Search Results: Titles starting with S from Mount Hope Books

Connecticut Historical Society. 1988. Very Good; Softcover; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Hartford, CT; 258 p in wraps. Minor shelfwear; previous owner's name written at top of front cover; partially erased. Tight binding. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. 50 black & white photos of buildings & landmarks with historical descriptions, maps of Hartford. .

Cupples & Leon Company. 1943. early printing. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Cupples & Leon Format 1: early 1940's, thick red cover, glossy frontis, good paper, cartoon-like dust jacket. Copyright date 1943, printing unknown, as no other titles listed, but early given the format. Later Format II dust jacket with unique symbol on spine; lists twelve titles. Clean cover, firmly bound, sharp corners; showing moderate wear to spine ends. Pages very clean, bright, even crisp .No names or markings. Tiny bookstore label (called a stamp) from The Little Acorn Bookshop, Pawtucket, RI, at bottom of fep. Green pictorial jacket, price 100-160 on flap; Nicely preserved for this fragile uncoated paper jacket. A few shallow chips and three short tears; light soil/smudging on back panel. Buy War Bonds promotional on back. Please note: This appears to be an early printing of thei book with a second format dustjacket added, possibly sold… Read More

Water, Wind and Sail Publications. 1974. Very Good with no dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Puyallup, WA; 136 pp. Abundantly illustrated. Light edge wear; date written on endpaper. Glue from old label. Interior pages clean, unmarked. .

Yale University Press in association with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. 2006. First Paperback Printing. Fine; Softcover; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 260 pp. in stiff pictorial wraps; 160 illustrations, some in color. Handsome catalogue of an exhibition; About Fine book, bright clean, tightly bound. Hint of shelf rubbing on front cover. Pages crisp, clean, unmarked. .

Charles E. Tuttle Co.. 1969. Facsimile. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; HARDCOVER. First Tuttle edition (reprint of the original edition published in 1875). 448 pp. bound in olive green cloth; gilt lettering. 31 illustrations (most reprints from engravings), plus two fold-out maps: Sketch Map of Part of the Rocky Mountains; and Route Map from Crow-wing to Rocky Mountains. Bright lettering; solid binding. Fading/sunning to edges of boards. Pages clean, unmarked. Fold-out maps crisp. Dust jacket has wear to edges; a few shallow chips & tears; one longer tear mended with tape on underside. A clean presentable copy with pristine maps. .

Higginson Book Company. 2005. Facsimile Reprint. Near Fine; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Facsimile reprint by Higginson Book Co. 2005. Originally published in 1935 by the Press of the Wilson H. Lee Company, New Haven. 246 pages, bound in blue cloth. Crisp, tight. Previous owner's written notations taped to several pages. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Air Age Pub. 1991. Very Good; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Both Volume I and Volume II included. 154, 147 pages respectively. Both volumes firmly bound. Light rubbing on edges on both; short corner crease, mild dimpling to cover on Volume I. Interiors clean, unmarked. .

Columbia Historical Society. 1976. Revised Edition. Very Good; Softcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 68 pages; plus addenda, bound in red pictorial wrappers. Brief history, black & white photos of Columbia's schools, including Old Hop River, Pine Street, Chestnut Hill, Center, North District, and West Street. Bright clean cover with minor scuffing . Pages clean, bright, unmarked. BONUS BOOK-- The Story of Columbia, reprinted by the Columbia Bicentennial Comm; 80 page booklet in Fine condition. .

Thomas Y. Crowell. 1956. First Edition. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Probable first edition as no additional printings indicated. 244 pages, bound in gray paper-covered boards. Dust jacket with $3.50 original price intact. Good book with shallow wear/chipping to ends of spine, corner tips. Binding/hinges solid. Endpapers age-toned; light soil on edges of text block. Pages clean, unmarked. Dust jacket moderately worn on edges; shallow chipping at spine ends, tips; light soil. Protected in new clear mylar sleeve. Scarce book. .

