Search Results: Titles starting with S from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Prato, Italy: Edizioni del Palazzo, (1984)., (1984).. Very good. - Quarto, 13 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide. Olive green cloth titled in white on the front cover and spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The book is housed in its original slipcase with brown paper covered boards with olive cloth edges and an illustration of the church's ceiling fresco pictured on the front & back. There is a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the dust jacket's front panel and there is a tiny price label on its spine. The slipcase is slightly rubbed with some scratches to the case's front edge. 482 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in black & white and color, including many full-page. Near fine in a very good slipcase. First edition. The text is in Italian.One of Tuscany's most beautiful monastic complexes, the Monastery and Church of San Niccolo was built between 1323 and 1328 as a monastery for Dominican nuns. The structure was expanded throughout the centuries until it became a conservatory at the end of the… Read More

London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1961.. 1961.. Very good. - Octavo, printed white wraps. Lightly soiled with short tears near tail of spine; pencil notations on front wrap; top corner of rear wrap lightly creased. 100 pp. Rear top page corners are lightly creased, else the contents are very good. <p>250 items which appear in the Short Title Catalog or in Wing are catalogued with prices in pounds sterling.

Milan: Edizioni d'Arte Sidera, (1952)., (1952).. Very good. - Quarto, 14-1/4 inches high by 11-1/4 inches wide. Natural buckram titled in brown on the front cover and the spine, in a color illustrated gray dust wrapper. The bottom edges of the front and rear panels of the dust jacket are darkened and the bottom edge of the rear panel is chipped. 20 pages of text followed by a "bibliography", and "indice" and 41 full-page and double-page color plates. The top of the front hinge is starting to split. Very good. First edition. The text is in Italian.Tavole a cura di Annibale Belli.

Paris: Editions Denoel, (1956).. (1956).. Fine. - Octavo, natural limp buckram titled in orange on spine with vignettes on the front cover. 188 pages & [2] leaves and numerous pages of delightful photographic illustrations depicting cats. Near fine. <p>First edition. Presentation copy with a 5-line inscription by Mery in blue ink on the half-title. Cleverly signed by Mery within the body of a cat observing birds which he has sketched at the bottom of his inscription.

(Vanves, France): Cahiers Loques, circa [1983].. [1983].. Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide] soft cover bound in pictorial stiff paper black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly spotted. [14] pages of black-and-white visual poetry, including the inside wraps, with a note by the author on the rear wrap. Very good.

Trenton: Printed by James Oram, for Peter A. Mesier, Bookseller, 1805.. 1805.. Good. - Small octavo, full brown calf. The leather is chipped around the edges & rubbed. There is a piece out of the head of the spine & the top of the front joint is split. vi & pages [7]-215. There is an ink notation & an owner's ink name & date on the front endpaper, with another owner's ink name at the top of the title. The front edge of the front endpaper is chipped with a small piece out & there is a tiny tear to the flyleaf. There is scattered foxing & staining throughout, especially to the rear pastedown, endpaper & blanks. Good.

New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company, (2000).. (2000).. Very good. - Octavo, boards in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust wrapper is lightly rubbed & the bottom corner of its front panel is lightly creased. 316 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white maps and with blue-and-white endpaper maps. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>From the library of Peter Matthiessen. Laid is a typed letter signed by Charlie Ritchie of Saranac Lake, New York, sending him this book which is "the work of a good friend Chris Shaw". He writes that the book reminds him of Matthiessen's deceased father, architect and conservationist Erard Matthiessen, who had been a valued friend and had taken an interest in a lawsuit Ritchie had instigated against New York State over pollution of Upper Saranac Lake.<p>Broadcaster, canoeist and former whitewater guide Christopher Shaw made a canoe trip along the Usumacinta River. The river's basin lying on the border between Mexico and… Read More

NY/London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1928.. 1928.. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on spine & front cover. The spine & its gilt titling are faded; the covers are bumped & soiled. x & 294 pp. B&W frontispiece & B&W photographic illustrations. 1 leaf of illustrations is partially detached with the front edge somewhat roughed, else the contents are very good. <p>First edition.<p>Martin Johnson and his wife sailed from New York in December 1923 with a view to filming "more completely than it had ever been done before, a record of Africa's fast vanishing wild life...." They explored, and eventually settled in British East Africa.

Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Company, (1926).. (1926).. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed with a small dent to the spine. 809 pages. Illustrated with 13 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. Very good. <p>An illustrated account of a journey to Greenland on a Norwegian tramp steamer.

