Authors starting with S from Yellow House Books

N/A. Original typescript of Saunders's novel. 203 pages typed on 11 x 14 paper, in a four-ring binder. Several pages seem to be carbon copies, but the others are all original typed sheets. On the title page is typed "Single Lady by John Monk Saunders," with the title and author underlined. Below that is a handwritten epigraph: "From ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night..... dear Lord, deliver us!" (This line appears on p. 91 of the transcript where it is allud... more information

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Edicions de l'eixample, Barcelona, 1985. Photographic record of Carmen ballet presented in Spain by Antonio Gades. Leave it to the Spanish to come up with a production of Carmen that brings sex to the fore of the Bizet's tragic opera; the full-page color photographs by Ferran Freixa capture this dark sensuality, as well as the joyful involvement shown by the company in their dancing. Oblong quarto bound in red suede, the cover of which has been adorned by a hand-applied piece of red crepe simulating the ... more information

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Milano, Edizioni Dell'Esame, 1944. Monograph on the Italian artist and sculptor. Octavo, 217 pp., 146 reproductions. Paper-covered boards (worn, spotted and darkened) with woven cloth spine; wear along edges and corners. Front endpapers separated from top to bottom, but book still held together by three linen hinges. Back cover still tight, but endpapers beginning to separate at bottom. Ownership stamps on front endpaper and on all page edges. ... more information

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Schiller, NY, 1983. A selection of 200 important historical children's books, manuscripts and drawings from the pre-eminent children's book dealer of our age. Mind-boggling collection, headed by a contemporary manuscript copy of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. Oblong octavo bound in stiff white wraps, color cover illustration shows a page from the Blake, many illustrations in text (in black and white). Errata sheet laid in. Near fine. ... more information

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Curt Valentin, NY, 1947. First edition, octavo, 160 pp., 46 full-page reproductions of Seurat's drawings, some of which relate to familiar paintings and some of which are independent works. The author speaks of the "outward perfection in the small black and white pictures." Book is VG+ with nice boards and spine but with darkened edges and pages. Dust jacket is VG with slight chipping along top edge and a few small traces of paint on back cover, spine darkened. The book bears the ownership si... more information

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Atlanta Art Institute, Atlanta, 1958. No. 21 of 225 copies. Tall quarto, 81 pages in illustrated boards. A production of original graphic art by members of the Atlanta Art Institute, whose six names apparently make up the volume's title. Each artist contributes three double-page piec es of graphic art printed on stiff paper in offset or silkscreen. The interior production is generally of high quality. Unfortunately, the boards have been scraped along the bottom of the fore edge, and the corners are wo... more information

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Batsford, London, n.d. Second revised edition in English, translated the second German edition. (The first English translation had so many errors that it had to be extensively revised by R.P. Spiers.) Tall octavo, 647 pp., bound in green cloth with black lettering. A series of 3500 examples on 400 plates arranged in historical order. Very Good Plus (corners bumped), no jacket. ... more information

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Meridian/World, Cleveland, 1962. First printing, October 1962, of this selection of drawings reproduced from three previous books: The Art Of Living, The Passport and The Labyrinth. This copy is INSCRIBED by the artist: "To Abe Lerner with affection & thanks," signed "Saul ST." and dated "Nov 62". Book is VG+ in blue cloth over red spine; dust jacket also VG+ with two short closed tears at top of front cover, price-clipped. A very nice inscription, with the signature e... more information

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Whitman, Racine, WI, 1929. First printing. Small octavo, 55 pages, with illustrations by Marie S. Frobisher; illustrated endpapers. From the author of Cowboys Rough and Ready, and Pirates Fierce and Bold. Despite the title, the stories in this book are sympathetic to the Indians and their plight. Generally VG, considering the book's fragility; covers bright, but rubbed along edges of spine and boards; inner hinges slightly cracked but book is still tightly bound. ... more information

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Jewett & Co., Boston, 1855. This title by Stowe was published a few months after Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 1852, and likewise bears the imprint of John P. Jewett, the abolitionist publisher. Printed green wrappers, 16 pp., stitched binding, all edges gilt, measuring 4.25" x 3." The cover shows date of 1855; title page shows 1854. BAL notes that the plates of a second edition were used for Jewett printings dated 1854 to 1858; by 1860 they had become the property of the American Tract So... more information

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