WAITING FOR A CROWN OR, THE EARLY YEARS OF KING DAVID
by (Edis Searle)
NY: Thomas Nelson, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon juvenile retelling of the King David story from the Bible. Author unidentified in this title but deduced from title page declaration "By the author of 'Hetty's Resolve;' ' Great Things Done by Little People;' etc., etc." 8vo, dark blue cloth decorated with pictorial vignette in balck and gold, illustrated with 26 b&w plates, printed in England. Gift inscription dated 1874 in contemporary florid hand. Covers uniformly darkened a... Read More
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A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing-Season 1739
by Seccombe, Joseph
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited Edition. Quarter Faux Leather. Fine/Original Glassine Wrapper. Glassine wrapper tattered.
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A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing Season 1739
by Seccombe, Joseph; Shipton, C. K. (introduction by)
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited Edition. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards. Almost As New/Very Good. McCurdy, Michael. Number 77 of 1000. Inscribed to Harold Corbin by printer, Joe Blumenthal, beneath artist's signature. Corbin's bookplate at front pastedown. Edges and corners sharp, text clean. Glassine dj with closed tear top edge front panel, slightly chipped spine ends. In near fine - original publisher's cardboard slipcase with woodcut fisherman pictorial at front panel and bucket of fish pictorial at rear. Slight... Read More
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GARDEN-CRAFT OLD AND NEW
by Sedding, John W.
London: KEgan POAul Trench, Trubner & Co, Ltd, 1891. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's green linen, gilt-pressed titles and sundial front and titles spine, sides untrimmed. Spine slightly tanned and corners moderately worn , minor loss spine head. Solidly bound. Illustrated with 9 plates. A solid, unsophisticated copy.
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EN TORNO A LA OBRO DE JAVIER SEGUI (1964 - 1983)
by Segui, Javier
Madrid: Graficino, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Folio, 32 pages, 16 loose sheets on thick stock, folded together. Profusely illustrated with plans and b&w photos of Spanish architectures work, including centerfold of 4 colored photos of plans and models for the College of Architecture in Seville (1977). Fine copy.
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Le Général Dourakine
by COMTESSE DE SEGUR
Paris: Hachette, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Bayard, E.. 12mo, rose cloth, blind ruled, elaborate gilt decorations front cover, gilt titles to spine, aeg, 375p + 16p publ list. Spine a wee soiled/faded, spine a bit cocked, internals toned.
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The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses
by Selected by editors of Architectural Record. Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, et al (houses designed by). Russell Lynes (preface by)
np: F.W. Dodge, 1959. 1st Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine - no names, inscriptions, bookplates, in bette rthan very good dw, just slightly soiled/rubbed. THE collectible copy.
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Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac
by Seton, Ernest Thompson
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Blue cloth, oval pictorial pastedown, titles in gilt. Narrow stain running along bottom edge of leaves first grouping of pages not affecting text. Solid copy. With 100 drawings by author Seton,
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LIVES OF THE HUNTED
by Seton-Thompson, Ernest
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine -. First edition, olive-green cloth , decorations and titles in green, brown and gilt. Spine moderately browned as is often seen with this tile. Square, solid binding. Internals fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW LUCKY YOU ARE
by Seuss, Dr
NY: Random House, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Title of this book the last listed on rear cover on top list of books. The list of books on the bottom under Beginner Books lists "Oh Say Can You Say?" as last book. Gift inscription and juvenile owner name bottom corner of free front endpaper. Corners and spine ends worn. Laminated pictorial covers a tad soiled. Small stain top edge. Solid biding, clean internals.
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Histori Van de Opkomste, Aanwas, en Voortgang der Christenen, bekend by den nam van Quakers. Ondermengd met de vronamste Staatsgeschiedenissen van dien tyd, in Engeland voorgevallen en net Authentike Stukken voorzien
by Sewel, Wm. (Sewel, Willem)
Amsterdam: R. en G. Wetstein, 1717. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce first edition in Low Dutch, which, afterwards was translated into English by the author - "The history of the rise, increase, and progress, of the Christian people called Quakers: intermixed with several remarkable occurrenc." - and published in London in 1722. Folio, old calf, boards detached, ffe detached, (16), 784, 56, (12). Worldcat lists 14 collections with this original edition, most in the Netherlands and 6... Read More
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Maximus of Tyre on the Dispute about Images
by Shahn, Ben. (Blumenthal, Joseph, The Spiral Press)
NY: Pantheon, 1963. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/VG+. Shahn, Ben. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Near fine in price-clipped dw that has a small chip along top panel and modestky edgewron elsewhere. INSCRIBED BY TYPOGRAPHER JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL, publisher of The Spiral Press, who designed the typography for this book, on the colophon: "I was proud to have/ been asked to set these/ few pages in Emerson type - / Joseph Blumenthal
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The New Shakespeare (39 volumes, complete run, 1921- 1966). (Works)
by Shakespeare, William. J. Dover Wilson, Arthur Quiller-Couch, et al (eds)
Cambridge: The University Press at Cambridge, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 39 volumes, all uniform 12 mo, brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Books are about very good or better, many of which have a bookplate from the same collector, 14 of which have a dustjacket in variuosly worn conditio, some with loss, ranging from fair to good. Listed here are the titles as issued by CUP chronologically (the date in parenthesis is the actual publish date of... Read More
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THE INNER METAGALAXY
by Shapley, Harlow
New Haven/ London: Yale/ Oxford, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Some neat underlining in about 10 pages of the book. Solid copy in rubbed dustjacket.
