Search Results: Titles starting with S from Bluebird Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. Hard Cover. A collection of the first part of King Henry IV and three other enduring plays by Shakespeare, in a compact Scribner's edition. Per the preface, the plays are presented in authoritative text, in readable form and with sufficient apparatus for the use of the student. Edited and with introductions by Thomas Marc Parrott and Robert Stockdale Telfer. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Exposure to dampness has resulted in rippling to leaves. With soiling to cloth, foxing to textblock edges, significant loss of cover and spine gilding, discreet pencilings in a few locations, and prior owner's signature & glue remnants to front free endpaper; else a tightly-bound, sound, copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall) ; (8), 485 pages .

Stuttgart, Germany: Kroner. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. German language dictionary of literature; in an excellent copy. In full light blue cloth covers; interior clean & unmarked. Just jacket yellowed at edges and with chips & sm tears along upper edge; otherwise intact. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0316544639 . Sixth and final volume in author's Pulitzer-winning examination of the life of the third US President; covers the period from the end of his presidency through his retirement years in Monticello. In navy full-cloth covers with Jefferson medallion design in gilt on cover; titling in gilt on spine. Publisher's navy topstain. With an introduction by the author; plus several inserted plates featuring b&w photos and index. With bumped corner; otherwise clean, unmarked and firm. Dust jacket has slight sunning at spine, insignificant chafing; with orig. $19.95 flap price and in removable mylar protector. An excellent copy in last volume of author's monumental work. ; Jefferson and His Time, Vol 6; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 551 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0679403612 . Stated first trade edition. An excellent copy of Anne Tyler's touching novel in which her teen-aged character finds himself raising three children. --- In pink paper-covered boards backed in navy cloth, with cover and spine titling stamped in gilt. Jacket features cover painting by John Collier and a Diane Walker photographic portrait of the author on rear flap. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright, and unmarked save for a remainder mark to lower textblock edge. Bright unclipped jacket lacks damages.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; (8), 337 pages .

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0811805492 . First printing. Per the jacket flap, this ". . .beautiful book is filled with the amazing and heartrending stories of over 120 saints--from the best known to the most obscure." Descriptions of the saints are accompanied by dozens of historic illustrations. --- In tan pictorial paper-covered boards. Jacket with detail from Francesco del Cossa's "Saint Lucy" to cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and newish. Jacket also in great shape, but with small tear near tail of spine and retailer's sticker to back flap; protected in archival mylar protector.; Oblong 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; 176 pages .

Homewood, Illinois: Dow Jones-Irwin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870941666 . First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. The author, president of Creative Sales Careers, Inc., shares her secrets and techniques for success as a woman in the world of sales. --- In grey cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on red spine blocks. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, firm copy but with creases to corners of several leaves. Acidic paper has been inserted at pp. 22-23, resulting in staining; and with minor soiling to textblock fore-edge.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); vii, 227 pages .

München: Albert Langen - George Müller Verlags. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 3784414850 . A later printing of this German language work offering satirical humor (as near as this non-German speaker can determine). --- In light blue cloth-covered boards with titling on white spine block. Jacket features humorous cover drawing of quizzical King Solomon-like figure after slicing the globe in half. --- A clean, bright copy lacking noticeable damages. Bright jacket with chipping and small tears, otherwise in good shape.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 286 pages .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing, copyright page. The noted Columbia University professor's biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson. With illustrations depicting Johnson and some of the places he frequented. With expensive reference material at rear of volume. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling on black blocks. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunning to cloth and some yellowing to interior leaves of this wartime edition; else a sound, clean copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiv, 599 pages .

East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters. Good. 1899. First Edition. Flexible leather. A signed, limited edition of Elbert Hubbard's brief biography of England's Samuel Johnson, one in the series "Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors" produced at the Roycrofter's artisan cooperative in East Aurora, New York. Number 55 in a limited run of 925 copies, and signed by Elbert Hubbard on limitation page. With frontis portrait of Samuel Johnson and hand-illumined decorations at title page and to chapter heads. --- Bound in brown yapped flexible suede covers with gilt-stamped cover titling, brown silk endpapers. --- The suede is showing its age and is very fragile and prone to disintegration, else a complete, intact copy. Inked gift inscription dated Dec 25/1900 to front free endpaper. ; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (10), 119-144 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Stein and Day. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 081281360X . A first edition of an account of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and subsequent fire that destroyed large sections of the city. With numerous black & white photos and with maps of the damaged areas at endpapers. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in rust cloth, author facsimile signatures to cover and spine titling, both in gilt. Jacket with red-tinted photos of quake-damaged city scenes. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, is otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (4), 316 pages .

