Gordon Grant Illus (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover, no dj. 188 pgs. Moderate soiling to boards, gift inscription on half title page, address label on ffep, some corner/edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. WILDCAT, William Heyliger, illustrations by Gordon Grant, hardcover, 1st edition, 2nd printing [number 2 printed on final page per Appleton-Century custom], 1937. BOOK CONDITION: poor, but still readable ex-public library book. The text block is in fair condition with no dog-ears, but a few tears and various pages are smudged and have spots on them. The pages are age-toned as are the endpapers. There is no bookplate, but the Houston Public Library created their own pastedown and first free endpages, which are smudged and spotted. The library pocket has been removed. A number is stamped on the title page and the Houston Library embossed that page, too. Despite the heavy library usage, the binding is still good. The brick-red cloth boards are in poor condition (spots, discolored areas, bumped corners, bumped spine, darkened spine, tear at top of spine). 7 ½ x 5 ¼, 286 pages, 15 ounces XX [From article on geologists in fiction, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1961] In William Heyliger's novel WILDCAT … the details of prospecting and drilling are beautifully drawn [and] the heroes are two resourceful young geophysicists who put all their savings on a flyer and strike oil. [About the author, from article in Horatio Alger Society's Newsboy, March-April 2002] William Heyliger (1884-1955) was a polished wordsmith whose writing career spanned five decades. Heyliger was born March 22, 1884, in Hoboken, N.J., beating Hoboken's most famous son, Frank Sinatra, into the world by 31 years. His childhood education was typical for the time: public grade schools and later, the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Academy, all located in Hoboken. Like many authors of books for young people both before and after, Heyliger became a newspaper reporter, working for some two decades for several papers, including the New York Globe, the Hudson Observer and the Jersey Journal. At age 22, on June 12, in 1906, he married the former Catherine C. McDermott, and they had eight children. Heyliger wrote: "A regiment of suns have crossed the sky since I sold my first boys' story thirty-three years ago. They have been crowded years, busy and happy, and during that space I have camped with boys, met them face to face in high school auditoriums in ten states, and written for them continuously. The volume of my work that has gone between cloth covers may seem unduly large; and yet it represents but little more than one book a year. Some of these books I should like to forget; some of them are good. All of them represent the best I could do at the time they were written. I have never come down to the writing of pot-boilers. If I have a philosophy of writing it is this: there is no such thing as writing down to a boy; a man is fortunate indeed if he can write up to him. For he represents an audience more emotionally responsive than any other audience in the world. I have tried, to the limits of my particular craft, to be a romantic realist. I am never particularly interested in what my characters do; I am always interested in why they do it. My stories do not move in the sense of physical action; they do move thru the medium of psychological action. I try to reach the boys' emotions.". Grant, Gordon [illus.] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 414 pages; B&W photographs throughout the book. Some color illustrations. Tear on the foot of the spine has exposed the binding underneath. The prelims before the title page were torn off. Some faint discoloration spots on the covers and spine. Light yellowing on pages. No markings. Fair to Good condition.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st thus. VG book, GOOD D/J. Alexander Laing Foreword & Afterword. Tight. Book's spine heel worn, cover edges soiled, eps lightly soiled. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart. Worn, soiled DJ, huge chip in rear. Illus by Gordon Grant (illustrator).…

Octavo hardcover (G+) all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated cloth, top edge gilt; pp. 121, plus 6 plates. VG+; boards lightly rubbed, a few unopened pages. A charming little item.

Octavo softcover (Near FINE): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Illus. By Gordon Grant (illustrator).

x, 383 [5, ads] pp. With Ninety-Eight Illustrations by Gordon Browne. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth initialed M. First American edition. Name and date heavily effaced from the front free endpaper with black felt-tip pen which has bled through to the verso; otherwise a sharp unworn copy. The last chapter was written by Arthur Conan Doyle after Allen's death.…

With Illustrations by Gordon Grant. Folio, publisher's white buckram with inset printed paper label, in dust jacket. First edition; No. 395 of 1200 (+ 100 copies for the press). Top edge of cloth slightly tanned; otherwise very nice in a jacket with some sunning and slight dust-soiling; slight use at edges. Publisher's small broadside quoting critics on Wilbert Snow laid in.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 412 pages; Over 600 illustrations. Mostly B&W illustrations. Some color illustrations and maps. Light fading on spine. Light shelf wear on cover edges and on spine's extremities. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering on red panels on spine and cover, gilt compass medallion on cover, top edge red, red and black title page. Illustrated with duotone engraved portrait frontispiece by W. H. Lizars and duotone engravings by Gordon Grant at the head of each chapter. Includes Foreword and Afterword by Alexander Laing. NB. John Nicol (1755-1825) was a Scottish sailor who in 1789 sailed on Lady Juliana, a ship that transported convict women to Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia. His autobiography, published in 1822, offers a rare first-hand account of the life of an ordinary Georgian sailor. . Spine and covers lightly soiled, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is missing its spine and is chipped and worn. VERY GOOD/POOR. . Duotone engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. vii, 214 pp. Illustrated by Gordon Grant; W.H. Lizars (illustrator).…

47 pp. Frontispiece and text illustrations throughout by Gordon Grant, primarily of lighthouses in the northeast. Obling 12mo, publisher's cloth-backed boards, illustrated front and rear. First edition. Boards rubbed in places; tight and sound; contents fine.

14 volumes. With Illustrations by Gordon Grant. 8vo, publisher's art vellum-backed boards in flexible cloth wrappers gilt-lettered on the spines; t.e.g. Memorial Edition; Edition De Luxe; No. 551 of 1075 copies. A very attractive set with some minor fraying to the edges of the cloth wrappers. Additional postage applicable for this multiple volume set. …