The Killing Man (Mike Hammer, Book 12)
by Spillane, Mickey
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8x0x5. First trade edition. Bottom corner stained, remainder mark, edges lightly foxed. 1989 Hard Cover. 228 pp. The image of bloodshed in his office remained etched in Mike Hammer's mind forever - his secretary sprawled on the floor and a stranger sitting dead and mutilated at his... Read More
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The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
by Spindler, Konrad
New York: Harmony Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Spine faintly cocked. 1994 Hard Cover. xi, 305 pp. "The story of the amazing discovery of a man frozen in the Alpine ice, told by the leader of the international team of scientists who investigated the find. A classic of scientific discovery that... Read More
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Spinoza and His Environment: A Critical Essay with a Translation of the Ethics
by [Spinoza, Baruch]; Smith, Henry
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards soiled, frontispiece, tissue guard, and title page a bit foxed, owner blind stamp on front flyleaf. 1886 Hard Cover. clxxix, [3], 244, 12 pp. 8vo. A critique of Spinoza's Ethics, together with an English translation thereof. Smith, a professor at Lane Theological Seminary,... Read More
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Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes
by Spiro, Melford E
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. 1st printing. Faint edge wear. 1972 Trade Paperback. 510 pp. The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an... Read More
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Amazing! Extraordinary! Stories of Niagara Falls
by Spitalny, M.; Stewart, Henry C.F
Buffalo, N.Y: Henry Stewart, Inc., and M. Spitalny & Son, 1971. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Light general wear. 1971 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. With 66 exciting illustrations. The great Falls of Niagara has been since its discovery by Father Hennepin, a Recollect Priest from France, one of the wonders of the world and America's most popular Tourist attraction.... Read More
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Visits to European Celebrities
by Spraque, William B. [Buell]
Boston, Massachusetts: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Loss to spine head and to spine base, page ridges foxed, ink name on front free endpaper. 1855 Hard Cover. xii, [1], 14-305, [6] pp. CONTENTS: Edward Irving; Rowland Hill; Matthew Wilks; George Burder; William Orme; William Wilberforce; William Jay; Robert Hall--John Foster;... Read More
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Russian Grenadiers and Infantry, 1799-1815 (Osprey Warrior, No. 51)
by Spring, Laurence
UK: Osprey Publishing, 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Younghusband, Bill. First edition. Covers lightly toned. 2002 Soft Cover. 64 pp. This title provides a comprehensive and vivid account of life in the Russian infantry at the turn of the 19th century - a time when the Russian army was arguably one of the most important... Read More
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Small Books and Pleasant Histories: Popular Fiction and Its Readership in Seventeenth-Century England
by Spufford, Margaret
Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First edition. 1981 Hard Cover. xxi, 275 pp. "Attention has increasingly turned in recent years from the economic and agricultural framework of the life of the English villager in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to his or her social and mental world.... Read More
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Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands
by Spuhler, Friedrich
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. 1st Printing. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x10. First printing. Minor wear to corners. 2015 Large Softcover. 160 pp. Includes 60 color illustrations. Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments. The fourth volume in Thames & Hudson's celebrated series cataloguing the al-Sabah collection,... Read More
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Heidi (Puffin in Bloom)
by Spyri, Johanna; Hall, Eileen
New York: Puffin Books, 2014. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 5x1x7. Bond, Anna; Leslie, Cecil. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2014 Hard Cover. 294, [29] pp. Cover art by Anna Bond, illustrations by Cecil Leslie. Translated into English from the original German by Eileen Hall. Reader's guide follows text. "What happens when a little orphan... Read More
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Honduras; Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical
by Squier, E.G. [Ephraim George]
London: Trubner & Co, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition (Sabin 89968). Includes fold-out map. Minor loss from joints, spine toned, endpapers lightly foxed. 1870 Hard Cover. viii, 278 pp. Red cloth, gilt titles and rules, blind-stamped borders. Color fold-out map of Central America. Some content included here was originally published in the... Read More
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Peregrine Papers: A Tale of Travel in the Orient
by Squires, W.H.T. [William Henry Tappey]
W.H.T. Squires, 1923. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Signed by author on title page without inscription. #741 of unspecified limitation. Board edges rubbed. 1923 Hard Cover. 204, v pp. Black-and-white illustrations. William Henry Tappey Squires was born on April 14, 1875 in Petersburg, Virginia. He was a minister at Knox Presbyterian Church... Read More
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![The Hollow-Tile House: A Book Wherein the Reader is Introduced to Hollow-Tile in the Making, is Told How it is Wrought into Houses and is Shown How These Houses Look and from What Foreign Ancestry Their Appearance is an Heritage. Its Key-Note is Tuned to the Concert-Pitch of Progress. [First Book Appearance of Rockwell Kent]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/011/583/1680583011.0.m.jpg)
The Hollow-Tile House: A Book Wherein the Reader is Introduced to Hollow-Tile in the Making, is Told How it is Wrought into Houses and is Shown How These Houses Look and from What Foreign Ancestry Their Appearance is an Heritage. Its Key-Note is Tuned to the Concert-Pitch of Progress. [First Book Appearance of Rockwell Kent]
by Squires, Frederick
New York: The William T. Comstock Co, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. [Kent, Rockwell]. First edition. Corners lightly rubbed, a few tiny spots on front board illustration and two faintly discolored areas on rear board, binding square and tight, text clean and unmarked. 1913 Hard Cover. 208 pp. 8vo. Color frontispiece, black-and-white photographs throughout,... Read More
