Search Results: Authors starting with S from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Riyad: Riyad Literary Club, 1979. paper wrappers. Saudi Arabia. 8vo. paper wrappers. Variously paginated. Introduction in English; main text in Arabic. Wrappers rubbed.

Berlin: Union Verlag, 1955. quarter leather, cloth, cover design stamped in gilt, black, green and red. 4to. quarter leather, cloth, cover design stamped in gilt, black, green and red. 93, (11) pages. A finely produced edition of this story, supposedly written around 1400, containing a man's conversations with death. Light foxing to the front boards near the spine. Else near fine. Decorated color printed initials begin each chapter. Translated and with an afterword by Hans Frank. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, n.d.. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (iv), cxxvi, 418, (2) pages. Text in French. A biography of St. Francis of Assisi. Includes an extensive critical study of the sources. A bookplate and loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Bound by B. H. Blackwell with sticker to that effect on front paste-down endpaper. Boards tanned, worn, and bowed, spine sunned.

Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, 1937. cloth, gold lettering on spine and gold stamp on front board. large 12mo. cloth, gold lettering on spine and gold stamp on front board. 184 pages in addition to 16 leaves of plates. Christoffel Plantin, artsdrukker van Philips II, en zijn Opvolgers, de Moretussen. VII in the series Patria Vaderlandsche Cultuurgeschiedenis in Monografieën. Often-cited history of the Plantin-Moretus firm by the former librarian of the great Antwerp printing house's museum. Black and white illustrations. Minor foxing and fading of binding, a few underlinings in pencil, name in ink on title page.

Brussels: L.J. Kryn, 1926. stiff paper wrappers. Plantin. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 113, (6) pages. First edition in French. Illustrated history of Plantin and the museum that was established to aid in the study of the history of printing. Covers chipped along spine.

Bruxelles: Editions du Musee du Livre, 1926. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 136 pages. First edition. With over 90 illustrations. Chipped at spine ends.

London, England: Frank T. Sabin, 1933. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 227+(1) pages. Foreword by Frank Sabin, table of contents, two appendices (listing engravers and publishers). One color plate, black and white plates throughout. Spine sunned. Covers chipped at edges and lightly soiled. Small stains on title and back free endpaper.

(Octon, France): Verdigris, 2005. stiff paper wrappers, accordion-fold loose signatures, housed in publisher's folding paper-boards case with marbled paper pastedowns. Rothchild, Judith. oblong octavo size (7.5" by 8.5"). stiff paper wrappers, accordion-fold loose signatures, housed in publisher's folding paper-boards case with marbled paper pastedowns. (22) pages. Mezzotintes by Judith Rothchild. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, of which this is one of 10 deluxe copies. Accompaning the deluxe edition is a signed and numbered print with a handwritten and signed poem by the author, also accompanied by the original etched copper plate used for one of the illustrations. All housed in a matching fall-down-back box, lined with matching marbled black and gray paper, covered with black paper, with black-on-black designs on the front, black-on-black lettering on the spine. A fine copy in near fine slipcase. A scarce Artists' Book. James Sacre (b. 1939), former professor at… Read More

Paris: Le Nouvelle Édition, 1947. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 522, (6) pages. First French edition (retaining the English title) and first edition of this translation. Browned throughout.

Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1947. (1946), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. (1946), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages. First Canadian Edition. Soiled and frayed dust jacket with piece of back cover missing at the top. Presentation from Sadleir on half-title "John Arlott from Michael Sadleir Dec. '46.

London: Constable, 1940. paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 490, (2) pages. Rare advance proof copy of this title. (Nowell-Smith A36). Heavily darkened and browned throughout due to the exceedingly poor paper used, wrappers and edges of some leaves creased and frayed and backstrip frayed at spine ends.

London: Constable, 1947. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 501 pages. First edition. A long novel by this bookman on the London underworld of the 1870s. The dust jacket and frontipiece were drawn by John Piper. Tear in jacket and chipping around edges.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xi+(i), 339, (5) pages. First U.S. edition of this novel by the writer of essays of books about books (Not noted by Nowell-Smith). Contains an "Advertisement to the American Edition" by the author in four pages at the beginning. Spine and covers faded.

Paris: La Nouvelle Edition, 1949. stiff paper wrappers, wrap-around advertising band. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, wrap-around advertising band. 341, (3) pages. First French edition. Noted bibliophile Michael Sadleir's novel "These Foolish Things" translated into French by Jules Castier. Includes song "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" with music on page (9). Pages unopened. With Sadleir's pencilled note "1949" on front free endpaper. Wrap-around band slightly torn. Browned throughout and wrappers darkened, but a nice copy.

(København): Selskabet Bogvennerne, 1970. paper-covered boards. large 12mo. paper-covered boards. 28, (3) pages. First edition. Three short essays on book-related topics, including H.C. Andersen and Goethe. Illustrated.

(København): Selskabet Bogvennerne, 1970. stiff paper wrappers. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28, (3) pages. First edition. Three short essays on book-related topics, including H.C. Andersen and Goethe. Illustrated. Inscribed in ink on half title and on rear cover. Pages unopened.

Frankfurt: Deutsche Bibliothek, 1983. paper wrappers. 8vo. paper wrappers. 30 pages. The history, organization, and mission of the Deutsche Bibliothek.

(Washington: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 1993. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A speech delivered at the Library of Congress to members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America on the occasion of their first Washington, D.C. Antiquarian Bookfair, September 9, 1993. Limited edition of 950. Speech delivered by renowned columnist and author William Safire at the ABA convention at the Library of Congress, September 1993. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

London: Oxford University Press, 2000. cloth, dust jacket. Shaker, Ghassan I.. folio. cloth, dust jacket. 300 pages. First edition. A fine copy. An important collection of religious manuscripts, particularly Qur'ans, notable for their calligraphy, illuminations and bindings. An introductory essay is followed by the catalogue of examples divided: Iraq and Egypt, Iran and India, the Ottoman Empire, the Maghrib, sub-Saharan Africa, China, South-East Asia; with concordances of catalogue and manuscript numbers, a list of calligraphers represented in the Shaker collection, brief bibliography and index. Text in English.

(London, United Kingdom): Nour Foundation, The, 1996. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. Illuminated Manuscripts. small folio. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 248 pages. with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press. First edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Fully illustrated in color. "The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art