Search Results: Titles starting with S from Singularity Rare & Fine

Imperial Tobacco, 1910. Soft cover. Very Good. S. Rockford Vintage Lacrosse Trading Card, 1910 Imperial Tobacco Cigarette Card, Set C59, Card #4. 2 9/16" x 1 3/8", printed both sides. Colors and registration as per scans (see); not yet graded by PSA, but likely anywhere from 4 to 5 on their scale. Please judge for yourself from scans. Only 11 examples of this card have been graded by PSA as of this listing. Ships in a new hard plastic holder, and that holder within a new, sturdy box - not a bag. Lsmph5

New York: Primedia Specialty Group, 2005. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New York: Primedia Specialty Group, 2005. The 2005 Edition (covering recruiting classes for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) of SLAM Punk. Quarto, photo-illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 106 pp. As New, with several very small touches of bookstore handling, else pristine. Wall-to-wall coverage of the top high school stars in 2005 - those who would be college freshmen in 2006 - as well as a briefer look at the high-school underclassmen to be college freshmen n 2007, 2008, and 2009. Most highly profiled athletes in the 2006 class herein are: Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Paul Harris, Brandan Wright, Thaddeus Young, Wayne Ellington, Tywan Lawson, Derrick Caracter, Vernon Macklin, Spencer Hawes, Davon Jefferson, Daequan Cook, Brook & Robin Lopez, Gerald Henderson, Damion James, Lance Thomas, Javaris Crittenton, and Mike Conley. See scans. LSP2

San Francisco: Greenery Press, 1996. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. San Francisco: Greenery Press, 1996. Second Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Octavo, illustrated wraps, 391 pp. As New. See scan. L-32

New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1973. Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 7 3/4" x 11 3/4. (cover proof only) New York: Dell Yearling, 1973. Cover proof, 7 3/4" x 11 3/4", very good plus condition with some wrinking at each end and standard registration punch hole at top right. A nice full-wrap (cover, spine, rear cover) cover proof for the 1973 Dell Yearling edition of Jan Wahl's follow-up to The Furious Flycycle with more fanta-technological adventures of young Melvin Spitznagle the eccentric Professor Mickmecki, originally a Delacorte publication, also in 1973. Cover proof only. Nice collectible. Leph2

No Location: Privately Printed, 1929. First American [pirated] and Numbered Ed . Cloth-backed Dec.Paper Boards. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed / No Location. 1929. Number 13 of 500 made; pirated and unexpurgated first American edition, taken from the true unexpurgated first edition by Black Sun Press in Paris. Octavo, 44 pp. Decorative boards with brown cloth back. Special imported handmade Ingres paper and the type distributed. Light shelf wear, corners showing a bit; Very Good Plus or better, with corners and spine ends just very lightly touched. See scan. Very scarce D.H. Lawrence first edition. The "revolutionary poet of desire" published the true unexpurgated first edition of his short erotic piece, SUN, in Paris in 1928. This 1929 edition, taken from that without license and thus unnamed as to place and publisher, is the true unexpurgated American first edition, licensing aside. In handsome condition, with a low number… Read More

Battersea and Cardiganshire, 1921. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Battersea and Cardiganshire, Great Britain, 1921 and 1922. Standard letter folds, minor age discoloration and peripheral wear, else Very Good Plus. Three original ALS by Sabatini - author of such landmark masterpieces as Scaramouche, Captain Blood, The Sea-Hawk, Fortune Fool, Saint Martin's Summer and a lengthy list of other titles. Sabatini was just beginning earning to earn international renown for his lush, textured prose and swashbuckling, romantic plots when he wrote these letters. Two were written in 1921 - the year of publication of Scaramouche, considered by many to be his most brilliant work. The other was written in 1922, the year of publication of Captain Blood. Those two titles remain today the most valuable Sabatini first editions. That his life was becoming hectic in those years at the height of his genius is evidenced by these letters: hard to… Read More

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition & First Printing . Cloth-backed Paper Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine; see scans and description. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Westlake, inscribed to a noted mystery collector. Octavo, 231pp., illustrated jacket, dark and light blue boards, medium blue endpapers. Fine book in fine mylar-protected jacket. "Pure Westlake...edgy, hysterical, hilarious." L18n

