Search Results: Authors starting with G from Crooked House Books & Paper

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Green cloth with black and white titles on spine, 8vo, 224 pages; a well kept copy; dust jacket has a few small chips to head and tail of spine. "At last! The first complete guide to the operating tricks, know-how, attitudes, and disciplines of how to write for money.

Macmillan, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing stated. Full blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, 8-1/4" x 5-1/2", 270 pp. Book quite nice except for a splash stain to the length of the foredge. The splash also got part of the rear panel of the jacket; front joint of the jacket has two small holes, probably insect damage, original price of $2.50 intact. Not perfect, but a good solid copy of an uncommon book of slavery, and the first in the author's semi-trilogy of novels; this one describes " life on an Alabama plantation in no such romantic terms. John Austen, a Georgia planter, is forced to move his family of slaves to a new location on Alabama after the old Georgia farmland has ceased to be productive and driven him into debt. But the project is ill-fated. Austen has to deal with an endless succession of problems: disease, unpredictable weather, incompetent overseers, lonesomeness and homesickness among the slaves, and a Yankee abolitionist who only increases their… Read More

D. Appleton and Company, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing with "1". Hardcover, full green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, 7-5/8" tall, 225 pp. Dulling to spine, wear to spine ends, light wear to corners. Zona Gale was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1921, and praised for her realism. In personal life, she was a suffragette and pacifist.

New York: Horizon Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Large 8vo, 390 pages. A clean, fresh copy in a bright and crisp dust jacket. The complete story of the life of Louise Bryant, including her relationships with John Reed and Eugene O'Neill.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Full burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine, under yellow & brown dust jacket, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", 356 pp. Book itself near fine, although the title page is printed a little askew; dust jacket has shallow chipping at head & tail of spine panel, original price of $1.50 intact, scarce in any condition.

Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition stated. Full beige cloth with red lettering to front cover and spine, dust jacket with price intact, 8-1/2" x 5-3/4", 423 pp. Minor toning to boards, near fine; dust jacket spine is toned, small chip at top of front joint, narrow chip to rear panel. The author's first novel, it was reviewed by The Atlantic with : "The nature and r

Menlo Park, CA: River Heritage Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 10x7x1. First edition stated with full number line; 274 pages, photographic illustrations. Dust jacket lightly sunned along extremities, now in protective mylar coveer.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Yellow cloth covered boards backed in blue cloth, 8vo, 256 pages, small line drawings throughout. Top corners turn in slightly, light tanning in pictorial endpapers; Edge worn dust jacket with chipping at extremities, toned spine with light water spots, now in protective mylar cover. Recipes and menus featuring West Coast foods with a special section on Hawaiian dishes.

New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pictorial paper boards backed in red cloth, oblong 12mo, not paginated, illustrations on each page; a well kept copy; spine of dust jacket faintly sunned, now protected in mylar cover. A sweet vintage copy illustrated in black and red; a story of students and their pets throwing a birthday circus celebration for their beloved teacher.

Mead Co, 1995-03-01. paperback. Good. 8x0x11. Very Good condition although previous owner has affixed thumb-tabs for easy access to five parts.

Random House, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full green binding with gilt lettering and pictorial onlay to front cover, pictorial green & brown dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4", Lynd Ward illustrations throughout. First printing stated. Minor foxing/aging to book, dust jacket shows light edgewear, the whole thing presents well. Although it is compared to W.H. Hudson (presumably Green Mansions), it also seems to be inspired by Bambi.

Cambridge University Press, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. 9x7x1. Trade paperback, 940 pp., one small spot to bottom edge of pages, else fine. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Green cloth with red stamped decorations and gilt titles. Boards are heavily rubbed and edge worn with scuffing and fraying at extremities. Red decoration has darkened and faded, along with some of the gilt. Previous owner's name and address written in pencil in front and rear end papers. Pages are toned from age with scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Binding is sound. 300 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white by the author. Comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and canoe building, and valuable suggestions on trappers' food, etc. With extended chapters on the trapper's art, containing all the "tricks" and valuable bait recipes of the profession; Full directions for the use of the steel trap, and for the construction of the traps of all kinds; detailed instructions for the capture of all fur-bearing animals;… Read More

Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Edition not stated, matching dates suggesting first edition (Macmillan a little spotty in this era.) Blue cloth boards under green pictorial dust jacket, 8-5/8" tall. Minor toning to jacket, price-clipped; book has discoloration at hinges. Autobiography of the great stage actor.

Lewis Evelyn Gielgud, though not as famous as his brother, the actor John Gielgud, was active in the British military and Red Cross. He wrote poetry, two novels, and a travel book. He also wrote three plays with the great Scottish author Naomi Mitchison.>
Softcover, covered with printed batik paper. Inscribed by Gielgud (as Louis de Gielgud, perhaps jokingly while in France) on title page. Text block loose from binding, minor toning near spine. OCLC locates one copy.>

New York, NY: Modern Library. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6. Reprint, Toledano binding style G5, gray cloth, G5 endpapers, interior of dust jacket lists 329 titles, 711 pages; edge wear to head and tail of spine, foxing to fore edges, inscription addressed to previous owner on front free end paper; clipped dust jacket, edge worn with small chips to head of spine. Sweet illustrations by W.S. Gilbert peppered throughout. 0

London: The New Leader, 1924. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Gill, Eric; Leighton, Clare. Green paper wrappers printed in black, sewn text block, 11 woodcut plates held in front flap, 12-1/4" tall. Lacks the John Greenwood plate, else complete, in-text illustrations by Gwen Raverat. Small tear to spine, light wear to edges of wraps foxing to title page and Sidney Gausen's "Sulya's Fifth Wife" plate, light other foxing. A nice piece, rarely found complete, but in this case including arguably the two best prints: Gill & Leighton, both of which are quite bright.

Portland, Oregon: University of Portland Faculty Women's Club, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. O'Neil, Thelma. Plastic comb binding with card covers, 8-1/8" tall, 96 pp. Moderate toning to white covers. "'The Pilot's Pantry' represents the favorite recipes of the Faculty Women's Club of the University of Portland. We who have enjoyed so many of these delicious recipes at our Pot Luck Dinners felt we would like to share them." A good mix of recipes including appetizers, main courses, and desserts.

Cape Goliard Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full cream cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, white dust jacket, 10" x 6-3/4". One of 400 unsigned copies. Book appears unread, rear panel of DJ has soil spotting.

Portland, Oregon: Crooked House Books & Paper, 2023. Soft cover. New/New. This catalog features 59 cookbooks and related material, from a signed eighteenth century classic, to a twentieth century book on floppy disk. In the spirit of the subject, we encourage you to cook this book. The catalog has a seemingly plain white dust jacket. By carefully warming the jacket over a flame, you will reveal the cover's lettering & decoration hand-stenciled in invisible ink. Each copy, in the long tradition of cookbooks, has three recipes laid in: one from the family of the founder of Crooked House, and two from my own family. There will be 40 numbered copies available.