Search Results: Authors starting with S from Mill Race Books (IOBA)

Sherman, Harold M. Tahara in the Land of Yucatan. (New York: Goldsmith Publishing, 1933), Volume 4 of a 4 volume series. Likely a first edition.
12mo. 246 pages plus 4 pages advertisements. Hardcover in yellow cloth-covered board stamped in black on both front cover and spine. Dust jacket present and brightly printed in primary and secondary colors. DJ Illustrated by "Gretta" who also illustrated many early Hardy Boys mysteries.
Condition: Good plus. Price clipped DJ is bright with minor sunning to spine, showing some edge wear. Book is typical for its age, with toning to paper and some discoloration to the spine. Paper remains flexible in spite of its wood pulp origin. Spine is creased. 1934 Christmas inscription on FFE. DJ has been placed in a Brodart for protection.
MAD 56600-4-1

Sinclair, Angus. Locomotive Engine Running and Management: A Treatise on Locomotive Engines Showing their Performance in Running Different Kinds of Trains with Economy and Dispatch; also directions regarding the care, management, and repairs of locomotives and all their connections. (New York: John Wiley and Sons,1885) Second Edition
Duodecimo. xviii, 390 pages plus 6 pages adv. Illus w/ line drawings and steel engravings. Hardbound. Brown cloth-covered boards stamped in blind and gilt.
Condition: VG. Shows wear, as expected of a book of this nature but minor as compared with most copies. Front lower corner is bumped and shows wear-through. Hinges show wear but continue to perform well. Bookplate on front pastedown, with signs of a previous bookplate removal. The gathering beginning on page 239 through 268 is beginning to separate from the binding, but is still attached.
Provenance: Bookplate from the library of Thomas Townsend Taber, a prolific author and historian of railroads.

Smart, John. A Handbook for the Identification of Insects of Medical Importance. (British Museum: London, 1943) with chapters on Fleas by Dr. Karl Jordan and on Arachnids by R. J. Whittick.
Quarto, 269 pages. 13 plates, all present, and numerous in-text illustrations.
Bound in green boards, front board stamped with a double rule frame in blind, Spine stamped in gilt with a rule top and bottom. Book shows slight lean to left.
John Smart (1907-1986) was on the staff of the Natural History Museum in London at the time of publication. Karl Jordan (1861-1959) was an entomologist working at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire, England.
Bookplate of Roger W. Williams inside of front cover. Roger W. Williams was a Professor at the Division of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippencott Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. <p>Spyri, Johanna. <b><i>Cornelli</i></b>. (Philadelphia & London: Lippincott, ©1920) illustrated by Maria L. Kirk, translated by Elizabeth P. Stork.</p><p>Duodecimo (12mo). 275 pages, illustrated. Bound in red cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt and black. Stained red on top edge. Illustrated end papers.</p><p><b>Condition</b>: VG, light minor soiling. Corners good, hinges solid, spine solid. Cover bright and crisp, some fading of the gilt on the spine. Previous owner's name on front free end paper.</p><b>Johanna Louise Spyri</b> (née <b>Heusser</b>; 12 June 1827 - 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book <i>Heidi</i>. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich,… Read More

Congress of the United States. Register of Debates in Congress Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress Together with an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents and the Laws, of a Public Nature, Enacted During the Session With a Copious Index to the Whole. (Vol. VII) (Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton, 1831)
Quarto. 851, cxciii, 78. xiii. Bound in Calf with leather labels.
Condition: This is a complicated book, condition-wise. Ex-Library from the Carnegie Library of Pennsylvania State College (now Penn State University (PSU)). Calf binding had the spine shellac-ed, probably to slow the red rot that appears at the hinges – which despite the red rot seems to be intact. The spine, however, has serious damage caused by the shellac and moderate wear as a publicly accessible book in a university library setting. Scuffing on front and back covers with some loss to the finish layer of the leather. There is a… Read More

Styron, William. Set This House on Fire. (New York: Random House, 1960) Stated first printing.
Octavo. i. Dedication, ii-iii. Quote from John Donne, iv. Blank. 1-507 Text. Hardcover bound in black cloth-covered boards stamped with author's signature on front cover in gilt and Gilt red and white on spine. DJ included and is unclipped. Top edge stained red.
Condition: VG with dog-ear on page 33-34 and small spot on fore-edge. DJ has a small tear at hinge on bottom, repaired with transparent tape by a previous owner. DJ shows some minor color loss at hinge. Previous owner's name on FFE as well as some staining from tape contact. Slight discoloration of DJ at edges of rear flyleaf where not in contact with text-block.
William Styron is the author of Sophie's Choice and The Confessions of Nat Turner.