Search Results: Authors starting with S from GN Books and Prints

The Live Steam Book by L. B. S. C.
Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd., London.
In good condition. Boards have largely retained their colour. A little scuffing and small signs of shelf-wear but generally fine. Title detail a little faded on spine. Binding firm. Page edges browned and foxed but page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. A nice copy. Contains a number of black and white photographs of various engines and many technical drawings of engine components.

Pictures in Colour of Warwickshire: The Country of Shakespeare and George Eliot, with descriptive notes by F. L. Sabatini. Hardback, circa 1910, illustrated with 50 coloured pictures of Statford-on-Avon, Kenilworth, Conventry, Nuneaton. Published by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, London, with publisher's compliments slip tipped in towards read of book and some contemporaneous advertisements.
Measures around 8 3/8" by 7 1/2" by 1/2". Red and green cloth binding with pictorial label and gilt lettering to front board. Some marking and scuffing to binding, with discolouration towards fore-edges but reasonably clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, slightly bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm but some tearing to front inner hinge. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper dating from 1910. The odd bit of marking to page surfaces but reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 1st Series Vol I: The Confessions and Letters of Saint Augustin, with a Sketch of His Life and Work, Edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D.

















Hardback, 1956, published by Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 619 pages.











Measures around 9 3/4" by 6 3/4" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Grey cloth binding, green label and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Spine is particularly scuffed and worn. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little tearing to head and tail of spine. Slackness to binding, front inner hinge cracked with netting visible but book contents reasonably firm and textblock intact. Page edges browned, foxed, marked and scuffed. A little lettering and numbering to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Rear free endpaper has been largely removed with only the gutter a strip a little more… Read More

These African Copper Miners: A study of the Industrial Revolution in Northern Rhodesia, with principal reference to the Copper Mining Industry, by R. J. B. Moore, Revised, with Appendices, by A. Sandilands.
Hardback, 1948, first edition, published by Livingstone Press, London, 147 pages + xii.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 1/4". No dust jacket. Beige-grey cloth binding, brown lettering to front board and spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding, thought mostly quite clean. Signs of wear. Bumping to corners and board edges. Some slackness to spine but otherwise binding quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Stamp of previous owner or seller to front free endpaper but otherwise page surfaces quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Old Century by Siegfried Sassoon

















Hardback, 1938, first edition, published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 293 pages.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 1/4" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/4". No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth binding, green label with lettering and decoration to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Tear along length of outer rear hinge, a little tearing to front outer hinge but spine still attached there, with a little tearing at head and tail of spine also and some creasing. Other signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, bumped and slightly torn corners. Book has a forward tilt. Binding slack but contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some minor foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, occasional foxing throughout. Red lettering to front free endpaper - uncertain of this was printed or if it was stenciled by a previous owner. Some other marking and grub to page surfaces here and there, the odd tear but no… Read More

Kamala: The Story of a Hindu Life by Krupabai Sattianadhan

Hardback, 1998 Classic Reissue, first edition thus, published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, 173 pages + xvi.
In good condition. Wear to edges of dust jacket, with scuffing, some marking and price stickers to rear. Binding firm. Paper on card binding, pictorial detail to front board. some marking, scuffing and wear. A little tanning and marking to page edges. A little marking to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 1st Series Vol VI: Saint Augustin, edited by Philip Schaff.
Hardback, 1956, published by Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 224 pages.
Measures around 9 3/4" by 6 7/8" by 1 3/8". No dust jacket. Grey cloth binding, green label and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Some slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, a little marked and scuffed to lower and fore-edges though reasonably clean; more pronounced marking to upper edges. Inked name of previous owner to front pastedown, a little pencil marking to front free endpaper but page surfaces otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The History of Jazz Volume 1) by Gunther Schuller.
Hardback, 1968, first edition, published by Oxford University Press.
In good condition, some marking to boards and a little discolouration/fading to spine and edges of boards, with some shelf-wear. Bumped corners. Ex-library book so contains some library markings, stamps, writing. Binding quite firm. Browning and marking to page edges but page surfaces generally clean apart from the odd mark here and there, with no underling, marginalia, etc.

The World of Music: German Song by Elisabeth Schumann

Hardback, 1948, first edition, published by Max Parrish & Co Limited, London.

In good condition. Dust jacket has several tears and chips and is price-clipped. Signs of rubbing, shelf-wear. Some browning to pastedowns and FFEP/LFEP. Some marking to page edges but surfaces clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc.

