More Grouse Feathers
by Spiller, Burton L.
NY: Derrydale Press, 1938. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hunt, Lynn Bogue. 685 of 950 copies. Blind-stamped owner name ffe. Near fine.
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More Grouse Feathers
by Spiller, Burton L.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited. Maroon Cloth. Near Fine. Hunt, Lynn Bogue. 553 of 950 copies. Gilt ruling, grouse pictorial at front cover. Corners and spine ends slightly rubbed. B&w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, text clean.
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The Life of Karl Follen: A Study in German-American Cultural Relations
by Spindler, George W.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1917. Green Cloth. Near Fine -. Scarce. Published under the auspices of the German-American Historical Society of Illinois. Two previous owner conversational inscriptions at title page dated 1937 and 1938. Spine ends and cover corners gently bumped and rubbed. Interestingly enough, the black title pressed into the front cover spells the name "Carl Follen," but at the title page it's written "Karl Follen." "Carl Follen" is also handwritten in black pen at... Read More
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Eberhart, Richard
by READING THE SPIRIT
NY: Oxford University Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking Dustwrapper. Author's second book. Lacking dustjacket, edges tanned, spine soiled, internals near fine. INSCRIBED and dated Cambridge 1949 by the author on ffe.
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Maria
by Spivey, Richard L.
Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in fine dw.
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Stanley Kramer: Film Maker
by SPOTO, DONALD
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Warmly inscribed by author Spoto on the ffe. Very good dustjacket, apparently unread book.
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Peter Stackpole: Life in Hollywood, 1936-1952
by Stackpole, Peter (photogrpahy of)
Livingston, MT: Clark City Pr, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. An apparently unused, unread copy.
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LATE, PASSING PRAIRIE FARM
by Stafford, William. Moser, Barry (illustrator). Bourbeau, David (binder)
Northampton MA: Main Street, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. The first printing, 75 copies, printed at Main Street, Northampton MA. Printed on paper by Kitakata & Dover, set in Eric Gill's Perpetua type. Bound by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery. Design and presswork by Barry Moser. This copy numbered 13/75 by Moser and signed by him, Stafford and Bourbeau on the limitation. With two original, bound in prints by Moser, both signed by him, one... Read More
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LATE, PASSING PRAIRIE FARM
by Stafford, William. Mose, Barry (design and press work). Bourbeau, David (binding by)
Northampton (MA): Main Street Press, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine. Only 75 copies, this numbered 75/75 by designer Moser and signed by him, signed by author Stafford, too and especially inscribed by binder Bourbeau "for a most deserving bibliophile and wonderful friend" all on the colophon. Printed at Moser's Main Street Press in Northhampton MA. Papers are Kitakata & Dover. The type is Eric Gill's Perpetua and binder Bourbeau bound it at his Thistle bindery. Short 8vo,... Read More
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Root and Branch
by Stallworthy, Jon
London: Chatto and Windus/ The Hogarth Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in near fine dw w/ a lightly toned spine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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THE YOUNG ARCHITECTS
by Stanley-Brown, Katharine
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+/NF-. General readership architectural survey of important American residences and home re-design at the height of the Colonial Revival. Distinctively preserved copy - red cloth with title pastedown - in uncommon dustjacket decorated with American samplers in sampler graphic style.
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COLLEGE GIRLS
by Stanlaws, Penrhyn (illustrator)
Princeton NJ: Princeton Tiger Publishing Company, 1901. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Booklet, w/ tan pictorial covers printed in red and brown, stapled spine, unpaginated, 40 pages, with 16 full page pen&ink illustrations w/ blank versos of college girls at: Wellesely, Baltimore, Smith, Cornell, Mount Holyoke, St. Andrews (Scotland), Mills, Heidelberg, Byrn Mawr, Radcliff, Ann Arbor, Wilson, Vassar, Chicago, Ontario and Ely. Covers soiuled, partially stained, chipped at edges, corner and spine, covers holding. Leaves gently toned, else... Read More
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Majorcan Houses and Gardens: A Spanish Island in the Mediterranean
by Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley
NY: William Helburn Inc, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio, red cloth, gilt titles. Spine faded, minor loss at its tips, corners moderately worn, covers a tad soiled. Solidly bound, internals near fine. xvii of text, the 188 full page gorgeous plates, 5 in color. Extra shipping charges will apply.
