Search Results: Authors starting with S from small volume

Bangalore: Christian Institute for The Study of Religion and Society, 1959. Wraps. Near Fine. 12mo. 36 pp. Stapled tan paper wraps. Previous owner's note in ink to front wrapper, few small ink marks on verso. Pamphlet consists of two lectures on the Hindu view of history which were delivered in a recent institute on "Trends in Contemporary Religious Thought in India Today" held by CIRS in co-operation with the United Theological College, Bangalore.

Rouen: Inprimerie de F. et a Lecointe Freres, 1864. Cloth. Very Good. Sammelband of three pamphlets bound in green textured cloth w/ gilt titling at spine. VII, [92] pp.; 32 [2] pp.; 47 pp. Bookplate of Eugene Marcelin Verges the 2nd to fpd depicting L'Eglise de Sazos - Haute Pyrenees. Mildy rubbing and wear, scattered pencil marginalia, repairs to original wrappers. Two French works pertaining to Heraldry, with the third pamphlet (banned by Louis XVI) being an early publication advocating for the dethronement of the monarchy prior to the French Revolution.

Los Angeles: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1929. Wraps. Near Fine. 13cm x 18cm. 32 pp. + order form. Stapled tan paper wraps. Clean and sound copy of pamphlet explaining "Acidosis" and including an important chapter on "Safe" Reducing. Quotations and diet menus originally appeared in the second edition of "Normal Diet" by W. D. Sansum.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997. First US Edition. Hardcover in DJ. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 294 pp. Grey paper-covered boards with silver titling to spine, in white dust jacket with front panel design of layered black text with title embossed in white. Light shelfwear to jacket, some creasing and wrinkling to top edge but otherwise fine. Book is near fine inside and out, apparently unread. Gift inscription to previous owner ("Monica" the "journaliste," from "Alain") in black ballpoint to half-title. Signed by Saramago in black ballpoint to title page.

Cathedral City, CA: Brunswick Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. 106 pp. Glossy white card wrappers with black titling and cover image of Albanian and Israeli flags. Pristine, as new.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 464 pp. Beige and black boards, in pictorial dust jacket with white and yellow titling. Front dj panel clipped, light rubbing along dj edges. Clean interior, binding sound. First edition, inscribed on ffep by Sarton to prolific Children's author, Bonnie Bryant, dated Nov. 1970. A portrait of marriage, friendship and class set in rural New Hampshire.

New Directions, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Textured red paper-covered boards. Light rubbing along joints and edges of boards, chipping to spine ends. PO's inscription in black ink to ffep "From Jack, April 1953". Translated by Lloyd Alexander. Contains the stories: The Wall, The Room, Erostratus, Intimacy, and The Childhood of a Leader.

[Paris]: [Cotinaud], 1920. Limited Edition. Etchings in Portfolio. Very Good +. [Sauvage, Sylvain]. 50 loose etchings on laid paper, housed in bespoke chemise and slipcase. Case is bound in quarter red calf with 5 raised bands to spine and gilt text ("Casanova" to second panel and "ILLS" at foot). Red cloth boards and chemise enclosure, with beige silk ribbon pull. Though lacking original case as well as signed and numbered leaf, this set was produced in a limited edition of 275 copies. Printed on watermarked Arches paper, each leaf measuring 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in., with plate lines measuring 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. Etchings in fine condition, illustrating the erotic adventures of Casanova.

Rockville Centre, NY: Freshnet Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Half-Leather in Slipcase. Very Good. 4to. 157 pp [2]. Beige buckram with small, square pastedown illustration, backed in tan leather and ruled with gilt, small publisher's logo stamped in gilt. Leather lightly foxed and discolored. Beige cloth slipcase, lightly soiled but sound. Pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white and color plates throughout. Limited edition of 200 copies, this is number 157. With tipped in etching, signed in pencil.

[Providence, RI]: [Privately Printed], 1985. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Feldman, Walter. Square 8vo (25.5 x 26 cm). Unpaginated. Bound in brown cloth boards with blue titling. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the poet and artist in pencil, this is number 4. 9 poems by James Schevill with accompanying woodcuts by Walter Feldman, printed in black on single leaf of accordion-folded Japanese paper, which opens to 6 ft in length. Trifold promotional leaflet laid in at front with order information for the book, of which 40% of original sales went towards endowment or the List Art Center at Brown University.

