Search Results: Authors starting with S from Dearly Departed Books

NY: Popular Library. VG+. 1946. 1st Printing. Paperback. Popular Library #91, 1946. First Popular Library printing in VG+ condi tion. Toning to the pages. Dust soiling to the rear wrapper. .

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG. 1925. Reissue. Hardcover. Reprint edition bound in blue cloth. A Very Good copy in a Fair to Goo d dust jacket. Rubs to the book's corners and spine tips. The front co ver has dusting along its lower edge. Some dusting and a wrinkle along the spine. The dust jacket is chipped along the bottom edge of the fr ont panel and at its upper left corner. Chips to its corners and at th e head and base of its spine. Rubbing to the folds. Heavy browning to the jacket's spine and tanning to its panels. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. G. 1928. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First Canadian edition bound in black cloth. A Good copy in a Poor dus t jacket. Rubs to the book's spine tips and corners. The hinges are cr acked at the front and rear endpapers so the covers are wobbly. The up per third of the jacket's front panel is torn away. Chipping along the head and heel of the jacket's spine. The rear panel is creased along its lower edge and has chips along its upper edges. .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. G. 1924. 1st Printing. Printed Wrappers. First Separate Edition bound in the original illustrated stapled wrapp ers with the publisher's complimentary slip and return postcard bound in. An 86-page advance excerpt from "The Banner of the Bull" publishe d to promote the Definitive Edition of Sabatini's works. A Good copy. The book has 3/4" splits at the head of the spine and a small chip at the base of spine. The upper and lower corners are bumped and creased. Moderate dust soiling. Title page lightly toned else clean, tight, un marked contents. .

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG. ND. Reissue. Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlap edition bound in blue cloth cloth with black letterin g. 5" x 7 1/2", 268 pages plus ads at the rear. A Very Good copy in a Fair dust jacket. Rubs to the covers' corners and tips. The spine is d arkened and has a couple of small dust stains. The pages are lightly t oned else clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has chips at the upper 2" and at the lower 2" of its spine. There is a 3" x 1" chip at the bottom left corner of the front panel. There is a smaller chip at the bottom left corner of the rear panel. Tanning to the remains of th e spine. Dust soiling to the panels. .

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. VG+. 1910. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition with 1910 on the title page and on the copyrigh t page. Bound in blind stamped red cloth with gold lettering. 12mo (7 3/4" X 5") size. 367 pages plus eight pages of ads at the rear. Issued earlier the same year in the UK as "Anthony Wilding" and then reissue d in the U.S. by Houghton-Mifflin as "Mistress Wilding". A VG+ copy. The cloth covers are clean, bright and tight. Small rubs to the corner s and spine tips. Former owner's name is neatly inked on the front fly else Contents are clean, bright and unmarked. A very nice copy of an elusive book. No dust jacket. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. NF. 1956. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this edition bound in orange cloth with gold letteri ng. Near fine condition. Small rubs to the book's corners. Toning to t he pages. Omnibus edition contains "Scaramouche", "The Marquis of Cara bas", and "The Lost King". No dust jacket. .

London: Hutchinson & Co.. VG. (1923). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with no date on the title page and no printing statement on the verso. With a 40 page inserted publisher's catalog at the rear . Bound in red cloth with black lettering and an embossed border on th e front cover. 12mo (7 3/4" X 5") size. 286 pages plus the 40 page cat alog. A Very Good copy. The cloth covers are clean and bright. There a re small rub marks to the spine tips. There is a bump to the upper cor ners and to the first 55 pages. The outer edges of the page block are dust spotted. Penciled gift inscription dated 1923 on the front fly le af. Dust spotting to the preliminary pages. A few of the inserted cata log page are still uncut at the bottoms. .

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG. ND. Reissue. Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlap edition bound in blue cloth with dark blue lettering. 12mo size, 321 pp. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Small rubs to the book's corners. The spine is faded and has one dust spot near its head. Contents are fine. The dust jacket has 1 1/4" x 2" chip at t he top of its spine. There are tiny frays at the base of the spine and at the corners. The verso of the jacket has clear tape along the spin e edges for reinforcement. Heavy tanning to its spine and dust soiling to the rear panel. Still a fairly attractive dj. .

NY: Bantam. NF. 1945. 1st Bantam. Paperback. Bantam #5, 1945. 1st Bantam printing is in Near Fine condition. Tannin g to the pages and dust soiling to the rear wrapper. .

NY: Novel Selections, Inc.. VG. 1942. 1st Printing. Digest Paperback. Adventure Novel Classic No. 12, 1942. First printing. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" digest. A Very Good copy. Slight spine slant. There is a bump to the d igest's lower right corner. Faint crease along the front spine seam. R ubs to the edges. Former owner's name inked on the title page's upper edge. .

NY: Ballantine. VG. 1969. 1st Printing. Paperback. Ballantine #72018, 1969. Stated First Printing in very good condition. Faint creases along the spine and spine seams. Mild toning to the pag es. Store stamp at the upper edge of the front wrapper. .

NY: UPD Publishing Corp. . NF. 1974. 1st Printings. Digest. Two issues of IF Worlds of Science Fiction featuring the two part seri al "Berserker's Planet" by Fred Saberhagen. These two digests are in n ear fine condition with toning to the pages. The two issues are: 1. J une, 1974. Includes Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Mack Reynolds and others. Cover by Jack Gaughan. 2. August, 1974. Includes Fritz Leibe r, Bob Shaw, Larry Niven and others. Cover by Greg Theakston. .

NY: Baen. F. 1987. First Printing. Paperback. Baen Books #65609-0., 1987. Stated First Printing. Fine condition. Cov er by David Mattingly. .

NY: Ace. F. 1971. 1st Printing. Paperback. Ace #06615, 1971. First printing. Fine condition. Cover art by John Sc hoenherr. .

Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs. VG. 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in brown cloth with dark brown lettering. Frontis plate. A Very Good copy. Small bumps to the corners. Rubs and bumps to the spine tips. Moderate hand soiling to the front cover. The endpape rs are slightly tanned else content is clean, tight, unmarked. .

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs. VG. 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A Very Good copy. Dust soiling to the covers, to the sp ine and to the page blocks. Bumps to the corners. Light rubbing at the head and heel of the spine. Mild tanning to the pages. Former owner's name written on the front fly leaf. No dust jacket. A Lost Race novel . .

NY: Scientific American Library. F. 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with the full number line present bound in brown cloth. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Tiny bump to the head of the j acket's spine. Mild tanning to the panels. .

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. NF. 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in a good dust jacket. Mild dust soili ng along the lower edges of the covers. The dust jacket is chipped at the head and heel of its spine and at its corners. There is a chip at the front panel's lower right edge. Tears and creases to the panels' e dges. Dust soiling to the panels. Rubbing to the spine folds. .

Agoura, CA: Fantagraphics Books. NF. 1987. 1st Printing. Magazine. Volume 1, Number 1, September, 1987. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", 32 page black a nd white comic magazine is bound in stapled, pictorial covers. Fine to Very Fine condition. Some stress creases along the spine seams. Just a trace of toning to the page margins. Features work by J.R. Williams , Steve Lafler, Norman Dog, and others. .