Search Results: Authors starting with S from poor mans books

Bangor, ME: Printed for the Deburians. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; (3), i--xiii, 1--159, (2) pages; Illustrated in textual and full page plates. Limited ediiton #53 of 179. 8vo (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. ) Printing: : Americana: : Maine. Brown cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. Inscribed to Thos H Hubbard by Charles Hamlin, one of the DeBurians and dated 1902 . Printed signature of Peter Edes. ; Signed by Associated .

Bangor, ME: Printed for the Deburians. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; (3), i--xiii, 1--159, (2) pages; Illustrated in textual and full page plates. Limited ediiton #53 of 179. 8vo (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. ) Printing: : Americana: : Maine. Brown cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. Inscribed to Thos H Hubbard by Charles Hamlin, one of the DeBurians and dated 1902 . Printed signature of Peter Edes. ; Signed by Associated .

Lond: Poole and Edwards,. Good with no dust jacket. 1827. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 232 pages; Publisher's catalog tipped in. Black calf leather boards. Small stains .

Chicago, IL: The Retailer's Journal. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages; 18 pages of advts as well as some tipped in photos of the winning entries for the year. How to do it book. Upper spine nibbled exposing bottom of signatures [about 2"]. .

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1933. 1st Trade. Hardcover. viii, [1], 149 pages; Volume in red cloth, fine and unmarked with light aging to edges. DJ in Brodart with light chipping to bottom and a couple of small losses to top edge. McBride p64. $2- price unclipped. .

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Third Edition. Hardcover. Author's Juvenile Library. ; Engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Commonly present in microform but noactual books located . Spine sunned . Contents generally VG with mild aging to plates. .

Wash DC: United States Government Printing Office,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Plans; 86 pages; Personnel and Ships's Data Barbary Wars. Published under the direction of the honorable James V. Forrestal. Prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department under the supervision of Captain Dudley W. Knox. Bulging envelope tipped to bacj cover containing 18 [of 20? ] Maps . 6" x 9". .

N Y: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st. Hard cover. 0670419508 . photos; Flatsigned on half title page, "William S Burroughs". Filmed as a 2002 Dutch short combining live action and rotoscope animated scenes. Small chip at bottom of back DJ panel. Dk grn cloth cover. Bears original 8.95 DJ price. William s burroughs si_2#%$gnedNot a common book. ; Signed by Author .

Le Caire, Imprimerie De L'Institut Franc¸ais, D'Arche´ologie Orientale. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; xiii. 183. pl. LXX pages; 70 plates picturing 138 miniatures. Exposition d'Art Persan, lightly aged but not toned. 3/4 red morrocco over marbled boards. 10.25 x 8.75". Persian Miniatures: : Art: : Iran. Some rubbing to extremities but VG. .

N Y, N Y: Orchard Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. CHRISTMAS; White; Oblong 4to 11" - 13; Number line is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 01 02 03 04 05. Signed by Sabuda on first page. Includes laid in snowflake pop-up christmas card and post card. Light rugging to covers, otherwise appears new. Each page has 2 folding folios with a white paper pop-up against colored background. The pop-ups represent something beginning with the letter of the folio. All are intact excepting light rippling. .

Berlin: Das Plakat Zeitschrift. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921. 1st ed. Cloth. Color Illustrations; 4 to; Some of the thinner pages show aging whereas the thicker leaves appear new. Liberal color printing. Bound in green cloth which is solid but soiled. Much of the color printing is tipped on to the book's pages. Quite attractive, These are WW I era German Graphic Arts magazines. Quite colorful. Weight 5 pounds. Foot of spine superficially scuffed. .

Printed for the Author. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. PENNSYLVANIA; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxi, 506 pages; THE GERMAN SECTARIANS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1708-1800 A CRITICAL AND LEGENDARY HISTORY OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTER AND THE DUNKERS. Vol I only of two. B/ W ils. Sepia full page plates protected with tissue. Textblock split, contents clean and white, plates clean, complete. No 311 of 350, signed by the author on limitation page. Numerous facsimiles, red and black elaborated initials. Fine printing. ; Signed by Author .

