Titles starting with S from Savoy Books

New York [1930s?]. 8vo, printed cloth. Tri-fold color card with 3 pp. text + 18 mounted samples of dyed raw fibres. Minor soiling, very good. . ... more information

[New Haven:] Hudson & Woodward, printers, [1815]. Broadside, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2. Text within ornamental border. Lightly browned, a little residue from album mounting on verso; folded. Rare program for Percival's Yale commencement. His name appears twice: giving an oration "On the comparative value of Scientifick and Military reputation"; and participating in a dialogue on "The Effects of Jealousy and Revenge." Not in Imprints; not in BAL Percival-ana; OCLC, Brown copy only. . ... more information

Edinburgh:: William Creech, 1787. 8vo, contemp. calf, rebacked, with new label. Pp. 121; half-title. Spine worn at tips, rear hinge cracked, a little browned, but quite a decent copy. With armorial bookplate of William Stirling. First published edition. Beattie's list originally appeared in 1779 in a small edition, not for sale, printed for the use of those who attended his lectures. A third edition was published in 1811. CBEL II, 640. ... more information

Indianapolis: J.P. Chapman, 1853. Large 8vo, original cloth. Pp. 384, illus. Very good. Includes a report of the first Indiana State Fair.. ... more information

Jersey City, NJ: Clark Johnson, M.D., 1874. 8vo, decorative cloth, scuffed and spotted. Pp. 309, frontis. and 9 plates. 2 ownership inscriptions, some foxing, but internally very nice.. ... more information

New York 1940s. Narrow 8vo, bi-fold color card with 84 color thread samples. . ... more information

Providence: H.P. Boyce, 1871. Sq 12mo, orig. Illustrated orange wrappers. Pp. [154]; illus. Lightly soiled, near fine. A nice copy of this Providence advertising directory, with a wide range of products and types, and with full-page comic illustrations throughout, punning selected quotes from Shakespeare.. Illus. by Jones, Edward S. ... more information

Wien-Leipzig: Die Fackel. 8vo, orig cloth (spine faded); pp. [158] (unpaginated). Inner hinge beginning to show signs of cracking; otherwise a very nice, tight copy.. ... more information

Boston: White, Smith & Perry [1872.] Narrow 12mo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 137 + 7 pp. ads. Moderate soiling, some corners dog-eared; a very nice copy. Unusually substantial catalogue, with musical works listed by subject as well as title, with excerpted lyrics and descriptive commentary.. ... more information

New York: T. and J. Swords , 1828. 8vo, original paper boards, cloth spine, wanting the printed label. Pp. x, 196. A little wear at foot of spine, scattered foxing. A nice uncut copy. First and only edition. An influential work by the preeminent American nurseryman of his time. "The publication in 1828 of A short treatise on horticulture by William Prince of the famous Linnaean Botanic Garden marked the beginning of a new era in horticultural books in America. This was the first book of the kind in Am... more information

Bath: S. Hazard, 1793. 8vo, contemp. mottled calf, morocco label, spine and boards ruled in gilt. Top of spine worn, front hinge split but secure, clean and tight within. Engraved armorial bookplate of Garbett Watsham, Knill Court. First edition. The historical aspects largely derivative of Burney and others, Eastcott's book is usually cited for its argument against fugal treatment of church choral music, a notion which took hold in America. The volume is also notable as having James Boswell among its s... more information

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1886. 12mo, disbound. Pp. 129, uncut. Some browning of outer leaves, very good. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed "Mrs. Baldwin with kind regards from her friend A. J. Symington. Langside: Glasgow. July, 1886." Symington (1821-1898), a minor Scottish poet and biographer, was a regular visitor to Carlyle's Chelsea home over a period of thirty years.. ... more information

Np, nd (ca. 1863). Oblong 12mo, printed yellow title wrappers, stitched. Pp. 20. Minor wear. Songs for a children's glee chorus, evidently sponsored by music merchandiser G. F. Greene, of Cohoes, NY, whose ad appears on the rear wrapper. Several of the songs have Union patriotic themes, and one celebrates Emancipation.. ... more information

Yellowstone Park, Wyo.: The Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co., nd (1930's?) 12mo, pictorial wrappers. Pp. 39; illus.. ... more information

Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, n.d. 24mo, original pictorial wrappers. Pp. [124]. Pictorial title and frontispiece. Minor wear, a fine fresh copy. Minstrel era collection, includes "Angelina Baker", "Poor Old Joe", "Walk in the Parlor", "The Rose of Baltimore", and "Night Funeral of a Slave", etc. . ... more information

Greenfield [Mass.]: 1897. Oblong 8vo, pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt; tied with cord. 34 mounted photos. Most photos neatly separated from their linen stubs, easily restored. Moderate chipping and soiling; over all in very good condition. Appealing photographic documentation of a small town fancy coach parade in western Massachusetts. Each photo shows an entry by individuals, community groups and clubs, festooned with bunting and flowers, often with themes, along the lines of modern-day parade flo... more information

[Boston: Richardson, printer, ca. 1870's]. Large 8vo, orig. illustrated yellow wrappers. Pp. 8. Moderate soiling and stains. Front wrapper has portraits of the Spauldings, the rear "Little Kittie and Willie in Their Vocal Duets.". ... more information

Folio, single issue complete; removed, untrimmed. Pp. 4. Folded, near fine. Washington's fourth annual message, printed complete in two columns of a London newspaper. The message is taken up mostly with Indian affairs, and recent Cherokee uprisings, together with financial matters, Kentucky's newly adopted constitution, and the dispersal of newspapers through the post-office.. ... more information

Dublin: Printed by James Hoey and George Faulkner at the Pamphlet Shop, 1728. 8vo, removed. Pp. 7, (1). Trimmed close at bottom, affecting catchwords. First Dublin edition of an oft-printed poem, first published separately in 1705. The verso of the final leaf contains interesting ads for Hoey and Faulkner's well-known Pamphlet-Shop where "Curious gentlemen may be accomodated with Several Pamphlets and Poems, lately published in London, but never reprinted in Dublin, nor to be had but at said shop.&... more information

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Orig terracotta cloth. Pp. viii, 442. A fine, bright copy. First edition. Brewster was a Philadelphia born novelist who lived in Rome for many years. The present work is an autobiographical travel novel set in Naples. Wright II 362.. ... more information