Search Results: Authors starting with S from Dark and Stormy Night Books

33, Rue de Seine, 33, Paris: Librairie Fischbacher , 1111 Reprint. (33rd edition,) in French. Near Fine. Hard cover, 8vo, in a contemporary fine binding of full niger levant morocco with decoration in blind and in gilt, and with the gilt-tooled signature attributed to the early professional debut of the American master bookbinder, bookbinding historian, author and teacher, Miss Edith [Josephine Lee] Diehl (1876-1953), appearing on the rear turn-in with the four-letter monogram and date: "19 EJLD 07." In a cloth covered, felt-lined slipcase. The front board has a panel stamped portrait in blind of Saint Francis within an ellipse, in imitation of panel-stamped German or French religious books of the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. This is contrasted to border decoration tooled in gilt done in the manner of one of her contemporary English bookbinding mentors, Douglas Cockerell, [to whom the bookbinding was once attributed in the past, given some similarities of the somewhat difficult-to-read… Read More

Ann Arbor, Michigan/ New York: University Microfilms Inc. by Argonaut Press Ltd., 1966 Reprint of 1877 edition. Hard cover, 8vo, [in terra cotta cloth, [2], v-cl, [2] =150pp. Joseph Sabin (1821 - 1881) was an Anglo-American bibliographer and bookseller, most famous for his multi-volume "Dictionary of Books Relating to America". In this book, Sabin compiles a list of bibliographies and works on printing and typography. He based his listings on the nineteenth century work of John Power, and "a large portion was reproduced in the American Bibliopolist," according to Sabin's introduction, yet was somewhat lacking in merit. CONDITION: Fine. OCLC 873105.. Hard Cover. Fine.

Seattle, WA: Black Heron Press, 1995 Trade paperback, 109 pp. Signed by Author on Title page. From the blurb: " A man travels to an island. There he reflects on his life as an artist--a writer--and on the women he has loved. Soon the reader realizes that this man is on the edge of sanity..." Author James Sallis has published over one hundred short stories, anthologies, translations, poems and novels, as well as several books of musicology. His work has been described as extraordinary in honesty and meticulous artistry. Some shelf scuff to back cover and small manufacturing wrinkle to head of spine.Condition: Very Good Plus. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus.

New York: Walker & Company, 2006 193pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket in mylar. The "author signature" consists of a laid-in sticker. A columnist for the Boston Globe Book review section, the novelist has also written a number of highly-regarded crime novels and other works. Turner, now a cop in small town Tennessee, returns from his debut in Sallis's earlier novel, Cypress Grove. A routine traffic stop begins a chain of events involving murder and more in this critically acclaimed work. Condition: Fine, with a Fine Dust jacket. . Signed by author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Kittery Point, Maine: The Pepperrell Association, 1901 Paper wraps. Octavo. 14pp. Condition: Good. Covers soiled and split at spine but holding. ** Sir William Pepperrell (1696 - 1759) was a merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts, known for his leadership of the 1745 expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George's War. He was born in Kittery, Maine, where he remained a lifelong resident. OCLC 23683469.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.

