Search Results: Titles starting with S from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition (stated), First Issue with correct date code of I-M (September 1962) on copyright page. (Reprints also state "First Edition.") Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/2 x 6 inches. 597 pp, plus author bio. Near Fine / Good. Full contemporary publisher's red cloth over boards with publisher colophon stamped in gilt at lower right of front board. Flat spine with title and particulars stamped in gilt. Leading edge of textblock untrimmed. Cartographic front and rear endpapers showing China South. Inked signature of previous owner, author Joe Hensley, at lower right corner of front free endpaper. Pictorial dustjacket with front panel showing boat on river flying American flag and Chinese figure with rifle in foreground. Sunburst announcement, "1963 Harper Prize Novel," on the front panel. Black-and-white author photo and bio on rear panel. No BOMC selection indication on dustjacket flap. Binding solid. Tips sharp with very slight wear. Text block square with edges slightly toned.… Read More

Miami, FL: Crouse Publications, 1989. First Edition. Signed by author. Hardcover. Quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. 646 pages. Index. Near Fine. No dust jacket. Olive green cloth over board. Gold, silver, and red stamping to front board. Gold stamping to spine. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs and original full-color paintings by George Bartell and Richard Merchant. Binding flaw with crease to spine. Spine stamping slightly rubbed. Lower tips soft. Binding square and sound. Interior clean throughout. Signed, dated, and inscribed by author, "To my friend Fred Farley… my counterpart in unlimited hydro racing…"

Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1991. First Edition, Limited Printing of 2000 copies. Paperback. Duodecimo. 7 x 5.5 inches. Unpaginated (24 leaves, plus 2 free endpapers). Fine in wraps. Hand-sewn string binding. Illustrated grey wrapper with French flaps. Wrapper and interior clean, bright, crisp, and unmarked. Front endpaper and first five leaves show shallow vertical center crease to upper half, else Fine. Now in archival protective sleeve. Scarce.

Vancleve, MS: Ramble House, 2001. First (Limited) Edition, First Printing. Softcover. 24mo. 5.75 x 4 inches. 243 pp. Fine / Very Good+. Small softcover in stiff wraps with pictorial dust jacket. "000157" stamped on first front flyleaf. Text block square and tight; interior pristine. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. Extremely scarce limited first printing of a novel written in 1958. Introduction by Francis M. Nevins.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1922. First Edition (stated), Third Printing. Hardcover. Sextodecimo. 6.75 x 4 inches. 124 pp. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Black imitation leather over board. Title and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. Slightly cocked. Early owner's name and address inked on front free endpaper, else pages clean and unmarked. "A Selection of Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Fifth Roots and Powers, Circumferences and Areas of Circles, Logarithms of Numbers, Logarithms of the Trigonometric Functions, and the Natural Trigonometric Functions."

New York/Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. xxvix, 303 pp. Fine / Fine. Association copy. Signed by author on title page (28 Sept 97, Los Angeles), with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "To my long-time pal, the most excellent writer and good friend 'Honest Joe' Hensley! From his still-breathing chum…" Quarter bound black cloth over gray paper on board. Silver lettering on spine. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Unclipped dust jacket shows very minor shelf wear at spine ends, as well as along front flap, else Fine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 7 x 4.5 inches. 43 pp. Very Good+ / Good in a Very Good slipcase. Edition of 950 copies. "Nine hundred and fifty copies of this book printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed." Pale blue-grey paper over boards, red and black lettering on printed spine and cover labels. All edges deckled. Red initial on first page of text. Printer's mark in red on title page and colophon. Illustrated by decorative half-title, title page, first and last pages of text. Binding tight. Boards clean with slight browning to edges. Chip at head of spine and minor bump to tail of spine. Text clean and bright. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Original glassine jacket chipped and nicked, with one large tear. Original slipcase intact with uneven sunning, chipping, and edgewear. Verses written by Irish-Canadian poet Agnes Shakespeare Higginson (pseudonym, Moira O'Neill), inspired by the nine Glens of Antrim… Read More

Amsterdam and New York: Joost Elffers Productions, 1982. First Issue. Hardcover. Small quarto. 10.25 x 7.25 inches. 20 pp (unpaginated). Near Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Original cardboard slipcase. Architectural pop-up book with no text but 10 different configurations of pop-up stairs. Blind stamped linen on boards. Presumed first issue, as no statement of edition present, and stated copyright date of 1982 is consistent auction records. Top board lightly foxed. Scattered internal foxing, notably on pastedowns. Slipcase edge-worn, chipped, and dented (see photos). Rein Jansma is a well-known Dutch architect and founder of the architectural studio ZJA.

Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 332 pp. Fine. Lacking dust jacket. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "For Honest Joe my old fishing hole buddy, with undiminished lots of love & affection – Harlan 6 Sept 82." Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Author's initials blind stamped on front board. Very tiny indentation in lower left quarter of front board, else Fine. Collection of sixteen stories and four essays. Foreword by Stephen King.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1916-1917. First Edition. First Printing. Set of 12 volumes (complete set to 1917, Vol. XII). Hardcover. Octavo. 9.25 x 6.75 inches. 3816 pp. Near Fine. No jackets as issued. This compilation, published incrementally as the war progressed, ultimately consisted of 20 volumes. Dark blue blind-stamped cloth over boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and gilt-stamped decoration on spine and front board. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. All volumes contain colorized photo frontispiece with annotated tissue guard, b&w and color plates, illustrations, and fold-out maps. Index at end of some volumes. Prefaced in Vol. I by "What The War Means to America" by Major General Leonard Wood; U.S.A.; "Naval Lessons of the War" by Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, U.S.N.; "The World's War" by Frederick Palmer; "Theatres of the War's Campaign" by F.H. Simonds and "The War Correspondent" by Arthur Ruhl. Clipping from 1958 Indianapolis Star laid in between pages 388 and 389. All… Read More