Search Results: Authors starting with S from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Circa [1972].. [1972].. Very good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in published blue wraps. The edges of the wraps are very slightly faded. 46-page facsimile, including numerous textual illustrations in black & white. Very good. <p>Modern facsimile of the pamphlet published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, DC in 1898.

New York, NY: George Braziller, (1968).. (1968).. Fine. - Octavo, tan boards backed with a black cloth spine titled in gilt, in a dust jacket. The dust jacket is rubbed. 127 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. <p>First edition.

New York, NY: George Braziller, (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - Small quarto, 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Tan boards backed with a black cloth spine titled in gilt, in a dust jacket. The book is slightly cocked and the dust jacket is slightly rubbed. 127 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Very good. <p>Second printing.

(Mailand: Nuove Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 1984).. 1984).. Fine. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial yellow & black wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed & bumped. 240 pages. Profuse full-page illustrations in black & white and color. Near fine. <p>Laid in is a mechanically reproduced cover note from the Serge Sabarsky Gallery stating that this catalog was prepared for an exhibition organized by the gallery, which opened at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna as part of "Wiener Festwochen 1984" and subsequently toured to other cities.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1969)., (1969).. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth in a dust wrapper. There is white spotting to the rear cover. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & soiled. xi & 228 pages. Good. First edition.A title in the series "The Chicago History of American Civilization" edited by Daniel J.Boorstin.

Paris: Denoel et Steele, 1936., 1936.. Good. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MAURICE SACHS TO ANDRE LHOTE, THE ARTIST WHO ILLUSTRATED JEAN COCTEAU'S "ESCALES" - Small octavo, 6-5/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, perfect bound paperback, bound in red & white wrappers illustrated with a portrait of Gide on the front cover. The covers are slightly soiled. 124 pages plus the colophon, illustrated with 5 full-page photographic illustrations. The pages are uniformly toned and darkened. Good. First trade edition.A wonderful association copy, inscribed by the author Maurice Sachs to Andre Lhote, the illustrator of Jean Cocteau's "Escales" (Paris 1920). "A Andre Lhote, et malgre nos desaccords passes avec admiration et sympathie / Maurice Sachs" [To Andre Lhote, and despite our past disagreements, with admiration and sympathy].The French-Jewish author Maurice Sachs (1906-1945) was born to a Jewish family of jewelers. He converted to Catholicism in 1925, intending to become a priest but his plans… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1987).. (1987).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. There is a crease to the front fold of the dust jacket. 478 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., (1932).. (1932).. Very good. - Small octavo [approximately six inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide], decorative boards titled in gilt on the spine in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened with a piece out of the head of its spine & creasing to the adjacent corner of the front panel. The tail of the jacket spine is chipped & there are 3 short tears to the jacket's bottom edge. 55 pages plus colophon. There are a few pencil markings. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>In his foreword, Hugh R. Dent writes; "This study in mutual esteem...should be of great help in developing that mutual forbearance and sympathy which Mr. Sadleir believes to be so important for the successful production and distribution of books."

New York: Benziger Brothers, (1903).. (1903).. Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in white within a decorative panel in white stamped on the front cover. The binding is rubbed & bumped with tiny tears to the cloth at the bottom corners of the covers. The titling on the spine is completely faded. 212 pages plus 12-page publisher's catalog. Black-and-white frontispiece & numerous full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. The stamp of the Chaplain's Aid Association is on the front endpaper. There is a tear to the left margin of the list of illustrations. The page edges are darkened. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Anna T. Sadleir was the daughter of well-known Irish-born author Mary Anne Madden Sadlier [1820-1903].<p>This historical novel is rare. All fifteen copies located in WorldCat are microfilm or microfiche.

(London): CB Editions, (2013)., (2013).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The rear wrap is lightly rubbed. xvii, 230 & [2] pages. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Poet, translator and essayist Michael Hofmann was born in 1957 in Freiburg, Germany, and moved to the UK at age four. His first book of poetry, Nights in the Iron Hotel [1983], earned him instant acclaim in Britain.

Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Printers to the University, 1864.. 1864.. Very good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in the original stitched self-wraps. The front cover is darkened and slightly soiled. 13 pages. There is a vertical crease down the middle of the booklet, else very good.

Hartford, CT: State Geological & Natural History Survey, 1913., 1913.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The binding is soiled & lightly bumped with the spine darkened. 2-page series catalog, [vi] & 370 pages. The bottom edge is lightly foxed. There is a stain & a small piece out of pages 229-230 with very slight loss of text. Good. First edition.The authors were assisted by Walter Parks Bliss.State of Connecticut Public Document No. 47. Bulletin No. 20.

(Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1970).. 1970).. Very good. - Octavo, beige cloth, in dw. Slightly soiled. The dw is soiled with a small tear. 318 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.

1939., 1939.. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LUIS SAGI-VELA - Black-and-white photograph of Luis Sagi-Vela, approximately 6 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Inscribed across the lower half of the photograph and signed "to Edward [------] / Sincerely / Sagi-Vela / 1939". The signature is in a dark area of the photo but is still quite legible. There is creasing to the top right corner of the photo with a very light crease to its bottom edge. Very good. <p>Sagi-Vela is photographed at half length in a jaunty pose wearing white tie with a white flower in his buttonhole.

Lake Placid, NY: January 6, 1984.. 1984.. Fine. - A white 3 inch high by 6-1/2 inch wide envelope is illustrated with a black-and-white vignette of winter sports athletes titled below the image "Winter Sports / Ice Dancing, Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Ice Hockey" with an Olympics 84 postage stamp. Signed on the address panel "Toni Sailer". Near fine. <p>Toni Sailer [1935-2009] was an Austrian alpine ski racer, regarded as one of the best in the sport. At the age of 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He won two golds and a silver at the 1958 World Championships. He also won world titles both years in the combined, then a "paper" race, but awarded with medals by the International Ski Federation.

(Londonand New York: Trefoil Publications Ltd./ Rizzoli 1988)., 1988).. Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-3/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. There is a small dent to the bottom edge of the front cover. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled with 2 tiny stains & the top edge of the panel is darkened. 176 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. The page edges are slightly darkened. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Published in conjunction with an exhibition shown as part of the "Images de France" festival held in London in 1988. The book was distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli International, Inc.

Chicago: S, C, Griggs and Company, 1877.. 1877.. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with frames in black stamped on both covers. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a white stain & some tiny white marks to the front cover. There are some tiny stains near the head of the spine & the head & tail are lightly chipped. lxxxvi & 298 pages plus 10-page publisher's catalog. There is an owner's name & address on the front endpaper & there is some light staining to the rear endpaper & the facing rear blank. Very good. <p>First edition in English.<p>The book includes Saint-Beuve's literary portraits of Louis the Fourteenth, Fenelon, Bossuet, Massillon, Pascal, Rousseau, Madame Geoffrin, Joubert, Guizot, the Abbe Galliani and Frederic the Great.

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1785.. 1785.. Fine. - Octavo, bound in early marbled calf with triple gilt rules on the covers with gilt-lettered leather labels mounted within raised bands and gilt decorations on the spines. All edges are gilt with gilt inner dentelles further enhancing the bindings. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with some slight wear to the corners. vi, 380 & [ii] pages; and [i], 380 & [i] pages. The first volume is superbly illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of the author by Danloux, engraved by Gaucher, a full-page engraved plate by Moreau, fine engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes by Maurillier and also head- and tail-piece vignettes by Eisen, engraved by Gaucher and by Ellvin. The second volume is superbly illustrated with a full-page frontispiece plus a head-piece and tail-piece vignette by Cochin engraved by LeVeau. The set is possibly lacking an extra engraved title page. The paper is splitting at the hinges, though the bindings are still tight.… Read More

19th Century. . Very good. - 14 words penned on 5-1/2 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide "5, Upper Wimpole Street" stationery, with the address embossed in red at the top. The English singer and composer responds to a request for her autograph "I have much pleasure in granting your request...." Signed "Charlotte H. Sainton". Once folded for mailing with clipped corners, the note is mounted with glue from the verso onto heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good. Born Charlotte Helen Dolby, the English contralto Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821-1885) studied under Domenico Crivelli at the Royal Academy of Music, and first appeared at a Royal Philharmonic Society concert in 1841. She married the violinist Prosper Sainton and, after retiring from singing, she met with with some success as a composer. Her compositions include: "The Legend of St Dorothea", "The Story of the Faithful Soul" , and "Florimel"

(New York: Joshua Saitz, 1998).. 1998).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & slightly bumped with a light stain to the rear wrap. 48 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good. <p>The first issue of a one-man humorously and/or laboriously offensive magazine. Among the contents are "My Best Friend Is A Junkie!", "My Life as Pedophile/Fitness Instructor/Bisexual Porn Star" and "Lit. Majors Can Kiss My A...". A page of "Embarrassing Photos" includes a picture of a nude David Duchovny with a teacup hiding his private parts.