Search Results: Authors starting with S from Magus Books

Paris: Les Éditions De Minuit, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by the author. Near-fine with a bit of sunning to spine, otherwise clean and tight (351 pages). Laid in is a four-page Editor's Note. Number 121 of a first printing of 1,000 sold to subscribers, of which half were eaten by rats while in storage in Normandy. The author, French poet and painter Marc Sabatier-Leveque, began writing this massive poem at the age of 14; he rewrote it when he was 22 and it was published in 1955 thanks to André Malraux. Illustrated with 16 portraits of the author by Pablo Picasso, who was the initiator of the subscription and said to the poet: "You are the one who brought French literature out of its Louis-Philippard style." Malraux, who considered this text to be "one of the major works of the 20th century," wrote to its young author: "You will be discovered in 30 years." Sabathier-Leveque died at the age of 37 without… Read More

Harper and Brothers, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus. Very good plus in dark blue boards with very light shelf wear. Interior clean and unmarked. An excellent copy of this very scarce title.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good minus dust jacket ($3.50 price intact) with a large chip at the top of the front and rear panels. Very scarce in dust jacket.

Doubleday, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good with crease to front board and neat name written on flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) with chipping at the spine ends and corners, and several closed edge tears. A nice copy of a rather scarce title.

Doubleday,, 1977. 1st Edition . Near-fine with slight shelf wear, in a fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY SAFIRE on the half-title. A beautiful signed copy.

Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover. very good plus/Very Good. Very good plus with minor fading to spine and slight shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket with light wear at the extremities. A very nice copy of the photoplay edition, featuring scenes from the 1933 film on the endpapers. Scarce in dust jacket.

Boston: Dana Estes, 1902. 1st Edition . The first separate publication in English of this children's story by Sand, which originally appeared in a collection published in France circa 1850. Near-fine in illustrated green boards with a touch of shelf wear; interior clean and unmarked. Sixty-eight pages with illustrations by Diantha W. Horne and two-page catalog in back. Very scarce.

New York: Henry Holt, 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. very good plus/Very Good. Scarce first state with Page 3 numbered as such and Chicago Poems book advertised at $1.30 opposite title page. Very good plus with professional repair to interior hinges and slight wear to paper along back edge of spine, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket with some wear at spine ends and edges. A very attractive copy.

Henry Holt and Company, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First issue with first page of ads in back dated 3'16 at bottom of page. Very good in dark green boards with slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, and fading to gilt title on spine (but still completely legible). Ownership inscription on flyleaf, tiny price stamped at top of rear pastedown, and offsetting to a few pages where clippings had been laid in. Included is an 8 x 10 black and white photo of Carl Sandburg and an historically significant letter that relates to it. The letter is addressed to the original owner of the book (whose name is written on the flyleaf) from a relative of hers. In November 1936, the letter-writer and a companion paid an unannounced visit to Sandburg at his home in Harbert, Michigan. While there, his friend took photos of Sandburg, including the one here (this is a copy of the original) showing Sandburg sitting by the fireplace with his famous four-volume Lincoln biography (to be released a… Read More

London: Cresset Press, 1939. 1st Edition . True first printing of Sarton's second book, preceding the U.S. edition. This was the first British publication of a Sarton book, and it contains the contents of both of her first two American books: "Encounter in April" and "Inner Landscape." Very good plus in green boards that are bright and clean; interior unmarked save for a faint stain along a small portion of the inner edge between pages. In a very good dust jacket (price intact) with sunning to spine, minor chipping at spine ends and corners, and a piece of matching tape on the reverse along the spine edge. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY SARTON on the flyleaf: "To Laura on a most happy occasion, May Sarton, and (---!). Honolulu, April 10, 1957." Opposite on the front pastedown is the book plate of Laura Mell Pleadwell, obviously the Laura in the inscription. She was the stepmother of Theodora Pleadwell, who was a student in Sarton's Apprentice Theatre under Eva le… Read More

New York: Lear Publishers, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The very scarce first U.S. edition. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket ($2.75 price intact) with a touch of wear at the corners and an abrasion to the spine. A very attractive copy.

Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. No date but published circa 1934--this is likely the first and only edition. Near-fine with neat name written on front pastedown (concealed by dust jacket flap), otherwise bright and clean. In a near-fine dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with a touch of wear at the spine ends and corners. Scarce, particularly in this condition.

Putnam's, 1976. 1st Edition . A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($12.50 price intact) with slight wear at the spine ends and corners, and a bit a fading to the spine. A very attractive copy of this scarce title, a thorough examination of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and subsequent arrest, conviction and execution of Richard Hauptmann (which the author believes was unjust).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near-fine with a touch of soiling to bottom of front board and usual tanning to page edges, otherwise bright and clean. In a near-fine example of the fragile dust jacket ($1.50 price intact) with slight wear at the corners and minor rubbing to the back panel. SIGNED BY JACK SCHAEFER on the flyleaf. Schaefer's second novel, follow-up to the immensely successful Shane. Very rare signed.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near-fine in brown boards with gilt titles on spine; interior clean and unmarked. An excellent copy of a very scarce title.

Cleveland Women's Golf Association, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. A near-fine copy, bright and clean inside and out with attractive ownership book plate on front pastedown. SIGNED BY ALICE SEAGRAVE on a special golf-themed bookplate affixed to the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy.

New York: Random House, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the extremities and some light staining to the reverse, only visible on the exterior at two small areas of the white flaps. Meets the first state requirement of 10 titles listed on rear jacket panel from "Horton Hears a Who!" to "Mulberry Street." Price is clipped but "$2.95" in pencil (faded and obviously old) is written below the clipped corner. This is virtually certain to mean the dust jacket is the first state, with the $2.50 price having been clipped by the bookseller and $2.95 (which was printed on the later second state dust jacket) added by them in pencil. A very attractive copy of the first edition.

New York: Random House, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Early printing of the first edition, with 16 titles on back panel of book and dust jacket listing to 1958 ("Yertle the Turtle" and "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back"). Since the next Seuss book was published in 1959, assume this copy of "Scrambled Eggs Super" was published circa 1958-59. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price clipped) with slight edgewear and a couple of closed tears. A very attractive early copy.

New York: Random House, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing with 295/295 price. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket with a bit of chipping at the spine ends. INSCRIBED BY DR. SEUSS at the bottom corner of the flyleaf's reverse (his favorite spot to sign). Scarce signed.

New York: Random House, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing with 295/295 price and correct titles listed on rear dust jacket flap. Near-fine with a touch of wear at the corners. otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends and corners, and a very faint crease to the front panel. INSCRIBED BY DR. SEUSS at the bottom corner of the flyleaf's reverse (his favorite spot to sign). Very scarce signed.