Titles beginning with S from The Kelmscott Bookshop (234 items)

Amsterdam: Halcyon, 1942. Softcover. Good. Softcover. [IN DUTCH] Sjoerd Hendrik (S.H.) de Roos (1877-1962), was a Dutch type designer and book cover designer. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement. He is best known for the design of a new type face, the Hollandsche Mediæval. In total, he designed twelve type faces. In 1926, he founded the Heuvelpers, a small printing house with a hand press set up in his home in Hilversum. Here he created the stamps and dies of a new 14-point letter, called Hawthorn, to be used exclusively for the publications of the Heuvelpers. A. A. M. Stols was a Dutch printer and publisher, known for his collection of limited editions of Dutch poetry. This short work is from a monograph to be published by NV Lettergieterij, Amsterdam. It is set in Hawthorn-letter and printed for Halcyon by JF Duwaer on Zonen in Amsterdam. Quarto. Gray paper wrappers, with title in black to front wrapper. Saddle-stitched. Sunning to front and rear wrappers, especially at top edges;… Read more

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1973. SCARCE. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dj. SCARCE. Hardcover. 8vo. In gray cloth covered boards with orange title stamp to spine. In illustrated orange price-clipped DJ. Interior very clean and tight. Index. 259pp. REL/070806.

New York: Forest and Stream Publishing, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Beautiful illustration of a camp site to front board. Minor browning to spine, rubbing to boards and bumping to spine ends and corners. "From John Edmond" written in pencil to front free end page. Else is clean and bright. 253 pages. LIT/101017.

New York: Sarah Plimpton, 2019. Fine. Number 2 of 12 copies signed and numbered by the artist, who is also the author. Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking and artists' books and is also a poet. Her books are in such collections as The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The New York Public Library, The Morgan Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This lovely little poem is printed on five bifolds, accompanied by evocative aquatints. "same steps/same steps/same steps/down/should one remember/buried days?/the door is open/step inside/where should one sit/there is no place now/walking out/the day is cold/the steps are up" In a review, John Ashbery describes Plimpton's poetry: "As quiet as a moment just before sleep, Sarah Plimpton's poems are like preludes to dreams. The "everyday" happens daily, but it is also rare and precious in Ms. Plimpton's transparent telling." Set in Minion type and… Read more

n.p., 1928. Very Good. Interesting samples of Czech printing fom the early 20th century. One is a large bifold done by Vojtech Preissig dated 1925. Preissig (1873-1944) was a Czech typographer, printmaker, designer, illustrator, painter and teacher. Printed on light tan paper about 9 x 11 inches. It includes a line engraving. The other two samples are from Cesky Bibliofil, an important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Each is bifold measuring 6.75 x 9.25 inches. One of the samples has a tear and abrasion over line four of the text while the other is in fine condition. EPHEM/052523.

New York: The Viking Fund, 1947. Paperback. Very Good+. Paperback. The Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology Number Nine. The San Blas Cuna occupy about thirty habitable islands near the mainland of eastern Panama. This work traces their acculturation through contacts with other population groups, and describes cultural characteristics that have been lost, added, or modified. 4to. Stiff beige paper wraps with maroon title to front wrap and to spine. Minor rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Previous owner's name stamped to bottom edge of title page. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations to rear. 124 pages plus illustrations. Anthropology. ATH111231.

New York: Metropolitan Syndicate, Inc, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. First issue with integral title leaf. Scarce copy of author's first book. Inscriptions on the front free endpaper: "Robert W. Jones, / Jan. 1. 1909" and just below it in a different hand: "Presented by the Author, / who did not sign his name herein--durn him." A collection of short stories that "deal with grim incidents of life in the big city. In one story a drunken hotel waiter beats his wife to death with a chair, in another an Italian pickle dealer stabs a saloon keeper who will not pay his twelve dollars, and yet another story tells how a cab driver took a drunken man into his cab and after driving to a secluded section stabbed him in a fight that followed an attempt to rob him. Each story is one incident, a crisis, told in a style both unusual and interesting. Lyon's style is clear, effective, and unaffected" (unidentified newspaper review, pasted in). Bound in the original green cloth titled in red on… Read more

