Titles starting with S from Priscilla Juvelis, Inc.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. 1941. First Edition, one of 562 copies, each numbered and signed by the author. 8vo; 352pp; original blue blind and gilt-stamped cloth, teg, with publisher's slipcase, fine in near fine slipcase. Edna Ferber (1885- 1968), author and playwright, was born to a Jewish family in Kalamazoo, MI and grew up in Chicago, Ottumwa, Iowa, and Appleton. Moving around the mid- west opened her to anti-Semitism, and she later attributed her insights into the plight ... more information

New York: Targ Editions. [1982]. First Edition, one of 250 copies signed by Wakoski, designed by Leonard Seastone and printed by him at The Tideline Press, rubbing to bottom edge else very good. <br>See an <A HREF= http://www.bookrouter.com/im/juvelisbks/6305.jpg >Image.</A><br> ... more information

Paris: L'Edition d'Art. [1901]. Unique binding by Creuzevault on one of 30 copies on japon containing an extra suite of illustrations in black on chine, from a total issue of 262 copies. Bound by CREUZEVAULT: full brown morocco, panelled with three gilt fillets with clusters of three pink flowers at each corner (upper and lower covers), spine panelled with five raised bands, red and pink flowers and green and brown leaves running the length of the spine, dentelles wtih four gilt fillets and red flow... more information

Boston, MA: Sarah E. Holmes, Publisher. 1888. New Edition, George Schumm's Copy, signed by him on the ffe. 8vo; original gilt-stamped green cloth, spine a bit darkened, tips a bit rubbed, generally very good. A fine association copy. Sarah Holmes and George Schumm were both anarchists and active writers for Benjamin Tucker's anarchistic journal, "Liberty" - as was Stephen Pearl Andrews.They were associated in their work as well as their philosophical orientation. Tucker published... more information

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. [1976]. First Edition, Signed, Limited, one of "a special edition reserved for the friends of the author and Little, Brown and Company" and signed by Miss Hellman on colophon page. 155pp; greenish-beige linen cloth, author's facsimile signature in gold front panel, with navy blue cloth spine stamped in gold. Spine slightly dusty, near fine. Garry Wills wrote an extensive introduction for the book, Miss Hellman's account of her encounter with the infamou... more information

New York: Ticknor and Fields. 1987. First Edition, fine in publisher's slipcase which has slight bump at top edge. A lovely edition of Hall's meditations on the glories of the seasons and living close to the land. ... more information

London: [New North Press]. 2001. Artist's Book, one of 5 Artist's Proof copies, from a total issue of 40, 20 copies of the book and 20 copies of the prints available for purchase separately, all signed and numbered by the artist, Mandy Bonnell. Page size: 8-1/2 x 11-15/16 inches; 20pp. Bound by Elisabeth Neville, accordion style, with black paper, lino printed in silver gilt, over boards, linoleum cuts by Mandy Bonnell, housed in matching publisher's slipcase of black paper, printed in silver g... more information

Paris: Editions des Cahiers Libres. [1930]. First edition, one of 1000 on velin Outhenin-Chalandre, from a total issue of 1030; 8vo; handosmely rebound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. ... more information

Houston, TX: Crystal Press. 1981. One of 100 copies, 50 hand-colored by the artist and 50 with the engravings uncolored, each engraving handnumbered and initialled by the artist. Page size: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4". Bound: sewn into folding boards, closed with silk ribbon tie, fine. The paper is handmade by Roger Powell. The text was printed by George Gergerac. The engravings were pulled by the artist at Atelier Le Couriere et Frelaut in Paris. The author/artist dedicates this book to Kurt Seligmann, Dadi Witz a... more information

[NP but Montclair, NJ]: Caliban Press. 1988. One of 190 copies all on Frankfurt cream paper. Designed and printed by Mark McMurray in Frederick Goudy's Garamont, set by out of Sorts Letter Foundry, the book has relief print facsimile illustrations. McMurray has selected 16 letters - 14 of which have never before been published - which provide a unique portrait during a difficult time in Rogers' life. Page size: 6-3/8 inches x 9-3/8 inches; 61pp; + colophon + erratum. Bound by Herb Nieder and Mark ... more information

