Grant, Gordon 1875-1962
Overview
Works: | 256 works in 566 publications in 2 languages and 9,862 library holdings |
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Genres: | Fiction Humorous fiction History Juvenile works Bildungsromans Christian fiction Poetry Love poetry Illustrated works Novels |
Roles: | Author, Illustrator, Former owner, Other |
Classifications: | PS2972, 813.52 |
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Most widely held works about
Gordon Grant
- Sketchbook by Gordon Grant( Book )
- Penrod by Booth Tarkington( Book )
- Greasy luck; a whaling sketch book by Gordon Grant( Book )
- Gordon Grant sketchbook by Gordon Grant( Book )
- Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material] by Gordon Grant( Book )
- Harbor scene by Gordon Grant( Visual )
- Ships and the sea by Gordon Grant : Nov. 12-24, 1928 by Gordon Grant( Book )
- William Dolan Fletcher papers by William Dolan Fletcher( )
- Grant, Gordon Hope by Mantle Fielding( )
- Winter harbor by Gordon Grant( Visual )
- by Gordon Grant( )
- Exhibition and sale of paintings of ships by Gordon Grant : Howard Young Galleries, from Nov. 7th to 19th, 1921( Book )
- Gordon Grant (1875-1962) : Misty Morning, Gloucester (Painting), ca. 1930( )
- Ships and the sea by Gordon Grant : Nov. 3-22, 1930 by Gordon Grant( Book )
- Exhibition and sale of water colors of maritime subjects by Gordon Grant : October 23-November 5, 1929( Book )
- Gordon Grant 1875-1962 biographical file( )
- Gordon Grant( Book )
- Stanley Woodward papers by Stanley Woodward( )
- Kennebunkport Post Office mural correspondence and photographs( )
- Gordon Grant (1875-1962) : Dockside (Painting) by Sotheby's (Firm)( )
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Most widely held works by
Gordon Grant
Penrod by
Booth Tarkington(
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33 editions published between 1914 and 2016 in English and Dutch and held by 1,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A saga of the American boy
33 editions published between 1914 and 2016 in English and Dutch and held by 1,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A saga of the American boy
Penrod : his complete story by
Booth Tarkington(
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17 editions published between 1931 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 832 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume contains the three stories, "Penrod", "Penrod and Sam", and "Penrod Jashber" dealing with the inimitable Penrod and his companions
17 editions published between 1931 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 832 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume contains the three stories, "Penrod", "Penrod and Sam", and "Penrod Jashber" dealing with the inimitable Penrod and his companions
The eternal sea : an anthology of sea poetry by
W. M Williamson(
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10 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Unrolling the map; the story of exploration by
Leonard Outhwaite(
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12 editions published between 1935 and 1972 in English and held by 460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a chronology of the exploration and mapping of the globe by tracing the contributions of explorers through the centuries
12 editions published between 1935 and 1972 in English and held by 460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a chronology of the exploration and mapping of the globe by tracing the contributions of explorers through the centuries
The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance : wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many
varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress,
their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will
be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners by
Henry B Culver(
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4 editions published between 1929 and 1977 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1929 and 1977 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ramsey Milholland by
Booth Tarkington(
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4 editions published in 1919 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shade of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the "Decoration Day Parade," as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant band at the head of the procession. "Yes, we'll all feel gay when Johnnie comes marching home again," he finished, with a musing chuckle. "Did you, Grandpa?" the boy asked. "Did I what?
4 editions published in 1919 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shade of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the "Decoration Day Parade," as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant band at the head of the procession. "Yes, we'll all feel gay when Johnnie comes marching home again," he finished, with a musing chuckle. "Did you, Grandpa?" the boy asked. "Did I what?
