Titles starting with S from Helena Szepe Books

S.Marino: Repubblica di S.Marino. (1954). o/d 102. Pictorial wrappers,slightly worn at extremities,no loss.VG. With 94 photo illustrations and some line drawings ... more information

n.p.: Sachtleben AG. (cca. 1926). First Edition. Brown, oblong cloth, title embossed in gilt. With color endpapers. 45 mostly photo plates, including one in color. Extremities slightly worn, front hinge weak, else very good; interior fine. With folded presentation flyer, printed in red and brown, laid in. Ownership signature "Allen W.Penger (?) 1928, on title-page,in pencil. Apparently issued upon the merger of several companies to "Sachtleben AG". The new company had mines (pyrite and barite... more information

New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1989. First Edition. o/d 97. Cloth.Pictorial d/j. Inscribed by author. Fine. With many photo illustrations and reproductions of engravings. Inscribed on front free endp.and signed on title p. by Sears ... more information

Budapest: Lampel. (circa 1900). First Edition. 24mo. - 128 pp. - Original red cloth, with chess board decoration embossed in silver, and with title embossed in black. - Front hinge somewhat weak, some pencil marks on margins by former owner, else very fine. - With many games, including some famous tournament events, are analyzed. The last such game is that of "Blackburne vs. Maroczy", London, July 8, 1899. - In Hungarian. - Very rare: OCLC locates only the Cleveland Public Library copy. - Shelf No... more information

New York: International Publishers. (1940). 171 pp. - Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Faithfully,/ Meridel Le Sueur". - Green cloth, spine faded, else fine. ... more information

New York: Grove Press. (1968). First Edition. o/a 96. Black cloth,black d/j,title in 3 colors.Very good.Inscribed. First Edition.First Printing.Black cloth,black d/j,printed in 3 colors. Inscribed by Forman to noted Chicago physician and political activist Quentin Young,in ink. With 24 photo plates and illustrations,and a document. Very good ... more information

Brescia, Italy: Grafo Edizione. (1975). First Edition. White, red-lettered cloth. Pictorial d/j. Fine. Folio - 111,(9);116,(8) pp.,plus 4 folding plates. - Volume Primo: A. "La "Quadra", La Parrocchia, Il Monastero, La Chiesa" by Panazza; B. "Origini e Vicende Storiche" by Dester: and C. "L'Arte nella Chiesa" by Vezzoli. With 134 plates and illustrations (4 in color), and 6 text figures and a full-page plan. - Volume Secondo: "Romanino e Moretto alla Cappella... more information

Van Horn, Erica & Simon Cutts. San Signaux. London: Coracle, 1990. 1/100, numbered and signed by both authors. 8vo. 10 plts. with signs from shops, public buildings, etc. on heavy paper. Cl. with tipped-on plt. Near fine. ... more information

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. 1955. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark-blue cloth. Fine.. 8vo. - (8),541,(3) pp. - Reprint of the 1886 Trubner edition. - Shelf No.: aa 393. ... more information

Urbana-Champaign: U. of Illinois. 1988. First Edition. Boards. Glossy,pictorial boards.Very good. With numerous photo and color illustrations. Inventory o/f 315 ... more information

Andemasse, Haute-Savois: Editions "L'effort humain". 1947. First Edition. Printed beige wrappers, some chipping on spine, else fine.. 16mo. - 28 pp. - A Christian response to Sartre and Existentialism. - Quite rare: OCLC locates only 5 copies. - Shelf No.: P 292. ... more information

Wien: Pichler, Anton. 1813. Hardback. Two volumes in one, with separate title pages. Black cloth with spots on front cover, else very good. Title in gilt on spine. With 2 engraved frontis.Volume I: Die Andacht zum Kreuze. Die Scharpe und die Blume. Volume II: Der standhafte Prinz. Die Brucke von Mantible. Inventory o/b 174 ... more information

Hamburg: Altonaer Museum in Hamburg. 1972. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers, top slightly chipped, else fine.. Square 8vo. - over 100 unnumbered pages. - First edition of a catalog for an exhibition of "primitive", "maive", "Sonntagsmaler", in Hamburg, 1972, sponsored by the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Stern-Magazin, and Westbank AG. - With 150 color and b/w ills. on glossy paper. - With a 7-page register and brief biography of all represented lay-artists. - In German and Engl... more information

Philadelphia: Manufacturers' Appraisal Co.. 1926. First. Blue cloth. Very good.. Profusely illustrated with tables and diagrams. - Inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: "John W. Alvord / 5203 Kenwood Avenue / Chicago / Ill. / Cook County Tax Comm. / Feb 15th 1927 / Compliments of / W. W. Pollock" - Shelf No.: o/e 627. ... more information

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce. 1977. Off-white hardback. Fine.. 8vo. vi,162 pp. - An overview of science and technology in the U.S., on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the National Bureau of Standards. - Articles by 8 eminent scientists, including Teller, Eyring, Birkhoff and Ramo. - Shelf No.: o/e 478. ... more information

New York - London: Columbia University Press. 1966. First Edition. Blue cloth, d/j. with some wear, fine.. x,207 pp. - With an 8-line inscription, in ink, by Keenan, dated "October, 1966". - With 17 contributions by leading scholars, including Sir Eric Ashby, Philip H. Abelson, Albert V. Crewe, Frederick Seitz, Edward Teller, and Alvin Weinberg, on the role of public policy and science. - Shelf No.: o/e 348. ... more information

New York: Harper and Brothers. (1962). First Edition. Blue cloth. Dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. Very good. Small 8vo. - x,182 pp. - Inscribed and dated by Cassidy, in ink. - Shelf No.: bi 1571. ... more information

New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co.. (1959). First Edition. Original grey cloth, title embossed in blue. Very good.. Large 12mo. 144 pp. - With numerous illustrations of the magic tricks. - Shelf No.: bi 1616. ... more information

Austin, Texas: J. Neff. 1984. Hardback. Fine. Limited edition of 200 copies. Mimeographed. - With many tables and some figures. - Shelf No.: o/e 621. ... more information

Glasgow: Anderson & Mackay. 1876. First Edition. Original stapled wrappers, slightly chipped, else fine.. 16mo. - 30 pp. - Work devoted entirely to a speech of Davis, ex-President of the Confederate States. - Shelf No.: o/aa 6. ... more information