Woodstock, NY: The Maverick Press, 1927.. 1927.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in dark green wraps with a woodcut illustration on the front cover. Though intact, the soiled covers are detached from the text block. The edges of the covers are chipped and creased. 29 pages. There is a light stain to the bottom of the fore-edge & the bottom corner of the rear endpaper. The top page corners are lightly creased & there is a light indentation in the top margin of the pages in the second half of the book. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Rex [also known as Reginald] Hunter, who was born in New Zealand, was a poet, playwright and journalist. He came to the United States and was a friend and neighbor of John Cowper Powys in New York. He returned to New Zealand in 1949.<p>RARE in this first Edition. The book was later reprinted in 1981 in a limited edition.

New York: The Typophiles, 1951.. 1951.. Fine. - Small octavo [7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gray on a black ground on the front cover. [ix] & 93 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & illustrations in black, white & tan. The spine is sunned, else near fine. <p>Limited edition of 640 copies.<p>Typophile Chap Books XXV.

Berne [Switzerland]: Kummerly & Frey Geographical Publishers, (1970).. (1970).. Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], paper-covered boards in a dust wrapper. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are slightly darkened. There are 2 light creases to the film surface of the dust jacket's front panel. 149 pages. Black-and-white maps & numerous color photographic illustrations by the author and others. The edges of the maps & the margins of the illustrations are darkened. Some top page corners are slightly bumped. Very good. <p>The following essays are contributed by other authors: The Geography of the Sahara by Dr. Karl Sutter, The Animals of the Sahara by Alexander Wandeler and The Rock Pictures of the Sahara by Dr. Hans Rhotert. Detailed notes on the illustrations are included in the book. A card listing brief captions is laid in.

New York: Saint Nicholas Society, 1914., 1914.. Very good. - Octavo, orange cloth with a coat of arms in gilt on the front cover. 95 & [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 facsimiles & with profuse full-page black-and-white portraits. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>The St. Nicholas Society of the City of New York was founded in 1835. Its first president was Peter Gerard Stuyvesant.

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1958.. 1958.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & chipped with the spine & extremities darkened. 305 & [3] deckle-edged pages. The contents are very good. <p>First edition.<p>The case of the Song of the Red Ruby: a white paper edited by barrister Annaeus Schjodt, Jr. An account of the controversy aroused by Agnar Mykle's novel "Sangen om den rode rubin" and of the legal proceedings against him and Harald Grieg, the publisher of the book. The text is in Norwegian.<p>Scarce.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Salmagundi, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed white wraps. The covers are soiled and there is some slight spotting to the foreedge. 196 pages & 2 ads. Very good. <p>A special Nadine Gordimer issue with essays & articles on the South African author by Stephen Clingman, Robert Boyers, Rowland Smith, Eugene Goodheart, Leon Wieseltier. Also included is Nadine Gordimer's novella "Something Out There".

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910.. 1910.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with a vignette in green & white mounted within a gilt frame & an elaborate floral gilt frame on the front cover. The spine is a bit faded. The binding is bumped & lightly spotted with small areas of light staining to the front joint & rear cover. [iii] & 78 pages plus colophon with a decorative floral border in green on each page of the text. 2 color plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece, & 4 pictorial chapter titles in black & sepia by Harrison Fisher & Arthur I. Keller. There is an ink gift inscription on the front endpaper. An attractive copy in spite of its flaws. Good. <p>First edition with the Fisher and Keller illustrations.

(New York): Hyperion Books, (1992).. (1992).. Very good. SIGNED BY JANE LANGTON AND ISLE PLUME WITH A DRAWING - Quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. The top corners of the covers are slightly rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some light creasing to the bottom edge of its front panel. Cover illustration and full-page illustrations & decorations in vivid color by Ilse Plume. Also with 1 page of music staves. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>Signed in full on the half-title by Jane Langton and Ilse Plume with a drawing of a salt- shaker.<p>From a Russian Folktale by A. N. Afansyev. Retold by Jane Langton. Translated by Alice Plume. Illustrated by Ilse Plume.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Simon and Schuster, (1946)., (1946).. Good. - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in olive green cloth titled in white. The edges of the covers are rubbed and the head & tail of the spine are chipped. 108 pages, with a color frontispiece and profuse black & white illustrations. There is a small stain to the edge of the frontispiece. Good.
Second revised edition.

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1965., 1965.. Very good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light blue wraps titled in gilt. The edges of the covers and the spine are faded and there are a couple of light stains to the rear cover. [156] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.
First edition.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York.

London: The South Bank Centre, (1994)., (1994).. Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. 248 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.
Edited by Michael Raeburn. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery in London, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.