Search Results: Authors starting with S from G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

(Caldwell, ID): Privately Printed. Fine. 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 9 of 100 copies. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper: "To Donald H. McLaughlin, with esteem and best wishes, Nahum Sabsay, June 12, 1960." 346pp.; 8vo; gray cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in plain mylar wrap, as issued. Scarce first edition of Sabsay's dramatic first person account of his years as a soldier at the front, fighting Germans and Austrians, and ultimately the Communist Red Army. To escape the chaos Sabsay fled eastward across Siberia. After arriving in the U.S. In 1918, he would go on to study mining engineering at Harvard and moved to California where he worked as a tool and die maker while perfecting his English and writing. Sabsay died in 1965. Donald H. McLaughlin, to whom the book is inscribed, was an eminent mining engineer and had a life long association with the University of California at Berkeley. .

Miami Beach: Ruth & Marvin Sackner. 1980. Softcover. Xerox of typed pages; Concrete 214pp., Russian 48pp., printed on one side; 4to; bound in black fabrikoid binder with hand written paper label taped onto spine. First sheet is a decorated cover letter; both sections with title page and portrait photograph of the Sackners. Cover letter states: June 26, 1980; ENCLOSED FIND THE LISTING OF MY ARCHIVE OF CONCRETE AND VISUAL POETRY FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SINCERELY, MARVIN A. SACKNER, M.D.; MAS:amp; ENCLOSURE. It is undetermined as to whether any other personally bound 'listings' were distributed, if any. We are aware of a scarce 1986 catalog in wrappers, which doesn't appear to contain the Russian avant-garde collection. Founded by Ruth and Marvin Sackner in 1979 in Miami Beach, Florida, the Sackner Archive currently holds the largest collection of concrete and visual poetry in the world, now housed at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections. .

Fresno: Valley Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 0913548642 . One of 200 copies (printed on fronte pastedown), unnumbered & unsigned. 4to; cloth; black & white photographs. In dust jacket with light rubbing at edges. .

London: Macmillan 1996;1994. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0333651073 . 758 & 909 pp.; cloth, in dust-jackets. Opera, with many illustrations including color plates. .

Buenos Aires: Editorial Freeland. Very Good. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. 253pp; 8vo; pictorial white self-wraps. Moderate toning/foxing to cover; text block pages with even tanning primarily to extremities. TEXT IN SPANISH. .

New Haven & London: Yale University Press; Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press. Fine. 1936. Hardcover. Tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 141 pages .

Interlink Pub Group Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0940793164 . Jackt with trivial 1" scratch to back near foredge. ; Illustrated with maps. ; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.2 inches; 206 pages; Controversial claims regarding the origins of biblical stories in Arabia. .

Port Washington: Kennikat Press, [1970]. Reissue of 1905 edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition. 8vo; cream cloth; very light soil to cover.

AMS Press. Very Good. 1968. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; sturdy blue cloth lettered in gilt. Light spots of foxing to foredge. Reprints the Brentan's 1887 edition. Solid working copy. .

Kensington: The Cayme Press. Near Fine. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a little darkened; endpapers with moderate tanning. ; Original marbled board and printed paper label. Frontis; two full page illustrations and vignettes. Tipped in errata slip on title. Limited to 750 copies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages .

London: Vallentine Mitchell. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offset tanning to front endpaper; jacket with a few chips top edge, 1" closed tear top edge near spine; spine a bit darkened; in protective mylar wrap.; Green cloth in illustrated yellow jacket. Illustrations by Gabriella Rosenthal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages; From the library of the late Bernard Rosenthal, bookseller. .

Capital Books. As New. 2002. Softcover. 1931868212 . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. Good. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear to bottome edge, and leading corners with boards showing at tips; some wear to spine ends with loss at top; foxing throughout, the worst of it pictured, most more moderate. ; Embossed brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 156 pages .

Various Places: Various Publishers 1879; 1887; 1921. Very Good. 1879. First Editions. Hardcover. Cloth; Stebbins in dust jacket with tear to middle of spine. California Pilgimage cover soiled; Pioneer Pastorate with rubbing to spine. The others very good or better condition. Bristol's Pioneer Preacher, is signed Regards of the Author; Pastorate is inscribed to Prof. Arnold Guyot, with the kind respect of Albert Williams. Numbers 2,3,4 have the bookplate of the Pacific Union Club Library on front pastedowns, no other library treatments save for small call numbers on copyright. A nice small collection on this important aspect of 19th century California religious pastoral and social work.; Signed by Author(s) .

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0876856458 . Inscribed by the author to Carolyn & James Robertson [Yolla Bolly Press]. 8vo; decorative light blue paper covered boards, blue cloth back with paper spine label; clear acetate jacket. Laid in are a folded 14" x 11" photo-reproduction of "The autobiographical odyssey of a dealer in rare books" by Ralph B. Sipper, from the Los Angeles Times - "west view" section,1980; three columns with inset illustration "The Rise of a Rare Book Dealer" by Todd Crespi. Also laid in is the publisher's reproduction of the New York Times Book Review piece on The Color of Air, by Gorham Davis, 1985. First Trade Edition of 300 copies; Signed by Author(s) .

Modena: Panini. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. Slipcase with light wear. ; Brown cloth lettered in gilt, in printed blue paper jackets; slipcase. Text in Italian. ; Vol. 1 & 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1884 pages .

San Francisco: Sirk Productions. Fine. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 38 pp.; 16" x 11.5", folded as issued; two color (sepias to grays) offset printing on newsprint stock. Remarkably well preserved. Rare in the original. A densely packed newspaper/comic book takes you through the story of two friends escaping from the law, searching for new lives in America and Canada, and contending with the loneliness of the road, among other problems. An amazing range of grays and sepias results from simple two-color printing. References: Umbrella v.19, no. 2, September 1996, p.75. .

(Oakland): (X-Capees Press) (1980). Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0937516007 . 60 pp.; 8" x 9"; photo-illustrated black wrappers; black & white photographs throughout with captions. Light soil to white back cover, otherwise minor wear to corners. Signed on the lower right corner of title page by the photographers and writer, plus a signature of a Danny English on upper left of title. We don't grok who Danny is in relation to the publication.; Signed by Author(s) .

Adyar: The Theosophical Publishing House. Very Good. 1952. Softcover. Faint tanning to edges; nick to rear leading top corner tip; leading top corner a bit bumped; faded "Dayananda" written on spine; tiny note "R/168" in red ink inside top corner tip front cover and a tiny mark in blue ink top leading corner front endpaper. Cicular handstamp of Motilal Banarsidas on title page. In spite of these minor faults, still seems a crisp copy of a scarce and fragile booklet. ; Printed pale green wrappers. Photographic portrait frontis of Sarasvati. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 68 pages; Dayanand Sarasvati (1824-1833) was a prominent Hindu scholar and reformer. He founded the Arya Samaj, a socio-religious movement in India that aimed at promoting Vedic principles and opposing certain orthodox Hindu practices. Sarasvati advocated for the Vedas as the ultimate authority in Hinduism, rejecting idol worship, caste system, and other rituals that he considered deviations… Read More

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Moderate soil to cloth. ; Cloth with copper foil title wrap. Without dust jacket. Inscribed in pencil on front endpaper: " To Buford L. Fox, 1940, from - Arham Saroyan, Fresno - Calif. , Uncle of the Author. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1934 pages .