Search Results: Titles starting with S from TBCL The Book Collection Library

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, (1992), 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A pristine copy in the publisher's 1/4 navy over gold paper covered boards, white to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 52 pp. A superb continuation of the tale of Giffin & Sabine. A truly innovative production.

New Port: John Stevens, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Eric Gill. SACRED AND SECULAR IN ART AND INDUSTRY. First edition. A lecture given before the Royal Institution, London, February 1939. 8vo., printed green wrappers, pp. 33, one woodblock illustration by Gill. One of only 400 copies - the entire edition. Neat name on ffe. A near fine copy with a hint of darkening at the spine. "The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist." - EG.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy of this winner of the Whitbread Literary Award for Fiction in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a very good indeed bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use, two tiny nicks to the front panel fold. 8vo. 328 pp.

London: Elek Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A remarkable autobiographical essay by the Nobel Prize - winning author of Doctor Zhivago. 8vo. 304 pp. A near fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper, spine slightly darkened. Black and white frontis of Boris Pasternak, illustrations throughout. Translated by Alec Brown and Lydia Pasternak-Slater. Inclusive of four short stories and twenty three poems Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this classic thriller published in the United States as, Dead Ringer. A near fine copy in black cloth, (pages tanned as is endemic with this title), red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine pictorial dustwrapper showing some light use. 8vo. 238 pp. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime.

Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by the translator to the title page. A fine copy in green cloth, (previous collector's discreet dedication on the front free endpaper), gilt titled faux morocco label to the spine in a near fine, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. With notes and an introductory essay by Peter Foote. 8vo. 146 pp. An erudite translation of this memorable 13th century Icelandic saga.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A. B. Ward. THE SAGE BRUSH PARSON: Alice Brown (1857-1948). Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1906. First Edition. 8vo., 390pp.[very neat name on ffe. Dated 1906]. Publishers decorated pictorial green cloth blocked in green & yellow, stamped gilt lettering to spine. A solid very good example.

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc, 1936. Inscribed by author to Publisher Nelson Doubleday. First American Issue by Doubleday, Doran September 25 1936 rarely seen. What makes this copy so unique it that is was inscribed to Nelson Doubleday, the publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922-1946 from Vita Sackville-West. "...Nelson Doubleday in his letter to Vita May 21, 1936 describes receiving the setting copy that day from England and putting it on the sewing machine". Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.31(c). Bound in red cloth covered boards with gold stamping on a black emblem down the spine. - 8vo 395 pp. Size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" The boards have some staining as per the photos and there is no dustjacket. An important collector copy of one of Vita Sackville-West's most rare and out of print books.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, 1991. Soft cover. Soft cover. Uncorrected proof. 8vo., pp. 359. Printed buff wrappers. A near fine or better [read] copy.

Paris: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Flaubert, Gustave. SALAMBO. Translated by J.S. Chartres. [also known as Salammbo]. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. First English edition, & First Edition in English (a different English translation was published by Saxon in the same year). 8vo., pp xvi + 360 + 24 adverts at rear. Rust boards with gilt titling & decorations to spine & upper board, blind-stamped decoration & borders to lower board, title in black within gold decoration. Pale blue endpapers. Tissue-guarded portrait of the author etched by Bocourt. Text block clean & free of blemish, a couple of preliminaries including the half title slightly darkened as always. An exceptionally bright fresh copy. Seldom seen as such. Vizetelly published Madame Bovary in the same format.

New York: Doubleday, [1975, Book Date), 1975. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. King, Stephen. SALEM'S LOT. Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York: Doubleday, [1975, Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] Town Design, raised on the upper cover inspired by the first edition DJ's photo & is covered in elegant Black & deep Red Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather & finished inside in soft black velour. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

New York: Viking, (1984), 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Arthur Miller on the title-page. A fine copy in 1/4 red cloth over black paper covered boards, gilt and black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with light use. 8vo. 254 pp. A wise and witty account of Miller's production of his Pulitzer-Prize winning classic, Death Of A Salesman, in Communist China with an all Chinese cast.

Camden: The Menorah Journal Inc., December, 1929. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition. Sm. 4to, pp. 100 plus. Printed sand coloured wrappers. A good copy. Frontispiece: "Portrait of M. Zbrowski" by Modigliani. Reznikoff contributed poetry, commentary & original plays in the mid '20's & 30's to this important quarterly. Vol XVII, No. 3, December 1929 includes contributions by MODIGLIANI (frontispiece), Henry Noel Brailsford, Cecil Roth, Edward Robbin, Isidor Schneider, David Bergelson, Arnold Roller, Zalmen Yoffeh, Louis Berg, CHARLES REZNIKOFF, An Elder of Zion, Herbert Solow, LIONEL TRILLING, Moses Hadas, S. Guy Endore. The MENORAH JOURNAL published between 1915 and 1961 and edited by Henry Hurwitz was a melting pot of Jewish thought with contributions from some of the leading lights of the Jewish intelligentsia of this period. Considered to be one of the most important english-language sources of Jewish discussion on art, culture, religion, and politics. Scarce.

New York: Doubleday, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Elizabeth Spencer on the half-title page. "For.with warmest greetings on a cold night, Elizabeth, Montreal, 9 February 1984". A near fine copy in 1/4 green cloth over beige paper covered boards, white titles to the spine in a near fine neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper showing some light edgewear and use. 8vo. 302 pp.

Toronto: Copp, Clark, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed. First Canadian Edition Inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. A near fine copy in the publisher's navy cloth covered boards. stamped and decorated in gilt with light wear on the spine and edges. Teg. 8vo. 208 pp. A superb collection ded icated to the heroes and follies of war.

Paris: Nuits Blanches, 1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First French edition. Sm. 8vo. Plain wrappers printed in green & black. A very good copy of a very scarce edition. Hammett's French printings are very unusual, desirable & collected in the French world as they are with the connoisseurs of the Mystery & Detection genre on this side of the pond.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in rose cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine, bright fresh pictorial dustwrapper with just a hint of use. Black and white illustrations by Whitman Bailey. Small 8vo. 55 pp. Watters pp.37.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishing, 1866, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt lettered, maroon pebble grain cloth. [crown missing 1/16" cloth & 1/16" tear at upper spine], pp. 286 + 2 ads. Frontispiece & 5 full page illustrations. A civil war novel by the author of 'The Story of The Great March, from the Diary of a Staff Officer', 1865. Nichols was Sherman's Aide-de-camp during his famous March to the Sea. Ref: Dornbusch III. 2562. A good plus copy only because of the spine faults otherwise a decent example of a difficult civil war title.

New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. 1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for the most controversial of William Faulkner's novels: SANCTUARY. A superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in Red simulated leather with beige sides & gold text. A detailed corn stalk design, symbolic of Moonshine is "sculpted" on the side. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock… Read More

[n.p.] New York: [n.d.] 1936: Audrey Wood, 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Unsigned Playscript. Williams, Tennessee. SAND. [n.p.] New York: [n.d.] 1936. 8vo., 8 pp. rectos only. First Edition of this carbon original typrescript short story about "Old Mr. & Mrs. Kramer"*, first submitted to STORY magazine. Punch bound blue stiff printed wrappers of the Liebling-Wood Agency, 551 Fifth Ave. New York. House File Copy. [Audrey Wood was Williams' literary agent. From 1939 Wood helped guide & focus Williams' writing. With her nurturing, he created some of his greatest works, including: Menagerie, Streetcar & Cat]. A fine copy. Very uncommon example in private hands. *Notebooks By Tennessee Williams, Edited by Margaret Bradham Thornton - Entry for Tuesday, 31, March, 1936.