Search Results: Authors starting with S from Wykeham Books

Sotheby's S.A., Geneva, auction catalogue for the sale held on 14th November, 1988. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. approximately 100 pp, colour ills. 204 lots. Fine.

N. Israel, Amsterdam, 1961 - 1962 reprint of the 1868-1936 edition, . 29 volumes in 15, cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. many thousand pp. Sabin aims to includes all notable books, pamphlets and periodicals that were written by Americans or relate to America no matter where they were printed (in contrast Evans' American Bibliography includes only books printed in America). The details provided are full title, place, publisher, date, paging, format, notes, and in most instances the names of libraries possessing copies. The arrangement is alphabetical by authors, anonymous items being entered under a significant word from the title. Most entries were seen by the editor from time to time, but Sabin relied in some case on previously published descriptions, including some from booksellers' catalogues. If this sometimes produces inaccuracies, it avoids unnecessary omissions, and each of the editors was a highly accomplished bibliographer - one reviewer drew attention to the fact that "Such large sections… Read More

Mini-Print Corp, New York, first edition thus, 1967 reprint of 1867-1937 edition. 29 vols in 2, cloth, 20 x 25 cm. with 8 pp of the original photographically reproduced on each page of this micro-print edition. Over 106,413 entries. The micro-print version of the monumental bibliography of books relating to America begun by Joseph Sabin, continued by Wilberforce Eames and finally completed by Robert Vail some 70 years after its commencement. Sabin aims to includes all notable books, pamphlets and periodicals that were written by Americans or relate to America no matter where they were printed (in contrast Evans' American Bibliography includes only books printed in America). The details provided are full title, place, publisher, date, paging, format, notes, and in most instances the names of libraries possessing copies. The arrangement is alphabetical by authors, anonymous items being entered under a significant word from the title. Most entries were seen by the editor from time to time, but Sabin… Read More

Frank T. Sabin, London, printseller's catalogue, 1933. Stiff printed wrappers, mounted cover illustration 4to,. 227 pp, 218 ills. 220 entries. A very useful catalogue on late 18th and early to mid 19th century English sporting art, including works (chiefly between 1770 and 1840) by nearly 50 artists. The great majority of entries are illustrated and the descriptions provide often considerable detail, typically covering the engraving and publication information, sometimes a comment on rarity, often a description of the image, and annotations on the subject matter (including , for example, the career history of a racehorse). Arranged alphabetically by artist, with indexes of engravers and publishers. Top edge dust-stained, wrappers a little edgeworn, otherwise Near Very Good.

Thames and Hudson, New York, first edition, 1989. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 24 cm,. 224 pp, 152 ills. Ancient Mexico was one of the great independent hearths of civilization. Out of varied landscapes grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec and Aztec. Standard histories tend to focus on the individual progress of these societies, but this new book takes an original approach, emphasizing the unity of Mexican civilization and addressing the questions tourists and students most often ask but specialists so rarely answer. In a series of attractively written vignettes, Professor Sabloff describes, first of all, what it would have been like to have lived during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities, from Olmec San Lorenzo 3,000 years ago to the Aztec Tenochtitlan at the Spanish Conquest. Through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death.… Read More

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1889. Cloth, 4to,. xii pp, 1150 columns (2 per page). 2038 entries. Spine-ends worn with minor loss, creasing to spine, contents slightly agetoned, otherwise Good.

Chaundy & Cox, London, first edition, 1922. Cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo,. viii, 240 pp, errata slip. Bibliographies of Anthony Trollope, Captain Frederick Marryat, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, , G. J. Whyte-Melville, Elizabeth Gaskell, Herman Melville. Errata slip loosely inserted. Good in soiled and somewhat torn dustwrapper.

Maurizio Martino Publisher, Cambridge, 1992 reprint of 1951 first edition. Reprint stated to be limited to 350 copies. Cloth, 4to,. 195 pp, plates. The second volume only of a 2-volume set. Volume II is a bibliographical catalogue of Sadleir's "Yellow-back collection" together with a section on "Novelist's Libraries, Standard Novels, the Parlour Library, and other cloth (or cloth and board) bound fiction (or part-fiction) series." Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to provide complete bibliographies for previously-unbibliographed authors, even including non-fiction works. Top edge a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine.

Chaundy & Cox, London, first edition, 1922. Cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo,. viii, 240 pp, errata slip. Bibliographies of Anthony Trollope, Captain Frederick Marryat, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, , G. J. Whyte-Melville, Elizabeth Gaskell, Herman Melville. With the errata slip tipped in. Good.

Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1969 reprint of 1951 first edition. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xxxiii, 398 + 195 pp. The best reprint of this classic work, in large format and with good-quality illustrations. Volume I provides a detailed bibliographical catalogue of some 3,392 items, many entries extensively annotated, together with Sadleir's entertaining introduction "Passages from the Autobiography of a Bibliomaniac" and an interesting analysis of "Comparative scarcities" for many of the more important authors. Volume II is a bibliographical catalogue of his "Yellow-back collection" together with a section on "Novelist's Libraries, Standard Novels, the Parlour Library, and other cloth (or cloth and board) bound fiction (or part-fiction) series." Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to provide complete bibliographies for previously-unbibliographed authors, even including non-fiction… Read More

Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd., London, first edition, 1924. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies (this copy unnumbered), signed by the author. Imitation leather over bevelled boards, 320 x 250 mm,. frontispiece, 39 pp, 91 plates (several in colour, tipped-in),. The binding appears to be some sort of tan colouring applied over what may be roan-covered bevelled boards, apparently intended to produce a mock-pigskin effect. This has not met with success as the spine is heavily rubbed (and the board edges less heavily rubbed) with the loss of the tan colouring revealing the reddish roan ( a guess, but seemingly some rather poor quality leather) beneath. The binding is sound,despite the spine wear, though rather unattractive.The contents are clean and Good, with Sadleir having signed but not numbered the limitation statement, which refers to an edition of "one hundred copies".

