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From the Top of the Stairs


Finletter, Gretchen

Boston, Little Brown , rep, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, The daughter of Walter Damrosch tells of her early encounters and conflicts with pianos, performers, politics and parties. 252 pgs. dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 300084


Price: $15.00 

 

Full Cup, A: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup


D'Antonio, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books/Penguin, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt titles and decoration on spine and front cover board. Clean pages/edges. Binding tight. In great shape. "Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement."

Record # 31560


Price: $19.00 

 

Full History of the Wonderful Career of Moody and Sankey, in Great Britain and America, A


Goodspeed, Rev. E. J.

Hardcover. New York, Henry S. Goodspeed & Company, 1st, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 617 pages. Hardcover. Gilt edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper in purple ink. Frontis and 12 black & white illustrations. Brown cloth covers with titles, decoration in black and gilt. Light rubbing to cover edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612232


Price: $31.00 

 

Full of Life - A Biography of John Fante


Cooper, Stephen

Hardcover. NY, North Point Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 406 pages.

Record # 64040


Price: $38.00 

 

Fun While It Lasted


Conrad, Barnaby

NY, Random House, 1st , 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 392 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, frayed at top of spine.

Record # 66560


Price: $19.00 

 

Fun While It Lasted


Conrad, Barnaby

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st , 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. by the author

Record # 56346


Price: $20.00 

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Portage, A (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)Gummer, W.K.
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Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Portage, A (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Gummer, W.K.

Softcover. Ontario, Canada, W.K. Gummer, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Rare. In good shape, just a bit of foxing to endpapers and slight yellowing of covers. Author tells about his adventures over sixty years with friends and family on the open waters in Canada.

Record # 30634


Price: $38.00 

 

Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him


Henry, David

Hardcover. US, Algonquin Books, 3rd printing, 2013-11-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464667


Price: $13.00 

 

G. P. A. Healy, American Artist: An Intimate Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century


De Mare, Marie

Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, Inc, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. 32 b&w plates. Biography of the man known as the "Painter of the Presidents". Green cloth. Red pictorial dust jacket, edge wear, some small tears and chipping, in protective mylar cover. A nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 605495


Price: $29.00 

 

G. P. A. Healy, American Artist: An Intimate Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century


De Mare, Marie

Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, Inc, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. 32 b&w plates. Biography of the man known as the "Painter of the Presidents". Green cloth. Red pictorial dust jacket, edge wear, some small tears and chipping to front cover. A nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 605494


Price: $29.00 

 

Gaboralia


Turtu, Anthony/Donald F. Reuter

Softcover. New York, Three Rivers Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, Tight copy.

Record # 608438


Price: $12.00 

 

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War


Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 589 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block. Tight copy. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 2233458


Price: $23.00 

 

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War


Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 589 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block. Tight copy. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 2233457


Price: $23.00 

 

Gal - A True Life


Bolton, Ruthie

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 275 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 54827


Price: $18.00 

 

Galilean, The: A LIfe of Jesus


de Pina, Albert, Stewart P. MacLennan

Hardcover. Hollywood, Murray & Gee, Inc., 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 244 pages. Dust jacket edge wear and crease, price clipped, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853403


Price: $12.00 

 

Gallant Hood, The


Dyer, John P.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A biography of Confederate General John B. Hood. 383 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Rear hinge cracked, front hinge weak. Light wear, soil to red cloth covers.

Record # 601354


Price: $24.00 

 

Gallery of Dudes, A


Sprague, Marshall

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 296 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Black & white photography and illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped. Edgewear, rubbing, soiling, chipping to dust jacket. Brodart cover.

Record # 500857


Price: $30.00 

 

Gallstones and Ghosts - The Casebook of a Country Doctor


Bagster, Hubert

New York , Simon and Shuster, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages. Dust jacket has fading, edgewear.

Record # 176661


Price: $15.00 

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town FatherStorrs, W. Lee

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father


Storrs, W. Lee

Hardcover. Forest Dale, Vt., Paul S. Eriksson, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469620


Price: $13.00 

 

Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration


Uglow, Jenny

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471179


Price: $25.00 

 

Gamekeeper At Home, The - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life


Jefferies, Richard

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 3rd, 1878, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Pages 37 and 65 partially loose from binding at gutter. Foxing to pages. Spine and front green cloth cover with stamped gilt design and lettering. Fraying top top spine. Faded and rubbing with some rippling to rear boards.

Record # 502415


Price: $40.00 

 

Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence


Erikson, Erik H.

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 474 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear and crease, price clipped, otherwise, unmarked and tight copy.

Record # 854561


Price: $30.00 

 

Gandhi, Soldier of Nonviolence: an Introduction


Kytle, Calvin

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Seven Locks Press, reprint, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 203 pages. Inscribed by author on front fly leaf. Foxing to edges. Crease on front flap of dust jacket. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front of dust jacket. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855717


Price: $25.00 

 

Garbo - Her Story


Gronowicz, Antoni

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 7570


Price: $15.00 


  
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