Search Results: Titles starting with S from InkQ Rare Books LLC

Minor wear, slightly torn to (illustrated) front free endpaper, slight offsetting to signature page, bookplate to first blank; jacket toned to spine, slight wear. Very good. HFP-138A. [Signed] Percy E. Nobbs. Salmon Tactics. London: Philip Allan, 1934. First edition.  Signed by Percy E. Nobbs.  Octavo. 147pp (indexed). Illustrated by the author. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black to spine, map endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of 10/6 net.

Slight wear to boards, lightly bumped to upper front corner, minor soiling and dampstaining to boards and verso of dust jacket, faint foxing to endleaves. Very good. KWH-424. [SIGNED] Salman Rushdie. The Satanic Verses. New York: Viking, 1988. First American edition. Signed by Salman Rushdie.  Octavo. [547]pp. Publisher's black quarter cloth over hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing retail price of $19.95. .

Darkened to spine, light sunning and wear to board edges, toned to endleaves; jacket sunned to spine, with light chipping and wear to front and rear jacket panels; proof copy creased and chipped; spine leaning; light toning. A very good copy of the first edition, accompanied by a good or better proof copy. CDK-429. [Signed] Rex Stout. The Second Confession. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First edition.  Signed by Rex Stout and dated 10/3/49.   Octavo. 245pp. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in yellow to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket with cover art by Bill English and listing a retail price of $2.50. With additional unmarked softcover proof copy. Both books housed in custom made cloth slipcase.

Fine. JBS. Robert C. Petersen, Ph.D. et al. Cocaine: A Second Look. Rockville, MA: ACM, Inc. 1983 Octavo. 45pp. Grey wraps, saddle stapled.  .

Creased and worn to wraps. Very good. JBS-399. [INSCRIBED] S. Clay Wilson. Selected Works. New York: Hansen Fine Arts, 1982. First edition. Exhibition catalog for a show at the Museum of the Surreal and Fantastique, N.Y.C. Inscribed by S. Clay Wilson: S. Clay Wilson / To Jack - Its The / Dead.. Its The Dead.. / Its The Goddamn / Dead. / Happy New Year / 1982.  Quarto. 15pp. Illustrated. Black paper wraps, staple-bound. .

Light staining and wear to boards, lacks dust jacket. Very good. JHN-. A. Merritt. Seven Footprints to Satan. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. Octavo. 310pp.  Publisher's beige cloth, stamped in red to spine and front cover.

Binding rubbed, small cloth tears and bumps at spine ends, light scuffs, pages clean; dust jacket with edge and fold wear, small tears and paper chips larger at spine ends, creases and surface scuffs, soiling more apparent on rear panel. Very good. LMM-269. T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1938]. Deluxe edition. Octavo. 672 pages. Frontispiece of the author and numerous portrait plates. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering and designs to spine, top edge stained, unclipped dust jacket with listing price of $6.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Extremities lightly rubbed, else fine. LMM-263. Seymour Lawrence, et al. Seymour Lawrence, Publisher. An Independent Imprint Dedicated to Excellence.  [Boston]: Seymour Lawrence, 1990. No stated edition.  Inscribed by Lawrence: To Larry McMurtry, a superb writer, a dedicated bookman, & a great leader of PEN / Best wishes / Seymour Lawrence.  Octavo. 95pp. Publisher's navy cloth over boards, stamped in gilt script to front, red end papers, no jacket (as issued). Laid-in, a bookmark explaining: "Houghton Mifflin Company celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Seymour Lawrence, Publisher..." Contributors include J. P. Donleavy, Jim Harrison, Tim O'Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Kurt Vonnegut. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor wear, else fine. AYW-293. Frank Darabont. Stephen King, introduction. The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script. New York: Newmarket Press, 1996. First edition. Inscribed to William Goldman: "4-30-96 / For Bill, / From a student to the master, / a small token of my very great / esteem. With affection and warmest / regards... / Frank Darabont / P.s. thanks for helping me out with the / exact wording of "kill your darlings!" I / quote you (accurately) on page 146!.   Quarto. 188pp. Illustrated. Publisher's card wraps.

