Search Results: Titles starting with G from Nana's Top Shelf: Rare and Collector Books

1914: Garden Behind the Moon: A Real Story of the Moon Angel, by Howard Pyle. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 192 pp., 8.25" x 6.25" (8vo). Copyright 1895. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and color pictorials on cover and spine. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations, including many full-page plates, throughout. Tissue guard over frontspiece illustration.
Gift or collectors' book. Howard Pyle books are widely collected and make excellent gifts for young adult readers and/or lovers of adventure fiction. This early edition/early printing Pyle title is rare in this condition and suitable as an investment-grade purchase.
Condition: Very Good: Light edge wear to cover boards and spine. Faint foxing on selected pages; otherwise interior pages and plates are bright and clean. Inscriptions in neat script reads "David Lanier [?], From his dear Mrs. Chane [?}, March 1915." Page 41 has crease and (3/4 in) early taped repairs on front and rear; only page with any issues. Very… Read More

ORIGINAL 1865 First Edition, 498pp. Report on the first systematic survey of the geology of the state of California. Historic document suitable for a library archive, bespoke gift, or investment.This classic work presents the results of the comprehensive investigations of California geology. Clarence King was a member of the Geologic Corps under Whitney's direction as State Geologist. The full-page woodcut plates show scenery in the Sierras and Yosemite. The plates were made from drawings by Whitney and C. F. Hoffman, and from Yosemite photographs by Carleton Watkins. The Yosemite illustrations are some of the earliest published views of the future National Park. Chap. 1: Introduction.Chap. 2: The Monte Diablo Range.Chap. 3: The Peninsula of San Francisco.Chap. 4: The Coast Ranges North.Chap. 5: The Coast Ranges South.Chap. 6: The Coast Ranges from the Vicinity of Los Angeles South.Chap. 7: The Region between Cañada de Las Uvas and Soledad Pass..PART II: Geology of the Sierra Nevada.Chap.… Read More

This is NOT a facsimile or reprint edition. Nor ex libris. ORIGINAL 1884 FIRST EDITION, 464pp. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (T4). The Geology of Centre County by E.V. d'Invilliers, incl. Appendices A and B, and "with a colored geological map of the county; and page plates of local sketch maps, cross sections, columnar sections, etc." Harrisburg: Published by the Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1884. First systematic survey, assessment, and geological mapping of Centre County, PA.According to our research, this is the ONLY COPY of this volume available for sale worldwide. In outstanding Very Good condition overall; some wear and fading to cover and spine, but interior is bright and clear; binding tight like new. Fold-out color geological map is crisp and clean, included in rear pouch. Pouch has small tear, and map has small, sparse notations in pencil (looks like someone was updating 19th century formation names to 20th century names). Truly… Read More