Search Results: Authors starting with S from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

Cincinnati: Morre, Anderson, Wilstach & Keys, 1853. Second Edition. Cloth (hard cover), decorative blind stamping to both boards and spine, gilt title, (5.5 x 7.75 inches). 239 pages with Appendix and publisher's adverts. Period owner's bookplate of George L. Hotchkiss, Revenna, Ohio on front paste-down, some scattered light foxing throughout, remains a tight copy showing minimal wear. Howes S13 Size: Octavo. Cloth. Very Good.

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 215 pp., illustrated by 91 reproductions. A clean, tight copy Size: Small Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

N.p. Circa 1950. Stiff, silk covered, wraps. pp. 21. SIGNED by Sakai in both Japanese and English. SCARCE. Size: 12mo. Signed by Author. Wraps. Near Fine.

Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1969. Black cloth, printed title, (9.25 x 6.25 inches). 191 pages; illustrated with charts, tables and photographs. A symposium presented at the seventy-first annual meeting American Society for Testing and Materials. Topics represent a broad coverage of the subject including fabrication, mechanical behavior, fracture, and elevated temperature stability and considers both whisker and continuous filament reinforced organic and metallic materials. A clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Octavo.

Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1973. Green cloth, embossed printed title, (9.25 x 6.25 inches). 188 pages; illustrated with tables, charts and photographs. This book chronicles the rapid developments in composite technology occurring primarily in the 1960's in the aerospace field. Inscribed by Salkind, Chief Structures and Materials Sikorsky Aircraft, to his parents. A clean, tight copy. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.

Philadelphia: Impensis W. Poyntell, 1804. Original full leather, red morocco title label. (9 5/8" x 5 5/8"). 234 pages, plus Index. Latin Text. "The works of Sallust, a Roman historian from the first century BC, and the earliest Roman historian with surviving works in his name. Includes his history of the Cataline war, the war against the Numidian King Jugurtha, and fragments of his Histories." Bold signatures and inscriptions of three former owners detailing the ownership povenance of the book. Showing general overall wear, page toning and rubbing, binding remains strong. A nice example of an early american imprint of a classic of Roman history. Size: Tall Octavo. Leather.

Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1994. Cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 99 pages, w/ Index to Titles; illustrated. A collection of personal and autobiographical poems by Helga Sandburg, the daughtor of poet Carl Sandburg and wife of noted physcian Dr. George Crile. This copy boldly signed by author in purple ink on front free endpaper. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Signed. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Associated American Artists, 1970. Wraps, loose signatures (as issued), housed in publisher's grey silk chemise and slipcase. Unpaginated, (195 x 275 mm). Contains seven Sandburg poems each illustated with an original, copper-plate etching by Gregory Masurovsky. The edition limited to 195 copies: this copy being number III of XX HEAD COPIES, on Auvergne hand made rag paper, including an extra suite of plates on Japon Nacre, and one cancelled copper plate (contained only in copies I/XX - VII/XX). SIGNED by Masurovsky on the colophon. Printed in Paris by Pierre Jean Mathan, Etchings printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc. "As New" in a slipcase showing light wear. Size: Quarto. Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered.. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Gregory Masurovsky.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 339 pages. First Edition/First Printing with number "1" on publisher's number line. SIGNED by author on title page. The eleventh book in the "Prey" series by the acclaimed author. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

San Diego: Laurel Glen Publishing, 1997. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 94 pp., profusely illustrated in color. A celebration of ancient egyptian art as represented in hieroglyphic artifacts and the paintings and reliefs that accompanied them. A clean, tight copy Size: Square Octavo. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Aperture, 1997. Stated "First Edition" with number line. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 95 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Staller's photographs, collected from locations spanning the globe, reveal bizarre and forgotten constructions of industrial society. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs By Jan Staller.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. First Printing (stated). 200 pages w/ index; profusely illustrated. This book demonstrates the ecological art of recycling empty tin cans into spectacular decorative creations. Previous owner's stamp, remainder mark, else a tight copy in chipped jacket Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Munchen: Max Steinebach, 1914. Ex-library (stamped withdrawn). Quarter black cloth (faux leather) over silver paper boards. 192 pages, plus publisher's adverts. German text. Translated title: "The Development of the cooperative theory in the age of capitalism. A clean, tight copy in typical library binding Size: Octavo. Cloth. Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition / First Printing. Original black cloth with color pictorial plate laid-on front board, pictorial endpapers. (13 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches; 352 x 292 mm.), [6], 46, [1], [3 blank] pp. Illustrated with color cover, title page, frontis (tissue protected), endpapers, full-page color plates and in-text illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Showing just light exterior wear and some faint foxing to blank prelims. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page, signed and dated "Easter 1926, Buffalo, New York." A very nice copy of a high-point of 20th century illustrated books. SCARCE. Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish.

New York: Mayflower Books/Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 534 pp., illustrated. An invaluable reference with nearly 700 illustrations and over 1,500 entries, includes an extensive bibliography and an appendix of marks. A clean, tight copy. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Thick Octavo.

Dearborn, Michigan: Mr. And Mrs. Henry Ford, 1928. Brown cloth, pp. 40, illustrated. Size: Octavo. Cloth. Near Fine.

Piacenza, Italy: Scavia, 1996. Pictorial cloth, 75 pp., plus catalog of jewelry designs. Full color photographs by Claudio Baini and Carlo Achille Chiovato. A history of the world renowned Jewelry firm. Text in English and Italian. Size: Octavo. Cloth. Fine.

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Black cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. First Edition / First Printing (as indicated by "1" on publisher's number line). Unpaginated; illustrated. A retrospective of over 200 duotones tracing the 35 year career of one the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. A clean, tight copy Size: Folio. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1976. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 189 pp., with list of illustrations and bibiography; 180 illustrations, including 10 color plates. A superbly illustrated history of the making of the first photographs. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. [Incunabula Leaf]. Original Nuremberg Chronicle leaf (two pages) from the first (Latin) edition printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493. Folio (approx 17 x 12 inches); printed in gothic type. Recto decorated with the desirable original woodcut illustration of The Work of the Fifth Day of Creation (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches); verso depicts Fourth Day of Creation (image size approx 8.75 x 8.75 inches). The woodcut illustrations for this edition were executed by Michael Wolgemut and Willhelm Pleydemwurff. A desirable and scarce example from one of the most important books of the 15th century. Some worming to margin edge, with light wear, upper edge trimmed. Loose, unmatted and suitable for framing. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Pleydenwurff and Wohlgemut. Folio.