Mexico: Chaos on our Doorstep
by Sanders, Sol
Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A controversial panorama of Mexico's problems as they relate to U.S. interests. Inscribed by author on ffep: "for Barry - You will appreciate the Vietnam connection, I'm sure - here we go again! Want to get in it now or later? Sol 9-24-86 Washington, D.C." Sol Sanders... Read More
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The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain. Volume I 1751-1851
by Sandon, John
The Antique Collector's Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Includes over 600 dictionary entries, complete historical survey, extracts from contemporary visits to the factories, details every principal workman connected with each factory, every named pattern, select bibliography, and more. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior filled with... Read More
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Friends O' Mine. A Book of Poems and Stories
by Sangster, Margaret E., Jr.
New York: The Christian Herald, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Margaret E. Sangster, Jr., (approx. 1890-1981) was a writer of verse, novels and radio scripts for more than half a century. She wrote many popular dramatic and soap-opera scripts, especiallyfor the ABC radio network, including ''My True Story,'' ''Light of the World,'' and ''Whispering... Read More
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Madame Sans-Gene
by Sardou, Victorien and Moreau, Emile
Paris: L'Illustration Theatrale, 1893. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 4to. Very good in white illustrated side-stapled paper wraps with green title to front wrapper. Minor edgewear and soiling to wrappers. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. In French. FRE211081.
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Divorcons! Comedie en Trois Actes
by Sardou, Victorien; Emile de Najac
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Attractively bound in three quarter navy blue leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and raised bands to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Rubbing to leather along hinges and raised bands. Bookplate of Franklin Johnson to front pastedown. Minor foxing to interior. Marbled endpapers... Read More
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Don Quichotte: Piece en Trois Actes
by Sardou, Victorien
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A scarce pretty copy of this printing of the French theatrical version of Don Quixote that was performed for the first time in Paris in June 1864. Bound in three quarter green leather with five raised bands and gilt titling. Green marbled paper covers. Marbled endpapers. The binding has... Read More
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Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North From the Earliest Times together with a complete and reliable history of The Polaris Expedition
by Sargent, Epes and Cunnington, William H.
Philadelphia: John E. Potter & Company, 1888. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Epes Sargent was from an old-line family in Gloucester, Massachusetts that had a seafaring history. William Cunnington, according to the title page, was a special correspondent of the Philadelphia Age. This book is a history of all of the Arctic explorations from the Norsemen through the journey... Read More
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Clayton Eshleman, a descriptive bibliography
by Sattler, Martha J.
Jefferson, McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. American Poetry Contemporary Bibliography Series No. 4. Review copy with slip from publisher laid in. Red cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 260 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111416.
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Upgrading the American Police: Educating and Training for Better Law Enforcement
by Saunders, Charles B. Jr.
Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with silver title to front board and to spine. Slight browning end pages. Else is pristine. Blue and white dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Index, 182 pages. American History. AMER/032213.... Read More
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Relation Abregee D'un Voyage a la Cime Du Mont-Blanc en Aout 1787 and Kurzer Bericht von einer Reise auf den Gipsel des Montblanc, im August 1787
by Saussure, H.B.
Leipzig: Brandstetter, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Facsimile of the original reprinted in French and German in 1928. Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740 - 1799) was a Swiss meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer, geologist, and Alpine explorer. He offered (in 1760) a reward to the first man to reach the summit of Mont Blanc. He reached the summit himself in... Read More
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Las Tinieblas en el Dia de Pentecostes y Doncella y las Fresas. The Darkness in the Day of Pentacost and The Maiden with the Strawberries
by Savage, Charles
Prospector Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE. Charles W. Savage (1918-2007) received an M.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945 and an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1999. He was most well-known as a psychoanalyst. He published approximately fifty papers on psychopharmacology and psychoanalysis, and he was a member of the... Read More
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Poems
by Saxe, John G.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by author "To Appleton? Oaksworth? Esq. from his friend and brother poet, Jo. G. Saxe. Sept. 1, 1885". John Godfrey Saxe (1816 - 1887) was an American poet best known for his retelling of the Indian parable 'The Blind Men and the Elephant.' Near fine in brown... Read More
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![Victor A. Sax: Ausgewählte Schilderungen, Erzählungen und Verse [Selected descriptions, stories, and verses]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/049/700/248700049.0.m.jpg)
Victor A. Sax: Ausgewählte Schilderungen, Erzählungen und Verse [Selected descriptions, stories, and verses]
by Sax, Victor A.