San Francisco: Dulfer Press. Good+. 1919. Softcover. A group of poems, some written as the looming World War I was casting its shadow over the world. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. --- In tan wraps with W. R. Cameron illustration to cover (repeated on title page). --- A sound, clean copy though with minor soiling; binding remains tight. A very scarce copy of this charmer.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 75 pages; Signed by Author .

Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. Near Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 087081530X . Virginia McConnell Simmons has provided a history of Colorado and New Mexico's San Luis Valley, including explanations of the many Hispanic place-names in the area. The high mountain valley and surrounding towns have a rich history of railroading, mining, mountaineering and agriculture. With several black & white photos and a few maps. With a foreword by David Fridtjof Halaas. Inscribed and signed to Mr. Halaas by the author on half title page; also with her personal note to Halaas bound into the front of the book. --- In wraps with Fred F. Haberlein color painting of a mountain scene to covers. --- With creasing to a handful of leaves and very mild soiling, else an about-Near Fine copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, 364 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. BCE. Hardcover. Book club edition. A clean, bright, firm copy in full red cloth-covered boards. Jacket with minor chafing along edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1947]. Hardcover. William Faulkner's novel, first published in 1931, deals grippingly with the difficult subject of rape. The author maintained that he wrote the novel strictly to make money, but it was a success with critics as well as the public. This later edition includes a new introduction by the author. Volume wrapped in jacket with E. McKnight Kauffer illustration to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 329 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1947 (though 1932 date appears in book). ML #61.2. --- With underlinings and notations in red ink to perhaps as many as 25 leaves in the back half of the book, age-toning to leaves and mild soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Fair-only price-clipped, brittle dust jacket with complete vertical split, several tears and a… Read More

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. A collection of poems evoking the ancient Sumerian city of Nippur. Per the jacket flap, the author seeks to bring ". . .modern man face to face with the aspiration of man two thousand years ago." --- This slim hardcover in red cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with sepia-toned drawn portrait of the author to back panel. --- With inked gift inscription to front free endpaper and light edgewear, else a clean, firmly-bound copy. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, else nice.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 63 pages .

New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1927]. Hardcover. An English language volume presenting two famous French romances in a single Modern Library edition. Includes: "Sapho" by Alphonse Daudet and "Manon Lescaut" by Antoine François Prévost. Rendered into English from the French by unattributed translator(s). "Manon" with an introduction by Guy de Maupassant and prefatory notes by Prévost. --- In Toledano spine #4 / brown leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / gilt titling and decorations on spine / gilt torchbearer to front panel / yellow Bernhard endpapers / brown topstain. Likely published c.1927, though no date appears in book. Lacks the dust jacket. ML #85.1. --- With chafing to cover edges, especially at head of spine, and bold black mark through bookseller's penciled price, half title page; otherwise a sound, unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; (10), 319, (4, ads) pages .

New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0671785036 . A softcover copy of the Civil War diary of Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) who, as a young woman in Baton Rouge, began documenting the events of the war from her perspective. With a section of plates bearing photos and drawings depicting people and scenes from her life. Edited by Charles East. --- In stiff wraps with color image of Ms. Morgan to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy, though with slight tanning to leaves and minor creasing to cover edges.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xlv, 626 pages .

New York: Viking. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0670825379 . An apparent 10th printing of the US edition of the fourth novel by Salman Rushdie. The novel, based on aspects of Islam, was very well-received after its 1988 publication, and became a finalist for the Booker Prize. Much of the story is set in England amidst Indian emigrants. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with detail from "Rustam Killing the White Demon" to front panel. --- This book has been exposed to moisture, resulting in bleed-off of black cloth dye to verso of jacket and discoloration to cloth; otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy (though leaves with mild tanning). Unclipped jacket ($19.95) with slight creasing to edges and minor rubbing (in addition to the dye bleed as described above); else in good shape.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (10), 547, (3) pages .

Boston: Ginn & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A presentation of the satires and epistles of Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), the poet of ancient Rome. Intended for an English-speaking Latin student, the poems are written in Latin in two sections, with generous English-language footnotes on each page. Edited, with an introduction to each section by J. B. Greenough. An entry in publisher's College Series of Latin Authors. --- In dark green cloth with cover titling in black, spine titling in gilt. --- With a partial split at front of book (which doesn't affect the stability of the binding), prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, rubbing & chafing to cloth and a few stray interior pencilings, else a sturdy, fully readable copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; ix, 306, [6, ads] pages .

Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Very Good. 1966. Softcover. Stated fifth printing, 1966. A softcover edition presenting sixteen satirical poems by ancient Rome's Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis). Born in the mid-first century A.D., he did not begin writing until later in his life and met with little success during his lifetime, but ". . .burst on the world with excitement two and a half centuries after his demise." (per translator Rolfe Humphries's introduction.) --- In black and yellow wraps with illustrations in yellow, orange and white to cover. --- With prior owner's sticker inside front cover and a reading crease to spine, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 186, [2, ads] pages .