LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD (RICHARD THOMAS GALLIENNE)

Little Dinners with the Sphinx and Other Prose Fancies

New York, NY: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1907. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The spine and foredges of the book covers have noticeable toning / darkening. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have patches of toning. There is "War Service Library" bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Richard Le Gallienne (20 January 1866 – 15 September 1947) was an English author and poet. The American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 46085

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GANN, ERNEST K.

Brain 2000

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385143931. Publisher's review copy. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears and there is one small spot of chipping to the bottom spine end. There are several small spots of ground-in dirt. "After earning his pilot certificate, Gann spent much of his free time aloft, flying for pleasure. The continuing Great Depression soon cost him his job and he was unable to find another job in the movie business. In search of work, he decided to relocate his family to California. He took odd jobs and flight instructed at Burbank and nearby airports and began to write short stories. A friend got him a part-time job as a co-pilot with a local airline and it was there that he flew his first trips as a professional aviator. During the late 1930s many airlines were hiring as many pilots as they could find; after learning of these opportunities, Gann moved his family back to New York where he was hired by American Airlines to fly Douglas DC-2 and Douglas DC-3 aircraft. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 40036

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GASKIN, CATHERINE

Blake's Reach

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Crowther. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing, edge weawr and several small chips to the spine ends and corners. "She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955. It sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982. This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included A Falcon for a Queen (1972) and The Summer of the Spanish Woman (1977)." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 44816

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modern Fiction Catherine Gaskin Romance French Revolution

GASKIN, CATHERINE

Corporation Wife

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Marya Russell. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition, with some edge wear, rubbing, bumping and tiny nicks, especially to the spine ends. The rear panel of the dust jacket has a 1" semi-closed tear to the top edge. "She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955. It sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982. This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included A Falcon for a Queen (1972) and The Summer of the Spanish Woman (1977). Gaskin moved to Manhattan for ten years, after marrying a United States citizen. She then moved to the Virgin Islands, then in 1967 to Ireland, where she became an Irish citizen. She also lived on the Isle of Man. Her last novel was The Charmed Circle (1988). She then returned to Sydney, where she died in September 2009, aged 80, from ovarian cancer. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 44930

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction Catherine Gaskin Stepford Wives Relationships Corporations

GASKIN, CATHERINE

A Falcon for a Queen

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Paul Bacon. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one small semi-closed tear to the bottom front panel, and a tiny chip to the top rear panel, along with some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends of the dust jacket. "Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up. Her first novel This Other Eden, was written when she was 15 and published two years later. After her second novel, With Every Year, was published, she moved to London. Three best-sellers followed: Dust in Sunlight (1950) , All Else is Folly (1951) , and Daughter of the House (1952). She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955. It sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982. This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included A Falcon for a Queen (1972) and The Summer of the Spanish Woman (1977). [3] " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 45308

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

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GASKIN, CATHERINE

The File on Devlin

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. 3-ring binder. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, however, there is one small semi-closed tear to the bottom front panel, along with some spots of rubbing. "Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up. Her first novel This Other Eden, was written when she was 15 and published two years later. After her second novel, With Every Year, was published, she moved to London. Three best-sellers followed: Dust in Sunlight (1950) , All Else is Folly (1951) , and Daughter of the House (1952). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 47518

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Catherine Gaskin Suspense Counterespionage Espionage Thriller

GEORGE, NINA

The Little French Bistro

New York: Crown, 2017. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0451495586. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Nina George (30 August 1973) is a German writer, best known as the author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an international bestseller, that has been translated in more than 28 languages as of 2015, and sold in more than 500.000 copies. She has published 26 books (novels, mysteries and non-fiction) as well as over hundred short stories and more than 600 columns. George has worked as a cop reporter, columnist and managing editor for a wide range of publications, including Hamburger Abendblatt, Die Welt, Der Hamburger, as well as TV Movie and Federwelt. George writes also under three pen-names. She writes non-fiction about issues of love, sexuality and eroticism, under the pseudonym Anne West. Under her married name Nina Kramer she wrote a thriller in 2008. She also wrote detective novels with her husband and co-writer Jo Kramer, their pseudonym being Jean Bagnol. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41810

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GEORGE, MARGARET

Mary, Called Magdalene

New York: Viking Adult, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670030961. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally crisp and clean, but has some light bumping to the bottom edges of the dust jacket. "Her other books show the same key characteristics: careful research almost qualifying for non-fiction standards, enough length to give perspective to the subject's life, and colorful imagery. She says she aims to be on paper what David Lean's films are in visual terms: elegant, detailed, and panoramic. Mary, Called Magdalene (2002) was published a year before Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and was based on the historic facts as far as we know them. Both books struck a chord with a public eager to know more about the enigmatic Mary of Magdala, a close companion of Jesus. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41687

