Authors starting with S from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

New York:: Reinhold Publishing Corp.,, 1950.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.25 inches tall, in tan cloth. Illustrated with several black and white plates. 354 pages. A discussion of the principles of art by Saarinen, known primarily for his achievements as an architect. Jacket is worn around the edges, small pieces are missing from the top edge, perhaps totaling a square inch, with some general fading and loss of surface color on the rear panel from rubbing, and there is a yellowed tape repair ... more information

New York:: Rizzoli,, 1985.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Squarish quarto in black cloth stamped in white. 253 pages illustrated by 189 plates, many in color. The German artist's grotesque caricatures from the 1920s showing considerable foresight about what was to come in the 1930s. The book is bright, clean and unworn. The jacket is likewise bright and crisp, but the rear panel is lightly soiled and toned at the top. ... more information

Denver:: Sage Books,, 1957.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall in pictorial cream colored paper covered boards. 116 pages illustrated sparsely by photographs. Note that this has the appearance of a first edition by this publisher, but there was an earlier printing, the book being bound in blue cloth. Minimally extremity worn. Otherwise very nice soundly bound copy. The jacket is very lightly extremity worn; a couple of small tears, none as much as an inch. A short history of th... more information

Alexandria VA:: American Rock Mechanics Association,, 1999.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in purplish blue glossy paper covered boards, top border black. 258 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, maps, graphs and diagrams. A collection of scholarly papers presented at a conference in Vail Colorado in June, 1999. Clean, bright and sound inside. The covers are lightly rubbed with some very minor abrasions to the front fore edge. ... more information

Boston:: Little Brown & Co.,, 1930.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches (22 cm) tall, in brick red cloth decorated in black and yellow. 303 pages illustrated by drawings. Endpapers are toned at the edges and very light extremity wear, but the book is otherwise bright and sound. The jacket is missing a triangular piece, 1 inch by a half inch deep, at the top front panel. Several small edge tears, none as much as an inch, with associated creasing; top and bottom edges with brown tape r... more information

Akron OH:: Saalfield,, 1934.. No Edition Indicated. Softcover. Oversize stapled softcover, about 12.5 by 10.5 inches, with color illustrated covers. Four full page and one double page die-cut color illustrations with characters and objects meant to be pushed out and propped up to produce a pop-up effect. Since significant use or any misuse would wreck this fragile item, intact copies are probably pretty scarce. This one is virtually unused with very minimal edge wear and perhaps only one figure has ever... more information

Basalt CO:: Last Dime Press,, 2004.. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto in blind stamped brown cloth. 110 pages. LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 1000 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. This is not one of the 100 numbered copies. 50 black and white photographic plates of female nudes in a nighttime riverine landscape. Beautifully executed and well produced. The book is flawless but for a gift note in pen on the limitation page. The jacket is just a bit rubbed. ... more information

London:: Harvill Press,, 1953.. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches (28 cm) tall, in gray cloth lettered in red. 71 pages illustrated by photographs, architectural drawings. The story of the political and artistic issues involved in building a rough-cast concrete apartment block in post-war France. As such apartment blocks go, this one was successful and influential. Covers are very lightly edge worn with minimal toning to the top of the front cover. Endpapers with minor tonin... more information

Rutland VT / Tokyo:: Charles E. Tuttle Co. / Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha,, 1965.. First U.S. Edition . Hardback quarto. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. 516 pages. A short introductory text is followed by high quality photographs, some in color, organized under the district where they were produced (the first five on Honshu, the last, Kyushu). Commentary on the illustrations follows. Nicely produced, but the translator notes that some compression and modification from he original Japanese text has taken place. Sti... more information

Silver Spring MD:: Old Line Graphics,, 1993.. First Edition. Hardback quarto. Gilt stamped blue cloth. 128 pages illustrated by color photographs, maps. Primarily a pictorial, but with some informative history. Clean, bright and sound with a hint of shelf wear. The jacket is lightly edge and extremity worn, but with a couple of short tears and associated creasing at head of spine. ... more information