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Fine. Fine/Fine. Fine. In addition to its fascinating focus on these two great artists and the influence of the great glass objects described here, the book also offers a broad exploration of American engagement with Venice's art wworld in the late nineteenth century (dust jacket). This beautiful book is lavishly illustrated by glass craft pieces, as well as works hers.by other American artists of the period, including Parrish, Prendergast and Moran, among others. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titling to the front cover and spine. In a decorative dust jacket with an image of a woman holding a glass object from a painting by Sargent. In fine condition. Measures 9.25 x 12.25 inches. 335 pages. ART/071025.

Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Poe's "A Valentine" on page 173 of Volume IV and "The Bells" on page 304 of Volume V. Also contains a review of Rufus Griswold's "Female Poets of America," on page 415. This is the first printing of "The Bells"; however, "A Valentine" was originally printed in the Evening Mirror in 1846 under the title "To Her Whose Name is Written Below." Both volumes are bound together in three quarter black leather with grey cloth covered boards and gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing to boards and wear to edges of boards. Occasional spots of foxing and soiling. Includes numerous engravings. Volume IV: 416 pages; Volume V: 389 pages. PER/011018.

Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes "A Valentine" on page 173 of Volume 4 and "The Bells" on page 304 of Volume 5. Also contains a review of Rufus Griswold's "Female Poets of America," on page 415. This is the first printing of "The Bells"; however, "A Valentine" was originally printed in the Evening Mirror in 1846 under the title "To Her Whose Name is Written Below." Both volumes are bound together in three-quarter dark green leather with brown and black marbled paper covered boards, titled in gilt on the spine. There are four raised bands ruled in gilt to the spine. There is a three inch split to the head of the front joint and it appears that the binding has been repaired (amateurly) at some point. Both interior hinges are cracked; however, the boards and textblock remain firmly attached. Rubbing to boards with a few small open tears to the marbled paper on the rear cover. Wear to edges of the boards and corners. Spots of foxing and soiling to… Read more

New York: Sweetwater Editions, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. This is a beautiful fine press edition of Satan in Goray, which was Isaac Bashevis Singer's first published novel. It also includes a new introductory essay by Singer titled "The Making of the First Book." Noted artist Ira Moskowitz created ten original copperplate etchings and forty drawings for the text. There were 475 copies for sale of this compelling production, all signed by the author and artist and for which the artist pencil signed the ten etchings. This is number 58 of 75 copies specially bound in half Chieftain morocco and burgundy Dutch cloth with gold tooling. It is accompanied by an extra suite of the ten etchings signed by the artist and labeled as artist's proofs. This copy is also inscribed by Ira Moskowitz "To Edith and Ernest with Best Wishes." Ernest was Baltimore art dealer Ernest Lowenstein. The suite of ten etchings is housed in a clamshell box. Both the clamshell box and the book are held in a burgundy cloth… Read more

Falcon Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY, signed by the author in Riyadh, December, 1980. Malin Basel was born in Sweden, and she moved to Saudi Arabia in 1968 with her husband. Because of restrictions on opportunities for women, she began an artistic career. She painted local scenes showing the contrasts between ancient Muslim lifestyle and modern encroachments, as well as the effects of vivid natural light and shadows. "A delightful book with some 80 pages of coloured acrylic paintings and black and white drawings, accompanied by poems written by the artist" (jacket). Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with title in white to front cover. Aqua dust jacket with painting on front panel and title in white on front and spine panels. Pages show light smudging, but are otherwise clean. 84 pages. MIDEAST/5202.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Henry Gréville was the pen name of Alice Marie Céleste Durand (1842-1902), a French writer. She was the daughter of a professor and accompanied him to St. Petersburg, where she studied languages and science. There she married Émile Durand, a French law professor. They returned to France in 1872. Gréville initially published novels in St. Petersburg journals. She continued to write in France, with the novels Dosia (1876) and L'Expiation de Savéli (1876), depicting Russian society. This copy is the English translation of L'Expiation de Savéli, published in the United States in 1878. VERY SCARCE. Small 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and black title to spine. Minor darkening to spine and minor chipping to spine ends. Interior hinges are starting but binding remains very tight. Text is clean and bright. 206 pp.+catalogue and ads at rear. Literature. LIT2/321.

