Search Results: Titles starting with S from E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]

Hardcover (Purple and patterned boards). Condition: Very Good condition. Decorative gilt spine elements with gilt lettering on a green text block. Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery stamp to head of verso of FFEP.
The covers are very good, clean and the lettering is clear. The binding is tight and the interior is clean for age. Text is clear and sharp. Minor rubbing to spine and edge of boards.

COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN-RIVIERE)
SHAKESPEARES VENUS AND ADONIS... LUCRECE... THE PASSIONATE
PILGRIM... SONNETS...
Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings
Published Oxford, Clarendon Press 1905
5 volumes bound together. Edited by Sidney Lee, signed by him on the limitation leaf.24.5x19 cm (9¾x7½"). bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full Morocco, elaborately ruled ingilt, inset color portrait, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, inner Moroccopanels, silk moiré endpapers, gilt dentelles, slipcase. No. 634 of 1000 copies.Photographic facsimiles with commentary of these five early printings of WilliamShakespeare, being the first editions of each text, issued between 1593 and 1609.

SILVIA DUBOIS, (NOW 116 YERS OLD.): A BIOGRAFY OF THE SLAVE WHO WHIPT HER MISTRES AND GAND HER FREDOM. Larison, Cornelius Wilson. C. W. Larison publishing, Ringoes, NJ: C.W. Larison, 1883). Original narrow octavo, plain black cloth, pp. 124, 4 terminal leaves of publisher s ads. Frontispiece portrait of Dubois, two illustrated plates wrought in a manner reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Very good+ copy. A slave narrative whose authenticity remains in some doubt. Not in doubt, however, is the book s most peculiar orthography, which reaches for a form of abstruse phonetics, and which guarantees that merely reading the book will be a challenge. Larison developed the orthography in the fonic speler and sylabater: desind as an ad in acqwiring a noleg ov the fundamental principls ov the English langwag, also published in 1883 and termed orthoepy. Given that he was trying to transcribe dialect, and that there was a large movement to understand and preserve dialect in North America at the time, it is no surprise… Read More

Full Green straight-grained morocco marbled end papers. Gilt Spine, Engraved frontispiece portrait of George III. All edges gilt. Collated: xxxi, iii, 380 pages, 12 engraved portraits.Fore-Edge of Yarmouth Isle of WhiteThe Foredge is of outstanding intricacy a detailed painting of Yarmouth showing sail boats and the port in the background, and a small tri mast sailboat in the foreground under full sail and crew battling the strong off shore winds of the Isle of white.Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The town grew near the river crossing, originally a ferry, which was replaced with a road bridge in 1863. Yarmouth has been a settlement for over a thousand years, and is one of the earliest on the island. The first account of the settlement is in Æthelred the Unready's record of the Danegeld tax of 991, when it was called Eremue, meaning "muddy… Read More

SULLE MUMMIE DI VENZONE. MEMORIA. MARCOLINI Francesco Maria. Published by dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici italiani, Milano (1831) Milan, 1831. Edition of only 300 copies (as indication on the back wrapper). The title page reads; Di F.M. Marcolini primary doctor of the civic hospital of Udine, and of the brothel in R. Città, honorary member of the Royal Academy of Letters and Arts Sciences of Modena, correspondent of the Caesarea Royal Sciences of Letters and Arts of Padua, of the Medicine Society of Livorno , of the universities of Venice and Treviso, ascribed to the I. R. Accademia degli Agiati of Rovereto, Vice-president of the Academy of Udine, ec. c. With aluminum tables. Documented history of the discovery of some mummies near the ancient Friulian town. Magnificent specimen. Perfectly preserved editorial paperback also on the spine, full margins in beards, pp. 159, 1 - XV Frontice hand coloured as is plate I. Original paper printed wrappers, sewing is loose and some wear and lose to the… Read More

Hubbard, L. Ron1955. First Printing. Hubbard, L. Ron. Scientology: Its Contribution to Knowledge. 1955. First Printing. Compiled from the works of L. Ron Hubbard by U. Keith Gerry. First printing 67 pp. in cream colored stapled wrappers. Small owners stamp on front cover and small owners stamp and signature on title page neatly in the top right-hand corner. Early and scarce work on Scientology. .

Hubbard, L. RonUnited States: International Library of Arts and Science, 1951. First Edition. Hubbard, L. Ron. Self Analysis: a simple self-help volume of tests and processes based on the discoveries contained in Dianetics. 1951. First Edition. Quarto, brown card wrapper with gold printed title and author on the front and lettering on the rear cover. Tipped in letter on Self Analysis Hubbard Research Foundation. Very good condition with owners name, date and small stamp on the front cover. Name stamped on title page as well as front cover (as shown). "Using this book, through a series of light yet powerful processes applied for as little as half an hour a day for two weeks, an individual on his own can markedly raise himself on the Tone Scale and can pull himself out of almost anything."

