Search Results: Titles starting with S from Parker's Rare Books

Lugduni (Lyon): Sumptibus Clavdii Landry, 1622. HB. Half brown leather over brown marbled boards, gilt lettering with gilt designs on spine, folio, [10], 249, [11] pp., marbled end papers. Latin text in double column. Early work on Fulgentius of Ruspe, 5th and 6th century Bishop from Carthage canonized as a Christian saint. Old seminary stamp front paste-down, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show edge wear, scuffing to leather, joints starting to crack at top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG-. Very scarce edition.

Sag Harbor, New York: Sag Harbor Historical Society, 1991. 3rd Printing. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 394 pp., map endpapers. Illustrated with photos, 15 maps at rear. Owners name ffep only marks in book, binding tight. In price-clipped dust jacket that shows minor creasing. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

Northfield, Minn: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1947. 1st. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 504 pp. Corners bumped, slight dent front edge. No marks in book, binding tight. "Norwegian Engineers in America". Book condition VG.

New York: The Odyssey Press, 1964. HB. Glossy illustrated boards, small [4 1/4 x 6 1/2] oblong book illustrated by Peter Spier. Clean and tight. Book condition VG.

Miami: Odysseus Books, 1991. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 289 pp. "Special Edition for the Destroyer Escort Sailor's Association". Library of Congress Card Number and ISBN Number 0-9631239-0-4 were not included during printing, and have been stamped on copyright page. No marks in book, binding solid, very minor shelf wear, in unclipped dust jacket with a 1" tear top front flap, tape repaired 1/2" tear bottom front. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

London: Burns and Oates, [1906]. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 201 pp. + 16 pp. ads at rear. Biography of the Irish missionary monk (Colum Cille, 521-597 AD). Initials written on ffep, no marks in text, binding tight. Minor moisture stain top edge of text block, not affecting the interior of any pages. Covers show light edge wear, fraying heel of spine. Book condition VG-. Uncommon title.

New York: The Holy Name Bureau, 1919. Third Edition, July 1919. Wraps. Light green stiff paper stapled wraps, black lettering on front cover, 12mo, 228 pp. 5 full page plates in text. No marks in book, binding solid. 2" and 1/2" closed tears front cover, ink smudge front cover, spine sunned. Book condition VG-.

Norwood, Mass: Privately Printed For The School, 1920. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt emblem on front cover, 12mo, x, 278 pp. Record of members who attended this Southborough, Mass. prep school and their participation in World War I. Illustrated with photographs. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show some soiling, several small holes in cloth along joints. Book condition Good+.

Amiens: Piteux Freres, 1902. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 305 pp. Owners name stamped on front paste-down, no marks in text, front hinge cracked. Chipping top of spine, about 1" torn bottom of spine and sometime reglued. Book condition Good+. Text in French.

New York et al: Vantage Press, 1976. 1st. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 117 pp. Some edge wear, owners stamp on ffep, no marks in book, binding solid. In unclipped dust jacket with chipping, 1/2" tear top of spine. Stated first edition. Fictional account of Mormon settlers in Mexico. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ.

Kristiania, Minneapolis: Besorget udgivet af Norsk salmebog-samlag ; Efter overenskomst med Augsburg Pub. House, 1900. HB. Full black pebbled leather, gilt lettering on spine, 16mo, 622, 140, (4), 40, (8) pp., patterned endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear. Hymnal, with text in Norwegian. Book condiion VG.

Minneapolis: Den Forenede Kirkes Forlag, Augsburg Publishing House, 1900. HB. M.B. Landstads Salmebog, med nogle Forandringer og et Till¾g, udarb. af en KomitŽ. Hymnal, text in Norwegian. Full black leather, gilt cross on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 16mo, black end papers. All edges of text block gilt. 703, 26 pp., No marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG+.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. hb. Blue cloth, small 8vo., 210pp. From the screen story by Robert Andrews. Slight soiling to covers, otherwise clean and tight. No markings of any kind in book. Book condition VG.

Lincoln, Nebraska: Johnsen Publishing Co, 1954. HB. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and design on front cover and spine, 8vo, 174 pp. Nebraska Heritage Series. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Book condition VG+.

Springfield, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, (1890). Wraps. Tan stapled paper wraps with black lettering and illustration on front cover, black lettering on spine, 12 mo, 232 pp. No marks in book, binding solid. Covers show some soiling, one 1/4" tear, chipping top and bottom of spine with old tape repair. Book condition Good.

Kiobenhavn: C. A. Reitzel, 1845. HB. Quarter brown leather over blindstamped black boards, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 16 mo, patterned blue endpapers, xvi, 175, vi, 160 pp. Two volumes in one. Owners name ffep only mark in book, pp. 23 creased. Covers show some edge wear, corners worn through to boards, bottom 1" of spine cracked, possible reglued. Book condition Good+. Collected poems by this noted Danish writer.

Minneapolis: Frikirkens Boghandels Forlag, 1909. HB. Volume I of a Six volume set. Maroon blind-ruled cloth, gilt lettering and elaborate gilt designs on spine, 8vo, xvi, 384 pp. Frontis photo of the author, with tissue guard. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, pages clean and binding tight. Covers clean with just a hint of edge wear. Book condition VG+. Test in Norwegian.

New York ; Cincinnati ; St. Louis: Karl & Nikolaus Benziger, No Date. HB. Full black leather, elaborate decorations, in gilt and blind, on covers, 16mo, 312 pp. Text in German. Imprimatur dated 27 April, 1855. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear. In a black slip case that shows scuffing, edge wear.

Neptune City, New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications, 1990. HB. Glossy pictorial boards, 8vo., 320 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white and 129 color photos. Clean, unmarked book. Book condition VG+.

Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. 1st. hb. Quarter green cloth over dark gray boards, paper title label on spine, 8 vo., 93 pp. Limited edition, 1000 copies printed by D. B. Updike, Marrymount Press, Boston, with 500 copies numbered. This copy number 325. Minor notations, in pencil, rear fep, lower corners worn through to boards. Volume II of the American Library Pioneers series. Book condition VG-.