Search Results: Authors starting with S from Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

New York (1939): Reynal & Hitchcock. First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo, 306 pages; internally clean and bright. Price of $2.00 on rear flap. Dust jacket shows small loss at spine ends and some scuffs on front panel and spine.

Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1943. First Ediiton. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Second issue with 1943 date (rather than 1942) on title page. Associate Editor: F. X. Pastor. Salinger's story represents his first book appearance. Pages slightly age tonned as normal for this book. A very good+ copy bound in original red and blue paper covered boards with mild edge wear. 336 pp.

Ogis: State Publishing, 1948. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 301 pages; publisher's beige cloth, printed in blue. Illustrated in black and white, gray end papers. Cloth binding is soiled and stained, mostly on rear panel; illustration facing page 16 with some ink marks in margin, not affecting image.

Chicago: A. J. Nystrom and Co. Very Good+. Offered is a pull down school map in very good+ condition, completely intact with mild toning and stains at lower edge of map. Not dated. Measures approximately: 48 inches x 78 inches.

Denver: The Williamson-Haffner Engraving Co, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong Octavo. Bound in original red cloth, printed in gilt; illustrated in black and white. Spine ends frayed, rear inner hinge cracked and a few spots on the binding; internally clean.

Warwickshire: Waldo S. Lanchester, 1974. Waldo S. Lanchester. Folded card, 12" x 14" with instructions for assembly of the cut-outs, with original printed envelope. Fine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small Octavo. 128pp. Stamped "Review Copy" with publication date Sept. 11, 1947. Bound in red cloth lettered and ruled in black, near fine without foxing in unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine.

New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Tall Octavo. Author's first book. SIGNED BY WILLIAM SAROYAN AND WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIS EDITOR AS FOLLOWS: "To Kenneth Houston/a fine editor, with/sincere good wishes/for the continued/success of Literary/America, the magazine,/and the state of/the country itself-/William Saroyan./Manhattan/May 22/1935. This first edition was limited to 2000 copies. 270pp., bound in pale gray cloth with wrap around gold label printed in black, spine black; dust jacket spine lightly toned, small loss at top of rear spine fold. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Stated first edition. Bound in green cloth with black lettering spine and front cover. A very good+ copy with slight fading spine, owner name ffep, bookplaate front paste down. 282 pp.

New York: Brewer & Warren Inc, 1930. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in tan cloth with green lettering spine and front cover, green illustration front cover. A very good+ copy with bubbling to cloth covers, mild soil covers. 304 pp.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good. Octavo. Stated First American Edition. $2.50 price on dust jacket front flap. A near fine copy in a good dust jack with chips, scuffs, short closed tears, tape residue. 381 pp.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. First 2/6 edition. First edition, second issue? Bound in original red cloth with black lettering spine. A near fine copy. 283 pp.

New York (1937): Harcourt, Brace and Company. First American Edition. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 381 pages; publishers black cloth, lettered in purple. First American Edition, stated, which preceeds the first English edition. Neat owner name and date stamp on front pastedown. A handsome copy, internally clean and bright.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in black cloth with red lettering spine. A very good+ copy with owner inscription ffep, hinges repaired with binding still tight. 286 pp.

London (1935): Victor Gollancz Ltd. First Ediiton Thus. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo, 288 pages; first 2/6 edition of 1935 and first reissue of the first Sayers novel, with the new Preface. Preliminary Note: "This re-issue of WHOSE BODY? (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord Peter Wimsey, brought up to date (May 1935) and communicated by his uncle PAUL AUSTIN DELAGARDIE." Publisher's red cloth, spine printed in black. Bookplate of Adrian Goldstone, John Steinbeck's bibliographer, on front pastedown. Spine slightly faded. A handsome, clean, very good copy.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. Presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Dec. 1941-Oct, 1942. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with milld age darkening spine, minimal chips. 343 pp. A very nice copy.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 287 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in orange. One of 1,000 copies; the 4th of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels. Light wear at extremities, expert strengthening to inner hinges; neat owner presentation on FEP. Overall, a very good copy, now rare on the market.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First Edition. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 483 pages; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in orange. A lovely copy of the 10th Lord Peter Wimsey novel; internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 398 pages; publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black; top edges stained black. Pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap; small loss at spine ends, a few short closed tears, red stain on margin of rear panel. Book is internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; actually a beautiful copy.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 112 pages; publisher's blue cloth, spine printed in gilt. Dust jacket with price and owner name on front flap; red on spine with slight fade, light soiling to rear panel. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.