Search Results: Titles starting with S from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Moscow: Biblioteka Ogonek, 1967. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Volume 8 only. Book is bumped at head and tail of spine with some rippling to spine cloth. Spine is slightly cocked. 606 pages. Russian language.

Hong Kong: Robert Rovera Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Green cloth with white lettering on spine and front. Very light wear. Gift inscription on verso of ffep, else internally clean. Illustrated in color throughout. Dust jack near fine. 261 pages. 12 x 9.5 inches. A handsome, fully illustrated book which presents the people, culture, land, flora, fauna, and economic activity of the Malaysian state of Sabah.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. No date (circa 1926). Half black cloth, gilt lettered spine, and decorative paper sides (green mottled with gilt and blue). Green top stain. Interior crisp and clean. Dust jacket has light chipping at spine ends; one small chip to top edge of front panel; rear panel rubbed; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. 269 pp. 8 x 5.5 inches. De Madariaga's comic novel which satirizes 20th century aspirations and human folly through the guise of a fantastical account of African civilization in the year 6922. Europe had been destroyed millennia earlier in a natural cataclysm and the white race gone extinct. Now, women control society, the Royal Ebonite Institute of Learning attempts to unpuzzle the "darkest period of history, that, namely, of the life and civilization of Europe," and the arrangements of social and political order are peculiarly worked out. Salvador De Madariaga (1886-1978) was a… Read More

Luanda, Angola: Angolan Writers Union, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good-. Antonio P. Domingues. English language limited edition of 4000 copies. Dust jacket over stiff card wraps. Slightly bumped head and tail of spine with a 4mm closed tear near the base of the spine. Ffep has a small segment of a sticker on it. Interior is clean and bright and is free of any marking. Dust jacket shows some edge wear and a 0.5cm closed tear at the bottom spine corner. DJ is in an archival mylar sleeve. Features many gorgeous color full-page illustrations by Antonio Domingues, a Bio-Bibliographical Chronology (by the author and Manuel Ferreira), a Bibliography of Agostinho Neto (works, articles, essays and interviews in newspapers and journals), and a Bibliography on Agostinho Neto. Antonio Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) was the first president of Angola and is considered to be the country's preeminent poet. Translated by Marga Holness. 133 (xxi) pages. 11.5 x 8.25 inches. English language.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. Stated First Edition, First Printing, March 1940. Light brown cloth boards. Bottom fore edge corners very lightly bumped. Front and rear paste downs and free end pages have blemishes (tape stains from a former an earlier dust jacket protector?). Dust jacket rubbed; chipping at head and foot of spine; spine a bit toned; 0.5 cm strip around bottom edge of jacket has color loss (and tape residue on rear panel); not price clipped ($2.00). DJ in archival mylar sleeve. 291 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Pratt on ffep. Light blue cloth with paper title blocks on spine and front cover. Some fading around edges of cloth. 77 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. Inscribed ''To My Boss - / With admiration / and trepidation. / Laurence Pratt''. Laurence Pratt's first published collection of poetry. Approximately forty sonnets on the subject of work in a paper mill, touching on everything from the machinery itself, to the sourcing of the lumber pulp, the production processes, and the characters employed. These poems are based on his experiences during four years of employment with the Crown-Willamette Paper Company. The collection is rounded out with an additional twenty sonnets written about various persons or types of people, peppered with social critique, with a bit of acid thrown at bankers, capitalists, moralists, and hypocrites. Laurence Dowrick Pratt (1888-1985) was a Portland teacher, poet,… Read More

San Diego, CA: Howell-North Books, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book has a little wear with bumping to the head and tail of spine. Pages are unmarked. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has several closed small closed tears to the upper edge. Fore edges are a little worn. Spine is somewhat faded with wear to head and tail. Not price clipped. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar cover. Book has black and white photos and illustrations on almost every page. First edition, first printing with full number line, 1980. 8.75 x 11.25 inches. 284 Pages.

New York: The McClure Company, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Capt. Osbon on ffep. Blue-gray cloth with white lettering and black pictorial on front cover. Lettering is rubbed; lightly worn at spine ends and corners; smudge on spine. Minor soiling on a few pages and some short closed edge tears. pp. ix, 332. The Captain's inscription reads: ''Mrs E B Mather / with kindest regards & best wishes / from / Capt B S Osbon / Janry 1912''. There is a second inscription below this: ''Received by the owner / Jan 16 - 1912. / From Capt B. S. Osbon / a loving dear friend / who passed away - / May 7th 1912. - ''. The memoirs of Captain Bradley Sillick Osbon (1828-1912), a naval officer and a significant American Civil War naval correspondent, as told to Albert Paine (also Mark Twain's biographer and literary executor). Osbon's memoirs covers a wide variety of naval experiences, from his initial experiences with the U.S. Navy as a… Read More

