Search Results: Authors starting with S from Monkey House Books

New York: T. J. Reed & Co., Publishers, 1948. 8th Edition. Hardcover. Good. Brown boards, cover edges bleached, notes & underlining. 374 pages, index. 1950s physical education book covering scientific training, conditioning, coaching, physiology, diet, and injuries & treatment.

Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S.A., 1979. Softcover. Very Good. English Edition. 160 pages, color photos throughout. A complete guide to the museums and archaeological sites of the Argolid.

[no date, c.1980]. Softcover. Very Good. Color photo guidebook to the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus in Western Turkey, with a brief history and description of various sites. Translated by Altan Erguvan. 64 pages, light cover wear.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1939. Red cloth boards, black-stamped cover and spine. Good/Dust Jacket condition good+. . Dust jacket illustration by Ralph Crosby Smith.. 1930s mystery/thriller tale of a counterfeit money gang and the amateur sleuth who tracked them. By the author of ""Contraband."" Nice copy of a scarce work. Charming, vintage color dust jacket. Front flap has perforated bookmark attached. Rear of dj darkened, spine sun-faded. Some edgewear and rubbing. 306 pages, lightly toned but square and unmarked. A few dates stamped on the rfep, but no other markings, not ex-library. Stationery store stamp on fep. Ends and corners worn, front hinge starting.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. Light Blue cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good Plus./No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by the author.. 1st printing. Memoir of a French girlhood in a feudal village. 208 pages. Wear to backstrip ends.

Scholastic / Tangerine Press. Softcover. Fine.

Scholastic / Tangerine Press, 2008. Softcover. Near Fine.. 48 pages, color illustrations and photos.

Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1950. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. Edited by Mark Cox. 74 pages, b/w line drawings. Basics of golf from grip to choice of club to a wide variety of shot types and conditions. Well worn & rubbed, pages tanning.

Berlin: Globus-Verlag GmbH, [no date]. Yellow cloth boards. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . Cover illustration by Koser.. 541 pages. Text in German Frakturschrift. Rear hinge cracked. Dust jacket soiled/darkened, edgewear and chips.

Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. 128 pages, 200+ photos. Edgewear to covers. Local history of South Boston from 1804ff, including transportation, businesses & institutions, Carney Hospital, Perkins School for the Blind, Marian Manor, Marine Park, Castle Island, and more.

Istanbul: Ministry of Culture & Tourism, 1984. Large format softcover. Good. 192 pages, full-color photo book. Includes The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, and more. People, sights, attractions, art & architecture. Some captions, mostly just photographs. Wear and creasing to covers.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1994. Trade paperback. Very Good. 3rd printing. Preface by Sian Miles, lengthy introduction draws on previously unpublished correspondence. 19th century French literature on the role of women in society.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Light brown patterned cloth boards, purple stamped cover and spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Story of 2 men told through flashbacks, examines a murder and the darker side of humanity, a ""ruthless, repellent book."" Title comes from the passage in the Biblical book of Matthew about forgiveness. Hospital library stamp on ffep. Bookstore sticker on rep: ""Bronxville Bookshop 31 Palmer Ave. Bronxville N.Y."" First Edition, so stated. Bottom corner bumped, page corners have a slight ding/crease. 195 pages, clean and unmarked. Spine slightly cocked and darkened. Top edge purple speckled.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1972. Trade paperback. Good. Policy Studies in Employment and Welfare No. 13. 143 pages, index. Tracks the beginning and growth of the AFDC programs. Reference copy, moderate wear & creasing to covers.

Munchen: Verlag Menschund Arbeit Bruckmann, [no date] c.1956. Orange cloth boards, brown-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Text in German. Uberraschende Ergebnisse der Meinungsforschung. 219 pages, brief pencil. Pages toning, dampstaining to covers & margins.

New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . Illustrated by Giulio Maestro.. Ex-library in wraps, spine label. Large format. 48 pages, photos. Geology for middle grades.

Portland: Susan Scheewe Publications Inc., 1997. Stapled softcover booklet. Fine. Decorative watercolor painting projects, including flowers, birds, snowy woods, cattails, mountains, the seashore, and a country church. 98 pages.

[New York]: Entwurf und Druckanordnung von Egon Scheibe, 1942. Orange cloth boards, black stamped cover.. Good Plus./Dust Jacket condition Good . Dust jacket illustration by P. C. Bennett '42.. Text in German. SIGNED and INSCRIEED by the author on the ffep, dated 26 June 1944 Astoria, New York. Plain paper jacket. Discoloration from leaves pressed between pages 10-11. 52 pages, light wear.

Heilbronn: Verlag von Eugen Salzer, 1919. Green cloth, gilt-decorated cover & spine. Good Plus./No Dust Jacket. Text in German Frakturschrift.466 pages, advertisements, a few creases. Frontispiece portrait with tissue. Scarce original text. Light wear to ends & corners, else nice. Owner's name inked on ffep.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900. Maroon cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Edited with notes, introduction and vocabulary by Arthur H. Palmer. Text in German Frakturschrift. 404 pages, toned, some marking.