Search Results: Titles starting with S from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

London: Rivingtons, 1877. Hardcover. 16mo. Burgundy textured cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 272pp, (8pp ads). Very good. Most discreet of ex-library, the only markings being number near tail of spine, inkstamped name/address on half-title and title pages and abrasion on rear pastedown. Tight and nice "New Edition" of this volume in the "Christian Biographies" series.

Private secretary to Prince Phillip; aide-de-camp to General Sir Brian Horrocks. Handsome signature, dated 1980 April 6, on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. [Uckfield, England]. Fine. With original envelope and transmittal note from secretary.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, slipcase. 366pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, limited to 750 signed, numbered copies.

N.p.: University Press of Kansas, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xviii, 342pp. Fine. Tight, quite pristine later paperback printing of this 1956 classic account.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (8pp), 337pp. Very good. Very slightest bit of faint edgewear; bookshop name/address neatly inkstamped in red on onside front wrapper. Overall a tight, quite attractive first of this paperback edition of this 1956 classic account -- this copy boldly signed and inscribed by the author in black ballpoint on the title page: "For my old friend / Carl Shortino / with the best wishes of / Dudley T. Cornish."

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 112pp. Map frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this volume in general editor Frank W. Porter III's large "Indians of North America" series. A handy, concise history of this largely-Midwestern tribe.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 220pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1872. Hardcover. 6-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf and maroon marbled paper over boards, gilt spines. xx, 394pp; xv, pp. 395-818; xlvii, 461pp; lxxv, 344pp; xvi, 398pp; xv, 462pp. All edges marbled. Sepia-tone frontispieces, numerous line drawings and full-page sepia-tone plates, marbled endpapers. Overall very good. Uniformly tight throughout and internally fine, with just minor edgewear, slightly age toned spines and bumped corners. Handsome later printings of this influential set in a custom binding. "Sacred and Legendary Art" (two volumes) is the 1874 seventh edition, with the first volume "Containing Legends of the Angels and Archangels, the Evangelists, the Apostles, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Mary Magdalene, as Represented in the Fine Arts" and the second volume "Containing the Patron Saints, the Martyrs, the Early Bishops, the Hermits, and the Warrior Saints of Christendom, as Represented in the Fine Arts." The second… Read More

Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 255pp. Illustrations. Very good/fine. Abrasion on rear flyleaf (likely from bookplate removal). A wonderfully tight and attractive first edition of this noted study.

Macon: Mercer University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full green leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 332pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition.

Evanston, IL: The Men's Club of Covenant Methodist Church, 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 186pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, drawings, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/good. Autographed by Hunt. Unspecified limited edition (this #4) signed by Hunt. A Methodist pastor's humorous travelogue of a journey to the Far East and Asia.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 308pp, (4pp ad). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with faint age toning. A superb, wonderfully tight and nice first edition of the third title in the six-title "Home Run Series." Front jacket flap describes this title only, rear jacket flap describes first title in series only and inside jacket lists up to this title. Scarce -- and an outstanding copy. This baseball series difficult to find in nice jackets.

Los Angeles: Amber Crest Books, 1981. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jerome Connolly. Small 4to. Full tan leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 119pp. Numerous line drawings, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Tight, attractive first edition of this "movingly beautiful story of a white-tailed deer" (according to the front jacket flap) -- boldly signed by Brady in black ballpoint on the title page.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Hardcover. Engraved by John Held Jr. Small 4to. Brown and red cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Numerous woodcuts. Very good/near fine. First of this edition. Classic American folk ballad accompanied by Held's striking woodcut illustrations.

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1965. Hardcover. Maps and illustrations by George D. McGrath. Small 4to. Orange decorated buckram. 395pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, color map. Very good. Tight and nice second printing -- a discreet ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed maerkings.

Cincinnati: Young and Klein, 1951. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Numerous illustrations (one color), map. Very good. Wonderfully tight and clean first softbound edition of this river packet classic by the famed and youngest-ever Ohio River and Mississippi River steamboat captain (1901-92).

N.p.: Bookcraft, 1946. Hardcover. Illustrated by V. Douglas Snow. 8vo. Tan cloth, dust jacket. (53pp). Illustrations. Very good/good. Inscribed by Dustin. First edition. Poetry celebrating pioneer Utah, inscribed on the front flyleaf "To Gwen and Kay -- / Love and sincere good / wishes. / Edna." Uncommon.

New York: Julian Messner, 1956. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. 8vo. Metallic gold paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 185pp. Illustrations, map, pictorial endpapers. Very good/good plus. First American edition. Engaging account of the author's camel trek across the untamed South Fezzen region of the Sahara Desert, encountering exotic vegetation and prehistoric cave paintings along the way.

New York: Walker and Company, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition.

New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Coarse canvas-like tan cloth with green lettering and brown pictorial stamping. xii, 126pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, extensive full-page plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding (only) a bit age toned, else internally tight and near fine. A handsome first edition of this stunning sketch gathering by the premiere, prolific maritime artist (1875-1962) -- boldly signed with his huge, stylized signature on half-title page in black ink.