The Anderson Tapes
by Lawrence Sanders
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1970 1st edition of Lawrence Sanders' first novel. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one very small closed tear at the front panel's top-edge. An attractive, very presentable copy.
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The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels & Other Fenland Manuscripts
by Lucy Freeman Sandler
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1974. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1974 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light spotting at the upper rear panel. Folio, 346 illustrations, including 8 in color and a map.
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Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color
by Irving Sandler
Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House, 1998. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST NATVAR BHAVSAR on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1998 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, vivid color reproductions throughout.
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Philo's Place in Judaism: A Study of Conceptions of Abraham in Jewish Literature
by Samuel Sandmel
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1956. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR SAMUEL SANDMEL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Clean and VG in its grey boards, with light bowing to the front panel and very light wear along the spine crown. Octavo, 218 pgs.
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An Autobiography
by Margaret Sanger
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY MARGARET SANGER on the front free endpaper ("To Guy Moyston who gave the cause the push in the right direction when it was needed. My thanks. Margaret Sanger Nov. 1, 1938"). A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1938 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+... Read More
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My Fight for Birth Control (In Dustjacket)
by Margaret Sanger
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1931 1st edition of this reminiscence of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), renowned American birth control activist. In its uncommon original dustjacket. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the flap-folds and the tips, and 1 1/2" of loss at both... Read More
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Francis Picabia et 391 (Tome II)
by Michel Sanouillet
Paris: Eric Losfeld, 1966. Original wraps. Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MICHEL SANOUILLET TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the front free endpaper. A bright, very presentable copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light rubbing and soiling at... Read More
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Egotism in German Philosphy
by George Santayana
New York: Cahrles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1940 1st thus, the 1st American re-issue of the 1916 original printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, Santayana setting his sites on "egotism in German thinking
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Fruit of the Secret God
by John Santerineross
Kearny, New Jersey: Attis Publishing, 1999. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean example of the 1999 1st edition, limited to 2000 copies. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 69 pgs. Internally immaculate.
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ELAS: Greek Resistance Army
by Maj-Gen. Stefanos Sarafis
Humanities Press, 1981. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1981 1st English language edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, almost 2 dozen black-and-wgite photos supplementing General Sarafis's text.
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Gene Sarazen's Common Sense Golf Tips (INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION)
by Gene Sarazen
Thos. E. Wilson & Co, 1924. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY GENE SARAZEN (TO MAISIE WOOD) IN 1924 (!!), THE YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION, AND VERY UNCOMMON AS SUCH. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1924 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its gilt-lettered and designed red cloth. A bit of light rubbing along the... Read More
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Bruce the Fisherboy
by Lena K. Sargent
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1936 1st edition of this charming real-life look at Bruce the lobster fisherboy, who lives and fishes off the coast of Maine on a tiny island called Crie Haven. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends, panel... Read More
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A Bug of Some Importance
by Robert Sargent
New York: Charles Scribner, 1967. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition, SIGNED BY ROBERT SARGENT TWICE (once on the front free endpaper, once on the title page). Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels and "A Fimland Presentation" tag affixed to the base of the spine. Quarto,... Read More
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Politics and Cinema
by Andrew Sarris
Columbia University Press, 1978. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a clean, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, more hand grenades lobbed by the "outspoken critic for The Vilage Voice, the American progenitor of the 'auteur' theory, a historical axiom that emphasizes the personal style of film directors
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An Illustrated Book of Japanese Armor (The Japanese Folio Edition)
by Yoshihiko Sasama
Yoshihiko Sasama, 1988. Cloth. Fine. A superb copy of the scarce 1988 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Thick folio, hundreds of high-quality illustrations, including a number of them in rich color. Captions and titling in both Japanese and English, the text itself exclusively in Japanese. Also includes an... Read More
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This Is Israel
by M. Sasek
London: W.H. Allen, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. M. Sasek. The 1962 1st UK edition of M. Sasek's 9th title in his beloved "This Is..." series for children. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the front flap-fold and at the foot of the spine. A touch of... Read More
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La Grece
by M. Sasek
Paris: Encyclopedie Casterman, 1966. Collectible; Very Good. The 1966 1st French edition of "This Is Greece" in M. Sasek's wonderful "This Is...."children's series. Solid and VG (with light wear along the spine and light wear at the rear panel) in its pictorial laminated boards. Folio, 60 pgs. Beautifully illustrated once again by the great Sasek.
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Katsura Villa: The Ambiguity of Its Space
by Arata Isozaki and Osamu Sato
New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1987 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, very sharp color photography by Yasuhiro Ishimoto throughout. (From the dustjacket front flap: "Katsura Villa is undoubtedly the most constant object of study and allure in the modernist movement of... Read More
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Multiplets of Transition-Metal Ions in Crystals
by Satoru Sugano et al.
New York: Academic Press, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A tight, solid copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing and soiling alongf the panels. Octavo, #33 in Academic Press's formidable "Pure and Applied Physics" series.
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A Treatise on Some Practical Points Relating to the Diseases of the Eye, by the Late John Cunnington Saunders, Demonstrator of Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital, Founder and Surgeon of the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye (The Horblit Copy)
by John Cunnington Saunders
Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Full leather. Very Good. The uncommon 1821 1st American edition, in the publisher's original full marbled calf (with the offsetting black leather spine label intact). New additions to the text, based on the 3 preceding London editions from 1811 forward. In custom terra cotta cloth box, with gilt-stamped leather spine label. Octavo, 232 pgs.,... Read More
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Gargantua
by Sautriax
New York: Duffield & Co, 1921. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1921 1st edition. VG- in its wonderful pictorial cloth, with very light staining and offsetting at the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, a presentable and solid copy. Oblong folio, 52 pgs., nicely illustrated in color and pen and ink by... Read More
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The Little Gypsy
by Elie Sauvage
Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1868. 1st. Hardcover. 1868 1st American edition. Beautiful little childrens book, remarkably bright and well-preserved. VG+ in its original maroon cloth with bright gilt design and lettering on front panel and spine. Still tightly-bound as well. 12mo, 133pgs. Illustrated in wonderful line drawings by Lorenz Frolich. Translated from the French by I.M. Luyster. Neat former owner... Read More
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Ute Brave Cabinet Card (Circa 1870s)
by Charles Roscoe Savage
Salt Lake City, UT: C.R. Savage Art Bazar. Photograph. Very Good +. A striking, proud photograph, a Cabinet card, of an Ute Brave, taken circa the 1870s by the renowned Utah railroad photographer Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909). A prolific Mormon and Church of the Latter-day Saints photographer, Charles Savage, born and raised in England, emigrated to The States... Read More
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The American Birds of Dorothy Doughty
by George Savage
Worcester, England: The Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Limited, 1962. Full leather. Fine. Dorothy Doughty. A lovely copy of this lavish 1962 signed/limited, bound in its full-tan leather, with immaculate gilt insignia, titling and bordering along the panels. #511 OF 1,500 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST DOROTHY DOUGHTY AT THE LIMITATION (1,400 to be distributed in the... Read More
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Prison Homicide
by Sawyer F. Sylvester, John H. Reed and David O. Nelson
New York: Spectrum Publications, 1977. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The 1977 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 126 pgs.
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