Search Results: Authors starting with S from Johnson's Used Books

Bulletin 961, Geological Survey, United States Dept of the Interior. Printed at the GPO, Washington, 1949. This geological survey is bound in wraps and is in good condition and contains illustrations, diagrams, fold-out maps in rear pocket, etc. Previously housed in a university library, never in circulation. 86 pages . 6""x9"" ttxx

London, Dent, 5th impr 1970, hardcover, burgundy cloth, very good unmarked copy, mild rubs/bumps to cover extremities, 7-1/4""x9-7/8"", 280pp, lots of b&w ills, shipping weight 3 lbs, fair dust jacket

NY, Scribners, 1937, coded 1st edition hardcover, blue cloth, very good sound square tight copy, fair serviceable dust jacket, dust jacket sunned, as well as the edges of the covers, endpapers age-toned, very faint previous owner signature on free front endpaper, 5-1/2""x8-3/4"". 387 pages, text is mildly age-toned.

NY, Baker & Taylor, Oct. 1905 1st edition, hadcover, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and small-town-scene cover design, good to very good, top edge gilt, very slight spine slant, inner hinges sound and uncracked, moderate wear/bumps to cover extremities, ill. Frederic Dorr Steele, 5-1/8""x7-3/4"", 302pp plus ads, crisp bright attractive copy, no dust jacket

Port Washington NY, Kennikat Press, 1966 reissue and probably 1st edition thus by this publisher, solid black cloth hardcovers, each with serviceable unprinted plain glassine dust jacket, a fine probably unread set except the bindings are mildly slanted (will probably straighten out when shelved properly for awhile), 5-1/2""x8-5/8"", 608 + 600pp, shipping weight 5 lbs, no previous owner name or marks, no discernable wear to covers, quite attractive

NY, HarperCollins, 2003, coded and stated 1st edition first printing, lavender and burgundy hardcover, near fine square tight copy, SIGNED by the author plus signed by the author's father (the subject of the book) on the free front endpaper, also SIGNED by the author on the title page, otherwise unmarked, 316 pages, 6""x9-1/4"", dust jacket is good but quite crisp and attractive...the flaws are not obtrusive (surface scuff on rear panel near spine, and 2 scratches on the spine area), shipping weight 3 lbs

NY, MacMillan, 1986, coded 1st edition hardcover, 6-1/4""x9-3/8"", dark blue cloth spine with light blue covers, very good sound copy with slight edge-rubs, fair attractive dust jacket with a very small chip out of the top edge of the front panel, 67pp

London, Heinemann, early impression June 1932, brown cloth hardcover with paper spine label (which is faded and sunned but still readable, mild rubs/bumps to cover extremities, very small previous owner name on top outer corner of free front endpaper in very small writing, book is about very good, no dust jacket, 107pp, 5""x7-1/8"", an attractive copy

London, Folio Society, 1983, first edition by this publisher, green cloth spine with pink and gilt decorated boards, mild rubs/bumps to cover extremities, no previous owner name or marks, appears unread, very slight sunning on spine, about good light gray plain slipcase with slight soiling and mild wear to joints, 6-1/8""x9-7/8"", 305pp, color ills.

London, Bell, 1913 reprint, good sound copy except there are is a minor amount of neat light red pencil underscores that is not easy to erase completely, moderate wear to cover extremities, old superficial dampmark on front cover near the spine, spine faded with a few minor frays, previous owner names on free front endpaper. All in all, a nice sound reading copy, 4-3/4""x7-3/8"", 634 pages, no dust jacket.

Franklin Center PA, Franklin Library, 1977, limited edition true first edition, hardcover, full dark blue leather, ribbed spine, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, blue moire silk endpapers, fine, very slightest bit of sunning on the outer margins of the endpapers as usual, silk ribbon page marker, slight rubs to cover extremities, iunmarked and unread, 6""x9-1/4"", 535pp, author's first novel, shipping weight over 3 lbs

Beirut Lebanon, Khayat's, 1960, gray cloth hardcover, good sound tight copy, light eraseable occasional pencil marks in text with a VERY few small ones in pen, previous owner name in ink on free front endpaper at top, 6-1/2""x9-3/4"", the arabic is romanized, 400 pages. No dust jacket. aaxx

NY, Cupples & Leon, ca 1942, hardcover, blue cloth, nice quality, moderate old superficial dampmarks on spine and front cover edges, poor dust jacket with some paper loss but torn in 2 pieces in the front hinge area (easy to repair/mount in an acetate liner), mild wear to cover edges, previous owner discreet bookplate and light ink names on front endpapers, otherwise unmarked, illustrated, 247 + 212 + 199pp. Thick. shipping weight 3 lbs

trans. to English by H. W. Preston, 1868, Boston, Roberts Bros., solid burgundy cloth hardcover, gilt spine lettering, good sound tight copy except a signature of pages in the middle of the book is loose and pulling, but not fully detached, previous owner small ink name-stamp on inside of front cover, blank page in front and on the title page, otherwise unmarked, moderate wear to cover extremities, inner hinges sound and uncracked, text mildly and evenly age-toned, woodcut portrait frontis. w/tissue guard of Mme. de Sevigny, 384pp, 4-1/2""x7"", an adequate copy.

translated by Katharine P. Wormeley, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1904. This 461 page hardback book once belonged to one of the Du Pont family and has her bookplate inside front cover (Sophie Madelaine Du Pont Chandler). Bound in blue cloth with pictorial pastedown on front cover and gilt decor and titling on spine. aaxx

translated by Katharine P. Wormeley, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1904. This 461 page hardback book once belonged to one of the Du Pont family and has her bookplate inside front cover (Sophie Madelaine Du Pont Chandler). Bound in blue cloth with pictorial pastedown on front cover and gilt decor and titling on spine. aaxx

published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, Ca., 1987. This 158 page book is bound in stiff wraps and is in good sound condition with a tea stain on front cover but no previous owner's name. Prolifically illustrated. sgxx

Ithaca NY, Cornell Univ Pr, 1950, 1st edition hardcover, clean sound ex-library copy, never circulated, with usual ex-library marks, otherwise very good, slight rubs to cover extremities, 6""x9-1/4"", 389pp, no dust jacket, shipping weight over 3 lbs

carefully revised and adapted to schools of all grades. Published by Oakley & Mason, 1868. 168 pages. Hardback bound in cloth and boards, fair condition only. Moderate foxing throughout with rubs and wear to covers. Free standing front endpaper has torn piece . Previous ownerÂ’s name in pencil.

St. Petersburg FL, 1964, apparently published by the author, burgundy cloth hardcover, gilt lettering, 301 pages, very good except half of the free front endpaper is torn out, no dust jacket probably as issued, no previous owner marks. 5-1/4""x7-7/8"".