Search Results: Titles starting with S from Irving Book Company

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very near fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Lovely bookplate to front pastedown, and a touch of spotting to top edge. Binding square and tight, text otherwise clean and bright.. 12mo. 5.375 x 7.5 in. 322 pp. Original Pyroxylin Impregnated Grey cloth, ruled in green and titled in black, in publisher's pictorial dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. 'Sac Prairie People is an integral part of August Derleth's Sac Prairie Saga, a chronicle of life in a village of south central Wisconsin from 1830 to 1950.'.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Later Printing. Paperback. Very good. Binding tight, text unmarked.. Demy 8vo. 143 pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with several black & white reproductions. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; unmarked.

New York: P.J. Kenedy, 1947. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Some loss of matter to crown & foot of spine, with light rubbing to extremities. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright.. 8vo. Black leatherette, titled in gilt on upper cover with simple Roman cross; all edges red with thumb cuts. Compiled by Rev. PAUL GRIFFITH. Contents include Baptism of Infants, Reception of Converts, Burial Service for Adults & Children, Matrimony, Mixed Marriages, Churching of Women, Blessing of Water, Scapular, Rosaries, &c. Text in Latin & English, with French & German. Approbations. A crisp copy. Uncommon.

Bruges: Abbey of St. André / Liturgical Apostolate, 1951. Hardcover. Fine in very good slipcase. Gilt titling somewhat dull with time. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. 16mo. 4.25 x 6.625 in. xxxii, 1982, 62, [1] pp. Original black pebbled cloth, Chi-Rho Christogram blind-stamped to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine, all edges burnished red; with five ribbon markers. Presented in publisher's collapsible slipcase. Ordinary of the Mass printed in red and black. Illustrated with full-page black & white reproductions, head-pieces. Text in Latin and English. No. 1600-3. This edition distributed by the E.M. Lohmann Company of Saint Paul. A sharp copy of perhaps the most complete and best hand-missal produced before the Second Vatican Council. Scarce thus.

Assen: Van Gorcum and G.A. Hak & H.J. Prakke, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Spines moderately toned, with traces of toning to covers, otherwise near fine. Bookplate to verso of each volume's front wrapper. Bindings square & tight, textblocks clean & bright.. Large 8vos. 6.5 x 9.5 in. x, 336 + [4]; [vi], 295 pp. Two volumes, bound in plain, printed wrappers. Vol. 1 contains a critical, literary study; Vol. 2 is filled with charts of Augustinian references. Published as Series 3, Tome 4, Part 1 of the Catholic University of Louvain's Dissertations in Theology or Canon Law. Text in French. A handsome and helpful set, authored by the capuchin scholar Dr. Luchesius Smits.

(Boston): St. Paul Editions, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Covers lightly worn, moderately rubbed at extremities, with light soiling. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. Small folio. 5.5 x 8.375 in. 24, [2], [6 blanks] pp. Fully illustrated with reproduction of drawings in black and blue.

New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co, 1960. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine in good box. Original box moderately soiled and worn. 'This missal belongs to' and 'mass intentions' pages remain blank. Exceedingly crisp and fresh.. 16mo. 4.125 x 6.5 in. 1343, [1] pp. + Stations of the Cross in full color. Dark blue cloth, all edges bright blue, five ribbon markers; illustrated endpapers in blue. Presented in publisher's illustrated box. Profusely illustrated with color plates, including frontispiece ('Greater Love Than This No One Has') and another frontispiece ('Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States'), and black & white headpieces. Ordinary of the Mass printed in red and black. 'The Official Prayers of the Catholic Church for the Celebration of Daily Mass. Complete Revised Edition, Including New Mass Rubrics and the New Holy Week Liturgy.' Edited by Rev. HUGO H. HOEVER, S.O.Cist., Ph.D. Introduction by Rev. RICHARD KUGELMAN, C.P., S.T.L., S.S.L. Text in English and Latin. Approbations.… Read More

New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co, 1960. Hardcover. Very fine in original box, lightly rubbed and scuffed.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.5 in. 479 pp. Black seal grain 'genuine leather', elaborate chi-rho cross with alpha & omega stamped in red and gilt on upper cover, gilt titles; all edges gilt, red ribbon marker. Presented in publisher's box. Folded, illustrated promotional card laid in ('The Value of the Holy Mass' etc.). Profusely illustrated with color plates and red & black vignettes; illustrated endpapers. Traditional handmissal, text in Latin and English. Large easy-to-read type. Ordinary of the Mass printed in red & black. Confraternity text. Approbations. T-820. A gift-worthy, pristine copy of a deluxe issue of the otherwise quite common Saint Joseph Sunday Missal.

