Search Results: Titles starting with S from Lower Beverley Better Books

London: The Bodley Head, 1957. Later Edition, 1st Printing Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8" X 5 1/4. Asger Scott. Book was first published by George Allen & Unwin in 1953. This book is the first printing (as witnessed by the 'A' on p. 9. Preface by author at age 80 confesses to the whimsical mood of these stories. Five short stories that surprised the author himself as they will you.138 pp. Book has fo name in blue small script ffep. Twice-clipped DJ has shelf and edge wear. Enjoyable reading. Bookseller's Inventory # 185471

New York: Random House, 2001. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A ' rags-to-riches' horse story. Book has all the 'bells and whistles' of this much sought after first edition/first printing. Spine ends have slight wear. Unclipped DJ has slight corresponding edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 210236.

Nashville, Tennessee: Audrey's Dream Inc., 2005. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ed Guy (photos). As told to Dale Vicur. " The most sacred thing we got is what we feel in our heart and every chance we get we need to share that with somebody. That's what a book is all about and its what music is all about." (Introduction by Don Helms.) This is that 'book'! Confessions of a life in music and times with Hank. Book has start of a vertical crease on front panel, bottom front corner is soft. Inscription:"'Thanks / Don Helms/2007 " SIGNED by 'Hanks steel guitar player' with a black sharpie. Illustrated. Bookseller's Inventory # 235695

London: The MacMillan Press, 1980. First Edition Thus . Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/2" X 5 1/4. A Note on Dates and Definitions. ' a must for serious actors and directors as well as scholars. The work belongs in all shakespeare collections' Helen Gregory (rear panel) 194 pp. plus: Notes, Index of Names, Index of Technical Terms. 215 pp. in toto. Book has light foxing on top edge. Bookseller's Inventory # 214625

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Michael Hague. August, 1954. Author's Note dated October, 1953 at Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia. List of Illustrations. 11 chapters. 8 pp. of b/w plates including portrait of author by Clayton Evans. Maroon cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Ep.s have light foxing, mostly at front. Sticker, on front pastedown, " Handbound at the University of Toronto Press ". An unusual copy of this somewhat rare title. Bookseller's Inventory # 231466

Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1996. No Edition Stated, Presumed First . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 9" X 6 . Foreword. The Biography of the popular Canadian singer from Springhill, Nova Scotia. 210 pp. plus: Discography - Singles, Discography - Albums/CDS, Bibliography, Acknowledgments. Illustrated with B/W photographs. Bookseller's Inventory # 155198.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1996. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4. A Karl Alberg Mystery. FlatSIGNED by author in black ink. NOT personalized ! Great for gifting to one of her fans. Bookseller's Inventory # 220241.

Toronto: Mclelland & Stewart, 1995. True 1st. Canadian Edition, 1st. Print 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Otto Dix (DJ painting). Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 99 98 97 96 95.True first Canadian edition, first printing. The story of 64 year old, libidinous, former puppeteer, Mickey Sabbath - a comic creation of epic proportions! Book has very slightly rubbed spine ends. Unclipped DJ has vertical creases on both flaps. Bookseller's Inventory # 060870.

Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2001. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Hardcover. Fine+/Fine+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, " . . . raises unsettling questions about individual rights, corporate power, police methods, and governmental accountability," (front flap) 249 pp. plus: Epilogue, Sources, Acknowledgments, Index, Photography Credits. Book has sharpie swipe (fon ?), ow it is as new. Unclipped DJ has very light shelf wear, ow it too is as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 242007 Bookseller's Inventory # 0242007.

New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1983. No Edition Stated Presumed 4th . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4. A play set on exclusive Long Island in the 1950's. Sabrina Fairchild or a Woman of the World is the daughter of the chaffeur of the Larrabee family. 83 pp. plus: Scene Design, Property Plot. Book has some foxing on top edge. Bookseller's Inventory # 212452.

Toronto: Frank D. Goodchild, 1922. First Edition Thus . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4. First copyright, D. Appleton and Company in same year as this edition. I expect this would be the first Canadian edition by this well known author of this scarce title. 338 pp. Frontis: " Come closer, I want to look at you." Book has cuffed extremities, 3/16" x 1/2" hole of spine cover, black deckles on fore edge. Book is square; and rare. Bookseller's Inventory # 210754.

Brentwood, TN: Integrity Publishers Brentwood,, 2006. TTrue First Edition, 3rd. Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number line: 06 07 08 09 10 RRD 8 7 6 5 4 3. " An Insider Exposes Plans to Destroy Isreal, Hide WPMs, and Control the Arab World " 309 pp. plus: Notes, Acknowledgments. Black cloth spine has silver gilt text and binds red cloth covered boards. Tail of spine is rubbed, OW book is as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has light top edge wear, OW it too is as new. FlatSIGNED and printed name by author in black sharpie. Bookseller's Inventory # 154711.