St. Louis, MO: Saddle & Bridle, Inc., 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and pristine. See scans and description. St. Louis, MO: Saddle & Bridle, Inc., 2015. The January, 2015 issue of Saddle & Bridle, with a cover featuring Look of Success and Andy Freseth (James R. Dellinger and Hollow Haven). Tall quarto, beautifully photo-illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 100 + 8 pp. New and pristine; flawless. See scan of contents page for an idea of what's inside, including Alliance Stud LLC, the Jingle Bell Horse Show, the Carolina Summer Circuit Championship Show, and more - not to mention the waterfall of strikingly photographed stars such as Fox Grapes Bombs Away / Carly Browning and Isabelle Gatti with Undulata's Lady Noel, Undulata's Sophisticated Design, and Onassis, to name just a few. LPR7

Parigi: No Publisher, 1842. First Italian Edition . Leather-backed Cloth. About Very Good. Octavo. Parigi, 1842. (no publisher). Two volumes in one. First Italian Editions. Octavo, 252 pp+[v]+ 260 pp.; pink cloth, green leather spine, blue speckled page edges. In Italian. Later paper spine label. Stamped seal in Italian on title page. Sunning to extremities, dust & edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, else VG. Still clean and tightly bound, with high-quality paper leaves which remain undamaged and unfoxed but for light foxing through title page only. Very rare copy of Gauthier's scholarly two-volumes-in-one treatment of Animal Magnetism, in hearty condition, sustainable indefinitely with reasonable care. Animal Magnetism was a term created by German physician Franz Anton Mesmer, the "father of hypnotism", for the force which he believed allowed him to hypnotize his patients: an occult substance or invisible fluid emanating not only from the body but permeating the… Read More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tenggren (Gustaf Adolf Tenggren). New, and completely pristine. See scans and description. New York: Random House, Inc., 1974 (renewed from 1947). Later printing. Latest date shown is 1974, though the 13-number ISBN (9780307021106) indicates more recent vintage than that. 'The Saggy Baggy Elephant. A Golden Book' by K.& B. Jackson, with memorable and those movingly nostalgic full color illustrations by Tenggren (Gustaf Adolf Tenggren). Octavo, Tenggren-illustrated boards, patterned gilt spine with line illustrations, 24 pp. New, pristine and flawless, stem to stern. See all scans. The apparent 'rubs' at the spine are neither rubs nor any other kind of damage - those are from variable reflectivity in the shiny gilt spine. Top condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L7n

Port Washington, WI: Port Publications, Inc., 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good; see scans and description. Port Washington, WI: Port Publications, Inc., 2015. The March, 2015 issue of Sailing - The Beauty of Sail. Large quarto, very nearly folio; photo-illustrated staple-bound wraps, 72 pp. Very Good; pre-printed subscriber's label, which has been whited-out, otherwise near fine, with no significant flaw. All the good stuff from the hobby of exhilaration. See scan of contents for topic details. LPR8

Salem, Massachusetts: Thomas C. Cushing, 1814. Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Salem, Massachusetts: Thomas C. Cushing, 1814. The May 27, 1814 issue of the Salem Gazette. Elephant Folio, newsprint wraps, 4 pp. Very Good. Uneven toning at top edge gives the appearance of top-edge-chipping, but is not. See scans. In protective plastic. Still in the thick of the War of 1812, this issue has articles on the British attack on Oswego, the freeing of 52 American sailors who had been impressed by the cartel, and a number of related pieces. Also in this issue are "The Crown Prince", a letter from the Prince Royal of Sweden, Charles Jean, to Baron de Cederheilm; a Cushing editorial on the U.S. Constitution and a reprint from the Kentucky Gazette ("Kentucky Complaints") regarding "the abandonment of (trade) restrictions", apparently as part of an ongoing feud with the President; a William Pitt in memoriam; some Massachusetts issues; "Masonic… Read More

Washington, DC: Historical Division, War Dept, 1948. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A strong Very Good. Salerno: American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno, 9 September - 6 October 1943. Historical Handbook #12, 1948. Octavo, illustrated wraps, 96 pp. Very Good, plus some. Title page bears the signature of Elmo Jay Watters; modest age toning over the decades since this 1948 historical printing. No notable flaws. Replete with illustration - four color foldout maps in pristine condition, numerous black and white maps and black and white photos, as well as "Insignia of Army, Corps, and Divisions at Salerno". Text by the Historical Division of the War Department is spot on and detailed. See all scans. Ships in stout protection, of course. Lmilit

