A Sermon Addressed to the second Presbyterian Congregation in Albany, Sunday Morning, August 27, 1854, on the Completion of a Quarter of a Century from the Commencement of the Author's Ministry Among Them (Signed/Inscribed by the Author)
by Sprague, William B.
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, Printer, 1854. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], 6-40; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; small chips to paper at ends of spine; faint vertical crease; very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author to upper margin of front wrap.William Buell Sprague (1795 - 1876) was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman. Author of numerous books, his most famous one would be "Annals of the American Pulpit" - a biographical... Read More
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The Discriminating Preacher: A Sermon, Preached in the North Church in the City of Hartford, Dec. 1, 1824, at the Ordination and Installation of the Reverend Carlos Wilcox, as Pastor of Said Church
by Spring, Gardiner
Hartford: By the author, 1825. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [1], 4-37, [1]; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; a few chips with small loss of paper to spine; period signature of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; scattered spotting, mostly to endpapers and margins; in about very good condition. Gardiner Spring (1785 - 1873) was an author, minister, and educator. He would be the propounder of the Gardener Spring Resolutions,... Read More
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What Sami Sings with the Birds
by Spyri, Johanna
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1917. First Edition. Very good. First English edition; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [10], 9-90, [8]; blue cloth over boards, illustrated with an intricate wreath in blue, yellow, and black (unsigned, but attributed to Margaret Neilson Armstrong); pictorial DJ; illustrated with three color plates, including the frontispiece; cloth with light wear to tips of spine and corners, else bright and clean; age-toning to endpapers and several minor spots to first few pages;... Read More
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Rubber Necking
by Srivijittakar, Kenneth
Los Angeles: Tiny Splendor Press, 2015. Near fine. First edition, n. d. (ca 2015); oblong 3 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [8]; stapled, pictorial wraps in purple and pink; illustrated with drawings; minor wear to edges; in near fine condition. A tiny, wordless zine, with just a short paragraph of text to front wrap verso, it was filled with stylized images of crushed vehicles and was intended to covey a sense of our own human fragility, after witnessing a... Read More
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The Work in the Rural Districts. Speech Delivered on January 11, 1933, at the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commisssion of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
by Stalin, J.
London: Modern Books Limited, 1933. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 1/2 x 4; pp. 3-24; red, pictorial wraps; a bit of creasing to lower margin; several light, pencil marks in text; in very good condition. On the shortcomings of Party work in the rural districts.
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Politicheski Partii ili Suslovni Organizatsii? [Political Parties or Professional Organizations?]
by Stamboliiski, Aleksandur
Sofia: Fondatsiia "Zemedelsko Suiuzno Izdatelstvo Al. Stamboliiski", 1945. Hardcover. Third edition; 6 x 8; pp. [1], 4-321, [3]; rebound in green cloth over boards with original wraps bound-in; small bump to upper corner of front board; a few small spots to back board; faint remnants of a penciled-in number to front wrap; very good to near fine. Aleksandur Stamboliiski originally published his "Political Parties or Professional Organizations?" in two parts in one tome in 1909. In 1921, he managed to... Read More
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A Portfolio of Original Dress and Costume Designs
by Stanfield, Gladys
S. l.: By the artist, 1930. Softcover. Eighteen items; various sizes - 11" x 7 1/4" to 14" x 12"; drawings in pencil, ink, and water colors, on Strathmore Drawing boards, poster boards, and artist’ boards.; many of them signed and captioned, i. e. “Ballet Costume,” “Business Woman’s Suit,” etc.; most in near fine condition with minor wear, a few with light spotting and glue residue predominantly to verso; several of them feature fabric designs, rather than dress models; overall... Read More
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Oi ne khody, Hrytsiu, ta na vechernytsi. Narodnia drama zi spivamy v V diiakh (Don't Go to Parties, Hryts. A Folk Musical Drama in V Acts)
by Starytskyi, M. (Mykhailo)
Lviv: Drukarnia naukovoho tovarystva imeny Shevchenka, 1927. Good. Second edition; 8 3/4 x 6; pp. [1], 4-56; salmon wraps, printed and ruled in black; vertical rease line along spine and a few small chips and cuts to edges of wraps; upper right corner of text block with a light discoloration, not affecting readability; in good condition. Mykhailo Starytskyi (1840 - 1904) was a Ukrainian author, poet, playwrighttranslator, and cousin of famous composer Mykola Lysenko, with whom he would work... Read More
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Na chystu vodu. Druga diia istorii nepryiniatoi zemli z Shevchenkovoi Mogyly (On Clean Water. A Second Story of the Rejected Soil from Shevchenko's Grave)
by Stasiuk, Platon
Niu Iork (New York): By the Author, 1965. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [2], 3-95; light-brown wraps, printed in black; a small bump to tail of spine; minor creasing to corners; illustrated with frontis, photographs, and facsimile documents; very good to near fine condition. Around 1958, Ukrainian emigres in the US came up with the idea of building a memorial to "Ukraine's Favorite Son," author Taras Shevchenko, as a way of making... Read More
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To the Deer Hunters: Save Your Deer Hides!
