Search Results: Authors starting with S from North Country Books

NY: Humanities Press, 1966. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light wear, clean, no spine crease contents clean and unmarked. Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

London: Routledge, Kegan and Paul, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good (or better) in VG+ dust jacket. Brown cloth binding, some discoloration to rear cover, else fine, slight binding lean, covers firmly attached; internally fine, unmarked. Short tear to dj, minor fading to spine, price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve.

Hong Kong: Self-Published, nd. Circa 2000. Hardcover. VG+ in G+ DJ. Large cloth bound volume with bump to upper corner of text, well bound, clean and unmarked. Dj with several short tears. A massive catalog with illustration of jewelry with detailed information, set within an illustrated composition and motifs such as birds, snake, fish, flowers, female human head, etc.... 269 pp. Most of the text is in Chinese, some is bilingual Chinese/English. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request. Extra shipping charges if shipped international or domestic media mail (because of size and weight of book).

India , 1980. Hardcover. Good Plus in Fair dust jacket. Oversize book with some wear, but covers firmly attached, clean contents. Dust jacket very worn with tears and chipping. A very good reference copy.

Colorado: Self-Published/Interweave Press, Inc., [1979] 1985. Revised Edtion. Paperback. Very Good. Trade size paperback with light cover wear, clean, well bound, light spine crease with no spine cracking (the binding is smythe sewn and very strong); former owner's ink stamp name/address on bacside of front cover and facing page. Otherwise tighly bound, pages bright and clean, unmarked. Fascinating are of silk and silk weaving. The history of silk cultivation, from its origins of China to its present situation as a textile fibre Chapters include: The Fibre A detailed accounting of the characteristics of the silk fibre, including strength, elasticity, and durability. The different kinds of silk, including raw silk, wild silk, and spider silk. Silk raising methods. Silk worms of the world. Identification of silk fibre: the burn test, the lye test, by sight, and by feel. Reeled & Spun A documentation and comparison of the two major methods of silk production. Yarns 1 - Fibre & Form Discussions of… Read More

Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with light wear, clena, tightly bound; two inch tear to one page, else, unmarked with clean pages. No dust jacket.

NY: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing, 1920. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Sewn wraps with brown paper covering with oversized or yapped edges chipped; also some loss of paper over the spine head and tail; wel bound, most pages uncut. The book is mainly divided between case studies and literary studies, these include Lady Macbeth, "Aebelo" by Sophus Michaelis, "Jorn Uhl" by Gustav Frenssen, "Maria" by Otto Ludwig, "Buschnovelle" by Otto Ludwig, "Lebensmagie, Wirklichkeit und Traum" by Theodor Mundt (Life's Magic, Reality and Dream"), "Der Prinz von Homburg" by Heinrich von Kleist, Shakespear's Lady Macbeth character, "Das Sundkind" The Sin Child, by Ludwig Anzengruber.

Waves of Bliss Publishing , 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Selling as a set, volumes 1 & 2 -- trade paperbacks, minor wear, clean, well bound, no spine crease; both unmarked with brigth and clean pages. Appear unread.

London: The British Library, 2012. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with minor wear, clean, tightly bound; internally fine, unmarked. Minor wear to dust jacket, clean. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

NY: Columbia University Press, 1985. First edition, paperback. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light wear, clean and unmarked. An excellent reading copy.

Quebec: Stanke, 2004. `. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light accidental wear to front cover (else like new), clean, no spine crease; internally fine, unmarked. Includes publishers bookmark. Text in French. Inclues b/w photographic plates. Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. VG in VG dust jacket (or better). Oversize tan cloth binding with general wear, clean, well bound, clean and unmarked. Shor tear to head of dust jacket, else light wear, clean, no fading, price-clipped. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Feral House, 2008. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with very light cover wear, clean, no spine crease; an unmarked copy with bright/clean pages.

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009. Hardcover. VG+. Blue cloth, red letter stamping, minor wear, some discoloration to rear cover (otherwise like new), tightly bound, internally fine, clean/unmarked. No dust jacket, if issued. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993. Hardcover. G+ in VG dust jacket. Hardcover with moderate binding turn, o/w clean with little wear, internally some pencil marginalia. Dust jacket with light wear. A very good reading/study copy. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

NY: Signet Books/New American Library, [1953] October 1961. 18th Printing. Paperback. VG+. Mass market paperback format, color illustrated cover (of Holden Caulfield wearing coat, scarf, luggage and hunting cap). 3/4 inch tear to front cover, front edge, repaired on the backside, not easily noticed; otherwise, light wear to covers, very clean, spine is not faded; book lays flat, spine not creased; free of markings, pages clean with light age toning.

Berkeley: The Boston Athenaeum, 1997. Paperback. VG+. Oversize paperback, very light crease to front cover, else like new, signed gift inscription from Sally Pierce.

NY: Whittlesey House, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Good in Poor dust jacket. Black cloth hardcover, damp stain to gutter of binding, else very good; dust jacket in clear archvial sleeve, most of spine missing. A reading copy.Uncommon.

University of Illinois Press, 1988. Hardcover. VG- in VG- dust jacket. Blue cloth hardcover, very clean, light wear, tightly bound, some foxing to top edge. It appears this book was in some type of library (personal?), with the dust jacket in a cover (now gone) then glued to the end boards, now detached leaving some paper remains on the boards, and the rear end page with pocket (?) removed leaving roughened surface. The book overall is very good clean and unmarked with bright pages. The dust jacket is very good overall. A very good reading copy.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1836. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original issue cloth boards with printed paper label on spine; binding rubbed, cocked spine, o/w sound binding, partial damp stain, general foxing (light to moderate) and leaves cockled somewhat, however the book lays flat. Preceded by an Advertisment from Harper and Brother, a rather gushing presentation of the author and this book. 366 pp. plus 10 pp. advertisements in back, two leaves with long tear. Selling as is Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.