Search Results: Authors starting with S from Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 333p. A softcover book in very good condition. Diocesan stamps and label inside, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Catholic Social Tradition Series, volume 2.

New York: Lentilhon & Co, 1900. Hardcover. 40p. A soiled white cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges and corners worn. Front hinge cracked and repaired with clear tape; rear hinge cracking but all pages and covers remain attached. Baby name, birthdate, and baptism filled in on page 3. Remainder of text clean. A turn-of-the-century baby album. Alternating pages are blank for filling in with memories and keepsakes; remaining pages feature rhymes, prompts, and illustrations.

NY: Dodd Mead, 1925. First American edition. Purple cloth. Spine faded. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition.

New York: A Harvest Book (Harcourt, Inc.), 1991. Paperback. Fine. 124p. A softcover book in fine condition.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1942. 1st American Edition. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's name on front endpaper else clean, tight, and unmarked. The jacket is clean with the original $2.50 price intact and marred only by some shallow chipping of less than a 1/4-inch at the spine ends. Classic mystery novel, published in England in 1926 and the basis for the film starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster. This is the first American edition published 16 years later, A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, considered as one of the top detective novels of the century.

St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing Co, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 95p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Boards slightly bowed and faint call number on spine. Seminary library markings inside, but otherwise clean and tight. Vintage arboricultural guide illustrated with occasional black and white photographs.

London, 1927. First edition. Second issue in green cloth. A fine hardcover copy in very good dustjacket. Scarce non-fiction work.

Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1977. Paperback. 154p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover slightly worn, previous owner's name, otherwise clean and tight. "In this book, Father Dessain presents Cardinal Newman's major spiritual themes. These include the search for the hidden God, the mystery of Christ revealed in the world, the role of the Church visible and invisible, and the place and influence of individuals in the scheme of things - all concerns that today's Christians grapple with as they search for wholeness in their lives.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 246p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in green cloth. Good, sturdy reading condition. Edges worn, and library labels on spine and back cover. Library stamps inside. Pages tanned with age; occasional spotty stains, most visibly on pages 18-19. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding tight. A biography of the "Sun King," written by the author of the Horatio Hornblower series. Illustrated with black and white plates.

London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 696p. A hardcover book in acceptable reading condition with dustjacket. Stains on the covers, uneven tanning on endpapers, and pencil marks in most pages. The binding is tight. The jacket is edgeworn and price-clipped; stains on the spine and panels, including dark circular stains on the back. Still mostly intact. The Oxford History of English Literature, volume III (The Clark Lectures, Trinity College, 1944).

Bangalore: National Catechetical & Liturgical Centre. Paperback. Good. Undated; circa 1970s. 20p. A slim staplebound softcover booklet in good condition. Edges faded. Former owner's sticker label on front endpaper. Text clean and binding tight. Series: Mission Theology for Our Times No. 1.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1974. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Good. 464p. A yellow cloth hardcover ex-library book in original binding. Label residue on spine; no other exterior library markings. Label, card pocket, stamp, and pasted-in jacket panels on endpapers. Stamp on title page. Otherwise good condition with text clean and binding tight. From the Old Testament Library series.

Bangalore: National Biblical, Catechetical & Liturgical Centre, 1972. Paperback. Good. 23p. A slim staplebound softcover booklet in good condition. Edges faded. Former owner's sticker label on front endpaper. Text clean and binding tight. Mission Theology for Our Times Series No. 1.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 453p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1973. Fifth Printing. Paperback. 168p. A softcover book in very good condition. There is a crease on the spine from previous reading use, and the previous owner's signature is seen in the top right corner of the title page. Scribbles and annotations in pen can be found throughout the text, as well as a stray pen streak that is seen on the front cover. The binding is tight.

Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004. Paperback. Good. 207p. A softcover ex-library book in original binding. Label on spine. Label and stamp on rear endpaper; stamp on title page. Otherwise very good condition with text clean and binding tight.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Paperback. 410p. A softcover book in good condition. The spine is creased and faded and the edges are starting to tear Stamps inside covers and on title page. Text clean and pages securely bound.

The Jugoslav Bureau, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 120p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Owners' notation and signature on front endpapers. Seminary stamp on title page. Top corner of page 21 is bent; tanning on surrounding page corners. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The author's account of mountaineering in the Alpine region of Yugoslavia. Illustrations by Edo Derzaj.

Regensburg: Manz, 1860. 219p. Hardcover, rebound. Ex-seminary library copy. Old paper label on spine, name stamped on title page. Light foxing, primarily on first and last few pages. A tight book in good condition. Text in German.

Chicago: The Elder Company, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 530p. A hardcover book bound in decorated cloth. Very good condition. Tiny flecks of staining on front cover. Edges lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, and pages tanned with age. Text clean and binding tight. Brief biographies of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Benjamin Harrison, each with a black and white engraving. Those deceased as of the time of publication also have descriptions of their graves.