Titles starting with S from The Bookpress, Ltd.

1845. BROWN, Richard. SACRED ARCHITECTURE, ITS RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE. London: Caxton Press, n.d. (circa 1845). 4to. Publisher's quarter- calf, marb boards. Frontispiece, xxxvi, 304 pages, 63 plates. First edition. An historical survey of ancient religious architecture which covers Babylonia Egyptian, Indian, Greek and Roman temples, and medieval church architecture, "with an analytical inquiry into the origin, progress, and perfection of the Gothic churches in England; and practical di... more information

1905. (VIRGINIA) SADDLE AND SONG. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1905. 8vo. Cloth. 200 pages, 8 plates. First edition. "A collection of verses made at Warrenton, Virginia, dusing the winter of 1904-1905." This is a presentation copy from Katherine Roosevelt (the editor Very good. ... more information

1981. Paperback. JENKINS, John H. THE SAGA OF SAMUEL BANGS. Austin: Pemberton Press, 1981. 8vo. Wrappers. (12) pages. First book edition One of 450 copies. An essay on Texas history by a former President of the ABAA. Very good. ... more information

1911. GRUNEISEN, W. de. SAINTE MARIE ANTIQUE. Rome: Max Bretschneider, 1911. Small folio. Cloth, protective slipcase. 629, (4) pages, 1 plate. First edition. An atlas volume, which accompanied the text (here lacking), on the ruins of t basilica Sainte Marie. There are 373 in-text illustrations and 79 plates. Light rubbing on covers, else very good in original protective slipcase. ... more information

1928. Paperback. GUIMBAUD, Louis. SAINT-NON ET FRAGONARD D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS INEDITS. Paris: Le Goupy, 1928. 4to. Wrappers. 224 pages, (23) plates. First edition. Featuring previously unpublished engravings of Fragonard and Saint-Non. Partially unopened. Wrappers browned and lightly chipped, otherwise a very clean copy. ... more information

1968. Paperback. CASSIDY, Vincent H. SAINTS AND SINNERS AT SEA. N.p.: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1968. 12mo. Wrappers. 19 pages. Fine in library pamphlet binder. ... more information

1988. SILLITOE, Linda and Allen D. Roberts. SALAMANDER, THE STORY OF THE MORMON FORGERY MURDERS. Salt Lake City: Signature, 1988. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. xiii, (1), 556 pages, 20 plates. First edition. An investigation into the life and times of Mark Hofmann, forger of ``The Oat of a Freeman'' and various spurious Mormon documents. Fine, at publication price. ... more information

1965. (SALERNO) CHRISTOPH, Frances. SALERNO SCULPTURE. New York: Weyhe Gallery, (1965.) 4to. Cloth. v, 58 pages. First edition. Very good. ... more information

1922. POWYS, John Cowper. SAMPHIRE. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. 12mo. Boards, dust jacket. (xx), 53 pages. First edition. This collection of twenty poems by John Cowper Powys is rarely found in its original dust jacket, which here shows some wear. The delicate binding is al chipped. ... more information

1993. Paperback. (TRADE CATALOGUE) SAMPLES OF BOOKBINDING CLOTHS. (Toyko, Japan: Bunyusha Co., 1993). Folio. Printed wrappers. (12) pages. Fir edition. Contains sixty-six samples of cloths which are decorated in the style of "decoration for Japanese traditional paintings". Very good. ... more information

1971. (JOHNSON) SCHWARTZ, Richard B. SAMUEL JOHNSON & THE NEW SCIENCE. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, x, 188 pages. First edition. Schwartz examines Samuel Johnson's views of the science of the Restoration an the eighteenth century. Very good. ... more information

1980. (PEPYS) WILSON, Edward M., and Don W. Cruickshank. SAMUEL PEPYS'S SPANISH PLAYS. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1980. 4to. Cloth. Very good. ... more information

1980. (PEPYS) WILSON, Edward M. and Don W. Cruickshank. SAMUEL PEPYS'S SPANISH PLA London: The Bibliographical Society, 1980. 8vo. Cloth. viii, 196 pages. Firs edition. Fine. Bookplate. ... more information

1976. POWELL, Edith Hopps. SAN FRANCISCO'S HERITAGE IN ART GLASS. Seattle: Salisbury Press, (1976). Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. Unpaginated. Fi edition. Examples of art glass at City Hall, Bardelli's Restaurant, Cypress Lawn Cemetary, Palace Hotel, and other San Francisco landmarks are illustrated. D jacket lightly worn, else very good. ... more information

1967. Paperback. THORDEMAN, Bengt and Bertil Hallert. SAN GIOVENALE. Volume VI, numbers 4- 5. Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1967. 4to. Wrappers. 84; 9, (1) pages. First edition. Articles ``The Medieval Castle of San Giovenale'' and ``Terrestrial Photogrammetric Survey of the San Giovenale Castle''document the Swedish excevation of the Etruscan settlement, San Giovenale. Bookplate, spine sunne else good. ... more information

1992. HERNANDEZ, Xavier. SAN RAFAEL, A CENTRAL AMERICAN CITY THROUGH THE AGES. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Folio. Boards, dust jacket. 62 pages. First American edition. A largely illustrated look at the growth and development of a fictional Centr American city. From 1,000 BC to the late 20th century diagrams and drawings typify how real Central American cities grew, decayed, grew again and were colonized. Fine. ... more information

1983. Paperback. McKITTERICK, David. THE SANDARS AND LYELL LECTURES. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, 1983. 8vo. Wrappers. 43 pages. One of 300 copies Printed by Henry Morris at The Bird and Bull Press, this is an annotated list the Sandars and Lyell lecture series and the resulting books produced from th Fine. ... more information

1937. Paperback. (BOTTICELLI) VENTURI, Lionello. SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Vienna: The Phaidon Press, (1937). Folio. Cloth. 31 pages, 101 plates. First edition. Laid-in is an eight page folio size pamphlet by Ludwig Goldscheider with "Not on Some of the Plates". The plates in this volume were selected by Goldscheider. There are fourteen tipped-in color plates. Browning to edges, else very good. ... more information

1937. Paperback. (BOTTICELLI) VENTURI, Lionello. SANDRO BOTTICELLI. New York: Oxford University Press, (1937). Folio. Cloth. 31 pages, 101 plate First American edition. Laid-in is an eight page folio size pamphlet by Ludwig Goldscheider with "Not on Some of the Plates". The plates in this volume were selected by Goldscheider. There are fourteen tipped-in color plates. Tips rubbed, brown to edges, occasional underlining and marginal notations, still a desirable co ... more information

1991. PARSONS, Jack. SANTA FE AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. New York: Rizzoli, (1991). Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Very good. ... more information