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A Narrative of the Manner in which the Campaign against the Indians, in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-One, Was Conducted, under the Command of Major General St. Clair, together with His Observations on the Statements of the Secretary of War and the Quarter Master General, Relative Thereto, and the Reports of the Committees Appointed to Inquire into the Causes of the Failure Thereof: Taken from the Files of the House of Representatives in Congress
by St. Clair, Arthur
Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1812. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Amateur repair - new cloth laid over most of boards, free endpapers affixed to paste-downs. Edges of boards and a few pages rubbed. A good candidate for restoration - the original cloth spine appears intact beneath the repair, the boards are original and only marred... Read More
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Memoirs of the Life of Nathaniel Stacy, Preacher of the Gospel of Univeral Grace. Comprising a Brief Circumstantial History of the Rise and Progress of Univeralism in the State of New York, as Identified Therewith
by Stacy, Nathaniel
Columbus, PA. / Rochester N.Y: Published for the Author, by Abner Vedder / W. Heughes, Monroe Hall, 1850. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition (Sabin 90033). Moderately foxed throughout, boards lightly soiled. 1850 Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-523 pp. 8vo. "Nathaniel Stacy (December 2, 1778-April 7, 1868), was a pioneer Universalist preacher in central New York... Read More
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A Llewellyn Educational Guide to The Truth About Psychic Attack and Protection
by The Llewellyn Editorial Staff
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1984. First Edition. Stapled Binding. Fine. First edition. A fine copy. 1984 Stapled Binding. 28 pp. All of us, at one time or another, have had the experience of meeting someone who somehow seemed to be able to drain the very life force from us. Perhaps it was just a brief encounter, but... Read More
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A Llewellyn Educational Guide to the Truth about Astral Projection
by The Llewellyn Editorial Staff
St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1985. 2nd Printing. Stapled Binding. Fine. 4x0x7. Second printing. A fine copy. 1985 Stapled Binding. 32 pp. Free yourself from the constraints of biology, gravity, and distance. Go into outer space, the depths of the ocean, or anywhere your heart desires―without worrying about your physical body. With this book, you will learn the... Read More
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Lefty Locke, Pitcher-Manager (The Big League Series Volume 9)
by Standish, Burt L.; Wrenn, Charles W
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x2. Wrenn, Charles W. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. 1916 Hard Cover. 317 pp. Black-and-white frontispiece and plates (4 total) by Charles W. Wrenn. "[...] Directed by Locke, the Grays put in an hour of sharp practice that forenoon. As Lefty had stated, the team was... Read More
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The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley
by Stanley, Henry Morton; Stanley, Dorothy (Editor)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Front hinge repaired by previous owner, not crudely but not neatly either, rear hinge weakening, top edge stained, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1909 Hard Cover. xvii, 551 pp. Includes 16 photogravures and a map. Henry Morton Stanley, in full... Read More
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Stanley in Africa: The Story of His Wonderful Marches across the Continent, Voyages on the Great Equatorial Lakes, Perilous Descent of the Congo, and Desperate Encounters with Cataracts and Cannibals, Told Chiefly in His Own Words. together with A Narrative of the Exploits of Sir Samuel W. Baker and Commander V.L. Cameron
by [Stanley, Henry Morton]; Hyde, Alexander; Bliss, Francis C
Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Company, 1879. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rear joint split and edges of front joint starting to, corners slightly exposed, stain to bottom fore edge margin of some pages, and affecting text/illustrations on a few pages also, front hinge just beginning to weaken, pencil name and date on front flyleaf. 1879 Full-Leather. xiii, 514 pp.... Read More
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Drawing & Painting Buildings: Reggie Stanton's Guide to Architectural Rendering
by Stanton, Reggie
Westport, Connecticut: North Light Publishers, 1978. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good/Good. 12x9x0. First edition. A bit musty, 1 inch tear, 1 inch chip, and a few tiny chips along jacket edges. 1978 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. 285 black-and-white illustrations, 28 in color. An informative guide for both residential and commercial architecture. Includes architectural drawings, landscape design, floorplans, information... Read More
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Uncle Peter-Heathen (The Go-Hawks Series)
by Stapp, Emilie Blackmore
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1912. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Macy, Harriet. A well-worn reading copy: lacks frontispiece, front free endpaper, and last color plate, one plate loose, hinges loosening, boards rubbed and soiled, pencil scribbles on a few pages. 1912 Hard Cover. 285 pp. A children's novel by the prolific American author and philanthropist, with illustrations by... Read More
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The English Court from the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War
by Starkey, David; Morgan, D.A.L.; Murphy, John; Wright, Pam; Cuddy, Neil; Sharpe, Kevin
London/New York: Longman, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Spine creased, light edge wear. 1987 Trade Paperback. x, 273 pp. This pioneering work, the first serious analysis of the royal household between the middle ages and the eighteenth century, examines the internal workings of the court which was key to politics, and the personnel and organisation of the... Read More
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Rivals in Power: Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor Dynasties
by Starkey, David
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x8x1. First American edition. Minor general wear. 1990 Hard Cover. 292 pp. Tells the story of the 16th century through the private letters of five leading noble families.
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Eight Spanish Plays of the Golden Age (The Modern Library, No. 345)
by Starkie, Walter (Translated, Edited and with an Introduction)
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x4x0. 1964-66 printing, Toledano 345.1, binding/jacket style 11k with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Ink name on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed. xlviii, 328 pp. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Walter Starkie. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction: THE SPANISH THEATER; THE GALLANT,... Read More
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