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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Bilder zum Anschauungs-Unterricht für die Jugend. Enthaltend 30 colorirte Blätter auf cartonirt Papier mit Abbildungen verschiedenartiger Gegenstände
by Schreiber, J. F.
Esslingen: J. F. Schreiber, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 30 double-sheet chromolithographs, richly colored. 16 pp of text in rear, the signature of which is a tad loose. Pictorial printed cover, soiled, brown cloth spine. Internals better than usually seen.
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SO HERE THEN ARE DREAMS
by Schreiner, Olive
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wide 8vo, suede spine, leather label. Initials, borders and ornaments designed by Saint Gerome, printining supervised by Andrew Andrews, "Honest Roycorfter". Suede spine over gray paper boards. Small abrasions above label and tiny tear to suede (1/4') parallel to top edge rear panel. Shallow grayish-white intermittent spotting to... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF A SINGER (PAULINE: MEMOIRS OF AN OPERA SINGER)
by Madame Borgia. (Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrien)
London: (unidenitified), 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. This adult novel defies bibliography. The author is, obviously, a pseudonym and the publisher is unidentified. OCLC lists no copy under any variation of its title in the time frame of its publishing date of 1937. The text suggests this could be an adaptation of "Pauline: Memoirs of... Read More
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Waterfront
by Schulberg, Budd
New York, NY: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Some spotting on covers of book. No inscriptions or signatures by previous owner. Dj intact with some staining at top edge. Closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel. Not priceclipped. Novelization of the famous 1950s classic "On the Waterfront
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Teppiche Aus Dem Orient
by Schurmann, Ulrich
Wiesbaden: Ebeling Verlag, 1976. Cloth. Fine -/Very Good +. small pieces missing at spine ends and corners, plus a small triangular piece missing on back, internally fine, no previous owner markings.
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The Eye of the Wind: An Autobiography
by Scott, Peter
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/NF-. Near fine in very good, price clipped dustjacket. Inscribed by Scott to an American collector "Inscribed to Hugh McMillan by Peter Scott October 1965" on the title page with a finely articulated open-winged goose in flight drawn in blue ink, plus a small archive of correspondance between the... Read More
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The Works of Sir Walter Scott (41 volumes)
by Scott, Sir Walter. (Lowell, Mary Ellen)
Edinburgh: Archibald, Constable and Co.; Cadell and Co (1819-33), 1819. Early and first editions. Hardcover. Very Good +. 41 volumes, uniformly bound in full calf, mid 19thC. All volumes with the ownership name of Mary Ellen Lowell dated 1854, she being presumably a member of the Boston Brahmin Lowell clan. Volumes numbered I - XXV of this assembled... Read More
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Oliver Goldsmith Bibliographically and Biographically Considered Based on the Collection . in the Library of W.M. Elkins, Esq
by Scott, Temple. Newton, A. Edward (introduction)
NY: Bowling Green Press, 1928. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. Limited edition, #348 of 750 copies. As new, still wrapped in glassine in publsiher's plain cardboard box (top missing sides). Numbered and signed on the colophon by pressman Edward Stern.
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Lessons in Elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking, as well as for the perusal of persons of taste with an appendix, containing concise lessons on a new plan and principled of English grammar. to which are prefixed elements of gesture,
by Scott, William
Middletown CT: Thomas Spencer, Jr., 1818. Early US Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. On title page stated First Middletown, from the Fifth Hartford Edition. Original full calf, 383 pages 4 illustrated plates. Covers worn and scuffed, solid binding. A nice, unsophisticated early 19thC copy, often reprinted by New England, New York and Philadelphia printers, of what first appeared in... Read More
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MX: A Prescription for Disaster
by Scoville, Herbert, Jr. (Leontief, Wassily)
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981. First Paperback Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by author Scoville to Nobel Laureate economist Wassily Leontief and his wife: "To the Leontiefs who have been a power of strength in this important cause.
