Search Results: Titles starting with S from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. A public letter to Mr. Thomas Kilmartin, the Coroner of Santa Clara County [in California] making the case that Saint Patrick was not born in Scotland. Green cloth boards, beige cloth spine lettered in red, untrimmed right and bottom page edges, text letterpress-printed on handmade paper, title page and page numbers in red, letter starts with illustrated cut (initials HMD). Original unprinted plain brown dust wrapper. One from an edition of 200 copies, with the copy number spelled on limitation page and signature of author at end of letter - both in red pencil. ; 9" x 13"; 25 pp; The author was a Santa Clara County judge; an archive of his papers is held at Stanford University. ; Signed by Author; Binding a bit cocked, otherwise little wear. Dust jacket with wear at spine including a small lacking piece at top. .

San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Softcover. Write wraps, perfect bound, illustrations include maps. ; 8-1/4" x 11"; 572 pp; Slight edge toning and wear to covers, solid binding, a few faintly creased pages, no tears or writing. .

San Francisco: Board Of Education. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. Softcover. Question and answer format about the schools, the Board of Education, equipping classrooms, Teachers, etc. Gray stapled wraps. ; 4" x 9"; 30 pp; Toned at upper right corner of front cover. .

San Leandro, California: City of San Leandro Historical-Centennial Steering Committee. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1970. Softcover. Best created tractors, a washing machine, Daniel Best Agricultural Works, Best Manufacturing Company. Stapled blue wraps, illustrated with photos. ; 6-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 24 pp; Prior owner name on title page. .

Fresno: Valley Publishers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1976. Softcover. 0-913548-33-2 . Compiled by Randy Reddick from articles published in The San Miguel Banner. Stiff cream wraps, cover illustration and lettering in brown, perfect bound, illustrated. This copy signed in black ink by the author on the title page.; 6" x 9"; xi, 148 pp; Signed by Author; Covers worn along spine and with creases to lower right corner. Text block with faint corner creases to a few leaves, no tears or writing. .

Fresno, California: Academy Library Guild. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Softcover. Describes the Catholic edifices for which the Monterey (California) Peninsula is noted. Blue stapled wraps, cover illustration, b&w illustratio ns within. This copy is signed by the author on the title page and dated 1954 in ink. Uncommon to the trade.; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 56 pp; Signed by Author; Wrappers toned at edges, lightly soiled rear wrapper, ownership label and gift inscription on title page. .

Felton, California: Big Trees Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Stated First Printing. Softcover. Stiff olive wraps, perfect bound. Color cover illustration. Contents illustrated, index follows numbered pages. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 190, [3] pp; Issued in the style of Steward Brand's Whole Earth Catalog to descrube resources found in Santa Cruz, California. "There is a renaissance happening in Santa Cruz and " ... " This is its catalog -- this treasury of merit building up n Santa Cruz". (intoduction). ; Front cover rubbed, clear tape protecting top and bottom of spine, mild wear at corners, slightly musty. .

New York: Prentice-Hall. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1940 (1938). Second Printing. Hardcover. Publishers blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; xvii, 715 pp; Spine sunned, cloth worn and soiled, about 10 pages with pencil underlining. .

Oakland, Cal.: Pacific Press Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1890). No edition noted. Hardcover. A volume in the Young People's Library series. Green cloth, front cover and spine illustrated/decorated in black, lettered in gilt, decorative green endpapers, some pages with small illustrations, one full-page b&w illustration. 1890 copyright with no additional dates. ; 5" x 7-1/4"; 160 pp; A nicely preserved copy with but minor faults. Covers little worn, slightly dulled, front hinge is solid, rear hinge shows stress and opens to the last text page-not quite cracked, just a few tiny spots seen on pages, no tears or writing, .

St. Joseph, Michigan: The Threshermen's Review Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1906). Hardcover. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated, additional pages of advertising at rear. First published 1897, this the ca 1906 Revised Edition.. ; 5-1/2" x 7-3/4"; 174, [16] pp; Mild discoloration at spine and edges, little wear, clean and unmarked within. .

