L'Alhambra De Grenade
by H. Saladin
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1926. 1st. 1926 1st edition. A quarto suite of 48 black-and-white plates, accompanied by a wrappered introduction and list of plates. All of this housed in a lovely, decorative chemise, with its original ribbon ties. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with the plates in immaculate condition.
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Bibliografia Del Futurismo
by Claudia Salaris
Biblioteca del Vascello, 1988. Laminate boards. Near Fine. The April 1988 1st edition. Text exclusively in Italian. An all-but-pristine copy. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its laminatew, pictorial boards. Square octavo, nicely illustrated throughout.
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The Blackstone Rangers
by R.T. Sale
New York: Popular Library, 1971. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A crisp, ight copy of the 1971 1st paperback edition. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with liht rubbing at the panels. From the title page: "A Reporter's Account of Time Spent with the Street Gang on Chicago's South Side
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters AND Seymour an Introduction (1st edition, 2nd State)
by J.D. Salinger
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1963. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1963 stated 1st edition, 2nd issue (with the dedcation pg. incorrectly printed to the left of center). Tight and VG (fading along the spine, mild scuffing at the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine and mild wear and chipping at the... Read More
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The Abrogating and Abrogated in the Koran
by Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam
Frankfurt, Germany: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences, 1985. Boards. Fine. A sharp, all-but-pristine copy of this 1985 facsimile reprint of the manuscript written in 839 A.D. Clean and Fine in its wine-red boards. Octavo, part of the "Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences" series (Series C--Volume 12), published out of Frankfurt.
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Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
by Dr. D.E. Salmon
Washington: (U.S.Department of Agriculture --Bureau of Animal Industry) Government Printing Office, 1890. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1890 1st edition on this comprehensive late 19th century study on diseases of the horse. 44 detailed, engraved plates thruout, including several chromolithographs. Solid and VG, with minor wear at the spine base and light foxig at the rear pastedown... Read More
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Bambi: A Life in the Woods (Promotional Copy)
by Felix Salten
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1970 1st thus, beautifully illustrated thruout by Caldecott-winner Barbara Cooney. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing at the front panel's top-edge. A Promotional Copy to boot, with the glossy Promotional photo laid-in. Additionally, Barbara Cooney's pasted-on signature to... Read More
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Solo Faces
by James Salter
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1979. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY JAMES SALTER on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1979 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing along the spine crown. Octavo, Salter's triumphant mountaineering novel.... Read More
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Phantasmata: Photo-Transformations
by Lucas Samaras
New York: The Pace Gallery, 1977. Original wraps. Near Fine. The catalogue based on the December 1976-Jaunary 1977 exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery. Square 64mo (miniature), clean and Near Fine in its silver wrappers.
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The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonne 1960-1990 (In Its Original Shrinkwrap)
by Sam Francis, Connie Lembark
New York: Hudson Hills, 1992. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1992 1st edition, STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Complete in 2 volumes AND the pictorial slipcase. Both volumes bright and Fine in crisp, Fine dustjackets. And in a Fine example of the deep-blue slipcase, with pristine gilt-titling and mounted color reproduction to the front panel.... Read More
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Physics and Metaphysics of Music and Essays on the Philosophy of Mathematics
by Lazare Saminsky
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the endpapers) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening to the spine and along the edges. Octavo, 151 pgs. (From the title page: "A Green Philosopher's Peripeteia... Read More
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Look Out Below! A Study of the Airborne by a Paratrooper Padre
by Chaplain Francis L. Sampson
Sweetwater, Tenn: 101st Airborne Division Association, 1989. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1989 re-issue (of the 1958 1st edition). Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Foreword by Cardinal Spellman (Archbishop of New York) and Introduction by Thomas F. Hickey (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army).
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The Songs of Hugo Wolf
by Eric Sams
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1962 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, 268 pgs.
