Search Results: Titles starting with G from RC Books

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of President James A. Garfield. Part of the publisher's "The Library of the Presidents" series. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" included. 716 indexed pages. Genuine leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All page edges gilt. Satin ribbon book mark. A scholarly, beautiful book in rich green leather.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979. 1st Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the jacket flap "once in a decade, perhaps less often, a novel so clearly breaks the mold of a particular genre that its appearance becomes a publishing event.... It becomes an unparalleled modern novel of the supernatural." 483 pages. Light shelf wear and mild soiling to boards. Light soiling and rubbing to edges of text block. Bottom corners bumped. Unclipped jacket, protected in a Brodart cover, has closed tears repaired with small pieces of tape. Tightly bound with no names or marks. SIGNED by Straub on title page.

Fanklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ted CoConis. Limited, true First Edition. Historical fiction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti. Two page chart of family relationships. Genuine maroon leather with gilt and orange-red designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 407 pages with full color illustrations. No names or marks. A stunningly handsome book.

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn from 1920 to 1965 in the Grabhorn Press and of Robert Grabhorn form 1966 to 1973 in the press of Grabhorn-Hoyem. Exhibition sponsored by the Grolier Club of New York. Andrew Hoyem, curator and Dr. Simran Thadani, associate curator. 76 pages with some illustrations. A fine copy celebrating two big names from the book publishing world.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author's scarce second novel and second mystery based on the railroad industry. Railroad Detective Andy MacVeigh and his wife Sue try solving the murder of a dancer in New York's Grand Central Terminal. From the dj flap: "The author was given the run of the Grand Central Terminal and the elaborate underground system by the New York Central Railroad." The front and rear endpapers consist of a map "Plan of Grand Central Terminal at Express Level." Salmon cloth with blue titles. Age-toning to paper. Bookstore stamp at top (barely visible) & bottom edges of text block, front & rear endpapers, and to one interior page, not affecting any text. A mild slant to the spine. Soiling to edges of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of half-title page. Boards lightly soiled. Tightly bound, corner tips very good, and text clean.… Read More

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1861. Attractive light brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van Mol. Light shelf-wear. 559 pages. A beautiful book.

Greenwich, Connecticut: Rock Point Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. A pictorial tour of Greenwich, Connecticut. SIGNED by the photographers Franco and Blum. 249 pages of charming, full-color photographs. Designed by Ken DeLago and edited by Christopher Franco. A sticker on front inside cover from Hoagland's of Greenwich. Dust jacket is partially price-clipped and has mild edgewear. A lovely book.