Search Results: Titles starting with S from Grinning Cat Books

First Editions (all 3 volumes). Each fine in a fine dust jacket. Sabine's Notebook signed by Bantock on the title page. Promotional flyer laid into Volume One. A lovely set of this amazing classic!

First Edition, First Printing. Fully illustrated in color and black-and-white by Shelly Sacks. Near fine in original blue boards, mildly worn along the edges, and very good pictorial dust jacket, soiled and mildly chipped, original price intact on inside flap. A young girl makes a sand lady while staying with her grandmother by the sea. The little girl's imagination runs. Small quarto. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. [32] pp. A beautiful book and story.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on label affixed to the front free endpaper. Quite rare thus. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs, etc. Bradbury contribution on page 72. Fine in original boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 320 pp. A wonderful copy.

First Edition, Early Printing (with 295/295 on front dust jacket flap, but still with other titles on back cover). Very good with original pictorial boards, edges rubbed with small chip on spine tail. Very good pictorial dust jacket, chipped at spinal extremities and along edges. Pages and boards very clean and bright with no marking. Small thin folio. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of Dr. Seuss illustrations. A wonderful copy, scarce in this good condition with dust jacket.

First Edition, First Printing. In September of 1845 Lyell returned to America, and after a trip to Maine and the mountains of New Hampshire, travelled extensively through the South. He stayed for two weeks on a Georgia plantation on the Altamaha River, crossed that state partly by handcar in order to collect rocks and fossils in the grade cuts along the way, went to Claiborne on the Alabama River where he collected more fossils, then to Montgomery and Mobile along the Alabama, Mobile, Tombigbee, and Black Warrior Rivers. From Mobile he went up the Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa to visit the Alabama coal field, continuing by steamboat to New Orleans, where Lyell made an expedition to the mouth of the Mississippi River to study the growth of the delta. From there he went up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers by steamboat, then overland to Philadelphia. After a quick trip to Richmond, Virginia to re-examine the coal deposits there, he sailed from Boston to Liverpool on June 1, 1846. "Lyell's description of… Read More

First American Edition published by Godine, Seventh Printing, 1991. Fine in a fine dustjacket, with minor shelf rubbing on spine tail. Signed by the illustrator and internationally renowned mural and ceiling artist, Graham Rust, on the dedication page. A wonderful copy of this timeless classic.

First Edition, First Printing (with 'A' on title page). Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Published posthumously, it is understood that she and her editor held back publishing it hoping to expand it into a larger work. Richly illustrated by Weisgard, the story is lovely in its own right and was Rawlings only true "children's" book. Tight, bright and unmarred. Dust jacket shows very minor edge wear. Lovely brown cloth boards, white ink lettering and pictorial elements, brown paper leaves. Small 8vo. np. Illus. (black and white ink plates). A fine, handsome copy of Rawling's sole children's book!

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Dubus on the title page and inscription on front end paper. Handsomely. bound in light green woven cloth; spine stamped brightly in black; and beige paper-covered boards. Clean, tight, and bright with a little foxing to the fore-edge. Octavo. 476 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition Thus. A fine set presented in a fine pictorial slipcase. A very sleek set: Novels, Dramatic Works, Poems, Short Fiction and Criticism. Series edited by Paul Auster. Somewhat large and heavy; additional postage may be required. Octavos. 14 x 21 cm each. 478; 521; 505; 569 pp. Ideal for the Beckett collector and fan alike.

