Search Results: Authors starting with S from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Priinting Office, 1988. First. Softcover. Fine. These are special reports prepared to brief Congress on the state of Soviet space facilities and activities. The full titles are: 1) Soviet Space Programs: 1981-87- Piloted Space Activities, Launch Vehicles, Launch Sites and Tracking Support, Prepared at the Request of Hon. Ernest F. Hollings, Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate, Part 1. 2) United States and Soviet Progress in Space:  Summary Data Through 1979 and a Forward Look - Report Prepared for the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, April 1980 Both books are in fine condition in clean wrappers.  No marks or damage at all.  Both appear unread. DG.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Priinting Office, 1988. First. Softcover. Near Fine. The Iran-Contra affair, often referred to as the Iran-Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration. Between 1981 and 1986, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the illegal sale of arms to Iran, who was subjected to an arms embargo at the time. The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras, an anti-Sandinista rebel group in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by legislative appropriations was prohibited by Congress, but the Reagan administration figured out a loophole by secretively using non-appropriated funds instead. The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven US hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, an Islamist paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Islamic… Read More

Monaco: A La Voile LAtine, 1950. First limited. Very Good. French language version of this novel Presentation in the unusual form of floating sheets folded in half The story of the revolution in Laurania, capital of an imaginary country, is the only novel written by W Churchill The original version was in English and published in 1899 Illustrated by André Collot, French painter, engraver and illustrator (1897-1976), inspired by Mediterranean landscapes and types Beautiful illustrations engraved on wood, in 4 colors, by Bracons-Duplessis This work was produced on the presses of the J Dumoulin printing press, H Barthélemy being director, 950 copies were printed in total, namely: 1 copy on pure Arches vellum in the form , comprising the artist's sketches and studies as well as 12 original drawings and a series of illustrations in black; 12 copies on the same paper, numbered 2 to 13, each comprising two original drawings and a series of illustrations in black; 37 copies always on the same paper,… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. First US edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. A near fine copy in blue cloth with dark blue titles and designs on spine and front cover Light fading at edges Inscribed by Author to Edith Keay Fowler on ffep No other marks or damage at all Unclipped DJ has some small chips at top edge but is otherwise in excellent condition and is now in a plastic protective wrapper Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (1892 â€" 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer She was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her famous friend and lover, Virginia Woolf She also had a longstanding column in The Observer (1946â€"1961) and… Read More

Chantilly, Va: The Teaching Company, 2008. Fine. A fine 24 lecture comprehensive course, including the accompanying guidebook, on the current field of genetics and what it implies for our everyday lives Both the DVD set and book are in fine condition with no marks or damage at all From the publisher: It is DNAâ€"deoxyribonucleic acid, the self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms Award-winning teacher, author, and cancer researcher Dr David Sadava unlocks its mysteries in his new course, Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications He guides us through decades of scientific discovery and the weighty implications for us, as individuals and as a society How are the traits of an organismâ€"be it a fern or a human fatherâ€"passed on to its offspring? This course outlines the history of the science of genetics and explains in detail what we have learned in recent decades about the building blocksâ€"DNA Dr Sadava, a working scientist who draws… Read More

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1945. New Edition, Revised. Very Good/Fair. A very good copy in purple cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt initials on front cover Bumped corners and spine ends and minor edge wear Unclipped DJ has chips at spine ends and corners, but else fairly good 435 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. First. Fine/Fine. A fine copy in bright blue cloth with silvered titles on spine No marks or damage at all to either binding or unclipped DJ Inscribed by author on ffep 430 pp.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991. First thus. Fine. A fine copy in color illustrated wrappers No marks or damage at all "Gift Quality" 1067 pp.