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Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793
by Samuel A. Bates, Ed
Randolph, Mass: Daniel H. Huxford, 1886. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1886 1st edition. Clean and VG in its original brown cloth with bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Thick octavo, 939 pgs. Front and rear hinges split (binding though still perfectly sturdy), former owner name to both pastedowns.
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The Connecticut Town-Officer; in Three Parts
by Samuel Whiting, Esq
Danbury, CT, 1814. Full calf. Very Good. The 1814 1st edition, in its 3 separate parts. Part I: "The Powers and Duties of Towns, as Set Forth in the Statutes of Connecticut, Which Are Recited"; Part II: "The Powers and Duties of the Several Town Officials, with a Variety of Forms for the Use of Such Officers"; and... Read More
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Practical Child Guidance and Mental Hygiene
by Samuel Kahn, et al.
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1947. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1947 stated 2nd printing. Solid and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a clean, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Thick 12mo, 285 pgs.
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Creating the Florentine State: Peasants and Rebellion, 1348-1434
by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.
Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A fresh, clean copy of the 1999 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 308 pgs.
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Charleston Murders
by Samuel A. Cothran et al.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1947. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1947 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with mild rubbing to the panels and just a touch of very light chipping along the edges. A small clip as well along the botom of... Read More
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Economics: An Introductory Analysis (With Ephemera)
by Paul A. Samuelson
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948. Cloth. Very Good -. The 1948 1st edition, 3rd impression, published the same year as the 1st edition, 1st impression. A solid copy to boot of this titanic title in economic thought, arguably the most important economics textbook of the 20th century. Authored by Paul Samuelson, the 1st American to win the Nobel Prize... Read More
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Six Lectures on the Uses of the Lungs; and Causes, Prevention, and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption, Asthma, and Diseases of the Heart; on the Laws of Longevity; and on the Mode of Preserving Male and Female Health to an Hundred Years
by Samuel Sheldon Fitch, M.D.
New York: H. Carlisle, 1847. Cloth. Very Good. The 1847 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-brown boards, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and bright gilt-lettering and elaborate lattice along the spine. Former owner name at the front free endpaper, light foxing to the preliminaries and a bit in the text, small chips to the rear... Read More
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Travels of Hiouen-Thsang (in 4 Vols.)
by Samuel Beal, Translator
Calcutta: Susil Gupta (India) Limited, 1957. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1957-1958 translation by Samuel Beal, published out of Calcutta in 4 volumes. All 4 volumes clean and Near Fine in crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjackets, with very light chipping at several of the spine crowns and top-edges. Still though, presentable and very attractive. Uniform octavos,... Read More
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Robert Mangold: Prints 1968-1998 (The Catalogue Raisonne)
by Amy Baker Sandback
New York: Parasol Press Ltd, 2000. Original wraps. Fine. The lavish, uncommon catalogue raisonne of Robert Mangold's prints, spanning 1968-1998. Published in 2000 by Parasol Press of New York in an edition of 250 numbered copies (this being #231). An immaculate copy to boot. Consists of 7 separate books, all in their lovely salmon card wrappers, each with... Read More
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The Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back
by Carl Sandburg
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1999. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. David Small. The 1999 stated 1st edition, reprinted from a 1923 Carl Sandburg collection and issued many years later in this hardback edition, with the wonderful David Small illustrations. THIS COPY IS NOT ONLY INSCRIBED BY DAVID SMALL on the title page BUT ALSO INCLUDES AN... Read More
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Menschen Ohne Maske
by August Sander
Lucerne and Frankfurt: Verlag C.J. Bucher, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A tight, clean copy of the 1971 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Tall quarto, 313 pgs., crisp black-and-white portraits thruout. Also includes a Near Fine example of publisher's unprinted cardboard slipcase.
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Photographs of an Epoch: 1904-1959
by August Sander
Millerton, New York: Aperture Press, 1980. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp. clean copy of the 1980 1st trade edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 125 pgs. Handsomely reproduced images-- in keeping with Aperture's high standards-- by the great German photographer August Sander.
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