Search Results: Titles starting with S from Flamingo Books

J. Peyronnet et Cie, 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. In French. 1939 first edition / limited edition (1 of 15 on special paper) J. Peyronnet et Cie. (Paris), 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall hardbound, brown marbled paper-covered boards over leather spine and tips, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, blue marbled endpapers, 356 pp. Mild soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, mainly at tips. Slight curl to marbled endpapers. Otherwise, apart from moderate age toning, a very good copy this issue, handsomely bound. Appears to be a limited edition, with the following notation to the verso of title page: 'Il a ete tire de cet ouvrage 15 exemplaires sur papier pur fil Lafuma, numerotes de 1 a 15.' ~SP10~ This novel by Reine Beurnier is among a small group of works by women writing about Africa during colonial times. It tells the story of a rich upper-class French widow who moves to Senegal in the 1930s after her plan to marry a French Captain falls through. Depressed, solitary and keeping to… Read More

Californians Inc, [1939]. Very Good. 1939 Californians. Inc. (San Francisco, California), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound in yellow printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, unpaginated. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. February 1939 letter from the director of Californians Inc. laid in. ~SP14~ Produced by a consortium of California businesses to promote tourism in the state, centering on the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. The state of the California economy at this point just prior to the American entry into World War II can easily be discerned from the last line of the brochure: 'Tell anyone to come to California for a glorious holiday, but please advise those seeking employment not to come here at this time. We regret that present demands are insufficient to take care of all who are already here.

SAS Institute, 1987-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1987 SAS Institute, Inc. (Cary, North Carolina), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall x 1 inch thick paperbound, xii, 397 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight dampstaining and creasing to lower page tips for most of the first half of the book. Prior owner's neat and helpful marginal notes and some underlining throughout. Despite these flaws, still an excellent reading/reference copy of this scarce and useful guide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP19~ [3.0P] The text for the SAS Report Writing course, a two-day course. SAS (short for 'Statistical Analysis System') is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics.

SAS Institute, Incorporated. Paperback. Very Good. 1987 SAS Institute, Inc. (Cary, North Carolina), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall x 1 1/2 inches thick paperbound, copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white charts and screen prints, xvii, 534 pp. plus fold-out SAS/GRAPH Software Reference Card at rear of volume. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce SAS/GRAPH guide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP19~ [3.5P] SAS/GRAPH software is a very powerful tool for creating a wide range of business and scientific graphs. SAS (short for 'Statistical Analysis System') is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics.

Henry Holt and Co., New York: (1943), 1943-01-01. 15th. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1943 signed and inscribed fifteenth printing, Henry Holt and Co. (New York),m 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's dust jacket, white lettering to spine, xi, 211 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight soiling to page edges. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author, Marion Hargrove (1919-2003) on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from minor age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a soiled, chipped and torn dust jacket which has old tape repairs but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~X~ [1.5P] Marion Hargrove is noted for this, his bestselling book, a collection of humorous newspaper columns written mostly before the United States entered World War II. The book was made into a 1944 movie with Robert Walker as Hargrove and Donna Reed as his love interest. During the war, he served on the staff… Read More

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. Acceptable. In Polish. 1960 Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (Krakow, Poland), 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall yellow and green cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, copiously illustrated (some in color), 87 pp. plus colophon. Moderate to heavy staining to covers, especially top edges. Otherwise, apart from slight marginal soiling or creasing to a couple of pages, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a worn and torn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP38~

The Architectural Record Company, 1926. hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x1. 1926 first edition J.B. Lippincott Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 7 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches tall pale green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, dark green design and lettering to front cover and spine, top page edges green, engraved color frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with 254 black-and-white photographs and drawings, xx, 303 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with creasing and sun fading to spine. Small stain to title page. Tiny early 20th century Los Angeles architectural bookstore label to lower margin of front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~UU~ [4.5P] A handsome survey of the architecture of manor houses and farmsteads in the provinces of France. With images of homes and details.