Newington, Connecticut: Case Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford Press, 1905 Hard cover, octavo, with cream-colored cloth pictorial boards printed with leafy vine in lovely autumnal shades, titles in gilt to front board and spine, unpaginated (but about 360 pp.) Cover art signed ITD ? or HD? goes across spine to rear board. Ownership inscription from 1905 in old in to front fly reads :" H.M. Moodey from her loving sister H.C. Seelye, Christmas 1905." Additionally, two ownership stamps of Cornelia C. Moodey of Northampton Mass. to same. **Cornelia Chapin Moodey was the sister of Florence Porter Lyman (1868-1951), whose correspondence and Lyman family papers are held in the special collections at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Condition: Very Good. Covers a bit soiled; Two old staple holes in rear endpapers making tiny hole on last page of text, where a piece of correspondence (poem) is laid in, signed Charlotte Chittenden. Some minor chipping or tiny tears to the fore-edge of a few pages.… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912 Hard cover, quarto, pp vii [1] 247 [1] + 6pp ads. Modern green cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. The Washington Manuscript of the Four Gospels (also known as The Freer Gospel), was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1854 - 1919) on a trip to Egypt in 1906. It contains the four modern gospels in Greek and contains some text not found in other manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark. Condition: Very Good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1974 Soft cover - staple bound wraps. 8vo. 19pp. Condition: Near Fine. Signed by author to back of front cover. ** Reprint article from The Polish Review, Vol XIX, on the works of Jerzy Kosiński (born Józef Lewinkopf) (1933 - 1991). Kosiński was a Polish author, notably famous for having written the novel "Being There" (1971), and the screenplay for the 1979 movie of the same name, starring Peter Sellers. It tells of a gardener, Chance, who has a naive approach to life beyond gardening, but nonetheless drifts into Washington society and the company of the President... a remarkable story. OCLC 5543271103.. Signed by author. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Shrewsbury: Wilding and Son, 1953 Hard Cover, 12mo., in light blue cloth with titles to top board in gold. Condition: Very Good, with sunned spine, and boards, 51pp. An anthology of poems from Shetland, including works by Basil Ramsay Anderson, James Stout Angus, J.J. Haldayne Burgess, Laurence James Nicholson, Thomas Peterson Ollason and John Peterson. Originally published in 1953, this selection is chosen by the editor to epitomize the character of the Shetland islanders. "Norn" refers to the original dialect of the islands historically derived from Old Norse, now adulterated by, as the editor puts it, "four centuries of foreign supersession." Contains footnote translations to English. OCLC 776418809.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Rimington and Hooper, 1929 First Edition Thus. Hard cover, 8vo in quarter red buckram over hay-yellow paper covered boards, printed paper label in black on hay-yellow paper applied to the spine. xviii, 148 pp., 25 pp. with unnumbered illustration plates of the original 24 etchings and four woodcut engravings originally featured in the 1828 First Edition. This Limited Edition, numbered 169 of 376. Colophon: "An edition of 376 copies, designed and printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston; set in Scotch-free Type and printed on Wove Antique paper." Distributed by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., New York, October 25, 1929.CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Small spot to front board, moderate age toning to pages, many unopened. Now in mylar. **The Punch and Judy puppet show is a classic of British entertainment, "when children, untroubled by educational theories or parental scruples, were permitted to rejoice naturally in the cracking of heads, the din of battle, the triumph of… Read More

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928 145pp. Illustrated novel by Edith A. Sawyer about feudal Japan in the 1860s. Condition: Very Good or better in Very Good dust jacket, which has small mark to front and small piece missing from tail of spine. Now protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-.

Dallas, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 1992 pp xxii 450. A collection of essays written as part of the Writers' Progam of the Work Projects Administration, from 1936 to 1942. Condition: As new in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Eliot Stock, 62 Peternoster Row, 1882 Hard cover 12mo (measuring 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches), bound in vellum parchment, with red titles and artwork to front board, titles in red to spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, (xi) 155 pp., First Edition. Engraved artwork to title and two other pages within. Printed on laid paper, the text with a number of decortative initial caps. Condition: Very Good. Ex library with engraved library bookplate , withdrawal stamp and pen notation to front paste down. Library stamp to title page. Some light soiling to the vellum and dusty text block edges. Crease (not a tear) to fore edge of title page. Otherwise, however, the interior pages are clean, tight and bright and hinges in order. Quarter-inch open tear fore-edge p. 5. ***Presentation Copy from the author, William Bell Scott to his friend, Professor John Nichol, "with affectionate remembs... November 1882". PROFESSOR JOHN NICHOL, (1833-1894) was the first Regius Professor of English Language and Literature… Read More

