Search Results: Titles starting with G from Greystone Books

London: Michael O'Mara, 1990. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY FROM AUTHOR. Inscription reads, 'To/Xavier & -----/Page 289!/Much love/Jan'. This is an ASSOCIATION COPY as the book was given by the author to Xavia, who was Xavia of Knightsbrige, an eminent hairstylist who is mentioned in the book. A novel set against the glittering backdrop of the international cosmetics industry. Light spotting to edges; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of the SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JAN BUTLIN. . Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1987. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. Illustrated. The Author, A H Chaplin who is the Principal Keeper of Printed Books, tells the story of the General Catalogue (GK) of Printed Books in the British Museum (now in the British Library) from the decision in 1834 to produce a new catalogue down to the present day. He examines the pecularities of the rules and procedures devised by Antonio Panizzi in the 1830s, shows how gradual modifications were introduced, and makes useful comparisons with other caaloguing systems. With Index. Light bruising to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a first edition, first first prining. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, underlining or hghlighting. . First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Sunbury On Thames, Middlesex: James Lester, 2000. NrF/NrF. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'With best wishes/Wes Whitehouse'. A well-researched and authoritative account of the Greater London Council. With Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Glaschu [Glasgow]: Gairm, 1953. NrF. Stapled Paperback. Quarterly Magazine. Issue Number 4, Summer 1953. TEXT IN GAELIC. 96pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A magazine for Gaelic speakers. Light corner crease to top-corner of front panel; else a near fine copy of a SCARCE publication. No inscriptions, highlighting or underlining. . Issue Number Four, Summer, 1953. Stapled Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1985. VG/VG. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, withour dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'Signed with pleasure/Peter H Liddle F R Hist S/April 1985'. Profusely illustrated with photographs, documents, maps, diaries. Nationally and internationally recognised, it represents one of the richest sources of material recalling the experiences of the 'ordinary man' at war. Light age-tanning to edges of pages; bruising to top two corners; d/w has tiny losses to head of spine, and corners of top two corners of d/w; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PETER H LIDDLE.. Signed by Author, Peter H Liddle. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Macmillan, 1997. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. An historical, sea-faring novel concerning Harry Ludlow. Light spotting to fore-edge; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'For ---/with best wishes/Wendy Lauderdale/May 1993'. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Andrew Lawson. An account of how Wendy Lauderdale transformed a tumbledown cottage and bare field in Wiltshire into a charmiing thatched cottage and beautiful garden. With Index. Short tears (8mm long) to fore-edge of front endpaper and half-title page; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Headline, 2002. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PIPPA GREENWOOD, on half-title-page. Inscription reads, 'To ---/May 'your' wildlife/follow you wherever/you garden - I am/sure it will!/With Best Wishes/Pippa Greenwood'. Profusely illustrated with over 150 photographs. Pippa suggests the plants you need for a sensational garden throughout the year, for every season. With Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY PIPPA GREENWOOD. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.

London.: W H & L Collingridge, 1911. VG. First edition. No d/w; now protected in an archival acetate d/w. Not dated, 'Foreword' dated 1910 but published in 1911 (reference British Library). Profusely illustrated. Sub-titled 'Insect, Animal and Fungoid Pests Injurious to Fruit and Vegetable Crops, Hardy Plants, Trees, Shrubs and Greenhouse Plants, with all the Latest Remedies for their Eradication, Etc'. 326pp. plus ten pages of wonderful period advertisements in the back of the book. Impressive pictorial front cover. Slight age tanning to spine; else a very good copy of a very scarce book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Rochester, Kent: Stanhope Press, 1924. NrF. First edition. Not dated, (1924). NO d/w. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. A collection of 39 poems by the poet Henry Johns (1840-1922). This collection was arranged and published by his son Andrew Johns. He was born in 1840 in Redhill, Surrey. On the day of his mother's burial, and with the prospect of looking after three young children, his father left and was never heard of again; he was moved to an orphanage at Witley, near Godalming, Surrey. Henry worked for three or four years, after leaving school at age 16, working in a brickmacking factory, and then obtained a situation in a horticultural nursery at Milford, near Godalming. He married in 1872 and had five children; and died in 1922 at the age of 82. Some age-tanning to endpapers; else a near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition. NO inscriptions, highlighting or underlining.. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine.

Brighton, Sussex: Book Guild, 2010. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CHRISTOPHER HOLT, on title-page. Inscription reads,'To 'the Grand'/Folkestone. /Every/good wish./Christopher Holt'. The 'Grand' is a hotel on the Leas, Folkestone. The author, Christopher Holt, was born in Devon, England and spent many years in Australia. A novel in which Bronwyn Huguet sails in the 'Rarotonga' from Liverpool in 1946 with five-year-old Tristan to be reunited with her Australian husband Robert in Sydney. She does so with mixed feelings for he carries a shameful secret from his wartime service in the Merchant Navy. She encounters hostility and violence as the family unit breaks down due to Robert's alcohol addiction. Set in Sydney's northern suburbs in the years immediately following the Second World War. Slight lean to spine; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing… Read More

Thanet, Kent: Thanet District Council, 1994. Fine. Revised and updated second edition. Paperback. 78pp. Illustrated with maps and drawings. Details of archaeological discoveries in the Isle Of Thanet, Kent. A fine copy of a SCARCE revised and updated second edition.. Revised Second Edition. Paperback. Fine.

Solihull: Helion & Company, 2004. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of the Aden Protectorate Levies 1927 to 1961 and the Federal Regular Army of South Arabia 1961 to 1967. With Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Light spotting to top-edge; light dusting to endpapers and paste-downs; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Woking, Surrey: West Surrey Family History Society, 1994. Fine. Revised sixth edition. Booklet. 31pp. INCLUDING A LARGE FOLDING MAP, unfolded size 49 by 38 cms. A fine copy of a revised sixth edition. No inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. Revised Sixth Edition. Booklet. Fine.

Woking, Surrey: West Surrey Family History Society, 1991. Fine. Second Edition, Later Printing. Booklet. 23pp. INCLUDING A SEPARATE LARGE FOLDING MAP, unfolded size 55 by 40 cms. A fine copy of a second edition, later printing No inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. Second Edition, Later Printing. Booklet. Fine.

United Kingdom: Railway Clearing House, 1960. NrF. First Edition. Linen Covered Limp Covers/Large Paperback. Limp blue linen covers with red cloth spine. (2),vi,120pp. Size of covers 19 by 29 cms. Illustrated with line-drawings. Printed on front cover is 'Private And Not For Publication'. An interesting book of British Rail rules and regulations. Some minor spotting to top-edge and fore-edge; some corner creasing to pages; else a near fine copy of an UNCOMMON first edition. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. First Edition. Linen Covered Limp Covers. Near Fine.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2017. NrF/No D/W(as published). SIGNED BY AUTHOR, OLI WHITE, ON LIMITATION PAGE, THIS BEING NUMBER 2178. SIGNED 'Signing reads, 'Oli'. COLLECTORS EDITION EXCLUSIVE TO WHSMITH. There is a small circuler sticker on the front panel of the book 'SIGNED/BY THE/AUTHOR'. The autobiography of Englisg You Tuber Oli White (born 1995). A near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY OLI WHITE.. Signed by Author, Oli White. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine.

Great Britain: FeedARead, 2013. Fine. First edition paperback. first printing. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To ------/A fellow Belfastman/With best wishes/Graham Andrews'. 229pp. A collection of short stories by this Irish writer. A fine copy a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GRAHAM ANDREWS.. Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.

London.: The First Artist Corporation Fine. A full-length postcard of Lloyd Honeyghan, (Welterweight Champion of the World), which is SIGNED by Lloyd Honeyghan. A fine copy.. Postcard. Fine.

England: Book Services (Litho) , 1980. NrF/VG+. First edition in d/w. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on verso of title-page. Inscription reads, 'Many thanks for all your help/Lots a luv/Geoff'. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings. TEXT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND GERMAN. A collection of one hundred recipes, covering all courses - soups, starters and cocktails and salads, chicken, rabbit, pork, beef, lamb, fish, duck and turkey, sweets and puddings and cakes, drinks, sauces and pickles, vegetables. Geoff opened his own Restaurant La Cuadra in 1975 in Cala D'Or in Mallorca. Light spotting to edges; d/w spine has some sunning; else a near fine copy, in a very good plus d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.