Search Results: Authors starting with S from Blue Sky Rare Books

University of Chicago, 1941. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book is near fine, free of all markings, DJ is VG, in-mylar, some closed tears and a little spotting, but complete and still attractive.

London & Berkeley: Constable/University of California Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good+. Two volumes. 399; 195 pp. Polished gilt buckram, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, solidly fine and free of all markings. Jackets are solid Very Good -- some toning and minor edge chipping and spotting, but solidly presentable in the protective mylar wraps. Nice clean working set.

Capel-Y-Ffin, Abergavenny,: Francis Walterson, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. Deligthful book with minor rubbing/wear, contents very clean. VG+ One of 150 copies signed by Eric Gill.

No Place: No Publisher. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Volume 2 of this elusive edition. This is the first edition with 105 pages. This copy is free of all markings. Covers are showing some browning with age (as usual), some creasing wear to spine, but title still very clear. A solid VG copy.

Univ of Iowa Pr, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Book and DJ strong VG+, DJ in mylar. Nice book.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Inscribed by Saroyan to prominent San Francisco physician (and Saroyan collector) Ernst du Bray in 1940. Book is near fine, the only defect being some acid offset from articles about Saroyan (still present). Offsetting darkens the autograph page, but does not otherwise affect the inscription. DJ is VG/VG+, with a couple of closed tears and minor general wear, still holding nice color. Spine is not sunned. Other books autographed by Saroyan for Dr. du Bray are available, one of which (My Name is Aram) refers to Dr. du Bray as "the Saroyan collector."

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1937. First Edition. Near Fine in VG+ jacket. Inscribed by Saroyan to Dr. Ernst du Bray, a prominent San Francisco physician and Saroyan collector. Book is lovely, tight and clean, with only some minor acid offset on the back blank pages from articles about Saroyan laid in by Dr. du Bray (and still present). Cloth boards are fresh and bright. All pages white, no spotting. DJ is a strong VG+, just a couple of very short closed tears and minimal handling wear. A superb copy with a strong association.

2008: Harvard University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine, free of all markings. Jacket in protective mylar wrap. Lovely book.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine, jacket in protective mylar wrap. Nice book.

Paris: F.-L. SCHMIED, 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/near fine. A fresh copy in the original wrapers, housed in the original plain blue chemise and slipcase (aged but no splits). There is faint bit of spotting to the wrapper, nearly invisible (see photo). The contents are completely fine and without even a hint of foxing, wear, or soiling. Loose in sheets as issued. Rare in sheets suitable for display. Easily one of the most beautiful books printed in the 20th century. One of 177 copies printed on Japon, signed by Schmied. "The title page illustration was the most intricate of all of Schmied's illustrations, requiring some forty-five different blocks to achieve the lacquer-like quality he wanted." Ritchie 35. A beautiful copy of a beautiful book.

Onomatopee, 2012. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine paperback, trivial shelwear.

Provo, Utah: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine condition. Quarter dark red morocco over grey boards. This copy is one of only 100 thus bound and with an original leaf from Aristotle's Historia Animalium, printed by Colines in 1524, inserted at the rear. Leaf has one of those marvelous crible initials. Marvelous, well-illustrated bibliography, and very attractive in the deluxe binding. Hamel & Silver, Disbound and Dispersed 210.

Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover, printed boards as issued. A few neat pencil marks early on, text otherwise clean.

Pitt County: Pitt County Historical Society, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Beautiful copy. DJ has some rubbing to the back cover, handsome in mylar sleeve. The definitive book on Pitt County architecture.

Texas Tech University Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. near fine. Paperback, no markings, trivial sheldf wear.

Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good+. Book fine, free of all markings. Jacket with very small closed tear on cover, so VG+ or near fine in mylar protective wrap. Nice book.

Tokyo: Privately Printed, 1965. first edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. The earliest sample here is of Japanese paper from the year 730 and the earliest printed fragment is from a book printed at the Kyoto Monastery in 1349. Many of the papers were made in the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and Edo periods. The paper samples are arranged chronologically. Also includes samples of palmleaf paper, papyrus stalk, etc. Each samples identified in both Japanese and English under the sample. 181 samples, all present. The second volume is a beautifully illustrated history of papermaking. Both volumes in the traditional Japanese string bindings with paper labels over beautiful hand-made paper covers. Both volumes fine. Set comes in a blue folding cloth folder (near fine) with traditional clasps. This set sold new in Tokyo in 1965 for $400 (about $3000 today). A great book about paper. The paper samples in the classic Thomas Tindale book, Handmade Papers of Japan (1952), came from the Seki… Read More

Denby Dale, West Yorkshire: Fleece Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. One of only thirty specially bound copies containing an original print. A beautifully-produced work on Raverat's oeuvre, including a full bibliography of her works. Printed in Scotch Roman type by Peter J. Sanderson at the Whittington Press. Folio, 1/4 gilt-lettered vellum over marbled paper-covered boards by Smith Settle; publisher's linen clamshell box with printed spine label. Box and book near fine -- minor shelfwear to the box and a touch of corner wear to the book (caused by contact with the box). Beautiful book, one pf the best from Fleece.

Kyoto: The Tanko-Shinsha Co, 1959. first edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Book near fine in original slipcase with only minor wear, solidly VG+. Lovely copy.

London: Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1968. first edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo (6 x 9 tall). One of twelve copies printed on J. Barcham Green's Charles the First hand-made paper. This is number 9 of 12 signed by Brocard Sewell. Available only to subscribers. This copy is in true fine, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut. All leaves also uncut -- an unopened copy on very elegant paper. Brown quarter leather with gilt stamping over a light gray-green cloth (matching the Barcham Green paper), purple silk book marker sewn in. All fine. Gatherings hand-sewn. All fine. No wear to the leather or boards. John Gray was said to be the model for the main character in Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray. The trade edition of this book is scarce and I have never seen a copy of the limited edition of 12. A lovely book.