Search Results: Titles starting with S from Neil Williams, Bookseller

Akron : Saalfield , 1930 . . VG/Good . 8VO . Pages browning, jacket chipped and worn.

Ottawa : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada , 1982 . First Edition . VG . Oblong 4TO . A solid non-circulating ex-library copy with minimal interior and exterior markings. Rebound in sturdy bllue library buckram.

NEW YORK : HARPER & ROW , 1959 . Reprint . VG/G . 8VO . Colour title page and many black and white illustrations by Sendak. SPINE ENDS SLTLY RUBBED,DJ TORN,TAPE MENDED,EDGES RUBBED. Price clipped at bottom but price present on upper corner.

New York : Columbia University Press , 1945-51 . First Edition . VG . 4TO . An essential reference for anyone with an interest in publications the period and a triumph of bibliographic scholarship. Very lightly worn non-circulating ex-library copies with normal library markings and artifacts. A very heavy set, special shipping considerations will apply.

WRECK COVE, NS : BRETON BOOKS , 1993 . FIRST EDITION . F/F . 8VO . EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DEAF GIRL'S CHILDHOOD IN NOVA SCOTIA WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HERSELF. A fine copy in fine jacket.

NEW YORK : W W Norton , 1964 . First Edition . F/NF . 8VO . Illustrated with colour plates and black and white drawings in the text in the author's later style. Lightest of wear to priceclipped jacket.

New York : Four Winds Press , 1973 . First Edition . NF/VG . Square 8VO . Inspired by a Jewish folktale and wonderfully illustrated by Margot Zemach. Nice copy in lightly worn priceclipped jacket. A ripple to some of the early pages.

New York : Doubleday , 1950(1935) . Reprint . Good . 8VO . Children's book from the Northwest in the thirties. Pretty great black and white drawings of most of the northwest stereotypes - loggers, Indians etc. Ex-lib from the Port Angeles library in the general vicinity of the story.

New York : Crowell , 1894 . 18th Thousandth . VG . 8VO . Covers worn, Front endpaper roughly removed. Large 5 on front cover.

Toronto : Musson , nd (1913) . Reprint . VG . 8VO . Twelve guarded colour plates by Robinson as well as black and white illustrations on nearly every page. Ownership signature on front endpaper dated March 1913. Bound in blue cloth with gilt vignette on front cover. Spine a little faded. Canadian cancel title page.

LONDON : T C & E C JACK , nd (ca 1918) . . F/VG . 4TO . Poems set to music by Thomas Crawford and beautifully illustrated by Margaret Tarrant. Each song has a black and white vignette and a colour heading. Full page frontis with a different colour illustration on cover and matching jacket. Book is in lovely condition, more or less as new. Jacket edgeworn and chipped but still very respectable. An extraordinary copy of a very appealing book.

LONDON : HUMPHREY MILFORD , 1923 . Reprint . VG . 12MO . One of the Children's Bookcase Series. With 6 colour plates by A E Jackson. Bound in cream pictorial boards. Some soiling to boards and evidence of an old dampstain affecting upper board and frontis although with no effect on the actual illustration. A very attractive little book.

London : Heinemann , 1918 . First Edition . VG/VG . 4TO . Frontis and seven other tipped in plates by Arthur Rackham, as well s numerous black and white vignettes. Bound in olivegreen cloth with bright gilt titling and vignette. Matching green jacket with the same type and vignettes in black. Book is lightly worn with some spotting to the lower boards, more on the rear, wear to the bottom edges. The jacket is edgeworn with losses at the head of the spine and several small tears. Ltimore and Haskell page 48.

Berkeley : University of California Press , 1988 . First Edition . Fine/Near Fine . 8VO . Book is in fine condition, lightest of wear to jacket.

Collegeville, MN : The Liturgical Press , 1988 . Trade Paperback . NF in Wraps . 8VO . Lightest of wear, owner's name.

NEW YORK : RANDOM HOUSE , 1943 . First Edition . Good/Good . 4TO . Very nicely illustrated in colour. Published at the height of World War II with a somewhat inconclusive but optimistic last page describing it. Wear to edges and spine, jacket worn with losses and tears.

LONDON : Blackie , 1928 . . VG . 12MO . Retold from The Heroes by Kingsley. Four colour plates and cover pasteon by Dixon. Presentation inscription dated 1928. Rear blank page torn, some occasional foxing, light wear to cover.

New York : SCRIBNER'S , 1931 . . VG- . 8VO . Spectacular colour illustrations and endpapers by Hurd. Gilt on spine faded to black, corner of cover pasteon lost. In mylar protector.

BOSTON : Houghton Mifflin , 1989 . FIRST EDITION . Fine . 4TO . A beautifully produced book in every way, Helprin's retelling of the story is lavishly illustrated by Van Allsburg. First printing with full number line.

LONDON : DENT , No date . . Good . 12MO . One of the Tales For Children From Many Lands edited by F C Tilney. Frontis and seven other colour plates by Folkard. Elaboratetly gilt decorated spine and fornt cover with pictorial paste-on. Cover somewhat worn with some soiling on rear board. Missing Front endpaper, page 26 tape repaired. Still, an attractive little book.