Search Results: Authors starting with S from R & A Petrilla

Original manuscript. Very Good. Broadside form, accomplished by hand, docketed on verso. 13" x 8.25" This invoice cover 375 pounds of candles, apparently to be used shipboard while cruising the Bay of Panama.

Glasgow: Andreas Foulis, 1777. Foulis Press Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. pp: (iii), 324 with index. Bound in old flamed calf, flat spine gilt in panels formed by decorative bands and featuring crossed arrow centerpiece, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Front joint cracked and holding, spine gilt lightly rubbed. 6" x 3.5" With the armorial bookplate of H.G.W. Sperling. Written in sepia ink at top of first blank leaf: "Henry Grace Sperling, Harrow Prize, Dec. 1807.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1852. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 97, 22 appendix; 53 plates. Inscribed by the author on the title-page, below which a proud owner has written: "Ch. H. Rogers, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Sept. 1908." Bound in blind-stamped, diced purple cloth, gilt lettering on spine; purple fading as usual. 10.25" x 6.5" Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page: "Robt H. Bow, Esq're from the Author." Bow (1832-1908), a Scottish civil engineer and photographer, worked with Edward Sang.

NY, 1895. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, written clearly in black ink. Sangster sends her autograph and thanks Miss Bridgman "for your very kind and sweet letter....Cordially yours...." Signed in full. 8.25" x 5.25

Randolph, Vermont: Sargent, Osgood & Roundy Co, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. pp: 90, (5) index; illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. Describes and prices several hundred items: plows, spreaders, harrows, seeders, cultivators, weeders, rakes, balers, sprayers, saw rigs, carts, etc. Bound in pictorial blue wrappers. 9" x 4.5", With the original mailing envelope. [WorldCat locates only the UVermont holding of this title.].

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1944. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: (v), 103. Bound in salmon cloth, blue lettering on spine, in pictorial dust wrapper. Light spot on cloth of rear board. 8" x 5.25

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xvi, 238. Bound in yellow cloth, blue lettering on spine, in yellow and blue dust wrapper; shelfback sunned, printed price intact. 8.25" x 5.5

Westminster: Charles J. Sawyer, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Two volumes. pp: xvi, (368); viii, 423 with index; 100 illustrations from title-pages. Bound in red cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt, others rough-trimmed; printed dust wrappers, worn. 9.25" x 6" One of 2,000 sets printed.

Chambersburg, PA: Board of Missions, 1836. Original edition. Good. 4 large pages; wear at original folds with slight loss. 23.5" x 18" A scarce pre-fire imprint: Chambersburg was burned by the Confederate Army in 1864 and few printed paper items survived.

Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1957. Hardcover. Fine. 76pp w/index; tipped frontispiece portrait of Father Joseph Giorda, S.J., rubricated title-page and chapter titles, one plate from a photograph, several other illustrations. Bound in pictorial red cloth, gilt spine title. 10" x 6.5" One of only 804 copies, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 256pp, printed in blue; 148 half- and full-page illustrations from photographs. Bound in cloth-backed printed boards, decorated endpapers, matching dust wrapper, 10.25" x 8.25

Germantaun [Germantown, PA]: Michael Billmeyer, 1806. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: 271, (4) Register [index]. Bound in old flame calf, five gilt rules on spine; printer's devices on title-page, tailpiece, and as separators between prayers in text. 6" x 3.5". Near fine condition for the age. [Early American Imprints 10468. Botte, First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America, 1486.].

Hanover [NH]: Printed by W.A. Patten, 1842. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 28pp. Includes establishment of the library, gathering local periodicals, deceased fellows and members, etc. Bound in printed green wrappers, corners chipped. Signature of Samuel Fletcer, Esq at top of cover. 9" x 5.5" [American Imprints 42-3794. Sabin 2012. WorldCat locates three holdings of this first report: Columbia U, Indiana U, U Florida.].

Fort Augustus, Scotland: Williamson, 1900. First Edition. Original Boards. Very Good. Strip map in full color, image 27" x 7.5". Pictured are landmarks on shore along the Canal. Printed at The Hills Press, Sunderland. Tipped into a folder of red leatherette, gilt cover lettering. Pasted inside the cover is a leaf of descriptive text. 4.75" x 8.5" [WorldCat locates only the National Lib of Scotland holding, although U Wisconsin has a similar title with variant imprint.].

s.l.: s.n., 1888. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Good. 18 Albertype, photographic views on 18 plates, accordion format, folding into gilt-decorated blue boards, cloth spine; 16pp text at back; boards somewhat soiled and rubbed. Contains exterior and interior views of: The Cathedral; The Necropolis; The University; Free Church College and Park Church; New Stock Exchange; George Square; St. Enoch's Hotel & Station; The Broomielaw, Preparing to Start; Exhibition Buildings, 1888; The Bishop's Palace; &c. 5" x 7" [Some similar titles found in WorldCat, not this one.].

Aberdeen: Aberdeen Journals Ltd, 1920. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. 1p text; 53 full-page, b&w views of castles, bridges, lochs, etc. with detailed captions. Bound in burgundy leather, tartan plaid and view inset on cover; corners of binding scuffed, contents clean. 7.5" x 9.5

Glasgow: L&R / James Reid, Bookseller, 1880. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Very Good. 12 lithographed views from photographs, printed on 12 panels, accordion-fold (leporello) format. Brief captions. Views include: Lochlomond from Mount Misery; Ascent of Benlomond; Eilen's Isle, Lake Katrina; Loch Achray and Ben Venue with the Trosachs Hotel; Brig o' Turk; Doune Castle; &c. Folds into cloth-backed blue boards, decorated in gilt. 3.25" x 5" [Not recorded by WorldCat.].

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. Two pages, promotional text and illustrations; printed in black with decorated initial and borders in blue. Side One has a photo-portrait of Lardner and a photo of the five-volume set of his works. Side Two includes seven cartoons in the text. Original folds, opens to 19.5" x 11.25" [WorldCat does not record this broadsheet.].

Chicago: Sears, Roebuck & Co, 1909. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Good. 72pp; text illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. Includes detailed descriptions and prices. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers; covers soiled, detached, and present. Contents intact and sound. 10.75" x 8.5" Shabby, but it's all there.

London: Longmans, Green, 1884. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xxi, (i), 464 with index; 13 folding maps, plates. Bound in polished calf, panelled spine with gilt decorations, gilt cover rules and rosettes, dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges; top of spine just slightly chipped. 8.5" x 5.5