Search Results: Authors starting with S from TBCL The Book Collection Library

London: Edward Sabine, 1821. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Sabine was an astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer born in Dublin, he studied at Marlow & the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, & served until 1877, retiring as a General. He was appointed astronomer on John Ross's expedition to find the Northwest Passage [1919] & on Parry's Arctic expedition [1819-20[. He conducted valuable pendulum experiments to determine the shape of the Earth at Spitzbergen and in tropical Africa [1821-3], & devoted the rest of his life to work on terrestrial magnetism, discovering a relationship between sunspots and magnetic disturbances of the earth. He was elected president of the Royal Society, 1861. Sabine, General Sir Edward [1788-1883]. Autograph Letter regarding Pendulum experiments in S. America. 1 1/2 pages on beige stock folded to 4" 1/2 x 7" in very good condition [tear where the seal was removed]. Addressed to Mr. J. Brande Esq.,… Read More

New York: Collier Macmillan, (1986), 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Inscribed by the author on the ffe. A fine copy in 1/4 navy cloth over blue paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a lovely pc. pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 67 pp.

Devon: Webb & Bower & Michael Joseph, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this New Edition with charming illustrations by Peter Firmin, bringing together The Land, winner of the Hawthornden Prize and The Garden, winner of the Heinemann Prize as companion pieces. A fine copy in decorated brown paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 190 pp.

London: London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First Edition. Fine/Near Find. First Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Vita Sackville-West on the half-title page. 8vo. 134 pp. A fine copy in brown cloth, silver titles to the spine, top edge stained brown, in a near fine Broom Lynne designed dustwrapper, with chapter decorations by Broom Lynne. Successor to Vita Sackville West's Hawthornden Prize-winning, The Land, The Garden is also divided into the four seasons. Cross & Hulme A.44. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition of KNOLE AND THE SACKVILLES with RARE wrapper of Vita Sackville-West's homage to her ancestral family home, Knole. Signed and Inscribed "For Miss E.T.Gould, V. Sackville West, Dana Hale, Jan. 22nd, 1933" First Edition, 6th Impression of the 1922 Edition. 248 pp. plus fp. and includes 24 impressive black and white plates. Size: 9 7/8" x 6". This clean copy is bound in cream buckram with black stamping with its woodblock print by William Nicholson. This illustration for the wrapper and cover was inspired by a section of the famous frieze at Knole. This rare dustjacket is printed in red on cream coloured stock. There are a few pieces missing from the dustjacket as per the photos.Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A8. A wonderful addition to any VSW collector's library.

London: Hogarth Press, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Sackville-West, Vita. THE EDWARDIANS. HOGARTH PRESS First Edition, Signed by Vita Sackville-West on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 349 pp on the original publisher's orange cloth with titles gilt stamped on the spine. [Woolmer 235B] A good copy with the majority of the foxing in the first and last few pages. Vita Sackville-West's most successful books, drawing on Knole and her childhood as a pattern for Chevron and its inhabitants. "Vita's book is such a best seller that Leonard and I are hauling in money like pilchards from a net". Virginia Woolf, Letters.

London: William Heinemann, 1949. First Edition, 3rd Impression of the 1922 Edition KNOLE AND THE SACKVILLES of Vita Sackville-West's homage to her ancestral family home, Knole. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt stamping on the front and spine with some slight staining and minor bumping on the front board. Usual shelf wear to the spine. Pages are clean. A very good copy. Signed and Inscribed to the front free endpaper. "For Miss Cashford- who knows Knole-, V. S.W. Sissyinghurst Christmas 1949" A wonderful addition to any VSW collector's library.

London: Michael Joseph, (1955). First Edition.. Soft cover. Fine. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition, uncorrected proof copy of Vita Sackville-West's third gardening book, collected from her weekly Observer gardening column. 8vo. 176 pp. Fine in the publisher's honey coloured illustrated stiff wrappers, printed in black. "Every garden-maker should be an artist along his own lines. That is the only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth." Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.53. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1922. First Edition, Limited Edition. First Edition, Limited Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition, Limited and Rare Edition, Size: 8vo, 9 3/8" x 5 3/4" 128 pp. including fp, with Vita Sackvllle-West's iconic signature below the portrait by William Swaine THE HEIR - A LOVE STORY had a run of 100 copies. 1-50 were for public sale. This limited edition only contained the one story. Copies numbered from 51-100 were for private circulation. Numbered and Signed by Vita Sackville-West. This is the unique and rare number 60. Binding: hand-made paper and all edges uncut. Bound in "patterned" covered boards, quarter bound in white imitation vellum, with white paper tile label on the spine, printed black. Mild partial browning to endpapers, very light, occasional spotting but an exceptionally rare copy. The private circulated edition had varied decorative patterns. This particular edition as mentioned in Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A7.(b2). "No. 60: Diagonal rows of flowers… Read More

London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1946. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Sackville-West, V. ( Vita ). THE GARDEN. Signed. London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1946. 8vo., 135pp., publisher's decorated gilt buckram. Top edge gilt. Signed Limited Edition. Number 101 of an edition of only 750 signed & numbered copies by The Author and printed on handmade paper. Brownish /oatmeal cloth covered boards with gilt titles within a decorative flower & rope border to the front cover & gilt titles to the spine with top edge gilt. Illustrated headings by Broom Lynne. Four poems, one for each season. A very good. The book block is tight & sharp, the pages clean & free of any blemish. A very nice copy for all Vita Sackville-West collectors.