Stowe Historical Society, 2001-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2001 Stowe Historical Society (Stowe, Vermont), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, map endpapers, index, xiv, 578 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP23~ [4.5P] A facsimile edition of the extensive typewritten and handwritten genealogy notes of extensive genealogy notes of Susan Whittemore Downer (1870-1935), compiled and edited by Patricia L. Haslam in 2001.

Self Published, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1964 E.B. Kelso (n.p.), 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles of family documents, ix, [1], 249, [4] pp. plus laid in is a page of errata, a 1973 three-page extension of the Victor Russell Strickland genealogy hand updated through the 1980s, a Strickland obituary and other family notes. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers. 1964 gift inscription to blank front free-endpaper. A few lines of family name notes to front pastedown. Prior (family) owner corrections, additions and other marginal notations to nearly every page of the genealogy section, providing many updated events for more than 35 years after the book's publication in 1964. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~LLL~ [2.5P] A loving family history and careful genealogy focusing on William George Strickland (1839-1922), who was… Read More

Dumbarton Oaks, 1973. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1972-1973 Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC), 8 x 10 3/4 inches tall green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), red and gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings and maps, 56, 47, 72 pp. Faint smoky odor. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP47~ [2.5P] Three important Mesoamerican studies are presented: Study No. 9, Badner, 'A Possible Focus of Andean Artistic Influence in Mesoamerica.' No. 10, Quirarte, 'Izapan-Style Art: A Study of Its Form and Meaning.' No. 11, Moser, 'Human Decapitation in Ancient Mesoamerica.'

Rhythm Publishing House. Very Good. In English and Chinese. 2010 first edition Rhythm Publishing House Sdn. Bhd. (Penang, Malaysia), 5 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall paperbound, copiously illustrated in full color, 64 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Price label to rear cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce collection of Malaysian recipes. ~QQ~

Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1935. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1935 Doubleday, Doran and Co. (Garden City, California), 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, publisher's printed paper label to spine, pictorial endpapers, 415 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. 1938 ink prior owner's name to front free-endpaper, and ink number to rear free-endpaper. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a soiled, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~M~ [2.0P] A collection of sea stories by English writer William Morley Punshon McFee (1881-1966), born on the Erin's Isle, a three-masted ship owned by his father, a sea captain, in London. Apart from this collection, McFee's works included In the First Watch (1946), an autobiography, and several collections of memoirs. Contents: A son of the commodore; The armoire; The roving heart;… Read More

University of San Diego. Very Good. 1984 first edition, D.E. Dayton / University of San Diego (San Diego, California), 8 3/4 x 11 inches tall blue buckram cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, printed only on recto side of each leaf, [4], 92 ff. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce work. OCLC (No. 14249808) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, at the University of San Diego. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~A~ A master's thesis submitted by the author at the University of San Diego. Contents: Introduction; Mark Twain's View of Virtue and Humanity; Saint Joan of Arc; Jim; Huck; Hank; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.

Monroe Book Company, 1895-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Salesman's Dummy / Demo Book - incomplete, as issued. No date, circa 1890s-1900, Monroe Book Company (Chicago, Illinois), 7 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches tall blue 'silk cloth' hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), multi-colored embossed illustrations to both front and rear cover ('front' cover is 'Gems of Poetry' and 'rear' cover is 'Travels and Adventures'), floral endpapers, gilt and red nineteenth century presentation page at front of volume (not completed), interior divided into excerpts from four books, along with brown divider sheets giving the salesman his 'lines' for sale of each title, paginated separately, along with the full color covers of two children's' books, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and colored engravings and full color book cover dummies. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, and bumping to all four tips and spine caps. Staining to floral… Read More