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2009. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New; flawless. First Edition. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2009. Samurai and Swordsmen CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art), compiled by Alan Weller. quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 48 pp. + CD. New, flawless. See scans. LPR35

San Bernardino, CA: San Bernardino Public Library System, 1950. Soft cover. About near Fine. 6.5" x 2. San Bernardino Free Public Library (California) Book Mark, circa 1950. 6.5" x 2" light green oak tag paper, black imprinting. Diagonal slits at top for hanging. Age toning toward the top and bottom, and the name "Diana" is inked in script on the reverse; penciled in on the reverse is the number 73566. Maybe that was Diana's phone number. Otherwise, about Near Fine. Shown on the obverse, after the classic and traditional tips for treating books well - remember how the librarian would hit you on the knuckles with a ruler if you dog-eared a page ? - is the address of the Main Branch - 587 E Street - and its telephone number, which was TUxedo 44-1183. Apparently, eight digits were necessary instead of seven at that time, though the same is not true of the branch libraries listed further down, which had the standard seven, all of them also with the Alphabetic… Read More

Antioch, CA: K&J Graphics, 2004. Soft cover. Near Fine. Antioch, CA: K&J Graphics, no date, circa 2004. Photographic enlargement, mounted on art cardboard, of a 1911 photograph of San Diego Harbor, sourced at the California State Library History Section. 20" x 16". Near Fine; scratches shown in the scans (which see) are artifacts from the original 1911 photograph. The two overlapping oversized scans depict most, but not quite all, of the photograph. L309

Gainesville, FL: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition & Limited Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hockney, David. Gainesville: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition. Signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Copy #80 of 100 copies. Frontis portrait of Posner by David Hockney. Octavo, 117 pp. Black cloth with gilt and gray, green jacket, greem slipcase. Fine book in a near fine jacket with only trace scuffing near one corner. Slipcase has a spine-top nick, some rubbing, and is Very Good +. Posner's stylish collection of poems was one of five manuscripts - out of more than 1,000 submitted - to win a contest initiated by Virginia Commonwealth University. L-31n

New York: Centennial Media LLC, 2018. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New. New York: Centennial Media LLC, 2018. 'Santa Claus - The Story Behind the Legend. Collector's Edition, Centennial Living Magazine. Mystery Solved ! How St. Nick Gets to Every Child in One Night', edited by Janet Giovanelli. Quarto, illustrated glossy wraps, 98 pp. New. See scans. The works on Santa Claus, historically and in terms of modern American culture - including that the answer to that timeless Santa-mystery noted in the title. Roundly, engagingly illustrated, as well. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. LPR46

Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co., 1852. First Edition . Half Morocco and Marbled Paper. Good Plus. 10" x 6.75. [from engravings]. Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co., 1852. Verne translation by Anne T. Wilbur. All eight numbers from volumes X and XI of Sartain's Union Magazine [January through June 1857 comprising Vol X., with July and August of 1852 - after which Sartain's ceased publication - comprising Vol. XI]. Vol. X 516 pp., Vol XI 208 pp., bound as one volume. 10" x 6.75" , half black morocco with marbled paper boards. Personalized plate at center cover, apparently as produced, in the name of Jane A. Warner. Later of the Forbes Library, Northampton, MA., with that organization's bookplate at front pastedown and perforated stamp at title page, other Forbes indication at rear endpapers. Binding is quite scuffed, with corners and spine ends thoroughly affected; hinges starting. Sporadic light foxing throughout, lightly showing a bit at the Verne… Read More

London: Markham House Press Ltd., 1956. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. London: Markham House Press, 1956. The June, 1956 issue of Uranus / Flying Saucers / Space Travel, Volume 2, No. 6, whole number 12. Small octavo, edge-stapled wraps, pp 102 to 119 (18 pp.) of the entire year's volume numbering. Lightly age-toned, otherwise really quite Fine. From the collection of long-time notable UFO publisher Max Miller. Edited by David Wightman. A tidy, focused publication - especially when compared to many similar UFO periodicals of the period - with articles on the topic as it related to the UK at the time. See scan for contents of this issue. Extremely scarce member of the genre. L63