Search Results: Authors starting with S from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Tehran, Iran: Maryam S l r, [2010]. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 57. Square 8vo., measuring 21 x 23 cm. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and (chiefly) colour plates (captioned in Farsi and English). Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Uncommon exhibition catalogue of noted Iranian artist, Maryam Salour. Corresponds to OCLC #1152233476.

St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: Grey Nuns of Manitoba, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 192. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Illustrated covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Many black-and-white full page, and in-text drawings, and illustrations (presumably by the author). A detailed account of the author's missionary work in Brazil. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Rare to be offered in commerce. Not found in OCLC, Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Warmly SIGNED, and inscribed by the author in ink to the title page.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp. vi, 274. Small 8vo. Publisher's light-blue boards, silver lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine very lightly rubbed dustjacket. Appears unread. "From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks’s broad range of interests–from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer’s. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories and his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything in Its Place is a celebration of Sacks’s myriad interests, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose."

London: Peter Owen, 1963. Hardcover. pp. 158. Small 8vo. Publisher's ivory paper boards. Ex-library copy bearing a circular institutional stamp and library pocket affixed to the ffep, no other markings to the text-block; very good and housed in its original unclipped dustjacket with accession sticker to the base of the spine panel. Uncommon English-issue of this collection of short stodies by de Sage. Overall, good+. "Four stories from Contes et Fabliaux by the Marquis de Sade translated from the French by Margaret Crosland."

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 535. Royal 8vo. Bound in full lovely textured navy-blue leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured navy-blue silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Beautifully illustrated with black-and-white full-page plates. Entirely without blemish to the extremities, and contents. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation. Not to be mistaken for earlier, more common printings, by the Franklin Library which are not bound in leather. "This limited first English language edition of Full Disclosure by William Safire has been privately printed exclusivley for members of The First Edition Society."

New York: Times Books, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. pp. xv, 331. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Lightest edgewear, neat ownership sticker affixed to the corner of the ffep, else, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and tight, sound bindin ; very good and housed in very good lightly rubbed price-clipped dustjacket.

New York: Random House, 1980. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 365. 4to. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, white and terracotta lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, photographic reproductions, illustrations, et al. Extremities entirely without blemish, contents remain equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket. Overall, very good+. "This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan's thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan's remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting, Cosmos is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. The book also explores spacecraft missions of discovery of the nearby planets, the research in the Library of ancient Alexandria, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the origin of life, the… Read More

New York: Random House, 1980. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 365. 4to. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, white and bronze lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, photographic reproductions, illustrations, et al. Extremities very lightly rubbed, neat bookplate affixed to the ffep, else, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in good+ price-clipped, rubbed dustjacket showing some chipping, and short closed tears long the edgs of the panels. Overall, very good. "This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan's thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan's remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting, Cosmos is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. The book also explores spacecraft missions of discovery of the nearby planets, the research in… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 279. 8vo. Bound in full lovely textured maroon leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured light-pink silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Charming full-page black-and-white plates. Entirely without blemish to the extremities, and contents. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation. Not to be mistaken for earlier, more common printings, by the Franklin Library which are not bound in leather. "This limited first English language edition of The Unmade Bed by Françoise Sagan has been privately printed exclusivley for members of The First Edition Society."

Baltimore, Paris & Toronto: Smoloskyp Publishers, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 209. 8vo. Navy-blue leatherette boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+, unclipped, lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, very good+, to, near fine. "The underground voices of Ukraine, which speak to us in the pages that follow, are informed with a passionate devotion to their national identity. At the same time, they examine with the greatest objectivity the actual facts of Kremlin policy as it has been carried out in their homeland."

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1951. Hardcover. pp. xxxi, 227, [1]. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 7". Publisher's maroon cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, untrimmed pages. Remarkably well-preserved cloth extremities showing no detectable flaws, charming period ink inscription to the ffep, text-block without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; about fine and housed in near fine original, price-clipped, dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+ to near fine. A charming volume of this classic title on the subject of wine. "Professor Saintsbury was not only a great man of letters but an authority on the art of good living. The reissue of his famous little book on wine (by no means excluding other liquids) will undoubtedly be welcomed by a new generation of readers as it was thirty years ago when the first edition was published. Notes on a Cellar-Book is not merely a book concerning wine: it is a book in which wine itself moves… Read More

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: La Société Historique de Saint-Boniface, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 92. 4to., measuring 28 cm. Pictorial card covers bearing an image of Riel to the centre. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustraitons, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Text in French. See OCLC #23051218. Includes contributions by Paul Chartrand, George Stanley, Rene Lamothe, Nicole St-Onge, Diane Payment, Gilles Rheaume, Marie-Paule Robitaille, Gilles Martel, Doug Sprague, et al.

Sainte-Geneviève, Manitoba, Canada: Comité culturel de Sainte-Geneviève, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 409, [12] pages of plates. 4to., measuring 29 cm. Bound in publisher's original dark-green, textured, cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration to the front board, and spine. Richly illustrated with many dozens of black-and-white maps, photographs, many portraits, family portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, and twelve full-page colour plates. No detectable flaws: extremities and contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. Exceedingly scarce in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. Equally scarce amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #44447067 indicating only but two institutional holdings at time of cataloguing. Not found in FHL, Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Rare indeed.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Les Éditions Du Blé, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 293. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Colour frontispiece of the subject. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Les Éditions des Plaines, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 376. 8vo. Gray hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Lightest edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ very lightly rubbed dustjacket.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba: Les Éditions des Plaines, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 376. 8vo. Gray hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Lightest edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ very lightly rubbed dustjacket.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: Éditions des Plaines, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 318. 4to. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Overall, very good+. "Répertoire des pièces jouées en français au Manitoba".

Sillery, Quebec: Septentrion | Atlantica, 1999. Softcover. pp. 258. 8vo. Ilustrated covers. Black-and-white maps, photographs, maps, illustrations, et al. Single library accession sticker affixed to the base of the spine, else, contents and extremities remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Overall, very good+. "Baron français, chef amérindien, figure légendaire, Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin répond aux critères qui fascinent à toutes les époques: aventures, intrigues, drames, amours et réussite financière. Il y a d'abord un adolescent, orphelin de mère depuis sa naissance, qui quitte son Béarn natal avec le fameux régiment de Carignan-Salières et vient combattre les Iroquois en Nouvelle-France. Puis, un jeune lieutenant qui va assurer la présence française aux frontières de l'Acadie. Il y a ensuite des Indiens, des pirates et des contrebandiers, le chef Madockawando et sa fille qui devient baronne, des expéditions en raquettes et des batailles, des prisonniers et des… Read More

Kathmandu, Nepal: Handicraft Association of Nepal, 1991. Second Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 66, [1]. 8vo., measurig 6" x 9". Illustrated, twice-stapled, self-wrappers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white in-text drawings, and illustrations. Lightest rubbing to the covers, else, bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+.

Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 162. Slim 8vo. Black leatherette with gilt lettering to the spine, and facsimile signature of Kennedy to the front board; illustrated endpapers. Replete with black-and-white photographs, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; fine and housed in fine like slipcase with gilt lettering to the front panel. Overall, fine.