Douglas George Introduction (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Thus. Clean and crisp, with no signs of prior use or wear. There is a tiny crease to the top front corner. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 7.9 X 4.9 X 1.0 inches; 301 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good+. Remainder mark on bottom edge, light rubbing to cover. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing - First Thus. 248 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The collection contains: Introduction by Edward L. Greenspan; The Defence Rests - the Latta Case by Frank Jones; Before the Eyes of America - Wilbert Coffin by Guy Gavriel Kay; Hypnosis - John Horvath by Barbara Betcherman; By Persons Unknown - Christine Demeter by Guy Gavriel Kay and Ian Malcolm; How Could You, Mrs Dick - Evelyn Dick by Douglas Rodger; The Fruit of the Poisoned Tree - John Wray by Michael Tait; and An Honest Belief - George Pappajohn by George Jonas. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Here is "The House With the Green Shutters" by George Douglas, originally issued in 1901. This edition, published by Collins Clear Type Press, circa 1940 is a handsome cloth-bound hardcover, complete with dust-jacket issued in their Library of Classics, and has an Introduction by R. W. Drawbell. George Douglas Brown was a Scotsman, born in Ochiltree, Ayreshire in 1869. He decided to write the novel using only his first and middle name. This was his only novel, but it was very popular at the time of it first publication. This Scottish realist novel is a somewhat difficult work to tackle, using as it does the curiosities of the local language and a fairly dense prose. But it is well worth the reading. The novel paints a grim picture of economic warfare played out by the local Scottish businessmen against each other. At the center is the market town of Barbie and the Gourlay family, ruled over by John Gourlay. As depicted by George Douglas , Gourlay is a bitter, driven man, seemingly at war with the world, and especially jealous of any perception on his part that his neighbors might be outpacing him in the acquisition of economic success. Drawbell says, in his introduction : "The strength of the characterisation is that you accept Gourlay. You know him to be true. You never doubt his tempers or his tantrums. He is gloriously alive. And for all his faults you never doubt his manhood. He may be gross, he may be brutal, but he is definitely a man. And in the company of the 'bodies' of Barbie, a man among mongrels." SERIES : Library of Classics TITLE : The House With the Green Shutters AUTHOR : George Douglas (George Douglas Brown, 1869 - 1902) INTRODUCTION : R. W. Drawbell IMPRINT : Collins Clear Type Press PLACE : London and Glasgow DATE : No date [but circa 1940] STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Small hardcover, 4" x 6", carmine colored cloth-covered board, with gilt lettering on spine; publisher's device is blind-stamped on front cover; contains an Introduction and a frontispiece illustration; gray end-papers illustrated with white line drawings of mer-people blowing horns; top text-block edge dyed pale brown; red dust-jacket with white decorative touches and black lettering. Generic decoration displays Collins device of a fountain. on the front panel; 317 pages. CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- Compression to the spine extremities, most noticeable at the foot of the spine; fading to foot of spine, and slightly to head of spine; corner tips of covers are softly bumped (just slightly so); over all clean with but near-negligible signs of wear. Strong color. Top text-block is rubbed and somewhat faded; fore-edge and bottom edges are somewhat rubbed, else clean. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. DUST-JACKET -- Spine extremities are slightly tatty (Small surface loss, minute tears and a bit of loss); spine panel surface is rubbed; else jacket displays modest rub, but is basically clean and presentable.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Modern Library Edition. Xii, 314 Pp. Brown Leatherette, Gilt. First Modern Library Edition Stated. Light Rubbing, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant, Usual Aging To Pages And Endpapers.Posibly The Least Successful Publication Of Modern Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 210pp, plate frontispiece plus six further plate illustrations, 7 street plans and sketch plans of routes on endpapers. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations on spine, map endpapers. 12mo. Boards a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips, rubbed around spine, staining and wear to boards. Some tanning and light foxing on text block edges, underlining to endpapers. A narrative description of the Scotland of Sir Walter Scott's novels, covering Scott Country from every angle, with recommended routes to explore.…

Hardback. No Dustjacket. Some light edgewear, and an old library number in faded white ink on the spine. However, there are no other library markings to the book. Previous owners name on front free endpaper and pastedown, otherwise a sound reading copy in Good Condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Issued by the Royal Automobile Club. 210pp, plate frontispiece plus 6 further plate illustrations, 7 street plans and sketch plans of routes on endpapers. In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations on spine (boards a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips, rubbed around spine, some flecking on text block edges, hint of toning to endpapers, front free endpaper has small smudge mark near upper corner (not affecting illustrations). Describes the Scotland of Sir Walter Scott's novels, dealing with Scott Country from every angle, with recommended routes to explore.…

Hardcover. Limited edition, 394/1400. Octavo, 71 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with hand-written title. Dust jacket is white without print. toning to spine, peripheral toning, edge wear, smudging/shelf wear. Boards in cream cloth with gilt illustration. Text block has penciled inscription on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w drawings ("All of the illustrations in this book are believed to have been drawn by the author"- colophon.) NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376279. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Spine peeling, back hinge, pencil notes in margins. Binding is Hardbound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Issued by The Royal Automobile Club 12mo; 19 cm.;7.5 inches tall; 209 pages illustrations, maps 19 cm. Not particularly common with 22 copies in universities worldwide. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with sun-fading on the spine. First Edition, First Printing. [1931]. A well-planned and delivered travel guide book with easy to read maps of day-trips that would be possible with details of places of interest. REF: OCLC: 1487634.…

Hardcover. Camelot Series. Very Good, bound in full blue cloth with paper label at spine. Owner name and date to front end page, foxing. Sparse pencil margins to text. 8vo, 7" x 5".