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GERRY, MARGARITA SPALDING

The Toy Shop a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket and the accompanying box. The front cover has a rectangular pictorial pastedown illustration, that has edge wear, rubbing and some beginning nicks. The bottom front corner of the book cover have noticeable rubbing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light scratching to the rear cover of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page which features an illustration of Abraham Lincoln. ""I started to write stories because I realized that they were marketable products for which I could receive money", Gerry explained to an interviewer in 1917. Novels by Margarita Spalding Gerry include The Toy Shop (1908) , The Masks of Love (1914) , The Sound of Water (1914) , Philippa's Fortune (1921) , Philippa at the Chateau (1922) , and Philippa's Experiments (1923). Her serialized The Flowers appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1908, with illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green. Similarly, Gerry's As Caesar's Wife appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1911, with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, before being published as a volume in 1912. Most of her short stories appeared between 1905 and 1925, in Harper's, though some were instead published in Scribner's and The Smart Set. A collection of her early short stories, Heart and Chart, was published in 1911. Gerry also wrote a non-fiction work, Through Five Administrations: Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body Guard to President Lincoln (1910)." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42815

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GHOSE, ZULFIKAR

Figures of Enchantment

New York: Harpercollins, 1986. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060155752. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has fading to the spine and spine ends / edges and both dust jacket flaps have toning. "Ghose’s first novel, The Contradictions (1966) , explores differences between Western and Eastern attitudes and ways of life. In The Murder of Aziz Khan (1967) a small farmer tries to save his traditional land from greedy developers. The trilogy The Incredible Brazilian—comprising The Native (1972) , The Beautiful Empire (1975) , and A Different World (1978) —presents the picaresque adventures, often violent or sexually perverse, of a man who goes through several reincarnations. Ghose’s other novels include Crump’s Terms (1975) , Hulme’s Investigations into the Bogart Script (1981) , A New History of Torments (1982) , Don Bueno (1983) , Figures of Enchantment (1986) , The Triple Mirror of the Self (1992) , and Shakespeare’s Mortal Knowledge: A Reading of the Tragedies (1993)." (from Britannica). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41421

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GHOSE, ZULFIKAR

The Incredible Brazilian

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Books, 1983. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879512008. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but has some light fading to the spine. "In the 1970s, Ghose gained international repute with his trilogy The Incredible Brazilian, which American writer Thomas Berger called "a picaresque prose epic of Brazilian history." [citation needed] American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux called the work "a considerable feat of imagination." [citation needed]Ghose has written many poems as well as prosaics , fictional and non-fictional works. His books of poetry include The Violent West, A Memory of Asia and Selected Poems. He has written short stories, novels and five books of literary criticism. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 41423

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GIBSON, EDWARD

Reach a Novel

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385261500. Illustrated by Michael Carroll. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, but has one tiny tear to the top spine end, along with some beginning bumping. This is the author's first book. "Gibson was the science pilot of Skylab 4. The third and final crewed visit to the Skylab space station, it launched November 16, 1973, and concluded February 8, 1974. This was the longest crewed flight (84 days 1 hour 15 minutes) in the history of crewed space exploration at that time. Gibson was accompanied on the record-setting 34.5-million-mile flight by Commander Gerald P. Carr and Pilot William R. Pogue. They successfully completed 56 experiments, 26 science demonstrations, 15 subsystem detailed objectives, and 13 student investigations during their 1,214 revolutions of the Earth. They also acquired a wide variety of Earth resources observations data using Skylab's Earth resources experiment package camera and sensor array. Dr. Gibson was the crewman primarily responsible for the 338 hours of Apollo Telescope Mount operation, which made extensive observations of solar processes. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45588

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GIBSON, MILES

The Sandman

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434291307. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Upon leaving school he migrated to London and worked in advertising as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson after winning a place in their Ten Most Ingenious Undergraduate Writers in Britain Today competition, despite lacking the primary qualification - a university education. Gibson later flirted with Fleet Street as a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph Magazine under the editorship of the renowned John Anstey. He was the Telegraph's runner-up Young Writer of the Year 1969. Gibson has written fiction and science fiction, drama for BBC Radio 4, including 'The Church of the Cosmic Church' set in 16th century Italy, and starring Leslie Phillips and Hugh Dennis. His essays, poetry and short stories have appeared in various newspapers, journals and anthologies, including Echoes, Twenty-five years of the Telegraph Magazine, first published by WH Allen in 1989. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39246

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GILMAN, LASELLE

The Red Gate

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1952. 1st Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book Number H-9 in the Ballantine Books series. This book is an early Bantam Books Hardback editions (published simultaneously with the paperback editions). A Very Good+ copy of the book in a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and wrinkles. There is one one + inch long mostly closed tear to the top front edge of the dust jacket. "LaSelle Gilman started out his writing career at the Daily Nebraskan, where he penned a ditty titled “Four of the reasons why the author is going to leave the Middle West after graduation. ” The reasons correspond to the four seasons. Spring features “eternal drizzling rain, ” Summer “blaring, blinding heat” and Winter “icy winds that blow/without redeeming snow. ” Autumn repeats the Spring verse." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 45938

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

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GLASGOW, ELLEN

Vein of Iron

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1946. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condtiion and ws issued thus without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light edge wear and rubbing, along with the beginning of a curl to the top front corner. The laminate on the book cover has started pulling at the edges. The text pages are clean and bright, though with generalized light toning.. Very Good .

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Book number: 46683

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First E

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Ellen Glasgow Virginia Women Generational Fiction