Search Results: Authors starting with S from Classic Books and Ephemera

Rimini, IT: Raffaelli Editore, 1996. Paperback. Very Good +. [48] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription from the author on the dedication page to architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi. This is one of 500 copies. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed; upper edge of back cover scraped; otherwise, clean and tight.

Berlin: Verlag Halaschon, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. iv, 470 p.; 20 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title "Dr. Sachs Begetbuch" and giltl decoration on spine and front cover. Blind-ruled borders on both cover. All page edges red. In German and Hebrew. In Near Fine Condition: cover slightly rubbed; pages slightly browned; otherwise, clean and tight.

Lancaster, Pa: Pennsylvania-German Society, 1913. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Title page lists 1913, but copyright statement has 1914. 109, [3], xii, [5]-304 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of H.M.M. Richards, 20 leaves of illustrations, and 2 double-leaved maps; 25 cm. Original blue paper wrappers printed in blue and yellow. Title page printed in red and black. Press of the New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, Pa. One of a limited edition of 600 copies. Pages are unopened. Contents: Biographical Sketches of Deceased Members: Charles Oscar Schantz, Henry Herbert Herbst, and the Rev. Oliver Peter Smith -- Pennsylvania: The German Influence in Its Settlement and Development, Part 24: The Wayside Inns on the Lancaster Roadside, between Philadelphia and Lancaster by Julius Friedrich Sachse -- Part 25: The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland by Daniel Wunderlich Nead. In Near Fine Condition: front wrapper very slightly rubbed; overlapping wrapper edges are chipped, as… Read More

London: Ernest Benn, 1958. Paperback. Very Good -. Fourth edition. 224 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs; 18 cm. Yellow and blue paperback with aerial photograph of Knole on front cover. Includes a chronological table and a genealogical table. This fascinating account by author Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) of the Sackville family and Knole House is a classic work of English country house literature. In Very Good- Condition: corners of front cover curling upward; upper corner of back cover is creased; produced with clean covering over the paper cover, which covering is slightly soiled along the spine; pages and illustrations are clean and tight.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xxv, [1], 644 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red and buff cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The author provides a 21st-century "perspective on the composer, whose life was extraordinarily colorful and whose works are arguably the most listened-to classical compositions today. Written for both professional musicians and music lovers, the book places the events in Mozart's life in the social, economic, cultural, and musical environments in which the composer worked and performed." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie, 1928. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 12, [4] p.: 40 leaves of photographs; 34 cm. Portfolio has red cloth spine and corners, with red ribbon ties; printed in red and black. The text and leaves of plates are loose in the portfolio, as issued. Text is entirely in French. The plates are numbered and indicate that they were produced by Léon Marotte by the heliotype, or collotype process, which produces both beautiful and extremely detailed images. Part of a series of works on antique French furniture, Collection de L'Art Régional en France. This volume focuses on furniture of the region of Lorraine. Volumes printed prior to this were dated 1925-1927, indicating that this undated volume may have been produced the following year. In Very Good Condition: front cover is darkened along edges; edges of spine are rubbed and cloth is partially separated along both joints; plates are clean and bright. A scarce copy of an important work on French regional furniture.

Cambridge, Mass: Winthrop Publishers, 1974. Paperback. Near Fine -. xi, [1], 371 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contributors include Seymour Martin Lipset, Elizabeth Drew, Taylor Branch, Spiro T. Agnew, Henry Steele Commager, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Theodore H. White, and Alan Cranston among others. In Near Fine- Condition: cover is rubbed; front cover and one page corner creased; clean and tight.

Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1825. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 4 p.; 25 cm. Caption title. At head of title: "Institut Royal de France. Académie Roayle [sic] des Sciences [Académie Royale des Sciences]. "Ch Ravel" written next to title; ink underlining of "de Lacépede" in title. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). On p. 2, "public" has been crossed out and "publique" written above in ink. Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) was a French naturalist and colleague of Jean Baptiste Lamarck. Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède (1756-1825), was a French naturalist who worked with Buffon on his Histoire Naturelle and served in the French legislature. In Near Fine Condition: minor foxing; period ink notations as noted; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.

