Search Results: Authors starting with S from West of Eden Books

New York, Simon Pulse, 2012, hardcover, 336 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. When a young woman discovers she has died for the third time she realizes she must face her past and earn the forgiveness of the person she has hurt the most. ISBN 9781442440029

New York, Simon Pulse, 2012, hardcover, 336 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, light bump to heel of spine. When a young woman discovers she has died for the third time she realizes she must face her past and earn the forgiveness of the person she has hurt the most. Laid in is a limited edition promotional bookmark which is also signed by the author, and a promotional sticker featuring an image of the book's cover art. ISBN 9781442440029

New York, Amacom, 2017, hardcover, xii-225 pp, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The award-winning TV news producer and press relations expert reveals the issues and self-imposed barriers that hold women back and empowers us to be fearless and flexible as we pivot or even totally relaunch our careers. Author's Notes and Index appended.

London, Arlington Books, 1970, hardcover, 245 pp, First UK Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, closed edge tears, tape repair to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The fictional story of an experimental group marriage. ISBN 9780851401409

Tuscaloosa AL, University of Alabama Press, 1977, hardcover, xix-168 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, letter A stamp to bottom of textblock edge, bottom edge, slight spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, tiny chips to head and heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The true story of an undercover agent charged with infiltrating, fighting, and killing gangster 'bandoleros' from 1963 to 1966 during the final years of Columbia's famous 'La Violencia' period. Translated by M. Murray Lasley. Edited, with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Russell W. Ramsay.

Vancouver, Page Two, 2022, hardcover, 336 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. Salman traces his journey from his modest beginnings in Montreal as the son of a Turkish immigrant father and Quebec-born mother, to the traumas of the Vietnam War, through his rise in the Canadian business world, and the growing dedication to service that earned him the Order of Canada. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Index appended. ISBN 9781774581872

London, Bloomsbury, 2021, trade paperback, 348 pp, First paperback edition, First Printing by numberline, New, Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The popular author of The Kindness, Perfect Lives, Out of the Picture, and Lying in Bed returns with a a spellbinding tour-de-force about the beauty between naïveté and cruelty, chaos and utopia, artist and muse, set in 1960, on the island of Hydra, Greece and featuring the leading bohemians of the time and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen.

Chicago, M.A. Donohue, 1922, hardcover, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Same date to title page and copyright page, Fair condition, lacking dustjacket. Straight and firmly bound, corner and spine-end wear, some small spots to blue cloth boards, gift inscription to front endpaper. The story of a modern woman of the 1920s.

New York, William Morrow, 2015, hardcover, 323 pp, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. A story of dark and unexpected consequences unfolds as WWII German POWs are put to work picking fruit on a Wisconsin farm.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953, hardcover, 303 pp, First Edition with (A) on copyright page, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket, Signed by the Author, his full name without inscription, on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean, light signs of erasure to front endpapers, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge chips to corners and spine-ends, small scuffs, fading to spine, tape repaired tear to fold at rear of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The former Arizona horse wrangler and author of Apache Land, The Bubbling Spring, and Hardrock and Silver Sage reminisces about everyday life on the vast open ranges of the American West, perhaps the most authentic picture of cowboy life ever put down on paper. Profusely illustrated throughout with 26 drawings by the author.

New York, HarperTeen, 2019, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright new dustjacket. Slight spine-end and corner bumps. The award-winning author of The World Unseen, Falling Snow, and I Can't Think Straight returns with a novel for teens centered on a member of an elite team of female vigilantes, kicked out for misconduct, but determined to help crack a case of human trafficking in Belgrade.

Cathedral City CA, Brunswick Press, 1997, trade paperback, xii-106 pp, First Edition stated, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Fine condition in decorated white card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corners lightly folded on first two pages. The inspiring true story of the bravery of the Albanian people who hid and protected their Jewish countrymen and other Jewish refugees from the Nazis even after a formal request was made to the Albanian government for a list of resident Jews. Illustrated with 8 pages of black-&-white photographs and a map. Bibliography appended. ISBN 9781888521115

Koropi GR, Satyanandashram Greece, 1991, trade paperback, First Edition stated, Near Fine condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and edge bumps. A collection of 44 poems from the disciple of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh who has described him as a "versatile genius". Satyananda is the founder of the International Yoga Fellowship Movement, the Bihar School of Yoga, Sivananda Math and the Yoga Research Foundation. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs depicting Satyananda in his daily work and at meditation. Prologue by Swami Sivamurti Sivamurti.

London, Faber & Faber, 1966, hardcover, 256 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, "Christmas 1968" to front endpaper, light wear to spine ends and corners, one corner nicked. Dustjacket price-clipped, in new Brodart sleeve. Sava's own account of his time spent with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.

Berkeley CA, She Writes Press, 2016, trade paperback, 263 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A family's summer is badly disrupted when unexpected papers and other paintings are found behind a family heirloom painting.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 1975, hardcover, xiv-166 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket shows some fading, light wear at folds, touch of foxing, tiny chips to head of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This sequel to the author's 1937 work, Hong Kong: Birth, Adolescence and Coming of Age, was completed prior to WWII but unpublished until 1975. Sayer's long acquaintance with Hong Kong, his knowledge of the Chinese language, and his use of contemporary sources and official documents combine in this record of a crucial period in Anglo-Chinese relations and, of a Hong Kong now difficult to recall. Illustrated with 25 photographs on 10 sepia-tone plates and a fold-out map of the City of Victoria referencing the years 1845, 1862, and 1923. Nine titled appendices plus Additional Notes and Index. ISBN 9780856561122

New York, Henry Holt and Co, 2007, hardcover children's picture book (10" x 10"), 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bumps to bottom corners. Dustjacket, as new and unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine cover. The award-winning children's non-fiction and science author of Home at Last, Hush Little Puppy and Army Ant Parade presents a surprisingly sympathetic view of an unconventionally majestic bird, the Turkey Vulture. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color by Steve Jenkins. ISBN ?9780805075571

New York, Random House, 2018, hardcover children's picture book, 32 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, new, pictorial dustjacket. The popular author of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?, Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?, and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? returns with a seasonal themed look at a diggers Christmas. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color by Christian Slade.

New York, Gallery Books, 2018, trade paperback, 343 pp, First paperback Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The well-known dog trainer, speaker, and pet expert presents her first novel, the story of a successful trainer who takes on her hottest client ever, auditions for a TV show, and discovers a romantic spark with someone quite unexpected.

Washington DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1995, trade paperback, vi-127 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition in black-&-white pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and edge bumps. A compilation of written records, electronic records, still pictures, cartographic records, and motion pictures and sound and video recordings relating to American POWs and MIAs from various sources for the purposes of holding those responsible accountable for their actions. Sources include Military Organizations, Civilian Organizations, Congressional Investigations, VA claims files, and declassified documents. Appended are 17 appendices and an index. ISBN 9780160636851