Search Results: Titles starting with S from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: The Monacelli Press, 1995. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH REM KOOLHAAS AND BRUCE MAU on the half-title. A very solid, clean copy to boot of the 1995 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its silver boards, with very light creasing along the spine crown. Very thick octavo, 1,344 pgs. Signed by Author(s).

New York: The Monacelli Press, 1995. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY REM KOOLHAAS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the title page. A tight, sharp copy to boot of the 1995 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its silver boards, with very light creasing and rubbing along the spine ends. Thick octavo, seemingly hundreds of plans and a dizzying array of photos throughout. The magnum opus of the controversial Dutch architect.

Meriden, CT: Bayberry Hill Press, 1972. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Good. INSCRIBED BY BOTH RUTH AND FOSTER JOHNSON on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Crisp and VG (with light foxing at the panels) in a G+ example of the fragile glassine dustjacket, which is 80% present but is missing roughly 1/4 to 1/5 of it along the front panel's top-edge. Still though, presentable and attractive. Tall quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in tipped-in color drawings by Foster Johnson. Signed by Author(s).

Riverside, CT: Hillacre, 1913. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely, near-pristine copy of the 1913 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-brown boards, with bright, completely unflecked or unrubbed gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine. Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Lincoln Steffens. A poem "made into a book for the delight of a few friends by Frederick C. Bursch at Hillacre, Riverside (Greenwich) Connecticut"

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. AN EARNEST, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR ALAN ADELSON opposite the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (light wear to the lower-tips) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with a couple of small closed tears along the front panel's top-edge and very light soiling to the rear panel. Thick octavo, a thoroughly-researched, "intimate portrait of the Students for a Democratic Society, the country's most famous radical organization, the group that has brought about a rebirth of white radicalism in the United States". (from the front flap).

New York: Grove Press, 1973. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1973 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. A Review Copy to boot, with the Grove Press Review Slip laid-in.

Paris: Felix Juven, 1903. Boards. Near Fine. Severine. The 1903 1st edition of this wonderful turn-of-the-century tale of the dog "Sac a Tout" and his travels thru Paris to find his way home, "comme un Grec au temps d'Ulysses". WARMLY INSCRIBED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY THE AUTHOR, "SEVERINE", TO LOUISE SYLVAIN, AN IMPORTANT ACTRESS OF THE DAY IN THE COMEDIE-FRANCAISE. Tight, well-preserved and Near Fine in its cloth-backed boards, with gorgeous pictorial onlay (photographic portrait of "Sac a Tout") at the front panel. Just a touch of mottling to the spine cloth, very minor rubbing to corners, otherwise clean as could be. With text and dozens and dozens of photographs, and with variously tinted decorative borders featuring small inset photos of "Sac a Tout". Tall quarto, unpaginated (though roughly 100 pages). Very scarce, especially inscribed. Interestingly, the author, whose real name was Caroline Remy de Guebhard (1855-1929), was a French anarchist and feminist, with connections to socialists and… Read More

New York: Hafner Press (Macmillan Publishing Co.), 1973. Original wraps. Very Good. The 1973 1st edition of this very uncommon compilation of writings spanning the last 500 years on sacred narcotic plants of the New World Indians. Tight and VG in its pictorial green wrappers, with light creasing along the outer hinges and very light rubbing to the rear panel. Octavo, compiled by Hedwig Scheiffer, Introductory words by the formidable Richard Evans Schultes, Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum at Harvard.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1975. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1975 1st edition. Solid and clean and VG in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Octavo, 226 pgs. Lacking the dustjacket.

New York: Geronimo Books Company, 1972. Original wraps. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing along the front panel's bottom-edge. Octavo, 110 pgs.

New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of this 1876 sequel to "Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood". Bright and VG+ in its beautiful dark-green, decorative cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design along the spine. Light foxing at several of the preliminaries (including the title page and frontispiece), otherwise very clean. Thick 12mo, 624 pgs.

New York: The Century Co, 1930. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1930 reprint of this landmark of sailing literature, INCLUDING ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG, with light wear to the panels and significant rubbing to the spine. And in a crisp, VG dustjacjket, with mild darkening along the spine and a narrow closed split at the front hinge running vertically along the front panel. Still though, a very presentable copy. 12mo, 294 pgs. The first solo circumnavigation of the globe-- and a text that becomes only more revered with time.

New York: The Century Company, 1911. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. A very presentable copy of the 1911 printing of this landmark of sailing literature, the book which famously documents, in Captain Slocum's own words, the first solo circumnavigation of the globe. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial blue cloth, with crisp, bright silver-titling along both the front panel and spine. Former owner bookplate to the front pastedown, the slightest bit of light soiling and foxing at the preliminaries. Octavo, 294 pgs. Dozens of illustrations throughout by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian (mostly sketches) complementing Joshua Slocum's timeless text.

Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1983. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the January-March 1983 exhibition at The Chrysler Museum in Norflok, VA. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers.

Madrid: Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, 1992. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean, crisp copy of this catalogue of the September 16-October 17, 1992 exhibition at Madrid's Galeria Soledad Lorenzo. Bright and Near Fine in its light-blue wrappers.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with a light trace of soiling along the panel edges. Octavo, 83 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy of the 1953 stated 1st printing. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket with light fading to the spine. 12mo, 192 pgs.

HarperCollins, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2002 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by the author herself.

Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Co, 1912. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1912 1st edition. Solid and VG in its pictorial cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine. Very light scuffing at the spine, light wear along its crown. Neat, small former owner inscription to the front free endpaper, otherwise internally very clean. 12mo, 89 pgs.

New York: The Century Co, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1929 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the panel edges and along the spine. Thick 12mo, 242 pgs.