Search Results: Titles starting with G from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

New York: Macmillan, 1905. Good/Good. The Game, Jack London, Macmillan, New York, 1905, 5 3/8 x 7.75 inches, 182 pp. Rare first edition in original unrestored dust jacket, housed in custom cloth chemise and full morocco slipcase. Dust jacket bears light edge wear; some small chips to head and foot of spine, corners; 3/4 inch closed tear to front top edge, and 1 1/2 inch closed tear to fold of rear flap; crease to back panel; spine lightly sun faded; overall good condition. Pictorial green cloth boards; colors remarkably bright; corners and top and bottom edge lightly rubbed; one corner slightly bumped; deckled bottom and fore-edge, gilt top edge; pictorial endpapers; front hinge cracked, mull fabric visible, but board still tightly attached; else interior clean, unmarked; collated, all color plates present including frontispiece. Good condition. Though best known for his tales of rugged wilderness adventures such as "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang", Jack London was also a boxing aficionado,… Read More

National Screen Service Corp, 1962. Geronimo Movie Poster--United Artists Corporation and National Screen Service Corporation, 1962. One-sheet movie poster 27 x 41 inches. Full color poster with previous folds. Light edge wear. Fine Condition. One-sheet movie poster for the 1962 United Artists film, "Geronimo" starring Chuck Conners and Kamala Devi. As typical of Hollywood, they cast non-Native Americans to play Native American roles. In this case, British and Indian (Asia) actor Kamala Devi was cast as Teela and Chuck Connors as Geronimo. Devi and Connors married (in real life) a year later. Poster in unusually good condition with studio markings on verso.

Very Good Condition/None. Glacier National Park and the New Logan Pass Detour, Great Northern Railroad, circa 1934. Green-toned photographic staple-bound wrappers with 28 unnumbered pages. 8 x 9 inches. Previous owners name in pencil on front wrapper. 1/2-inch tear to base of back wrapper. Clean interior. Most common to find these booklets with a vertical fold--this one has never been folded. Very Good Condition. Pamphlet filled with tour suggestions, horse trips, camping tips, auto tour suggestions and lodging ideas. Buried within the booklet is the announcement of the completion of the "Logan Pass Detour", now known as the "Going to the Sun Highway" one of the more beautiful and dramatic roads in any national park. This highway opened in 1933 and dates this pamphlet to sometime after the opening of the road. "Starting at Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, riders would go to and spend nights at Many Glacier, Granite Chalet, Lake McDonald, Sperry Chalet, and then back to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets. This… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John S. Dye, 1888. Very Good. Government Counterfeit Detector Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, John S. Dye, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1888, 5 x 9 inches, 64 pp. Staple-bound booklet; wrappers slightly toned and chipped to edges; spine moderately chipped, exposing signatures; interior pages clean, unmarked, very slightly toned; overall very good condition. Rare issue of John S. Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector; no copies of 1888 issues found in OCLC or commerce as of January 2024. Dye first published a counterfeit detector in Cincinnati in 1850, and later published several more counterfeit detectors, a bank note reporter, and a book on notorious counterfeiters of the day. After his death in 1881, associates of Dye's, including Edward S. Wheeler, completed a coin encyclopedia he had nearly finished; Wheeler, and after his death, Frederick A. Lester, continued to publish a counterfeit detector bearing his name until 1910. As Wheeler died in 1883, this 1888 issue would have… Read More

1939. Graeme and Sarah Lorimer Autograph and Typed Letters, Signed to Contributor Virginia Leach For Contributions to Maude's Diary in Saturday Evening Post 1933-1939. Collection of 10 letters on a variety of letterheads and sizes. Very Good Condition. According to Wikipedia, "Maude (Maudie) Mason was the protagonist, and narrator, of the "Maudie stories" and "Maudie books" written by American authors Graeme and Sarah Lorimer in the 1930s and '40s, and of the radio show "Maudie's Diary", which aired in 1941-42. The stories, which featured romantic schemes, contemporary slang, and witty banter, revolved around the adventures, tribulations, loves, and losses of an American teenage girl." The Lorimers wrote at least 36 short stories featuring "Maudie" which were published in either the Ladies' Home Journal or Saturday Evening Post, with Graeme devising plots, and Sarah writing dialogue. According to an interview published in 1941, whenever the Lorimers ran low on their own witty banter, they offered… Read More

Great Castles and Cathedrals of Europe--239 Photographs Collection of primarily albumen photos with an estimated 75% unmounted. Sizes range from 4 x 6 inch to 8 x 10 inch, with most on the larger spectrum. As with any gathering of this size, condition will vary but overall, most are very good to fine. Several mounted images show light institution stamp to front. Most either are identified on the negative or annotated on verso. Photos generally show strong contrast and decent exposure. Several faded. Some photographers are identified. All photos sleeved. Multiple small photos in single sleeves. Huge collection of the great cathedrals, castles and building of Europe. Countries represented include Italy, Germany, France, and England. Several scenic views included. Take a virtual trip to Wien, Innsbruck, Perugia, Pratto, Rome, Paris and York to name a few locales. Extra shipping due to weight. Currently in a three-ring binder. Your choice whether you want the binder or not.

Fair/None. Great Salt Lake City and Views in Utah, Nelson's Pictorial Guidebooks, T. Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, and New York, circa 1870's, 31pp. plus 12 illustrations from photos, 4 x 6 5/8 inches. Boards are mottled and rubbed. The two-page bird's eye view is complete but has archival repair and top edge has lost portions of the image. Booklet has slant. Fair Condition. An uncommon viewbook for Salt Lake City with higher quality color illustrations from photographs than normally seen in these viewbooks. Images with gum arabic which helps make them pop! Photos credited to Charles Savage. Savage and Ottinger were partners in a Salt Lake City photo studio and are listed as co-publishers. Their firm was dissolved in 1870. Includes the bird's eye view of Salt Lake, Bear River Bridge, Echo Canon, Mormon Tabernacle, City Hall and 6 more views. The bird's eye panoramic view is counted as two images. This image often is missing from this publication.