London:: Academic Press,, 1980.. First Edition. Hardcover. Three quarto volumes in green cloth stamped in gilt. 1155 pages numbered consecutively over the three volumes. This series ultimately reached seven volumes. All three volumes are clean, bright, soundly bound and unworn. The dustjackets are bright and complete, but there is some minor wear to the bottom edge front panel of volume II, and a touch of edge wear otherwise. ISBNs for vols. II and III respectively: 012615502X and 0126155038 ... more information

Chicago:: The American Lumberman,, 1902.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback small octavo in gilt stamped blue cloth. 386 pages. Clean and soundly bound inside. Covers lightly soiled with an unoriginal spine label affixed. A sometimes humorous look at the lumber business of the period. ... more information

Los Angeles:: Bruce McCallister / Jake Zeitlin,, 1929.. First Edition thus. Hardcover. First published in 1878 in German. Small quarto, just less than 9.75 inches tall (24.5 cm), in white cloth spine on marbled paper covered boards. 188 pages plus notes and index, frontis engraving One of 900 copies. A very nicely produced fine press production of this rather clear-headed assessment of the Los Angeles in the mid 1870's. Not boosterism nor debunking, this nobleman's view was of a place he liked... more information

New York:: Rand McNally,, 1951.. First Edition. Oblong folio, about 13 inches wide. Originally published by Sampson, Low in England as a companion to Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Ultimately, this series was renamed Jane's World Railways. Brown cloth decorated in dark brown. About 300 pages in six sections. Light edge wear, but otherwise clean and soundly bound. The jacket has a couple of minor shallow chips on back panel but otherwise complete; moderate ... more information

New York:: Rand McNally,, 1954.. Third Edition (U.S.). Folio, about 13 iches tall. Originally published by Sampson, Low in England as a companion to Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Ultimately, this series was renamed Jane's World Railways. Red cloth decorated in silver. 462 pages. Light edge wear, but otherwise clean and soundly bound. The jacket has three edge tears of about 2 inches, light edge wear; and some delamination in a couple of spots. ... more information

Chicago:: Reilly & Lee,, 1927.. Later Printing, ca. 1939. Hardcover. Duodecimo, about 7.5 inches tall, in red cloth with cover illustration matching that of the jacket. Sixth in the series (of 12) of the adventures of William Green Hill and friends. Society of Phantom Friends, M343-345. Advertisement on back jacket flap for Miss Minerva's Vacation, published in 1939). Plain paper frontis and illustrations in text. Minor extremity wear to covers. Interior shows toning to the endpapers; a light tid... more information

New York:: Neale Publishing Co.,, 1913.. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to an individual on the front pastedown: "With the compliments of the author", but no formal signature. Dated Sept. 22d 1917. Duodecimo, about 7.5 inches tall. 345 pages. The author's short but emphatic answer is "no". There must have been a rational argument (assuming some questionable premise) for the author's position, but this isn't it. Previous owner name also on the front endpaper. Howe... more information

Atlanta:: Longstreet Press,, 1991.. First Edition. Jacket price clipped; slightly rubbed, shelfworn. ... more information

New York:: McGraw Hill,, 1957.. Third printing . Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.25 inches (21 cm) tall, in a green cloth spine on sage green paper covered boards. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A PERSONAL INSCRIPTION OF ABOUT 45 WORDS. A sweet story of a pair of seven-year old African American twins rescued from the streets and raised by a white woman. Very light edge wear. Jacket with light edge wear with a couple of short tears and shallow chipping at the spine ends. ... more information

Albuquerque NM:: University of New Mexico Press,, 1990.. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo or trade paperback in illustrated yellowish wraps. 196 pages illustrated by maps. Published in softcover only. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A SIMPLE PERSONAL INSCRIPTION. A scholarly review of primary sources focusing on the activities of Spanish born volunteers in Alta California. Clean, bright and sound with minimal extremiety wear. No spine creasing. ... more information