Search Results: Titles starting with S from Glenn Books

Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1921. Frontispiece portrait of author. 18 full-page illustrations. Chap[ters on youthl, early seafaring days, master and supercargo, marriage and last voyages, home life. A clean copy. 127pp.. First Edition. Gray Pictorial Boards. Light Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1973. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. Bound in Japanese style with top edges uncut. This edition was translated from the French of the author by Lord Alfred Douglas. Illustrations by Vanenti Angelo. The play was first published in 1891. 51pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Orange-brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Hartford Connecticut Historical Soc 1949. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Small scuff front cover. Colt's own record of transactions with Captain Walker and Eli Whitney, Jr. in 1847. Forward and notes by John E. Parsons. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated with photographic reproductions and letters. The correspondence concerns the manufacture in 1847 of the Walker model of the Colt revolver at Whitneyville, Connecticut..

London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Forward edge of front cover shows some a bit of rubbing of the green cloth, one small area front joint as well. Original black endpapers, intact. Some light foxong of half-title and title-pages, with occasional foxing through the text, usually peripheral. This novel was Churchill's only endeavor into fiction. 345pp. + 2 pages of adverts. Woods !3(b). Please see photos.. First English Editiion. Green Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octav.

New York, London, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Gilt rule front cover. Armorial book-plate signed in neat old hand, front free endpaper. Spine extremities very lightly frayed. Evidence of old newspaper off-setting rear endpapers. 1" x 1/2" tear top of pages 243-245. The true first edition of Churchill's only novel, preceding the Englisg edition by 3 1/2 months. 345pp. + 24-page catalogue at the end. A very clean copy through the text. Woods A3(a).. First American Edition. Blue Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges are gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about the book and author are laid-in. This book was first published in Austria in1982 as "Schinddler's Ark". The US title was changed to "Schindler's List". The book was awarded the Booker Prize in 1982. It was adapted into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1993.398pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Worcester, Boston: The Davis Press, School Arts Publishing, 1908. Fourteen volumes uniformly bound. Some spines chipped at extremities but no loss of lettering except Volume 8 #7.. An incomplete run from November 1908 until September 1911. including Volume 8, #3,5,6,7,10; Volume 9, #1,2,3,4; Volume 10, #6,8,9,10; and Volume 11, #3. Replete with drawings, color frontispieces. Asverts from the period front and back. See photos. . First Edition. Tan Wrappers. Light Wear and Soil/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1910. Very minor corner wear, spine lightly sunned. A nearly-fine school record book. A clean, crisp copy with NO writing in the book. Pages to enter classmates, autographs, spoprts, societies, clubs, faculty. See photos. 191pp. . First Edition. Green Illustrated Cloth. Almost No Wear/No Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo.

COLUMBUS, OHIO: A.R. Harding, 1944. Spine sunned. Front cover illustration. Well-illustrated throughout in black and white. Chapters on wide variety of animals. Nice section at the end on animal tracks, nifty rabbit snare, and a chapter on handling furs with a figure on stretch boards. A fine little handbook for the trapper, in near fine condition.. Revised Edition. Green Wrappers. Light Edge Wear. Duodecimo.

New York: Munn and Company, 1906. Vignette front cover remains vivid. Small scratches rear cover. Inscription front free endpaper dated "Xmas 1913". A well-crafted book for biys who like the outdoors. Written as a narrative about a camp at a fictional island. Illustrated throughout with figures and details regarding building camp structures, a manual on camping. Chapters on sails, snow shoes, tent making, preparations for attending camp, surveying, swimming, bridge building, canoes, wigwag signaling, ice boatslog cabis, and much more! 317pp. + adverts. A fine addition to any young outdoorsman's library.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Edge Wear and Chipping/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Beirut: Published By Van Gulik, 1958. Front cover has two blemishes, stain from now-missing small label at top and a small brown stain near bottom at free-edge. Otherwise quite clean throughout. Frontispiece illustration. Van Gulik translated this rather obscure treatise, "A Chinese Treatise on Scrolls and Forgers, Shu-Hua-Shuo-Ling", written by Lu Shih-hua, an 18th century collector who devoted his life to the collecting of antique books and pictures. The "Scrapbook" is presented in complete translation, together with an introduction, notes, and a reprint of the Chinese text. Errata sheet at the conclusion with one typed addition glued in. Robert Van Gulik (1910-1967) was a Dutch diplomat, orientalist, musician, and writer best known for his Judge Dee mysteries. He was stationed in Beirut, Lebanon during the 1958 Civil War, thus the place of publication. A reprint edition was published in Thailand by Orchid Press in 2006. 84 +16 pages. . First Edition.. Tan Wrappers. Light Edge… Read More

Philadelphia, New York: The Rosenbach Company, 1938. "On the art of navigation, geography, naval history, shipbuilding, voyages, shipwrecks, and mathematics, including atlases, maps, and charts". A fine catalogue with 837 listings. A must for any collector of naval history and the sea. 224pp.. First Edition. Blue Wrappers. Edge Wear and Chipping. Octavo. `.