Harissa: Saint Paul Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good indeed. Light rubbing to extremities, especially at foot of spine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright.. 48mo. 2.625 x 4 in. 158 pp. Original red cloth, titled and ornamented in black; black-speckled edges. Melkite Catholic prayer book from the publishing wing of the Saint Paul Fathers in Harissa, Lebanon. llustrated with 10 full-page reproductions, diverse in style, including frontispiece; vignettes. Illustrations include the Annunciation, the Assumption; St. Thérèse and her mother, receiving her father's blessing, scattering roses, at the time of her death; and the Crucifixion. The plentiful selection of prayers include the Nicene Creed, Morning and Evening Prayers, Acts of Faith, Hope, Love, Prayer to one's Patron Saint, Prayer to one's Guardian Angel; Prayers during Mass, before Communion; Hymns to Mary, to the Holy Ghost, by St. Thérèse; the Litany of Loretto, Litany to St. Thérèse of Lisieux with Novena; the… Read More

New York: A.L. Burt, 1925. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. Very slightly cocked, moderately toned at spine. Binding tight, text clean & bright.. 12mo. 5.25 x 7.625 in. 346 pp. + adverts. Green cloth, titles in gilt. An excellent reading copy of an early American reprint.

New York: Modern Library, 1931. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good indeed. Light shelfwear, light rubbing to extremities; red star stamp to front flyleaf. Binding square and tight, text otherwise clean and bright. Lacking dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. x, 380, [2 blanks] pp. Toledano Binding Style No. 7, in brick red balloon cloth, top edge red, Kent torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine with ML overprint device in gilt to base of spine; orange Kent endpapers. Translated by PERCY PINKERTON. Preface by ERNEST BOYD. Stated First Modern Library Edition, this title was only published by ML for five years. Andes 189.1.1G. Toledano 189.1.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Bumped & rubbed at foot of spine, with light edgewear.. 8vo. 5.25 x 8 in. [viii], 112 pp. Black ribbed cloth, titles in gilt. 'American hand-made paper.'. Inscribed by Jamaican editor, poet, & historian W. ADOLPHE ROBERTS to journalist & poet SOLITA SOLANO on front free endpaper, Christmas 1921. ROBERTS, editor of pulp magazine Ainslee's, had published some of Millay's poems. A curious Greenwich Village association copy. Rare thus.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, and spine-toned. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. 8vo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xi, 269 pp. Dark blue cloth, in printed dust jacket. Published as part of The University of North Carolina Sesquicentennial Publications. UNC Press complimentary copy, with complimentary slip laid in.

New York: J. Fischer, 1906. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Light edgewear. Text clean & bright, binding sound.. Pamphlet. 5.5 x 7.25 in. 36 pp. Light brown staplebound wraps printed in black. Contains 24 chants, notated in full, edited & harmonized by Professor IGNACE MÜLLER, instructor of music at Fordham University. Includes the Ave Maria, Cor Jesu, Ecce panis, O quam glorifica, Parce Domine, etc. etc.; as well as more than one version of the Litaniae lauretanae, Salve Regina, & Tantum Ergo. Uncommon.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Wraps heavily worn. Binding sound.. 16mo. 64 pp. Original wrappers. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; with his ownership signature to half-title, otherwise unmarked.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good indeed. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking dust jacket.. Large 8vo. 645 pp. Original brick cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Illustrated with a suite of black & white plates. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; unmarked.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Binding sound. Lacking dust jacket.. Demy 8vo. 221 pp. Original blue boards. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer; with his 1969 ownership signature to front flyleaf, and occasional, light pencil annotation.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Early ML Printing. Hardcover. Light rubbing to edges of spine, else nearly fine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.675 x 6.625 in. [v], [i], 316 pp. ML Binding Style 1, brown 'limp croft leather' (leatherette), with gothic Boni & Liveright device in gilt on upper cover, gilt title to spine; Brodzky endpapers. Edited with an introduction by ALBERT BUSHNELL HART. North Carolinia historian, scholar, & newspaper man Darley Hiden Ramsey's copy, with his ownership signature to half-title.

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 152 pp. Green library buckram. Edited with translations & notes. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer, with his ownership signature to front flyleaf, and some annotations.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Previous ownership signature to title page. Some toning and offsetting to an otherwise fresh jacket. Binding square and tight, text otherwise clean and unmarked.. Demy 8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. xi, 343 pp. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in plain typographic dust jacket. A nice copy overall.