Search Results: Authors starting with S from Books Northwest

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970. Seconf Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 630pp, hardcover with copper-colored boards and gilt lettering on spine, mylar-covered dj with repaired 2" tear on upper right of back also showing at top of spine (see photo), quarto 10.25" x 12.5", heavily illustrated in b&w and color. Book is in fine condition, dj in good condition A beautiful copy of this rare and massive volume covering the works of this influential Dadaist and conceptual artist. Included with book is a Phillips art auction catalog from 5.13.2002 listing 14 authorized Duchamp Ready-Made duplicates from 1964 of his original works, including iconic works such as Fountain (urinal), Bicycle Wheel and Bottle Rack,  many of which were lost in original form.

New York: Walker and Company, 1972. First edition thus. Hardcover. As New/fine. New York: Walker and Company, 1972. First edition thus. As New/fine. 2 volumes in slipcover, Do is a know how book, yellow paper cover, first edition. Don't is a book of American Gentility, reprint of 1968 book, but packaged together new. Sloane has signed the slipcase above his name in red marker. Books are in as-new condition and slip case is fine More great Sloane, on manners, and on how-to, making clothes hooks, to split elm, relieve toothache, and many more

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1851. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 363pp, dark brown embossed cover w gilt spine title and illustration of hanging game, rib roast, fish. Spine is frayed at top and bottom, starting to detach but still whole; light brown endpapers. One page of book reviews before title page showing full title: The Modern Housewife or Menagerie Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day and for the Nursery and Sick Room with Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches. Title page has missing upper right corner (1"x1/5"). Light foxing throughout, text block is tight and complete. This was a very popular title by Soyer who in the 1850s helped Florence Nightingale transform the health of the British and French troops in the Crimean War. A fascinating window into culinary culture of the mid-Nineteenth century, a difficult book to find intact and in original cover.

433pp. Light sunning to top inch of cover. No dj. Small foxing stain on bottom corner of half-title page, otherwise a clean, tight, unmarked copy. Signed and inscribed by author on ffep to Bobby Berg: "With all good wishes to Bobby Berg from Francis Steegmuller January '57." Berg's bookplate is on facing page. See three photos. Included is bookseller's label on back inside cover from Hartman's Books Inc, Seattle with original sale price and year acquired. A nice copy of this well-regarded biography of Flaubert and analysis of "Madame Bovary." Rare signed copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. 108pp, wheat cloth cover with red lettering on front and spine, red endpapers; red satin attached page marker, as new in as new dj with clear protective cover. 5.5" x 8.5". True first printing includes erratum slip adding the last line of the first page of the Foreword. This now-classic translation and interpretation of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching has been reprinted in many formats. This is a presentation copy of a rare first printing.

University of Nebraska Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. University of Nebraska Press, 1988. in 2 volumes, 373 and 301pp, brown cloth w/gilt letters on spine, 2 dogeared pages in vol. 2; otherwise fine; w hundreds of b&w photographs, line drawings and illustrations. This is a well-written 1877 diary of a very stoic pioneer woman who accompanied her husband all over the West as he explored and surveyed land for the Union and Pacific Railroad company. He agreed to travel if his wife could come along and her observations are interesting, staying in rough stagecoach inns, observing Indian culture, and much more. Great read.