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc, 1936. Inscribed by author to Publisher Nelson Doubleday. First American Issue by Doubleday, Doran September 25 1936 rarely seen. What makes this copy so unique it that is was inscribed to Nelson Doubleday, the publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922-1946 from Vita Sackville-West. "...Nelson Doubleday in his letter to Vita May 21, 1936 describes receiving the setting copy that day from England and putting it on the sewing machine". Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.31(c). Bound in red cloth covered boards with gold stamping on a black emblem down the spine. - 8vo 395 pp. Size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" The boards have some staining as per the photos and there is no dustjacket. An important collector copy of one of Vita Sackville-West's most rare and out of print books.

London: Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Hogarth Press Children's Edition. World-Makers & World-Shakers Series for JOAN OF ARC. Size: 8vo - 7 1/16" wide x 4 9/16:" wide, 80 pp. Original brown cloth boards printed black. Dust jacket is printed green on yellow and is unclipped with price. The dust jacket illustration was designed by John Banting. *Cross & Hulme A.31(f).

London: The Hogarth Press, 1933. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Edition from our VSW collection. A rare copy of "COLLECTED POEMS" by VITA SACKVILLE-WEST, published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London. A very good cream dust wrapper with some light wear and minor chips at spine. Original orange cloth with gilt stamping on the spine. 8vo. pp. 325. Very clean pages and sturdy copy. Volume One was the only volume to be published with 28 new poems for the first time. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A29a; Published November 1933 at 10s6d; 3,045 copies printed. Woolmer 331b. A beautiful addition for any serious Vita Sackville-West collector.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition from our VSW collection. A rare copy of "ALL PASSION SPENT" SIGNED and DATED by VITA SACKVILLE-WEST, published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London. "V.Sackville-West Jan. 22.1933" Light green cloth with gold stamping on the spine with a few stains and age blemishes. A bit of sunning and foxing to the first and last few pages but otherwise solid and neat. 8vo. 297.Size: 7 1/2" - 5" tall Woolmer 270; Ravenscroft-Hulme (A.21a) A beautiful and rare find for any serious Vita Sackville-West collector.

New York: Doubleday Doran & Coy Inc, 1927. 1st Edition Inscribed. 1st Edition Inscribed. by Author. Rare First American Edition inscribed by the author on front free endpaper "For Mrs. Little, V. Sackville-West Montreal March 10th 1933" From our Vita Sackville-West Collection. There would be six print runs in the first three years of its publication aided in part by Vita Sackville-West winning the Hawthornden Prize for Literature. 8vo. 107 pp.7 1/4" x 5 1/4" With mylar protection - the original brown cloth covered boards, with an inlay of the dust jacket woodcut illustration designed by George Plank stamped on the front board cover as well as the spine. A slight fading on the front as per the photos. Beige and black dust jacket in very good condition featuring the bold woodcut by GEORGE PLANK. Slight browning and a few chips and cuts to the spine. The DJ has the $2.00 price and stamped with the Hawthornden Prize across the spine. Published by Doran on 16 January 1927 at $1.50 in 500 copies bought… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1960, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of Sagan's fourth book, a compassionate exploration of the complexities of love in the traditional 'French' style. Adapted into film as Goodbye Again, starring Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins as the hopelessly love-str uck young Simon, whose passion for Paula, (Ingrid Bergman), almost twice his age, is doomed to inevitable failure. Small 8vo. 127pp. Fine in original deep red cloth and white mottled paper boards, with black and white lettering on the spine in a n e ar fine pc. dustwrapper with one minute closed tear on the upper front panel and a hint of rubbing at the heel of the spine. A very bright copy of one of Francoise Sagan's most provocative novels.

London: Arthur Barker, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cecil Saint Laurent . THE INTRIGUES OF CAROLINE CHERIE. London: Arthur Barker, 1961. 8vo., 287pp. translated from the French by Joyce Murchie. Blue cloth, stamped silver to the spine. A fine copy in a near fine price clipped Eileen Watson designed dustwrapper. First English Language Edition. The author's latest installment in the adventures of Caroline de Salanches [Caroline Cherie]. Determined to further her husband's military career, she lunges light-heartedly into political intrigue and is persuaded by the great Talleyrand to steal some state papers from the Dutch King Louis.

Montréal: EDITIONS De la Bibliotheque Canadienne Enrg. / Beauchemin, 1953. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Saint-Pierre, Arthur. LA CROCHE. Signed / Dédicacé. Montréal: EDITIONS De la Bibliotheque Canadienne Enrg. / Beauchemin, 1953. First edition / édition originale. 8vo., Red velvet style wrappers / Couverture souple. Very good / Très bon. 198pp. Inscribed on the front free endpaper / Dédicacé par l'auteur: "Cordial hommage / Arthur Saint-Pierre / Montréal, 5 décembre 1958". Ex libris Collège Jean de Brébeuf with stamp on the title-page stricken through. Evidence of pocket removal at the rear.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Salinger, J.D. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. Signed. Boston: Little Brown, 1952. A fine SIGNED copy of the March, 1952 reprint of the first edition. [The first issue was July, 1951]. 8vo., 277pp., black cloth, gilt. Salinger's remarkable first book, neatly signed in black fountain pen at the top of the title page. An excellent example of Salinger's elusive signature - The binding is fine; the dustwrapper very good or better with the $3.00 price present & nine reviews on the back panel replacing Salinger's photo after the first few early printings at his insistence. Custom clamshell case in very fine condition. The probable High Spot in Modern American Lit collecting, "The Catcher In The Rye is undoubtedly a 20th-century classic. It struck a popular note, particularly with young readers, who strongly identified with Holden Caulfield and his yearning for lost innocence.… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co.[1951, Book Date], 1951. 1st Edition. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. 1st Edition. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. Excellent Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] red prancing horse design, raised on the upper cover inspired by the first edition DJ's graphics & is finished inside & out in Red & Black Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. CUSTOM CASES available for FRANNY, RAISE HIGH & NINE STORIES. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. *Also available in… Read More