New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute, 1952. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. 15 pp. Tan stapled wraps. Toning and discoloration to front and rear wrapper. Interior clean. The Yiddish Scientific Institute was founded in Vilna, Poland, in 1925 for the scientific study of Jewish life throughout the world.

[New York]: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Young, Ed. Large squarish 8vo. 38 pp [1]. Green paper-covered boards backed in black cloth with silver titling to spine, illustrated dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge of text block and edges of dust jacket verso. DJ front flap clipped at bottom corner, price in tact. Inscribed by author in black ink to ffep: "To Joe and Joanne Dermont" dated 1/84. Laid in is a 4.5 x 10.5 in. manila envelope addressed to Mrs. Joanne Dermont with Scioscia's return address label, containing a brief autograph letter signed on Scioscia's 5.5 x 7 in. letterhead, thanking Dermont for sending notes and pictures from her students; also, folded 14 x 8.5 leaf of pink paper with a lengthy handwritten note to Ms. Dermont's second grade class, decorated with several animal stickers.

Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, & Webb, 1839. Third Edition. Cloth. 18mo. 278 pp + 3 pp ads at rear. Lilac cloth with blind debossed floral pattern, gilt titling to spine. Cloth soiled and sunned, especially at spine, with chipping to spine ends and small puncture mark to cloth at front joint. Spine cocked. Top 2 inches and bottom 1 inch of ffep removed with cutting tool, leaving center portion holding previous owner's pencil markings. Several leaves soiled, scattered foxing throughout. Gathering of pp. 193-204 partially detached but holding. Intended for the education of girls aged 10-16 years, with chapters on health, exercise, skin care, conversation, manners, dress, cooking, and housewifery.

New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers, 1873. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. 135 pp. Tan printed paper wraps. Front fore-corner chipped and creased. Small (3cm) chip to head of spine. Bilingual edition in English and Italian. The Italian version as performed by Signore Salvini and his Italian Company during the American Tour under the management of Mr. Maurice Grau.

Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., Publishers, 1889. Cloth. Good. 12mo. Green cloth w/ stamped illustration, gilt titling. [2] 210 pp. [8]. Fraying and discoloration to cloth, heaviest at spine ends. Corners bumped. Inscribed in ink by the author to Ellis Amos Ballard, Esq. Illustrated by Thomas Nast. Satire of municipal politics and policies.

Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1880. Paperback. Good. 12mo. [4] 173 pp. [1]. Printed grey paper wraps, soiled and chipped at edges. Some foxing to wraps and prelims, interior toned but mostly clean. Binding fragile but holding. Previous owner's name in pencil to title page. "The following letters appeared [...] in the Providence Journal and the Newport Mercury during the years 1878 and 1879. [...] They form a perfect encyclopedia of the tales of winter nights in old Narragansett...

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983. Wraps. Near fine. 12mo.96 pp. Pictorial Wraps. Light signs of handling, price sticker to rear panel of wraps. Otherwise fine. The religious implications of E.T., Star Wars, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1970. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. Weiss, Harvey & Ayala Gordon. 14 cm x 24 cm. Unpaginated. 6 Volumes. Pictorial boards. Titles included are Rosh Hashanah, Tu Bishvat, Every Friday Night, My Family Seder, Simhat Torah, & Our First Sukkah. All volumes are first editions, with the exception of My Family Seder, 2nd printing published 1970. POs name to flyleaf of My Family Seder. All volumes have overall handling and wear that is heaviest at spine ends and corners. Delightfully illustrated throughout by Harvey Weiss and Ayala Gordon.

London: Albion Village Press, 1971. Spiral bound wraps. Near Fine. 14.5cm x 41cm, Unpaginated. Spiral-bound printed wraps. Very faint rubbing to corners of wraps. Interior clean. Notes and photographs of Sinclair's experience documenting The Congress on the Dialectics for the Demystification of Violence where Allen Ginsberg was a featured speaker alongside R. D. Laing and Stokely Carmichael.

New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1935. Cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ in Good Box. Smith, Jessie Willcox. Small 4to. 258 pp. Bright orange cloth with gilt titling and color paste-down cover illustration. With dust jacket, enclosed in original box. Box is rubbed at joints and corners but whole and sturdy, lid covered in brown paper with paste-down illustration from frontispiece, image scratched and lid lightly soiled. Bottom of box has large stain. Contents have been well protected- both book and dust jacket are near pristine, with just a small (