Slight spine lean; small tears to spine head; lightly rubbed and bumped to boards; hingers gently cracked; bookseller's pressure stamp to front free endpaper, small ownership pressure stamp to title page; minor toning, very good. CDK-84. H. Rider Haggard. She: A History of Adventure. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. First edition, first printing. Small Octavo. 317pp + 2pp ads. Illustrated, with two color plates depicting the Sherd of Amenartas preceding title page. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, patterned endleaves. .

Binding with light shelf wear, some sun fading around edges, foxing to upper edge of textblock, less so on spine and boards. Internally clean. Dustjacket with light edge wear, unobtrusive foxing, and color fade on spine. Very good. LMM-223. W. P. Kinsella. Shoeless Joe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First edition. Octavo. 265 pages. Publisher's paper over cloth binding, line illustration of batter on front board stamped in gold, lettering in gold on spine. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket, designed by Wendell Minor, with price listing $11.95. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Light shelfwear; scattered foxing to endleaves; minor interior toning; jacket sun-darkened; rubbed and lightly torn. Very good. LMM-167. C. G. Fairfax Channing. Siberia's Untouched Treasure: Its future Role in the World. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition. Octavo. 475pp (indexed). Some pages remain unopened. With 82 illustrations and 15 maps. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, original unclipped dust jacket. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .   .

Extremities gently rubbed and bumped, light sunning to spine and board edges; minor toning throughout; jacket a bit sunned, creased, and chipped. Very good. LMM-164. Sven Hedin. F. H. Lyon, translator. The Silk Road. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1938. First edition. Octavo. 322pp (indexed). Illustrated with 31 plates, folding map. Publisher's light blue cloth, stamped in red to spine and front cover, endleaves in yellow, top edge stained red, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $5.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Slight surface loss to front board; light smudging and stray pen mark to illustrator's signature. very good. SJK-412. Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton. Gennady Spain, illustrator. Simeon's Gift.  New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First edition.  Signed by Julie Andrews Edwards and Gennady Spain.  Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Gennady Spain. Publisher's illustrated glossy hardcover boards, patterned endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket. CD audiobook read by Julie Andrews Edwards included, as issued. .

Rubbed and worn, jacket torn. Very good. CDK-69. Leslie Ford. The Simple Way of Poison. New York, NY:Grosset & Dunlap, [Circa 1939]. Early reprint edition. Octavo. 312pp. Cloth. Dust jacket. .

A fine copy. SJK-411. Trina Schart Hyman. The Sleeping Beauty from the Brothers Grimm. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. First edition.  Signed by Trina Schart Hyman.   Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by the author. Publisher's quarter cloth over glossy illustrated boards, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $14.95. .

Minor shelfwear, else fine. CDK-82. Harlan Ellison. Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories. Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1997. Deluxe first edition, limited to 1,200 signed copies, of which this is No. 195. Signed by Harlan Ellison.   Octavo. 361pp. Publisher's brown hardcover boards, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket with cover art by Jill Bauman. Housed in custom titled slipcase. .

Extremities gently rubbed and bumped; minor interior toning; jacket slightly toned and chipped, with small, closed edge-tear to top of rear panel. Very good. AYW-184. William Goldman. Soldier in the Rain. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960. First edition. Small octavo. 308pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in silver to spine, original unclipped dust jacket with cover art by H. Bridgeman Grimley and listing a retail price of 18s net. From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. .

Boards gently rubbed and bumped; price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed and sunned. Very good. JHN-334. August Derleth. Something Near. Sauck City, WI: Arkham House, 1945. First edition.  Octavo. 274pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket with cover art by Ronald Clyne. .

Light wear; minor staining to top edge; jacket slightly sunned and chipped. very good. KWH-374. Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition.  Octavo. 337pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in blind, top edge stained red, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $8.95. .