Bristol, Eng: J. Grabham and W. Pine, 1760. Very Good -. "Printed by J. Grabham and W. Pine . . . and sold at the New-Room in the Horse-Fair; and at the Foundery, near Upper-Moor-Fields, London." The third edition. 65 (sic 69), [3] p.; 16 cm. Signatures: A-F6 (12mo is 6s). Disbound from a larger volume. Typographic head-pieces and tail-pieces. Extracted from: The Holy Life of Monr. de Renty, a Late Nobleman of France and Sometime Councellor to King Lewis the 13th. Written in French by John Baptist S. Jure, and translated into English by E.S. Gent. London, 1658. Cf. Green, R. John & Charles Wesley. Errors in pagination: 62-69 misnumbered as 58-65. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; first leaf (half title) detached but present; light soiling throughout; otherwise solid.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. [2], 197, [1] p.: frontispiece and added engraved title page: in-text illustrations; 15 cm. White cloth spine and ligh blue cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. Heavy gilt-stamped decoration on spine and front board. Top page edges gilt. Blut and gilt floral endpapers. Added engraved title page if printed in red and blue by A.W. Elson & Co., Boston. In Very Good Condition: ends of spine slightly rubbed; corners slightly bumped; white cloth on back board has finger soiling; front free endpaper is detached but present; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. 160 p.: frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of plates; 19 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title "Paul & Virginia" in second compartment, and former owner's initials "M.J.S." in sixth compartment. Blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Board edges are bevelled. All page edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Although the title page indicates that Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia by Madame Cottin is also present, the owner had Paul and Virginia bound separately. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "The Property of WW Watson 418." Faint initials "M.J.S." at head of title page. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; paper is browning with light foxing throughout; shadows from plates on facing pages; otherwise clean and tight.

Boston: Joseph Knight Co, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good -. xvi, 322, [2] p., 8 leaves of illustrations (included in page count): title vignette and in-text illustrations; 14 cm. White cloth with silver-stamped spine and cover titles; silver and blue decoration on spine and front cover. A scarce edition of a once popular work, nicely illustrated. InVery Good- Condition: cloth is soiled; a few pages opened carelessly; internally clean and tight.

Sacramento, CA: Rophe Press, 2005. Paperback. Near Fine. v, [1], 138 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback. Artwork created by Lyn Doiron. The author addresses the needs of both the child who suffers from Trichotillomania and the child's parent. In Near Fine Condition: 2 page corners creased; otherwise, clean and solid.

Rome: Casa Editrice Stabilimento Aristide Staderini, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 541, [3] pages, [23] leaves with tipped-on color plates: many in-text black-and-white illustrations; 29 cm. Red-brown cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes indices. Text is in Italian. A very heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Very Good Condition: joints are weak; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: rubbed, sunned, and lightly soiled; separated for 1 cm. at tail of spine; otherwise, solid and bright.

Dublin: James Moore, 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. "With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, Alphabetically digested under proper Heads From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary to the Tenth Year of Q. Anne ... With Two Tables; one of the Names of the Cases, the other of the Principal Matters therein contained. ... The Sixth Edition with several Hundred References to Lord Raymond and other Reporters since his Time, added (to those by Knightly D'Anvers, Esq. in the former Edition) by George Wilson ... and encreased and brought down to the present Time, by Leonard MacNally." 3 vols.; 22 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 B-2I4; [p1]4 B-2F4 2G2; A-2P4 2Q 8vo. Unusual signing: in v.3 the second leaf of each signature from B through 2C is signed 4 rather than 2. Last leaf blank. No pagination. Contemporary full calf; gilt-tooled red leather label on vol. 2: Salkeld's Reports. Former owners' names on front endpapers: Frick, in an older hand, and… Read More

London: Oresko Books, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. 101, [3] p.: illustrations, some in color; 30 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine title. No dust jacket. Heavily illlustrated biography of English poet and critic Edith Sitwell (1887-1964). In Near Fine Condition: back cover slightly rubbed; clean and tight.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/fine. [10], 102 p.; 22 cm. Light grey cloth with silver-stamped spine title and front cover author's initials. Dust jacket design by Martha Simpson. Stated First Edition. In Fine/Fine Condition: clean and bright.

S.l.: J. U. Salter, 1936. Near Fine. 1 sheet (15 x 10 cm.) with black silhouette drawing of a man in 19th-century clothing holding a bouquette with a long ribbon. Signed "J. U. Salter 1936." In Near Fine Condition: lightly creased; clean and crisp.

Rome: Edizioni de Luca, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 230, [2] pages: illustrations, plans, genealogical tables; 30 cm. Umber cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Text is in Italian. The Palazzo Carpegna in Rome has been the home of the Accademia Nazionale de San Luca since 1934. It features the designs of Francesco Borromini and Francesco Ferrari. Scarce. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. xx, 443 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The fascinating historical and autobiographical record left by a free black man, Amos Webber, of life in Philadelphia and Worcester, Mass., from 1826 to 1904. In Near Fine Condition: upper corner of first few leaves wrinkled; otherwise, clean and tight.