Search Results: Authors starting with S from K. L. Givens Books

Milano: Mazzotta, 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tall soft cover bound in illustrated stiff card covers. Slight edge wear. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. 224 pages, color and black and white illustrations. Text in Italian..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1927. Book. Illus. by Frank Eltonhead. VG-. Hardcover. Third Printing. The book is bound in red cloth-covered boards with light cream titles. The book has minor bumps at lower spine and light shelf edge wear, internally it is clean and tight. The DJ is worn with a sunned spine and wrinkles along edges. Colored frontis. Western riflemen in defense of the borders united under Andrew Jackson. 352 pages..

New York: MacMillan, 1930. Book. Illus. by Richard Bennett. VG-. Hard Back. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in beige, cloth-covered boards. Gutters along spine stained brown (from binding glue?). Interior clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is price clipped and has edge wear and chipping along top edge. Illustrated end pages; pen and ink drawings by Bennett. 293 pages. Fourteen-year-old twins become involved in a mystery when they return from America to Ireland..

Baltimore, MD: Helicon Press, Inc, 1966. Book. VG+. Hardback. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in brown boards with dark brown title on the spine. No defects to note on the book. The dust jacket has a couple of small nicks along top edge. Book is about the rediscovery of Jesus in the 1960s. A new approach into the true meaning of Christianity voiced by the Council. Book is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the first end page. 173 pages..

Silver City, NM: High Lonesome Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in glossy, illustrated boards. No defects to note on the cover. Interior is clean, tight and unmarked. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. 274 pages, black and white photo illustrations..

Silver City, NM: High Lonesome Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade-size paperback bound in slick illustrated wraps. Light edge wear. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Former owner's name also on title page. Otherwise clean and tight interior. 209 pages. Black and white photos. A collection of 15 essays and 3 pieces of short fiction recalling the author's pursuit of game with hounds..

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1933. Book. Illus. by Author and Others. G+. Hard Back. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback book bound in tan cloth-covered boards with brown titles and decoration on the front. Endpages are a map of the United States. Book has edge wear with wear through at lower corners, End pages are browned from the acid in the dust jacket. Former owner's name on first end page. The dust jacket has soiling with severe edge wear including large chips missing at spine. The dust jacket is now protected in Brodart jacket cover. Book is illustrated with approximately 30 photographs and over 100 line drawings and diagrams. Dust jacket is color illustration by Frederic Remington. Details on all aspects of Indian culture. 418 pages including the Index..

Perkins, Oklahoma: Evans Pubns, 1984. Book. VG+. Hardback. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in tan cloth-covered boards with figure of a woman and boy on the front with brown titles. Book has very light wear at bottom of spine and has former owner's name with date on first end page. Dust jacket has light edge wear with tiny tears at top of spine. Book is a chronicle of the lives of the author's parents, transplanted Iowans who cast their future in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. A few black and white photos. This is the 1st Printing of the New Edition. 146 pages. .

Yale University Press, 2016. Book. VG+. Hardback. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardback bound in glossy boards with a black and white photograph of Notman on the front with black title on the spine. Only defect to note on the book is a very slight bump on lower front corner; interior is clean tight and unmarked. A perspective on the career of William Notman (1826-1891), who became the first Canadian photographer with an international reputation during the nineteenth-century. It demonstrates how Notman owed his success to the modernity of his approach to photography - an approach founded on principles of communication and innovation. You haven't seen Canada until you see it through the photographs of Notman. Full page examples of his photographs. An exhibition at McCord Museum. 240 pages. NOTE THIS LARGE HEAVY BOOK MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE, PLEASE CONTACT SELLER FOR DETAILS BEFORE ORDERING..

Clinton, NJ: Amwell, 1985. Book. Illus. by Victoria Blanchard. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in brown cloth with bright gilt title and decoration. Former owner's name on front end page; otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Slipcase has no defects to note. 173 pages, illustrated with drawings by Victoria Blanchard. .

