of other authors of this genre, who have since become far better known. Liner notes from Harper's Bazaar read: "A book not to give your aunt". Gaskell wrote her first novel, Strange… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Marjorie Torrey. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 179. Illustrated with ten full page black and white drawings and decorated endpapers by Marjorie Torrey. Orange-brown cloth boards with green cactus design to front. Green title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners nudged. Unmarked interior. Light rubbing to dustjacket; light sunning to dustjacket spine. Chip to top of spine. Protected in mylar. U.S. author of children's books, Doris Gates (1901-87) was also a children's librarian and college instructor. As a librarian in the San Joaquin Valley of California during the Great Depression, she worked among children in migrant camps. Gates began writing to supplement her income during the depression. Her first book, Sarah's Idea, was published in 1938. It was followed by her best-known work, Blue Willow, a Newberry Honor Book, which portrayed the lives of a migrant family in California. It was notable as… Read More

London, England: Vizetelly & Co, 1889. Second English Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. 8vo. (Measuring 8" x 5 1/2" (21 cm. x 13 cm.). Olive green cloth, triple ruled in blind around edges, with gilt lettering to spine. Violet, orange, brown, blue, red drop-caps and head/tailpieces. Lower spine cloth patched. Dark green pastedowns, and rear endpaper. Front free endpaper missing. Two pages of advertisements at beginning. Seventeen etchings by Chamollion, from designs by Toudouze. Lacks one plate from p. 356. Scarce copy -- probably the second English edition, "Julie d'Aubigny (1670/1673-1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century swordswoman and opera singer. Her tumultuous career and flamboyant life were the subject of gossip and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous portrayals afterwards. Théophile Gautier loosely based the title character, Madeleine de Maupin, of his novel Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) on her." (Wikipedia) The real-life "La… Read More

Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1929. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. IN FRENCH. Moderate rubbing to spine and board edges. Spine caps with 3, .25" or smaller open tears to top and bottom. Bottom spine cap, 3/8" x .25" open tear. Corners bumped. Front hinge professionally reinforced. Faded gilt top edge. Foxing to front and rear endpapers. Text is brown with age. Very fragile pages. Soft deckle edges. Leather boards with what appears to resemble 3 iron gate hinges with scrolled edges embossed to front. Thin ribbon bookmark in yellow, red, and green attached at headband. Gorgeous green marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 251 pp. CHOICE OF POETRIES. This sweet, well-worn book starts out with the poem, Darkness. Others included in this volume are: The Triumph of Petrarch, Spectrum of Pink, The World is Wicked, The Blind, Sleep. The last part of the book is a 17 scene play, Le Tricorne Enchante.

Dublin, Ireland: A. Fullarton and Co, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Vary Good. A. Nicholl. Matching three volume set: Large Octavo, 10.25 in. x 6.75 in. Modern dark half calf with decorative ruling in blind over marbled boards. Gilt titles on black panels and four raised bands with gilt bandlines to spines. New endpapers. All engraved plates by A. Nicholl. Volume I: pp. clii, 560, illustrated with tissue-guarded, chromolithic frontis of the coat of arms of Ireland, five engraved plates, and two fold-out maps (Ireland and Connaught; each map is 19.5 in. x 15.5 in.). Spotting to maps. Three inch closed tear to Connaught map. Quarter page publisher's note bound between pages ii/iii. Publishers note wrinkled. Volume II: pp. 840, illustrated with six engraved plates and 19.5 inch x 15.5 inch fold-out map (Leinster). Spotting to map. Volume III: pp. 715, 2 (prospectus), 4 (advertising), illustrated with three engraved maps (Dublin), two of which fold out (Ulster and Munster, each 19.5 in. x 15.5 in.).… Read More

New York: Beginner Books (Random House), 1960. Early Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS IN VG PLUS DUST JACKET. Dr. Seuss. Octavo. Very clean bright illustrated boards. Some minor rubbing to extremities, top corner nudged. Some very light toning to pastedowns and endpapers. NOT A FIRST EDITION, does not have an actual "50 word vocabulary" STICKER on jacket. This is an early printing with the 195/195 price on dust jacket. Dust jacket is clean and bright and intact. Dust jacket has small 3/4"square sticker from Children's Supermarts Book Department. An early issue of the Dr. Seuss classic, written using a vocabulary of only 50 words.

