Der Praktische Obitgärtner
by Saftenberg
Derlagsbuchhandlung: Enßlin & Laiblins, 1927. Cloth Spine, Paper Boards. Very Good. Scarce. Corners slightly worn. Gardner pictorial at lightly soiled front cover. Rear cover with very minor scuffing. Text clean, binding tight. Black and white illustrations throughout.
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BONJOUR TRISTESSE
by Sagan, Francoise
NY: Dutton, 1955. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Stated fourth printing - on copyright page and front flap of dustjacket - of the first American edition. Inscribed in English by the French Sagan on the ffe: "To Jane Putnam/ thanks for the party,/ and your welcome/ with very best wishes/ Francoise Sagan'. Signed copies... Read More
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FINIAN'S RAINBOW
by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
NY: Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Playwright and lyricist E. Y. Harburg's personal ownership copy of one of the most beloved American musicals of mid-20thC for which he co-wrote the book, along with Fred Saidy, and alone the lyrics for the songs, music by Burton Lane. With Harburg's address sticker on the ffe - "E.... Read More
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Carlo Scarpa
by Saito, Yutaka
Toto, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
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Finishing the Printed Job: A Practical Book Describing Important Kinds of Printers' Finishing Work
by Salade, Robert F.
New York: The American Printer, Inc, 1926. Presumed First Edition. Cloth Boards, Gilt Title Spine. Very Good +/No Jacket. xii + 229p. Index. Illustrated throughout. Book plate pastedown. Slight stain top edge last signature. Scarce.
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IS A SHIP BURNING
by Sale, Richard
NY: Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. AUTHOR"S COPY. Signed on the ffe "My own copy. Richard Sale" Lacking dustjacket, very good, some threading to cloth at spine head.
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TO PEKING AND BEYOND: A REPORT ON THE NEW ASIA
by Salisbury, Harrison E.
NY: Quadrangle, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reports from Asia by the eminence grise of American international reporting, who spent his editorial career at The New York Times. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and reportorial authority on China and Russia. Inscribed by Salisbury on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has a few closed tears.
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ASIA DIARY, CHINA DIARY AFTER MAO, TIBETAN DIARY and LONG MARCH DIARY: CHINA EPIC. (lot of 4 titles)
by Salisbury, Charlotte
NY: Scribners et al., 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Four titles published between 1967 and 1986, each inscribed to the same friend in Salisbury CT where Charlotte Salisbury and her husband Harrison, eminent NYTimes internation reporter and China and Russian expert, lived.
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TRAVELS AROUND AMERICA
by Salisbury, Harrison E.
NY: Walker and Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thoughts on the US in the 1970s from the eminence grise of American journalism, who spent his editorial career at The New York Times. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and reportorial authority on China and Russia. Inscribed by Salisbury on the ffe.
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Samaras : Photographs, 1969-1986
by Samaras, Lucas; Lifson, Ben (editor)
Gordonsville, VA, U.S.A.: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Almost As New/Fine +.
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AN ARRANGEMNET OF WORDS
by Samstag, Nicholas. Bethke, Amos (book designed by)
privately printed, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Full title: A collection of epigrams presented in the expectation that the reader will recognize himself here with some amusement and occasional dismay. Privately printed in a limited edition for the friends of the Typographic Service Company of New York, a Division of the Electrographic Corporation. Marbelized covers with title... Read More
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THE STORY OF THE HEREFORDS
by Sanders, Alvin H.
Chicago: Sanders Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1914, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Original publisher's binding- blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial pastedown. Stains to edges her and there not affecting text block. Solid copy. Scarce.
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HISTORIA UNIVERSALE dell'origine et imperio de' Turchi
by SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521 - 1586)
Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1582. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. HISTORIA UNIVERSALE dell'origine et imperio de' Turchi. Raccolta & in diversi luoghi di nuovo ampliata da Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengono le leggi, gli offici, i costumi & la militia di quella natione, con tutte le cose fatte da... Read More
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ALFRED STIEGLITZ: PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITINGS
by Sarah Greenoigh, Juan Hamilton
NY: Callaway Editions, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Published in conjunction with the exhibition in 1983 at National Gallery of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 73 plates. A handsome production.
