Search Results: Authors starting with S from Quiet Friends

London: Hutchison. VG book, GOOD DJ. SIGNED "LAURA" & inscribed on fep.. 1954. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD D/J(in Brodart). Clean, tight, VG+ inside. Slight spine slant. DJ drab; clean but, rubbed & edgeworn, sunned spine .

NY: Macmillan. VG+ book, VG+ DJ. SIGNED.. 1985. 2nd. Hardcover. VG+ book, VG+ D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED & Inscribed. Dusty top edge. Spine ends of book rounded, those of DJ creased. .

NY: Barnes & Noble. AS NEW book & DJ. Not even the tiniest flaw in book or DJ.. (1996).. 2nd printing.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, AS NEW DJ(in Brodart). Immaculate, flawless book & DJ. Originally by Cornell U Press in 1972. More pix on request. .

London: Iliffe. NEAR FINE book, NEAR FINE DJ(in Brodart).. [1961]. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. VG+ book, no DJ. bright/tight. FINE text. Bkplt. Inked note.. (1925). Hardcover. VG+ book, no DJ. Fine text. Bright & tight. 8vo, 397pp. Gilt lettered maroon cl, front very bright, spine gilt faded a bit. .

ROME: Banca Nazionale Dell'Agricol. FINE book, FINE DJ, NEAR FINE s/c. DJ with one 1/2" closed tear.. (1964). Hardcover. FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart), NEAR FINE slipcase. With laid in card of Banca Nazionale's director. 33cm high. 338pp. .

Boston: Little Brown. 1951 on tp & cp. BOMC. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, FAIR DJ(in Brodart). Early BOMC. Jacob's Salinger photo on DJ rear panel. Bright book, clean but worn DJ. . An unusual EXLIB. There is no sign the DJ was ever in a Brodart and then taped to book's inside covers. There are only two EXLIB indicators. (1) "fic" & "S" inked onto DJ lower spine. (2) Book itself with only EXLIB sign being the card pockets inside the rear cover. It does apear that only one person ever checked this book out. NO EXLIB tp stamps or stamped page edges. Two book flaws: (1) lightly bumped tips and spine ends (2) light glue browning along the pastedown gutters. DJ gutters lines have been scotch taped on the inside. All other DJ flaws shown in the pix. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). DJ with minor edge rubbing.. 1986. 2nd printing.. Hardcover.

NY: Knopf. FINE book, NEAR FINE DJ(in Brodart).. 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover.

NY: Harcourt Brace. NEAR FINE set. FINE inside. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc.. (1939). 1st editions.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE books, no DJs. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. First trade after a limited edition. 9"x7", ea about 60pp. . 9"x7", ea about 600pp. Scuffed cover extrems but no bumped tips or frayed spine ends. Tight. Books tend to stay closed when stood on their spines. Tan tinted clean top edges. Deckled fore edges with just a bit of aging. .

NY: Holt. FAIR book, no DJ. 1st ed, 2nd issue, 147pp, 2ads.. 1918. 1st, 2nd issue. Hardcover. FAIR binding over VG text block, no DJ. 1st ed, but no "3" so 2nd issue. 8"x5", 147pp,2ads. Backstrip almost totally detached. . Backstrip holding only for an inch at the front lower gutter. Last photo shows total separation along lower gutter. Backstrip sunned and chipped at the top edge. All 4 tips worn down to the underlying boards. Book is clean, in & out, including the three text block edges. Text quite nice, faintly aged but no glue browned pastedowns, foxing, marginalia, etc. .

Chicago: Breeders Gazette. GOOD(worn cover) book, no DJ. Orig 3/4 leather. Clean. Tight.. 1915. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD (worn) book. 2 colored tps. Red ruled text pp. Howes 1996 Herd 1996. "scarce" in both. Spine sunned, top w two 1/2" tears. .

Paris: Dionysium Thierry.. VG book. Contemporary full brown leather. Gilt spine label.. 1689. Early ed.. Hardcover. VG book. Tight. 12.5X8.5X3(cm). (16),382,(8),(12)pp. Engraved tp printers mark & a few initials & head & tail pieces. . 4 raised ribs. Gilt lettered spine label in 2nd panel: "SANTOLI HYMNI SACRI". Other panels w elaborate gilt floral design. Gilt turn ins. Marbled pastedowns & eps. Red text block edges. Green silk page marker. First done in 1685, last in 1698. NEAR FINE text block, no aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. 12 pages of music at end immediately preceded by 2 pages of errata. Tight, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Tips & spine ends worn, Top cover outer hinge cracked, hinge still sound. Tight text block, no loose pages or sprung signatures. Santeul (Santolio)was a noted 17th C poet. Provenance: slip glued inside back cover translates to: "sold by Detrez, bookseller, successor to D. Colas, at #4 Place de la Sorbonne". Detrez was… Read More

Washington: Smithsonian. FINE book but: spine ends rubbed. Thin folio.. 1968. Hardcover.

NY: Henry Holt. VG book. FINE inside but: bkplt inside.. 1925. 1st likely. Hardcover. VG book. Signed & inscribed on fep. 8vo, viii,104pp. Spine top worn. Spine faded. Still, it's bright & tight. .

NY: Warner. NEAR FINE book, NEAR FINE DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED fep.. 1989. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Harcourt Brace. FINE book in VG DJ(in Brodart).. (1950). 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG DJ. Text with just a hint of ageing. DJ priced at $3.50. DJ sunned & top edge with few closed 1/4" tears. .

Ontario Dept Lands & Forests. "MINT" book, FINE DJ with FINE set of maps all in VG slipcase.. 1963. REVISED ED.. Hardcover. MINT book, FINE D/J, with FINE maps in VG slipcase. DJ spine lightly sunned & extrems with minor wear. 8vo, 196pp. .

Birmingham, AL: Privateh Publ. NEAR FINE book, VG DJ. SIGNED.. (1972). 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED fep. .

NP: Manitoba Dept of Cultural. NEAR FINE wraps, (paperback).. 1982. Softcover.