Eastford, CT: Shooting Star Pr, 1998. Book. Fair. Hardback. First Edition Ex-Lib. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardback bound in white glossy boards with black titles and pictures of Marshals on the cover. Book is an ex-library with pocket inside front cover, discard stamp on first end page and library name on the title page. No external library markings but, book has wear at bottom of spine and at corners. Facts and legend are hard to separate in lives of Western lawmen. This book looks at many of the most noted lawmen of the West. Black and white photos with brief biographies. 188 pages including the Index..

New York: Four Winds Press, 1971. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Edition - Review Copy. The book is bound is dark and light green cloth-covered boards with reinforced binding. No defects to note on the book. The DJ is clipped . Book contains the card of the Review request. Book looks at the wilderness as it is increasingly being invaded by civilization. Numerous black and white photos. 191 pages with Index..

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1959. Book. VG-. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardback bound in reddish brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration on front. The book is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front end page. The book has light shelf edge wear and has a 2" black stain along top of front end page. The dust jacket has a similar stain on the lower front fold; no other defects to note. 250 pages including a Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of Mari Sandoz. Included are Sandoz' reminiscences of life with "Old Jules", a study of the two Sitting Bulls and other Indian pieces..

Monterey: Larkspur Press, 1980. Book. VG. Soft cover. Limited Edition. This stapled soft cover has an illustration on the cover of Indian symbols. The only defect to note is a lengthy gift inscription on ffep. Children's stories of the Paiute Indians. Limited Edition #784.

New York: L. S. Publications Corp., 1965. Book. Good. Paperback. Mass market paperback with illustration of a woman on the cover. Book has light edge wear and shows some sunning and has an old price tag on the cover. A new edition of Sanger's classic. A Look at the "oldest Profession". 192 pages..

Sierra Vista, AZ: Sierra Vista Historical Society, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback bound in illustrated wrappers with staple binding. No defects to note; interior clean, tight and unmarked. 29 pages, photo illustrations. One hundred year history of the San Pedro Valley area of Cochise County beginning with Arizona statehood..

New Delhi, India: Abhinav Publications, 1970. Book. VG-. Hardback. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in buckram cloth-covered boards with India decoration on the front, blue-green title on the spine. Book has light edge wear with sunned top edge. Dust jacket has light edge wear and wrinkles. Author's exploration of the India culture and an extensive survey of the peasant potters of more than half of India. Black and white map and illustrations plus 51 black and Plates showing various types of pottery. 150 pages plus the Plates..

New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, and Church Book Society, 1858. Book. Poor. Hardback. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardback bound in marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine. Book has edge wear with rubs and cracks along leather spine. Has a book plate inside front cover of the Sunday-School Library of the Church of the Messiah Pulaski, Tenn. Pages are intact with some foxing on the pages. A couple of black and white illustrations. 58 pages..

Studfield, VIC, Australia: Train Hobby Publications, 1992. Book. Illus. by Photographs By H. G. Forsythe. VG+. Soft cover. First Edition. The book is an oblong soft cover with photographs of trains of the Victoria Line on the cover. No defects to note on the book. The book is INSCRIBED BY WELL KNOWN RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHER GERALD A. DEE. 80 pages with black and white photographs of trains on the VLine with 2 maps to let the reader recognize where the photos were taken..

Kansas City, KS: E. B. Barnett, Publisher Book. VG. Hardcover. Presumed 1st Edition. Book is blue cloth covered boards with paste-on American flag on front. The book has minor shelf edge wear with no other defects to note. No date - circa 1919. 91 pages with black and white frontis - a picture of the author in fancy dress in Washington in 1909. Married to an officer of the 2nd Cavalry in 1866, Sargent relates to experiences at Fort Bidwell, Fort Walla Walla, to Arizona. Four years at Fort Huachuca, Fort Bowie, to Fort Logan, Colorado and at Fort Wingate. .