Search Results: Titles starting with S from Louise Aird

This is one of a mint-condition set of three matching books by the American author William Faulkner (1897-1962). They are first reissues, by his publisher (Random House) of Sanctuary, Light in August and The Sound and the Fury. They are simple red matte boards with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Lovely paper.
They do not appear to have been read. If you want more than one, let me know. They're listed here under American Fiction.
This is a Sanctuary, the famous novel by the American author William Faulkner (1897-1962). It is about the abduction and rape of a well-bred Mississippi college girl, Temple Drake, during the Prohibition era. First published in 1931, it is considered one of his more controversial works, but it was his commercial and critical breakthrough, establishing his literary reputation. When it was made into a movie in 1933, it was the reason for the Motion Picture Production Code crackdown on risque subject matter.
This copy: 250 pages, dated 1958.
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Sard Harker is an adventure novel by the British writer and poet John Masefield. It was published in 1924 and was a best-seller, quickly gaining a reputation for being 'hard to put down'. It was reprinted several times; this book is dated 1924, but is the third impression, printed two months after the book's release.
Sard Harker is the first of three Masefield novels set in the fictional South American nation of Santa Barbara. It is a maritime adventure, but also about visions and dreams and the futures men and women create for themselves. For Sard, that entails a movement from a narrow vision of himself as a seaman to a new wider view of the world and life on shore.
This copy is not in the best of shape. There is significant dappling/foxing on the interior pages, there is a small ink mark on the back cover and the spine is faded and a little stained. It's still perfectly readable.
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September 2002Saturday Night was an excellent Canadian magazine that published from 1887 to 2005. It is now difficult to find a copy of it anywhere.
78 Pages, Oversized
Baseball: The Last Sad Season of the Montreal Expos
Prison Theatre
L.M. Montgomery as Pop-Cult Figure
9-11 Hijackers: Bumbling Hotheads
Arctic Seals on the Paris Runways

Saturday Night was an excellent magazine that published from 1887 to 2005. It is now difficult to find a copy of it anywhere.February 1993:
- Marriage Advice for Prince Charles & Princess Diana
- How the Banks Withdrew from the Reichmanns
- The Return of Choir Boy-Financier-Criminal Norman LeBlanc
- Bret Hart & His Wrestling Family
- John Irving Goes to a Macabre White House Party
- Scott Thompson Goes to Manila (to see Imelda)
- Robert Carsen Stages Euro Disney's Buffalo Bill Show

Saturday Night was an excellent Canadian magazine that published from 1887 to 2005. It is now difficult to find a copy of it anywhere.
March 1993
- Leonard Cohen Interview: Growing Old Disgracefully
- Pierre Trudeau's Daughter
- Questions About the Riddle of the Sphinx
- The Government is Reading Your Mail
- The Strange Sad Life of Stanley Faulder.

This is a lovely leather-bound copy of the classic novel The Scarlet Letter: A Romance, a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). First published in 1850, it is set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, and tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
This copy was published in 1979 by the Franklin Library (Franklin Mint). It is dark red leather with an elaborate gold design on the cover and spine. It has a bound-in silk bookmark.
Inside, the book is perfect. Lovely thick paper, creamy white. Chapter headings are in red. Marbelized endpapers. There are several illustrations but I don't want to pick through the book to count how many there are.
Although it has a bookplate on the inside front cover (which you can remove), it has… Read More

This is two first American editions from Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), the British aristocrat who is known for documenting the Edwardian era, and then the War Years. His best-known works include his 4-volume autobiography. This set is volumes #2 and #3 of that autobiography.
The Scarlet Tree, published in 1946, describes the Edwardian part of his upbringing, not sparing his eccentric, self-indulgent and unreasonable parents. It's quite funny.
Great Morning!, published in 1947, covers the period just before the First World War, and finishes with its outbreak. As with the earlier volumes it's a vivid picture of the vanished world of Edwardian excess, told in a light-hearted manner.
The original owner of these books must have been a friend of Sitwell's, or at least a great admirer. In the case of The Scarlet Tree, he has cut out a newspaper photo of Sitwell and pasted it onto the title page. He has also included a review of the book from The Saturday Review, by Charles Rolo, dated June 22, 1946.
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This is a first edition of Scotland, a photographic study by the Scots photographer Douglas Corrance, and text by the Scottish journalist Magnus Linklater. It is 160 pages of gorgeous photographs, each one accompanied by a fascinating and/or informative piece of writing. Excellent book.
This copy has not been read, or even opened. It is pristine.

This is a first edition of Scotland's Empire, a dazzling account of Scotland's role in the world by Scotland's bestselling historian.
The Scots had an enormous impact on the global development of the British Empire as emigrants, soldiers, merchants and colonial administrators. Devine's work is a powerful and highly readable contribution Scottish diaspora studies and towards a reevaluation of Scotland's role in the empire. By emphasizing the global spread of the Scots, Devine teases out the impact of the Scots who migrated to the US, Canada, Australia and the Caribbean and the role Scottish culture and education played in shaping the places they went. Furthermore, Devine's background in economic history allows the disproportionate benefits Scotland gained from participation in the British imperial project to be drawn out. Scots participated significantly in the Atlantic slave trade, and Glasgow in particular gained from the funds generated by Scottish control of the Virginia tobacco trade. Devine's… Read More

This is a near-perfect copy of Scotland the Brave: The Story of the Scottish Soldier, by the Australian military historian John Laffin (1922-2000). It was originally published in 1963, then White Lion re-published it in 1974. This is a copy of the White Lion edition.
It is an account of the involvement of Scottish regiments in conflicts through the years. Includes 12 regiments plus an account of the character, the humor, the politics, the V.C. winners and general life in these regiments. 191 pages including index and many illustrations.
This copy has an unclipped dust jacket with almost no shelfwear. Excellent condition.

