Search Results: Authors starting with S from William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts

np: na. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good, leather spine with red marbled board covers. Shelf wear to bottom and top of spine and covers. Tears along leather binding on rear of spine. Stamp inside front cover says "Library of St. Olaf College" but no other library markings or stamps are present. No creases or markings on pages. Good clean copy

Korea: U.S.O. , 1954. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original U.S. menu for 1954 Thanksgiving dinner in Pusan during the Korean War. Very Good condition. Folded 8 1/2 x 12 inch paper with red ink illustration on front and mimeographed menu items on interior. Age toning, slight A few small water (or gravy) stains on front. The menu has been folded over in the middle.

Cleveland and London: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good, cloth, with black lettering on spine (three of the letters have flaked ink). Good DJ with shelf wear to top of spine and top corners and a 2 inch abrasion on front DJ cover. Pencil marks on front and endpapers, but otherwise flawless. No creases, tears, of markings on pages. Index.

New York : WW Norton & Co, 1978. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine second printing of first edition softcover SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Minor edgewear to bottom front cover. Spine is straight and tight, not creased but there is a line up the spine that looks like a crease, maybe the beginnings of a crease. Otherwise a flawless volume: no markings (aside from Sarton's inscription and signature), creases, or tears. Not clipped, not ex lib, not remaindered.

U.S.A.: Westview Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. The volume is flawless: spine is straight and tight, all corners sharp, gilt lettering brilliant, no markings, creases, or tears. DJ is factory fresh as well. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 445 pages.

New York: PublicAffairs, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with silver lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ. The book is flawless: binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp, silver lettering brilliant, no markings, creases, or tears. The DJ has a 1/4 inch abrasion to the top rear edge of the spine but is otherwise is great shape (but for that one abrasion I would classify the DJ as Fine as well). Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Index. 512 pages.

Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, 1942. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first (limited) edition SIGNED by author on front free end paper with blue lettering on spine and cover.No DJ. Soiling to spine and edge wear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Top rear corner of cover is bumped and frayed. Spine is tight and straight, but front papers are partially separated, exposing spine binding for about 7-8 inches. Book plate of former owners (the individuals to whom the book was originally inscribed in 1942) inside from cover.The bottom corners of pages 131-141 were creased when I received the book. I have straightened these, but the crease is still visible. 141 pages.

U.S.A.: Graywolf Press,U.S., 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New first printing of first edition soft cover. No DJ as issued. Flawless volume. No markings, creases, or tears. Factory fresh. Not ex lib. Not remaindered. Not clipped. 64 pages.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. This is a flawless volume: spine is straight and tight, all corners sharp, gilt lettering still crisp and brilliant, no markings, creases, or tears. The DJ is Fine, with only some lines on back of cover that are visible when held at an angle to the light. Not ex. lib., not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Maps. Bibliography. Index. 184 pages.

No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Autographed typed poem, "The Jewish Problem." No date. Paper is lightly toned, slight fading to ink, but in excellent condition. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Shapiro (1913-2000) was an American poet whose work received the Pulitzer prize (1945) and the Bollingen Prize (1969) and garnered him a stint as Librarian of Congress. He served as editor of Poetry Magazine.

Baton Rouge and London: LSU Press, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing (stated, with full number line) of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. A flawless volume: spine is straight and tight, gilt lettering crisp and brilliant, all corners sharp, no markings, creases or tears. DJ is perfect. Not ex lib., not clipped, no remainder marks. Notes. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. 240 pages.

Upton Sinclair. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine softcover first edition saddle-stapled with black ink on cover. No DJ. Privately printed by Upton Sinclair. These poems are by his wife, Mary Craig Sinclair. Cover is in great shape, though staples are browned and there is some looseness around top staple. Light age toning to cover and pages. 39 pages.

Great Britain: Leo Cooper, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, cloth, with brilliant, crisp gilt lettering on spine with Very Good DJ in protective mylar cover. The book is near flawless, with perfect covers and no creases, tears, or markings to any pages. DJ is slightly sun faded and displays shelf wear to top edge along with a 1/8 inch closed tear at top front corner. 133 pages.

U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine first edition cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ. The book itself is nearly flawless, with flat tight spine and brilliant lettering, sharp corners, bright pages, unmarked, uncreased. No tears. DJ is Near Fine with some chipping and wear to top and bottom of spine. There is a small square impression at the bottom of the back cover but no other markings for book club. 610 pages.

London: MacMillan & Co. LTD., 1950. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine 1950 edition SIGNED and inscribed by author on front free end paper with gilt lettering on spine and Good DJ in protective Brodart mylar cover. Spine is straight and tight. Light shelf wear to top and bottom of spine but otherwise flawless: gilt lettering is brilliant, all corners sharp, no markings, tears, or creases. DJ is chipped along top and bottom edges and 1/4 inch tears at top of spine and top and bottom rear corners. DJ shows light age toning. Very light foxing to end papers and age toning to all pages commensurate with age. Not ex-lib, not clipped, not remaindered. 153 pages.

Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, first edition, ex-library copy, no dust jacket. Book condition: very good, ex-library copy, has dewey decimal heat number on spine, but otherwise flawless (nobody in Louisiana EVER checked this book out of the Jefferson Parish library). Shame, shame on the Cajuns for not recognizing the best southern poet of the age. So now you can have it for a song, with no due date! Contains the hands down best poem of 1977, BTW.

Washington, DC: Privately printed, 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine cloth privately printed first edition SIGNED by author with black lettering on white leather spine. No DJ, as issued. Pencil marks at top of front free end paper. Two satin place keeper ribbons are neatly tucked between pages 200-201.

Washington, New York, London: Brassey's, 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth with gilt lettering on spine and As New DJ. Likely first edition, but the copyright page does not state. The volume is flawless: spine tight and straight, gilt lettering brilliant, all corners sharp, no creases, markings, or tears. Bibliography. Index. 278 pages.

New York : Schocken Books, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first printing of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and As New DJ. Not price clipped, not remaindered, not ex lib. No tears, creases, or markings. Notes, bibliography, index. 263 pages.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with silver lettering on spine and Fine DJ in protective mylar cover SIGNED by author on title page. Spine is straight and tight. No markings, tears or creases. Fine DJ wih minor creasing to top of spine and front cover. SINGED by author. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 429 pages.