Search Results: Authors starting with S from DogStar Books

Edinburgh: His Majesties Printers for the Author. Very Good+. 1673. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Full speckled calf boards with paneled frame in blind. Artfully rebacked with black leather title label in the 2nd of five compartments. Mild smoke to text block edges. Contents clean and complete save for refreshed endpages. Unusual pagination a result of printer error, as specified in the erratum on the terminal printed page. Pagination [64]; [1] , 2- 171, [blank], 187 -226; 1 -92, [2]. Collation: []2, A - G4, H2; A - X4, Y2, Aa - Ee4; A - L4, M3. Snug and neat. Prior ownership of New College Edinburgh with bookpate at front stamped "sale duplicate". No other marks or attachments. Uncommon 17th century Anti-Catholic work by the little known Colvil. Wing C5425. VG+ .

Forgotten Books. Near Fine. 2018. Paperback. 1332134904 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pages; Forgotten Books trade size paperback in glossy title lettered covers. Fresh unread and unused copy of the facsimile reprinting of the 1898 edition. Print quality is clear. NF .

New York: International Publishers. Very Good+. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; 1927 International Publishers. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original quarter blue cloth backed spine and paisley patterned paper covered boards. Bright, fresh and neat; no marks. Just superficial crimping to cloth at spine ends and a whisper of shelf evidence to boards at corner tips. VG++ .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Fair. 1914. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages; HC. Library rebound copy. Library stamp at front suggests a 1935 rebinding in textured red cloth with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Binding with slight shelf lean but still sound. Well and frequently read but complete with all pictorial plates. Cloth worried and worn at extremities. Reader wear to lightly roned page stock. A period reading copy. Fair to good only .

New York: Simon & Schuster. New. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689847440 . Color mechanicals and pop-ups; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages; 1st printing. Essentially a New copy, still sealed in the publisher issued flap fold clear mylar packaging, with the original glossy 1 sheet liner. First edition symbol on liner sheet and rear board with complete 1-10 printing line. Never opened or viewed. New condition copy of the 1st printing .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689853637 . Color Pop-ups and mechanicals; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 12 pages; 2005 Simon & Schuster. Large square format HC 1st edition, 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line. Never opened or viewed. Green quarter cloth backed spine and glossy color pictorial boards. Feels and appears generally unread/unperused with pop-ups in perfect order and battery powered light functional. About as new. Fine .

New York: Little Simon. Fine. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689808658 . Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 12 pages; 1996 Little Simon. Square format HC in green quarter cloth backed spine and glossy color pictorial paper covered boards. 1st edition, 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line on copyright. Bright, snug and fresh with mechanicals and pop-ups in perfect working condition. About as new. Fine .

Lancaster PA: Pennsylvania German Society. Good+. 1917. First Edition. Disbound. Map, folding' b&w plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pages; 1917. Disbound but complete thus. 38 pp. With plain cream paper wraps added by previous owner with side stapled bining. Type written paper title lever to cover. Illustrated wit a folding mapos and several b&w plates, portraits and views. Small bookplate of prior owner to foot of title page. Contents clean and complete thus. G+ .

Lancaster PA: Pennsylvania German Society. Good+. 1915. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Lancaster PA: Privately Published for the Author. Very Good+. 1903. First Edition Thus; Limited edtion. Hardcover. Woodcut figures; facsimile print and manuscript; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 108 pages; 1903 Privately Printed for the Author, offset from Vol XII Proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society. Limited edition of 250 copies, this copy numbered 3. Snugly bound and very neat in original blue cloth with decorative title design to cover in gilt and paper title label to spine. Trace shelf rub to cloth at spine ends. Minor nicks from edges of title label at spine. Illustrated throughout with facsimile reproductions of early print and manuscript leaves and musical compostions, including some photo reproductions. Handsome copy. VG++ or better .

Tuscon, AZ: Sunrise Graphics. Very Good+. 1983. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; [SIGNED] 1983 Sunrise Graphics. Trade size paperback in pictorial card stock covers. Signed by the author on the title page. Bright, tight and fresh. Just trace shelf evidence to covers. VG++; Signed by Author .

London & New York: Thames & Hudson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0500512493 . Color Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 438 pages; 2005 Thames & Hudson. Stout HC/DJ. 1st printing. Bright tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright color dust jacket. Feels and appears unread; no marks. Illustrated with color photos. As new. F/F .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. early reprinting. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages; 1956 Harcourt, Brace & Co. HC/DJ is snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Apparent 5th printing of this omnibus edition with e.5.56 on copyright page. Jacket mildly toned to the lighter areas of the front panel but more heavily toned to the rear panel. A light accordion set of stress creases to the bottom front corner of the rear jacket panel with a couple short tears and nicks same location. Shallow chips to jacket spine ends. 1959 gift inscription penned neatly to front endpage. Handsome shelf presence on this uncommon omnibus edition of Saint-Exupery's three classic accounts of flying. VG+/VG .

Lancaster PA: Cloistered Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary. Near Fine. 2013. First Edition. Paperback. 1492704520 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread and about as new. NF .

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Very Good. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Musician's Bookshelf #9; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; 1922 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in original green quarter cloth backed spine and textured light green paper covered boards; title lettering brightly in gilt to spine. A superficial nick to the binding paper over the top rear corner. Contents clean and neat; no marks. Some musical notation in the text. VG to VG+ .

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0199278350 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages; 2008 Oxford University Press. HC/DJ. Snugly bound in crisp-edged pictorial dust jacket. Trace dust spotting to the top edge; cursory highlighting to a few pages at front. Otherwise contents clean and bright. G++/NF. .

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0822940396 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 202 pages; 1999 University of Pittsburgh Press. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Sharp and neat. NF/NF .

Scanton PA: Anthracite Museum Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0917445007 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 193 pages; 1984 Anthracite Museum Press. HC/DJ 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in original title lettered dust jacket. Contents bright and fresh with no marks. Jacket just a trifle rubbed at spine ends and tips. NF/VG++ .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company. Fair. 1874. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Engraved plates, folding; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 670 pages; 1874 J. B. Lippincott & Company. 6th edition of the Sale translation. HC in original cloth. I will call this a binding copy. In other words the best approach is to have the book rebound. Cloth ta spine almost entirely lost to bio predation or silverfish damage. Original coated brown endpapers are present and the text block remains generally sound. Several folding engraved plates are complete, though with a partial tear to the fold of the Map of Arabia and light silverfis predation to other plates at edges where they extruded from the front edge. A few scattered instances of finger soiling to pages. Cloth sides worn and with some outline of damp stains. A pretty solid candidate for rebinding. Fair only with all faults .

South End Press. Very Good-. 1994. Second Printing. Paperback. 0896084809 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; 1994 South End Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and clean; no marks. Spine sunned with light color shift; light shelf rubbing to cover edges. A superficial reader crease to spine. Uncommon title. VG- .