Titles starting with S from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 1983. First Edition. Paperbound. Signed and inscribed by the author, Saundra Taylor, to Hilda Bohem. Inscribed: “For Hilda, To keep your ‘Taylor’ bibliography up-to-date. It’s taken only 18 months of my life to get this product and six years to get the collection catalogued. Love, Saundra. 12 April 82. Hot off the presses!” Fine fresh copy in printed wrappers. A well-researched catalogue of the Lilly Library’s collection of letters and manuscripts of Samuel ... more information

New York: Delacorte, 1968. First Edition. Near fine bright copy with a very slight hint of edge wear in a very good bright dust jacket with some slight fading to the spine and a bit of edge wear. A collection of imaginative fiction by William S. Burroughs, Donald Barthelme, J.G. Ballard, Samuel Delaney, Fritz Leiber, and others. ... more information

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. First Edition. Tiny barely noticeable scuff mark to the front cover, else a fine bright copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

Lyndon, KY: The Kentucky Millitary Institute, 1930. First Edition. Actor Jim (James Gilmore) Backus’ annual military high school yearbook. Contains his junior class picture and his photo among the “Kentucadet Staff” as one of the staff artists. Laid in is a 10” x 7 1/4” glossy black & white class photo. Bound in black and gold leather. Very good copy with a tear to the front spine fold and some minor edge wear. Jim Backus was a veteran of stage, vaudeville, radio, film and television - the medium... more information

New York: Bantam, 1988. First Edition. 344 page book written by L’Amour to fill in the chronological background of the Sackett clan as well as explaining how he wrote his books. With maps, illustrations, and an extensive dictionary of places, people, and events to be found in his books. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Essential for anyone interested in L’Amour. ... more information

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Signed by the author, Tony Hillerman. Specially illustrated with three excellent drawings by Ernest Franklin. On the half-title is an original pen and colored pencil drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin depicting a comic sacred clown in full Navajo costume with mask and drum. Across from the title page is a full-page original pen and colored pencil drawing by Franklin of Hillerman’s beloved characters Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, with a fully made up sacred cl... more information

Garden City: Doublday Doran, 1928. First Edition - American. Very good lightly used copy without dust jacket. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author: “For Ted Lielenthal, W. Somerset Maugham, San Francisco. 11.3.36.” Offsetting on front and rear endpapers, otherwise near fine in a very good dust jacket with the usual darkening and soiling and a couple of expert mends by a paper conservationist. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, W. Somerset Maugham to Harpo Marx. Inscribed: “For Harpo Marx, Who has amused me always, W. Somerset Maugham.” From the library of Harpo Marx, the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team, and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx, former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. Fine copy in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket. With a charmin... more information

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition - American. Bookplate. Some slight foxing to the preliminaries, else a very good copy with some minor rubbing and age toning to the paper label at the spine. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition - American. Very good lightly used copy in a chipped and torn tape repaired dust jacket. ... more information

Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press, 1990. First Edition. Quarto. Map endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and with a section of 20 color plates. Fine fresh copy in a fine fresh dust jacket. A collection of essays honoring the life and work of R. Gordon Wasson (1898 - 1986), one of the most ardent pioneers of modern ethnomycological and hallucinogenic mushroom and related research. He wrote and published extensively on the subject, including Mushrooms, Russia and History (1957), Som... more information

Santa Barbara, CA: Department of Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 1974. First Edition. Paperbound. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of Indian art selected by curator Pratapaditya Pal of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fine in printed wrappers. ... more information

Los Angeles: Paramount, 1957. Original 133 page final white shooting script, dated March 5, 1957, for the film The Sad Sack directed by George Marshall, starring Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, and Peter Lorre. Bradbound. Fine copy. A comedy film loosely based on the comic strip by George Baker about Private Meredith Bixby (Lewis) whose efforts at making it through the Army’s basic training are less than satisfying to his superiors, which leads them to recommend a psychiatric evaluation, which, n... more information

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1939. First Edition. Original 125 page shooting script, for the romantic adventure film ‘Safari’ directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madeleine Carroll, Tullio Carminati, Lynne Overman, and Muriel Angelus. Bound in plain brown paper with notations in pen to the front cover. Used copy with spotting and some edge wear. The story of a millionaire and his fiancee who take a guided trip to the African jungle where their love is tested. ... more information

New York: Putnam, 1928. Later printing. Illustrated with photographs by the author, the famous explorer Martin Johnson, who later became the noted documentary filmmaker in Africa with his wife, Osa. Good lightly used copy with some minor edge wear and small tears to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine without dust jacket. A story of adventure and exploration in Africa, with much information about the extraordinary wildlife, including elephants, lions, rhinos, and gorillas. ... more information

New York: Putnam, 1928. Later printing. Illustrated with photographs by the author, the famous explorer Martin Johnson, who later became the noted documentary filmmaker in Africa with his wife, Osa. Used copy with some minor edge wear, slight dust soiling, a bit of pitting to the cloth on the front board, and a thin split to the front hinge without dust jacket. A story of adventure and exploration in Africa, with much information about the extraordinary wildlife, including elephants, lions, rhinos, and gor... more information

New York: Putnam, 1928. Later printing. Illustrated with photographs by the author, the famous explorer Martin Johnson, who later became the noted documentary filmmaker in Africa with his wife, Osa. Very good plus bright copy with a touch of dampstaining to the cloth at the rear board without dust jacket. A story of adventure and exploration in Africa, with much information about the extraordinary wildlife, including elephants, lions, rhinos, and gorillas. ... more information

New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Fine fresh copy in a fine bright dust jacket. A collection of three one-act plays, thematically connected through the subject of AIDS: Manny and Jake, Safe Sex, and On Tidy Endings. ... more information

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1951. First Edition. This original 125 page final shooting script with color rewrite pages belonged to film producer, Joseph H. Hazen, and is specially hardbound in dark green tooled leather with raised bands, and with ‘Joseph H. Hazen’ stamped in gold at the lower right corner of the front board. Fine copy. This screenplay is dated August 15, 1951. Sailor Beware was directed by Hal Walker, and starred the legendary team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and co-starred Co... more information