Mary & John Clearing House. 1990. -. Very Good+; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Includes BONUS BOOK-- Supplement to West Country Planters; see below. 137 pages, blue printed paper covers, plastic comb binding. Cover lightly tanned. Some ink smuding from titles during production. Interior crisp, clean, unmarked. BONUS BOOK:Volume 16 -- Supplement to Volume 14 --West Country Planters to New England 1620-1643. .

Peter B. Gleason. 1814. Good+; Hardcover; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Hartford, CT; 372 pages bound in full leather (mottled calf), with black leather title label & gilt lettering on spine. Firmly bound. Edges of spine & boards worn; corner tips bumped & soft, boards flared. Library bookplate on front endpaper, no other library markings. Endpapers foxed & damp-stained on bottom edge; pages browned; scattered foxing in margins throughout. Bird wrote several books including The Parable of Unclean Spirit, Discourse on Friendship, Sermon on Covetousness, and Jesus Knocking. He served as a warden of Christ Church Cambridge MA from 1802-1803 but his biography and status in the ministry is thus far elusive. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

State Armory Office of the Adjutant General. 1941. Good+; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; PLEASE NOTE: Volumes I and II only. Volume III missing. Volume II ends with the service men and women from the town of Plainfield Connecticut up to names beginning with the letter C -- Congdon, Lloyd R.. 2336 pges total in the two volumes; each bound in brick colored cloth. Spines concave and faded; bindings a bit shaken but solid. Pages clean, bright and unmarked. .

J. Munsell's Sons. 1901. First Edition. Good+ with no dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 98 pages, bound in brown cloth. Good to Very Good book. Clean cover, moderate wear at head of spine. Firm binding. Edges of text block tanned and lightly soiled. Interior age-toned, but clean and unmarked. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

RAZ Books. 2010. First Edition. Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pages, bound in pictorial wraps. SIGNED by the author with his initials. Vignettes from boxer Archie Moore's life. Crisp, tight, unmarked. .

Alfred A. Knopf. 1970. First Edition. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Fine book in Very Good dust jacket. Cloth bound cover, bright & clean; tightly bound; interior pristine. Free of names or markings. In crisp jacket with shallow wear at spine ends, 1/4" tear. .

Galerie de la Presidence. 2001. Very Good; Hardcover; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Paris; Featuring seaside or marine paintings (aquarelles) by Paul Signac; 55 color plates. Text in French. SIGNED by F. Chibret. Bright clean cover, firm binding; moderate wear to spine ends (bump to base). Crisp, clean, unmarked pages. .

Doubleday Books for Young Readers. 1992. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; First printing indicated by presence of "1" in print number line. Bright, crisp, tight book. No names or markings. In bright clean jacket with tiny nick at corner of flap fold. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Humanities Press. 1982. First US Edition. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 114 pp, plus bibliography, index and black & white plates. Bound in light brown cloth. Bright, clean, firmly bound book. A few tiny stray pencil marks on cover. Crisp clean pages. No names or markings. In jacket with shallow chips and tear; one " tear. .

Distaff Publishing. 1999. First Edition. Fine; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; SIGNED by the author. 121 pages, cloth-backed pictorial cover. Bright, crisp, clean, tight. Issued without jacket. Story of the first white settlers in what became central Connecticut -- Jonathan Gilbert, and the Belchers. .

The Editors. 1906. First Edition. Good; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 91 songs, 151 pages, bound in navy blue cloth, white-stamped lettering & decoration; seal in gilt. Cloth frayed at spine ends, corner tips. Back cover shows some smudging. Binding solid. Gift notation on front endpaper. Endpapers lightly foxed; occasional spot of soil on page margins. Songs include: Alma Mater, Amherst Drinking Song, Song of a Gun, Cheer for Old Amherst, Down Mobile, Football Song, Glory Glory to Old Amherst, I'd Rather Have Fingers, Lord Geoffrey Amherst, On the Banks of the Old Freshman, On the Chapel Steps, Senior Club Song 1902, Stand to Your Glasses, the Belles of Old Amherst, The Last Cigar, Thuringian Folksong, and many more. .