The Golden Rule Publishing Co, 1921. pamphlet. Acceptable. 0x0x0. [1921] The Golden Rule Publishing Co. (Albion, Michigan), 5 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches tall stapled pamphlet in yellow printed covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 32 pp. No date, but the last section of the book, captioned 'An Interesting Chapter of Sammy's Life in Liberia,' is dated October 19, 1921. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with remnants of an old tape repair to the front and rear covers and a more recent Japanese tissue repair to the spine. Prior owner's name and address to the upper corner of the title page. Creasing to a number of pages. A few instances of marginal soiling or age toning. Despite all these detractions, still a decent, solidly bound copy of this century-old religious tract. Uncommon; OCLC (No. 20477671) locates only a 30-page edition published in 1924 by the Bible Institute Colportage Association in Chicago. ~E~ [0.5P] Samuel Kaboo Morris (1873-1893) was a Liberian… Read More

On Site Photographics. Very Good. 1990 first edition, On Site Photographics (Costa Mesa, California), 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in gold printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, [22] pp. Very slight rubbing and creasing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~RRR~ Numerous pictures, memorial to those who have died and a directory of the Class of 1940, produced for the 1990 fiftieth reunion. San Bernardino High School is a public high school located in the 'Uptown neighborhood' of San Bernardino, California, north of downtown San Bernardino and south of the city's University District. It is a part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District.

Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. 1950 signed and inscribed copy, 5 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall black cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, 253 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the blank front free-endpaper, nicely signed by San Quentin Warden Clinton Duffy (1898-1982) to American screenwriter and playwright Michael Blankfort (1907-1982). A note laid in indicates the book was presented to Blankfort by Warden Duffy in 1952 during the production of the movie 'My Six Convicts,' which was partially shot at the prison. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a moderately edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP20~ [2.0P] Clinton Truman Duffy tells the story of his decade as warden of the high-security San Quentin State Prison (1940-1952), north of San Francisco. Duffy's father was a guard at San… Read More

Xulon Press, 2009-11-18. Paperback. Very Good. 2009 signed and inscribed first edition, Xulon Press (Camarillo, California), 6 x 9 inches tall paperbound, [3], 356 pp. plus publisher's ads. Very slight rubbing and creasing to covers. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author on the verso of the front cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~MM~ [1.9P] The book of Revelation becomes more relevant every day, yet many avoid its pages due to the cryptic content. Being the only book of the Bible that promises a blessing to the one who reads and understands the message, one can surmise that the Author meant for the text to be grasped. Revelation sets itself apart by being a military scenario for the final redemption of the earth. Since it is a tactical and strategic plan, God saw fit to code it with idioms and synoptic phrases that will lead the reader to discover detail through events and prophesies found in the Old Testament. Like the parables, these coded messages were… Read More

Adelmore Press, 2001. hardcover. Very Good. 12x9x0. 2001 signed and inscribed first edition, Adelmore Press (Campbell, California), 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs and facsimiles, 142 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Signed by the author on the title page. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon guide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~Q~ [3.0P] History of company plus hundreds of photos of the Robinson Ransbottom Pottery Company cookie jars, crocks and jugs, kitchenware, lamp bases, planters, vases, animal feeders, figurals, garden ware and more. Current values with descriptions and dating (when possible) for all items shown. A complete reference for the collector of this delightful pottery. There are also catalog reprint pages from the… Read More

M. and S. Sanford, 2000-06-30. hardcover. Very Good. 11x9x0. 2000 signed and inscribed copy, M. and S. Sanford (Campbell, California), 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, 144 pp. - Very slight rubbing to covers. Prior owner (antique seller) address label to top margin of front pastedown. Nicely inscribed and signed on the title page by author Steve Sanford. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~Q~ [3.0P] This book catalogs an extensive collection of pottery manufactured by the Peters and Reed Pottery Company and the Zane Pottery Company of South Zanesville, Ohio from 1898 to 1941. The book covers the history of the pottery and has color photographs of examples of all the lines. Original catalog sheets are shown on all the lines manufactured and pieces are listed with the size and… Read More