This is a mint-condition copy of Scotland and Her Tartans, The Romantic Heritage of the Scottish Clans and Families, published in 1991.It is a history of Scotland's clan system and the origins of Highland dress, including a list of sect and family names, accounts of all the main Scottish clans, and details of the leading families that have tartans.It is lavishly illustrated, in color. Includes maps and lots of explanatory text. Beautiful photography by Neil Sutherland.There is a tear to the dust jacket, right at the edge of the book, which has been taped from behind.The book itself is in mint condition. Pristine.

This is a first edition of Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector, written in 1980 by the Canadian journalist Donald MacKay (1925-2011). The book was a best-seller and was re-issued in 2006.
It is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector. These intrepid emigrants came for many reasons: the famine of the previous spring, pressures of population growth, intolerable rent increases, trouble with the law, the hunger of landless men to own land of their own. Upon arrival at Pictou, after an appalling storm-tossed crossing, they found they had been deceived. The promised prime farming land turned out to be virgin forest. Only the kindness of the Mi'kmaq and the few New Englanders already settled there enabled them to survive until they learned how to exploit the forests and clear land. But survive they did, and their prosperity encouraged shiploads of emigrants, many fellow clansmen, to join them, making northeastern Nova Scotia a true New… Read More

This is a first American edition of The Scots: A Portrait of the Scottish Soul at Home and Abroad, by the Scots journalist Iain Finlayson and published in 1987. This book is now somewhat of a rarity.
It is a penetrating and entertaining analysis of the Scottish psyche that dissects Scottish romance (Balmorality), Scottish passion, Scottish migration, and Scottish attitudes to the questions of politics, religion, nationalism, whisky, and humor.
This is 272 pages. Unclipped dust jacket.
This copy is in near-mint condition. Its only flaw is some darkening to the paper and one dogear. Otherwise perfect.

This is the first/only edition of Scottish Highland Games, by the Scots historian and sports promoter David Pirie Webster (1928-2023). It contains everything you could ever want to know about Highland Games; what they are, what equipment and costumes are worn, etc.
143 pages with lots of photographs.
No dust jacket. The cover has fingerprints on it. The original owner signed the front endpaper.
The inside is perfect.

This is a first edition of The Scottish Soldier, by Stephen Wood, Keeper of the Scottish United Services Museum in Edinburgh Castle. It was published in 1987.
It is a detailed study of the evolution of the Scottish fighting man, from the ancient Picts thru to the Falklands Campaign of 1982. The development of the various regiments, uniforms, weapons and fighting spirit is fully explained, along with hundreds of excellent B&W and color illustrations.
The dust jacket has lots of small tears and repairs, and there are fingerprints here and there, but the book is in excellent condition overall.

This is the official program of the Scottish World Festival which took place in Toronto in 1973.
It is rather more than a program--it's a 144-page book packed with photographs, lists and interviews with pipers, dancers and athletes.
Aside from a dog-ear on the cover, it's in pristine condition.

This is a first edition copy of The Scottish World: History & Culture of Scotland, published in 1981. It is a big beautiful heavy book containing nearly 300 photographs.
It is no ordinary coffee table book though--it is a serious discussion of Scotland's history and culture.
See Table of Contents photo.
It's 328 pages and 4 1/2 lbs.
The dust jacket has been wrapped in plastic, the way a library book would be, but it was not a library book. The edges of the book itself are a bit faded.
Other than that, it's in mint condition. The inside is perfect.

This is the first US edition of Sea Power, A Modern Illustrated Military History, which was first published in the UK in the same year (1979). (It is the first US edition, but it was printed in the UK.)It is a thorough, professionally-illustrated study of the three most important aspects of naval power in the 20th century: the battleship, the submarine, and ship-home aircraft.See photos of Contents392 pages, including 727 illustrations, half of which are in color.Weight is 4 lbs.The dust jacket has quite a lot of wear; the book itself is perfect.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping this item does not apply (it's too heavy). If you'd like to buy it, please contact me with your location and I'll give you the proper price.

This is a stated first edition of The Sea Remembrs: Shipwrecks and Archaeology, from Homer's Greece to the Rediscovery of the Titanic. This copy is from the first issue, in the UK. It was written by the American pioneer underwater archaeologist Peter Throckmorton (1928-1990).
It includes detailed illustrations of many famous lost ships--see the Table of Contents photo.
From a review:
I'll give it five stars for the uniquely detailed information on important maritime archaeological digs of recent history. The chapters on Mediterranean finds in the early days of scuba/aqualung exploration were totally fascinating.The details of each dig were completely overwhelming and I had to start glossing over all the technical minutiae if I was ever going to get through it, but the highlights of historical maritime archaeology was well worth the overall read.
It's a large book: 240 pages, 9 1/4" x 11 3/4". Packed full of photos, maps etc.
It was originally a library book. The library stamped its name on the first… Read More

The Sea Wolf is a famous novel about a literary critic who survives an ocean collision and is rescued by a brutal and amoral sea captain. It was written in 1904 and has since been made into films 13 times.304 pages, including an afterword by John Cobbs.With 11 illustrations by William Aylward (who did the originals in 1904, but is best known for being a WWI war artist). Light blue boards with a navy spine. Red & cream design on the cover and brilliant gold lettering on the spine. There is a slight crease from page 281 to 296--it looks like a production issue and is barely noticeable. This book has not been read and is in pristine condition.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.