Search Results: Titles starting with S from LaCelle Rare Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, (1975).  Early Printing (U48 - November 1979). Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; very light stain to bottom corner of both endpapers, covered with whiteout - other pages clean; blindstamp and name on front endpaper; moderate wear; dust jacket has light soil, stain at bottom of spine (not very visible except on reverse); chips at spine ends and a few small tears; price clipped. Early trade printings are uncommon.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Robert Carter, 1870. Hardcover. Good. New York: Robert Carter, 1870. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated. 202 pages. 6 1/4" x 4". Good. Tight binding; moderate foxing; covers worn; some splitting to cloth.  Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. VOLUME II ONLY. Original cloth. 228 pages. Good. Binding somewhat shaken; cracked in front; some foxing; bookplate and name on front endpaper; scraping to spine label; some wear. Important memoirs of the author's life in India. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

n.p.: n.p., 1911. Hardcover. Fair. n.p.: n.p., (1911). Original cloth. 256 pages. Illustrated throughout. Fair or better. Hinges cracked; pages mostly clean; covers quite worn with some soil.  A wonderful antique history of the frontier and its heroes.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Macmillan and Co, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Kipling, J. Lockwood (Decorations by). London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear and a little scrape; dust jacket is quite worn with several chips and some tears. An early printing in dust jacket of the classic Kipling tale. Basis of several films..

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951. Third Edition. 770 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; only very slight wear; dust jacket is clean with a few small tears and one small chip to rear panel; price clipped.  Third edition of Warren Buffet's favorite book. Scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, (1976).  Seventh Printing, 1977. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with moderate wear and a few small tears; price not clipped ($7.95). Ziglar's classic success guide. Scarce signed.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913. Hardcover. Fair. Illustrated. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913. Two Volumes, Complete Set. Original 3/4 Leather, lettered in gilt. 758, 477 pages. Illustrated. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4". Fair to Good. Tight binding; clean pages; covers quite worn; front cover pulling and splitting along spine; tear at top of the spine. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS..

Macmillan/Viking/NAL/Putnam, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Macmillan/Viking/NAL/Putnam, (1960's-1980's). 13 Books. Mostly vintage book club editions. Very Good in Good Dust Jackets. Tight bindings; clean pages; moderate wear; dust jackets are clean with moderate wear (a couple have small chips). .

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, (1965). Second Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; scuff on front endpaper; moderate wear; dust jacket has some wear and a few small tears; price clipped.  Scarce signed. William Walton Sharman (May 25, 1926 - October 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered the greatest backcourt duo of all time. As a coach, Sharman won titles in the ABL, ABA, and NBA, and is credited with introducing the now-ubiquitous morning shootaround. He was the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, coach, and executive. He was a 10-time NBA champion (having won four titles as a player with the Celtics, one as head coach of the Los… Read More

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Illustrated. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1908). Second Edition. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 488 pages.  Illustrated. Good+. Hinges cracked but tight binding; pages clean; some wear to covers; no jacket.  Jackson was a pioneer missionary in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Alaska. Although some of his actions weren't acceptable, his is a very interesting story.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Photographs (Illustrated with). New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 108 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; covers have a bit of silverfish; lacking the rare dust jacket. A rare antique shopping guide to Paris and London in 1912. Perfume, clothing, furs, jewelry, cafes, restaurants, etc. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1857. FIRST EDITION. 272 pages. Good. Tight binding; some foxing to pages and a light stain in one edge; some wear. Historical novel of the protestant reformation sixteenth century Switzerland. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1885. Wraps. Fair. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1885. First Edition. Original wraps.  20 pages.  Frontispiece. Size: 10" x 6 1/2". Fair. Front wrap in several pieces and detached; lacking rear wrap; chipping to front wrap; a few notes and stains; worn. Scarce sketch of the life of an important jurist.  Lemuel Shaw (January 9, 1781 - March 30, 1861) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator. In 1847, Shaw became the father-in-law of author Herman Melville. He ruled on prominent cases involving slavery, segregation, and religion. Admitted to the bar in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in September 1804, and in Plymouth County, Massachusetts that November, Shaw began practice in Boston. When his associate left Boston after being acquitted of murder in a… Read More

Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1889. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 433 pages. Good. Tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; small stain in corner of severals pages else generally clean; small chip to corner of rear endpaper; some wear to covers.  Mining prospector, John Flippin's adventures during five years in the Sierra Madres of southwestern Chihauhau. Considered a very accurate account of an, at the time, little known region. "We cannot be told too much concerning our sister republic to the South; if the narrator is intelligent in his observations, and truthful in his record. A residence of five years in one of the least known regions of Mexico, and a naturally keen habit of observation, have aided the author to no small extent, and he has crowded a great deal of valuable information into the space occupied. The book is especially recommended to tourists across the Rio… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1942. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct publisher imprint, no later printings noted and correct $2.00 price on front jacket flap.  138 pages. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; only slight wear; dust jacket is slightly worn with a few small tears and light foxing; price not clipped ($2.00).  Quite scarce.  Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 - June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago Law School and the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE… Read More

The Free Press of Glencoe, Illinois, 1949. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. The Free Press of Glencoe, Illinois, (1949). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Good+ in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; some wear; spine lettering a bit scuffed; dust jacket is very worn with chips and tears along edges; some stains; front panel separated from the rest of the jacket; lacking the front flap. First Edition of the landmark publication which has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the most frequently cited texts in social sciences. It was first published in 1949, although revised editions of 1957 and 1968 are often cited. In 1998 the International Sociological Association listed this work as the third most important sociological book of the 20th century. Scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1949). Much later printing. SIGNED AND INCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER WITH A SMALL DRAWING. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with a couple of very small tears; price not clipped ($12.95). A signed copy of the great Caldecott Medal Winner.   SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Philadelphia: David McKay, (1919). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with all first issue points. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; only slight wear; dust jacket is worn with chipping and tears along edges as well as some soil. Scarce posthumous book by the author of Leaves of Grass. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING AND COLLECTIBLE TITLES.

Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illustrated. Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, (1990). 128 pages. Illustrated. 11 1/4" x 9". Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; name on half-title page; only slight wear;  moderate wear to dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .