Search Results: Authors starting with S from Second-handSOME BOOKS

VERY GOOD — BOARDS: Very good condition. Minor spotting to front. Crown and foot of spine and outside corners scuffed, tears to latter. Shelf rubbing to top and bottom edges. Minor touch-up to lower front by previous owner. Lower outside corner bumped, back. Slight bow to both boards. BOOK: Very good condition. Top of hinge starting at endpapers. Minor moisture staining top inside edge of title and facing page. Minor ink transfer smudges from illustrations to several facing pages. Slightly shaken binding. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. If unsure, please ask questions.
Here on offer is a nice copy of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, an illustrated story book that has been adapted into various other media and has sold over 19 million copies worldwide. This is a 1st American edition, probable 1st printing published by Harper & Row in 1963. The copy is without the dust jacket.
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VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping top of spine; small closed tear to same. Very minor chipping to all outside corners. One inch void, front panel, bottom right of spine; diagonal crease extending from same. Small closed tear bottom right edge, front panel. Minor touch up of void edges. Minor creasing, top edge of flaps. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside for improved appearance. BOARDS: Horizontal crease just below top edge of spine. BOOK: Minor foxing to textblock head. Very light foxing to top right corner of FFEP. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice example of Michael Shaara's Puliltzer Prize-winning novel of the Civil War, The Killer Angels, chronicling the Battle of Gettysburg. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 2nd printing of the work published by David McKay in 1974. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping, top and bottom of spine and all outside corners. One inch vertical closed tear along right upper edge of spine. Creasing/toning to top edge of flaps. Spine sunned. Minor soiling to both panels, primarily along spine and outside edges. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Toning to endpapers alongside spine, front and back. Small pencil markings; top of FFEP and gutter of rear paste-down. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of W. Somerset Maugham's satirical novel, Cakes and Ale, the basis for the 1974 BBC miniseries and what Maugham considered his favorite work. This copy is a 1st UK trade edition, 1st impression, second state (page 147 error corrected), published by Heinemann in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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VERY GOOD+ condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top and bottom of spine and outside corners, both panels. Scratches/stress rubbing to face of both panels, primarily in hinges and folds. Soiling to back panel, and folds of same. Soiling to top edge of flaps. Open/closed tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Good condition. Foot of spine soft. BOOK: Good condition. Age toning to endpapers at hinge. Insert ghosting on front flyleaf pages. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.Here on offer is a very nice copy of John Steinbeck's WWII resistance novel, The Moon is Down, his first work of fiction published after The Grapes of Wrath. This copy is a true 1st edition, 1st printing of the work published by Viking Press in 1942. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. *********************************************************" The Moon Is… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — Firm binding. Crisp extremities. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Very slight wave to textblock. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. If unsure, please ask.
This text is featured in the Easton Press series The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Published in 1965, bound in handsome Crimson leather, and beautifully illustrated by Felix Hoffman, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectables library.
Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:
Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.Heavy duty binding boards... .Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books....moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.Gilded page ends.
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"Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful, ancient vampire
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top and bottom of spine, and corresponding edges of top. Chipping to top outside corners, both panels. Closed tears to top and bottom edges, both panels, primarily front. Tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Topstain; stains/spotting to same. A couple of tape ghosts to front endpapers. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Jesse Stuart's first autobiography, Beyond Dark Hills, originally submitted as a term paper when he was a graduate student at Vanderbilt University in 1932. Six years later his "term paper" was published as a book by E. P. Dutton in 1938. This copy is a 1st edition thus, 1st printing of the work republished by McGraw Hill in 1972 and INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.… Read More