Search Results: Authors starting with S from Deja Vu Books

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1985. Red hardcover boards binding with blue cloth spine clean, square and tight. Ffep removed, a few stamps, overall clean interior. 113 pages. Dj clean and crisp with spine sticker. Lonely, conrused and in need of love in her new life with an aunt and uncle in San Francisco, a 12-year old orphan searches for her lost dog.. Illus. by Garland, Michael (jacket only). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.

London: Country Life, 1936. Orange hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Interior clean and tight, some yellowing. Twelve tipped-in full color plates are beautiful. Also some b/w sketches throughout. A Very charming book. Mr. Charles Mackenzie Hose goes trot-trot-trotting down the road to get his new shoes and has several adventures.. Illus. by Caird, M. R.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. White hardcover binding soiled, stained, square and tight. Pages quite brittle. Note in pencil ffep says 'Bought at Knole House'. Hinges good 231 pages with index.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1952. Gray hardcover cloth binding with picture pastedown has some water damage to the bottom edges, rubbed and bumped corners. Water damage does not extend to interior. Binding square and tight. Interior clean and tight. Erased pencil scribbles inside back cover only mark. 155 pages. Color frontispiece and black and white sketches throughout. Poems and prose, songs and more.. Illus. by Gillerman, Skippy. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909. Light gray/green hardcover cloth binding decorated with children playing in a pond. Square and tight. Lightly soiled and light wear. Hinges very good. Copyright page states September 1909. Slight foxing to interior. Otherwise very clean. 326 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. Dark blue hardcover cloth binding secure and tight, slightly cocked spine. Gilt title and decoration good. Very lightly soiled. A couple of tiny holes in front spine hinge, back hinge good. Ffep detached about 1" from bottom. Inscribed on half-title page by author. 346 pages. Romantic fiction.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1909. Green decorated hardcover cloth binding is soiled, bumped corners, hinges good, 310 pages. 39 illustrations - one is detached but present. Tissue intact between title page and frontispiece. Contents include the history and description - along with the families - of great homes of Virginia.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. Green hardcover cloth binding square and tight, sun-faded edges of binding, interior pages foxed and browned from age but overall clean with no writing tears or marks. DJ is not price clipped - has original $2.50 on front flap. Binding tight and secure. Stated first printing. DJ has chips and tears along edges, protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 343 pages. Florian is a magnificent pure white Lipizzan stallion and the story portrays Austria in the years between 1901 and 1921.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Green boards binding with decorations clean and square. Rubbed corners, gift inscription ffep. Slight yellowing to pages, not brittle. DJ has genearl shelfwear, a few chips and closed tears. 251 pages. Author shows knowledge and sympathy for creatures - both tame and wild - here are the deer; dogs of the hunt; and various creatures among the hunted - told in a series of short tales: A Snow-White Rabbit; Brother Ant; The Kitten from the Lake; Our Friend Tasso (dog story); My Falcon; Brown Liesl (cow); Prisoners (zoo animals); The Great Bustard (bid); Lady (hunting dog tale); Mako the Little Bear; and others. Well told with charming illustrations.. Illus. by Kuhn, Bob. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. Orange hardcover cloth binding square and tight, bumped corners, soiled. 31 pages of poetry, slightly yellowed pages. Title page was torn in half and has been taped. Rest of interior clean and tight. 21 poems for children with very nice illustrations throughout.. Illus. by DeMuth, Flora Nash. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1944. Stapled wraps with wear at top corners, small rip, rubbed spine, a few tiny pinholes bottom LH corner of cover go through pages of book, tiny piece missing bottom RH corner. Fuzzy on cover worn, internals very good. Including covers, 12 pages. Each subsequent page smaller than one before until you get to center of book, then they get bigger again. Story of Little Edgar the Elephant and what should he be?. Illus. by Sanchez, Pat. 8vo - Square. Soft cover. Good+/No Jacket.

Gramercy Books B.C. 1992 Fine w/Fine dj. Book club edition.. Hardcover.

Stephen Sanders, 1935. Yellow hardcover binding with black and green decorations is clean square and tight. There are a few minor smudges on a couple of the last pages. 141 pages with index and an ad for a Dog and Cat Hospital. Written by Stephen Sanders whose Sanders Dog Academy provided many dogs for the motion picture studios in the early days of the movies. Many photos throughout feature stars of the era with their dogs. It is also a detailed training and care manual for dogs - chapters on Psychology of the Dog, Selecting the Dog, Obedience at Hand, Obedience at Distance, Corrections of Bad Habit, Diseases, Breeding, Feeding, Dog Attacks and Their Causes and much more.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Red decorated hardcover cloth binding clean and tight with slight spine cock. Illustrated endpapers. DJ rubbed, light soiling, a few closed edge tears. DJ illustrtion shows cowpoke on a horse with Spike, the wire-haired fox terrier at his heels. 251 pages. Spike, a plain spoken dog like many others, spent his puppyhood in the city where one exercises on a leash and where chewing shoes is a crime. But when he is transferred to a dud ranch in Arizona and began punching cattle for Big Boy, he knew he had found the life he wanted to live. Told from the dog's viewpoint with lots of great illustrations. Scarce with dustjacket.. Illus. by Santee, Ross. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Red decorated hardcover cloth binding clean and tight with slight spine cock. 1940 gift inscription ffep. Illustrated endpapers. DJ rubbed, light soiling, a few closed edge tears. DJ illustrtion shows cowpoke on a horse with Spike, the wire-haired fox terrier at his heels. 251 pages. Spike, a plain spoken dog like many others, spent his puppyhood in the city where one exercises on a leash and where chewing shoes is a crime. But when he is transferred to a dud ranch in Arizona and began punching cattle for Big Boy, he knew he had found the life he wanted to live. Told from the dog's viewpoint with lots of great illustrations. Scarce with dustjacket.. Illus. by Santee, Ross. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

McLoughlin Little Color Classics #848 1941 Good+ condition. No dj. 16mo pictorial boards - boy chasing dog in barnyard. Slight pull from staples but still intact. Pages clean. Illus by Sari.. Hardcover. Good/None Issued.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Cream colored textured hardcover binding has title in red and author's name in blue on front cover, opposite colors on spine. Neat name in ink and a date on fep, some foxing, else clean and tight interior. 243 pages. Collection of short stories. Author's fourth book.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Macmillan, 1969. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. DJ has general shelfwear, wrinkles, closed tears. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart. An illustrated tour of this great American city.60 pages. Illus. by Sasek, M.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Macmillan, 1960. Pictorial hardcover cloth binding worn at corners, rubbed on edges, top 2" of paper on spine missing, rest of spine paper has been reglued. Interior clean and tight, a few smudges, musty odor. DJ soiled, lots of chips and tears, protected from further damage in mylar jacket. 60 pages. An illustrated tour of this great American city.. Illus. by Sasek, M.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good-/Fair.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. Rec cloth binding is clean, square, tight. Price-clipped dj has minor edgewear. Author's grandfather, caught in the Chicago fire of 1871, lost the house he had secured for his wife and seven children arriving from London. This is the story of that first Chicago year as seen through the eyes of the oldest daughter, Annie Sarah Rowland, 13. Father is excited about the new land, but it takes awhile for the rest of the family to catch his enthusiasm. Author and illus are both neices of the heroine, Annie - who is 100 when this book is published. Genuine and treasurable Americana for 10-14 year olds.. Illus. by Monroe, Katherine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.