Search Results: Titles starting with G from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Company, [1935]., 1935. First edition. First edition. Cloth lightly soiled else very good in beautiful wraparound dust jacket with light wear to head of spine. This is the story of the illegal booze racket showing how it is made and marketed. Many thrilling moments as the bitter struggle between the world's greatest "Crime Crusaders" and the world's most vicious criminals is fought to the last murderous spurt of machine-gun fire.

New York: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co., 1884., 1884. First edition. A remarkably well preserved - and obviously unused - Colton pocket map of railroads through New England, upstate New York, Hudson Valley and lower Quebec Canada. Printed on tissue-weight paper which is as bright as we have seen as are the colored outlines of boundaries. Completely in original folds as issued, attached as issued to brown cloth booklet with gilt titles. Fully expanded approx 26.5" x 38." Colton started mapping railroads early on, around 1853: this one, dated 1884, shows almost the mature development of all lines running north and south and criss-crossing east west across New England and New York. There may be a copy as good as this one, but there will be none better!

London: Constable, [1981]., 1981. First edition. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf "For my wife / Alan Hunter." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. This is the sequel to "The Honfleur Decision" in which Chief Superintendent George Gently was in France on vacation and met Gabrielle Orbec. Gently must rescue a kidnapped French industrialist in Scotland. From the library of Alan Hunter. Provenance: the estate of Alan Hunter.

Chicago: C.N. Trivess, Printer, 1884., 1884. First edition. Form 95. 6" x 10" sheet folded to 6 panels. Printed in pink. 3 panels of time tables to and from Chicago, an between Chicago and nearby towns. 2 panels of general information and pictorial cover panel with illustration entitled, "Passenger Station of the C. & N.-W. R'y, Cor. Wells & Kinzie Sts., Chicago, Ill." Three light horizontal creases and lightly soiled. Very good.

Galena: The City of Galena, 1937., 1937. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Decorated wrappers, 79 [15] pp., maps including one folding in color affixed to inside rear wrapper, frontis., foreword, preface, general information, Galena bibliography, personal interviews. The first city guide book to be published in Illinois under the direction of the Works Progress Administration as represented by the Federal Writers' Project. Galena is in the northwest corner of Illinois six miles below the Wisconsin border and four miles from the Mississippi River. At one time it was a boom town, but the coming of railroads diverted its river traffic to Chicago and foreign competition killed its lead and zinc enterprises. An interesting and informative booklet that is scarce today. Not stated, but this is mostly the work of Nelson Algren. Fine copy. DYKES 81. POWELL 319.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007., 2007. First edition. First Edition. Boards with Cloth Spine. vii-xvi.-301pp. Illustrations. 3 Maps. Preface. Notes. Bibliography. Index. An excellent, thoroughly researched biography on this important Sioux Chief. "Larson has provided a richly detailed history of Native life in the Northern Plains as well as the sequence of events that left the Lakota bereft of their homeland and their traditional way of life at the close of the nineteenth century. The biography is based on extensive research and the author appears to have uncovered just about every possible tidbit of factual information about Gall, who was overshadowed by Sitting Bull, his mentor, and the other Lakota notables of the era. That Gall was a formidable foe to both tribal enemies and the white trespassers on Lakota hunting grounds is well documented. Physically impressive, bold in battle, and conspicuous in the red regalia he fancied, even Gall's adversaries gave him grudging… Read More

N. P.: Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1969)., 1969. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial stiff wrappers, 100 (1) pp., profusely illustrated from photographs, posters, and drawings, filmography. The Durango Kid as portrayed by Charles Starrett ,was featured in movies and comics, and became a unique combination of three characters all rolled up into one. The characters are The Lone Ranger, Zorro, and Robin Hood. Also included is a biographical sketch of Jock Mahoney and a listing of all of his films. Much is said about Durango's number one sidekick, Smiley Burnette. A wealth of information. Fine, unread copy.

[N. P.: Privately printed, 1947]., 1947. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Limited to 750 copies. Presentation inscription in ink on the front free fly leaf by the author and dated "Jan. 15, 1948." newspaper clipping with author's photograph from. the Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper about the publication of his book affixed to the front free fly leaf under his inscription, and on the reverse of this page opposite the title page is fixed a paragraph about Fowlerton from Ludeman's book on LaSalle County. Light blue cloth, gold stamping on front cover and spine, 181 pp. "Anecdotes and sketches of Texas cowboys, Rangers, sheriffs, wild cattle, wild horses and gun and game. Written by a native Texan from the experiences of over fifty years in the Lone Star state." ..... from the text. Six Guns 1615 says, "A little-known book containing some stories of Texas bad men. The author tells one incident about Billy the kid I have not seen elsewhere." Herd 1675 says… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright, tight copy in dust jacket with light professional internal restoration to head of spine. Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of the Galton fortune. Now his dying mother wants him found, and Lew Archer is on the case: is Anthony hiding somewhere, happy and eager not to be discovered? But what Archer finds - a headless skeleton, a clever con and a terrified blonde - reveals a game whose stakes are so high that someone is willing to kill.