The book of old ships, and something of their evolution and romance by
Henry B Culver(
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19 editions published between 1924 and 1992 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, ect., ect., ect
19 editions published between 1924 and 1992 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, ect., ect., ect
Penrod Jashber by
Booth Tarkington(
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8 editions published between 1929 and 2008 in English and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Penrod Schofield, writing a book about a handsome bandit, takes on the personality of his fictional detective Jashber and sets up an investigative agency in his father's stable
8 editions published between 1929 and 2008 in English and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Penrod Schofield, writing a book about a handsome bandit, takes on the personality of his fictional detective Jashber and sets up an investigative agency in his father's stable
The keeper of the bees by
Gene Stratton-Porter(
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4 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Veteran escapes from hospital to avoid being sent to tubercular isolation camp, and finds health in aiding a beekeeper
4 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Veteran escapes from hospital to avoid being sent to tubercular isolation camp, and finds health in aiding a beekeeper
You can search me by
George V Hobart(
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3 editions published in 1905 in English and held by 306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1905 in English and held by 306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Red Pepper's patients : with an account of Anne Linton's case in particular by
Grace S Richmond(
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4 editions published in 1917 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1917 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Options by
O Henry(
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2 editions published in 1909 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of short stories, which includes:, ''The Rose of Dixie'', 'The Third Ingredient', 'The Hiding of Black Bill', 'Schools and Schools', 'Thimble, Thimble', 'Supply and Demand', 'Buried Treasure', 'To Him Who Waits', 'He Also Serves', 'The Moment of Victory', 'The Head-Hunter', 'No Story', 'The Higher Pragmatism', 'Best-Seller', 'Rus in Urbe', 'A Poor Rule.'"--Provided by publisher
2 editions published in 1909 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of short stories, which includes:, ''The Rose of Dixie'', 'The Third Ingredient', 'The Hiding of Black Bill', 'Schools and Schools', 'Thimble, Thimble', 'Supply and Demand', 'Buried Treasure', 'To Him Who Waits', 'He Also Serves', 'The Moment of Victory', 'The Head-Hunter', 'No Story', 'The Higher Pragmatism', 'Best-Seller', 'Rus in Urbe', 'A Poor Rule.'"--Provided by publisher
The scarlet plague by
Jack London(
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12 editions published between 1915 and 2015 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"One of the first works of post-apocalyptic fiction, this novella by the great American storyteller was originally published in 1912. The tale unfolds decades after a pandemic has destroyed 99 percent of human life, leaving a primitive world in which art, science, and learning are legends, recalled only by elderly survivors."--
12 editions published between 1915 and 2015 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"One of the first works of post-apocalyptic fiction, this novella by the great American storyteller was originally published in 1912. The tale unfolds decades after a pandemic has destroyed 99 percent of human life, leaving a primitive world in which art, science, and learning are legends, recalled only by elderly survivors."--
Forty famous ships : their beginning, their life histories, their ultimate fate; being a collection of short, pleasant and
diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large,
some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the
present day ; how and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging, furniture,
etc., etc., etc. ; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of
technical or tiresome refinements ... by
Henry B Culver(
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8 editions published between 1935 and 1938 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements
8 editions published between 1935 and 1938 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements
Watch below; a reconstruction in narrative form of the golden age of steam when coal took the place of wind and the tramp
steamer's smoke covered the seven seas by
William McFee(
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3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The life & adventures of John Nicol, mariner; his service in king's ships in war & peace, his travels & explorations by sea
to remote & unknown countries in merchant vessels, whalers, and other sundry craft; together with copious notes & comments
on ships, the officers and shipmates with whom he served, the customs & traditions of the sea and of the inhabitants of distant
lands both savage and civilized, their religions, culture, & industries, etc., etc., etc by
John Nicol(
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6 editions published between 1936 and 1937 in English and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1936 and 1937 in English and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The book of old ships : from Egyptian galleys to clipper ships by
Henry B Culver(
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6 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Noted maritime artist Gordon Grant has created 80 line illustrations of some of history's most important sailing ships, beginning with an Egyptian galley (c. 1600 B.C.) and ending with a five-masted clipper ship of 1921. In between the reader will find a Roman trireme, a Viking longship, a 16th-century caravel, an East Indiaman of 1750, a New Bedford whaling bark, and dozens of lesser-known vessels
6 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Noted maritime artist Gordon Grant has created 80 line illustrations of some of history's most important sailing ships, beginning with an Egyptian galley (c. 1600 B.C.) and ending with a five-masted clipper ship of 1921. In between the reader will find a Roman trireme, a Viking longship, a 16th-century caravel, an East Indiaman of 1750, a New Bedford whaling bark, and dozens of lesser-known vessels
The fire bird by
Gene Stratton-Porter(
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8 editions published between 1922 and 2011 in English and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1922 and 2011 in English and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Greasy luck; a whaling sketch book by
Gordon Grant(
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6 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in English and held by 115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eloquent, accurate account of the American whaling industry as it was for almost two centuries. Entire art and craft of whaling is depicted - from views of the galley and the sight of a whale breaching, to examples of scrimshaw art and a thrilling version of a "Nantucket sleigh ride." 64 plates
6 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in English and held by 115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eloquent, accurate account of the American whaling industry as it was for almost two centuries. Entire art and craft of whaling is depicted - from views of the galley and the sight of a whale breaching, to examples of scrimshaw art and a thrilling version of a "Nantucket sleigh ride." 64 plates
The master-rogue; the confessions of a Crœsus by
David Graham Phillips(
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7 editions published between 1903 and 1968 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1903 and 1968 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- Tarkington, Booth 1869-1946 Author
- Doubleday, Page & Company Publisher
- Country Life Press Printer
- Culver, Henry B. (Henry Brundage) 1869- Author
- Decorative Designers (Firm) Binding designer
- Hobart, George V. (George Vere) 1867-1926 Author
- Williamson, W. M. (William Martin) 1900- Author Editor
- G.W. Dillingham Company Publisher
- Outhwaite, Leonard 1892- Author
- Stratton-Porter, Gene 1863-1924 Author
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Gordon Grant
Gordon Grant American painter and illustrator
Gordon Grant Amerikaans kunstschilder (1875-1962)
Gordon, Grant H.
Gordon Hope Grant
Grant, Gordon H. 1875-1962
Grant, Gordon H. (Gordon Hope), 1875-1962
Grant, Gordon Hope
Grant, Gordon Hope 1875-1962
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