Search Results: Titles starting with G from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Sheridan House, 1944 1st ed. 253pp. illus. red pictorial cloth sm 4to: near Very Good in a torn but not tattered dj now protected in a Brodart poly cover [some age darkening; bottom corners lightly bumped; owner's name stamp ffep; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A World War II compendium of lyrics, sometimes with musical notation. Songs range from "Reveille" to "Taps" with a lot more interesting numbers in between.

Bloomington, IN: privately issued, 2005. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 418pp. paperback tall 8vo: Fine.

Bloomington, IN: privately issued, 2003. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 411pp. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. Author’s business card laid in.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1892. 236pp. + ads. olive cloth sm 8vo w/gilt decorations: Good/no dj [antique ink name (dated 1892) ffep; else G] Ten short stories by the influential American writer, journalist and later war correspondent Davis (1864-1916).

New York: Pocket Books. 1945 1st ed. thus after the Knopf ed. 341pp. + ads. paperback: near Very Good. A nice crisp copy of this vintage paperback edition of a famous indictment of the nature of sport in America. 'Twas ever thus. American writer Paul William Gallico (1897-1976), who began his career as a newspaper sportswriter and editor, was probably most famous for his 1940 novel "The Snow Goose," originally published in "The Saturday Evening Post."

New York: Macmillan, 1916 1st Am. ed. 245pp. + ads. illus. navy cloth sm 8vo w/gilt titles: Very Good/no dj [edges are age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] An early account of the 1915 Dardanelles disaster by the future Poet Laureate of England and later Sir John Masefield (1878-1967).

Harmondsworth, UK: Viking, 1986 1st ed. 239pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good+ in a Fine dj in poly cover [bookplate; edges are slightly age browned; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

Deer Park, WI: Capability's Books, 1987 1st ed. 153pp. illus. hardback oblong sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj.

Garden Club of Georgia, 1976 reissue. 458pp. illus. navy cloth 4to: near Very Good/no dj. A nice reissue of a massive history of the subject illustrated with black & white photographs, drawings, maps and garden plans, originally published in 1933.

New York: Hyperion, 2000 1st ed. thus. 309pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [some foxing of top & fore edges; else a clean, complete & tight copy]

Atlanta: Peachtree. 1989 1st ed. 214pp. illus. beige cloth 4to: near Very Good in a Very Good dj [ink gift inscription on ffep; magazine style slick paper is rippled; text and photos are untroubled; else nrVG; dj = closed tear @ spine head; else VG] A handsome book of color photographs of the subject.

New York: Clarke & Way. 1963. 171pp. paperback sq sm 8vo: near Fine [couple of scrapes on back cover; else a nice crisp copy] An anthology of almost 80 poets’ eulogies for Welsh poet Thomas (1914-53).

New York: Macmillan. 1971 1st Am. ed. 249pp. illus. green cloth 4to: Very Good in a Fine dj in poly cover [prev. owner has tipped in various photos, postcards, clippings, etc. related to Turkey, on endpp & sometimes in blank text margins; illustrations are in very good or better condition; text pages are on acid paper and are age browned; an unusual copy] An enormous volume containing 168 photo plates, 25 in full color, by the Italian photographer Roiter (1926-2016). Text is by the famous traveler Dame Freya Stark (1893-1993).

New York: HarperCollins, 1996 1st ed. SIGNED commemorative bookplate by Dees on ffep. 254pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj [dj = tiny closed tear top edge; else F] Jacket praise from Jimmy Carter, Leon Uris, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., et al.

London: Trigram Press, 1971 1st ed. SIGNED after last text page by author. 62pp. illus. cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [very brief gift inscription on front flyleaf; else nrF] A limited edition signed copy (No. 54 of 100 noted in the poet's hand) of this imaginative feast. Ewart (1916-1995) served for six years in the British Army during World War II and takes no metaphorical prisoners.

London: Phoenix, 2001 reprint. 262pp. paperback: Good+ [text is age browned; edges are foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The New York Review of Books called this "A funny book and a touching one."

New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. 1943. 64pp. paperback 4to: Very Good+. 30 popular songs from 1943 with sheet music arrangements as fox trots, waltzes, polkas and marches.

Chichester, UK: Phillimore, 1985 reprint. 128pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = p-c; else F] A useful guide to research originally published in 1977.

New York: Knopf, 1951 1st ed. 349pp. + xvii index pp. blue cloth 8vo: Very Good+/no dj. A Sherman bio by the American historian Miers (1910-72).

Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers/People's Book Club Edition, 1944 book club ed.  258pp. illus. grey cloth 8vo: Good in a tattered dj [couple of paper clip ghosts; front hinge is cracked but firm; else a clean and complete copy] A very early biography of General Eisenhower (1890-1969) published during World War II. A special new & enlarged edition published for the Peoples Book Club of Chicago.