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WAITING FOR A CROWN OR, THE EARLY YEARS OF KING DAVID
by (Edis Searle)
NY: Thomas Nelson, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon juvenile retelling of the King David story from the Bible. Author unidentified in this title but deduced from title page declaration "By the author of 'Hetty's Resolve;' ' Great Things Done by Little People;' etc., etc." 8vo, dark blue cloth decorated with pictorial vignette in balck and gold,... Read More
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A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing Season 1739
by Seccombe, Joseph; Shipton, C. K. (introduction by)
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited Edition. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards. Almost As New/Very Good. McCurdy, Michael. Number 77 of 1000. Inscribed to Harold Corbin by printer, Joe Blumenthal, beneath artist's signature. Corbin's bookplate at front pastedown. Edges and corners sharp, text clean. Glassine dj with closed tear top edge front panel, slightly chipped spine ends. In near fine... Read More
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A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing-Season 1739
by Seccombe, Joseph
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited Edition. Quarter Faux Leather. Fine/Original Glassine Wrapper. Glassine wrapper tattered.
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GARDEN-CRAFT OLD AND NEW
by Sedding, John W.
London: KEgan POAul Trench, Trubner & Co, Ltd, 1891. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's green linen, gilt-pressed titles and sundial front and titles spine, sides untrimmed. Spine slightly tanned and corners moderately worn , minor loss spine head. Solidly bound. Illustrated with 9 plates. A solid, unsophisticated copy.
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EN TORNO A LA OBRO DE JAVIER SEGUI (1964 - 1983)
by Segui, Javier
Madrid: Graficino, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Folio, 32 pages, 16 loose sheets on thick stock, folded together. Profusely illustrated with plans and b&w photos of Spanish architectures work, including centerfold of 4 colored photos of plans and models for the College of Architecture in Seville (1977). Fine copy.
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Le Général Dourakine
by COMTESSE DE SEGUR
Paris: Hachette, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Bayard, E.. 12mo, rose cloth, blind ruled, elaborate gilt decorations front cover, gilt titles to spine, aeg, 375p + 16p publ list. Spine a wee soiled/faded, spine a bit cocked, internals toned.
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The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses
by Selected by editors of Architectural Record. Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, et al (houses designed by). Russell Lynes (preface by)
np: F.W. Dodge, 1959. 1st Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine - no names, inscriptions, bookplates, in bette rthan very good dw, just slightly soiled/rubbed. THE collectible copy.
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Eberhart, Richard
by POEMS NEW AND SELECTED
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1944. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Edges, spine tanned and worn. SIGNED on the title page and dated 1949 by the author.
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Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac
by Seton, Ernest Thompson
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Blue cloth, oval pictorial pastedown, titles in gilt. Narrow stain running along bottom edge of leaves first grouping of pages not affecting text. Solid copy. With 100 drawings by author Seton,
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LIVES OF THE HUNTED
by Seton-Thompson, Ernest
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine -. First edition, olive-green cloth , decorations and titles in green, brown and gilt. Spine moderately browned as is often seen with this tile. Square, solid binding. Internals fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW LUCKY YOU ARE
by Seuss, Dr
NY: Random House, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Title of this book the last listed on rear cover on top list of books. The list of books on the bottom under Beginner Books lists "Oh Say Can You Say?" as last book. Gift inscription and juvenile owner name bottom corner of free front endpaper. Corners and... Read More
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Histori Van de Opkomste, Aanwas, en Voortgang der Christenen, bekend by den nam van Quakers. Ondermengd met de vronamste Staatsgeschiedenissen van dien tyd, in Engeland voorgevallen en net Authentike Stukken voorzien
by Sewel, Wm. (Sewel, Willem)
Amsterdam: R. en G. Wetstein, 1717. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce first edition in Low Dutch, which, afterwards was translated into English by the author - "The history of the rise, increase, and progress, of the Christian people called Quakers: intermixed with several remarkable occurrenc." - and published in London in 1722. Folio, old calf, boards detached,... Read More
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