Search Results: Authors starting with S from Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA

Ft. Collins, CO: Roman Catholic Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 209p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Owner's signature on front endpaper. Diocesan stamp and label on title page and rear pastedown, respectively; otherwise clean and tight. This is a modern reprint of the 1929 edition.

New York: Lentilhon & Co, 1900. Hardcover. 40p. A soiled white cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges and corners worn. Front hinge cracked and repaired with clear tape; rear hinge cracking but all pages and covers remain attached. Baby name, birthdate, and baptism filled in on page 3. Remainder of text clean. A turn-of-the-century baby album. Alternating pages are blank for filling in with memories and keepsakes; remaining pages feature rhymes, prompts, and illustrations.

New York: A Harvest Book (Harcourt, Inc.), 1991. Paperback. Fine. 124p. A softcover book in fine condition.

NY: Dodd Mead, 1925. First American edition. Purple cloth. Spine faded. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition.

St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing Co, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 95p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Boards slightly bowed and faint call number on spine. Seminary library markings inside, but otherwise clean and tight. Vintage arboricultural guide illustrated with occasional black and white photographs.

Marines, Oslow County, NC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 419p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Half-inch slit at the top of the crevice between the front cover and spine; binding is still tight. Tiny white flecks on front cover and tiny dent at top of back cover. Otherwise, text clean. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. 767p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased; otherwise clean and tight. All seven books in one volume.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1942. 1st American Edition. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's name on front endpaper else clean, tight, and unmarked. The jacket is clean with the original $2.50 price intact and marred only by some shallow chipping of less than a 1/4-inch at the spine ends. Classic mystery novel, published in England in 1926 and the basis for the film starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster. This is the first American edition published 16 years later, A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, considered as one of the top detective novels of the century.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 246p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in green cloth. Good, sturdy reading condition. Edges worn, and library labels on spine and back cover. Library stamps inside. Pages tanned with age; occasional spotty stains, most visibly on pages 18-19. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding tight. A biography of the "Sun King," written by the author of the Horatio Hornblower series. Illustrated with black and white plates.

London, 1927. First edition. Second issue in green cloth. A fine hardcover copy in very good dustjacket. Scarce non-fiction work.

Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1977. Paperback. 154p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover slightly worn, previous owner's name, otherwise clean and tight. "In this book, Father Dessain presents Cardinal Newman's major spiritual themes. These include the search for the hidden God, the mystery of Christ revealed in the world, the role of the Church visible and invisible, and the place and influence of individuals in the scheme of things - all concerns that today's Christians grapple with as they search for wholeness in their lives.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. 232p. Ex-library hardcover book in original binding. Label residue on spine, stamp on title page, and small label inside back cover. Dime-sized stain affecting pages 216 through the rear endpapers. Otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked book in very good condition. Second printing from the same year as the first edition. C.S. Lewis was one of the Inklings, a literary group that also included J.R.R. Tolkien.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Abridged edition, revised. Hardcover. Fair. 515p; xxiv. Ex-library. A black cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine and boards unevenly faded. Corners and spine ends worn through. Call number on spine and black ink mark on bottom edge. Bookplate, stamps, and card pocket inside, but text clean and binding tight. Abridged and edited by Francis J. Whitfield.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 453p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1973. Fifth Printing. Paperback. 168p. A softcover book in very good condition. There is a crease on the spine from previous reading use, and the previous owner's signature is seen in the top right corner of the title page. Scribbles and annotations in pen can be found throughout the text, as well as a stray pen streak that is seen on the front cover. The binding is tight.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Paperback. 410p. A softcover book in good condition. The spine is creased and faded and the edges are starting to tear Stamps inside covers and on title page. Text clean and pages securely bound.

The Jugoslav Bureau, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 120p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Owners' notation and signature on front endpapers. Seminary stamp on title page. Top corner of page 21 is bent; tanning on surrounding page corners. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The author's account of mountaineering in the Alpine region of Yugoslavia. Illustrations by Edo Derzaj.

Regensburg: Manz, 1860. 219p. Hardcover, rebound. Ex-seminary library copy. Old paper label on spine, name stamped on title page. Light foxing, primarily on first and last few pages. A tight book in good condition. Text in German.

Chicago: The Elder Company, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 530p. A hardcover book bound in decorated cloth. Very good condition. Tiny flecks of staining on front cover. Edges lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, and pages tanned with age. Text clean and binding tight. Brief biographies of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Benjamin Harrison, each with a black and white engraving. Those deceased as of the time of publication also have descriptions of their graves.

Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 369p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Label on spine; stamps, bookplate, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is fully intact, but has a library label on the spine. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta #61. Essays on Coptic culture and writings, with contributions in German, French, and English.