Search Results: Authors starting with S from Glenn Books

Washington Government Ptg Office 1943. In wrappers. Slight soiling and edge wear. A revision of the 1928 manual. Corrected..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Illustrations by Edy Legrand. Color portrait frontispiece of the author. From the Easton series, "The 100 Gteatest Books Ever Written". Cervantes, the great Spanish novelist, lived from 1547 to 1616. This book was first published in 1605, a second part in 1615. 682pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Burgundy Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Small Thick Quarto.

Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associated, 1983. Illustrated by John Lawn. Focuses on the childhood of the Wright brothers and the inventiveness they showed from their earliest days. 48pp.. First Edition. Color Pictorial Wrappers. Light Cover Soiling/No Jacket. Square Octavo.

East Brunswick, NJ: Movable Book Society, 2004. Eleven movable and pop-up reproductions by famous creators. See photos. The custom box shows several small areas of quite minor soiling and rubbing. The movables and pop-ups are fine. . Limited Edition. Purple Cloth. Fine. Quarto.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1949. This is Volume 9 of the Tourist Library. Color frontispiece and several others. Numerous plates in black and white, one fold-out. Paper is toned at periphery, but quite clean throughout. 249pp.. First Edition.. Brown Cloth. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket.. Thin Octavo.

New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1916. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Chapters from boyhood to Presidency. A nice addition to a JFK collection. 62pp.. Second Printing. Color Picorial Wrappers.. Almost No Wear. Square Octavo.

Leesburg, VA: Samuel B.T. Caldwell, 1817. Spine gilt, leather spine label. Top 1" missing top of spine. Old owner's signature front free endpaper dated "Feb. 18th 1839". Paper is toned, and moderate foxing is common through the text. 432pp. The author (1764-1836) was a lawyer and jurist. He was born in Ireland, forced into exile and eventually arrived in the United States. . Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. Full Old Brown Calf. General Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.

New York: The Dial Press, 1947. Color pictorial dust jacket is not price-clipped, chipped at corners and spine extremities, and has old tape repairs. A very clean copy. A saga of three generations of Western American life.The term "tom-walker" was a circus slang expression for a stilt-walker. The protagonist of this story lost a leg in the Civil War and replaced it with an iron leg which he fashioned himself. 372pp.. First Edition. Blue-green Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1961. Small light spot top of front cover. Map endpapers. This book is from the "Regions of America" series, this being the fifth in the series. Laid-in is an article from the Omaha World-Herald regarding the author's death the month before and about her final resting place. Also included is a card about Willa Cather and a bibliography of her works. 303pp.. First Edition. Umber Cloth. Minor Edge Wear/Chipped, Soiled Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1961. Colorful pictorial just jacket without wear, one tiny closed tear at top of spine. Map endpapers. From the "Regions of America" books, this being the fifth in the series. A nicer copy would be difficult to procure. 303pp.. First Edition. Burnt Umber Cloth. Fine/Nearly Fine. Octavo.

New York: Hastings House, 1955. Spine extremities show minor sunning. Several punctate dark spots on rear cover. Internally fresh throughout. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper with a small ink "doodle" below depicting a prairie scene. The first edition of this fine biography of Sandoz" father appeared in 1935, a story of pioneer days in the sandhills of western Nebraska. This anniversary edition contains a 16-page album of photographs. 424pp.. Twentieth Anniversary Edition. 1/4 Red Cloth Over Boards. Almost No Wear/Lightly Rubbed, Minor Chipping. Octavo.

Roma: Iacobum Tornerium, 1590. Black leather spine label. Vellum scuffed near foot. Decorated paper-covered boards.Elaborate title-page printed in red and black. Engraved initial letters, head and tail pieces. Colophon: "Romae, apud Iacobum Ruffinellum. 1590".Mild-to-moderate foxing through text, never heavy. Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530) was an Italian humanist best known for his masterpiece "Arcadia". OCLC lists 6 libraries worldwide with this edition of the work. APPC shows no copies of this edition sold at auction in the past 25 years. There are three entries for the 1570 edition printed in Venice by Aldus. 352pp., quires in eights.. 1/2 Vellum Over boards.. Light Edge Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. 5 3/8" x 3 1/2".

Arrow Rock, Missouri: Published By the Author, 1844. Rebound by a master binder. New endpapers. A very clean copy without the usual moderate to heavy foxing. This book was the first medical book published west of the Mississippi River. Dr. John Sappington (1776-1856) used quinine taken from cinchona bark in the treatment of a variety of fevers. He sold his "anti-fever pills" nationwide. 210pp. . First Edition. 1/4 Brown Calf, Marbled Boards. Rebound/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo.

Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1852. Spine lettere3d in gilt, lightly faded. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 492pp. Endpapers foxed, clean through the text. Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American statesman and orator. He served in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, where he was Speaker. . Third Thousand. Blue Embossed Cloth.. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas,, 1982. This is the first comprehensive reference work to be published on Gould. The author, a Kansas City dermatologist, has devoted over thirty years to the collection and collation of Gouldiana. The book was designed, printed, and bound in Australia. The Kansas University Press was the sole distributor for the United States and Canada. Illustrated throughout with 80 figures and 36 plates, some of which are in color. 416pp.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Nearly Fine./Lightly Soiled.. Large Octavo.

New York: McBride, Nast and Company, 1913. Some spotting and corner wear. Front cover vignette is bright. A few marginal notations in pencil. Replete with photos of homes, accessories, plans throughout the text. 173pp. First published in 1910. . Third Printing. Gray Cloth. Moderate Corner Wear/No Jacket. Large Quarto.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2001. All edges are gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. A copy of Collector's Notes is laid-in. Frontispiece color illustration by Frank Kelly Freas. First published in 1988, tyhe book won the Nebula Award. 303pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Deep Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Random House, 1977. Glaze is crackled both covers. No loss of paper. Pictorial endpapers. Each page very busy with color illustrations and bits of text. 69pp.. Later Edition. Glazed Color Pictorial Boards.. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. Quarto.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1937. Lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Gilt vignette of trout and fly on front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. #89/1500 copies for sale. In the original box which is rubbed and soiled, missing two sides of the top. Sixty full-page reproductions, eight of which are in color. Chapters on salmon, trout, grayling, bass, muskie and pickerel, sunfish, and salt water species. A nearly pristine copy, well-protected by the box. Unpaginated.. Limited/Numbered Edition. Blue Cloth. Essentially No Wear.. Quarto.

Wien Und Leipzig: Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1885. Marbled endpapers and free edges. Binding is worn and rubbed at extremities. Half-title is partially loosened. Internally quite clean. This is a text of "The Normal Histology of Humans For Physicians and Students", mit 178 Holzschnitten (woodcuts). Well-illustrated throughout the text. Text is in German. 308pp.. First Edition. 1/2 Leather Over Purple Cloth.. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.