2791. Gibbings, Robert.

Over the Reefs. [Illustrated with 84 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings].

London, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. 8°. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

2792. Gibbings, Robert.

Sweet Cork of Thee. With engravings by the author.

First edition. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1951. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Green Cloth with gilt lettering and decor. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings in the text.

2793. [Gibbings, Robert] Empson, Patience / Balston, Thomas.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with some recollections by the Artist [Also included is some rare Ephemera: The Six-Page Original Advertising and Order-Leaflet for this publication].

First Edition. London, J.M.Dent & Sons, 1959. Quarto (213 cm wide x 28 cm high) Pagination: Colour-frontispiece on Japanese paper, XLIV, 355 pages [with over 1000 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and 16 pages of “Recollections by the Artist”]. Original Hardcover (Buckram) with the original publisher’s clear jacket with Red Lettering. A stunning, must-have publication in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

2794. Gibbons, Floyd.

The Red Napoleon.

First Edition. New York, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929. Octavo. 475 pages with several battle diagrams in the text as well as a fold-out plate opposite page 464 with a diagram of the decisive battle in the Caribbean. Original Hardcover (organge publisher’s cloth). Binding slightly stained but firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2795. [Gibbons, Grinling] Esterly, David / [Victoria and Albert Museum].

Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving.

London, V & A Publications, 2000. 29 cm. 223 pages : illustrations (some colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

2796. Gibbons, Reginald (Editor).

The Writer in Our World – a Symposium Sponsored by Triquarterly Magazine.

Boston / New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 296 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the jacket only. The book itself and it’s cover are in close to new condition. Newsletter from publisher loosely inserted.

2797. Gibson, Douglas.

Thirty Three Poems. With an introduction by Herbert Palmer.

London, King, Littlewood & King Limited, No date (1942) 12 cm x 18.5 cm. 31 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with minor signs of wear. Browning of paper, discolouration of cover.

2798. Gibson, Edmund.

The Late Bishop of London, Dr. Gibson’s Five Pastoral Letters to the People of His Diocese ; Particularly to those of the two Great Cities of London and Westminster. THE THREE FIRST [Letters] iIn Defence of the Gospel-Revelation, and by way of Preservative against the late Writings in Favour of Infidelity. THE FOURTH [Letter] Against Lukewarmness on one Hand, and Enthusiasm on the Other. And the FIFTH and LAST [Letter] On the late Rebellion, and exciting to a Serious Reformation of Life and Manners. With a POSTSCRIPT, setting forth the Danger and Mischief of POPERY.

London, Printed and Sold by E.Owen in Warwick-Lane, and W.Johnston in Ludgate-Street, 1760. Small-Octavo. [6 unnumbered pages], 314 pages plus 5 unnumbered pages of a Book-Catalogue by Publisher W.Johnston to the Rear. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with five raised bands. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding rubbed and bumped but firm and rather excellent overall. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.

2799. Gibson, J.Y.

The Story of the Zulus. With 11 Illustrations.

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Co., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 338 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Blind double-ruling to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional foxing. Interior otherwise unmarked and bright. Binding firm and strong.

2800. Giddings, P.J. (Philip James); Study of Parliament Group:

The Future of Parliament – Issues for a new century. Edited for the Study of Parliament Group by Philip Giddings.

Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 23 cm. xiv, 287 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.