Search Results: Titles starting with S from Dividing Line Books

London: The Olympia Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. A lightning bolt of feminist rage and a sophisticated riposte to the intellectual and social misogyny of the 1960s, here in its first UK edition. Somewhat more uncommon than the 1968 American first, whose Paul Krassner commentary is here replaced with a lengthy introduction by Vivian Gornick (a change that first appeared in the American second edition of 1970, also by Olympia). London: The Olympia Press, 1971. Preface by publisher Maurice Girodias. Introduction by Vivian Gornick. Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 7-1/8 x 4-3/4 in. xxxvi, 52pp. Hinges and corners moderately worn, with some loss of color/surface material. Spot of rubbing to rear panel. Minor twist to base of spine. Binding remains secure. No fading to red portions of wraps. Good to very good.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth; gilt spine titles; blue topstain; dust jacket. 288pp; index. Boards lightly shelfworn; moderate toning to textblock edges. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped, with a closed tear to head of front panel. First edition of this collection of writings billed on the front flap as "an authorized version of certain of the Sacred Hymns of the Sikh Scriptures." As translated by Trilochan Singh, Bhai Jodh Singh, Bawa Harkishen Singh, and Kushwant Singh. Revised by George S. Fraser, with introduction by S. Radhakrishnan, and foreword by Arnold Toynbee.

NY: Little, Brown, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 210pp. First edition. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Jones on the front free end paper. VG+/VG. Orange cloth boards lightly bumped at top corners. Very slight forward cocking. A few minor stains to textblock edges. In an unclipped "$4.95" jacket lightly faded along the spine panel, which shows some light vertical creases. A couple spots of soiling to front panel; one at base of rear flap. Top of spine internally tape-reinforced. A young adult novel about two boys, one black and one white, who overcome their differences to restore an old sailboat together.

NY: Center for Book Arts, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Signature-bound softcover in printed Canford wraps. [12]+22pp+[10]. Limited to 100 numbered and signed copies, of which this is #45. Winner of the 2004 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition judged by C.K. Williams and Sharon Dolin. Light curling/wear at corners, a couple spots of soiling to base and fore-edge of textblock, else very good plus.

NY: Knopf, 1926. Hardcover. Good/Good. Small 8vo. 219pp. Sixth printing. G+/G+. Shelfwear at spine ends and tips, with board corners just peeking through. Dust soiling and toning to textblock edges. Unclipped "$2.00 net" jacket largely intact, with a 1/2" triangular chip out at head of rear panel and small portions of loss at spine ends and tips. Moderate edge wear, several short closed tears, dulling to spine panel and fore-edges. A novel subtitled "A Romance of Bad Manners" by a largely forgotten American author William Faulkner acknowledged as an early influence.

NY: Harmony Books, 1989. First edition. Xiii, 335pp; 8 leaves of plates at center. Black textured-paper boards; metallic red spine titles. A touch of spotting to textblock top. Else near fine in a like jacket, unclipped, with toning to flaps. Signed by González-Wippler opposite the title page.
An overview of the African diasporic religion Santeria by one of the undisputed experts on the subject; covers Santeria's "pantheon of gods (orishas); the priests (santeros); the divining shells used to consult the gods (the Diluggún); and the herbal potions prepared as medicinal cures and for magic (Ewe) as well as controversial ceremonies - including animal sacrifice - often misunderstood outside the Santeria community" (jacket flap). Foreword by Charles Wetli. An uncommon signature.

Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo. 78pp. Slim hardcover volume bound in full red cloth, with gilt spine titles and red topstain. Light foxing/off-setting to end pages, otherwise near fine. Good+ jacket has a 1" by 1/4" chip at the top of rear panel, a short closed tear at top of spine. Browning to spine, light foxing to front panel and flaps. Holds the distinction of being not only Murdoch's first book, preceding her long novelistic output, but also the first book-length, study of Sartre in the English language. Part of the "Stidues in Modern European Literature and Thought" series.

NY: Doubleday, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 204pp. First edition. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, in an unclipped "$4.95" jacket. Spine ends and board corners lightly worn/rubbed, glue stains to the front endpaper gutter, else near fine. Near fine jacket jacket shows light rubbing at spine ends and along hinges, with light toning to flaps and rear panel. A nice copy.

NY: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1961. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. One of 300 copies signature-bound in printed wraps, 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 in. 35pp. Textblock toned; moderate toning and soiling to wraps. Altogether very good. Inscribed on title page recto: "To Kenward, From Bill." Berkson's first book. From the library of poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).

