Search Results: Authors starting with S from BookAddiction

London, UK: Digby Long & Co. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated. Red cloth-covered boards; black design on front, gilt titles on front and spine. Spine cover and titles sun faded. Bumped spine ends, 1cm tear in cloth at spine heel. Bumped corners. Boards creased, stained. Text block edges untrimmed and tanned. Decorative endpapers. Gift presentation on verso of front free endpaper (dated 1897). Half-title page absent. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Tissue-guarded frontispiece showing Edie when found. Author, named only as L. S. on the title page, is in fact L. S. London.

Henley-on-Thames, UK: NTC Publications, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 190pp. Compiled by and published for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide. Pre-Euro, pocket-sized booklet full of facts and figures to help the businessperson abroad. 189 pages.

BiblioLife, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile reprint of the original 1904 edition. 228pp plus 48pp publisher's catalogue at rear (as appeared in the 1904 edition). Laminated card covers (very slight bump to lower corner on verso). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. An experiment in the application of the historical method to the study of religious beliefs and doctrines, designed to show its usefulness. Originally published in French, this English translation by Victor Leuliette was first published in 1904 by Williams and Norgate and is faithfully reproduced here. 8vo.

Hutchinson & Co, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bret, Harold. [1927]. First edition, first impression (true first). 192pp. With colour plate frontispiece and four further colour illustrations, all by Harold Brett. Red cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine (rounded at corners, lightly rubbed at edges, mottled markings along leading edge and verso but else strong, firmly bound and square). Internally neat, clean, tight and bright, barring corner crease to front endpaper. In its original, unclipped, dust jacket (chipped and rubbed at edges, small crack on spine, shelf worn). Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. This novel was turned into a British Film in 1936, released under the title The Marriage of Corbal. A short suspense romance set during the French Revolution. Glorious, unusual, illustrated endpapers.

London, UK: Frank T Sabin, 1933. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 94pp, with dozens of monochrome photographic images of Rowlandson's works. A sale catalogue produced in 1933, with notes. In blue card yapped covers with illustration tipped onto front panel. Tall 4to. Covers a little rubbed and bumped on edges. Hint of spotting on first and last few leaves, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Rowlandson is often criticised for being lured into the commercialism of caricature, for some say that if he had applied himself, the quality of his early works on form and structure might one day have put him on a par with Gainsborough and Reynolds. But then we would have been deprived of his witty and delightful works such as those which appear in this collection.

Doncaster, UK: Chronicle Printers, 1958. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 64pp. Printed light card covers, stapled; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. Programme for the production held at The Grand Theatre, Doncaster March 3rd to 8th 1958. Starred Helen Rayner, Edgar Hufton, Judith Lewis, Dennis Button etc. Includes many nostalgic local advertisements of the day.

Harrog, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 44pp, typed index to William Grainge's 1871 edition of the History and Topography of Harrogate and the Forest of Knaresborough and to Wheater's preface to the reissue, compiled by W Sabine. Quarter bound in green cloth over deep green cloth with title label on front board (likely a later binding). Very gentle shelf wear to boards else neat, clean, bright and tight. Likely unique as this appears to the original manuscript, although it may have been copied. Large format 4to.

Robson Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 192pp. Red cloth boards (slightly rounded at corners). In its original dust jacket (a couple of minor indentations on back, odd spot on fold). Sachs draws on his research since the publication of his definitive biography of Toscanini to provide fresh insight and information on the life and work of the famous operatic and symphonic conductor.

London, UK: Michael Joseph, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248pp. Green cloth-covered boards, silver design on front, silver titles on spine. 8vo. Spine sun faded where there is jacket loss. Bumped spine ends. Top text block edge sprayed green, all edges starting to tan. Decorative endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has areas of loss and closed tears; shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. Anthology compiled to offer the reader a small selection of passages for every month of the year.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Moore, Henry. 96pp, six plates, four in full colour all by Henry Moore. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Water mottled spine, leaching to boards. Mildly rubbed spine ends. Bottom corners rubbed. Gilded text block top edge. Dust jacket rubbed, with section at head of spine missing and top rear corner. Closed tears along top and at heel of spine on rear. Evidence of removed labels on front end papers. some tannin to page edges. No. 143 of an edition limited to 850 copies, printed on hand-made paper. Original script, with musical cues, of the radio melodrama based on The Odyssey which was broadcast in 1943.

London, UK: The Richards Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 124pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Bumped spine ends and corners. Top text block edge sprayed green, other edges untrimmed. Endpapers just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has loss on spine, shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. Short novel telling of an unexpected inheritance, an old house, and an emotional complication of an unusual nature.

Privately Printed, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 16pp stapled booklet in illustrated light card covers, printed on high-quality paper. 8vo. Very gentle edge wear to card covers, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Sackville West's poem, inspired by her arrival at Sissinghurst Castle and written shortly after she took up residence their.

Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Press, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxii, 518pp, with occasional maps and black and white illustrations. In laminated, pictorial card covers. 8vo. Some very gentle wear on lower text block edge, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A collection of essays on aspects on the experiences of fighting between the Kachin Independence Organisation and the Myanmar Army after the collapse of the 17 year ceasefire in 2011, and its political, military and cultural consequences.

Sceaux, Paris, France: Jean-Jaques Pauvert, 1953. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Volumes II & III only. 234pp. In black card covers with gilt titles, with original glassine wrappers. 16mo. Glassine wrappers are worn and a lightly chipped at spine ends. Text block edges a tad darkened. Internally neat, clean and bright. These volumes are from an historic edition of the Complete Works of the Marquis of Sade. Sade's works have always been controversial. Pauvert had already produced a clandestine edition in 1948 but it was this edition which gave rise to charges of outage against public morality and a court room trial in 1955-58, following which the edition was condemned to destruction.

UK: Blandford Press, 1969. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Third, revised and enlarged, edition. 160pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. In grey-green cloth-covered boards with white lettering on spine. 4to. Very lightly rubbed at corners and head of spine. Text block edges tanning, mildly affecting page margins in places. A little spotting, restricted to endpapers. In its original worn dust jacket, rubbed on corners and spine base, cracked around spine head. A lucid and inspiration guide to the practice of paper sculpture, with easy to follow instructions and inspiring photographs. Sadler was one of the world's leading experts in the practice of paper sculpture, doing much to modernize and commercialize it.

London: Souvenir Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Jensen, John. 96pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, sun-tanned at top, chipped along top edge, price unclipped. 12mo. Satirical, step-by-step guide to making money

London, UK: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 282pp. White cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Pages just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some minor shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo.

New York, NY, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 1963. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 420pp, 16 black and white photographic plates in middle section, illustrated with numerous diagrams, tables and charts. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends, corners lightly rubbed and rounded. Top text block edge moderately foxed, remaining edges starting to fox, endpapers lightly foxing and tanning. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear with multiple closed tears, minor loss and some soiling, not clipped. An analysis of the mechanisms of heredity at the cellular level.

London, UK: Ridge Press, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 252pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; red endpapers. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, not price clipped.

The Bodley Head, 1961. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st English edition, translated from the original French by June Howe. Blue cloth boards (very light edgewear). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (nicked at head of spine) by Charles Mozley. Dust jacket now protected in non-adhesive, archival quality mylar wrap. Saint-Marcoux's second novel makes an attractive companion to her ballet story, The Green Slippers. 12mo