![Stephen Vincent Benet on Writing [Inscribed from Abbe to writer Sarah Bridge Graves]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/717/100/1377100717.0.m.jpg)
Stephen Vincent Benet on Writing [Inscribed from Abbe to writer Sarah Bridge Graves]
by Stephen Vincent Benet; George Abbe [ed. & intro.]
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1964. Very Good +/Very Good. Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1964. First Edition. Octavo. 112 pages. Photographic dust jacket. White boards stamped in black. Signed on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Sarah Bridge Graves, My very special appreciation and praise for your award-winning contribution to our Maine Conference... Read More
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The Big U.
by Neal Stephenson
New York: Vintage Books, 1984. Very Good +. New York: Vintage Books, 1984. First Edition Stated. Octavo (20cm); 307 pp. Illustrated wraps. Light wear to edges of wraps and a bit of creasing and curling along edges. Overall binding sound. Remainder mark to bottom edge, but pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good or better example Stephenson's first book.... Read More
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The Negro Caravan: Writings by American Negroes
by Sterling A. Brown, Arthur P. Davis, Ulysses Lee et al. [eds.]; Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston et al. [contrs.]
New York: The Dryden Press Publishers, 1941. Very Good. New York: The Dryden Press Publishers, 1941. First Edition. Octavo; 1077pp. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt; no dust jacket. Slightly ex-library though with no external markings. Moderate wear to edges with minor fraying; spine faded; general scuffing. Binding gives a bit and front hinge starting but overall sound.... Read More
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![George Miller Sternberg: A Biography [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/307/394/1515394307.0.m.jpg)
George Miller Sternberg: A Biography [Inscribed and Signed]
by Martha L. Sternberg
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1920. Very Good+. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1920. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's navy blue ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; ix,[1],331pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, eight leaves of plates. Light wear to extremities, corners gently tapped, very brief white splatter to upper cover and spine, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Inscribed... Read More
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The Stories of James Stern
by James Stern
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1968]. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, orange topstain, in black dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95); 270pp. A hint of wear to jacket margins, else a Fine, unfaded copy.
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Europe: Or Up and Down with Schreiber and Baggish
by Richard Stern
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); [viii], 213pp. Publisher's illustrated blue dust jacket with price intact ($4.95). Boards full bound in black paper with orange, green, and white stamping to spine. Dust jacket generally lightly soiled and scuffed with minor creases... Read More
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Polly and Her Pals: 1913-1927
by Cliff Sterrett
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2010. Very Good. San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2010. First Printing, stated. Folio (16.25" x 12.25"); 175pp +2pp ads. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Ribbon bookmark. No dust jacket, as issued. Boards show a couple faint bumps along bottom edge, but are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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![Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/214/286/1703286214.0.m.jpg)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption [Inscribed and Signed]
by Bryan Stevenson
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2014. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2014. Reprint. Octavo (24cm); publisher's two-toned boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; x,336pp. Brief soil to jacket, else a Very Good copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "To Malika / With hope / Bryan Stevenson." The author's bestselling account of... Read More
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Historical Nuggets: Bibliotheca Americana, or, A Descriptive Copy of My Collection of Rare Books Relating to America (2 Volumes)
by Henry Stevens
London: Whittingham and Wilkins, 1862. Very Good. London: Whittingham and Wilkins, 1862. First Edition. Two Volumes. 16mo; I xii, 436; II [iv], [437]-805pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Boards rubbed along joints, corners, and spine ends, with some smudges and scuffs to surface. Spines a bit toned and smudged. Prior owner's name neatly in ink on... Read More
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Terminal! No. 14
by Steven Fritz [ed.]
Philadelphia: Steven Fritz, 1983. Very Good-. Philadelphia: Steven Fritz, n.d. but 1983? First Edition. Tabloid format (38.5cm); photo-illustrated self wrappers disbound as issued; [32]pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs and cartoons. Previous mail fold, stock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, rear wrapper soiled with old manuscript notes in ink; About Very Good overall. Single issue of... Read More
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The Silverado Squatters
by Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco, CA: The Grabhorn Press, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. San Francisco, CA: The Grabhorn Press, 1952. Reprint. Octavo. 181 pp. One illustration; red decorative border at start of each chapter. Plain dust jacket. Linen-backed paper-covered boards with paper title to spine. Toning and minor smudging to dust jacket. Mild soiling to spine and light edgewear to boards.... Read More
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Prince Otto: A Romance
by Robert Louis Stevenson
London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. Very Good -. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. First Edition, later issue. Octavo. 300 pages + 32 pages publisher's advertisements dated "July, 1885." Publisher's green cloth with red floral pattern and spine lettered in gilt. Floral endpapers. Boards worn at extremities with exposure. Spine toned. Repair to spine ends, rear hinge,... Read More
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![A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa [Cover title: A Foot Note to History]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/226/523/1378523226.0.m.jpg)
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa [Cover title: A Foot Note to History]
by Robert Louis Stevenson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Very Good +. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 322 pages + advertisements. Black and white map of part of the North Coast of Upolu. Olive cloth stamped in dark green and gilt. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Spine toned. Binding sound. Previous owner's... Read More
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Death from Above: The German FG42 Paratroop Rifle
by Thomas B. Dugelby and R. Blake Stevens
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 2007. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, 2007. New Expanded Edition. Quarto. 216pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blue leatherette boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket and boards lightly rubbed along edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Near Fine copy.... Read More
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The Auroras of Autumn
by Wallace Stevens
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 193 pp. Printed dust jacket with "$3.00" price present. Blue boards stamped in gilt; navy topstain. Dust jacket show light edgewear with a few minor nicks, a chip to rear panel near center of spine, and soiling and smudging... Read More
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![Poe: A Screenplay [Signed Limited Edition, Publisher's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/039/336/1467336039.0.m.jpg)
Poe: A Screenplay [Signed Limited Edition, Publisher's Copy]
by Stewart O'Nan; Jill Bauman [illus.]
