Search Results: Authors starting with N from Sparrow's Bookshop

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Book club edition. No markings. Binding is tight and square. Deckled edges. Light rubbing on covers. Tear in dust jacket at top of spine. Small scuff mark on spine.

Easton Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/None. Collector's edition, Great Books of the 20th Century collection. Contains publisher's original "Collector's Notes" pamphlet. Full leatherbound boards with gold gilt accents, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk endpapers & reading ribbon. Bright, unmarked pages and a square binding. No signs of use or shelf wear other than the faintest bit of rubbing to gilt edges.

Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/None. The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers collection. Illustrated by John Keely. Full leather bound with gilt accents on boards and spine, all three edges gilt, silk endpapers and reading ribbon. Firm binding and unmarked pages.

Harper San Francisco, 1995. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First edition. The first English translation of the complete sacred texts of Ifa. The ancient african religion underlying Santeria, Candomble and Vodun. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked, aside from marker slash on bottom edge. Cover has some rubbing, scratches, and wear to edges and spine ends.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/None. First edition. Boards are solid and the spine is square aside from minor discoloration at the top of the back cover. Binding is firm and the pages are deckled, crisp, and unmarked Beautiful copy, overall.

The New Home Library, 1942. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Boards are solid, the spine is square, binding is firm and the pages are bright, crisp, and unmarked aside from previous owner’s inscription inside front cover. Jacket ahs moderate chips and creasing along the edges.

The Blackiston Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very good/None. No dust jacket. No markings, crisp pages. Binding is firm and square. Some rubbing on spine and softening to spine ends, otherwise a beautiful copy.

Bemedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. Hardcover. Near fine/None. Unused calendar/diary with no markings. Plastic cover has some scratches and spots. Bottom edge near corner has some staining and discoloration.

HarperCollins, 1991. Paperback. Very good/N/A. No markings. Light shelf wear and reading creases on spine.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. First edition. Complete in two volumes. With illustrations in Rembrandt Photogravure. Mild rubbing and scuffing to boards, more significantly to spine wraps. Corners bumped, spine ends softened and both are mildly frayed. Sun fading to both spines with rubbing and scuffing to title on spine of Vol 1. All pages clean and unmarked though tanned with more significant and uneven tanning to endpapers. Binding remains fairly strong on the whole but with some split bindings in both where binding is visible. Hinges remain intact and not cracked.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Jacket is scuffed and soiled, with chips and tears along edges. Surface of front cover has several dings in center area. Pages are marked and underlined in black and blue pen throughout. Front endpaper is marked in blue ink with previous owner's signature. Boards are sunned, stained, and mildly edgeworn. Spine ends are softened. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened. Binding is secure.

Random House, 1989. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Vintage Books edition. Wrappers are clean and colorful with some minor scuffing. The spine is square, binding is firm, and the pages are bright, crisp, and unmarked aside from heavy crease to the back free endpaper of Volume 1.

Oxford University Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Rubbing to jacket faces, wear around the edges including a few small closed tears. Tanning of jacket and small area of spine where cover was ripped. Boards are straight clean. Pages are tanned but remain unmarked. Spine is square and binding is tight.

Warner Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Jacket spine is lightly sunned and cover is browned and scuffed, with mild edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are firm and even. Spine ends are sunned. Stamped lettering on front board is slightly dulled but still legible. Silver gilt lettering on spine is clear and unfaded. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure.

Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1967. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Jacket is crisp and mildly scuffed. The inner front flap has a small tear at the top edge. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, aside from previous owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. Board corners are slightly worn. Bottom edge of front board is stained. Spine is square. Binding is separating between pages 34 and 35, but hinges are secure.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1960. Paperback. Good/N/A. Previous owner's name written on first free paper. Underlining in the introduction only. Minor liquid damage to the first two pages in chapter one. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Reading crease on front cover. Minor scuffing along spine.

Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1970. Paperback. Good/N/A. Large "desk copy" stamp on first free paper. All other pages are unmarked. Top right corner of front cover creased and crushed. Moderate edge wear on covers with a few small scuff marks along edges and on back cover.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Jacket protected in archival cover. No markings. Binding is tight and square. Minor scuffing on jacket at top and bottom spine. A gorgeous copy.

Doubleday & Company, 1960. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Book of the Month Club edition. No markings. Thomas Wolfe postal stamp on half-title page. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. Binding is tight and square. Bumping and scuffing at headband and footband.