White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book has a couple of dings to the bottom board edges, both front and back in the same spot. The boards have a little bit of fading and a couple light scuffs. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. For the St. James, Maryland school. 59 pp.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fifth printing, October 1938. Pale green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and salmon medallion on front. Lightly pushed head of spine. Pages clean. Dust jacket rubbed; has very light chipping at head and foot of spine; small chips at corners; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. viii, 300, [1] pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Dust jacket art, frontispiece, and chapter-head block illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe. Salar the Salmon is the successor to Williamson's Hawthornden Prize winning novel Tarka the Otter. Another story of land and water, it is the story of a five-year-old salmon called Salar, a very old sea trout named Trutta, and Gralaks the grilse. The book is divided into four seasonal parts: Tideways, Spring Spate, Summer River, and Winter Star-Stream. The tale encompasses adventures and excitements, ecstasies and endurances, from an escape from the blood-sucking lamprey, fishermen and… Read More

Salem, Oregon: Salem High School, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards have some minor edge wear and scuffing. Student inscriptions at front and rear and a few signatures elsewhere, otherwise clean. 208 pp. 11 x 8.5 inches. Includes individual portraits for the senior class. Junior and sophomore classes are in multiple group photos (with student names given). Photos for clubs, student organizations, sports teams, social activities, etc.

Salem, Oregon: Associated Student Body of Salem High School, 1941. Hardcover. Good+. Book is slightly cocked at spine. Signatures in the rear of book and a few on the photo pages. Binding is tight. Name in front of book. 8 x 10.75 inches. 129 pages.

Salem, Oregon: Associated Student Body of Salem High School, 1940. Hardcover. Good+. Book is slightly worn at head and tail of spine and fore edge corners. . One page of signatures in the rear of book and a few on the photo pages. Pages are age toned and slightly musty. Binding is tight. Name in front of book. 8 x 10.75 inches. 119 pages.

Salem, OR: Salem Senior High School, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Book has a little wear to top and bottom edges. Spine is shaken. Rear hinge cracked. Signatures to front and back of book. Very few signatures on photo pages. 8 x 11 inches. 166 Pages. Senior portraits. Classroom group photos (with name identification) for juniors and sophomores.

Salem, Oregon: Associated Student Body of Salem High School, 1942. Soft cover. Good+. Book has light wear to spine and fore edge corners. Names on end papers in front and rear. Some signatures next to photos. Binding is sound. 8 x 11 inches. 115 pages.

New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Kadir Nelson. First edition, first printing (with full number line). Glossy illustrated boards. Fine. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket not price clipped; rear panel has a few small light surface depressions without any loss of color; in an archival mylar sleeve. [32] pages. 12 x 9 inches. The story of a young Michael Jordon, smaller than the other players, but who learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball. Written by Michael's mother Deloris Jordan and his sister Roslyn Jordan. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Sea-green cloth boards with black lettering. Thin dampstains along edges of endpapers, otherwise interior is clean and crisp. Dust jacket has large chip out of foot of spine (2cm.); a few other smaller edge chips. DJ in archival sleeve. 313 pp. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. Written during the First World War and originally published in the UK with the title Salt and Savour (Methuen, 1916). The story is set in the pre-war period and is about an English woman who has married a German man. She observes that throughout modern Germany a cloud of malevolent feeling is being aimed at the English and recognizes that the English would soon come to feel it. As the blurb on the dust jacket says, "The writer reveals to us the heart of Germany, lovable in some aspects, but chiefly sinister, hideous, a threat to the world." Cecily (Ullmann) Sidgwick (1854-1934) was an English novelist, born to German parents who were living in the UK. Not long… Read More

El Paso, TX: Robert Heath Kelly, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Book has a very few light scratches on surfaces of boards. Pages are clean and binding is tight. M.A. Dissertation, University of Texas El Paso, May, 1967.

Sacramento, CA, USA: Sam Brannan Middle School, 2004. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Yearbook has light bumping to head and tail of spine. Some rubbing to surfaces of boards. Slightly cracked back gutter at back fep. Autographs/inscriptions in both front and back.

[New York]: Beginner Books, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Stated First Printing. Glossy, illustrated boards. Edges and corners of boards rubbed; small bit of wear to head of spine. Previous owner's name on ffep, else interior is clean and unmarked. 62 pages. Dust jacket (same design at book) chipped at spine ends; large chip to top edge of rear panel; not price clipped ($1.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. Sam and the Firefly was published in 1958, being the sixth in Random House's Beginner Book series. In it, an owl named Sam befriends a firefly who mischievously flies around drawing words in the air at night and causing all kind of chaos to the people below. P. D. Eastman (1909-1986) was a notable author and illustrator of children's books. He was a protege and colleague of Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). Between 1936 and 1941, he worked for Walt Disney Productions as an assistant animator and production designer. During World War II, he was assigned to the… Read More