Search Results: Titles starting with S from Uncommon Works

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. A very near fine first printing in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Black cloth boards. Rear lower corner bumped, and jacket marred at the bump, otherwise as new. 291 pp. Quarto. A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and mythic characters. The result is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought.Beginning with Western science, poet Susan Suntree carries readers from the Big Bang to the present as she describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its unique features today. She tells of the migration of humans into the region, where… Read More

Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Printing Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Leatherette. Very Good +. A very-good+ /near fine, signed, first edition Author's signature dated 1930 on first blank leaf. Green pictorial limp leatherette cover with green and gilt stamping of a pioneer wagon, and author's name embossed at foot of cover. Minor shelfwear at corners, head and tail of spine, and along spine edges where the book has ben opened and read. Western map endpapers. Pages show only the mildest toning. Binding is sturdy and sound. No tears, no soiling. Charles Kelly's first book, interesting for California and American history and the opening of the West, including the Donner Party tragedy. 2 previous owner's signatures on title page. The previous owner's signature is CF Hartmeyer, "a grandson of the last member of the Donner party to be rescued." (p 145) 178 pp. plus index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall. [Howes K59, Flake-Draper 4565, Paher K1020].

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Fine first edition in a very good plus, original, unclipped dust jacket. Blue quarter cloth under green cloth boards. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket creased at top edge and showing a tiny chip on back cover. Fold out map intact and pristine. 152 pp. Octavo 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Very near fine hardcover in a good dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards, gold-stamped title on spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped along top edge. Dust jacket reads 09-61. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 251 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 1/2 inches tall. Roster of performances and singers during nearly forty years is accompanied by an account of the development of the company.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A near fine first edition in a very good, price clipped dust jacket. Orange cloth boards. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Mild soil marks to last free end paper. Dust jacket showing toning at spine, and two tiny closed tears. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 469 pp. including bibliography and index. Octavo. In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico.Despite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first… Read More

Chicago: Rand McNally, ca. 1972. Reprint. Pictorial cover. New/new. John R. Neill. Near fine white binding softcover reprint circa 1972. Full color John R. Neill illustration pictorial front and back covers. $1.50 price on cover. Binding is sturdy and square. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white drawings. No markings or nameplates. Bottom right corner bumped. Small bookstore label inside front cover. Some foxing to first and last page, text otherwise clean and bright. 288 pp. Octavo, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

Lancaster, (PA): International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company / Science Press Printing Company, 1933. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A good plus first edition, first printing, as stated. SIGNED by the author on a pasted-in Korzybski notepaper to journalist and defender Robert H. Allen. Embossed lined blue cloth boards; corners bumped. Title stamping on spine worn and faded. General dust stains to endpapers and edges. Mull showing, but hinges intact, at the half- title page. First free endpaper and title page wrinkled. Binding a bit soft. Offsetting on final index page where Allen's defense of Korzybski is pasted into the final leaf. Dated by Allen present as well on final leaf. 798 pp. including index with drawings and graphs by the author. Octavo, 6&1/4 x 9&1/2 inches tall.. Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski ( July 3, 1879 - March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more… Read More

New York: Random House, 2003. First Thus. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first printing of this first thus ---special illustrated collector's edition in an equally fine dust jacket. No flaws. Black paper boards under black quarter cloth. xviii, 377 p. : ill. Quarto. A deluxe illustrated edition of one of the most beloved books of our time, with nearly 150 historic photographs personally selected by the author. The spellbinding true story of how three men and a great racehorse captivated a nation, Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit:" An American Legend became an immediate number one bestseller and cultural phenomenon upon its publication in 2001. Named one of the best books of the year by more than twenty publications--including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, People, USA Today, and The Economist--"Seabiscuit" was also honored as the BookSense Nonfiction Book of the Year and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and was a finalist for several other major… Read More

Tokyo: Toppan Print. Co., Ltd., [nd]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very good/none as issued. Byron Smith; Robert C. James. About very good presumed first edition, Blue pictorial boards, art endpapers. Rear top corner badly bumped (bent about 3/4" in). Previous owner's name stamped in red on title page. Corner crease to both of the foldout maps.This is volume 1 (1950-1951) of the series which covers 1950-1954. Quarto. Looks at the history of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War. "The 2nd Infantry Division is unique in that it is the only U.S. Army division that is made up partially of South Korean soldiers, called KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with the first South Korean president, Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the U.S. forces at the end of the Korean War... There were also more than 4,748 Dutch soldiers assigned to the division between 1950 and 1954" -- Wikipedia

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1998. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Stacy Drum, Jill Bauman, Charles Lang. A fine, signed limited edition. Number 162 of 200 printed. Signed by Graham Masterton on the limitation page. Appears completely unread. No slipcase as issued, no dust jacket as issued. Black cloth binding. 25 pp. Octavo. There's a phrase for it — "all-consuming passion."And that's what David and Melanie had for each other. They loved each other so much that they wanted to share everything, body and soul. If they could have done, they would have breathed the same air.Their family and friends thought that their hunger for each other was unhealthy. But they were blind to what anybody else thought about them. They shut themselves away from the world and their only companion was Echo — the cat which David gave to Melanie as a living token of their obsessive love.But then Echo went missing. And that’s when David and… Read More

New York: Regan Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. As new/as new. As new first edition hardcover, first printing in a like dust jacket, with two programs laid in from the Sacramento, California exhibit. Black boards with silver title. Full color & b/w photos throughout. As new dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 197 pp. plus index. Small folio, 10 x 12 1/2 inches tall. The September 11 Photo Project was a community based response to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, using photos and written statements by survivors, eyewitnesses, and those generally affected.

