George's Books & Autographs (Over 1,100 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY SEWARD TO SCHOOLCRAFT AND A LARGE FOLD OUT MAP OF THE N.Y. SENATE THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT THE FRONT AND REAR BOARDS ARE SEPARATED BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1694439167685

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION AND FIRST MENTION OF CHARLEY CHAN. SIGNED, DATED, PLACE BY EARL DERR BIGGERS. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1690894037867

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1852 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SCHOOL, PRESIDENT JAMES GUTHRIE AND SECRETARY W.T.VERNON UP TO 1869, LARGE VELLUM DOCUMENT OF DR. JOHANUS T. GREEN IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION, DEGREE IN LATIN, SIGHNED BY APPROXIMATELY 10 PROFESSORS SMF HEY,OUT THERE!, IS ANYONE RELATED TO DR. JOHANUS T. GREEN. YOUR ANCESTER IS DYING FOR YOU TO BUY THIS ITEM FOR A BARGAN PRICE OF $5,000.00. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1675524241074

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY CHARLES NORTON BOLD SIGNATURE BY RUDYARD KIPLING UNDER HIS PRINTED NAME WHICH IS LINED OUT WITH INK PEN AND BOLDLY SIGNED BY KIPLING. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1672582435633

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vynle 12 inch record and its protective photo cover with 7 members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and autographed on the back of the cover by nine members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band who were born in the early 1900s. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1643610539328

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. This book was signed and dated in 1996 in person for me at the request of a personal friend of her. The book and dust jacket are in perfect condition and is a stated first edition. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1639320777373

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Author signed in person to a friend in New Orleans for me. The book and dust jacket is in perfect condition. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1639320221347

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The interior of the book is in very good condition. The color illustrated front and rear boards are are all there but are loose and faded and worn but in tact and very visible. The spine, itself, is still in tact, but in need of a new cover. There is a bold black ink owner's signature, Irwin Cunningham, on the front free flyleaf page. There are many photos by several photographers ie Peabody, Rose and Putnam & Valentine. There are numerous articles by Higgins, Powell, Lummis, Stoddard, Stanton, Harriet Monroe, Miller, Garland, Wm White, Gleed, Salisbury, Brigham, Moran, Jordan, Warner, "Fitz Mac," Beecher, and Ewing. There is a beautiful 7"X 9.5" full page color Map of Grand Canyon of Arizona signed on the top of the back page by Irwin E. Cunningham. I could not find one single copy of this particulae edition published by the Santa Fe R.R. who put numerous photos of the outside and inside of El Tovar Hotel, John Hance's Log Cabin, Hopi House Indian Curio Room, Bright Angel Camp, The Rendezvous, Main Dining Grand View Hotel and Annex, Coconino Forest near Point Sublime. I have circled Grand Canyon in several trips including the North and South Rim. THE OUTSIDE BOARDS ARE JUST GOOD, THE SPINE IS POOR, BUT THE INSIDE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I HAVE SEARCHED ABEBOOKS AND COULD NOT FIND ONE SINGLE COPY OF THIS PARTICULAR BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1906 BY SANTA FE R.R.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1627055874205

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Major battle before Gettysburg.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1626216090301

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AN ALS FACMILE Inscription by Robert M. Stribling on the front free flyleaf page. An ornate Rowlandsec Library book plate and two R.E.Lee newspaper articles glued to front tight end paper.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1626215300629

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4th book by PERCY in as New condition I still have several signed books of PERCY LISTED ON ABEBOOKS.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1624159039102

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1980 FIRST EDITION LATER PRINTING lIKE NEW BOOK & DUST JACKET. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1616278456296

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SEVEN OF EIGHT BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES BUT IS MISSING VOLUME SEVEN OF "Voyage Dans les Etats-Unis D'Amerique Fait en 1795, 1796, &1797" IT HAS TWO VERY LARGE FOLD OUT MAPS ONE OF THE 13 COLONIES IN THE NORTH EAST AND ANOTHER VERY LARGE FOLDOUT MAP OF TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE DATES OF THE MAPS ARE EARLIER, BUT THE PUBLISHED DATE IS 1799. THE TENNESSEE MAP STOPS AT THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IN THE WEST AND THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE EAST AND LISTS CLARKSVILLE, NASHVILLE, AND KNOXVILLE, AND MURFREESBORO AND REFERS TO THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS. THE MAPS ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE BOOKS IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY THE VERY EARLY TENNESSEE MAP WHEN WEST TENNESSEE STILL BELONGED TO THE CHICKASAW INDIANS A/K/A NATIVE AMERICANS AND TENNESSEE HAD ONLY BEEN A STATE SINCE 1796 AND THE SPANISH STILL HAD A FORT IN WHAT IS NOW MEMPHIS TO WIT: "SAN FERNANDO DE LAS BARRANCAS".THE BOOK IS IN FRENCH AND HAS SEVERAL PAGES ABOUT THE CRUELTY OF SLAVERY AND MISTREATMENT OF SLAVES AND ROUTINE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SLAVES.THERE ARE ONLY THREE OTHER MENTION OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THIS SET OF BOOKS ON ABEBOOKS AND ONE IS MISSING THE MAPS AND ANOTHER IS 8 VOLUMES IN 4 VOLUMMES.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1614446004691