NY: Schirmer / Macmillan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 319pp. First printing, full number line. Heavy brown boards with gilt spine titles. One bump to fore-edge of front board, else fine in a near fine unclipped jacket with light sunning to spine panel and a sticker ghost just above the colophon. A social and cultural portrait of Schoenberg's Vienna milieu in the early 20th century.

NY: Doubleday, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 226pp. First edition. Black cloth, gilt titles. Light wear and a touch of fraying to spine ends and tips. Toning and a couple of minor stains to textblock fore-edge. Unclipped "$4.95" jacket edgeworn with small portions of loss at spine ends and tips, a 1.5" partially closed tear at base of front panel, and toning to spine and rear panels. A very good copy in very good (-) jacket of this collection of science essays.

Grafton, VT: Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 12mo. 37pp. Perfect-bound softcover in glossy black and white wraps. First edition, hand numbered 74 out of 150 total copies. Fine condition. Poetry.

Washington, D.C.: Robert Rines, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition of this thorough review of the evidence and literature to date regarding the cryptozoological hominid known as Bigfoot. With facsimiles of three reports, one by D. W. Grieves and two by Russian groups, of the Patterson-Gimlin film purporting to document the existence of Bigfoot. Foreword by Robert Rines. Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books, 1975. First edition. 263pp.; index; illus. 8vo. Brown cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Light wear to spine ends; light splash marks to textblock top. Very good in good (+) jacket, unclipped, with a chip at head of spine, several small chips to front flap fore-edge, moderate soiling/rubbing. Uncommon in hardcover format.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. xvi+166pp, indexed. First edition. Gray cloth boards with black spine titles. Fine in a like jacket. Translated by Javier Ibanez-Noe.

London: Faber and Faber, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK edition of this novel, set in feudal Japan, by the American writer and poet. London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First edition. Small octavo, 7-5/8 x 5-1/8 in. 198pp. Green textured-paper boards; white spine lettering; dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Else fine in a near fine jacket, shallowly clipped at all corners but with "15s net" price still present. A nice copy.

NY: Harper & Row, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed copy of this selection of verse by the Russian émigré poet, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and in 1991 served as United States Poet Laureate. First edition. Octavo, 8-1/4 x 5-5/8 in. 172pp. Title and first line indexes at rear. Black boards, purple half-cloth; silver spine lettering; dust jacket. Signed by Brodsky on the title page. Mild bumping & browning at spine ends. A few spots of soiling to top of textblock. Unclipped ("$5.95") jacket with light edge-wear and scuffing. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Translated from the Russian by George L. Kline. Foreword by W. H. Auden.

Berkeley: Oyez, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy of this mid-career selection of Eigner's poems, edited by Samuel Charters & Andrea Wyatt. First edition.Though unstated, one of just 500 copies. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25 in.); xv + 125pp.; black buckram boards stamped in gold, in dust jacket. Fine in a fine jacket.

NY: Macmillan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 194pp. Full grey cloth, gilt spine titles. First edition. Light wear to spine ends and tips, else near fine in a near fine unclipped jacket. A selection of the Nobel Prize winner's verse, as translated from the Czech by Ewald Osers. Edited and with additional translations by George Gibian.

Johannesburg: AD. Donker, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this selection of verse from the early books of South African poet and apartheid activist Mongane Wally Serote (b. 1944), published while he was living in exile. Serote returned to South Africa in 1990 after the ban was lifted on the anti-apartheid African National Congress, of which he was a member. In 2018, he was announced as the National Poet Laureate of South Africa Johannesburg: AD. Donker, 1982. First edition. 144pp. 8vo. Blue textured-paper boards; white spine titles; dust jacket. Light shelfwear/rubbing to spine ends and board tips; one spot of ink soiling at base of textblock fore-edge. Very good in a like jacket with mild sunning to spine and panel perimeters. Edited and introduced by Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane. .

Austin, TX: Latitudes Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed first edition of this collection by a writer who twice served as poet laureate of Texas but whose work, clear and precise and deeply felt, remains unjustly overlooked today. Edited by Robert Bonazzi. With a foreword by Denise Levertov and cover painting by Thomas Merton. First edition. Octavo (6.25 x 9 in.); 157pp.; blue leatherette boards. Signed (initialed) by Miller on the front free endpaper. Light bumping along crown of spine, else fine in a near fine jacket, mildly soiled and rubbed.