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The Poet and the Donkey
by Sarton, May
New York: WW Norton and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine -. price clipped, no previous owner markings.
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Existentialism
by Sartre, Jean-Paul
NY: Philosophical Library, 1957. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Solid copy in slightly soiled dustjacket. PON ffe.
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SHERSTON'S PROGRESS
by Sassoon, Siegfried
London: Faber and Faber, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very nice copy in dustjacket with the uncommon wrap-around band as issued. edges of cloth a wee soiled and dustjacket similarly toned around its edges. Light spotting to prelims. Ownership copy of American artist and book illustrator Robert Andrew Parker with his bookplate on the front pastedown.... Read More
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Journey Cake, Ho!
by Sawyer, Ruth; Robert McCloskey (illustrated by)
NY: Viking, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. First edition lacking dustjacket. First signature pulling a tad. Overall, nice, used copy. Scarce in first edition.
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MAX REINHARDT AND HIS THEATRE THE "MIRACLE" EDITION (with promotional materials laid-in)
by Sayler, Oliver (edited by). (Bel Geddes, Norman)
NY: Brentano's, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good +. The Miracle Edition". Clean, solid better than very good copy. No names, inscriptions, bookplates. etc. 8vo, gilt-stamped charcoal linen, top edge stained orange, decorated endpapers, xxxv, 381, lavishly illustrated with b&w and color plates. Laid in are promotional materials for performances of The Miracle at the Cleveland Public Auditorium in December... Read More
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Selected Poems
by Scannell, Vernon
London: Allison & Busby, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. No. 21/50 copies specially bound and signed by the author.
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DAS MEISTERSTUCK. Matthias Petrus Schaller)
by Schaller, Matthias (art of). Boehm, Gottfried (text)
Matthias Schaller/ VG Blidkunst, 2015. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. 800 copies in English, 400 in German, this copy in English. Squarish folio, white cloth, titles stamped in black, 115 (4), pictorial review of Scahller's homage to the great artists creating his own vision of their paint palettes that reflects his interpretation of that particular artist's sensibilities... Read More
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CARL RUNGIUS BIG GAME HUNTER: FIFTY YEARS WITH BRUSH AND RIFLE
by Schaldach, William J.
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. Rungius, Carl. #267 of 1250 copies. As new copy in publisher's slipcase.
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Rondo
by Schapiro, Miriam
San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1988. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Schapiro, Miriam. #22 of 80 copies of the first, limited edition, signed and numbered and dated 1989 by the artist on the colophon. Purple cloth boards, pictorial pastdown, gilt pressed titles, multi-panel accordian fold. LACKING oriiginal silkscreen. Housed in black cloth slipcase. Fine.
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BEAUTY IN BULBS: A TREATISE IN THE LEADING VARITIES OF BULBS SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR CULTURE AND OF PROVEN MERIT FOR AMERICAN GARDENS
by (John Scheepers)
NY: John Scheepers, Inc, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, floral patterned, dark green, faux brocaded silk covers. decorated endpapers, 215 pages, loads of full page color prints. Inserted in rear is 24 page Scheepers catalog. Near fine all over. THE collectible copy.
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COURSE OF LECTURES ON DRAMATIC ART AND LITERATURE (2 volumes)
by Schlegel, Augustus William. Black, John (translator)
London: J. Templeman and J. R. Smith, 1840. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Second English-language edition of German Schlegel's important work. In publsher's brown clotf, blin-stamped frint and rear, gils spine titles. xxxi, 400; 404, 16 (publisher's catalog in rear). Original owner name dated 1841 title page in black ink, another owner name dated Heideberg 1937 on ffe.... Read More
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