Authors starting with S from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Chicago, IL: Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 1888 Civil War; veterans; Illinois Commandery; four pages of text. Measures 20.6 cm in height; edges chipped, not affecting text.. Unknown edition. Paperback. ... more information

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1990. Original hardcover backed binding with two spiral-bound sections; one for each artist. The front cover is thick cardstock, with one tiny tear and crease and minor shelfwear. Illustrated in color and black & white. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. xviii, 585 pages of text including a bibliography, followed by xiii pages containing an index. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and soiling. No dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "With all good wishes Abram Leon Sachar." The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. Signed. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. [x], 308 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with one small chip on the rear panel, moderate to heavy rubbing to the extremities, and some creasing and tearing; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "For Louise Chapman With affection and esteem [signed] Abram L. Sachar 1979." A few tiny spots of discoloration to the closed page edges; ot... more information

Neuchatel, Switzerland: Editions Du Griffon, 1968. Unpaginated; approximately 300 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Contains several hundred black & white photographs, as well as 24 color plates, including a four panel fold-out original lithograph. With texts and quotations by Julien Alvard, John Canaday, Sonia Delaunay, Haim Gamzu, Gerald Gassiot-Talabot, Emily Genauer, Guy Habasque, Jacqu... more information

London: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1980. x, 148 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "For Louis Marder with best wishes from the Author [signed] Elizabeth Sacks November 26th 1988 Savoy Hotel London." Also signed in an, no pun intended, Elizabethan script her married name "Elizabeth Chase." First edition. Previ... more information

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. xii, 436 pages of text including a bibliography, a glossary, and an index. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the extremities. Price-clipped dustjacket with several tears and creases to the top edge of the spine; attractive and protected in archival mylar. Contains more than 700 drawings and photographs, 40 of which are in color. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good condition (DJ). Quarto (4t... more information

New York: Random House, 1995 [vi], 451 pages. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on a front endpaper "Bill Safire." Stated "First Edition." . Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Paris, France: Rustica Editions, 2001 142 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; in almost new condition. No dustjacket; as issued. Illustrated profusely with color photographs. Text is in French.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

Highland Park, IL: Tenthouse Theatre, 1961 Stagebill from the Tenthouse Theatre in Highland Park, Illinois with a photograph of Mort Sahl in "An Evening With Mort Sahl With His Own Show" on the front cover. The front cover is signed in blue ink by Sahl, with no further inscription. Minimal shelfwear, and moderate browning to edges of the 16 page publication. The performance (and autograph) from the week of August 20, 1961.. Signed. First Edition. Paperback. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Quebec, Canada: Fides Publishers, 1999. [ii], 195 pages of text. Paperback binding in almost new condition. The text is clean and unmarked. The text is in French, English and Spanish. Illustrated. First edition.. First edition. Paperback. Near fine condition. Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Editions des Plaines, 1995 [vi], 376 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs and reproductions. Text is in French. Local History.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Near fine condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Paris: A. Sautelet et Companie et Alexandre Mesnier, 1828 Two volume set. Original unrestored quarter leather binding; leather spines with gilt lettering and decoration, with paper-covered boards. Minor to moderate rubbing and scuffing to extremities, but bindings remain intact and attractive. Volume I: [viii], 396 pages of text. Vol. II: xxxiv, [ii] errata, and 350 pages of text. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on inside of front covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. Two parts bound in one volume, as published. Part I: x, 472 pages of text, illustrated with 13 plates. Part II: vi, 475 pages, 14 plates. Original navy hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate shelfwear, including rubbing to the extremities, several small tears and tiny chips, and spine is slightly browned; protected in archival mylar. Translated by Katharine P. Wormeley, with a critical introduction by Edmond Scherer. Includes the Duchesse du ... more information

London: Macmillan, 1922 English literature; xvi, 298p.; 22.5cm; 1/2 red cloth, cream paper covered boards, soiled; 1 of 300 large paper copies; signed by author.. Signed. Hardcover. ... more information

London: The Studio Ltd., 1916. vii, 183 pages. Original green hardcover cloth binding is moderately darkened on the spine, with minor to moderate shelfwear and soiling. Illustrated by 139 plates, of which several are in color. The text part of the volume is printed on paper that is slightly and uniformly age-toned, and there are a few spots of foxing on the closed page edges, which in a few instances is on a page or plate. First edition. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the rear cover. From... more information

New York, NY: Aperture, 1995. 156 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 140 black & white plates. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Folio. ... more information

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1971. 208 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Contains 96 pages of black & white illustrations, and 32 pages of color photographs. No date of publication is listed, though circa 1971. First edition. Nepal, India, Tibet, Bhutan, Photography.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: Random House, 1975 409 pages. Hardcover binding with a thin strip along the top and bottom edges of minor sunning. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to extremities and minor sunning to the spine; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed to Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Mike McGuire "To Mike--A fellow traveller in Russia; Best Wishes, [signed] Harrison E. Salisbury 11/13 [or 15]/ 75." Several small stains to the closed page edges. Included are several related newspaper clip... more information

Paris, France: Editions Le Triangle, 1930 44 pages of text, followed by 26 black & white illustrations. Additionally illustrated by a frontisportrait of the author. Original thick paperback binding is moderately soiled and shelfworn. Text is in French. No date of publication listed; circa 1930.. First Edition. Paperback. Very good- condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information