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 01 edition. 112 pages. 10.70x10.70x0.80 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Hardcover. Quarto. 136pp. INSCRIBED in 1985 by DUNCAN, " For Jane and Paul." Profusely illustrated from George Forss' photographs of New York City. Design, production and text by David Douglas Duncan. Red cloth stamped in gold. Lacking dust jacket. "To those who rushed past Mr. Forss on Midtown Manhattan sidewalks, he was just another street peddler. But that all changed in 1980, when the renowned photojournalist David Douglas Duncan encountered him near Grand Central Terminal and was riveted by his work. A former staff photographer for Life magazine, Mr. Duncan decided to use his influence to promote Mr. Forss. Mr. Duncan published a photography book, "New York/New York: Masterworks of a Street Peddler," through McGraw-Hill in 1984, and it made Mr. Forss a sensation."-nyt.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, bound in burgundy cloth lettered dulled gilt to spine, edges rough-trimmed, stain to the edges of the boards where they join the backstrip, not penetrating & else a very good tightly bound copy, limited to 100 copies, this example inscribed by John A Fairley to his son, b&w frontis plate, 59pp. Signed by the editor(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Near Fine Book in Very Good Dust Jacket. Crease to inside flap of Dust Jacket. A little wrinkling to DJ at top left of front cover. See photos. George Morrow (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The House With The Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown with an Introduction by George Blake. New York: The Modern Library, 1927. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION APRIL1927 stated on the copyright page. According to Toledano this is a leatherette spine type 4 with Bernhard endpapers. The book is NEAR FINE - gilt on cover and spine nice and bright, boards are extremely bright. No writing or marks in the book other than a neat owners inscription on ffe. Contents are clean and bright! GORGEOUS! The rare dust jacket is in VERY GOOD- condition with chipping at top and bottom spine and price clipped otherwise fairly bright and beautiful. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND FIRST EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The House With The Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown with an Introduction by George Blake. New York: The Modern Library, 1927. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION APRIL1927 stated on the copyright page. According to Toledano this is a leatherette spine type 4 with Bernhard endpapers. The book is NEAR FINE - gilt on cover and spine nice and bright, boards are extremely bright. No writing or marks in the book other than a neat owners inscription on ffe. Contents are clean and bright! GORGEOUS! The rare dust jacket is in NEAR FINE- condition with chipping at extremities otherwise very bright and beautiful. 95 cent price present and nice on inside flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND FIRST EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. Stated at copyright: "First Published in 1939". Features a new foreword for this edition by W. Risdon from The Hume Books Trust. Rare volume from the author, E. Douglas Hume, writer of "Bechamp or Pasteur" which was a divergence in 1925 from Hume's less weighty earlier works. Rave reviews adjacent to title page for Bechamp or Pasteur, and Hume's other volumes, The Globular Jottings of Griselda, and, The Multiplicities of Una. Blue cloth boards, black spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages very good, some toning to endpapers; no writing. Moderate fox to exterior text block. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare original wrapper, moderate shelf wear, some rub, fox, discoloration; unclipped 16/- net, protected in new clear sleeve. Features a detailed 11-page index of all the names, places, and events referred to throughout. Near very good first edition in near good complete wrapper of this thoughtful provoking collection. From title page: "He is great who succeeds in changing my state of mind." - Emerson. Each chapter begins with a unique quotation of historical acclaim from an individual who saw truth for themselves. Presented here is a book about unusual people. The author has named them "The Mind-Changers," because they belong to the group of thinkers and workers whose influence has been potent in altering and moulding opinion. A volume about extraordinary thinkers for extraordinay thinkers. Those whose