New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh - The Dial Press, 1927. First US. Very Good. No, this title is not a misprint Dorothy L Sayers' second Peter Wimsey mystery was originally titled Clouds of Witness when it was published in England in 1926 However, when this first US edition came out the following year, the title was changed slightly to Clouds of Witnesses All Peter Wimsey first editions are valuable, but this first US is particularly scarce, with no other copies currently available on the internet It is in very good condition in green cloth with yellow titles on spine and front cover It is ex-lib from The Booklovers Library of Los Angeles, but the only library indications are a library bookplate affixed to the rear pastedown, what appears to be a piece of the original DJ description affixed on the rear endpaper (see photo), an ink date stamp on ffep "Apr '27", and lightly embossed library names on top corners of ffep and title page it has no other library markings and does not appear to have had much… Read More

Utrecht: Pierre Elzevir, 1670. First. Very Good+. Attractively bound in modern polished old style calf, with gilt titles and bands on spine There are approx 25 new blank leaves bound with the work (to add ???) Willems No 1605 This is one of only ten works printed by Pierre Elzevir in Utrecht between 1667 and 1675 There is a "fake" Elzevir of this work dated 1671 with the same imprint Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540 â€" 1609) was a French Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and ancient Egyptian history He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands 101 + ~25 blank leaves pp.

New York: Dutton, 1995. First. Fine/Fine. A fine copy with blue cloth spine on red paper boards and gilt titles on spine Signed by the author on a bookplate on the ffep No other marks or damage at all 358 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First. Very Good. A very good copy in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt titles and blue, white, black and red crests on front cover Minor edge wear and a small tear on the top spine edge but overall the binding is sound and clean The ink signature of a previous owner, Lucy B Renshaw is on the ffep and is date '37 Her personal bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown No other marks or damage at all 433 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1969. First. A near fine copy in maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover Gilt is slightly fading, but bindiing is solid with no damage Ex-library, but the only indication is a small ink stamp at the top of the ffep No other marks or damage to text Unclipped DJ has minor edge wear and slight chipping, but otherwise is very good Uncommon to find in original DJ Robert Schlaifer (1914--1994) was a pioneer of Bayesian decision theory At the time of his death he was William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus of the Harvard Business School In 1961 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association 729 pp.

Wshington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. First. Near Fine. A near fine copy in dark blue/black cloth with gilt titles and blind stamped borders on front cover Faint sunning at top edge and slighlty bumped corners are only issue Even has the original tissue guard on portrait frontispiece 74 + 1 p map pp.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. First. Very Good. Vol III only (of 6) Very good condition overall with solid binding and text Ex-lib with only minor library labels and ink stamps on inside covers 508 pp Carl Christian Schurz (1829 â€" 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer He immigrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848â€"49 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior .

Published by the author, 1891. First (only) edition, fifth thousand. Near Fine. Charles J Scofield (1853-1953) was a lifelong resident of Illinois, who became first a circuit court judge (1886-93) and then an appelate court judge (1893-97) He also served as a lay pastor for his church for many years He wrote this religious novel in the midst of his court service, but it is not clear how successful it may have been However, the fact that at least 5,000 copies were produced suggests at least a modest popularity This copy is near fine in dark blue cloth with gilt title and border on the spine and the author's facsimile signature in gilt on the front cover It was quite attractively bound with floral endpapers and marbling on the page edges all around Slight edge wear, primarily at spine ends, but no marks or damage at all 640 pp.

Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1986. Third Printing. Fine/Fine. A comprehensive history of the White House. Both volumes are fine in green leather with gilt titles on the spine and gilt illustrations on the front covers.  No marks or damage at all.  Appear unread.  Boxed in the accompanying matching slipcase, which is also in fine condition. "Gift Quality" DG.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995. First American. Very Good. A very good copy, ex-lib, in colorful illustrated board covers Typical library labels and stamps, but does not appear to have been read before it was withdrawn, so in excellent condition 225 pp.

Paris: Paulin, Libraire-Editeur, 1835. Early edition. Very Good. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725 â€" 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century As was not uncommon at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the maiden name of his mother) or Chevalier de Seingalt He often signed his works as 'Jacques Casanova de Seingalt' after he began writing in French following his second exile from Venice He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer" He associated with European royalty, popes, and cardinals, along with the artistic figures Voltaire, Goethe, and Mozart He spent his last years in the Dux Chateau (Bohemia) as a librarian in Count… Read More

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Priinting Office, 1973. First. Softcover. Fine. A special report detailing the lives and actions of the more than 100 individuals from all military branches who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War from 1964 through 1972.   Each individual story is a testament to bravery and sacrifice.  Indices sort the recipients by branch of service, geography and alphabetically. The book is fine in green wrappers with black printing.  No marks or damage at all and appears unread. DG.