by State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Game
S. l. (Sacramento, CA): State Printing Office, 1943. Very good. Broadside; 11 x 8 1/2; off-white paper, printed in black and decorated with the Seal of California; a bit of wear and creasing to edges and faint intersecting creases; small stamp of a sporting goods shop to upper margin; in about very good condition. In June of 1943, the Federal War Production Board issued Order M-301, under which hunters were allowed to keep deer hides for their own use,... Read More
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Peace and War. United States Foreign Policy 1931-1941
by Department of State
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; 8vo; pp. iii-vii, [1], 1-144; original red wraps; very minor wear to covers, clean and bright; small penciled-in name to front cover verso; faint crease line to title page, else fine. A record of policies and acts concerning the US foreign relations during the decade of 1931-41.
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Pulkownik Kwiatkowski Czyli Dziura w Suficie
by Stawinski, Jerzy Stefan
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Warszawskie, 1996. First edition (after the screenplay of 'Colonel Kwiatkowski'); 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [2], 5-142 including text to last page; original wraps; minor wear to corners and edges; near fine. Jerzy Stawinski was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He fought for the Polish Army in WWII and was a POW in Oflag VII-A Murnau in Bavaria. During his creative career he wrote 29 screenplays and won numerous honors and awards. Colonel Kwiatkowski was a comedy... Read More
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Maliunok dytyny i dlia dytyny (Children's Art and Illustration of Children's Literature)
by Stebelskyi, B. (Bohdan)
Toronto - Ottawa: Studium Research Institute, 1966. First Edition. Very good. Alternate title from from wrap and second title page in English: "Pro iliustratsiiu dytiachoi knyzhky" (On Illustrating Children's Books). First edition; 10 x 6 1/2; pp. [2], 5-75, [3]; green wraps, printed in black; illustrated with color plates and black and white facsimile drawings and illustrations; age-toning and mild foxing to margins of wraps, else minor wear; in very good condition. With a summary in English. Bohdan Stebelskyi... Read More
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Murder in Mind [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
by Stedwell, Paki
Point Reyes: Point Reyes Press, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. Uncorrected proof; 7" x 8 1/2"; pp. [4], 3-217; clear plastic wraps with some faint yellowing, else fine. Signed/inscribed by author. A copy of an apparently unpublished/unrecorded 'murder mystery" book with psychic experiences and sleep-research supercomputers thrown in the mix by California author Paki Stedwell, who is also the author of "Patchy coastal fog: From Manhattan to (West) Marin in 24 not-so-easy stages" and "Vaulting: Gymnastics on horseback." Though... Read More
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Edna Esen v America (One Fall in America)
by Stefanova, Liliana
Sofia: Izdatelstvo na Otechestveniia Front, 1986. Hardcover. Fifth edition; 5 ¼†x 8†; pp. [8], 9-278, [6]; original orange boards; gilt title; fine. Pictorial DJ in very good condition with small nicks and wear along corners and edges.
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Puteshestvie s Charli: V Poiskakh Ameriki [Travels with Charlie: In Search of America]
by Steinbeck, John
Moscow: Progress, 1965. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [4], 5-255; beige cloth over boards illustrated in brown and black; minor fading and age-toning to spine; very light forward slant to spine; very good to near fine. A beautiful edition of John Steinbeck's classic on his road trip across the United States.
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Slunce a vino chudych (Tortilla Flat)
by Steinbeck, John
Praha (Prague): Jaroslav Podrouzek, 1947. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [2]; 5-225, [5]; plain brown wraps; pictorial DJ; light wear to tips of spine and corners; signatures loose, as issued, tucked into each other; hinges a bit weak; very good condition. Jacket design and typography by B. Forman; small nicks to edges; in good to very good condition. First Czech edition of Steinbeck's, arguably, first commercial and critical... Read More
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Krest'ianskaia Voina pod Predvoditelstvom S. T. Razina (1670-1671 gg.)
by Stepanov, Ivan Vasil'evich
Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Politicheskoi Literatury, 1957. Soft cover. First edition; staple-bound 5†x 7 ¾†; pp. 3-79, [1]; original pictorial wraps; minor wear to covers (mostly a few small nicks to edges and a slight crease line to lower corner of back cover), very good; b & w illustrations. A 10†x 10 ¾†map tipped-in.