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GALAXIES
by Shapley, Howard
Philadelphia: Blackiston Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Stated first edition on copyright page dated 1943, and also printing of 1947. As the essays are based on lectures previously published we expect this is the first appearance in book form. An apparently unread copy in better than very good dustjacket.
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Geneva
by Shaw, Bernard
London: Constable, 1939. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine +/No Dustjacket. slightly rubbed, interior fine, no markings, gift inscriptions, or previous owner names.
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WIDOWERS' HOUSES. A Comedy by G. Bernard Shaw. First Acted at the Independent Theatre in London
by Shaw, (George) Bernard
London: Henry and Co, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce first edition of Shaw's first play to be staged. Dark olive cloth, somewhat soiled to more of a brown appearance, gilt title front and spine. Sides untrimmed. Minor tips and ends wear, solidly bound.
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY EDITED BY MRS. SHELLEY (4 volumes complete)
by Shelley, Percy Shelley. (Bayntun)
London: Edward Moxon, 1829. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First collected edition of Shelley's works, with Queen Mab bound in at rear of volume 1. Bound by Bayntun in polished blue half leather, gilt to spine, over light blue linen, teg. Some wear to spine tips and edges. Trace spotting confined to prelims, titles.
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PRIMO TIME
by Sher, Antony. (Levi, Primo)
London: Nick Hern Books, 2005. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Actor / author Sher's account of bringing Primo Levi's life and work to the stage in the course of adapting Levi's If This Is A Man for The National Theatre in London. SIGNED by Sher on the title page.
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ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS
by Sherwood, Robert. (Mielziner, Jo)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ownership copy of stage designer Jo Mielziner, with his signature upper right corner dated 1938 of the ffe. ABE LINCOLN was the first production of The Playwrights' Company formed in 1938 by Sherwood along with fellow playwrights Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, and Kurt Weill, for which Mielziner designed the set. Laid-in is a TLS on The Playwrights' Company letterhead, dated July 16, 1949, from Sherwood to Mielziner and his... Read More
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IDIOT'S DELIGHT
by Sherwood, Robert
London: William Heinemann, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Anti-Hitler play performed in Washington DC in 1935, as Hitler occupied the Rhineland. This, the English edition, follows the London premiere of the play in 1938 as Hitler occupied Austria and bombed Spain. Signed by 27 members of the cast, including leads Raymond Massey and Tamara Geva on the fly verso and half title. Book very good, dustjacket soiled and missing top end of dustjacket spine, plus minor losses... Read More
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Cruisings in the Cascades: A Narrative of Travel, Explorations, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing, with Special Chapters on Hunting the Grizzly Bear, the Buffalo, the Elk, Antelope, Rocky Mountain Goat, and Deer; Also, on Trouting in the Rocky Mountains; on a Montana Round-up; Life among the Cowboys, etc.
by Shields, George O. ("Coquina")
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good -. First edition, 8vo, brown cloth with antlered buck pictorial and titles stamped in gilt, double-blind ruled front cover, 339 + 14 page publisher's catalog in rear, illustrated. Spine faded, slight water stain to upper corners near spine that has very slightly warped covers, not affecting rest of binding or text. Internals quite nice. Great reference/ reading copy.
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The Great Siberian Railway from St. Petersburg to Pekin
by Shoemaker, Michael Myers
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. yellow cloth, titles stamped in black, vii, 243 (2), foldout map in rear, gte, sides untrimmed. 30 illustrations - 29 duotone photos (incl frontispiece) plus rear map. Owner name and address dated 1939 at bottom of ffe verso beneath list of other books by the author. Coves moderately soiled, with three small nicks to cloth on rear cover, Internals quite nice, binding firm. Scarce railroad and... Read More
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A Bundle of Papers
by Siegvolk, Paul
New York: G. P . Putnam's Sons, 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. brown cloth binding, beveled edges, gilt pressed decoration front panel, gilt lettering spine, decorative endpapers, slightly worn at spine edges, else clean with no previous owner markings.
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WINES OF THE WORLD Pocket Series 1 and 2
by Simon, Andre L.
London: The Wine and Food Society, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Uncommonly found complete, scarcer still in decorated cardboard slipcases, which show some wear and some paper over board loss here and there. Individual volumes, 8 titles to each series, show the slightest edgewear top of spine, internals fine, apparently unused. First Series, 1951, is second editon (the first 1950). Second Series, 1951, is a first edition. First series designed by Newman Neame Ltd; Second by The... Read More
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