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT. THERE ARE 2 VERY LARGE FOLD OUT MAPS OF THE USA IN 1797 THAT ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE SET OF BOOK, THEMSELVES, AND THE BOOKS AR WELL WORTH SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT DEVOTES SEVERAL PAGES TO THE EVIL OF SLAVERY IN THE USA AND THE DRACONIAN TREATMENT OF NEGROES INCLUDING THE ROUTINE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND TORTURE. THE BOOKS ARE IN FRENCH.LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT, HIMSELF, LEFT FRANCE IN FEAR OF THE REIGN OF TERROR DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. THE TWO MAPS INCLUDE THE NORTHEAST IE THE 13 COLONIES AND THE OTHER THE SOUTH INCLUDING TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA AND THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE. THEY ARE ON THICK PAPER AND AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AS ARE THE 8 VOLUMES IN 4 LEATHER BOOKS.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1614122412518

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good with original binding, Extensive Index, no names or markings, Irish Cops attack and kill Negroes and go on rampage in Memphis, Tennessee in 1866 after the Civil War.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1614054539812

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1930, 1931, and 1932 University of Missouri Savitar Yearbooks in very good condition. The 1932 Yearbook has a very early Poem, "A KISS," by Tennessee Williams, I will sell all three yearbooks for $3,800.00 or the 1932 Yearbook with the poem for $3,100,00. There are photos of Thomas Lanier Williams in two different fraternities. There is a Tennessee Williams Historical Marker in the yard of a house in an old midtown neighborhood of Memphis which declares that his very first Play was in a private home. Maybe, that is how he got the nickname of Tennessee Williams because he did not grow up in Tennessee to my knowledge.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1609255329691

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large framed original signed black grease pen print of a Republican Elephant and a Democrat Donkey facing off "Ain't quine steal no more." It is also inscribed,signed & dated to friends by J.P. Alley. Inscribed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1599505535214

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BINDING IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1565558498010

Soft cover. F. Inscribed and signed photo of Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, Presidential Candidate, Coon Skin Cap, Crime Reformer. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ib 24

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. CARLOS FINLAY, M.D.and ADELAYDA SCHINE MARRIAGE LICENSE AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE IN SPANISH SIGNED BY SANTIAGO G. REID AND M. VILLACUSA, SPANIH OFFICIALS AND A NOTARY IN HAVANA ON OCT. 11, 1865. IT'S A VIRTUAL GENEALOGY OF MR. AND MRS. CARLOS FINLAY. DR. FINLAY WAS THE TRUE DISCOVERER OF THE CAUSE OF YELLOW FEVER HAVING PUBLISHED HIS FINDINGS IN A MEDICAL JOURNAL IN THE 1850s LONG BEFORE THE PANAMA CANAL MILITARY DOCTORS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND WHO WERE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE, AND WHO GAVE CREDIT TO DR. FINLAY. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1530718929156

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The year of the famous Ole Miss football game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1959 when Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy and he and Charlie Flowers were All American. In the Tulane homecoming game Lynda Mead was Miss University, Miss Mississippi, and Miss America.She has autographed this yearbook three times including two photos. Ole Miss lost the regular season game and beat LSU in the Sugar Bowl, but neither won the National Championship as was predicted. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # 1960 Ole Miss Yearbook

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This 1934 Tulane Yearbook is signed by legendery physician, Michael DeBakey, who as a senior invented the roller pumb used in heart surgery. He, along with Alton Oschener, wrote the first article in a medical journal connecting smoking to lung cancer. Both were professors at Tulane at the time. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # TULANE YEARBOOK 1934

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED & DATE 12 AUGUST 1950 PLACE: BLACK INK, GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, IT HAS BUMPED TOP, AND SOME MINOR WATER STAIN ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE, NOT DUST JACKET Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # 8202018

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. SIGNED & PLACE: BLUE INK, GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # 8202017

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 1849 MAP OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OREGON TERRITORY, VANCOUVER ISLAND, LARGE DETAILED INSERT MAP FROM PACIFIC TO WALLA WALLA OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM A SURVEY OF THE US. EX. EX. IN 1841,MENTIONS THE EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARKE, IRVING WAS THE OLY PERSON WHO EVER INTEVIEWED MERRIWETHER LEWIS ABOUT THE SLAVE YORK. I THINK HIS INTEEST IN L&C EXPEDITION MAY HAVE MOTIVATED HIM TO WRITE ABOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE OREGON TERRITORY. THERE ARE MANY EDITIONS OF ASTORIA, BUT I FIND NO COPIES ON ABEBOOKS OF THE 1849 EDITION WITH THE 8"x 14" FOLDING MAP, THIS BOOK AND MAP ARE IN GOOD PLUS CONDITION.THE MAP HAS TWO PIN HOLES IN OPEN AREAS NOT AFFECTING TEXT AND A 1/2" TEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF PAPER. THE MAP IS MORE VALUABLE THAN THE BOOK, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEPARATE THEM UNLESS IT DOESN'T SELL ON ABEBOOKS. DISREGARD THE ISBN NUMBER Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1497111609058

