Search Results: Titles starting with S from Deja Vu Books

London: Country Life Limited, 1966. Red hardcover cloth binding has some water damage along opening edge, opening of book slightly warped - does not affect text. Binding square and tight. Gilt title. 200 pages with index. Wrinkled DJ has some tears, repairs, shelfwear. Foreword by Lieut.-Colonel Frank Weldon. Author was managing director of a saddlery firm. Chapters on basic materials - leather and metal; princlples on saddle fitting in relation to horse and rider; eveolution and purpose of the modern spring-tree saddle; describes how to use many training items unfamiliar to man riders. Nearly 200 drawings.. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

Melbourne, Australia: Ward Lock & Co, 1944. Blue hardcover cloth binding slightly warped from improper storage, square and tight. 223 pages, slightly yellowing. DJ missing chips along spine, lots of tears, chips and wrinkles - protected from further damage in clear Brodart. Cover illustration shows soldier carrying a woman ashore against a rocky cliff. A young soldier returning on leave from Libya runs into a strange adventure during a London air-raid - an accidental encounter with a young injured girl.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good+/Fair.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Hardcover library binding square and tight, minimal soiling. Back pocket removed, minimal marks. Overall clean and bright interior. Black marker along top edges of pages bleeds a little bit onto top of some pages but does not affect text. 184 pages. Rick and his sister Jinny help raise an orphan filly.. Illus. by Mayan, Earl. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Oxford University Press, 1942. textured red hardcover binding is soiled, but square and tight. Back pocket intact. A few stamps. Interior pages have some soiling but overall a good copy inside.. Illus. by MacNeil, Robert. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

St. Paul, MN: Catechetical Guild Educational Society, 1957. Small pictorial binding clean and tight - edges rubbed a bit and pages yellowed with age. 25c price upper righthand corner of front cover. Unpaginated, illustrated endpapers. Includes a small, holy card bookmark. Story of the young girl who saw the Mother Mary at Lourdes.. Illus. by Barnes, Catherine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Blue hardcover cloth binding has general wear, 1944 gift note ffep, some smudges and light wear, but overall clean and tight. 58 pages plus outline for a Christmas play using the book's songs plus index of songs. Beautiful b/w and color illustrations throughout. Songs and illustrations by author with music adapted from old Provencal folk songs with accompaniments by Lois Hutton.. Illus. by Hill, Helen and Maxwell, Violet. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1956. Beige hardcover cloth binding very slight warp to binding, gift note on ffep, 192 pages with foxing. DJ has tape repair, had water damage. chips and tears - protected from further damage in clear mylar jacket. For ages 7-10. Since Sal is so awkward at crafts, her mother signs her up for Brownies to see if it will help. Sal finds friends and has an exciting year. Author was a Brownie Scout leader.. Illus. by Stevens, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 4th. Hardcover. Good+/Good-.

New York: The John Day Company, 1977. Blue cloth hardcover binding square and tight - front pocket and stickers intact. A few stamps. DJ with spine sticker glued to endpapers. Unpaginated. Sally is 12 years old. She swims, rides a horse, works hard at school and she reads lots of books - Sally was born blind. Book exposes children to a life for a person in a sightless world. Braille is explained and shown, and the other four senses are shown to make up for the missing one. Most of allthey will respect Sally's courage, and her fierce desire to live as much like sighted children as possible.. Illus. by Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: Platt & Munk, 1947. Orange hardcover binding clean square and tight. Minor shelfwear. 1950 gift note and stamp front endpapers. Else clean and tight. Price-clilpped dj missing about 2" from spine, rubbed and some chips - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. One of three stories Eppenstein wrote about Sally - others are Sally Goes Shopping Alone and Sally Goes to the Circus Alone. 44 pages.. Illus. by Staples, Jean. 8vo - Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair.

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1950. Red hardcover binding is clean, square and tight. Interior clean and bright with just a few smudges on endpapers. 243 pages. DJ missing large chip over author's name on front cover, chip top of spine, some rubbing and light soiling. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Park and his magnificent chestnut, the ex-outlaw Salto, go through many adventures together. This is not the usual Mountie 'whodunit' but rather about the Mountie and his relationship with his horse partner.. Illus. by Burne, Harry H. A. (jacket only). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1948. Blue hardcover cloth binding has very light wear at corners, some writing and markings to fep. DJ has shelfwear, $2.50 price intact, some wrinkles and closed tears and red ink scribble on back flap. Interior clean bright and tight - 256 pages. Not q uite 17 year old Don Morgan lives on the coast of British Columbia and has bought a 32 foot boat for salmon fishing. He had to borrow against the boat to pay for a friends hospital expenses and the loan is coming due.. Illus. by Darling, Louis (jacket and frontispiece only). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