First Deluxe "Memorial Edition," First Printing. In 14 volumes, complete. Fine. The Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard, one of the leading figures in the Arts & Crafts movement in the United States, and founder of the famed Roycrofters in East Aurora, NY. This deluxe set was compiled and published posthumously by his son at Hubbard's famous Roycrofters Press and Wm. A. Wise in 1928. It is a special Memorial Edition, as Hubbard and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7 1915. This is a spectacular set and extremely rare, especially complete and in this condition. Fine in beautifully embossed dark brown leather with a tree design on the face in shades of green and orange. Gilt lettering on the cover ands spine, top edge gilt. Tipped in photos of Hubbard in each volumes, with an additional color plate of Roycrofters in Vol. 1. Each volume covers a specific area of Hubbard's thought leadership: Volume 1… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Styron on the title page. Fine in a very good plus dustjacket. Rose top stain. Contents fine, clean and bright. Dustjacket slightly worn and rubbed along edges, and spine head and tail. A lovely copy of the author's third novel, before Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice. A wonderful copy.

First Edition, Second Printing of Irving's first book. Author signature on laid in card. Fine in a near fine dustjacket with slight red stain to lower corner and head of spine. Original DJ with $5.95 price and 1/69. Fine red cloth backed boards stamped in gold on the spine. Top edge stained red. Unmarked, tight and square. "Setting Free the Bears is the most nourishing, satisfying comedy I have read in years. I admire the hell out of it." (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.). A wonderful copy for the Irving fan.

First Edition. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. As new. Price clipped . The commemorative edition of the first printing of this book, originally published in 1939. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Small quarto; unpaginated. A beautiful copy.

First Edition, First Printing of Sendak's illustrated picture book of monsters. Fine. Softcover. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by Sendak in color on every page. Oblong Octavo. 16 pp. A wonderful copy for the Sendak fan or collector!

Folio Society Deluxe Edition (Folio Society, London, 2007). Deluxe Limited Edition of only 3,750 copies, this being number 905. Quite scarce. Fine in a fine buckram-bound solander box; presents as new. Beautifully hand- and quarter-bound in blue green Nigerian goatskin leather, over hand-marbled boards, lettered gilt at the spine; top edge gilt. A truly fantastic edition of this Shakespeare masterpiece.

This beautiful and luxurious set is one of the highly sought after "Letterpress Editions" of Shakespeare's works, created with the highest quality materials, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Two volumes in a blue green cloth clamshell box: Vol. One contains the play and Vol. Two , the commentary. Commentary bound in burgundy buckram. Edited by Colin Burrow. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville with Caslon Display, printed by letterpress on high-quality, mould-made paper; fore edge uncut. Heavy, may require extra postage. Large Quarto. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring Quarto.… Read More

First Edition thus (The Folio Society, 2008). Part of the "Folio Poets" special collection. Fine in a fine slipcase. Presents almost as new. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white by artist Simon Brett, some full page. Quarter bound in red leather with pictorial cloth boards designed by Simon Brett. Gilt titles to the spine bright and fine. Burgundy topstain. Housed in a fine matching, burgundy slip case. Edited by Neville Rogers, with an introduction by Richard Holmes. Internal content fine. Folio. Over 9¾ - 12" tall. 552 pp. A wonderful edition of Shelley's works.

First Trade Edition. Inscribed by Sherwood Anderson to his wife Cornelia on front free endpaper. Very good only in original quarter-cloth over richly decorated paper. Spine a tad dull, with binding tight and text unmarked. Octavo. 5.875 x 8.375 in. 230 pp. A nice copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition, this being number 179 out of 190 copies. Quite scarce. Edited by Michael Torosian. Illustrated with two original silver gelatin prints and four black and white plates by renowned photographer, Aaron Siskind. Some spotting to end sheets and interior pages; otherwise near fine, quarter-bound in gray linen, gray paper boards, with a printed paper label affixed to the spine and black lettering, as issued. Thin octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 31 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good in original grey cloth and very good pictorial dust jacket, lightly chipped at edges with a few closed tears, tape repair to interior of jacket. Association copy. Inscribed to fellow Black Mountain Collegian Jonathan Williams on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 181 pp. A very nice copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in original cream cloth, titled in red and grey, and near fine dust jacket. Signed by Barthelme on title page. Uncommon signed. Author's second book and first novel. Snow White is living with seven men, but awaiting a Prince. Small octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. [viii], 180 + [4] pp.