New York: Random House, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, as stated with full number line. In a fine dust jacket. 398 pp. Octavo. The focus of this novel is extremism. It tells the tale of two Kashmiri villages whose inhabitants gradually get caught up in communal violence. As we know from Yugoslavia, hatred takes on especially horrific manifestations when neighbors turn against each other. The neighbors to whom Rushdie introduces us are memorable and emblematic characters, especially his protagonists, the Hindu dancer Boonyi Kaul and her childhood sweetheart, Shalimar the clown, son of a Muslim family. Their passion becomes a marriage solemnized by both Hindu and Muslim rites, but as conflict heats up, Boonyi seduces the American ambassador. The resulting transformation of Shalimar into a terrorist is easily the most impressive achievement of the book, and here one must congratulate Rushdie for having made artistic capital out of his own suffering, for… Read More

New York: Random House, 2005. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Near fine/fine. A very good plus first American edition in a fine dust jacket. Black embossed cloth boards and cream endpapers. Signed by Rushdie on the first free endpaper. Bump to front edge of book. Pp. 201-252 slightly dogeared. 398 pp. Octavo. From Author's web site:"Shalimar the Clown is the story of Maximilian Ophuls, America’s counterterrorism chief, one of the makers of the modern world; his Kashmiri Muslim driver and subsequent killer, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown; Max’s illegitimate daughter India; and a woman who links them, whose revelation finally explains them all.It is an epic narrative that moves from California to Kashmir, France, and England, and back to California again. Along the way there are tales of princesses lured from their homes by demons, legends of kings forced to defend their kingdoms against evil. And there is always love,… Read More

Annapolis: Leeward Publications, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Very good presumed first edition based on OCLC records, in a very good dust jacket. White cloth boardswith black title stamping an MINSY logo on front cover. Tiny coffee stain to front cover. Darkened glue showing under rear pastedown. Dust stains to bottom edge. Dust jacket shows original price but is clipped on the bottom corner, front inner flap. Jacket shows rubbing, creases and closed tears. Jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. xvi, 240 pp. : illustrations. Long quarto. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located 25 miles (40 km) northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula shipyard (Mare Island, California) from the main portion of the city of Vallejo. MINSY made a name for itself as the premier U.S. West Coast submarine… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Book of the Month Club Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good +. Lois and Louis Darling. A near fine 1962 book of the month club edition in a good plus dust jacket, laid in with original BOMC report by Justice William O. Douglas. Green buckram boards with gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Wave striped endpapers. Yellow topstain. Notation inked on top corner of first free endpaper, otherwise fine. Dust jacket shows loss at bottom front corner, tears and edgewear top and bottom edges. Dust jacket shows dampstaining not affecting the book on rear and front cover. Jacket now protected in clear archival mylar. 378 pp. Octavo It should come as no surprise that the gifted author of The Sea Around Usand its successors can take another branch of science—that phase of biology indicated by the term ecology—and bring it so sharply into focus that any intelligent layman can understand what she is talking about.Understand, yes, and shudder, for she has drawn a… Read More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. A fine first edition, as stated, in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with medicine shield motif on cover. Blue and burgundy title stamping on spine. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge and front pastedown. Foxing to dust jacket on front and back covers. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. xix, 334 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, as stated. Missing dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped ship on cover, bright gilt title stamping on spine. Mild bowing to front cover. Binding is sturdy and strong. Painted top edge. Map endpapers. Deckled pages. 315 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 inches tall. The Golden Hind Series was initially co-published by John Lane in the UK and Harper’s in the U.S. The first titles were issued in 1927.According to a prospectus for the series (quoted in Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia, edited by Jennifer Speake) “the volumes were presented as ‘in a form suitable for the general reader new lives of great explorers written by well-known men of letters which are at the same time reliable history and attractive biographies.’ Each author was allowed to present his subject in the manner he wanted, so long as he examined all… Read More

Washington DC: PIK2, 1993 & 1965. Later printing PLUS a First edition. Paperback original. Very good +/none as issued. Offered for sale as a set. A 9th printing of Dr. Auset BaKhufu's "The Six Black Presidents" in softcover plus a pamphlet entitled "The Five Negro Presidents" by JA Rogers (First printing, 1965).Six Black Presidents has a tight binding and clean text. Softcover showing some wear to the corners and edges.The Five Negro Presidents is a first printing, showing a price of one & ninety-five on the title page and was printed by Helga M. Rogers in Florida. Previous owner's name written across the top of this pink and black pamphlet and Community Book center stamp on back cover. Front bottom corner dog eared. Small stains to back cover. Long before President Obama, Historian Joel Augustus Rogers provides his evidence that there have been nineteenth- and twentieth-century presidents of the… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. Reprint. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. A very good reprint after limited Scream/Press edition. Trade edition in black paper boards under black quarter cloth spine. Boards have some denting. ISBN shows "X", CIP data. King's fascimile signature in gold foil on cover, and title in gold foil stamping on spine. White endpapers. Dust jacket shows rubbing (see photo) but no tears or fraying. Very good dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 512 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. 3rd Printing. 1/4 cloth. Very Good +/very good. A near fine third printing trade edition after limited Scream/Press edition. Third printing of trade edition in black paper boards with black quarter cloth spine. Russet endpapers. Complete number line, ISBN shows "X", CIP data. Has King's fascimile signature in gold foil on cover, and title in gold foil stamping on spine. Dust jacket shows chipping and tears at head and spine. Very good dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Inner flap of DJ has "8506" in corner. 512 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall.