Search Results: Authors starting with S from NEXUS BOOKS

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover, 313 pages. "A superb book" -- Alan Zuckerman. "Stimulating to read" -- Vincent Ostrum. A brand new Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket which is slightly soiled on the white back panel..

Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994. First edition. A Fine, brand new condition hardcover in a Fine flawless dustjacket.. New.

Urbana and Chicago, USA: University of Illinois Press, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. A Near Fine (i.e. nearly new condition) copy: flat, uncreased spine and no internal markings apart from a tiny name at top of first page. An excellent copy..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. First printing. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.

New York, Macmillan, 1979. First English language printing. Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis and with an Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..

London: Lutterworth Press, 1967. First edition, hardcover. Colour frontispiece. "Written with some degree of humour and a narrative skill which by no means all books in this sub-genre possess... the dialogue in particular is lively and convincing" - Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories. A bright Near Fine copy with a presentation book-plate on the front endpaper, in a price-clipped VG+ dustjacket which has very slight edgewear at head and heel of spine (jacket is now in a protective mylar sleeve). An excellent copy..

London: "The Boy's Own Paper" Office / Religious Tract Society, 1921. Early reprint. Frontispiece and jacket art by Arthur Twidle. An adventure story set in Canada about "a twenty-year-old and a sixteen-year-old homesteading near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Although there are typical adventures with wild animals and Indians, the focus of the plot is on foiling the villain who wants their land for the gold on it. An unusual character for the time and setting is a woman doctor" - Egoff 638. The binding appears to be that of an early reprint in a uniform series, rather than a pictorial binding of a first edition. A VG+ copy in original brown cloth lettered in gilt, decorated in blind on front board and spine, with the monogram of the Religious Tract Society at the bottom of the spine. Edges and endpapers foxed, and the fore-edge has some old pen marks, but otherwise a lovely clean, tight copy. Old ink name on front endpaper. In a VG pictorial dustwrapper (Indian grappling… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Edited by Barbara Reynolds, with a Preface by P.D. James. Small remainder dot on bottom edge, else a Fine brand new copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket.. New.

London, UK: Continuum / Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. First edition, hardcover in black boards (appears not to have been issued with a dustjacket). A Fine copy in brand new condition. We have this copy in stock and ready to mail.. New.

Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997. Reprint; softcover. A Fine, brand new copy: no flaws at all. Pristine.. New.

Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press, 2013. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine, brand new copy: both book and jacket are in new, unread, flawless condition.. New.

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2008. First edition; large, well illustrated hardcover (pictorial covers, was not issued with a dustjacket), 367 pages. A Fine copy in new condition.. New.

Montreal - Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989. First edition thus (was first published in Norwegian in 1857). Hardcover, 168 pages. Includes an introduction by the editor and translator, Orm Overland. A Fine copy in brand new condition, in a Fine flawless dustjacket..

Padstow, Cornwall: Tabb House, 1985. First edition thus (was first published in 1921). Hardcover, 236 pages. A well-regarded novel of paranormal suspense, set in Cornwall. A Near Fine copy, no inscription or book-plate, clean, tight and unworn. In a price-clipped VG+ dustjacket with just slight edgewear. An excellent copy..

Montreal: John Lovell & Son, Limited, Publishers, 1928. First edition. Hardcover in dustjacket, 175 pages, with frontispiece of Ephraim Scott. A Very Good copy bound in burgundy cloth, gilt lettered on front and spine. Cloth of back board has been damp-stained at some point but is now dry and clean. No inscription or book-plate and text is clean and unmarked. Laid in is the scarce sixteen-page booklet 'Postscript to "Church Union" and the Presbyterian Church in Canada', also by Ephraim Scott. In the very scarce dustjacket which is Fair to Good only, being heavily chipped along the top edge and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. Scarce with both booklet and jacket..

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1962. Fifth printing. Neat name on front free endpaper, corner tips slightly bumped, otherwise a sound, tight copy in VG+ condition. In a price-clipped VG dustwrapper which has a little erosion at tips..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Reprint. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Fine, brand new copy.. New.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Reprint. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2008. First printing, hardcover in glossy boards (was not issued with a dustjacket). Black remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise a Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. First edition, hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering. A Very Good copy. No inscription or book-plate, clean and firmly bound..