New York: The Free Press / MacMillan Inc., 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This biography is the first to tell the full story of the Gulf crisis and the war through the lens of Hussein himself. 274 pp. plus: Notes, Select Bibliography, Index, Acknowledgments. Dark green glossy boards have gilt text on spine, gilt ISBN on rear panel. Book has ink check marks and some margin lining in the first two chapters, ow, book is as new. Unclipped ($22.95) DJ has some creasing at top of rear panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 144069.

St. Catherines Ont.: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1989. Presumed First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 9 1/2" X 7 1/4. Decorative ep's feature Sailing Ship Rigs, The Fore and Aft Rigs (fep) and The Square Rig (rep). Book was written to appeal to young readers and to those who know little of the sea or sailing vessels, but nevertheless are fascinated with the sea and shipping. 75 pp. plus: Epilogue, International Fisherman's Trophy Races 1921-1938, Assignments and Projects, Glossary of Sailing Terms, Reading and Resource Material, Index. fon blacked out on fep. Bookseller's Inventory # 071299.

Penumbra Press, 1995. Stated First Edition, Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10" X 8. Janis Hoogstraten. Penumbra Poetry Series # 41. Subject of the book is a 19th century Irish poet, Isabella Crawford who emigrated from Dublin to Canada and settled near Peterborough, ON. Unpaginated. Main Characters, Afterwords, Timeline, Acknowledgements, Credits. Book has several pp. dogeared at bottom, 4 1/2" crease top rear corner of rear panel and 2 1/4" at bottom corner, fon in sharpie top ffep. Author's Dedication: for Otis & Jan (heart) LIZ SIGNED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 165345.

Westminster, MD: Random House Inc., 2001. First Edition, Fifth Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. By the Poet Laureate of the United States in the year of this book's publication. (September, 2001). Book is a landmark collection of new and selected poems. 172 pp. plus About Author. Book has white spine with gilt text, brown boards with poets monogram blindstamped on front panel. Two tiny black spots on fore edge separate this book from an 'As New' designation. It is pristine, stiff to open and appears to be unread. Unclipped (U.S.A. $21.95 Canada $32.95) DJ has bit of shelf wear, ow it too is as new. Suitable for gifting. Bookseller's Inventory # 133491.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10 " X 10 . J.d. Freedman (photography). Over 50 examples of octagonal Valentines . . . . . . will delight shell collectors, antique lovers, Victorian fans, and romantics of all ages'. (bottom of deluxe cloth keepsake box pastedown. 85 pp. plus: Credits, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, About the Author, Index. Light soiling on half title p., showing bit of white on one apex. Blue cloth covered, octagonal keepsake box is dust dulled with some edgewear of bottom pastedown. Bookseller's Inventory # 212587.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2001. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Fine. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4. Wills' translation of the first book of Saint Augustine's ' Confessiones ', Childhood. 191 pp. Unclipped (U.S.$23.95/Canada $ 34.99) DJ has bit of ends of spine wear. Book appears to be unread. Bookseller's Inventory # 143747.

New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1959. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2" X 4 1/4. Confraternity Version. Completely revised edition, including New Mass rubrics and the New Holy week Liturgy. Frontis: GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO ONE HAS Imprimatur- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Introduction by Richard Kugelman. Liturgical Calendar. Table of Sundays and Moveable Feasts from 1959 to 1997. 14 full color plates. 1333 pp. plus: The Holy Rosary, The Five Joyful Mysteries, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, The Five Glorious Mysteries, Index, Stations of the Cross. Laid in is Act of Oblation by St. Therese. Missal has 5 bands and gilt text on spine, front panel has raised cross and title, decorative duotone ep`s (front- Mass, Last Suppper, Cross; rear The Holy Family), all edges red, red, blue, green, black and yellow place-marker ribbons, text both Latin and English. Some white spotting on edges, place marker ribbons have… Read More

Windsor Publications (Canada) Ltd., 1984. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4. Preface by W.H.R. Smith, Chairman of the Saint John Bicentennial Inc. Introduction by Charles Lynch, Chief Southam News. Book offers a glimpse into the daily lives of the people and the dramatic events that shaped their lives. 201 pp. plus: Patrons, Saint John Firsts, Mayors of Saint John, Select Bibliography, Index. Book has gilt text on spine, blue ep's. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, pictures and photographs. Book has rubbed spine ends, retirement gift dedication ffep. Unclipped ($27.95) DJhas light edge wear. Book weighs 2 lb. + and may incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 154655.