Search Results: Authors starting with S from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Halifax. Nova Scotia Printing Co. [1872], 1872. Hardcover. 12mo. 18.5cm, 224p., numerous ads. throughout, original blind stamped pebbled cloth, many clippings neatly laid in and several ruled interleaved annotated (weather details) in a contemporary hand, plain spine faded else very good to fine copy .(n1).

Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. (1937). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 21 cm, iv,379p., first Canadian edition, black cloth, red titles, former owner's name, very good condition (Lt). ~ A historical novel of the French Revolution and the legend of Louis XVII. The uncommon Canadian edition printed by T.H. Best, Toronto. With stamp of Ottawa bookseller, A.H. Jarvis.

New York. Privately printed. 1875, 1875. Hardcover. sm4to, 25cm, xviii,473p., full patterned maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, expertly restored, a fine copy with prices realized noted by hand in the margins (n4) - Sabin 74682. "This collection was sold by the compiler in November, 1876, and realized nearly $50,000, being $9,000 more than it cost. It was the finest library ever sold in the United States." (Sabin). The catalogue lists 2251 items, primarily Americana. The margin annotations, in red ink, appear to be the prices realized, conceivably during the sale.

London. Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor for John Booth, 1819. 3rd edition (1st and 2nd editions were also London, 1819; all editions have the same collation). 40pp. Untrimmed. [Sabin 74716 (citing only the 1st and 2nd editions); T.P.L. (citing only the 2nd and 3rd editions)] Bound together with: ROSS, Captain John, R.N.... An Explanation of Captain Sabine's Remarks on the Late Voyage of Discovery to Baffin's Bay. London. John Murray. 1819. 8vo, 22.2cm, The First and Sole edition, half title & 54,[vi]p., (publisher's advertisement for the 2nd edition of Ross's "Voyage of Discovery," in 2 vols. octavo) + 4pp (publisher's catalogue, dated April 1819). untrimmed, bound tegether in period style quarter crushed crimson oasis morocco, and crimson marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt title along the spine, some occasional slight foxing, a fine copy attractive bound, rare. (cgc). Edward Sabine was an astronomer with the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition (1818) under John Ross. In his pamphlet… Read More

Arnprior, Ontario. Published by the Author. 1982. 22.5cm, 204p., illustrations from photographs, printed wraps, signed by the author, fine. (On).

N.p. Privately printed. (1967). Soft cover. 23.2cm, 35p., printed stiff wraps, fine (on). A centennial history, 1867 to 1967, of an Ottawa Valley township. Villages studied include Fitzroy Harbour, Mohr's Corners, Galetta, and Kinburn. Valuable genealogical material.

Ottawa. Information Canada. 1974. Soft cover. 24.5cm, vi,119p., appendices, printed wraps, some underlining, very good (s10.10) A study of the Canadian Constitution in respect to the establishment of a common market in goods, services, labour and capital.

Amman. Central Bank of Jordan. 1986. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. 28cm, 116p., colour frontis portrait (King Hussein), 61 colour plates, colour map, bibliography, decorated endpapers, green fabrikoid, gilt titles & crest, former owner's personal ink stamp else a fine copy in fine jacket (agc). ~ A well-illustrated history from 4th century, B.C. to 1980. An important reference to the great variety of coin types that have circulated over 6,000 years in Jordan, representing 250 rulers.

Dublin, New Hampshire and Boston. Yankee, Inc. and Little, Brown. 1970. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 23.5cm, 318p. with 270 plates and illustrations mainly from engravings, cream cloth, fine in a good slight dust worn jacket (b8.3) 'The owner and publisher of The Old Farmer's Almanac and Yankee magazine has written the first and only history of American almanacs. Over 220 reproductions of woodcuts as well as about 50 fine examples from rare early almanacs.'.

Saint John. Common Council of the Cityof Saint John. 1914. Soft cover. Very Good. sm4to, 26cm, 142, (2)pp., frontis, with c.200 photos, index, illustrated wraps, covers rubbed along edges, very good.(Atl) The Eastern Water Gate That is Never Closed. (Advertisement). "This Booklet has been issued to set forth the shipping, industrial, and commercial growth, as well as the religious, educational and social advantages of the City of Saint John." (Mayor James H. Frick,Mayor).

Paris. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. 1868, 1868. Hardcover. 12mo, 17.6cm, xxxi,341p., engraved frontis portrait (author), original quarter crimson morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled borders and center panels decorations in the panels, blind ruled crimson pebbled cloth boards, late slight damp stain on the bottom front corner, some foxing particularly to endpapers & frontis, still a good very good. (Ds1). - An attractive copy of the French author's best known work originally published in 1836. Saintine died in 1865 and this posthumous edition includes a biography of the author.