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Nikolai Peresliegin
by Stepun, Fedor
Parizh (Paris): Izdatelstvo "Sovremennyia Zapiski", 1929. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [4], 7-420, [2]; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; small nicks and chips to fore-edge of wraps and corners; a few mild spots to wraps; overall in very good condition. Fedor Stepun, also known as Friedrich Steppuhn (1884 - 1965) was a Russian-German author, editor, sociologist, historian, and philosopher. He was also an army commissar under the Russian Provisional Government... Read More
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The Home Messenger Book of Tested Receipts. Total Abstinence. Respectfully Dedicated to the Patrons and Friends of the Detroit Home of the Friendless.
by Stewart, Isabella G. D.; Sill, Sally B.; Duffield, Mary B.
Detroit, MI: E. B. Smith & Company, 1878. Very good. Second edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [5], iv-xv, [2], 2-287; pebbled green cloth over boards; gilt title to spine and elaborate gild decorations to front board; illustrated with one wood engraving; silk-ribbon loop to top of spine for hanging (as published); small rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; faint signature of previous owner to ffep; a few minor spots; overall in about very good... Read More
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Columbian Entertainments, Consisting of Dramas, Colloquies, Poems, Tableaux, Pantomimes
by Stocking, Sarah L.
Peopria, Illinois: J. W. Franks & Sons, Printers and Binders, 1892. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 6 1/4; pp. [11], 10-210; gray cloth over boards, decorated with an elaborate border in black; gilt title to front board; small rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; a bit of age-darkening and spotting to margins; small gift inscription to first blank leaf; in very good condition. According to the author, as it was a "Columbian year,"... Read More
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[Trotskyism] [Trials] Predatelskata Shpionska I Sabotiorska Grupa na Traicho Kostov Pred Suda na Naroda (The Process against Traicho Kostov and His Group)
by Stoianov, Teniu and Kiul'ovski, Iliia
Sofia: Government Printing Office, 1949. Soft cover. Good. First edition; 6" x 8"; pp. 5-617, [9] including text to last page; original wraps (dark blue front and beige back); wear mostly along edges of spine with two closed vertical cuts to head and tail; dust-dulling to back cover; deckled page edges; approximately half of the pages tipped-in (appear to have never been properly bound); small rubbed spot to upper margin of front cover; good. Traicho Kostov, former President... Read More
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Health and Long Life
by Stokes, Byron D.
Monticello, IL: Pepsin Syrup Co., 1923. First Edition. Very good. First edition, n. d. (ca 1923); 6 3/4 x 4 1/2; pp. 3-22; stapled, lithographed wraps; illustrated with numerous drawings; a light crease and a small nick to fore-edge of front wrap; thin, closed splits to tips of spine; overall in very good condition-. Published as an advertisement for Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin - the Family Laxative (invented by Dr. William Burr Caldwell around 1885), the booklet featured a... Read More
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Here's How by Stouffer's. A Selection of Our Famous Drink Recipes and Hints for Home Entertaining
by Stouffer's
Cleveland, Ohio: Stouffer Foods Corporation, 1962. Very good. New edition (first published in 1950); oblong 4 1/4 x 6; pp. 2-87, [9]; pictorial, card stock wraps; leaves spiral-bound within; illustrated with photographs; light creasing to spine tips; very light overall wear; in very good to near fine condition. Although, most people associate Stouffer's with frozen food, the story actually began in 1898 in Cleveland, when James Stouffer and his son Abraham opened a creamery at a local market. After... Read More
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Big John Strong's Circus. A Proven Crowd Pleaser Approved by the State of California
by Strong, John
Thousand Oaks, CA: Big John Strong's Circus, 1960. Very good. Large, tri-fold brochure; 11 x 17 1/4 unfolded; textured white stock, printed in bright red, blue,and yellow and illustrated with photographs; a bit of creasing to upper right corner; minor wear to edges; in very good or better condition. Unfolding to reveal a single, colorful, poster-like image, the brochure advertised Big John Strong's Circus, a major California attraction in the mid-20th century. Founded in 1948 by newlyweds John and... Read More
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