Search Results: Authors starting with S from Horizon Books

Washington DC: GPO, 1923. Staplebound. Good/No Jacket. Small stapled paperback. Good. Wear to edges and corners; rubbing/wear to covers; chipping/tearing to spine exposing binding; pages browned; staining to top and fore edge of pages; stains to front and back cover interiors at top; light crease to front cover.

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1929. Hardcover. Very good/No Jacket. 353 pp. Hardcover. Early reprint. Very Good. No dust jacket. Slight wear to cloth boards; spine faded, gold lettering still bright. Else tight and clean; no names or marks. Lit.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Hardcover. Very good/No Jacket. 414 pages. Hardcover. Very Good. Faint fading to spine; light rubbing to boards; light shelfwear to bottom edge of boards; pages yellowing. A nice clean, tight copy. COLLECTIBLE.

New York: P.F. Collier & Sons, 1921. Hardcover. Good-. Hardcover, no jacket. Good-. Some wear to corners and bottom board edges; sunning to spine and edges of covers; foxing to inside covers and endpapers; page edges browned; pages browning; some soiling to page edges.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. Hardcover. Good+. Hardcover, no jacket. Good+. Some wear to corners and bottom board edges; corners with some bumping; some rubbing/wear to covers; some wear to spine edges and head and foot; pages browned; gift inscription to front endpaper.

Paris: Club Geant Classique / Les Editions De La Renaissance, 1968. limited. hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover, no jacket. Very Good+. Light wear to corners and board edges; light rubbing/wear to covers; Light rubbing/fading to spine and front/back cover gilt and stamping; some slanting to spine; light bumping/wear to head/foot of spine; couple spots of soiling to foot of spine; pages browning; some soiling to page edges; some dust staining to top edge of pages. Limited numbered run, of which this is #1120.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937. stated first. hardcover. Very Good for age. Hardcover, no jacket. Very Good for age. Some wear and bumping to corners; rubbing/wear to covers; soiling/staining to covers; age toning to covers; sunning to spine; foxing to page edges; dust staining to top edge of pages; soiling to page edges; pages yellowed; top edge of pages inked orange-red; original bookstore sticker pasted to inside front cover; some foxing to inside covers and endpapers; some foxing to margins of some pages; some cracking to binding in textblock, exposing binding mesh in places.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2001. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. xviii+620 pages. Large Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket in protective mylar. Light wear to bottom board edges A couple of nicks to Dustjacket edges and one small scrape along flap fold. Photos with 16 pages of color plates. Notes. Bibliography. Appendices. Index. Architecture.

Paris: Le Livre de Poche, 1954. Mass market paperback. Good/No Jacket. Mass media paperback. Good. Some wear to edges and corners; spine slanting; some splaying to covers; pages browned; some rubbing/wear to covers; small spots of soiling to covers; former owner's names penciled to front endpaper; some light creases to covers. Le Livre de Poche no. 772.

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. Good+. Hardcover, no jacket. Good+. Ex-libris. Light wear to corners and bottom board edges; some rubbing/wear to covers; spot of soiling to front cover; slight spine slant; pages browned; two library stamps to front endpaper; couple spots of scuffing to inside front cover from tape removal. Would be Very Good if not for libris contents on FEP and inside front cover.

Bourg En Bresse France: Marines Editions & Realisation. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good-. Hardcover. Near fine in very good- jacket. Some wear and bumping to corners and bottom board edges; some light rubbing to covers; former owner's blindseal to title page. Jacket with wear to edges and corners; creasing to edges of panels; couple of small closed tears to edges of panels; crease down spine panel. Text in French.

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Co, 1933. Hardcover. Good-/Very Good- for age/Poor/Fair for age. Two hardcovers. Good-/Very Good- for age in Poor/Fair for age jackets in protective mylars. Both books with wear and some bumping to corners, slightly exposing cardboard; some wear and bumping to board edges; rubbing/wear to covers; some soiling to covers; some soiling/foxing to page edges; pages browned; some slanting to spines. Jackets with heavy wear to edges and corners; heavy/large chips, nicks, tears to edges of panels; closed tears to panels; heavy scuffing to flap and spine edges; age toning to panels; soiling/foxing to panels; sunning to spines; creasing to panels. "Midshipman" with age toning/sunning to edges of covers and head/foot of spine; top edge of pages inked red; water stain to top edge of pages near end of book, does not affect text; dated gift inscription penned to inside front cover; hinges cracked. "Cartwheels" with chip/closed tear to foot of spine cloth… Read More

Philadelphia 1870: Peter F. Cunningham & Son, 1870. hardcover. Poor/Good- for age. Hardcover, no jacket. Poor/Good- for age. Wear and bumping to corners and edges of covers, exposing cardboard at corners; rubbing/wear to covers; soiling/staining to covers; some rubbing/fading to front cover and spine gilt; hinges cracking, exposing binding mesh and string and making covers very loose; pages browned; cracking to binding in textblock; some scuffing to spine edges; bumping/chipping/fraying to head/foot of spine; soiling to page edges; sunning to spine; soiling/staining to page edges; penciled dated gift inscription to front endpaper; frontis piece, tissue paper and title page separated from book but present; partial tear to 2nd front endpaper that's still attached to back of front endpaper; closed tears to bottom of 2nd front endpaper.

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851. First American Edition. Hard Cover. G/VG + for age. Hardcover, no jacket. Good/Very Good+ for age. Some wear and bumping to corners, somewhat exposing cardboard; some slanting to spine; bump to top edge of boards; some rubbing/wear to covers; some rubbing to spine gilt; pages browned; foxing to page edges.

Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1909. 3rd. hardcover. Very Good for age. Hardcover, no jacket. Very Good for age. Wear and bumping to corners and bottom board edges; some rubbing/wear to covers; age toning to covers; some soiling/staining to covers; some sunning to spine; some slanting to spine; some soiling to page edges; pages browned; some dust staining to top edge of pages; some rubbing/fading to spine gilt; some cracking to hinges; second endpapers heavily browned; cracking to binding in textblock. Extra postage will be required for rushed or international orders due to weight of book.

Tokyo: The Japan Foundation, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine/No Jacket. 37 pp. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. Light wear to bottom edges; mild soiling to covers. With an introduction by Tadayasu Sakai. 23 pages of color plates. Translated by Stanley N. Anderson. Arts.

Sophia University Tokyo 1968, 1968. Second. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in very good clipped jacket in protective mylar. Some wear and bumping to corners and bottom board edges; pages browned; some wear to head and foot of spine. Jacket with wear to edges and corners; rubbing/wear to panels; age toning to panels; some soiling to panels.

Brooklyn: Autonomedia, 1995. Paperback. Near fine/No Jacket. 352 pp. Trade paperback. Book is Near Fine, with a few bent page tips; else, Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Accompanying CD is Fine. Illustrated. Photos. A collection of topical essays. Comes with compilation CD. Collectible.

Tokyo: Teibi Publishing Co, 1914. Hardcover. good -/No Jacket. 251 pages. Hardcover. Good-. Former owner's name penned to front cover; dampstain to covers and some wrinkling to first few pages and last page; some wear to bottom board edges and corners; page edges browned; pages browning; slanting to spine; warping to front board from water staining. In protective acetate sleeve. Frontispiece.Embossed half-cloth and boards, gilt. Plates. MILITARY.

New York: Grove Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Very good/very good. Trade paperback. First paperback printing. Very Good. Light wear to wraps. Else bright, tight and clean; no names or marks. Lit.