Macmillan, 1967. Dark orange hardcover cloth binding square and tight, interior pages show some wear. Front pocket intact and a few marks. DJ clean and crisp with minimal wear. Protected now in clean Brodart. 64 page chapter book about a crippled racehorse who is given to 10 year old Peter. He helps Mohawk recover enough to win $500. and with that money, Peter buys his dream horse - a yearling grandson of Man O'War who he calls Salute.. Illus. by Anderson, C. W.. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good.

Macmillan, 1940. Orange hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight, interior pages clean and bright. Previous owner name ffep. . Front pocket intact and a few marks. DJ clean and crisp, a few closed tear along spine and a bit of rubbing with minimal wear. Not prie-clipped. Protected now in clean Brodart. 64 page chapter book about a crippled racehorse who is given to 10 year old Peter. He helps Mohawk recover enough to win $500. and with that money, Peter buys his dream horse - a yearling grandson of Man O'War who he calls Salute.. Illus. by Anderson, C. W.. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: William R. Scott, Inc., 1944. Hardcover pictorial boards binding missing paper on spine, rubbed edges. Soiled covers, all signatures secure. Just slightly shaky at front cover. Interior has a few smudges, no writing or marks. A couple of pages have small rubbed tears at the top - wear is minor. Unpaginated. Young Mexican boy, Sancho, finally figures out how to get the stubbon mule, Pancho, how to do his bidding.. Illus. by Eichenberg, Fritz. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: The Viking Press, 1967. Pictorial hardcover binding clean, square and tight - looks unread. Corner clipped DJ is clean and crisp - VLB price of $3.77 bottom of flap. Viking library binding sticker on dj. Clean and crisp. 173 pages. Even though their parents are dead and the horses are gone, Karen and Tom were running away to the north. When finally they came to the sea, to a place where the sand Ponies run free, Karen felt sure something special was waiting for them.. Illus. by Weihs, Erika. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Macmillan, 1953. Orange hardcover cloth binding is soiled, front pocket removed, few marks. Soiling but binding tight and secure. Foxing to endpapers. A few closed tears 32 pages + vocabulary in back. Easy reader about a Cocker Spaniel puppy who summers with his human family in the Green Mountains.. Illus. by Payzant, Charles; Eliot, Duval; Keller, Janet; and Knight, John. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege - Oxford University Press, 1947. Brown hardcover cloth binding has minor shelfwear at corners, name fep, else clean and tight with slightly yellowing pages. DJ has shelfwear, chips, tears and wrinkles - front flap detached but present. Protected from further damage and held together in clean Brodart. Rubbed spot front of dj where a price sticker was removed. Not price-clipped. 182 pages. The life and works of Sarah Binks - the Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan, is well known to Canadians, but the author felt Sarah the Woman will be obscured by Sarah the Poet. So here is her well-researched biography.. Illus. by McLaren, J. W.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair.

The Viking Press, 1938. Salmon colored hardcover textured cloth binding clean square and tight. Illustrated endpapers, 146 pages. DJ not price-clipped, some large chips along spine and front cover - rubbed and wrinkled - displays okay in clean Brodart jacket. When Sarah's family moves to a prune ranch in California, young Sarah sees the chance to make a dream come true when she sees an empty stall in the barn. All of the adventures she has along with her sister Linda help her achieve her dream of getting the burro, Jinny.. Illus. by Torrey, Marjorie. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine.

Macrae Smith Company, 1952. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. Interior clean with no marks. DJ has some closed tears and chips, now protected in clean Brodart. Part of the Best Loved Girls' Books series. 223 pages. After her dad dies, Margo's life changes drastically when her family has to start a riding school to make money, and she has to sell her horse Scarlet Royal because she can't be used for lessons.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

Portland, Maine: Geo. W. Morris, Publisher, 1898. Green hardcover cloth decorated binding has some rubbing and light soil, but binding secure with 1899 Christmas gift note ffep. 160 pages with light, general soiling and lots of b/w photographs. Index to illustrations and points of interest opposite title page. Points of interest include: Bailey's Island, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Dexter, Forest Lakes and Streams, Kennebago Lake, Prout's Neck, Old Orchard Beach, Peaeks Island House, Round Pond and so much more.. Illus. by Photographs. 4to - Oblong. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.