Search Results: Titles starting with S from Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

Haarlem. 1926. Bound in paper covered boards. Square 8vo. First edition thus. Illustrated with a myriad of examples of typography. This copy from the library of Renowned engraver, John Buckland-Wright, with his erotic library stamp to front pastedown. Spine paper lacking, boards darkened, else a Very Good copy.

Salem. Marine Research Society. 1924. Bound in gilt titled blue cloth covered boards. 4to. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with monochrome plates. A Fine, crisp copy.

New York. Leavitt and Allen. (C. 1865). Bound in original gilt titled blind embossed blue cloth over boards. 6cm x 9.5cm First Edition. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes. Rubbing to covers with lack of luster to gilt embellished spine. Small library stamp to page three. Short tear to page six. A Very Good copy of this noted chap book, in the rare original binding.

New York. Pantheon Books/Bollingen Series 15. 1958-1960. Bound in gilt titled red cloth. Small Folio. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, charts, etc. The first three volumes of this renowned study. Volume 1: The ancient Literary Sources. Volume 2: The Inscriptions on Stone. Volume 3: The Inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects. All three volumes are Very Fine and Pristine in somehwat soiled Very Good dustwrappers.

Richmond. Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press. 1923 Bound in titled half cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. Small Folio. Limited Edition of 550 numbered copies of which this is number 469. Illustrated with full page monochrome drawings by the author. A charming travelogue and portrait of Fry's Journies through Spain, wonderfully printed by the Virginia Woolf at her Hogarth Press Boards very mildly soiled. Usual offset to free endsheets and pastedowns. A Fine, crisp copy.

Italy. Arti Grafiche. 1979. Bound in titled cloth covered boards. Square 4to. Profusely illustrated with colour and monochrome plates. A Very Fine, crisp copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper.

San Francisco. J.M. Hutchings and Co. 1862. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled buckram. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with 105 engravings after drawings by Charles Nahl. Staining and sunning to covers. Top 1/2 inch of spine strip lacking. Darkening to right side of rear cover extending to left side of spine strip. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Small private library stamp to copyright page. Small ink number at bottom of contents page. Tiny water staining to upper tip of first 50 pages (nearly innocuous), else a Very Good copy.

Chicago. Sears Roebuck and Co. 1933 Bound in pictorial wrappers. Thick 4to. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. The consumer bible of the Art Deco era. Spine a bit rolled as usual. A Very Good, crisp copy.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1965. Bound in 1/2 cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. Paper label to spine. Tall 8vo. 1 of 425 copies. Printed at The Plantin Press. Illustrated with photographs, tipped-in facsimiles, broadsides, woodcuts, etc. A Very Fine copy.

n.p. Devin-Adair. 1913. Bound in Cloth with colour pastedown to front cover. Square 12 mo. Colour and monochrome plates and decorations by Albertine Randall Wheelan. Soiling to covers and dampstaining to internals (not affecting plates or text). A very tight copy in Good only condition.

San Francisco. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1999. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome photographs. A Very Fine crisp copy in a Very Fine dustwrapper.

New York. Robert M. McBride and Company. 1924. Bound in cloth over boards with paper spine label.. 8vo. 6"x9 First U.S. Edition - bound from sheets of the First British Edition. Sporadic foxing throughout. A Very Good , crisp copy.

New York. The Century Co. 1881. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated 1/2 morocco and cloth covered boards. Pictorial endsheets. a.e.g. Folio (11" x 14"). First Edition. Illustrated with 57 full page proof impressions. Includes engravings by: Thomas Cole, Foote, Whistler, Millet, etc. Spine well rubbed, else a handsome crisp copy.

San Francisco. A.L. Bancroft and Company. 1874. Bound in pictorial gilt decorative cloth with elaborate gilt tooled rural fruit picking vignette to front cover. Front cover decoration blind embossed to rear cover. Decorative titles to spine. 8vo. 5.75" x 9.0". The First Edition. Presentation copy from W.B. Bancroft to J.J. Truman (presumably a relative of the author). Presentation inscription in ink to front-free endsheet. Head and tailpieces very lightly worn. A remarkably Fine copy of this rare title.

New York. The Seabury Press. 1971 Bound in gilt titled cloth. Folio. Illustrated with 63 colour plates. A lovely and lavishly illustrated volume featuring the work of 60 artists, and exploring the synergy between them and the American landscape. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

Waltham Saint Lawrence. The Golden Cockerel Press. 1928. Bound in gilt titled, burgundy cloth. Pages untrimmed. 8vo. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 9. Illustrated with six copper plate engravings by J.E. Laboureur. Some mild soiling to covers. A Very Good, crisp copy in a mildly stained and chipped original dustwrapper.

Leningrad. Aurora Art Publishers. 1977. Bound in titled pictorial cloth covered boards. Folio. Profusely illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs of sculptures. A Very Fine crisp copy in a Fine Dustwrapper.

San Diego. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. 1942. Pictorial ( emblem ) cloth. Small 4to. Correct as of October 1, 1942. ". Profusely illustrated with monochrome and colour photographs, drawings, charts, fold-out schematics, diagrams, etc. This is the wartime general operation and service manual for one of the most exceptional and notable aircraft of all time - the B-24 Bomber. A bit of lightening and scuffing to covers, else a Very Good tight very clean copy.

Philadelphia. Drexel Biddle. 1899. Pictorial red cloth. 12mo. Illustrated with full page drawings by Clarence Snyder. A nostalgic collection of very politically incorrect stories and drawings. A Near Fine copy.

San Francisco W.E.Wood 1903. Fabulously bound in the Art Nouveau style by Pictorial Gilt and Lavender decorated green cloth over boards. Pictorial gilt vignette of a nude and gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilded. 8vo. First Edition, Second Issue. Illustrated by a photographic Frontis of the Author. A diverse and thorough collection of Bierce's later Verse. The mildest of rubbing to front cover. A bright, tight and supremely Fine copy.