Search Results: Authors starting with S from High Castle Books

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1963. 63 pp., light green paper covered boards w/ illustrated front board & black lettering; Book shows light wear to ends of spine w/ 1/4" split to bottom rear of spine; light wear to corners of boards w/ a little fading at edges; 2 slightly raised spots to top of rear board w/ a little light soil towards center / Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 478 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ pale-green boards & copper lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light bump to head of spine; tiny nick to top edge of page block; small bookstore label to ffep; Jacket shows some light creasing to top of spine & front panel; some very light scratches & slight rubbing overall / Memoir from the wife of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Illustrated with B&W photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: TAB Books, 1979. 322 pp., black cloth w/ gold ldttering; Book shows a little light foxing to edges of page block; text is unmarked / Illustrated with B&W photos, diagrams and charts. / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris, France: Le Livre De Poche, 1966. 159 pp., wraps, # 1617; Short tears to edges of 2 pages in middle of book, else fine / French language edition. /. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press / Bison Book, 1982. 363 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows some light edge & corner wear, including a small dent to bottom edge of front cover causing an impression that penetrates through several pages; 1 light stress line to spine; some light soil to bottom portion of inside front cover; retirement park stamp to top margin of title page / "An account of his adventures in the West from 1841 to 1844." ". . . was first published in 1846 and quickly became a bestseller of its time. The Bison Book edition is photocopied from the 1857 edition, including its oddities of spelling, punctuation, and pagination. Like the 1857 edition, the Bison Book edition lacks pages 15 through 26." B&W illustrations. /. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

France: Gallimard, 1983. (155) pp., wraps, # 80 / French language edition. /. Mass Market Paperback. Near Mint. Illus. by Gérard Failly (cover illustration).

Singapore / Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Tien Wah Press (Pte) Ltd., 1978. (ix), 650 pp., simulated (?) green leather w/ gold lettering & decoration; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some bumping to bottom edge of front board w/ just a bit of wear to bottom corner of rear board; small areas of light rubbing to rear board; some light rubbing to endpaper illustrations; Jacket shows wear & a few edge tears to ends of spine & folds w/ tape repairs & reinforcement to top & bottom edges; gold label to front panel stating edition is well rubbed; rear panel shows some light rubbing / Numerous color photos and other illustrations throughout, including color photos to endpapers. /. Second Revised & Enlarged Sovereign Edit. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Warner, 1997. 372 pp., black binding w/ white lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has slight shelfwear to bottom edges, else fine; Jacket shows some wear to edges of flap folds, else fine / "In the tradition of Ludlum, Grisham and Baldacci comes a stunning debut novel about the most harrowing journey a man can ever take - the act of coming home." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Harper Perennial, 1991. 133 pp., wraps; book has hundreds of tiny little dents to front cover w/ a section of them turning into scratches a& scrapes at the right edge; light bends to cover and first section of pages; with the exception of a few formerly dog-eared pages the book is otherwise on very good condition, the binding square, tight & bright, the interior clean / "Test you literary IQ. An ingenious collection of questions, facts, and puzzles. /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fair to Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. viii, 318 pp., textured maroon boards w/ gold lettering; Book shows some light wear to edges & corners of boards w/ moderate wear to ends of spine; nick to top edge of rear board; small light orange stain to front endpaper; some light soil to edges of page block; front endpaper & title page are somewhat rumpled / "Hell for Albert Race Sample was the Retrieve, a branch of the Texas State prison system reserved for the most incorrigible prisoners. A cotton plantation where men slaved from dawn to dusk under the cruel leadership of "Boss Band," it cracked the spirits of the weak and hardened the souls of the strong." "For 'Racehoss,' as Sample was called, the Retrieve was a place to witness unbearable brutality -- which he recounts in awesome detail in the pages of this stunning book. It is the classic story of the son of a troubled mother, of a young man gone bad, and of his first tentative then tremendous steps toward reclaiming… Read More

