Illustrated Children's Books (Britain in Pictures)
by Smith, Janet Adam
London: Collins, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Pictorial paper covered flexible boards in matching dust jacket, 4to, 50 pages, 8 color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout. Boards edge worn, offset tanning at half title page and last page from paper being laid in (now gone), edge worn dust jacket with chipping at extremities, toned spine, now in protective mylar cover. Number 126 in the Britain in Pictures series.
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The Jessie Willcox Smith Poster Book
by Jessie Willcox Smith
New York: Derrydale Books, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 13x10x0. Folio, large soft cover in glossy pictorial covers, 24 color posters, printed on one side only; covers show mild scuffing and edge wear, internally clean, bright and sound. A very attractive copy.
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Structure of the Visual Book (Book 95. The Expanded Fourth Edition)
by Smith, Keith A
Keith A Smith Books, 2010. Soft cover. Fine. 6x1x9. Purchased new for research a few years ago, but never used.
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The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed
by Smith, Lee
Harper & Row, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Early printing if not the first edition, edition not stated, date code of K-S (October 1968). Turquoise cloth boards over yellow paper-covered boards under white pictorial dust jacket, original price of $4.95 intact. Minor wear and darkening to spine panel. Signed (name only) by Smith above her name on title page.
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Songs from the Hearts of Women: One Hundred Famous Hymns and their Writers
by Smith, Nicholas
A.C. McClurg & Co, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Limited edition of 100 copies. White cloth spine over grey paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt, 10" x 6-1/2", 271 pp. Tanned spine, wear to corners. Signed by author at limitation page. Additionally inscribed by author to his granddaughter Clara Ashley Sargent on half-title page, dated 1903. Wear to covers. An interesting hymnological book which focuses on female writers.
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The Train from Katanga
by Smith, Wilbur
Viking Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth spine over slate cloth boards, top edge stained green, under photographic dust jacket. Star stamp to front endpaper & front flap--possibly a weird remainder mark? Front flap has a black sticker over the price. Minor wear to top edge of spine panel. All told, a nice copy of this early book from Smith.
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The Blue Sky
by Snyder, Gary
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Blue card covers under white dust jacket, 5-1/2" x 7-1/4". Limited edition of 100 copies, signed by Snyder, this is #39. Fine copy all around. In the original envelope which has some toning to edges, it is also numbered 39.
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Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems (Writing 7)
by Snyder, Gary
Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Distributed by City Lights Books. Brown textured wraps with black lettering to front cover, stapled binding, 8" x 5-1/4", 50 pp. Appears unread. We purchased several of these from a former bookseller and may have multiples in stock, please inquire if interested.
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The Back Country
by Snyder, Gary
New Directions, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First US edition (simultaneous with UK edition.) Full green cloth with black lettering to spine, under pictorial dust jacket, 8-1/4" x 5-1/2", 128 pp. Very minor toning to white rear panel of DJ.
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The Back Country
by Snyder, Gary
London: Fulcrum Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Full tan boards under brown dust jacket, 9-1/2" x 6-1/4", 112 pp. Turning in to head of spine, minor fading to spine panel of jacket, a nice copy overall. Fulcrum did a limited edition of this, but this copy is the trade edition.
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Cat Call: Reclaiming the Feral Feminine
by Sollee, Kristen J
Weiser Books, 1919. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9. As new and unread.
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Southern Pacific Railroad (MBI Railroad Color History)
by Solomon, Brian
Voyageur Press, 2007-11-15. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x0x10. Pictorial boards under matching dust jacket. Owner's address label, else fine condition. Full-color photos & historic b/w photos throughout. A fun book to flip through & of course one of our favorite railroad lines!
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Charmaine Solomon's Family Recipes
by Solomon, Charmaine
Viking, 2004-06-28. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. An uncommon title from the popular chef & cookbook author. Orange boards under illustrated dust jacket, 4to, 313 pp. Clean text & solid binding. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Where Sparrows Work Hard
by Soto, Gary
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine copy in DJ with some fading to spine. Pitt Poetry Series, and Soto's third book published. Soto is a Mexican-American whose "poems are sure, spare evocations of the wonder and violence of life in the barrio and beyond.
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FA Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior
by Robert D. San Souci
Hyperion, 1998-06-15. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x0x11. Jean & Mou-Sein Tseng. Signed. First edition stated & with full number line. Signed (name only) by San Souci on title page. DJ price of $15.95 intact. A fine/fine copy of this classic Chinese legend.
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The long trail: How cowboys & longhorns opened the West (American Trails Series)
by Soule, Gardner; Guthrie, A.B. Jr (ed.)
McGraw-Hill, 1976. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Blue & red boards under white dust jacket. Fine copy with slightest of shelfwear. First printing with full number line. Laid in is a invoice from 2000 showing the previous owner paid $350 for this. Hard to fathom.
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Robinson
by Spark, Muriel
Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Green cloth boards under pictorial jacket designed by Victor Reinganum, original price intact, 186 pp. Mild toning to DJ spine panel, foxing to rear panel; minor fading to spine of book. Spark's second novel, somewhat fantastic--two survivors of a plane crash on a remote island are nursed back to health by the mysterious loner Robinson. As their physical health improves, their mental health deteriorates.
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The Abbess of Crewe: A Modern Morality Tale
by Spark, Muriel
Viking Press, 1974-10-31. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 20x20x20. Black cloth spine over blue boards, under black Mel Williamson dust jacket priced $6.95. Minor discoloration to boards, one damp spot to reverse of DJ. First US edition, NAP.
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The Hothouse by the East River
by Spark, Muriel
Viking Press, 1973-04-30. hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8x5x5. Burgundy cloth spine over burgundy boards, under black photographic dust jacket; burgundy endpapers. First US edition NAP. DJ price-clipped else fine.
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Ship Island and Other Stories
by Spencer, Elizabeth
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated; 8vo, 175 pages, review slip laid in. Boards sunned along edges, scattered dark spots on spine, internally clean and sound; light edge wear to dust jacket, toned spine, now in protective mylar cover.
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The Snare
by Spencer, Elizabeth
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition stated; 8vo in embossed black cloth, tiny spots of faint soiling to fore edge of text block; lightly toned dust jacket with short closed tear at bottom rear edge, now in protective mylar cover. A classic New Orleans story of good and evil.
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Jack of Diamonds and Other Stories
by Spencer, Elizabeth
New York: Viking, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by Author(s). Full number line; signed and inscribed to previous owner on title page; 8vo, 184 pages; dust jacket in mylar.
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No Place for an Angel
by Spencer, Elizabeth
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. First edition stated; 8vo, 305 pages; lightly toned dust jacket in new mylar cover.
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Lost Lagoon: A Pacific Adventure
by Sperry, Armstrong
Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Black cloth boards with light blue design & lettering, illustrated endpapers, under light blue dust jacket, 277 pp., illustrated by author. Edgewear to DJ. Inscribed "Greetings! Armstrong Sperry" on half-title. Another sea-faring adventure from the author of "Call It Courage.
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Of Dikes and Windmills
by Spier, Peter
Doubleday & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated. Signed (name only) by Spier on title page, dated 1992. Owner's stamp on front endpaper, price-clipped DJ; else lovely.
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