Search Results: Titles starting with S from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the half-title. Pursuing the links between the murders of a reservation schoolteacher and a dancing koshare kachina clown, Navajo officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Tribal Police attempt to decipher the sacred clown's dancing message. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the Advance Reading Copy, which is also fine.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Donald Westlake on the title page. Amoral Jack Pine becomes a Hollywood star, with his boyhood friend Buddy Pal ever silently watchful until Jack commits an unforgivable crime in the name of success. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, signed by Alan Dean Foster. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from The Easton Press. Additionally signed by illustrator David Deitrick on the title page. Set in Sagramanda, city of 100 million, this is the story of Taneer, a scientist who has absconded with his multinational corporation's secret project code and who is now on the run from both the company and his father. Octavo. Full brown leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the 1985 Caldecott Medal "for the most distinguished American picture book for children." Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land. Illustrated in full color by Trina Schart Hyman. Oblong quarto. Original tan paper-covered boards over a rust cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated from the French by Dorothy Bussy. First American edition. Winner of the 1931 Northcliffe Prize, awarded each year to the best French novel written by an author who is not a recognized "best seller." Blue cloth binding, with silver stamping. The dust jacket, with the wraparound band intact, is a touch browned along the spine and folds; otherwise a near fine copy.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. With a promotional photograph laid in. Among Ford's most successful books, a parody of Joan Lowell's The Cradle of the Deep (1929). "Salt Water Taffy is presented as the 'autobiography' of one June Triplett; her father, Ezra Triplett, commands a sailing ship whose name constantly changes. Thirty-two photographic illustrations include some of Ford's friends posing as the characters in his parody. Ford used Triplett and her family again in his 1931 Coconut Oil, a parody of African Safari Books" (Steven H. Gale, Encyclopedia of American Humorists). From the library of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd, with his name on the front flyleaf. Octavo: 206 p. with 34 illustrations. Original brown cloth binding, with blue stamping. A near fine copy in an especially bright dust jacket with some general edgewear.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, 1930. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Largely set among the newly-settled Virginia plantations of the late 17th century, this novel includes a number of historical characters and events, including the wild and radical preaching of John Gibb, founder of the Sweet Singers sect. A volume in Nelson's I/6 Novels series 12mo: 380 p. with [4] p. ads at the rear. Original red cloth binding, with black stamping. Typical toning to the contents. An especially nice example with only some mild wear to the dust jacket. Better than very good.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Traces the career of this popular narrative poet through one hundred poems, including twenty-four new pieces. Winner of the 2007 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University. Inscribed by Jones to social activist and longtime Claremont Graduate University president John Maguire and his wife Billie on the half-title. Octavo. Just the slightest bit of wear to the dust jacket; else near fine.

London: Quartet Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse, this historical novel revolves around the 11th century Persian poet Omar Khayyám and his poetry collection Rubaiyat. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Very light dust staining to the top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with an Introduction by Melvin J. Friedman. Inscribed by Friedman on the dedication page. Original black cloth binding. A near fine copy in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed By Editor.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Textual facsimiles. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Trade paperback. Fine. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

Arcadia, California: Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Preface by Larry E. Burgess. Illustrated with more than 300 photographs, drawings, and maps. Robinson's accurate, comprehensive, and thoroughly readable history of the San Bernardino Mountain range, which overlook the San Bernardino valley on the south, the Mojave Desert on the north, and the Joshua Tree country to the east. Includes an extensive bibliography. Inscribed by Robinson on a prefatory blank leaf. Original green buckram binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.

San Dimas, California: Nicholas C. Polos, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Foreword by Donald H. Pflueger. Numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Rich and detailed history of the Southern California city located in the San Gabriel Valley, about 28 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles. Printed by The Castle Press in Pasadena, California. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Some occasional mild wear to the dust jacket; otherwise a near fine copy.

Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This copy is number 12 of 100 signed by the authors, bound in bonded leather and slipcased, with a special commemorative bronze medallion celebrating the bi-centennial of the mission laid in. In his foreword, historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. writes, "This is the first attempt at an all-inclusive illustrated history of Mission San Fernando in Alta California. In their endeavor to produce a definitive visual mission history, the Pauleys have left, figuratively speaking, no photo collection unfurrowed. The end result is a comprehensive and fascinating graphic testament of the mission as caught by the camera in decades past as well as the present." Illustrated with more than 450 images from many media, reproduced in full color, duotone, and black and white. Prospectus laid in. Quarto. Full brown bonded leather binding, with gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16 illustrations, with endpaper maps. A collection of columns that appeared in the San Francisco Evening Picayune for the period beginning August 5, 1850 and ending April 17, 1852. Anticipating the work of modern journalists, the articles serve as a valuable and detailed record of the personalities, politics, and events of the time. Some minor fading and wear along the extremities of the boards. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with tears to the top third of both folds that have been repaired with tape on the verso; otherwise a very good copy.

Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A detailed history of the mission of Saint Francis from the discovery of San Francisco Bay in 1595 to the appointment of Joseph Sadoc Alemany as Archbishop of San Francisco in 1853. Octavo: 432 p. with 65 photographs, illustrations, maps, and charts, including one folding. Original brown cloth binding, with pictorial gilt stamping. A fine copy. Weber, F.: Select Guide to California Catholic History, p.33.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 32 pp. photographs and illustrations. First edition, with a page of Walker's typed manuscript with handwritten corrections laid in. Landmark survey of California literary history, built upon the personal histories of eight key figures: Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Prentice Mulford, Ina Coolbrith, Charles Warren Stoddard, Joaquin Miller, Henry George, and Ambrose Bierce. One particularly noteworthy aspect of Walker's work was his acknowledgement of the parallels between Twain's development as a writer with his life in California and Nevada. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Unobtrusive bookplate to the front pastedown. Some light wear to the dust jacket; otherwise an especially crisp copy. Better than very good.

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frontispiece, with 16 pp. photographs. First edition, limited to 1,054 copies. Founded in 1853 by W.K. Osborn to service the burgeoning population of reprobates following the gold rush, the San Francisco YMCA is the city's oldest social service institution, bearing witness to and playing a role in the larger history of California's most important 19th century town. Signed by Drury on the title page, and additional inscribed by him on the dedication page. Laid is some related ephemera, including a typed letter signed (TLS) from Drury to Roy Sorenson, the fifth Managing Director of the San Francisco Association. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A bit of mild wear along the bottom edge of the boards. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed; otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by Author.

Arcadia, California: Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by John W. Robinson, Bruce D. Risher, and Elna Bakker on a prefatory blank leaf, with a copy of Robinson's 1994 Christmas letter laid in. Robinson (1929-2018), the author of similar works on the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos, collaborates with forest ranger Bruce Risher to present the definitive story of the San Jacinto Mountains, part of the great California Peninsular Ranges, incorporating a wealth of geologic information, local history, and hundreds of vintage photographs. Quarto: 252 p. with over 450 illustrations and maps. Original blue buckram binding, with gilt titles. Some mild wear to the dust jacket; else very good or better.