New York, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Limited edition. Number 71. Very good in blue cloth boards with gilt title (initials V.A.S.) to spine. Slight fading to spine and edges of boards. Clean and bright interior. 216 pages. German. GER409291.
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The Papers of Harry Greenstein: Saga of a Humanitarian
by Saye, Hymen
Baltimore: The Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, July, 1976. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. A speech delivered by Hymen Saye on March 9, 1975 to the Jewish Historical Society. Beige side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Pristine interior. 18 pages. Maryland. MD/6112.
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Five Dreams
by [Sceptre Press] Nye, Robert
Rushdon: Sceptre Press, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. Of 150 copies, this is one of 50 copies numbered and signed by the English poet Nye. Printed on bifold sheet and in light purple wrappers. Faded strip along spine on back cover otherwise very good. [2 pages]. POE110316.
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Some Problems of Anthropological Research in Kenya Colony. International African Institute Memorandum XXIII
by Schapera, I.
London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1949. Pamphlet. Near Fine in Wraps. Pamphlet. 8vo. Orange stab bound paper wrappers with black title to front wrap. Light bumping to head of spine. Pristine interior. 43 pages. AFR/080511.
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The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
by Schapiro, Leonard
New York: Random House, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Sunning to spine of jacket. Contents clean and tight. 631 pp. Russia. RUS/8072.
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The Jewish Festivals
by Schauss, Hayyim
Cincinnati: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good. Small stains and scratches on front and back cover. Very slight wear to corners of the binding. Inscription on front flyleaf. Judaism/Religion. JUD/6112.
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The Nature of Music
by Scherchen, Hermann
Henry Regnery Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Vg- in lightly edgeworn grey boards/8vo./193 pp. Music. MUS1/5132.
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Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland (1st Edition)
by Scherman, Katharine
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good in Good + DJ. Hardcover. Vg/G+ Dj with edge and surface wear/8vo./illus./textblock lightly foxed. Iceland. Scandanavian history. ICE1/5202.
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Dictionnaire d'Exemples a L'Usage des Predicateurs et des Catechistes. Recueil de faits tires de la Sainte Ecriture, de la Vie des Saints et autres sources autorisees de l'Histoire. 2 Volumes
by Scherer, R.P.A.; Lampert, J.-B., ed. Debreyne, Jules
Paris: Tournai, Establissements Casterman, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Volumes 1 & 2 (unclear whether more were published). French dictionary of religious concepts and truths, with numerous examples of each drawn from the Scriptures and from history. The purpose was to make religious instruction more interesting and relevant. Very good minus in three quarter black leather over black... Read More
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Die Burgschaft
by [Schiller, Friedrich] Kappler, Irmgard; Gunter Horlbeck, illustrator
Leipzig: Verlage Philipp Reclam, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 531 of 1100 copies. Signed by the author and illustrator. Bound in black cloth with gilt illustration on front cover. Wi acetate cover with title and Friedrich Schiller printed in blue. Acetate is chipped on top corners and lightly worn. Text pages are clean and bright with bit... Read More
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Poetes du XVIe Siecle
by (Schmidt, Albert-Marie) Clement Marot, Maurice Sceve, Pernette du Guillet, Louise Labe, Remy Belleau, et. al
Paris: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Brown flexible leather boards with gilt title and rules to spine. Light wear to corners, edges, and spine ends. Clean and bright. In original glassine with white jacket covering front and rear covers (as issued). A few chips to edges of jacket and glasine. Minor rubbing /... Read More
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Cordoue et Grenade (Les Villes d'Art Celebres)
by Schmidt, Ch.-Eug
Paris: Librairie Renouard, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in green cloth covered boards with maroon title to front board and to spine. Beautiful dark green decoration to front board. Minor yellowing to spine. Interior is clean and bright with 97 black and white illustrations. 153 pages. In French. FRE101092.
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Seville (Les Villes d'Art Celebres)
by Schmidt, Ch.-Eug
Paris: Librairie Renouard, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in green cloth covered boards with maroon title to front board and to spine. Beautiful dark green decoration to front board. Minor yellowing to spine. Interior is clean and bright with 111 black and white illustrations. 153 pages. In French. FRE91092.
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