Yokohama: Yamagata Printing Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1949 & 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 + 255 pages; Orig wraps, secured with a tuck in the Japanese manner. Near fine books, one slightly darkened. Outer wrappers; one Good, one wrapper lacking spine and separated. .

Tokyo Japan/ Rutland VT: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha / Tuttle Company. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Toys; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; Thick 4to 11" - 13"; 516 pages; Numerous photo plates, basic maps of different districks, some color. Tipped in doation card from Japan to Hamilton Library. Usual library markings. .

Amsterdam: CROKER. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1738. Leather. fronis, decorations; heavy 4to; xxii. 128. [6] pages; "...et proportionnee a la foible intelligence des plus simples. Nouvelle edition. " Bound in 3/4 calf with black morocco gilt spine label over marbled boards, Frontis engraved portrait of Fenelon, Engraved title page printed in red an black, Proof of the existence of God drawn inductively from Nature. French language. .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. (SERIES: Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity) ; [xv] 270mrbooks@comcast.net pages; 10 x 7.25". Dedicated and signed on half title to Maureen. Map and 55 B/W figures. Examines in depth the revival of the Russian Kustar art industries by a broad section of more affluent Russia. DJ and book appear as new. ; Signed by Author .

New Haven: Published By A. H. Maltby. Good with no dust jacket. 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. 300 pages; Width: 5" Height: 7.25". Bacon was an American writer of plays and short stories and a sister of the Congregational minister Leonard Bacon. She is best known today for her work on the Shakespeare authorship question. She promoted the theory that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were written by a group of men, including Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh and others. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) rebound and possesses a newer front board. The spine has been taped and a hand-written spine label has transparent taping holding it in place in the upper half. The binding is sound. The pages display scattered foxing. Textblock firm. Contains three stories: The Regicides---The Fair Pilgrim---Castine. The last is of the Colonists’ warfare against the French in Canada in 1702. The Regicides is the first American novel to use the Angel of Hadley legend in fiction.… Read More

Palermo: Lorenzo Dato. Good with no dust jacket. 1827. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 19 engravings: 18 plates (incl frontis and some folding plates) , 1 partial-page engraving. [6], 412 pp. Title has marginal chip, title has rubber stamp obliterated in ink (which has transferred to dedication). Front hinge cracked between title and dedication leaves. Front cover is loose but holding. Map from another source dated 1929 tipped to rfep. Foxing. Guide to Palermo medieval, with tables and engravings depicting Greek inscriptions, Jewish and Arab, churches and monuments, mosaics. A number of foldouts. .

Paris: A & F Ferroud. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Leather. Color Illustrations; 44 pages; Three quarter faded green leather with marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Spine decorated with gilt and roses. Provenance stamp, Teller. Rather ornate color illustrations some full page, some textual. Xanthi is an old twon in Greece renowned for beautiful women. .

Antwerp: Ex Officina Typographica Martini Nutij,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1599. First. Limp vellum. 3 foldout plates and various textual plate; 6 1/2 x 8 1/4"; 16, 248 pages; The folding plates are titled 'Horologium Astronomicum Horizontale, Cum Arcubus ...Quibus Astronomia Studiosus, Suo Marte, per Triangula Plana & Spharica Omnes Tabulas Primi Motus Condere Possit. Opus Sane Omni Aeuo Desideratissimum Necantea Visum Federico Saminiati" Tropicorum Ad Ele Uationem Poli 51 Grad', 'Horologium Murale Ad Austrum, Cum Horis Ab Occasu, Pro Eleuat: Poli Graduum 51/Horologium Murale Ad Boream, Cum Horis Ab Occasu', and 'Horologium Horizontale Cum Horis Ab Occasu Solis, As Eleuat: Poli Grad: 51'. Latin Language. Owners brief pencil notes inside of back cover. According to ESTC the book is complete. There is some variation in the ESTC as to the title. First and only edition. Probably rebacked in vellum and is contains extensive writing. Printer's… Read More