Search Results: Titles starting with S from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Viking. 1968 Viking Compass ed. 502pp. illus. brown cloth 8vo: near Very Good in an about Good dj in Brodart poly cover [long red rem. line on fore edge; yellow highlighting on only a few pp; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A reissue with new author's introduction of a standard work on the subject by the English historian Reitlinger (1900-78), originally published in 1957.

New York: Dell, 1991 1st ed. INSCRIBED by author on title p. 371pp. paperback: Good [text is age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]

Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 1981 1st ed. INSCRIBED on ffep by editor. 332pp. green leatherette tall 8vo w/gilt spine titles: near Very Good in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [top and fore edges are age foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy; dj = small closed tear @ spine tail; else VG] 216 Civil War letters between George W. Peddy, M.D., Surgeon, 56th Georgia Volunteer Regiment, C.S.A., and his wife Kate F. Peddy, written between October 1861 and April 1865. The editor, a professional historian, was the couple’s grandson.

Kennesaw, GA: privately issued, 2005 1st ed. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 92pp. paperback 8vo: Fine [a publishing flaw has left a small sliver of extra paper @ tail edge of pp. 89/90; else a nice crisp copy]

Boulder, CO: privately issued, 1993 5th ptg. 42pp. illus. staple-bound paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Doubleday Nan A. Talese, 2003 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 304pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1966 1st ed. 221pp. hardback 8vo: Good+ in a Very Good+ dj [top & fore edges are age foxed; endpp are age browned; else G+] A critically acclaimed novel that first appeared in East Germany. Beiler (1934-2002) later emigrated to the West.

New York: Leo Feist. 1919. sheet music. 4pp. paper sm 4to: Very Good. Cover illustration is a Salvation Army girl in uniform against an illustration depicting World War I era soldiers entering a Salvation Army Hut (suitable for framing). Lyricist Caddigan (1879-1952) wrote many World War I related songs. Story (1885-1961) was a Harvard educated Boston composer and publisher.

New York: Hyperion. 2005 advance reading copy. SIGNED on title p. by author. 400pp. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. Even earlier advance cover praise from Anne Rivers Siddons for this novel by Pat Conroy's wife.

New York: Hyperion Miramax Books, 2004 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 387pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a near Fine dj.

New York: Atheneum, 1992 1st ed. SIGNED on half-title p. by author. 277pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in poly cover [several wrinkled bottom page corners mid-text; else a nice crisp copy; dj = p-c; else F] A first novel set in Atlanta praised by Reynolds Price, Josephine Humphreys, et al.

Eton, UK: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1959 1st ed. 83pp. blue cloth 12mo: near Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [bit of foxing to endpp; else nrF] A verse play about Dr. Johnson by an Emory University professor of Latin.

New York: Viking, 1981 1st ed. 213pp. illus. beige cloth sm 4to: Very Good+ in a near Very Good dj in poly cover [rem. dot top edge; hint of foxing to top & fore edges; else VG+] The account of the author’s and photographer’s 1979 safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania.

Palo Alto, CA: Travelers' Tales, 2003 reprint. 194pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [text is age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Almost 30 humorous accounts by women travelers.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002 2nd ptg. 754pp. Very Good in a near Fine dj [rem. line bottom edge; a light top corner bump; few creased page edges; else VG] An "enthralling" historical novel about Fort Fisher and Wilmington, North Carolina, the Confederacy's last seaport. Jacket praise from North Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell, et al.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1990 book club ed. 281pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj. A memoir about an American's experience in the Middle East by a member of the Theroux family of writers.

Santiago, Dominican Republic: 1980. 63pp. illus. brown cloth folio: near Fine in a Good dj. An attractive collection of over 40 large sketches and architectural drawings (a few in color) of old buildings in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic.

New York: Carlton Press, 1988 1st ed.. hardcover. INSCRIBED on ffep by author. 175pp. beige cloth 8vo: Fine in a Good+ dj [dj = scuffed patch near spine tail; else G+]

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1998. 93pp. paperback 8vo: Fine [prev. owner's name stamp on title p.; else F]

Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1988 1st ed. INSCRIBED ffep by author. 164pp. illus. red cloth tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Humorous essays by the Atlanta lawyer Steed (1936-2016) with great Jack Davis illustrations and dust jacket art.