London: Juvenile Productions Ltd, 1935. Staple binding. Spine just a bit rubbed. A description of nine British aircraft accompanied by a full-page color plate of the airplane. Very well preserved copy. Planes include the Short "Sunderland" long-range flying-boat, the Short "Empire C" class flying-boat, the Supermarine "Stranraer" flying-boat, the Supermarine "Walrus" amphibian, the Airspeed "Envoy" passenger or freight carrying monoplane, the Avro "Anson" reconnaissance monoplane, the Airspeed "Oxford" advanced training monoplane, the Fairey "Swordfish" torpedo-spotting reconnaissance seaplane, and the De Havilland "Dragon Rapide" passenger or freight carrying monoplane. . First Edition. Color Pictorial Wrappers. Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. 10 1/2" x 7 1/2" Oblong.

London: James Nisbet and Company, 1859. Covers and spine with intricate gilt Art Deco designs. Central oval cameo on each cover depicting the four seasons. Violets and roses representing Spring and Summer on front cover. Grapes and winter lilies on rear cover for Autumn and Winter. The flowers are constructed of inlaid pieces of colored leather. All edges gilt. Gilt tooled inner dentelles. Blue silk endpapers. Original covers and spine are bound-in at rear. A SIGNED BINDING BY KELLIEGRAM. Illustrations through the text by Birket Foster, Noel Humphreys, F.R. Picklesgill, J. Wolfe, and G. Thomas. A crisp and clean copy throughout with one blemish, brown spot at top of pp.28-29. 228pp. Housed in a custom brown cloth drop-front lined box with gently-worn corners. Beautiful inlaid, colorful Kelliegram bindings wre among the many innovations of the English binding firm of Kelly and Sons. The Kelly family had one of the longest tenures in the history of the binding trade in London, founded in 1770 by John… Read More

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1859. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Elaborate floral designs, both cover and spine. Edges and spine extremities worn, covers a bit rubbed. Spine faded. An American edition of this Thomson classic with poetry of the four seasons. Vignette title pages for each season designed by NOEL HUMPHREYS and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Other illustrations by BIRKET FOSTER, J. Wolf, G. Thomas, and F.R. Pickersgill. All illustrations are in black and white. Some light foxing at page peripheries, occasional soiling. A charming example of fine Victorian binding and illustrations, just a bit worn. 228pp.. Later Edition. Blue Cloth. Moderate Edge and Corner Wear./No Jacket. Small Quarto.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. AEG. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Color frontispiece of the author. Illustrations through text by Fletcher Martin. First published in 1904. Jack London (1876-1916) was an innovator in the genre that would later become known as "science fiction". 354pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Red Leath. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.

London, New York: John Lane, the Boddley Head; Dodd, Mead, 1927. This edition was limited to 1050 cop[ies, this being #290. Illustrated with eight full-page color plates by ALASTAIR, one plate SIGNED by the illustrator (plate at p.55). Very light brown stain in front and rear cover gutters, othwise fine. A very clean copy throughout. Housed in a custom slipcase with paper label. Box is worn and shows area of old tape repair. Alastair was the nickname of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt!!. He was a German artist, composer, poet, dancer, known as the "Illustrator of Decadence". . Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Cream Cloth. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Alastair. Quarto.

New York: Bantam Books, 1974. Housed in publisher's box which shows light wear. The set of six books, an epic undertaking by Churchill. Woods A126.. Later Bantam Reprint. Color Illustrated Wrappers. Minor Wear Only/No Dust Jackets. Octavo.

Bangor, Maine.: Laureate Press, 1998. Upper front corner with minor bump. A new publication of the classic French fencing manual first published in 1862. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. 246pp. See Thimm p. 26 for the original description of the book.. Reprint Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Nearly Fine./No Jacket.. Octavo.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928. A nice little reference source. Prior owner's signature and date "1929" on front free endpaper. 320pp. + ads. . New Edition. Red Cloth. Light Edge and Corner Wear/No Jack`. Octavo.