Chicago, IL: Reilly & Lee, 1929. 327 pp., red cloth w/ black lettering & illustration; Book shows light threading overall, esp. towards edges; some darker browned areas to top edge of page block; prev. owner's name & date 1953 to front endpaper; pages lightly browned / B&W illustrations. / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Donahey. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago, IL: Reilly & Lee, 1920. 320 pp., red cloth w/ black lettering & black illustration to front board; Book shows wear to ends of spine w/ short tear at head & small pieces of cloth worn away at heel; spine shows some threading overall w/ a few somewhat darkened areas; some small threaded areas & a few other small defects to boards; foxing to edges of page block, esp. top; front hinge cracking at top w/ some red bleeding from cover cloth to top of front pastedown; prev. owner's name-date to front endpaper in ink, w/ a list (possibly of other book series) below; light bends to corners of a number of leaves / B&W illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Donahey. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL: Reilly & Lee, 1936. 311 pp., red cloth w/ black lettering & black illustration to front board; Book shows a little cock to spine w/ light bumping to corners of boards; a couple of brown stains to edges of page block; stain on bottom edges penetrates only a bit on most leaves, but up to an inch into margin on half a dozen leaves; the same bottom edge stain penetrates into about half a dozen gutters 3 plus inches w/ browned of foxed areas elsewhere on those same pages; prev. owner's name-date to front endpaper; front hinge cracking mainly at top 2 1/2"; rear hinge cracked but held by cloth; short edge tears & small creases to edges of 2 leaves / B&W illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clifford P. Benton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1972. pp. (77) to 108, pictorial wraps; book shows some bends & light creasing to covers, esp. bottom corner & radiating from spine; 1/4" light brown stain to front cover / Content includes: "My Post Office Journal" - Rowland Hill; "Unpaid and Underpaid Letters" - R. I. Johnson; "The Stock Exchange Forgery and its Usage" - Cmdr. M. S. L. Burnett, F.R.P.S.L.; "19th Century Ship Letters from Antigua" - Robson Lowe; "Used Abroad Used Abroad" - Geoffrey Osborn. Color illustrations to covers, with B&W interior illustrations. /. Stapled Booklet. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1974. pp. (29) to 60, pictorial wraps; book shows some inked lines to front cover around volume numbers; small creases to top fore corners & bottom corners at spine / Content includes: "The Design and Production of Postage Stamps" - David Genteman; "Plate 170 Second State" - F. M. Johnson; "Early Mechanical Separation" P. D'Arcy; "Early Private Letter Cards" - Alan Huggins. Color illustrations to covers, with B&W interior illustrations. /. Stapled Booklet. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1969. 273 pp., blue cloth w/ silver lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some very light bumping to ends of spine w/ a few minor nicks & scrapes to edges of page block; prev. owner's book plate to front pastedown & stamp following half-title page; Jacket shows wear & chipping to ends of spine & folds w/ largest chips at head of spine; also some short worn edge tears & light creasing; rubbing along edges of spine & folds w/ wear & fraying to rear fold / Translated by John Upton. B&W illustrations. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Good. Illus. by Kermit Oliver. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. xi, 272 pp., orange cloth w/ metallic-blue lettering; Dust Jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows only the slightest wear to ends of spine & corners of boards; 2 leaves have creasing to top corner; Jacket shows a little wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a couple of short edge tears, 1 with a little wrinkling at foot of spine; some scratches, light rubs & light soil overall / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. 503 pp., blue cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows slight bumping to bottom corners; slight crimps to edges near bottom corner of front free endpaper & several following leaves; Jacket shows some wear (esp. to ends of spine & folds), short tears & small creases to edges; a number of small nicks & scratches to front panel / By the author of "The First Deadly Sin." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1990. 183 pp., beige cloth w/ speckled tan boards & red lettering; DJ in Mylar cover; book has very small bumps to bottom edges of boards, foxing to page edges, else fine; DJ has 1/2" tear to bottom edge of front panel, 1/2" tear to top edge of rear panel, faint foxing to some areas / Author's first novel. /. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Good to Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., 1996. xi, 362 pp., wraps; book shows a small bend & tiny wear spot to top corner of back cover w/ some very slight wear to covers overall / "Discourses that take the form of a series of letters written to Maimonides by his favorite disciple, Joseph Ben Yehuda, who inexplicably finds himself in the twentieth century." Illustrated with B&W maps. /. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.