Search Results: Titles starting with S from High Castle Books

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1963. 63 pp., light green paper covered boards w/ illustrated front board & black lettering; Book shows light wear to ends of spine w/ 1/4" split to bottom rear of spine; light wear to corners of boards w/ a little fading at edges; 2 slightly raised spots to top of rear board w/ a little light soil towards center / Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Thorndike, ME: Thorndike, 1988. 438 pp., coated black pictorial boards w/ white lettering; Book has small scrape (1/4") to top corner of front board w/ a little light rubbing overall / Psychological thriller. LARGE PRINT EDITION Author of "Blood Innocents." /. Large Print Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas, TX: Word Publishing, 1990. xiv ,202 pp., red binding w/ brick-red lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has very light bump to bottom corners; Jacket shows tiny bit of wear & wrinkling to bottom end of rear fold / SIGNED by author on half-title page: "To___, With God, nothing is impossible. United together with Him, we can overcome the evils of drugs." Order form laid in at rear. /. Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Hurst & Blackett, 1936. 304 pp., blue cloth w/ gold lettering & decoration; book shows wear to ends of spine & corners, w/ bumping to 3 corners; foxing & some soil to edges of page block; foxing-browning to endpapers w/ rough area to front pastedown; foxing to a number of pages, usually, but not always, confined to margins; beginning crack in binding at page 80, but binding still seems sound / SIGNED "Frank Hitchcock" on title page. Illustrated with B&W drawings and photos. /. Signed by Author on Title Page. 8th Impression. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Captain F. C. Hitchcock. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1972. 183 pp., magenta cloth w/ silver lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has light bump to top corners; prev. owner's notation & light creasing to front endpaper; Jacket has light to moderate wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a few spots of foxing overall; creasing to front & rear flaps / B&W illustrations. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milwaukee, WI: E. M. Hale & Co., 1935. ix, 108 pp., olive drab cloth w/ orange lettering & decoration; Book shows light to moderate rubbing to covers w/ wear & bumping to corners of boards; "Public School Library Regulations" slip to front pastedown, w/ card pocket to rear; school stamp to top corner of dedication page * page 25; about a half dozen instances of lightly penciled names, mostly at section headings in the first two chapters; some soil & light stians to a few pages / Illustrated with B&W photos, drawings and diagrams. / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Los Angeles, CA: Amber Crest Books ( New World Communications ), 1981. xii, 119 pp., textured brown boards w/ black lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some very minor wear to ends of spine & corners of boards; Jacket has extremely short closed tear to top edge of front panel w/ a 1/4" closed tear & small crease to top edge of rear panel / "A movingly beautiful story of a white-tailed deer, once among the most ruthlessly threatened species in the animal kingdom. Set against the magnificent natural background of 'Wilderness Acres,' a private animal refuge created by the author and her husband, this enchanting story of animal families and their struggles to survive the threats of man and nature, is both inspiring and unforgettable." Illustrated with B&W drawings, with maps printed to endpapers. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Illus. by Jerome Connolly. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. 64 pp., dark blue boards w/ gold lettering; Dust Jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some foxing to top edge of page block; Jacket shows a few small light brown spots to front panel; small chip to bottom end of front flap fold / "Paul Theroux sailed down the Yagtze with a party of American millionaires. If this at times surprised the Chinese - which it did - both the idiosyncrasies of the company and the impressions of China itself provided rich material for the kind of perceptive, witty writing at which the author excels." B&W illustrations. /. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Patrick Procktor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY, NY: W. W. Norton, 1979. 392 pp., green cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book has a very small spot worn through to bottom corner of front board; small dent to rear board; spot of soil of fore edge of page block; Jacket shows wear to ends of spine & folds; light rumpling overall; lamination beginning to peel at top corner of rear panel; dampstain to lower portions which is visible only from inside of jacket / Illustrated in B&W with photos, drawings and diagrams. /. Second Edition (First American Edition). Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Random House, 1939. 293 pp., red cloth w/ black & gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has a little slant to spine; wear to bottom corner of rear board; very slight rubbing to spine; light foxing & a few small brown stains to page edges; endpapers browning, pages slightly; small bookstore label, price sticker & penciled price to rear pastedown; Jacket shows wear at spine ends w/ tears, creases & chipping to the top 3/4"; wear at flap fold ends w/ tears and chipping at top ends; front panel has some edge wear w/ a very small chip to bottom edge; rear panel has some edge wear creasing to top edge, 2 tiny tears & crease to bottom edge, moderate soil overall; soil-foxing to flap folds / Shaw's first collection of short stories. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rockford, IL: T A N Books & Publishers, Incorporated, 1987. viii, 388 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows light wear to corners of covers w/ some light rubbing overall, but esp. to back cover along spine; stress lines to spine w/ a little wear to ends; a few pages have creasing to top corners / B&W frontispiece. Foreword by the Very Reverend Thomas M. Palmer. /. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: W. W. Norton & Co., 1984. xv, 398 pp., dark red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust Jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine (esp. heel) w/ small areas of threading to edges of boards & around top of front exterior joint; Jacket shows a little wear, a couple of small chips & short tears to top edges; spine panel has a 1/4" hole worn through some small surface abrasions & light soil; front panel has small hole worn through near flap fold / "The authors have all been students of Edmund S. Morgan, to whom this volume is dedicated." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Permabooks / Doubleday & Co., 1953. 318 pp., pictorial wraps; # P237; book shows some light edgewear w/ some wear to ends & edges of spine & small splits at top; light stress line to spine w/ a little roll; small area of brown spots to top left corner of front cover; "paid" stamp to inside front cover / Denker was co-author and director of the radio program "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Complete & unabridged. /. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company, 1969. xxiv, 344 pp., red cloth w/ black lettering & illustration to front board; DJ in clear archival cover; book has light bump to top corner of front board; small nick to bottom edge of page block; prev. owner's name & notation to front pastedown; DJ shows light wear & a couple of very short tears to ends of spine & folds; wear line to front fold, splitting at top one inch; slight fading of spine lettering; rear panel shows some light soil; browning at edges & folds w/ some light edgewear & a couple of very short tears to edges / Review card dated September 21, 1969 laid in. "Gr. 7 - up" stated on front flap. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Very Good -. Illus. by Warren Hunter (jacket design). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