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With the esception of the front cover which is detached, but not missing any of the decorative gold title information, this 1913 AAA BLUE BOOK is in very good condition and is a treasure trove of road maps, photos and advertisements and pictures of famous, luxurious hotels many of which are gone now. It also has extensive information for early motor car travellers. Many of the photos have vintage 1913 automobiles in them. The section on Manhattan is fascinating. It says northeast, but it goes down into the South, also. The size is 1.5" thick and 5.5" wide and 9.5" tall Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1485008971434

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful 1852 large vellum Medical Diploma in Latin to John K. Green, M.D. It is signed by the University official, James Guthrie,Martin Smith,W.j. Vernon seven professors, Jedidiah Cobb,m.d., Sanford P.?andell, m.d.,L.D. Gross, m.d.,H.Miller, m.d.,Lewis Rogers,m.d.,R.S.Wallace, m.d.and the dean, and famous medical auther, Daniel Drake,m.d.who died in 1852. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1485005520023

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 5th or later Edition. Anthro-Theology or a demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. 8th edition by W. Derham, late Canon of Windsor, Rector of Upminster in Essex, and F.R.S., London MdccxLI(1741)The book cover is all there, but the spine and old strings connecting the signatures are exposed. There is minor folding and minor tears inside, but not affecting any text.The inside is in very good condition because it is high quality rag paper from that period. The basic theme is the scientific connection of the universe to GOD. It is cuarto in size ieapproximately 8" X 5.5." There are two Copper Plate fold out in the back of the book and one in side which is a map of sorts with a globe "REGIO HYPERBOREA" SHOWING EGYPT, PALISTINE, MT. SANAI, PERSIA, AFRICA PARS, LIBYA, ARABIA, Mare CASTEA AND FORUM,ASIA MINOR, MARE MEDITERIAN ETC. THE FOLD OUTS ARE IN EXCELLANT CONDITION. THE BOOK IS A STATED 8TH EDITION, BUT IT IS NOT TO BE FOUND LISTED IN ABEBOOKS SO IT MAY BE QUITE RARE. ALSO, THE THEME OF THE BOOK IN MORE SCIENTIFIC THAN RELIGIOUS, THE TRANSENDENTAL PROOF OF GOD THROUGH ITS UNIVERSE. THERE IS MUCH REFERENCE TO THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY. THERE ARE OWNERSHIP ON FRONT FREE FLYLEAF PAGE Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1469540634996

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. monkey trial, evolution, Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee,between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan.The soft bound book is an Amicus Curiae Brief filed by Thomas H. Malone, attorney,in May, 1926 in the Tennessee Supreme Court in support of John Scopes. Malone was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. the pages are all there, but it is printed on poor quality paper and is in delicate condition, especially the first three pages. This is a historic piece of legal ephemera on the famous Scopes vs State of Tennessee trial. The only other copy listed is owned by Columbia Law School. Thomas H. Malone was the brother of Walter and James H. Malone, prominent Memphis and Mississippi attorneys and authors. Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # ABE-3787350512423241216

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST TRIP TO CANADA OF HOWARD AND NITA WARD ,MAY 3 TO 13, 1943. IT IS BOUND IN A BEAUTIFUL LEATHER ALBUY WITH A MULTI-COLOR NATIVE AMERICAN WARRIOR IN A COLORFUL HEADDRESS, WIGWAMS ON THE FRONT COVER AND THE TITLE, "SNAP SHOP VICTORA, B.C." THIS ALBUM IS FULL OF GREAT QUALITY PHOTOS OF MANY CANADIAN PARKS IN B.C. INCLUDING BANFF, LAKE LOUISE, VICTORIA, AND VANCOUVER. THE LETTERING ON THE FRONT COVER IS BURNED ON TO THE LEATHER AND THE ART WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT LEGIBLE. ONE OF THE PHOTOS IS 2 INCHES BY 10 1/4 INCHES LONG OF VICTORIA HARBOUR. THIS TRIP WAS DURING WWII AND HOWARD WARD IS IN A SAILOR'S UNIFORM. THIS IS A GREAT CANADIAN ALBUM IN AN EXQUISITE OFFICIAL LEATHER BINDING. THE PAGES INSIDE ARE LOOSE, BUT THE BOOKS AN PAGES ARE IN EXCELLANT CONDITION. I HAVE TRAVELLED THIS AREA OF CANADA AND I COULDN'T BEAR ALLOWING THIS ALBUT TO BE THROWN IN A GARBAGE CAN IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. HOW IT GOT HERE, I DON'T KNOW. Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Seller Inventory # ABE-18866111494