Search Results: Authors starting with S from BUCKINGHAM BOOKS

Portland: L.H. Nelson Company, n.d. [ca 1905]., 1905. First edition. 10" x 8" oblong in red printed wrappers with title in gilt. 32 pp., illustrations. Information about Jackson followed by 31 pages of full-page black and white photographs. Pictures include a bird's-eye view of Jackson on MacCabee Day showing an on-going parade, various views of Main Street, the Michigan Central Railroad Station, interior and exterior views of the Michigan Central Railroad shop, the state prison, the Athenaeum, the Elks' Temple, Jackson Water Works, the city bank, park scenes, West Side High School, St. John's Academy, various churches, residences, lake scenes, etc. At bottom of one page is a very small closed tear, not affecting the photograph. Wrappers sunned at edges and with "B.C.A 1905" neatly written in ink at spine of front wrapper along with 3/4" split to bottom of spine. Very good. A nice collection of photographs.

New York, Buffalo and Toronto: W.G. MacFarlane, n.d. [ca 1907]., 1907. First edition. First edition. 10" x 8" oblong, pictorial wrappers showing photograph of Capitol Square Fountain on front wrapper, n. p. (52 pp.), illustrated from photographs. Photographic views of Belle Isle, Woodward Avenue, looking north,bird's-eye views of Detroit, City Hall, County Court House, Capitol Square and Fountain, Detroit Opera House, Detroit Museum of Art, Cadillac Square, S. H. Knox & Co., etc. Many prominent buildings, street scenes, double-page view of the Detroit water front, lake steamships, including the City Of Cleveland, the pride of the D. AND C. Navigation Co., and the S. S. Northwest of the Northern S. S. Co. Covers and interior pages soiled and worn and with covers only connected at spine at top staple. Good.

Portland: L.H. Nelson Co., 1906., 1906. First edition. 8" x 9-3/4" oblong printed purple wrappers with gilt stamped title. 36pp including wrappers. No pagination. Many illustrations. Published exclusively for S.H. Kress & Company. "Beautiful Florida." "In this little volume we present a series of views covering the enterprising cities of Jacksonville, Tampa, and Pensacola-representative communities of this great State,-which is destined by the individuality and picturesqueness of her scenery and from the enterprise and loyalty of her citizens to enjoy forever a unique and honorable position in the American Union." Black and white illustrations with captions and some with brief descriptions listed below to include the Windsor Hotel, Jacksonville; a Bird's-Eye View of Jacksonville; many churches; a Florida Ostrich Farm, Jacksonville; Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa; One of Tampa's Fine Residences; De Soto Park, Tampa; Famous Old Houses of Pensacola; Barracks at Fort… Read More

N.P.: Weiss Bros. Artclass Pict Corp., nd [1932]., 1932. First edition. 27" x 41" stone lithograph full-color movie poster. A Louis Weiss production that starred Harry Carey, Mae Busch, Gibson Gowland, George Hayes, Lafe McKee, Mary Jane Irving, Tom London, Ed Brady, Jack Richardson, and Partner Jones. Directed by William Nigh. Story by Lee Sage. Screenplay by Harry P. Crist [Harry Fraser]. Film debuted on January 2, 1932. Colorful poster depicts two men on horseback, fighting for control of a drawn six-shooter. Small tear at one of the crease folds, and some minor wear to the extremities, else near fine, bright poster.

Independence: Herald Publishing House, 1940., 1940. First edition. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" in pictorial wrappers with illustrations of an Indian's profile and the title printed in red and black. 13 pp. Illustrations. "God, the Great Spirit, is the maker and keeper of all nations. He has revealed himself to all peoples and has left his witness among them. The Indians have a history that tells how God first brought their fathers to America, and how his Son visited them and taught them the true religion, and this story was written on plates of gold and preserved for the Indians of today. The Book of Mormon is that history." "The Indians are of the Chosen Seed of Israel. The promises of God are rich in their behalf, and he has not left them without a witness of his love nor without a record of their past. His watchcare has been over them since time began and he purposes yet to do a mighty work among them." Light soiling and with light wear to the extremities. Very good.

Manchester: Published by James Gee, [1868]., 1868. First edition. First edition. 4" x 5 1/4" color, pictorial, stiff wrappers, 60 pp., preface, 4 lithograph color plates, including the frontispiece. An interesting and humorously presented promotional book in 1868 by James Gee of Manchester, England. The text covers hats historically, women's hats, men's hats, and cocked and military hats. Light wear to the spine, else a very good copy.

Guilford: [The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2018]., 2018. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Color, pictorial, stiff wrappers, xiii [blank], 217 [1] pp., introduction, acknowledgments and author's note, appendices, references and resources, index. Stories of over 400 visitors to Mount Rainier National Park who have perished in the park during its recorded history. Fine copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942, 1942. First edition. First edition of the first Daniel Webster, Hollywood Private Eye mystery novels. Inked letters to top of front pastedown sheet, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket with minor restoration to the spine ends and corners. Dr. Max Lekro, staff physician for Al Roche studio, was trying to talk, but it was difficult because he had been murdered, like several others before him. But he came back to life just long enough to provide the vital clue to his murderer. Detective Daniel Webster was provided with the needed clue when like Lazarus, Dr. Lekro for ten precious seconds of life, provided the clue that meant the end of a murderer.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942, 1942. First edition. First edition of the second Daniel Webster, Hollywood Private Eye.mystery novels. The first murder occurs in the operating room as a doctor watching another doctor perform a Caesarean section on a famous actress is shot dead. Detective Daniel Webster soon finds himself trying to sort through murder, medicine, and the movie colony before he can finally bring the murderer to justice.

Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1950., 1950. First edition. First edition. Cloth. 235 pp. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated by Carter Lucas. Numerous illustrations of photographs of scenes along the trails as they appear in the late 1940s and 1950. 11 maps and maps on endpapers. The authors divided the trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition into 8 separate sections, then describes each section and provides photographic illustrations of landmarks and campsites within each section. A nice overview with interesting illustrations. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket.

Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1950., 1950. First edition. First edition. Cloth. 235 pp. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated by Carter Lucas. Numerous illustrations of photographs of scenes along the trails as they appear in the late 1940s and 1950. 11 maps and maps on endpapers. The authors divided the trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition into 8 separate sections, then describes each section and provides photographic illustrations of landmarks and campsites within each section. A nice overview with interesting illustrations. A very good copy. Dust jacket shows considerable edge wear and some chipping to corners and spine ends.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1936., 1936. First edition. First edition. Author's first and only mystery novel. Fine, tight, bright copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration to spine ends and corners. The disappearance of a volume of essays from the close-packed shelves of the library in Mr. Tomlinson's suburban villa, is the first link in a chain of events that lead to suicide and murder. Penzler p. 125 says "A retired gentleman notices a book missing from his library and he returns to the second-hand bookstore where he originally bought it hoping for a way to recover it and he gets more than he bargained for."

Brooklyn: Gryphon Books, 1993., 1993. First edition. First edition. Signed. Fine in white pictorial wrappers with eight laser-copied color dust jackets of his subjects' on display. One of a few hundred first printing copies with $12.00 price on both the copy-right page and the rear panel of this 12mo PBO. The price was increased to $15.00, but the "first edition" statement was left unchanged, on the much more common second printing. Interesting personal response to these three masters of American noir and of paperback crime novels by this talented poet, New Wave science fiction author, and more recently, crime writer.

Blakeney: Scorpion Press, [1998]., 1998. First edition. First edition. One of 85 numbered copies in a special binding and signed by the author. With an appreciation by Walter Satterthwait. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards in transparent dust jacket. Det. Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans, a teacher, and a writer. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son. A derelict turns up in a city hospital claiming to be Griffin's son. It's the beginning of a search that will take him into his own past while he tries to deal in the present with the search for three missing young men.

Bridgeport: Privately printed, 1915., 1915. First edition. First edition. 8" x 5" catalog in color pictorial wrappers with an illustration of 4 women dressed in their coats and standing beside a vehicle. The rear wrapper offers a write-up of the various coats in the catalog in an attempt to entice customers to visit their store. (24) pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Each page has a photo, description, and style number for a variety of women's coats. Salt's Textile Company Inc. was founded by Sir Titus Salt, Baronet in England in 1836. The American mills were established at Bridgeport, Conn., by the English Company, and in 1893 were transferred to the present American Co., the Salt's Textile Co., Inc. Three of the Velvet Plush and Fur-Fabric Mills owned and operated by Salt's Textile Company, Inc. were the Main plant at Bridgeport, Conn., the Mills at Darby, Pa. and an Over-Seas Plant at Lyons, France. Salt's Fur Fabrics are made in these three and other mills… Read More

Chicago: Pulp Press, 1982., 1982. First edition. First edition. Advance copy in stiff, pictorial wrappers. Laid-in is a promotional flyer inscribed by Walter B. Gibson. A comprehensive history of The Shadow, including a complete checklist, magazine dates, authors beyond the creator, Walter B. Gibson, and more. A fine, bright trade-size paperback. Very scarce.

[Secaucus, New Jersey]: Castle, [1985]., 1985. First edition. First edition thus. Thick 8vo. Originally published in 1975.Two-tone boards, xxvi, 549 pp., double column, acknowledgments, introduction, abbreviations, sources and source abbreviations, references and reference abbreviations, illustrated from photographs. A few penciled notations on the front and rear endpapers, else a fine copy in dust jacket with chips and nicks to the extremities. Considered to be the "Bible" as a comprehensive reference for artists of the American West.

Secaucus, N.J.: Castle, 1985., 1985. First edition. Reprint. Boards. v-xxvi, 549pp. Illustrated throughout. This unique encyclopedia features over 1700 concise and detailed biographies of painters, illustrators, and sculptors who created works that reflect the American West. A fine copy in dust jacket with light wear to spine ends.

[Eastford: Shooting Star Press, 1992]., 1992. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Signed by the author. Pictorial wrappers, [6], 183 [1] pp., preface, double column, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, sources and author's note. The most reliable account of the Dalton gang and their activities written to date. Well-written and well-researched separating fact from fiction. As new, unread copy.

Dexler: Thompson-Shore, Inc., [1998]., 1998. First edition. First edition. Quarto. Signed by the author. Pictorial boards, viii, 188 [3] pp., double column, preface, illustrated, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. The author makes a case for saying that the Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma and E.D. Nix were not always accurate with their information, and at times it was impossible to have done some of the deeds they claimed because it was a physical impossibility to have been in two places at the same time. The Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma were Chris Madsen, Heck Thomas, and Bill Tilghman. The author says that western historian, Robert K. DeArment encouraged that this book needed to have been written. As new, unread copy.