Search Results: Titles starting with S from Crooked House Books & Paper

New York: Four Winds Press, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x0. Cooney, Barbara. First printing with full number line. Full blue cloth boards, 5-1/2" tall. Fading to top edge of boards; dust jacket has some toning, original price of $6.50 intact. A little fable, with repeating lines, a fun book to read aloud!

Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Full teal cloth binding with lavender decoration and gilt lettering, 8vo, 303 pp. + note. Review slip laid in. Appears to be an unread copy based on tightness of binding. Moderate foxing edges, else fine in like DJ. Stories by the author of the acclaimed & beloved "The Devil to Pay in the Backlands.

Random House, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing stated. Full dark red cloth boards in illustrated dust jacket, 8-1/4" x 5-3/4", 293 pp. One bit of discoloration to top of front board, some minor soiling to verso of DJ, rubbing to rear panel of jacket. The jacket is lovely, original $2.00 price intact. Shaw's first book of non-dramatic fiction; he had published only plays up to this point, and of course would later become best known as a novelist.

New York: Viking, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Inscribed by Author(s). First edition with full number line, pink boards backed in navy blue cloth, gilt stamped titles, 8vo, 337 pages, inscribed by Anne Tyler on title page; a well kept copy; dust jacket now in protective mylar.

New York: Greenberg, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No statement of edition, full green cloth, 8vo, 302 pages. Bit of wear at extremities, adhesive remnants on half-title page, internally clean and sound; clipped dust jacket with mild edge wear, now in protective mylar cover. Posthumously published by the wife of master chef, Louis De Gouy.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover bound in leather with gilt decorations and title, 2 x 1 1/2 inches, 39 pages; a fine copy with no noted flaws. Printed letterpress by Scott B. Taylor at the Schori Press and bound by Bela Blau, design typography, and production by Norman Forgue. 0

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Kinney, Troy & Margaret West. Full grey cloth binding with black & gilt design to front cover and spine, 7-5/8" tall, 394 pp., illustrated with frontispiece & plates by Troy Kinney & Margaret West Kinney (as The Kinneys). Toning to spine panel, light soil to front cover. Binding not signed, has more of an "illustrated" than "designed" feel. Edwin Lef

San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full tan cloth, 8vo, 143 pages, with illustrations by Wendy Larrence. Previous owner's bookplate and inked inscription in front endpapers, tiny scorch mark in front endpaper, inside edges of dust jacket reinforced with old clear tape, now in protective mylar cover. Known to her readers as Jane Friendly, Benet was the food editor for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1953 until 1988.

Juneau, Alaska: Empire Printing Company, 1938. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7. Full green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Very light wear at extremities. Faint short scratch to front board. Gilt to spine is a little faded. Fore edge deckled with many pages remaining uncut. Frontis map. 275 pages. One of 500 limited copies, unnumbered. Signed and inscribed by the author.

San Fernando: Junipero Serra Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature hardcover in grey goat skin with gilt lettering, 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches,18 pages; San Xavier Del Bac Historic Preservation stamp adhered to back of half title page, all edges gilt, no notable flaws. Printed on Letterpress by Roger Pennels, set in 9 point Baskerville type, leaded 3 points between lines. Limited printing of 300 copies. A history of the San Xavier Del Bac Mission.

New York: Modern Library, 1932. Hardcover. Good Minus/Very Good. Reprint, blue cloth with red title blocks, Toledano binding style 8, Kent endpapers, 388 titles listed on rear of dust jacket. Gilt on front board rubbing away, faint damp stain to bottom front edge and light bumps to bottom corners, internally clean and sound; price clipped dust jacket with light wear at extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Cover illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Riverside, Connecticut: Frederick C. Bursch at Hillacre, 1913. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover, grey paper-covered boards with glassine dust jacket, 9-5/8" tall, unpaginated. Slight bumping to corners, glassine with chipping to spine and bottom edge, housed in a good to fair slipcase with a 1" section missing from spine panel, and other wear. Reed's first publication after college.

New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 88x9x132. Signed by Author(s). First trade paperback edition stated. 191 pages, signed by the author on half title page. From the publisher; SANITY AND GRACE speaks to all who have endured the sorrow of losing a loved one. In the depths of her suffering, Collins found relief by reaching out to others for help and support. Now she extends her hand to comfort other survivors whose lives have been affected by similar tragedy. Honest and inspiring, this story will not only interest Collins's followers but will also help soothe and heal those wounded by suicide and depression.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. First edition stated. 338 pages, black and white photographs throughout; black cloth boards with silver titling, dust jacket with a bit of dust smudging now in protective mylar sleeve.

Random House, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing stated. Full black cloth boards with blue, white and red dust jacket, 8-1/4" x 5-1/2", 448 pp. Tear (no loss) and wrinkle to head of spine panel of jacket, some rubbing to rear panel, quite nice. Although mostly collected as an early Salinger appearance, there's plenty of good reading in here.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Hanna, Boyd. 62 pages; two tone illustrations throughout, previous owner name in front free end paper, price clipped dust jacket with a bit of wear at extremities now in protective mylar cover. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8x5x0. First edition stated, "B" in letter line, correct for first printing. Remainder dot to bottom edge, else fine (appears unread) in fine jacket.

New York: The Bodley Head/John Lane/Macmillan, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7. Cameron, D.Y. Brown cloth with dark green ribbed spine and gilt title, 8 x 5.5 inches, 205 pages, five etchings by D.Y. Cameron; boards are edge worn, mottled in several places, wrinkling along edges, decorative gilt on spine is rubbed, deckle edge pages vary in size to add a unique handmade quality.

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full tan cloth under blue dust jacket featuring clashing swards, 8-3/4" x 5-1/2", 412 pp. Near fine copy with just light signs of age; original price of $3.00 intact. First US edition. Haldane is best remembered as one of the leaders of neo-Darwinism: he developed the "primorial soup" concept, coined the terms cloning and ectogenesis. Lunn also published letter exchanges with Ronald Knox and C.E.M. Joad.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Light red cloth binding with black lettering, in white dust jacket, 8-1/2" tall, 312 pp. Tiny puncture to spine panel, bookplate to front endpaper, foxing to dust jacket, fading to spine panel, original price of $2.50 intact. It's good to see that at the time of this listing, "Scorpion" has a Goodreads review of 4.3! A favorite horse story from one of the best in the field.