Search Results: Authors starting with S from Tulsa Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good lacking a dust jacket. Black cloth is slightly worn at the corners of the spine, and the orange lettering on the spine is slightly dulled. Lettering on front board is sharp and bright. Clean and tight interior, with no names or other markings.

(London): Duckworth; (1984). First Edition . Hardcover. First UK edition, very good in a very good dust jacket. A few page corners have been dogeared and straightened; slight bumps at top corners. Owner's name on front pastedown, mainly behind the flap. The jacket spine and top edge of front panel are a little sunned. Minor general edgewear to the jacket. Publisher's price at bottom of front flap. Sacks' story of regaining the use of his leg that was badly injured.

Santa Fe: Red Crane Books; (1991). First Edition . Soft cover. Advance excerpt, containing two essays: "La Comadre Sebastiana" and "Marcos Gomez." Fine in stapled wraps. 11 numbered pages.

NY: Putnam; (1904). First US Edition . Hardcover. Very good in dark blue cloth with no dust jacket. The cloth is a little worn, and the spine lettering is dulled but still readable. Part I and Part II are in this one volume - 28 portraits in all, each with an illustration. 904 total pages, with some pages at the end uncut. A tight and clean copy, with no names or other writing in the book.

NY: Putnam; (1905). First US Edition . Hardcover. Very good in dark blue cloth with no dust jacket. The cloth is a little worn, and the spine lettering is dulled but still readable. Ownership signature and date on front pastedown, slight dampstain at top of frontispiece and title page. Part I and Part II are in this one volume - 25 portraits in all, each with an illustration; 957 total pages.

NY: Modern Library; (1951/1958). First Thus . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Modern Library edition, very good+ in a very good dust jacket. Owner's single name on front endpaper; pages are a little darkened at edges. The jacket, which was originally white, is darkened at the spine, as well as the edges of the jacket panels. There are a few tiny chips at spine ends. $1.65 price on jacket, and 383 ML titles listed on verso of jacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. First printing of the author's first book, very good in a very good dust jacket. Top edge of boards is lightly sunned, and slightly bumped. The jacket has some edgewear, and a small chip at the top left corner of the rear panel. Inscribed by the author to artist Joan Matzdorf and dated in February 1969. The author and Matzdorf worked together in advertising in Tulsa in the 1960's. Includes map endpapers; 383 pages. The retelling of Greek myths in a novel.

Denton, TX: North Texas State University Press; (1971). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in a very good dust jacket. The jacket is a little rubbed at edges and corners, but complete. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Laid in is a newspaper review of the book. The author is the former Poet Laureate of Texas.

NY: Instituto De Las Espanas En Los Estados Unidos, 1939. First Edition . Soft cover. Nice clean copy, near fine in wraps. Spine slightly darkened and edges of covers are a little creased where they extend beyond the page block. Most pages are uncut. Includes an appendix, and a bibliography; 249 pages plus a list of publications of the publisher. Signed by the author and dated in 1940. The text is in English.

Ruidoso, MN: Write Designs, Ltd.; (2010). Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Second, Revised Edition - 2010" on copyright page. The jacket has a little rubbing and a few short closed tears at edges. Includes many photographs in color by David L. Tremblay, as well as reproductions of older photos. 169 numbered pages. No names or other writiong in or on the book; 2010 newspaper article about the book laid in.

Chicago: Callaghan & Company, 1876. First US Edition . Hardcover. First American, from the fifth London Edition", very good with no dust jacket. Introduction by Wm. G. Hammond. Appears to have been rebound in brown cloth, with title and author labels on spine. The brown cloth is darkened on the spine and at the top edge of both boards. Clean and tight internally, with no names or other markings in the book. The basis for much of Roman law. Includes an index; 693 pages.

Harcourt, Brace & Company; (1922). First Edition . Hardcover. Second issue, with last page of text on page 76. Very good lacking a dust jacket. Orange cloth with green lettering. Rear board slightly bowed, with faint evidence of dampstaining on the cloth, but no sign internally. Small dark spot at bottom of front board, spine lightly sunned. No bnames or other writings in the book; a tight, square copy.

NY: Harcourt Brace; (1953). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good with no dust jacket as issued. Some wear and a small tear at edges of spine. One of 2850 copies none of which were for sale. Issued as a New Year's greeting from the author and the publisher. With a card laid in stating "With the Season's Greetings from Harcourt, Brace and Company." This preface was originally written in 1924, and this is its first publication. No names or other markings in the book.

Author Published; (no date). First Edition . Soft cover. Large paperback in glossy wraps, near fine. Just slight wear to covers. Signed by the author on the front endpaper.A novel by this author from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Author Published; (no date). First Edition . Soft cover. Fine in stapled wraps (8 1/2 x 11). Covers the period 1908 through 1999, a history of auto racing in Southern Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. Many photographs and reproductions of old advertisements; 40 pages.

NY: Putnam; (1970). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of the author's first book, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight bleed through of orange color from the cloth to the yellow endpapers, a common occurrence with this title. The jacket has just slight edgewear and rubbing. $5.95 price on jacket flap, no names or other marking in or on the book. Winner of an Edgar for Best First Novel in 1971.

Philadelphia: J. B Lippincott Company; (1966). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Small owner name and date on front endpaper. The price clipped jacket has just a little rubbing and edgewear; and one short, closed tear at the top of the rear panel. Includes map endpapers, bibliography, and index; 191 pages. A title in the Great Battles of History Series.

NY: Scribners; (1991). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition of the author's second book, fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

Plainfield, NJ: Logos International; (1975). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The interior pages are just slightly tanned. The white jacket has minor wear and soiling. A novel by "one of the great spiritual pioneers of this century." $5.95 price on front flap; no names or other marking in the book.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House; (1957). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small owner's stamp on front endpaper. The price clipped dust jacket has small worn spots at corners, and one short, closed tear on the rear panel The colors on the jacket are still bright and sharp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 1957. This novel was the first prize winner in Zondervan's 5th International Christian fiction contest.