Boston, Mass: Little, Brown and Company / Rolling Stone Press, 1996. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio, 13.75 in. x 9.75 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with full-page black and white and color photographs collectred from the best of Rolling Stone photographers. PIctorial paper boards and spine. Very light rubbing to boards. Featuring intimate and unusual photos of the stars, including Drew Barrymore, Liv Taylor, Lenny Kravitz, Cindy Crawford, Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Jerry Seinfeld, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and many more.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc, 2015. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Near Fine Dustjacket. Octavo. Blue and brown cloth-covered boards. Very small shelf bump to bottom edge, and a tiny spot to bottom of front board. Author's signature to title page. "...Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of Abbey's pilgrimages to Arches National Park in Utah, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the West..."

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 6 x 8.75 in., pp. xiii + [1] + 1(abbreviations) + [1] + 233. Illustrated with 34 maps and drawings. Foldout frontispiece map of America. Foldout maps opposite pages 40, 64. Three foldout end maps. Green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Four fingerprint-sized white stains on top and bottom of back cover. Frontispiece map (13 x 6 in.) is "North America" (map by Cary, 1806). Interior foldout maps display Western America's rainfall averages (5.75 x 6.75 in.) and Western America's drainage basins (6 x 5.5 in.). Endpaper maps show Northern and Southern Trancontinental Routes (13 x 10 in.), Central Transcontinental Routes (15 x 8 in.), and Interior Basin and Routes Across the Sierra Navada (14 x 8 in.).

London, England: Ri. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown; Printed by R. Roberts, 1700. Second Edition, Corrected. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Folio, 13.25 in. x 8 in., pp. xxiv, 396. Contemporary Cambridge Panel calf with decorative floral design stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title on burgundy panel, and six raised bands to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Head and tail caps of spine missing. Corners nudged. Four inch separation of covers along front and rear gutters, but all threads holding well. Previous owner's name tidily written at top of title page. Spine and hinges tight. Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) was Bishop of Sarum (Salisbury), and a respected preacher, academic, writer and historian. Closely associated with the Whig party, he was one of the few close friends with whom King William III confided, and hence the dedication to the King in this volume. This book was first published in 1699. The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, finalised in 1571, are the historically defining statements of… Read More

Portland, OR: Pacific Northwest College of Art, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 10 in. x 9.5in., pp. 88. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Pictorial front cover with white title to front and spine. Light rubbing to edges. Laid in: Two advertising mailers: one promoting Gilkeys exhibit in Portland; the other Gilkeys 2001 exhibit in Corvallis at Oregon State University. Also laid in: an additional two-sided prints by Gilkey. Illustrated catalog for the retrospective exhibit celebrating Gilkey's six decades of printmaking and photography - held at Portland's Pacific Northwest College of Art from November 4 through December 6, 1999. Mr. Gilkey was born in Scio, Ore., in 1912 and became the first graduate to earn a fine arts degree in printmaking at the University of Oregon. He began collecting prints by trading his own work with other students. He expanded his knowledge of the medium after World War II, when he worked for the War Department in Europe,… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 9.3 in. x 6 in., pp. xiv, 171. Dark blue pebblecloth boards over black leather spine. Gilt title and decorative flowers and slightly raised bandlines to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Bumped corners. Shelfwear and chipping to top/bottom of spine. Age-toning and a few spots to pages. Unmarked interior.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Quarter-leather over black textured cloth. Moderate rubbing to extremities, fraying to top and bottom of spine, and some loss of leather along joints. Solidly bound. 424 pages, plus 84 pp. of "Traverse Tables: Or, Latitudes and Departures of Courses, Calculated to Three Decimal Places: for Each Quarter Degree of Bearing. Chapters Part I: General Principles and Fundamental Methods I) Definitions and Methods; 2) Making The Measurements; 3) Drawing the Map; 4) Calculating the Content. 2. NOTE: The "Magnetic Chart" is a fold out chart illustrating "Lines of Equal Magnetic Declination for the Year 1850, first published in 1856.