Hubbard, L. Ron1952. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hubbard, L. Ron. Self-Analysis in Dianetics: a simple self help volume of tests and exercises based on discoveries in Dianetics. (1952). First U.K. Edition. Very good condition. Wirth paper tool, scarcely present in these editions. Price-clipped dust jacket. "This simple volume of tests and exercises based on the revolutionary discoveries in Dianetics will help the reader to know whatever it is that inhibits his success and general happiness [...]". Slight browning to front free endpaper from dust jacket. Exceptional copy of rare UK Edition - includes paper tool, normally missing from volume (pictured). Minor staining to jacket near spine (as pictured). "Do you really know yourself? Now you can, with Self Analysis. This book will take you through your past, your potentials, your life. First, with a series of self-examinations and using a special version of the Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation, you plot yourself on the Tone Scale. Then, applying… Read More

Inscribed to H.G. Wells, from W.W. Jacobs in ink on the front free endpaper. First Edition, 8vo. original pictorial brick red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold, fore- edge rough-trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed. 38 illustrations by Will Owen. 3 pages of adverts at rear, Minor wear with some spotting. Good Copy.

Siberia and the Exile System
Kennan, George
The Century Co., New York (1891)
SIBERIA AND THE EXILE SYSTEM. Kennan. George. The Century Co., New York. (1891). Two thick and heavy octavo-sized hardcover books; [xv + 409] + [x + 575] pages of text with numerous illustrations and maps. Very good conditions: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; top page edges gilt, other page edges untrimmed and uncut; signature on front-free endpaper. Original hardcover bindings, with some wear, fraying to corners and fading to spines. A set of two solid and attractive books.
George Kennan's travels to Siberia resulted in his two first, and best, travel books: Tent Life in Siberia (1870) established his reputation as a travel writer; and his work, on the exile system, provided the most detailed exposé yet of the atrocities and injustice of the czarist method for punishing political prisoner Item.

SPORT AND LIFE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL. Published by Eveleigh Nash, London, 1908. First Edition. 8vo, over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, 340 pp. Original green cloth covers with titles in gilt. No dust jacket. Very light rubbing to extremities. Natural toning to blank endpapers. No foxing. Illustrated with black and white photos.

Alken. HenryLondon: Thomas McLean, 1824. Henry Alken. First Edition. Alken, Henry (1785-1851) Sporting Scrap Book. London. Thomas McLean. 1824. First Edition. Containing Fifty Plates Designed and Engraved by Himself. Signed binding by Riviere. 7 x 10 1/4 in. No page numbers. Full red crushed morocco with gilt ruled borders and front and back covers. Decorated spine with five raised bands, gilt floral decoration and lettering in segments. Gilt inner dentelle. Endpapers are deep lapis with red and gilt Riviere oval bookplate pf Joseph Widener (one of the founders of the National Gallery and an extensive collector of sporting books). Above this is the engraved bookplate of Clarence S. Bement, with armorial devices. The fifty hand-coloured, full-page plates are all present and a 1920's auction listing has been tipped into the rear of the front free endpaper. There is also a typed index care placed inside front cover, with binding and description of the book, stating that it was "Collection: Clarence S.… Read More

Nerval, Gerald de; Page, Lucie [translated]Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. Second Edition. Zaehndorf. Sylvie: souvenirs du valois. De Nerval, Gerard; Page, Lucie [translator]. 1899.Thomas B. Moher. Second Edition, limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder Paper. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. [6] i-x; frontice and index; B. xi-xv, 2-88 pp [4]. Two line fillet border on front and back boards. Light brown calf, marble endpapers. Full gilt spine featuring five raised bands. Floral pattern on spine, along with red label featuring title and author, as well as date near tail. Sylvie is a novella written by French author Gerard de Nerval. First published in La Revue des Deux Mondes and later as a bopok in Les Filles du Feu in 1854. Often considered to be De Nerval's greatest literary acheivement, Sylvie has gone on to enchant audiences, including Marcel Proust. Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) was a French writer, poet and translator. De Nerval is a pen-name for Gerard Labrunie. As a translator, Nerval introduced… Read More

Sylvie and Bruno, and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Lewis Carroll. Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1889 and 1893. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. First edition. Neat cloth repairs to original spines , not original end papers but still contemporary surface paper. Tidy repairs to corners, spines are browned with minor visible re-back. Neat owners' signature in faint ink on verso of half title page in the corner of Vol II only. With illustrations and tissue guards. Text block is firm and clean with all edge's gilt.