Jeannet et Jeannette: Livre de Lecture Courante by K. Seguin Card boards with cloth spine, 1924, published by Libraire Hachette, Paris.Considerable wear and marking to boards and spine but writing still very clear. Title label on spine worn, some of text missing. Binding strained in places but still holding. Corners a little bumped. Page edges browned and tanned. Page surfaces have occasional pencil marks and the odd little bit of writing but are reasonably clean, with very little marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information

Reminiscences of a Regicide by M.C.M. Simpson, edited from the original MSS of Antoine Francois Sergent-Marceau, member of the Convention and Administrator of Police in the French Revolution of 1789.Hardback, 1889, first edition, published by Chapman and Hall Limited, London, 396 pages + xvi + 40-page publisher catalogue at rear.Octavo/8vo. Measures around 9" by 6" by 1 5/8". Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering. Considerable wear to covers and spine, substantial denting, marking and discolouration with several tears. Back board particularly damaged, with heavy indentations, puckering of cloth and tearing. Cracked front inner hinge and binding a little strained but holding reasonably well. Several pages at back of book uncut. Marking to page edges, which are deckled and have been cut quite neatly. Odd marks to page surfaces, especially at rear where there are some stains, but apart from this and a couple of numbers written on endpapers, pages generally clean with no underling, marginalia,… Read More

The Spice Islands Voyage by Tim Severin

Hardcover, 1997, first edition, published by Little, Brown and Company, London, 267 pages +. Flat-signed by author on title page.
In very good condition. Some scuffing to dust jacket, which is price-clipped, but quite clean. Small signs of shelf-wear. Yellow cloth binding with gilt letting to spine, clean and firm. Very slight marking to page edges but very clean. Page surfaces very clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assessments, Volume Five, A Wittgenstein Bibliography, edited by V. A. and S. G. Shanker.

















Hardback, 1986, first edition, published by Croom Helm, London, xvii + 361 pages.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4" by 7/8". No dust jacket. Leather-patterned green cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine. A little scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid, though a little rubbing to gilt lettering. Signs of edge-wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Binding firm. Page fore-edges very clean, some marking to upper and lower edges. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Earlier and Later Forms of Petrarch's Canzoniere by Ruth Shepard Phelps, containing tipped-in note of errata and emendations.
Hardback, 1925, first edition, published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 249 pages + x.
Measures around 9" by 6" by 7/8". No dust jacket. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering and crest to spine. A little marking and some scuffing to binding but quite clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges. Binding quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked (more so on upper edge). Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, inscriptions, etc. See pictures for further information.

Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender and Cultural Production, edited by Haruo Shirane.
Paperback, 2008, published by Columbia University Press, New York, 400 pages + xiv.
Measures around 9" by 6" by 1". No creasing, some scuffing to covers but very clean. Binding firm. Slightly bumped corners. Page edges very clean, some scuffing but only the slightest of marking. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Prague: Praga Caput Regni by Jaroslav Guth, poems by Jaroslav Siefert

Hardback, 1995, first edition, published by Flow East, 151 pages. Richly illustrated with stunning photographs of the city.
Measures 11 3/4" by 9 3/4" by 3/4". In good condition. Paper on card binding. Some scuffing and marking to but reasonably clean. A little edge-wear, slightly bumped corners. Some slackness to spine but book contents firm. A little marking to page edges but generally clean. A few marks inside of front cover and to pictorial front free endpaper. Otherwise, page surfaces clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

London As Seen and Described by Famous Writers - Edited and Translated by Esther Singleton.
Hardback, 1902, first edition, published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, xiii + 350 pages.
Around 40 illustrations featuring areas such as Westminster Bridge, the British Museum, Victoria Docks, Tower Bridge, Fleet Street and many more, with content from writers such as William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens et al.
Rebound/repaired at some point, some signs of shelf-wear, gilt lettering on spine and gilt upper edging to pages, outer and lower page edges are deckled with some wear; gift inscription on page after FFEP but page surfaces otherwise clean with no underling, marginalia, etc

Escape With Me!: An Oriental Sketch-book by Osbert Sitwell.
Hardback, 1939, first edition, with black and white illustrations, published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd, London, 340 pages.
Octavo/8vo (6" x 9") with green cloth boards and spine and patterned green and white dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn, with tears and chips as well as marking, foxing and scuffing. Boards are a bit marked but have largely retained their colour. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding reasonably firm though a bit strained at rear inner hinge. Browning and some foxing to page edges but generally clean. Pictorial endpapers, a bit marked. Several pages to rear a bit foxed, one a bit creased. Page surfaces quite clean, the odd bit of marking or foxing here and there but no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Rustic Elegies by Edith Sitwell.
Hardback, 1927, first edition, published by Duckworth, 96 pages.
Measures 7 1/2" x 5". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding with red lettering on spine and front board. A little fading to spine lettering. Rubbing and scuffing to outer hinges, slight tearing. Discoloured patch to front board. Some scuffing. Signs of shelf-wear. Slightly bumped and torn corners. Binding firm. A little scuffing and marking to boards. Some foxing to page edges but reasonably clean. Foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Shelagh of Eskdale or The Stone of Shame by Nicholas Size Hardback, 1932, first edition, with 10 illustrations, published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, 82 pages + xiv.
Measures around 7 3/4" by 5 1/4". No dust jacket. Green coarse cloth binding, embossed edging detail, letting and emblem to front board, lettering to spine. Small signs of scuffing and signs of shelf-wear but generally very good and binding has retained colouring. Slightly bumped corners. Binding firm. Lower page edges deckled, outer edges deckled and cut, a little jagged. Some browning and a little foxing to page edges. Some marking to endpapers but apart from the odd mark the page surfaces are quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.