Search Results: Authors starting with S from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Paris: Garnier Frères. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Précédé d'une notice sur l'auteur par Sainte-Beuve (Charles Augustin). Illustrations de Alexandre De Bar. Undated (late 19th century). An elegant binding with red cloth boards, blindstamped decorations, red leather spine with four raised bands, gilt spine decorations and lettering, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, guarded frontispiece and many additional illustrations. Text in French.; 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"; lxxxvii, 335 pp; Spine rubbed, corners lightly worn, the occasional spot of foxing. Binding tight with solid hinges, no tears or writing. .

Etampes: La Semeuse. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. Softcover. Edition du Centeraire de la Caisse d'Epargne d'Etampes (!838-1938). Original publishers tan wraps in original glassine wrapper, illustrated with photos, text in French. ; 6-1/2" x 9-3/4"; 140 pp; Toning at spine, wear at corners of wrapper, glue remnants from now detached bookplate (which remained laid in), a few pages at rear unopened, pages clean and free of tears or writing. .

Stockholm. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. First editions, published separately, both volumes with full page plates at rear. Volume I: Stockholm: Aftonbladets, 1878. Original bright blue cloth, embossed borders, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, 7 plates numbered II thru VIII (thus possibly lacking plate I?), 38 pages (not properly paginated at rear); Volume II: Stockholm: Central-Tryckeriet, 1880. Red cloth spine over stiff boards, 103 pp., plates IX - XXIV. ; 11 x 13"; Scarce, OCLC located but 6 copies.; Vol. I is somewhat worn at the extremities and lacks a few tiny chips of cloth at the spine. Vol. II with bumped corners, some soiling, pp. 55-56 torn at lower right corner, ownership inscription in period hand. .

Kodiak, AK: Bureau Of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region, Branch of Regional Archaeology. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. an occasional paper publication - Number 4. Stiff wraps, perfect bound, covers with color photographs and Native American symbols, text illustrations inclued b&w and color photos, drawings, maps.; 8-1/2" x 11"; 177 pp; Covers rubbed and worn esp. at spine, prior owner name inked to front cover, two words inked inside rear cover, last two leaves creased at corner otherwise clean and unmarked. .

Paris: Ridan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1822. Hardcover. Period binding, with black pebbled cloth boards, black leather spine with five raised bands, lavendar endpapers with geometric design, text in French.; 5" x 8"; xiv, 611 pp; Binding rubbed at spine, boards starting to split away from spine, hinges still quite solid, first and last few leaves toned, scattered light foxing elsewhere, a few creased corners (some were misfolded during production with excess paper remaining at corners). .

Buenos Aires: Viau. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Publishers tan wraps, frontispiece and 2 additional illustrations on plates by Rodolfo Castagna, #1456 of an edition of 1,530 copies, text in French. Scarce in this illustrated Buenos Aires printing. ; 7-1/2" x 10"; 166 pp; Minor soiling to wraps and wear top and bottom of spine and corners, clean and unmarked within. .

Bombay (India): Printed by K. A. Subramanian at Saxon Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Author was President Sri Ramakrishna Ashram. With a foreword by The Hon'ble Sri Syama Prasad Mookherjee. Red paper over boards, black cloth spine, silver lettering to front cover. Edition of July 1950 with no earlier printings noted. However, this copy includes 4 pages of Reviews following the text including one dated April 1951. ; 5" x 7-1/4"; 178, [4] pp; Boards worn along edges, rubbed, text block completely separated from binding at title page and last printed page, toning to paper edges, no inscriptions, pages clean and unmarked. .

Bombay (India): Printed by K. A. Subramanian at Saxon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Author was President Sri Ramakrishna Ashram. With a foreword by The Hon'ble Sri Syama Prasad Mookherjee. Blue cloth with yellow lettering on front cover. Edition of July 1950 with no earlier printings noted. ; 5" x 7-1/4"; 178 pp; Boards rubbed, bowed a bit outward, worn at spine, nick to cloth on right edge of front board, crease corner of front flyleaf, nearly split between pp 52 and 53-still held by cords, toning to page edges, ownership stamp to front and sticker inside rear cover, a few passages noted with checkmarks (in pencil). .

New York, Toronto and London: McGraw Hill Book Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; Second Impression. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth, lettered front cover and spine in black and gold, text with charts, graphs, tables, etc..; 6" x 9"; xx, 622 pp; Covers soiled, spine darkened. Prior owner bookplate. Hinges remain strong. Endpapers lightly soiled, paper toned at edges. Pages clean and free of tears or writing. .

Raleigh, N. C.: Josephus Daniels, State Printer and Binder. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, decorative endpapers, page edges dyed red, some fold-outs. "Compliments of Geo. W. Sanderlin, Auditor" slip pasted in at title page.; 6" x 9"; 235 pp; Front board quite soiled, both boards have been chewed pretty well at the lower right (a fairly hefty dog seems likely), sound binding, minor wear to a few pages at the edges, text block is clean and unmarked. .

