Authors starting with S from Wolf's Head Books

Madrid: Razon y Fe, 1923. 104 pages; 4 plates; red leather spine label over rust colored cloth; decorative eps; biography of the Spanish explorer and conquistador, known for crossing what's now Panama to the Pacific; text in Spanish.. Cloth. VG. toning, fade.. 6 1/2". ... more information

NY: Harper's Magazine, 1913 excised from a bound volume of Harper's; pp. 236-246, Vol. CXXVI, No. 752-30; color illus; children of another age from families of wealth.. Disbound Wraps. VG+. Illus. by Anna Whelan Betts. 9 1/2". ... more information

Wash DC: Army, 25 Aug., 1952. EX-MIL lib; light foxing; some pen notes, soil, edgewr, fade, bump. approx 150 pages; in heavy binder; formerly CONFIDENTIAL; changes tipped in; tables & graphs; information on demolition, ammunition, depth charges; service records, maintainence logs, weapon performance charts; procedures for Naval and Anti-aircraft weapons operations.. Hard Cover. VG-. 9 1/2". ... more information

Wash DC NASA 1977. VG. lt edgewr, lt sunned. 58 pp. wraps; photos; illus.. Soft Cover. ... more information

Wash DC: Army VG; ex mil lib. 31 pp (pages 21-52); wraps; details a list of training videos available.. Soft Cover. ... more information

Wash DC Army 17 Feb 1950. VG; ex mil lib; lt edgwr; lt soil. 7 pp; wraps; leave in emergency situations.. Soft cover. ... more information

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1939 VG+. sl tonning. 393pp. from his swashbucklers novels comes this tale of Prospero in the Mediterrean and a hint of tolerance.. ... more information

NY: Clarkson Potter, 1988. DJ edgewear. 274pp.index; color photos; as varied as Italy itself this book organized in a geographic arrangement, countryside in autumn, alps in winter, lake country in spring, mediterranean in summer; within each part are beautiful views, local colors, activities unique to each region, artisan contributions, foods, wines with recipies, and housing, gardens, terraces; also included a traveler's guide of home rental agencies, hotels, restaurants, and antiques & specialty ... more information

Athens Purinos Kosmos 1981., 1981 VG. 597 pp. wraps in French dj. Greek translation of Shah's history and practices of Sufism, the mystical Islamic ascetics.. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Random House, 2010. 225 pp. how Beethoven's 9th expressed his disenchantment with the state of the world, and especially the Europe of the time.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+ Dj. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 Inches / 24 x 16,5 Cm. ... more information

Dresden: George Conrad Walther, 1757. foxing, bookplate, front outer hinge starting, wear. 496 + 73 pp. full leather covers; de Saxe (originally von Sachsen) (1696-1750) was an illegitimate son of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, who rose to prominance as a military commander with the Prussian, Russian and French armies, the successes of the last making him a French noble; 3 fold out tables; includes de Saxe's treatise on forts and fortification with 16 fold out illustrations; te... more information

Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Pub Co, 1974. lt soil, DJ edgewear. 210pp. index; b/w photos; photo listing of past UNH presidents; founded in 1866 as part of the Land Grant colleges, the history of the Univ. is divided into three phases: Part One: For Farmers' Sons; Part Two: Liberal Arts to the Fore; Part Three: Everbody's University; includes student life, athletics, protests and controversies.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+ DJ. 11 1/2". ... more information

London: The National Trust lt cover soil. 40pp. b/w photos; originally written by Sackville-West as a guide book for the National Trust; history dates back to the time of King John, 1199; first reference is in Lambeth Palace papers, 1281; it was the former home odf the Archbishop of Canterbury, but was given as a reluctant gift to King Henry VIII by Thomas Cranmer; it came into the possession of the Sackvilles during the time of Elizabeth I, 1566; listing of portraits.. Reprint. Wraps. VG+. 9". ... more information

NUeva York: Editorial Iberoamericana, 1938. pretty worn cover; toned text; very readable; grotesque black/gray illustration on the cover with helmeted man, airplanes, deadmen; dead baby, helmet, fists, etc.; about the Spanish Civil War; text in Spanish . Soft Cover. Fair to Good. 9". ... more information

NY: Dutton, 1948. 384 pp. photos; illus; index; history of the university and the city of Ann Arbor.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG.. 8 1/2 x 6 Inches / 21,5 x 15 Cm. ... more information

Kyoto: Suiko Shoin, 1958. VG-; edgwr; eps foxing; lt soil; sp tear. 92 pp; wraps; many b&w photo illus of beautiful Japanese zen, rock, sand and water gardens; map of Kyoto with each garden marked; written in Japanese as well as English; French dust jacket; in a pretty beat up slipcase showing heavy soil and edge wear, sunned.. Wraps. Vg-. ... more information

Chicago Goldsmith 1933. VG-/VG-. pp browning, owner name, fi hinge weak/dj wear, soil. 251 pp. brown cloth in color illus dj.. Hardcover. ... more information

Chicago: Goldsmith, 1933 VG-/VG-. pp yellowed, i hinges barely started/dj fade, taped. 251 pp. #1 in Bill Bolton series; colorful dj.. Hardcover. ... more information

NY Cupples & Leon 1934. VG-/VG. pp yellowing, edgewr/dj soil, wear. 201 pp. illustrated; blue dj over red boards.. Hardcover. ... more information

NY Cupples & Leon 1933. VG+/VG. eps lt foxing, very lt edgewr/ dj edgewr, some soil. 208 pp. red boards in color illus dj; illus frontisl Billy Smith #4. 1st ed.. F. Hardcover. ... more information