Polar Star
by Smith, Martin Cruz
London: Collins Harvill, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Cruz Smith on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (£12.95), rubbed at the edges, creased near the price. Red buckram, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. The sequel to Gorky Park, seeing the return of Arkady Renko.
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The Scorpion God; Forbidden Wisdom of Belial
by Smith, Mark Alan
Primal Craft Occult Publications, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 999 copies, signed by Smith on the limitation page. Fine. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The third volume in the Trident of Witchcraft series.
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Feel Free
by Smith, Zadie
New York: Penguin Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Smith on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.00). Black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Smith's culture- and current events-focused prose, including her classics like "Joy," and "Find Your Beach.
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How to Play Golf
by Snead, Sam
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Inscribed by Snead on his photograph opposite the title page. Near Fine in a Poor jacket, unclipped ($2.00), split in two at the spine with much of the spine missing. Green buckram, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound with toned pages. An early instructional book from one of the game's greatest players. Here, Snead covers grip and stance, etiquette, and provides a dictionary... Read More
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Natural Golf; How to Play Winning Golf Your Natural Way
by Snead, Sam
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited by Tom Shehan. Inscribed by Snead opposite the title page. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, clipped, rubbed at the surface and edges. Grey buckram with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. An instructional book from one of golf's greatest players. In this work, "readers will find out what has... Read More
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The Real Work; Interviews & Talks 1964-1979
by Snyder, Gary
New York: New Directions, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Snyder on the title page. Edited and with an Introduction by Scott McLean. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.95). Green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second volume of Snyder's prose published by New Directions with this being focused on "the living out of revolution in a particular place and time--the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California in... Read More
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A Range of Poems; Collected Poems
by Snyder, Gary
London: Fulcrum Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. Second Printing. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (35/-), generally worn with creases and tears, a large chip at the bottom portion of the spine. Brown cloth, bumped at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Bound with a forward lean and reading wear, price stamped on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A UK-only collection of poems from the Beat poet of the San Francisco Renaissance.
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Money Versus Man
by Soddy, Frederick
London: Mathew Elkins, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. The New Ideas Library No. 4. About Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (3s. 6d. net), lightly bumped at the edges. Red cloth, rubbed and mottled, with black ink lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A work on economics by the Nobel Prize-winning English Chemist. Published two years before the US printing,... Read More
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
New York: Bantam, 1963. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Translated by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley. Introduction by Max Hayward and Leopold Labedz. Good. Wraps toned, rubbed at the spine and back wrap. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City
by Somtow, S.P.
Eugene: Axolotl Press | Pulphouse Publishing, Inc. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Donna Gordon. Limited to 300 copies signed by Somtow on the title page of the story. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price). Beige cloth with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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UFOs Above the Law; True Encounters with Law Enforcement
by Soriano, Frank; Bouck, James
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly bumped. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of UFO reports from law enforcement and government officials.
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Steelwork
by Sorrentino, Gilbert
New York: Pantheon Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), faded a shade at the spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, black ink lettering on the front board. Square and firmly bound, a few spots at the edges, clean internally. Sorrentino's novel about Brooklyn life between 1935 and 1951, telling of "the collapse of a basically decent, homogeneous and honorable group of people into a... Read More
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The Assassination of Justinian's Personality
by Sotiroff, George
Regina: Lynn Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Thick wraps, rubbed and with some stains and creases, faded lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Sotiroff's work that explains how James Bryce "assassinated" the character of Justinian and how it can be "brought back to life.
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Star Wars: Light of the Jedi; The High Republic
by Soule, Charles
New York: Del Rey, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($28.99). White paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy; Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
by South, James B.
Chicago: Open Court, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges. Square and firmly bound, a stain at the bottom of the fore-edge, clean internally. The fourth installment of the "Popular Culture and Philosophy" series.
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The Valley of Fear
by Spare, Austin Osman
London: Fulgur Limited, 2008. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited to 800 copies. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket, unclipped (£40.00), a scuff at the head of the spine. Green cloth with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first publication of Spare's sketchbook from a tumultous time in his life, with an analytical essay about the development of Spare's magico-aesthetic.
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The Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green
by Sparkes, Boyden; Moore, Samuel Taylor
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine and with a small chip at the head. Green cloth, thin bands of fading at the edges. Square and firmly bound with a purple top stain, clean internally. An early biography of "America's richest woman" and who the Guiness Book of World Records dubbed "the greatest miser.
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Beyond Worlds: My Fantastic Journey to Our Tenth Planet, Decem!
by Oldest Spears
East Chicago: Zapadores Publication, 2004. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 34p. Very Good. Card covers with some stains on the back. Firmly bound with three staples, some wavering to the pages, clean otherwise. A work in the Space Brothers tradition in which Oldest Spears recounts his trip to and experiences on Decem, a planet in our solar system beyond Pluto. Two holdings located in OCLC, but neither for this edition. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. ... Read More
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The Voice at the Back Door
by Spencer, Elizabeth
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Spencer on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95), lightly rubbed at the edges, a few small stains. Black and grey buckram on the boards, minimal rubbing at the edges and corners, with white and orange ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the top edge, rear endpaper clipped at the top corner.... Read More
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Hide This Book
by Spencer, Jim
Milwaukee: Vanity Press, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Limited to 200 copies signed by Spencer. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps lightly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound with two staples. A collection of pithy, word-play one-liners.
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The Generous Days
by Spender, Stephen
Boston: David R. Godine, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 118. Fine in the linen and marbled paper binding. A collection of ten poems, including "To W.H. Auden on His Sixtieth Birthday," "The Generous Days," "Voice From a Skull," and others.
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Weird Fantasy EC Archives Volumes 1-4 Box Set
by Spicer, Bill; Benson, John; Evanier, Mark; Menville, Doug
West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards, lightly bumped, some scuffing at the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 1 through 22.
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The Vault of Horror EC Archives Volumes 1-5 Box Set
by Spicer, Bill; Benson, John
West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 12 through 40.
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Weird Science EC Archives Volumes 1-4 Box Set
by Spicer, Bill; Benson, John; Evanier, Mark; Menville, Doug
West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards, lightly bumped, some scuffing at the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 1 through 22.
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Weird Science-Fantasy and Incredible Science Fiction EC Archives Volumes 1-2 Box Set
by Spicer, Bill; Mason, Bill; Stewart, Bhob
West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards, lightly bumped, some scuffing at the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 23 through 33.
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