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. 0-442-22468-0 . Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated with charts and graphs. Full number line. Green illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering.; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; v, 202 pp; Light wear at corners, no inscriptions or writing. Two pairs of pages have marginal ink stains from the printing process. Jacket has only light wear along edges, no tears, not price clipped ($11.95), protected by mylar cover. .

San Francisco, California: Point Publications / Crown Point Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. Softcover. Stapled self-wraps, includes an interview (at San Francisco) with the artist, cover photo of subject, b&w reproductions of several works and a list of selected exhibitions.; 6-3/4" x 8-3/4"; 24 pp; Slight creasing at corners, clean and unmarked within. .

New York: Practising Law Institute. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Softcover. 0-87224-932-8 . Issued as Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series Number B-1235. Blue wraps, perfect bound. ; 6 x 9"; 1048 pp; Very little wear, no tears or writing. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. The Story of Larry Matthews and his dog Sambo, Forecastle Mates on the Tramp Steamer "Creole Trader," Mew Orleans to the South Seas. Publishers green cloth, cover designs and lettering in black (front and spine), illustrated endpapers, additional illustrations within text. "First Edition" stated on copyright page.; 5-3/4" x 8"; vi, 272 pp; Lightly worn and soiled boards, spine misshapen, solid hinges, the occasional small spot of soiling on pages but no tears or writing. .

New York: William Sloane Associates. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Foreword by Nevil Shute. Publishers blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, endpapers reproduce map,With 23 plates in half-tone b&w photographs). Dust jacket reproduces color painting, includes portrait of author on rear panel. Copyright page states First published 1957 and Reprinted 1957. ; 5-3/4" x 8-1/2"; 297 pp; Mild wear to covers, spotting limited to page edges, text clean and unmarked. Dust jacket slightly worn at corners and small spot and a bit rubbed at rear, not price clipped ($5.00), in clear protective cover. .

Antioch, California: Cherokee Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1996). Softcover. 0-9651671-1-9 . Stiff purple wraps, perfect bound, cover photo of author, many illustration s. This copy has laid in a 1994 Big League Cards trading card which features Master Karate Instructor Dollar and the Okinawan Uechi Ryu Karate Do in Antioch. ; 7" x 10"; xv, 523 pp; Wear at lower right corner to front cover and first few pages, pp 439-440 creased, highlighting - limited to four lines on a single page, otherwise unmarked. .

Privately Printed. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth spine and corners, marbled paper boards. gilt lettering to spine, illustrated with two plates. First in a series of titles produced for the author by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, Massachusetts. One hundred and fifty copies for the author's distribution, December 2, 1935. This copy with an inscription to the front free endpaper penned and signed by the author, also with calling card laid in. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 103 pp; Author was the daughter of Albert Henry Wiggin.; Signed by Author; Small areas of fraying at top of spine and along top edge, faint dampstaining limited to edge of spine and tip of lower right corner, a few spots of foxing. .

Rochester, N. Y.: Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [1945]. Softcover. Issued to promote the company wartime effort. Stapled wraps with color covers, b&w photographs throughout. OCLC 4507006.; 6" x 9-1/4"; 56 pp; Very little wear - slightly bumped at upper left and lightly foxed to title page, otherwise unworn and clean adn unmarked. .

Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan: Gallery HIRAWATA. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. Three volumes, uniformly bound in aluminum paper over boards, titles embossed to boards. Volume one in accordion binding, illustrated in color to one side. Volumes 2 and 3 bound by rear boards, Illustrated, Volume 2 partly in color. Deluxe Edition includes additional presentation box containing sculptural Nukata-Branch and numbered plate.signed by the author. Housed within black paper slipcase with embossed title One from a Limited set of 100.; 4-1/2" x 10-1/2" x 5"; Boards of Volume 1 are bowed inward. Volumes are lightly rubbed with a few faint scratches, interiors are fine. .

Washington, D. C.: Administration. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1966. Softcover. White wraps, perfect bound, illustrated with circuit diagrams. Covers amplifier, oscillator, multivibrator, power supply, wave shaping, temperature compensation, control, and specialized computer circuits. ; 7-3/4" x 10"; vii, 102 pp; Prior owner stamp on front cover, no other wear of note (apart from an ink stain solely found at the bottom of page 19 that appears to have occurred during production?). .