Old Tappan, NJ: Atheneum / MacMillan, 1992. 277 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ gray boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Jacket shows some light rubbing, more so to rear panel / Author's first novel. /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Louisville, KY: Petecostal Publishing Co. 62 pp., textured light-green wraps w/ maroon lettering; Book shows browning along spine; front cover has bend to top corner w/ about 1/3 inch missing w/ chipping & a small dampstain to bottom fore edge; bends to corners of a number of pages; prev. owner's name to top of title page; occasional underlining & other markings to about 15 pages / I can find no copyright or publication date, but this looks to be from the 1930's or 1940's. / . Stapled Booklet. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

St. Paul, MN: River Basin Publishing, 1983. (153) pp., wraps; Book has crease & curling to corners of front cover-title page & crease to bottom corner of back cover; some light soil overall; bookstore price stamp to title page / Foreword by Hazel Henderson. /. Third American Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Knopf, 1972. viii, 267 pp., gold-yellow cloth w/ silver lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book has slight sag to page block; "withdrawn" stamp to ffep, though this shows no other sign of having been a library book; DJ shows wear, short tears, chipping & creasing to top edges w/ some tape repairs; spine is lightly browned; inside flaps have multiple creases / "Once upon a time (just before Christmas 1927), Santa Claus and three helpers set out to rob a bank." ". . . with a few minor exceptions, everything in this book is based on facts, either from eyewitnesses (if that is fact) or from testimony made later." /. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ben Stahl (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Escudo De Oro, 1990. (63) pp., stiff pictorial wraps; book has slight flaking along manufactured crease along spine, tiny brown stain to front cover, else near mint / English language edition. Illustrated with many beautiful color photos. /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Signet, 1958. 128 pp., pictorial wraps; # KS360; Book shows some wear to ends of spine w/ very small light creases to corners of front cover; black "x" to top edge of page block w/ small dampstain to bottom of fore edge; prev. owner's initials to top of first page / Illustrated with four color plates. /. 2nd Impression. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Chesley Bonestell (cover painting).