Philadelphia: Rackliff & Jones, Printers. 1836. First Edition. 12mo; 312pp; contemporary 3/4 green morocco and marbled boards; top of spine bit chipped, lower corners worn or bumped, outer hinges rubbed but very firm; very good. Susanna Hopkins Mason (1749- 1805), was born in Maryland to a Quaker father and Episcopal mother. She was raised in the Episcopal church but at age 20 became a member of the Religious Society of Friends - an event that informed the rest of her life. She married George Mas... more information

New York and London: Harper & Brothers. 1937. First Edition of the author's first book. 8vo; orange cloth stamped in black and gilt, orange, yellow and black jacket with legend "A Harper Find" at bottom of front panel, book a bit sunned at extremities and spine, jacket with slight (about 1/8") chipping at extremities, clipped at all 4 corners, remains (about 1" x 1/2" each) of cello tape on front and back pastedown and jacket flaps where previous owner taped jacket to book,... more information

New York: Printmaking Workshop. 1985. One of 11 copies only, from a total edition of 19 (8 hors commerce), the text on handmade laid paper, the etchings on various papers. The typography and letterpress are by Kelly / Winterton; the etchings were pulled by Lynn Rogan at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop. Each copy is signed by the artist on the colophon. Each plate is initialled in pencil by the artist/author. Page size: 11 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Bound: loose as issued in black silk box, fine. <br&g... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company. 1992. Limited to 50 copies only, all on Rives paper, each signed by the artist, Mark Beard, and translator, Michael Feingold, over 100 hand-collaged and water-colored images of etchings and lithographs, with each of the seven sins a separate gate fold. Printed letterpress in Garamond in at least 14 different colors by Dan Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. Calligraphy by Jerry Kelly. Page size: 12-1/2 x 21 inches. Bound by Zahra Partovi in association with BookLa... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company. 2006. One of 10 copies only, on J.B. Green paper, each signed and numbered in pencil on the colophon by the artist, Susan Weil. Page size: irregular but about 7 inches x 9 inches; 7 individual collages each hand water colored, cut out, and assembled by the artist, Susan Weil, and the publisher, Vincent FitzGerald. On the reverse of each individual work of art is a "secret" hand written by the artist. Because they are secrets, the reader / viewer can se... more information

[Marshfield Hills, MA]. 2010. Unique artist's book, on boards made from multiple layers of mat board in which dimensional objects, including brass stencils for numbers 1 through 7, were embedded, signed by the artist, Dorothy Krause, on the colophon. Page size: 9.75 x 5.875 x 2.25 inches, 7pp. Binding: by the artist using Katie MacGregor's lime green handmade paper over boards, aged with pigment and wax, as is the blue-green paper covering the pages and the Cave Paper spine. Box: vintage green silk ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1904. First Edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the ffe, "To Mr. & Mrs. R. U. Johnson / with kindest regards / from Annie Fields. / Christmas 1894." 8vo; 216pp; brown gilt-stamped cloth, boards a bit bowed, tips and spine ends a bit rubbed, ex-libris of Robert Underwood Johnson on front pastedown, but generally very good+. Annie Fields (1834-1915), is cited in most references as an author, biographer, diarist, and literary hostess, wi... more information

Worcester, MA: Achille St. Onge. 1973. Miniature, 2-3/4 x 1-7/8". One of 500 copies printed by Joh. Enchede. 23pp; bound in red gilt-stamped morocce, all edges gilt, fine. <br>See an <A HREF= http://www.bookrouter.com/im/juvelisbks/6737.jpg >Image.</A><br> ... more information

New York: Privately Printed [Golden Eagle Press]. 1938. First Edition, one of 100 copies each signed by the author, also inscribed by the author to an early member of the Baker Street Irregular, "To Laurence P. Dodge/Any one who has regard/ both for Edmund Pearson/and Sherlock Holmes,/certainly deserves a book./Charles Honce/Aug 25, 1939." This a compilation of articles about book collecting, rare books, and authors, including musings on Mark Twain, Tamerlane, Lizzie Borden, Edmund Pearson -- the ... more information

Stillwater, ME. 2011. Artist's book, one of 12 copies, all on archival paper vellum and transparent vellum with original (each different) collages of hand-made pastepaper by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, and archival Mohawk Superfine paper for the hand-lettered text, each signed and numbered by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 4-3/4 x 7 inches; 16pp. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber: accordion folds based on a structure developed by Hedi Kyle and re-interpreted by Joelle Leavitt Webber, each ... more information