[Juneau, Alaska]: [United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service]. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Softcover. Tan card covers, black comb binding at left, illustrations, maps, fold-outs. Title from cover.; 8" x 10-1/2"; 280 pp; Issued to help "manage the public wealth of the Tongass National Forest", Part B at rear is the draft environmental statement - proposed resource allocation direction for the tongass national forest. ; Front cover with bottom tab torn loose, creased at upper right, light cover soiling, clean and unmarked within. .

Austin, Texas. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Pink and red patterned cloth boards, ivory endpapers in matching pattern, each page illustrated. The text and illustrations of this book consist entirely of original silkscreen prints. This book is copy number 190 of a limited edition of 200 copies. It is signed on the colophon page by both the author and the illustrator. In addition, the facing leaf bears a presentation inscription penned by Herron. ; 4-1/2" x 6-1/4"; [68] pp; Boards and rear endpaper lightly soiled. .

Washington, D. C.: Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, The Wilson Center. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Softcover. Reprint of conference paper, published as Institute Occasional Paper Number 68. Blue wraps, stapled, title displays through die cut rectangle of front cover, Institute title page precedes presenters title page, Bibliography at rear. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 40 pp; Front cover a bit loosened at staples, slight cover fading, clean and unmarked. .

Florence, Italy: Arti Grafiche Il Torchio. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Softcover. 0-935194-01-0 . Heavy, USPS Media Mail as expected, others extra.Stiff black wraps, perfect bound, color cover illustration, white cover lettering, red decorative endpapers, text and 28 works illustrated on full-page color plates. One from an edition of 2,000 copies. This copy with presentation inscription penned and signed by the artist on the half title, dated at Sonoma, March 1986. ; 9-1/2" x 12-1/2"; 91 pp; Signed by Illustrator; Slightly worn along the edges, curling at top and bottom corners. .

Seatte: Superior Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Silver stamped gray cloth, well-illuatrated with photographs. Blue illustrated dust jacket. Number 999 from a limited edition of 1,050 copies, of which 1,000 were for sale. ; 8-1/2" x 10-3/4"; 159 pp; Book with very slight lean, little wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket is price clipped with only light wear along edges, in clear protective cover. .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1939). Softcover. Overview of the disease, from Definition, History, Epidimiology, Etiology, Pathology, Symptomatology, Prognosis, Treatment and Prevention. The section on Prevention updates the vaccine discussion from initilal discovery into more common use. Stapled gray wraps. ; 6-3/4" x 10"; [20] pp; Wilbur Augustus Sawyer was one of the developers of the initial vaccine. The prior owner was R. H. Gilmore, author of a number of related titles. ; Slight rusting of staples, prior owner name on front cover, faint waterstaining limited to the margins, light toning mainly to rear cover at spine, a single small ink correction to text. .

Camden, South Carolina: Liveoak Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Reproduces work oriiginally published in 1945. Cordovan leather binding, spine with three raised bands, gilt moose jaw to front cover and gilt letter to front cover and spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait with additional illustrations (some in color). A numbered copy from an edition limited to 2300 copies.; 9" x 11-3/4"; xviii, 117 pp; No wear of note. Gilt edges and bookmark remain undisturbed, clean and unmarked. .

Amsterdam: North-Holland / Elsevier Science Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984 (1975). Second Printing. Hardcover. 0 7204 2507 7 . Issued as Volume 3 of the series Fundamental Studies in Computer Science. Publishers green cloth, lettered in white and black, illustrated.; 6" x 9"; viii, 374 pp; Cloth lightly worn at corners, binding slightly cocked, bookseller label on FFEP, one dogeared page, pages clean with no tears or writing. .

Linz/Donau: Gutenberg-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Softcover. Black wraps with French fold flaps, color cover photo, text in German, Dialektgedichte von Hugo Schanovsky. This copy with lengthly presentation inscription penned and signed by the author on the half-title dated 1976. Uncommon title. ; 5" x 8"; 95 pp; Signed by Author; Covers rubbed and lightly worn. .

San Francisco: Pacific Photographic Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1992). Hardcover. 1-881021-00-9 . Edited by Beverly J. Ornstein. Foreword by Laura Nader. Portraits of 50 San Francisco Bay Area women. Black cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, each subject with bio and b&w photo on facing pages. 1992 copyright date with no additional dates or printings noted. This copy signed on the FFEP by the author; this copy also contains the signature of subject Ruth Bernhard facing her photograph. ; 9-1/4" x 11-1/4"; 120 pp; Signed by Author; Slight corner wear, large crease across edge of FFEP (not affecting the authors signature), solid hinges, pages otherwise VG. .