London: A. & C. Black, 1907 First Edition. xii, 236pp, including foldout map and 4pp. publisher's adverts. One of the 20 Shilling Series. 3000 copies. With 75 full page color illustrations printed by Messrs. Carl Hentschel, Ltd., with captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt and still bright. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with design of roses in tan, red and green. Titles, fleur-de-lis, shield and top edge in gilt. Gift inscription in old ink on front fly. A particularly nice publishers colophon dated 1907 at rear. Condition: Very Good Plus or even better, with some spotting to fore- and bottom-edge of text block. Boards are otherwise very nice without soiling or marks. Two lightly bumped corners. Interior is very clean with minimal age toning, aside from front and rear fly. **Author William Scott, RIBA (1848-1914) was a London trained architect who changed career to pursue etching and engraving. He spent much of his time living in Italy. The volume is very attractively… Read More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970 180pp. Reprint of 1887 edition. *** Sir Thomas Edward Scrutton (1856-1934) was an English judge and legal writer who specialized in commercial law. *** Condition: Light shelf-wear to covers. Remainder mark to bottom edge of text-block visible when book closed.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927 373pp. Later novel by Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873 - 1935), telling the tale of romance between an English painter and a French woman (or two). Condition: Very bright covers, with scarce dustjacket which has wear and splitting to the edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Castellabate: Associazione Culturale "Mon. Alfonzo M. Farina", 1999 Soft cover, 8vo, in color pictorial wraps, 112pp. Italian text. The Bourbon reaction to the French invasion of 1806 of Italy's Cilento Coast, (i.e. the coastal area of Salerno, south of Naples and the Amalfi Coast). **Condition: Very Good. Slight crease lower corner front cover and title page. Otherwise clean and sound.***A well-researched cultural and military history of the period. Many black and white illustrations. **Author Gerardo Severino (b. 1961) originally from Castellabate, Maresciallo Auitante della Guardia di Finanza (Customs officer,) works in Rome at the Museo Storico del Corpo, (State Archives) and is author of numerous articles on military history.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Newburyport, MA: Parker River Researchers, 1989 Hard cover, 16mo., (measuring 5 x 7 1/2 inches) in gray buckram with silver titles, 272 pp. This is the reprinted, abridged version of the 1927 Macy-Masius Publishers issue. The Rev. Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) kept a diary for more than fifty years, detailing life as a printer, minister and judge of in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His family settled in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1661. His main claim to fame, however, was as a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, which in 1692 oversaw the Salem witch trials, acts of which he later came to repent. The diary is compared to that of Samuel Pepys by the editor, and is certainly filled with mention of some of the big names of the day: Governor Winthrop, Cotton Mather et al. But equally fascinating are his observations of the everyday hardships, illnesses and early death, child mortality, and spiritual struggles of his own family and those of his neighbors. " His relations with his wife and their… Read More

London: Printed for the author by W.Hoggard, in Water-Lane, 1764 Hard cover, in full calf, large 4to. 810pp. Includes 34 original engraved plates and one map; (handwritten note to ffep. suggests a map of France may be lacking.) Some plates signed J. Lodge or Reynolds. Boards with rolled gilt edges. The spine, which has been rebacked, has five raised bands, with a red onlaid label to the second compartment with title in gilt, and an onlaid black label with volume number in gilt on third.compartment. Condition: Good overall, with some light paint splatter and light scruffing to boards, rubbed and bumped corners especially on front. Wear to head endcap. Both hinges have been reinforced with tape. Interior: water stains to endpapers, where some notes in old ink appear to be scrubbed out intentionally. A few repairs with paper tape on preliminaries. Interior text block is age-toned and occasionally with old black ink markings, blots and annotation.** The book includes historical details from Briton's… Read More

London: Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], printed at Ballantyne Press, 1899 Hard cover, demi 8vo (measuring 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches) Collation:(3),158, (4)pp. With the woodblock printed bookplate of Helen Cecil Minns, and gift inscription in old ink "in memory of Miss Moultrie 1914." Colophon: "...Seen through the Press/ by Sturge Moore/ and decorated /with border designed /and engraved on /the wood by/ C.S.Ricketts, under whose/ supervision the book/ has been printed at/ the Ballantyne/ Press,/ London, /M.D. C.C.C./X.C./I.X. Finely printed upon thick, hand-made paper. Finely bound in green morocco with gilt design on both boards signed by Florence M.E. Paget, associated with the Guild of Women Binders, and a student of the influential British Arts and Crafts bookbinder, Douglas Cockerell. The design consists of concentric gilt bands containing a ruled grid which has intersections featuring alternating small and larger triangles, in a seeming imitation of Edwardian encaustic tile pattern, possibly.… Read More