Search Results: Titles starting with S from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: Harper Collins, 1996. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. First American Edition stated with full number line 1-10. In black boards with cream cloth to spine and gilt lettering. An ex-library copy that unfotunately did battle with a piece of machinery as it has creasing to front board and to a lesser extent rear board. Some creases/warping to spine as well with small puncture. Dings to bottom corners and a few to board ends with light spotting to page ends. Some ink-outs, small stickers and writing to endpapers, title and copyright pages - otherwise clean. Jacket is unclipped ($15.95) with creasing to panels and spine, punctures to front spine crease at panel, 1/4 inch tears to bottom and top of rear flap crease and general edgewear/rubbing. Will include jacket protector.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. In blue boards and black spine cloth with white and blue ink to type and design motif. Light dings to head of spine and top rear corner and gift inscription to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped($3.00) and in beautiful shape with just 1/4 inch closed tear to bottom of front panel, light edgewear and some scuffing to rear panel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good /Near Fine. First Printing stated. In olive pictorial marbled boards with black design motif and black spine cloth with bright gilt. A possible ex-library with minimal signs - only tape shadows to tops and bottoms of boards/free endpapers and adhesive stain to rfep. No pocket, due slip, stamps or writing. Top page ends tinted red with some splatter spotting. Three of four corners lightly dinged. Jacket is unclipped ($5.95) and in beautiful, unworn condition with just an 1/8 inch nick to top of front flap. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast.

In wraps. States 27th Edition denoting printing. A very nice looking copy where the text block separated from the covers at spine and has been carefully reglued. Very few marks with little wear and a small nick to top of spine. Light tanning to pages. Would be Near Fine. Deckle edge. In French.

New York: Modern Library , 1959. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good +. Modern Library #61. In blue cloth with red title panels and gilt. Some faint marks to bottom of front board and light wear to edges. There is a little sepeartion at title page, but biinding still solid. Jacket is unclipped ($1.95) with some chips mainly at corners and spine ends and several short edge tears - Good +. Wonderful cover design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. In blue boards with gilt to type. With sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with price sticker over cut. Some light scuffs to rear panel. Tanning to spine and a few edges. Nice cover design by John Woodcock. First Printing thus.

San Francisco: San Francisco Book Company, 1976. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Full number line down to and including 1. In blue textured boards and red spine cloth with gilt. Some wear at corners and spine ends. Bleaching in spots to top of spine. Green ink spot to bottom page ends. Jacket is unclipped with edgewear/rubbing, nicks/short tears and fading to spine. Chip to top of spine.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In pictorial boards with blue spine cloth. Worn, dinged and split corners with rubbing through at bottom corners. Small mark to top of spine and a few to top page ends with wear to board edges. Previous owner's name and address as well as address label to front pastedown. Jacket is unclipped($2.00) with some chipping at corners, spine ends at bottom of rear panel. Some short tears as well with 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch scar to bottom of front panel.

New York : Sheed & Ward, 1952. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. In pale green buckram with black type to spine. Some wear at spine ends and very light dings at bottom corners. Some light stains to top page ends and faint moisture stains to three corners. Interior clean and binding tight. Jacket is unclipped ($5.50) with light wear/rubbing to corners/spine ends with a few tiny chips at former and nicks/short tears to head of spine and bottom rear panel which also has a few tiny marks. Very faint moisture stains to inside of flap creases and a few spots to rear crease. Illustrated. Cover art by C. Van Roemburg. A nice and presentable copy.

Sausalito: Windgate Press, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing stated. In blue cloth with gilt to spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with light edgewear and a few short tears to bottom of rear panel with associated creasing.

Sydney and London: Collins, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The important first novel on the plight of the Tasmanian aborigines by the author of the The Shark Net. In very nice shape.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rear top corner lightly bumped, 'star' stamp to bottom page ends. Light edgewear to jacket with crease to front flap and 1/4"" closed tear to top of front panel.

Rome: Edizioni Saturnia, 1959. Reprint Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. In yellow wraps with short tears to bottom of rear cover and across middle of spine with crease onto front cover. Original protective glassine wrapper with flaps affixed to insides of cover flaps is missing rear panel and spine and is generally chipped with tears.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The revised edition. In green cloth with yellow, black and white text to spine. Corners fairly sharp, interior clean and binding solid. Illustrated with photographs. Jacket is unclipped ($5.00) with very small chips at spine ends and top front corner, edgewear and nicks. Some cerasing in spots.

New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2008. First Indian Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. The wonderful first book in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Full number line down to and including 1. In black boards and red spine with gilt. Three of corners bumped and wear at speine ends with 1/4 inch nick to head of spine. Jacket has edgewear/nicks and some light soiling. Price of Rs 599 on barcode which has scarring above due to sticker removal.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by author on title page.. The first book in the Ibis trilogy. First American Edition stated and full number line down to and including 1. In gold boards with some edge/corner wear and rubbing and some light soiling to boards. 1 1/2 inch high stain to front page ends of about 100 pages likely from eating while reading... Jacket is unclipped with edgewear and rubbing to corners and spine ends and a nick to top of spine. Some soiling to rear panel near flap crease.Slight ripple to top of front panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition stated. A beautiful copy in blue boards with silver type. Jacket is unclipped and pristine with tiny crease to bottom of front flap.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First Edition stated with full number line down to and including 1.In pink boards and green cloth spine with silver type and design motif. Light wear in spots and ding to bottom of rear board. Short gift inscription to ffep. Jacket is unclipped and glossy with light edgewear.

New York: Viking, 1949. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In light blue boards with black type and blue tinted top page ends. Wear to spine ends and corners, the bottom ones of which are dinged. Foxing to front page ends and endpapers. Some tanning. No jacket. Book is protected in mylar which is adhered at pastedowns.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Second US Edition/Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. In grey cloth with blue cloth spine and silver foil. A sound ex-library copy with some foxing/marks to page ends and usual library markings, stickers and pocket. Tape shadows to boards, but little actual wear. Jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with several pieces of tape and tape scars/marks to inside of jacket with staining from some showing through jacket. Some marks to edge of rear flap and sticker residue/scarring to bottom of spine. Jacket design by Roger Zimmerman.