minds move to a stereo-typed groove may find it provokingly controversial. There is no use for blind acceptance of the hasty verdicts from history or "experts". E. Douglas Hume sheds new light on many of the so-called heroes of popular prejudice or pre-judgment. Readers will add much of interest and incalculable value to their knowledge and may just change their minds on innumerable subjects that are supposedly settled. Contents: "I. The Good Old Days; II. Under the Low Bridge of St. Stephen's; III. The Poet's Corner; IV. The Star in the East; V. Pioneers of Progress; VI. The Wisdom of the Wild; VII. A Galaxy of Workers; VIII. The Ambassadress and the Apothecary; IX. The Voice of the People; X. A Victorian Pioneer; XI. The Outcome of a Tea-Party; XII. The Parson's Wife; XIII. Hell in Paris; XIV. The New Gospel of Interpretation; XV. The Burden and Heat of the Day; XVI. The Vengeance of Louis Pasteur; XVII. Champions of Animals; XVIII. The Gay 'Nineties; XIX. The Challenge of Battersea; XX. The Shadow of the Inferno; XXI. Storm and Stress; XXII. Purely Personal; XXIII. On the War Path; XXIV. Medical Martyrs; XXV. All Roads Lead to Rome; XXVI. The Dogs of War; XXVII. The Fate of the Horse; XXVIII. For Benefit of Beeves; XXIX. On Wings of Song; XXX. 'A Hunting We Will Go!; XXXI. The Isle Full of Noises; XXXII. The Dark Places of the Earth; XXXIII. The Temple of the Cross; XXXIV. The Privilege of the Galllows." Made and Printed in Great Britain by The Garden City Press, Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire. 341 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Published in 1939". Rare volume from the author, E. Douglas Hume, writer of "Bechamp or Pasteur" which was a divergence in 1925 from Hume's less weighty earlier works. Rave reviews adjacent to title page for Bechamp or Pasteur, and Hume's other volumes, The Globular Jottings of Griselda, and, The Multiplicities of Una. Ruddy orange cloth boards, black spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages very good, moderate discoloration to few; no writing. Light yellow endpapers. Moderate odor. Bind good; hinges intact. Rare original wrapper, moderate shelf wear, few small areas of discoloration; unclipped 8/6 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Features a detailed 11-page index of all the names, places, and events referred to throughout. Near very good first edition in same wrapper of this thoughtful provoking collection. From title page: "He is great who succeeds in changing my state of mind." - Emerson. Each chapter begins with a unique quotation of historical acclaim from an individual who saw truth for themselves. Presented here is a book about unusual people. The author has named them "The Mind-Changers," because they belong to the group of thinkers and workers whose influence has been potent in altering and moulding opinion. A volume about extraordinary thinkers for extraordinay thinkers. Those whose minds move to a stereo-typed groove may find it provokingly controversial. There is no use for blind acceptance of the hasty verdicts from history or "experts". E. Douglas Hume sheds new light on many of the so-called heroes of popular prejudice or pre-judgment. Readers will add much of interest and incalculable value to their knowledge and may just change their minds on innumerable subjects that are supposedly settled. Contents: "I. The Good Old Days; II. Under the Low Bridge of St. Stephen's; III. The Poet's Corner; IV. The Star in the East; V. Pioneers of Progress; VI. The Wisdom of the Wild; VII. A Galaxy of Workers; VIII. The Ambassadress and the Apothecary; IX. The Voice of the People; X. A Victorian Pioneer; XI. The Outcome of a Tea-Party; XII. The Parson's Wife; XIII. Hell in Paris; XIV. The New Gospel of Interpretation; XV. The Burden and Heat of the Day; XVI. The Vengeance of Louis Pasteur; XVII. Champions of Animals; XVIII. The Gay 'Nineties; XIX. The Challenge of Battersea; XX. The Shadow of the Inferno; XXI. Storm and Stress; XXII. Purely Personal; XXIII. On the War Path; XXIV. Medical Martyrs; XXV. All Roads Lead to Rome; XXVI. The Dogs of War; XXVII. The Fate of the Horse; XXVIII. For Benefit of Beeves; XXIX. On Wings of Song; XXX. 'A Hunting We Will Go!; XXXI. The Isle Full of Noises; XXXII. The Dark Places of the Earth; XXXIII. The Temple of the Cross; XXXIV. The Privilege of the Galllows." Set and printed in Great Britain by William Brendon & Son, Ltd., at the Mayflower Press, Plymouth, in Baskerville type, on a toned antique-wove paper made by John Dickinson and bound by James Burn. 341 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.…