Search Results: Authors starting with S from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

Los Angeles: U.S. Borax, 1972. Stapled Wraps. Good +. 34p. Subscription label on back cover, spine and cover creased with edges lightly worn. B&w photographs. Published for employees of United States Borax & Chemical Corporation and U.S. Borax Research Corporation. 4to – over 9¾" – 12" tall.

Los Angeles: U.S. Borax, 1972. Stapled Wraps. Good +. 70p. Subscription label on back cover, spine and cover creased with edges lightly worn and scrapes on front cover. This issue contains four chapters of the centennial history of U.S. Borax that had been published in previous issues and the fifth chapter that only appears in this issue. B&w photographs. Published for employees of United States Borax & Chemical Corporation and U.S. Borax Research Corporation. 4to – over 9¾" – 12" tall.

New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1943. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. [xviii], 380p. Address stamp blacked out on front endpaper with endpapers toned. Renowned Finnish American architect's presentation of city planning written in a style understandable to the nonprofessional in which he endeavors "to present the subject as an analytical story of the urban community; how this community during historic times has been born, has grown, has aged, and then decayed; and why all this has happened." [From the Foreword] B&w illustrations and 2 foldout pages. (9-1/4"x6-1/4")

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First American Edition, Stated. Pictorial boards. Very good/good. 177p. Cover corners worn, jacket spine chipped at top and bottom and small tears to edges. Argentinean author's first novel. Originally published in 1948 in Spanish as El Tunel by Sur, Buenos Aires. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. (7-1/2"x5-1/4")

New York: iUniverse, 2007. Softcover. Very good. xii, 110p. Cover corners lightly worn. Analysis of renowned 20th century Nigerian composer and organist Sowande's organ music. Includes bibliography and discography. B&w photographs. (9"x6:)

San Diego: Union-Tribune Publishing Co., 1952. (First Edition). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 206p. Cover corners bumped and top edge sunned, price clipped jacket rubbed with chips to corners. Travel through the Baja Peninsula of Mexico during the 1950s. 56 b&w photo plates. (9-3/8"x6-1/4")

New York: Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/good. Spilka, Arnold. Unpaginated (approx. 30p.) Cover and jacket corners worn, price clipped jacket has a chip at top of spine and scrapes on back. Oblong. B&w illustrations. (4"x4-7/8")

Rome: Italian Sailors; Unione Editrice, 1919. Wraps. Fair. 311p. Tear on front foldout map, but map still intact, pages and wraps toned with tears to spine and corners worn. 2 foldout maps, one is a map of physical Italy mounted on front wrap and one mounted on back wrap is a map of political Italy. (7-1/8"x5")

[Paris]: Gallimard, 1999. Cloth. Very good/very good. 117p. Jacket edges lightly worn. Begins with a section on the birth of The Little Prince, which includes a biography of the author and his journey to create this classic. Text in French. B&w and color illustrations and b&w photographs. (11-1/8"x8-3/8")

West Covina, California: Pre-War San Gabriel Valley Reunion Committee, 1990. Stapled wraps. Very good. [96p.] Name on inside of front cover, wraps rubbed and scraped. Souvenir book of the reunion of the Japanese American community who resided in the San Gabriel Valley communities before relocation during World War II. Photos document the attendees and the reunion events held at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center, West Covina, California, with vintage photographs depicting prewar activities. Laid in order form for the 1987 & 1990 reunion booklets. B&w photographs. (12"x9")

Berkeley, California: Lacis Publications, 2000. Soft Cover. Very Good. 128p. Cover has light edge wear. B&w illustrations and color photographs. (10-1/8"x8-1/4")

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1943. Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. 298p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Cover corners bumped. The story of Fenella Rand's life and romance in Tacoma, Washington during the early 20th century. (8"x5-3/4")

New York: Pantheon Books, 1981. Softcover. Very good/No Jacket. 111p. Book plate on front pastedown, cover corners lightly worn. B&w photographs. (12"x9-5/8")

Mangalore: Codailbail Press, 1959. 3rd Edition. Softcover. Very good. [x], 25p. Stain on top back edge and spine sunned. Laid in two leaflets: Little Flower: Novena Prayers for Every Day. Baltimore: The Josephites, 1973. and Twenty-four "Gloria Be to the Father's" Novena to Saint Theresa of the Child of the Child Jesus Asking for Necessary Favors. Washington, DC: Vigil Secretary, #302, [1950?]. (7-1/4"x4-7/8")

Yonkers, New York: Eteenpain, [1942]. Stapled Wraps. Good+. 15p. Blind stamp on front, pages and cover edges toned, tear on top of spine fold. Booklet. (7"x5")

New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1994. First Edition, Stated. Pictorial boards. Very good/very good. Unpaginated (approx. 30p.) 1st printing. Signed by author on title page. Color illustrations. (10-1/8"x8-1/4")

San Rafael, California: Insight Editions, 2018. Revised Edition. Embossed hardcover. Very good +/No Jacket. [102p.] 3rd printing. Cover corners lightly worn. Chronicles in text and photographs the Beatles' visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh, India, taken by fellow pilgrim Saltzman. Color photographs. (13"x9-1/2")

New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/very good. 192p. Ink stamp on front endpaper, jacket edges lightly scuffed. Autobiography of powerful California lobbyist and political wheeler-dealer who was imprisoned in 1953 for tax evasion. From the 1920s to the 1950s, his clients included the liquor industry, trucking, racetracks, movie studios, insurance companies, railroads, labor, universities, and even childcare centers. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")

San Pedro, California: San Pedro Centennial Committee, 1988. Stiff stapled wraps. Very good. [28p.] Cover corners lightly worn. Program for the parade held September 25, 1988. Includes a brief history of each decade, lineup of the parade participants, ads for contemporary businesses, and lists of volunteers and committee members. B&w photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

Los Angeles: Self-published, 1935. (1st Edition). Pictorial Cloth Hard Cover. Good +. 141p. Stamp on front pastedown, endpapers have acid discoloration, cover lightly soiled, cover corners bumped. [Jones; 670] B&w illustrations and photographs of Hollywood entertainment stars and their dogs. (8"x5-1/2")