Quebec. Editions Garneau. 1976. Soft cover. Square. 19cm, 194p., illustrations from photographs, printed wraps, fine. (cnds).

Philadelphia. Richard West. 1978. Hardcover. 22.3cm, facsimile reprint (limited to 100 copies)of 1888 London edition, 218,(1)p., index, green cloth, gilt spine title, library stamp on title page & discard stamp on front endpaper, near fine (b3.8). Although there are many books about Marlborough, this is considered one of the best short biographies.

London. Privately printed for Members of the Aldus Society. 1903. 8vo. 22cm, "Edition de Luxe", No. 145 of a limited edition of 1250 copies, vi,245p., with 5 engraved plates (including frontis) with red captioned tissue guards, in half crushed crimson morocco grain leather and red marbled boards, gilt ruled borders and decorations & gilt title on the spine, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., near fine (ho3.1). ~ Sub-titled: "Newly translated from the authentic text, with an essay upon the Heptameron". A translation of the medieval masterpiece of Queen Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) first published posthumously in 1559. This volume includes tales 24 to 72. In fine binding.

Philadelphia andLondon. J.B. Lippincott Company, and Cassell and Company, Limited. 1907. Hardcover. 20.5cm, 224p., with 48 illustrations, bibliography, index to engravers,green cloth, a very good copy. (bks).

London. The Studio, Ltd. 1923. Soft cover. 4to. 28cm, Special Winter Number of "The Studio", viii,175p., with 150 plates and illustrations including 16 colour plates, original decorated wraps bound in green cloth with maroon leather label along the spine, near fine, (hoL). ~ "Drawings in pen & pencil from Durer's day to ours" from front cover. Over 80 book illustrators are represented including John Austen, Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, Thomas Bewick, "Phiz", Walter Crane, George Cruikshank, Edmund Dulac, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, and Thomas Rowlandson.

London. Messrs. Osborn & Mercer, Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents. [1913], 1913. Hardcover. folio. 41x 27.5cm, frontis map, 36p., 10 sepia photogravure plates (plus an extra copy of one plate loosely inserted), large folding map in rear pocket, in have dark green morocco, printed green paper over boards, glazed white doublure endpapers, boards slight dust worn else very good to fine (fods). - An elaborate real estate book published to advertise the auction of an extensive estate in the Cotswalds, about twenty miles from the City of Oxford. The acreage included a mansion (1603), farms, small holdings, cottages, and gardens. With historical notes on the estate taken from the "Magna Britannia" (1727), a article taken from "Country Life" (1900) and the agents detailed description. The auction was held on July, 14th 1913 and laid in are documents, both typed and hand-written, of prices realized along with commissions paid; including a three page detailed accounting invoice. A fascinating look at a… Read More

Te Amsterdam. By Isaak Tirion, Boekverkooper op den Nieuwendyk by den Dam, in Hugo Grotius, 1737. 8vo., 19x 12cm, the First Edition in Dutch. [6],(including extra engraved title), 673, [15]p., beautifully engraved portrait half title , 5 engraved maps & 3 engraved plates, all folding; in full contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, vignette; tailpieces; small tear in gutters of two maps, not affecting images; small spots on two leaves affecting two letters; staining on lower margin of one plate and 2 leaves; foxing on three leaves, a fine clean sound copy with maps in fine condition. ~ BL; Harvard; Sabin 75826 (London ed.). The original London edition of Thomas Salmon's Modern History, or the present State of All Nations was published from 1725-39 in 32 volumes (Sabin). This is volume nine of the Dutch edition, translated by Matthias van Goch, and eventually published in 44 parts from 1729 to 1820. It includes descriptions of Germany,Bavaria, Austria, Moravia, Bohemia, Silesie, Hungary and the… Read More

London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. 1980. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo, 23.5cm, 310p., with a frontispiece and 39 monochrome illustrations, fine in very good jacket. (cmt).

New York. Macmillan & Co. 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 16.5cm, first American edition, 176p., bibliography, appendices, rear ads, in the original green cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy (sgc). ~ English social reformer, Henry S. Salt (1851 1939" argues for the fair treatment of animals "Apart from the universal rights they possess in common with all intelligent beings, domestic animals have a special claim on man's courtesy and sense of fairness, inasmuch as they are not his fellow creatures only, but his fellow workers, his dependents, and in many cases the familiar associates and trusted inmates of his home.