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EAST IS WEST
by Stark, Freya. (Davies, Winifred)
London: John Murray, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. Green cloth, solid binding, lacking dustjacket. Ownership copy of English teacher and rock climber Winifred Davies with her signature lightly penciled on the ffe. Davies (d1939) was the daughter of David Davies and a niece of the sculptor William Davies (Mynorydd). She was a cousin of the climber Owen Wynne Jones, who trained her to climb. She was educated at the University of Wales and the University of London,... Read More
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Taegliches Hand-Buch in guten und boesen Tagen, das ist: Aufmunterung, Gebete u. Gesaenge, I. Fuer Gesunde, 2. Fuer Betruebte, 3. FuerKranke, 4. Fuer Sterbende. Nebst Mebreren Festandachten und. (STARK's HANDBUCH)
by Stark, Johann Friedrich
Philadelphia: Rohler, 1867. First or Early US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First or early American printing from German plates. 8v0, vii + 596 + 106pp. Original black leather binding, prefiessionally rebacked, brass clasps, marbelized endpapers. Some staining to prelims and first 8 pages, else internals very good. Rear hinge revealed, still binding strong.
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Report of Special Committee to Investigate the Indain Porblem of the State of New York, Appointed By the Assembly of 1888
by (Native Americans) (New York State)
Albany: The Troy Press Company, Printers, 1889. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. NF-. Original binding of dark brown fine ribbed cloth, gilt-pressed titles spine. 410 pages. Gilt soiled at spine and a short tear to cloth at spine foot, else near fine. A solid. clean copy.
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English Florilegium
by Stearn, William T.; Brickell, Christopher
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1987. Cloth. Fine/Fine -. Grierson, Mary.
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The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
NY: Macmillan, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Second printing of the Artic exploration classic. xxxi, [1], 784 pp, illustrated with all maps in original folds in rear pocket. From the library of American philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, owner of Sears Roebuch, and his wife Augusta with their bookplate, designed by Marie Blanke on the front pastedown, which also has a Chicago bookseller ticket.
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ICELAND: THE FIRST AMERICAN REPUBLIC
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine copy in better than very good dw. Inscribed by author Stefannson on the ffe and dated by him December 5, 1939, year of publication.
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Wolf Willow
by Stegner, Wallace
New York: Viking, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine -. price clipped, a couple of very faint splotches on dw, possibly coffee? else fine and clean, no previous owner markings.
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Adolf Stieler's Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude. 95 Karten
by Steiler, Adolf
Gotha: Justus Perthes 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Adolf Stieler's Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude. In original pebbled full leather binding, moderately worn at hinges and corners. 8 pages of text, all 95 maps extant and in fine condition. Undated, circa 1870s. Extra shipping charges will apply.
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Stein, Gertrude. (Alice B. Toklas)
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. First edition, inscribed by Gertrude Stein and signed, too, by Alice B. Toklas. Copies signed by the pair are highly uncommon. Stein has inscribed the book on the free front endpaper to Dr. (indecipherable), then below her signature is Toklas's in shaky hand. Lacking the dustjacket (though a facsimile is supplied). In publisher's bluish gray cloth, stamped in silver with a shallow loss at the crown of spine with two... Read More
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TORTILLA FLAT
by Steinback, John. Gannet, Ruth (illustrated by)
NY: Covici Friede, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, second issue dustjacket. The price from the front flap has been excised along with the top inch of it. Dustjackety toned most obviously at spine which is chipped at its head. Solid, clean book with no names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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PASSION (Pair of Special and Trade Edition)
by Steiner, Robert
Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press. First Edition -. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Golahny, Berta (woodcuts). McCurdy, Michael (book design). Two copies; one the special edition, the other the regular edition, both uniform 8vo. The deluxe edition is cloth over decorated boards. one of three hundred numbered copies, specially bound, and signed by the author and artist. The trade edition is plane cloth in pictorial dustjacket, one of 1000 copies. Both as new all over.
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Mariage Freres French Tea: Three Centuries of Savior-Faire
by Stella, Alain. Kitti Cha Sangmanee. Frank Desains
Paris: Flammarion, 2003. Hardcover. As New. As new in cloth slipcase. Signed on the half title by two of the three entrepreneurs and tea connoisseurs who brought the Paris firm founded by the Mariage family in 1854 into a new realm. A handsome production.
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