New York: Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to his lawyer and longtime friend, "For Harris and Nancy [Seed] two of the best people I know. Affectionately, Ken, April 1959." Fine in dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, and with one small closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Lew Archer is hired by an elderly woman to find her son, Anthony Galton. Anthony disappeared twenty-three years before along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Archer's investigation turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Beautiful copy.

New York: Knopf, 1959., 1959. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, and with two tiny closed tears to top edge of rear panel. Lew Archer is hired by an elderly woman to find her son, Anthony Galton. Anthony disappeared twenty-three years before along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. All Archer's investigation turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Beautiful copy housed in a black, cloth slipcase with three red leather labels on spine with titles stamped in gold gilt.

Denver: H. H. Tammen Co., 1913., 1913. First edition. First edition. 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" original, oblong, pictorial beige wrappers, n. p. (28 pp.), 26 full page historic, color images of the progress made to rebuild Galveston since the devastating hurricane of 1900. Views in full color include the sea wall, causeway and wooden trestle with trains, promenade along sea wall, shipping scene, mosquito fleet landing, cotton cargoes, cotton bales, birds eye view of city park, Ball High School, Federal Building, Trinity Church, YMCA, Tremont Hotel, court house, Ursuline Convent, Monument of Daughters of the Confederacy, Hotel Galvez showing the residence section, beach scenes, bath houses. Galveston's first skyscraper, etc. Covers lightly soiled, light evidences of creases to the front and rear covers, a few interior photographs with tiny nicks and creases to the fore-edges and corners, else a very good copy of a scarce Texas booklet.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1958]., 1958. First edition. First edition. Author's fifth suspense novel. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf. Fine in dust jacket with one tiny closed tear to the bottom of the rear cover panel and lightly rubbed on the spine. A tale of murder and detection set in Mexico City, the story is reminiscent of Graham Greene's fictions and is considered by some to be one of her best novels. Ramon and Theodore are friends and both are Lelia's lovers. When Lelia is found murdered and mutilated, suspicion falls on both men. The real killer must be identified in order to prove their innocence.

London: Museum Press Limited, [1952]., 1952. First edition. First edition. Fine in internally reinforced dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. Robert Hilary was a successful politician who said he was being blackmailed by his secretary's fiance because of some supposed sexual advances. But is there more to the story?

London: Macmillan, 1997., 1997. First edition. First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. Harry Ludlow and his battle-weary crew head for the dangerous waters of rebellion, and a desperate undercover fight to safeguard the Realm.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., [1971]., 1971. First edition. First edition. Thick 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Two-tone cloth and decorated boards, red front and rear endpapers, xxi [blank], 696 pp., introduction, chapter end notes, epilogue, bibliography, index. "At the end of the War the U. S. forces captured the German State Archives. Buried and unopened in this overwhelming mass of documents was a metal footlocker containing on microfilm the secret records of the Abwehr organizations conducting these operations. Inscribed therein was every name - real and cover - of every agent, every mark spent, every report received, every order given."

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1967]., 1967. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Two very quiet men in the neighborhood had a habit of disappearing...turns out they both work for the External Branch of the Joint Services Standing Intelligence Committee. Eleven short stories that feature Mr. Behrens and Mr. Calder, two very quiet men who said about their work, "In this job there is neither right nor wrong. Only expediency."

[London]: headline, [1994]., 1994. First edition. First edition. Fien in dust jacket. Two seemingly unrelated deaths -- one in Ireland and one in Tokyo. The two murders are linked by one man --- Hugo Fitzduane, former soldier and battle-hardened war photographer.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991., 1991. First edition. First edition. Review copy. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Soldier and war photographer Hugo Fitzduane discovers a student from a nearby private school hanging from a tree. Unable to resist investigating why the son of a wealthy Swiss family committed suicide, Fitzduane uses contacts with police and security forces in Ireland and Switzerland to slowly peel away the multiple identities of a brilliant but sadistic corrupter and murderer. A suspenseful thriller!

N. P.: Privately printed, 1919., 1919. First edition. 8 1/2" x 3 7/8" red, white, and black printed wrappers, 16 pp. (including covers), no illustrations. Offers all types of garden seeds, field seeds, flower seed in bulk, insecticides, sprayers and sprayer accessories, canning machines and supplies, poultry foods and supplies, fertilizer, etc. Prices are provided for all entries. Lightly rubbed on the spine, else a near fine copy.