Oxford University Press, [Oxford], first edition, 1927. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. 23, [8] pp. incl. facs,. A consideration of the seven romantic novels mentioned by one of the characters in Jane Austen's "Northanger abbey," with facsimiles of their title-pages. English Association Pamphlet No. 68. Wrappers browned, some minor marks, otherwise Good.

Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1969 reprint of 1951 first edition. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xxxiii, 398 + 195 pp. The best reprint of this classic work, in large format and with good-quality illustrations. Volume I provides a detailed bibliographical catalogue of some 3,392 items, many entries extensively annotated, together with Sadleir's entertaining introduction "Passages from the Autobiography of a Bibliomaniac" and an interesting analysis of "Comparative scarcities" for many of the more important authors. Volume II is a bibliographical catalogue of his "Yellow-back collection" together with a section on "Novelist's Libraries, Standard Novels, the Parlour Library, and other cloth (or cloth and board) bound fiction (or part-fiction) series." Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to provide complete bibliographies for previously-unbibliographed authors, even including non-fiction… Read More

Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1969 reprint of 1951 first edition. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xxxiii, 398 + 195 pp. The best reprint of this classic work, in large format and with good-quality illustrations. Volume I provides a detailed bibliographical catalogue of some 3,392 items, many entries extensively annotated, together with Sadleir's entertaining introduction "Passages from the Autobiography of a Bibliomaniac" and an interesting analysis of "Comparative scarcities" for many of the more important authors. Volume II is a bibliographical catalogue of his "Yellow-back collection" together with a section on "Novelist's Libraries, Standard Novels, the Parlour Library, and other cloth (or cloth and board) bound fiction (or part-fiction) series." Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to provide complete bibliographies for previously-unbibliographed authors, even including non-fiction… Read More

Bibliographical Society, [London], first edition, 1937. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 22 x 18 cm,. xi, 103 , [1] pp. ills, plates, facs. Includes a bibliography of Wrangham's published work (pp 59-99). From the introductory remarks: "This paper is, I am afraid, less concerned with bibliography (as properly understood by our Society) than with the character and the outwardly tranquil but inwardly book-ridden life of a bibliomaniac. Certainly Wrangham, as an author, challenges the ingenuity of a would-be compiler of a bibliographical check-list, and such a list has been attempted as an appendix to these more general remarks. But it cannot be argued that he influenced or illustrated the development of the science to any notable degree. His claim on the recollection, respect, and - I venture to say - affection of bibliographical posterity rests on his passionate love of books for their own sake, on his quality as a scholar, on his courageous liberal-mindedness, and on the distinction and charm… Read More

[Printed for the Colophon, Edinburgh ], first edition, 1932. Lmited edition of 50 copies. Quarter cloth and marbled boards with front board label, 4to, 28 cm,. [16] pp, frontispiece plate. Includes correspondence to Edward Hutton concerning the purchase of copies of Bentley's Standard Novels. Copy no. 2, inscribed by Sadleir with initials. Good unopened copy in torn glassine wrapper.

Chaundy & Cox, London, first edition, 1922. Cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo,. viii, 240 pp, errata slip. Bibliographies of Anthony Trollope, Captain Frederick Marryat, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, , G. J. Whyte-Melville, Elizabeth Gaskell, Herman Melville. Covers slightly marked, Good.

Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1969 reprint of 1951 first edition. Cloth, 4to,. xxxiii, 398 + 195 pp. 3,392 items. The first volume only. The best reprint of this classic work, in large format and with good-quality illustrations. Volume I provides a detailed bibliographical catalogue of some 3,392 items, many entries extensively annotated, together with Sadleir's entertaining introduction "Passages from the Autobiography of a Bibliomaniac" and an interesting analysis of "Comparative scarcities" for many of the more important authors. Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to provide complete bibliographies for previously-unbibliographed authors, even including non-fiction works. The authors featured in the "comparative scarcities" section are: W H Ainsworth, R D Blackmore, the Brontes, Bulwer Lytton, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, George… Read More

Folcroft Press, Folcroft, 1969 reprint of the 1922 first edition. Cloth, 8vo. viii, 240 pp. A short essay and descriptive bibliography is provided for each of the following authors: Trollope, Marryat, Disraeli, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Whyte-Melville, Mrs Gaskell and Herman Melville. Ex-library with a label on the spine, a stamp on each edge, labels and dockets on the endpapers and a blindstamp on the title-page, otherwise Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1951. Limited edition of 1025 copies. 2 vols, cloth, top edges gilt, 4to,. xxxiii, 398 + 195 pp. The first edition of this classic work, attractively produced in large format and superior to the 1969 reprint in the print quality of the illustrations. Volume I provides a detailed bibliographical catalogue of some 3,392 items, many entries extensively annotated, together with Sadleir's entertaining introduction "Passages from the Autobiography of a Bibliomaniac" and an interesting analysis of "Comparative scarcities" for many of the more important authors. Volume II is a bibliographical catalogue of his "Yellow-back collection" together with a section on "Novelist's Libraries, Standard Novels, the Parlour Library, and other cloth (or cloth and board) bound fiction (or part-fiction) series." Sadleir's work is primarily based on his own fiction collection, but in many cases he expanded the scope to… Read More