Baltimore: Lonely Road Books, 2008. Near Fine. Baltimore: Lonely Road Books, 2008. Limited Edition of 200 copies signed by O'Nan and Bauman and lettered "PC" [Publisher's Copy] out of series on limitation page at front. Large octavo. 250 pp. Full-color illustrated plate by Bauman. Brown boards decorated in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards slightly... Read More
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A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Reverend Henry Channing, A.M. to the pastoral Charge of the Congregational Church, in the City of New-London, May 17, 1787
by Ezra Stiles
New-London: T. Green, 1787. Very Good. New-London: T. Green, 1787. First Edition. Octavo; new blue wrappers; 41,[1]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete). Textblock rather browned, damp-spotted and foxed with light wear to margins, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page trimmed, else a Very Good, sound copy. Post-Revolutionary War ordination sermon concluding with a... Read More
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Dreams
by Percy Goldthwait Stiles
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 80pp. Black and white illustrations, a few accented in color. Printed dust jacket. Red cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Dust jacket chipped at extremities; general rubbing; spine toned. Boards lightly worn at extremities. Binding sound.... Read More
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A Sermon, preached January 9, 1805, in the Tabernacle, Salem, at the ordination of the Rev. Lucius Bolles to the pastoral care of the Baptist Church and Society in that town
by Samuel Stillman
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1805. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, No. 2, Cornhill, 1805. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); stitched self-wrappers; 29,[3]pp. (collated complete). Textblock a bit foxed with a few small soil spots to title page (serving as upper cover), else Very Good and sound. Sermon preached by Samuel Stillman (1737-1807) at the... Read More
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Something to Declare: The Story of My English Theatre Abroad
by Edward Stirling
London: Frederick Muller, 1942. Very Good/Very Good. London: Frederick Muller, 1942. First Edition. Octavo; 279 pp. Photo inserts throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with 12/6 net price intact; book in beige boards with red lettering to spine. Materials obviously in keeping with wartime rationing, as the boards are a bit limp and the paper thin. Jacket shows a few... Read More
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The World Record: Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, 1969-1980
by [St. Mark's Poetry Project] Bill Berkson and Bob Rosenthal [eds.]
New York: Poetry Project, 1981. Near Fine. New York: Poetry Project, 1981. First Pressing. Two double-sided vinyl records housed in original photo-illustrated sleeve ( 31.5x31.5cm). Light wear to sleeve margins, else a Fine set. Compilation of recordings from the Poetry Project's Tape Archive, including poems written and read by John Ashbery, Joe Brainard, Ted Berrigan, Kenneth... Read More
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![Highland Homeland: The People of the Great Smokies [Signed by Dykeman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/288/668/1593668288.0.m.jpg)
Highland Homeland: The People of the Great Smokies [Signed by Dykeman]
by Wilma Dykeman; Jim Stokely
Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1978. Very Good. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1978. First Edition. Signed by Wilma Dykeman without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; 189pp. Photos throughout. Publisher's brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration. No dust jacket. Boards faintly shelfworn with a few brief smudges to cloth. Binding opens flatly and creaks a bit,... Read More
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![Lust for Life: The Novel of Vincent Van Gogh [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/833/274/1543274833.0.m.jpg)
Lust for Life: The Novel of Vincent Van Gogh [Signed]
by Irving Stone
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1934. Very Good. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1934. First Edition. Signed by Irving Stone with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 489 pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Wear to spine ends with very minor fraying; spine gilt dulled. Binding sound... Read More
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![Black Political Power in America [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/025/072/1612072025.0.m.jpg)
Black Political Power in America [Signed and Inscribed]
by Chuck Stone
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1968. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); [x],261pp. Publisher's dust jacket with $8.50 price intact; boards in red cloth with black lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a ship at tail, come creasing at top of rear panel, and some general smudging and... Read More
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![Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge [WITH] Pre-Columbian Man in Costa Rica](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/164/974/1617974164.0.m.jpg)
Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge [WITH] Pre-Columbian Man in Costa Rica
by Doris Stone
Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press / Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology / Harvard University, 1972. Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press / Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology / Harvard University, 1972-1977. Mixed Printings. Quartos; publisher's glossy white pictorial card wrappers housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xvii,[3],231; xvii,[1],238pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to wrapper margins, small... Read More
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