Chicago: Sherwin Beach Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 18 of 50 copies. Signed by the author and the bookmakers. With numerous family photographs provided by Nina Sandlin. Lee Sandlin (1956-2014) was an award winning journalist and essayist. This is his story of the extraordinary life and bewildering illness of Sandlin's father-in-law, Russian immigrant Nick Cherniavsky (1924-2007), who grew up in China. "The defining event of Nick's life happened before he was born. The Russian Revolution was one of those vast historical calamities that most Americans have been spared: it was a time when people who never thought of themselves as political, who never thought they'd have to choose sides about anything, were forced to make political choices that could easily cost them their homes, their families, and their lives. This was how it was for Nick's parents." This beautiful book iwas designed by Martha Chiplis, set in Monotype Ehrhardt by Winifred and Michael Bixler, and printed by Martha… Read more

New York: Harper-Collins, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY. "Our educational system is failing, drug use is rampant, violence in the streets is commonplace. Juveniles commit about half of all property crimes and one-third of violent crimes."(Dust jacket) Is this 2024? No, this is 1991. How much has changed over 33 years? Falcon Baker was director of Juvenile Studies for the Kentucky Crime Commission and director of Delinquency Prevention Programs in the Louisville public schools. In this book he describes the failures of our systems for adolescent support and proposes comprehensive solutions. This is an interesting historical window into the issues that were obvious many years ago and are still present today. Octavo. White paper-covered boards with red cloth-covered spine. Title in silver to spine. White dust jacket with title in red to front and spine panels. Jacket is slightly yellowed and bumped at edges. Pages are bright and clean. 348… Read more

Amsterdam: de maatschappij voor goede en goedkoope lectur, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. In Dutch. Published on the occasion of the five-year anniversary of the association for the benefit of its support fund by society for good and cheap reading amsterdam. Number 277 van de gewone uitgaaf. Quarto. Tan cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Browning, rubbing, and minor soiling to boards and spine. Fraying to cloth along spine and corners of boards. Browning and foxing to early and late pages of textblock. Scattered spots of foxing throughout the rest of the interior. With many illustrations - photographic as well as sketches of authors. 218 pages. DUTCHLANG/032723.

Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg magazines in wraps/side-stapled/Buyer gets 5 issues from 1926 and 1927. Periodicals. PER111081.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, trubner and Co., Ltd, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Sir George Catlin (1896-1979) was an English political scientist. He entered this field in its relative infancy, especially in England. It was more advanced in the United States, and Catlin spent much of his life as a professor at Cornell University and other universities and colleges in the United States and Canada. He was a strong proponent of Anglo-American cooperation and wrote a book titled One Anglo-American Nation (1941). Catlin completed his PhD at Cornell, and this publication was his doctoral thesis. It is divided into 3 parts: Politics, History, and the Data of Politics; The Method of Politics; and Politics and Ethics. The second part particularly focuses on the new field of political science, with chapters on The Possibility of a Political Science; The Place of Politics Among the Social Sciences; and The Process of Politics. The book includes a tipped-in contemporaneous review from The Outlook… Read more

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. 1939 NYC Schools 7th grade textbook. Very good hardcover with brown cloth covered boards, one small stain to the rear board, in mylar overlay. Interior is clean and bright with diagrams, b&w photos throughout; index; 159 pp. New York History. NY/10032.

Jonesboro, N.C., 1947. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. All issues very good in side stapled paper wrappers. Includes 19 issues from 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1947. Poetry. POE310261.