Search Results: Titles starting with G from Mobilis Books

Gift of Love and Friendship. London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh ; And New York, 1874.

(140 x 90 mm) pp. vii, 128. Chromolithographic frontispiece. Each page with simple double ruled border. Gilt fore edge. Mauchline binding with fern gathering impression and gauffered edges, leather spine with 6 decorated panels and title. Overall VERY GOOD condition.

A memento from the Victorian age of book-gift-giving, the poetry of this Mauchline bound compendium suggests that it was intended as a gift for ladies.

Golden Thoughts from Golden Fountains. Engraved by the Brothers Daziel. London: Frederick Warne & Co. [1868].
(250 x 185 mm) pp. xvi, 289 + 2 p. publishers catalogue. Framed text with brown decoration throughout. Title page in gilt and brown. Frontis in cream and brown. Purple covers with ornate gilt and black decoration. Gilt fore-edges. Foxing to half title page, other minimal. Separation between half-title & previous gathering, but still robust. Some bleed to the dye on back cover. Some bumping to corners & lower spine hinge has a bit of thread-bare wear. Lightly rubbed on bottom. Undated by publisher, but referenced 1868. Overall GOOD to VERY GOOD condition.

First edition, first state. Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. Overall very good condition. Dust jacket currently housed in protective, but removable, mylar. Interior is bright without markings; cloth covers are crisp without issue. Some foxing along foredges, otherwise no condition issues to report. One of the best known James Bond aventures, Goldfinger is the seventh of Ian Fleming's culture-changing series and the third opportunity Sir Sean Connery had to seduce us all via the film franchize that launched from the novels.

GOLDSMITH, J. A Grammar of Geography for the Use of Schools and Young Persons. With Maps and Engravings. A New Edition corrected and Modernised. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, [n.d., 1841]
pp. iv, 212 + 16 p. advertisements + 8 fold out maps + 11 tipped in unpaginated illustrations + frontispiece with rotating volvelle in full working order. Some maps have splits in the paper, but are intact. Appears to have been rebound (late 19th, early 20th c.). Overall GOOD condition.
The highlight of the book is the frontispiece, featuring a rotating volvelle used to determine the time in different time zones and demonstrate the principal based on the position of earth in relationship to the sun. Illustrations of peoples from various nations and their environment guide the student's imagination as they study the foldout maps of far away countries.