Search Results: Authors starting with S from Old Algonquin Books

NY: Putnam, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Novel of a Conan Doyle 1917 wartime espionage mission into Germany, "as communicated from beyond the grave" to author. Book is fine. Dust jacket has one-inch tear, rubs, edgewear & slight crimping of spine edges.

New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. A few spots on top page edges, a small corner bump, and light wear on bottom board edges. Dust jacket, with $15.95 price on flap, has a few creases.

ABAA, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good. A speech delivered at the Library of Congress to members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America on the occasion of their first Washington, D.C. International Antiquarian Bookfair, September 9, 1993.". One of 950 copies printed for the ABAA. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" booklet. Speech is six pages. Orange wrap is faded at spine, otherwise fine.

Franklin: Franklin Center Library, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin's First Edition Society Series, in black leather with gilt decorations and all edges gilt. Political novel. Notes from the Editors pamphlet laid in. Illustrated by George Jones. Small light scratch on bottom gilt edge.

NY: Dutton, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Small corner bump on board bottom in dust jacket with light edgewear. Small novel translated from the French. First American edition.

NY: Putnam, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. VG+/Fine. Novel of a few people remaining after an epidemic wipes out most of the world. Bump at top of spine of book. First printing.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1934. Later printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Fifth and last in series. This printing is approximately 1938 based on list of Bomba books on rear panel of dust jacket. Frontis illustration. Bright red cloth boards with black lettering and bi-plane illustration. Endpapers black & white multi scenes with blank "This is my Book" (unmarked). Inside front hinge partly loose at bottom . Dust jacket flap corners are uniformly clipped. Few small tears and tiny chips on dust jacket edges. Book is clean and straight. Dust jacket is in removable mylar cover.

NY: Scribner's, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Toronto Inspector John Sanders & Harriet Jeffries. Review copy with slip, card, & author photo laid in. First printing.

NY: Scribner's, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders & Harriet Jeffries. Review copy with slip & promo sheet laid in. First printing.

NY: Scribner's, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inspector John Sanders & Harriet Jeffries of Canada. Review copy with review slip and card laid in. First printing.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. 346 pages, index, bibliography, appendices. Boiler explosion on steamship carrying recently released Union prisoners of war killed 1700 people.

New York: Washington Square Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good +. Daughter's memoir of her author father J. D. Salinger. Dust jacket is faded on spine but lettering is clear.

New York: Modern Library, 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. ML 301.1. Reprint ca. 1960. Gray boards have a little rubbing at bottom front. Green dust jacket, with $1.95 price, has rubbing of the finish at the folds.

New York: Modern Library, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. ML 90.2. Reprint ca. 1959. Red boards have light wear on bottom edges. Dust jacket, with $1.95 price, has a couple of small chips at bottom of spine and light soil on rear panel. 393 ML titles listed on verso of jacket.

NY: Random House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Annecdotal biography--not the scholarly work the author had intended because of Salinger's court action--but highly readable. Some light spots on top page edges. Spine and part of rear panel of dust jacket are sunned, but lettering is still bright.

New York: Henry Holt , 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 952 page reference work shows the alphabetical listing of the characters and describes the plots of the books they were in. Fine book in fine dust jacket with $60 price intact on flap. Heavy book: no international shipping.

NY: Random House, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of the search for a lost Buddhist text.

NY: Mysterious, Warner, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Author's first novel, psychological suspense. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. First printing.

New Mexico: Southwest Art Publishing, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reference work on hundreds of collectible artists after 1950 with examples of their art and short biography & photo of each. 9x11". Dust jacket has a few tears, creases and light edgewear.

Castle / Book Sales, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 549 pages, black & white illustrations. Brown and beige cloth binding, Dust jacket has the $30.00 price intact on the flap.