Search Results: Authors starting with S from Albion Books

Philadelphia, PA: A. J. Holman & Co., 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Appears unread. Dark blue cloth with minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends. Polar bear and icebound ship imagery to front. Gilt on spine slightly darkened. Minor soil to text block. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Small tear to frontis tissue guard. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 560 pp. Ships in a box.

Harrisburg, PA: The Minter Company, 1904. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paul Krafft and others. Light blue cloth with lettering and decoration in black and red. Spine and board edges lightly toned; pretty evenly lightly foxed all over, including text block edges. Remarkably virtually no rubbing or loss to lettering or decoration. Minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends; corners sharp. Binding quite sound, text clean. Interior moderately toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 304 pp. Originally sold by subscription only.

New York: P. J. Kenedy and Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Light rubbing and soil, and bumped and frayed spine ends and corners. Binding shaken, text clean. Interior toned. Sepia photogravure frontis portrait of the author, from an 1895 photo. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

New York: H. Carlisle, 1847. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Publisher's dark brown cloth with decorative blindstamping to boards and elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Light edgewear and rubbing; spine ends and corners lightly bumped with fraying starting; 3/8" hole in front hinge and a tiny puncture to rear hinge. Light foxing and soil to text block. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed. B/w illustrations. Early prev owner name penned to ffep. Small sticker ghost to front pastedown. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 324 pp.

Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento, 1936. 1st Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown wraps with light edgewear and creasing, and uneven sunning along edges. 1 1/2" split at upper spine end. Stapled binding sound, text clean. Text in Spanish. Interior quite toned. Previous owner name penned to title page. Numerous fold-out charts and maps. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 9 pages + fold-outs.

Mexico: Editora Nacional, 1952. Limited Edition . Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/NDAI (No Dust Jacket As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of 500 sets. Facsimile of the 1746-48 first edition. Faux vellum stiff wraps are moderately toned and edgeworn; corners and spine ends bumped; light soil; a few splits and tears to vol 2 (up to 2 1/2"). Bindings tight and pages stiff. Interior clean. Text in Spanish. Includes added prologue. Bookshop label to rear pastedown of vol 1. No previous owner names or stamps. Not ex-library.

Philadelphia, PA: R. W. Pomeroy, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contains biographies of Benjamin Franklin, George Wythe, Francis Hopkinson, and Robert Treat Paine. Dark brown tree calf full leather with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil; bumped spine ends and corners; small loss to leather at upper spine end; leather over spine somewhat dry and chipped. Binding sound aside from cracked hinges; ffep loose but not detached. Interior moderately toned and waterstained. B/w engravings. Prev owner name "Charles Wing" and "50th N.Y.V.E." (New York Volunteer Engineers) in pencil to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 256 pp.

Kozgazdasagi Es Jogi Konyvkiado, 1983. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy pictorial boards with minor edgewear, diagonally creased front cover, and bumped spine ends and corners. Binding sound, interior clean and lightly toned. Text in Hungarian. Color photos of various dishes. Gift inscription to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 551 pp. Hungarian cookbook.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2000. 1st Printing Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Centennial Edition. Signed by Cederwall to title page with personalized inscription. Black cloth with trace soil and barely bumped corners; lower fore corner of text block slightly bumped. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has minor edgewear; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, interior clean. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 176 pp.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G" printing (early 20th century). Maroon cloth with trace edgewear and slightly bumped spine ends; slightly unevenly sunned. Small sticker ghost to spine. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Prev owner name to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 275 pp.

Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Heritage Press, 2015. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author and inscribed "To Jerry" to title page. Glossy wraps with trace edgewear and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. B/w photos. Small black pen mark to title page lower corner, date to upper corner. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 190 pp.

Pocket Books, 2005. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with trace edgewear. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Interior lightly toned. A few pages of b/w photos. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 354 pp.

Harry N. Abrams, 1973. 1st US Edition . Hardcover. Good/VG- (Very Good Minus). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Max Hirmer. Olive cloth covered boards with trace wear, light sunning along spine and edges, and mild waterstaining along lower edge of rear board (interior unaffected). Moderate soil to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has mild edgewear, toning and scuffing; 1/4" closed tear to upper rear edge; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned, with a couple tiny soil spots to pastedowns. Well illustrated with b/w photos plus some color plates. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. HEAVY, OVERSIZE BOOK WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown/red boards with trace wear and lightly bumped spine ends. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has minor edgewear, slightly sunned spine, and 1 1/2" closed tear to rear panel; flaps not clipped. Minor soil to text block. Binding sound, text clean. Color photos and b/w illustrations. Name/address stamp to ffep. Not ex-library.

Toronto, Canada: Exile Editions, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Matte turquoise blue wraps with trace edgewear and scuffing. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated (about 65 pp).

Nordhausen am Harz, Germany: Heinrich Killinger Verlagsgesellschaft, 1934. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 8th revised edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Light edgewear and soil, and bumped spine ends/corners. Spine slightly sunned and foxed. Small tear to cloth at lower spine end. Binding somewhat shaken due to its weight, and cracked at foreword page. Interior quite toned, with heavy foxing to just first few pages. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Text clean. German text in Fraktur font. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Tucson, AZ: Cider Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with minor edgewear. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 241 pp.

University of California Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray/tan boards with trace wear and slightly bumped spine ends. Minor foxing to top of text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear and scuffing; a few tiny tears; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned, with minor foxing to last couple pages. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1973. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/G+ (Good Plus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with trace wear and bumped spine ends/corners; small label to spine. Light foxing to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has minor edgewear and soil; spine sunned, with small label taped near lower end; a few small closed tears; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Text in German. Prev owner name/address stamp to ffep.

New York: The Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with trace wear. Trace soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 430 pp.