Search Results: Titles starting with S from Walkabout Books

Newark: W. Tuttle, 1806. Hardcover. Very good. Later edition. 12 mo, 192 pp, ub contemporary full leather binding with red spine label. Rubbing to corners, leather just starting to split at lower front joint, but still quite sound. Some light soiling to bottom 2 inches of the first 4 leaves, otherwise quite clean. Ownership signature (Harriet Perry) on title page.

London: J. Dodsley, 1785. Hardcover. Very good. Sammelband containing seven speeches by Edmund Burke, all issued in pamphlet form by Dodsley. In modern binding of three quarter leather and marbled boards, first speech with previous owner's annotations on title page (trimmed), some speeches with scattered foxing but generally very good, bound without half-titles or wrappers. Includes (listed in the order in which they are bound): Speech of Edmund Burke Esq., on American Taxation, April 19, 1774 (Fourth Edition, 1775, 96 pp); A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., at the Guildhall in Bristol, Previous to the late Election in that City, Upon Certain Points Relative to His Parliamentary Conduct (Fifth Edition, 1783, 68 pp); Mr. Edmund Burke's Speeches at His Arrival at Bristol and at the Conclusion of the Poll (Second Edition, 1775, 31 pp); Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775 (Third Edition, 1784, 107 pp); Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq.,… Read More

San Francisco: H.S. Crocker, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 11" x 8", [60]pp, with 26 halftone photographic plates. Original paper-covered boards with mounted cover illustration. Some chipping to paper over spine and fore edges, upper corners rubbed, library stamp on front free endpaper, card pocket on rear pastedown, illustration clipped from another source pasted to rear free endpaper. Binding sound, contents clean. Getty Museum: "Born the youngest of four sons into a wealthy San Francisco family, Francis Bruguière was interested in painting, poetry, and music, and became an accomplished pianist. Upon his return from Europe, where he studied painting, he met Alfred Stieglitz...and soon took up photography. While studying with Frank Eugene (Smith), Bruguière joined the Photo-Secession....Around 1912 Bruguière began to experiment with multiple exposures. In 1918 he published a book of Pictorialist views of his hometown, titled San Francisco. Soon thereafter, he returned to New York, where… Read More

San Jose, CA: San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 9 x12 in., 115 pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Spine sunned, otherwise a fine, as-new copy. Briefly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. "A personal and very readable account of a reporter's observations while growing up and covering San Jose for the local newspaper."

San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1970. Softcover. Very good. 16 pp, with illustrations, subscription form laid in, in original illustrated wrappers. One of two staples in binding missing, light handling wear to wrappers; contents clean. Periodical created as part of the city's Centennial celebration. Main article in this issue is "Anthony Chabot" by Walter B. Petersen.

Softcover. Very good. Title continues: "Business Houses,Schools, Churches, Mines, Mills, etc. ... With Historical Sketch of the County." Facsimile softcover reprint of the 1879 edition published by Wallace W. Ellicott. No publication information given. "Santa Cruz County 1879" handwritten on spine, light staining to edge of text block, otherwise clean and tight. 8.25 x 11 inches, so smaller than the original. 102 pages of text + many plates and maps.

Edinburgh: Privately Printed at the Tragara Press, 1982. Softcover. Near fine. 7 x 10.25 inches, 22 pp, with two illustrations, in original plum wrappers. Slight fading; near fine. Number 56 of 110 copies issued. Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic and an authority on correct English usage. Connolly's first job, in 1925, was as his secretary. This collection consists of various snippets of Smith's writing that he salvaged from his own papers when collecting waste paper for the war effort in the 1940s.

Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint of the 1924 original. 42 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. Some sunning to spine and edges of wrappers, title hand-written on spine; contents clean and sound. Description of of Zuñi scalp ceremonials in 1921 and 1891, with a section on changes in the ceremonials over time.

Washington, DC: W.H. Lowdrmilk & Co, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Based upon original notes and personal observation, and upon compilation from over one thousand authorities....Not for General Perusal." 496 pp, in original brown cloth. Front hinge cracked, ink stamp of (oddly) the Peqout Engine Company of New London, Connecticut, on rear pastedown, a few pages with old repaired tears. Good or better. Bourke was a captain in the United States Army who wrote several books relating to his experiences in the West, and was particularly interested the culture and rituals of Native Americans. This extensively research book includes chapters on the Urine Dance of the Zunis (observed by Bourke in person), the Feast of Fools in Europe, the employment of human excrement in food by "savage tribes," cow dung and urine in religion, excrement gods of the Romans and Egyptians, and much more. The German edition, published in 1913, included an introduction by Sigmund Freud.

Nakatsucho, Japan, 1910. Hardcover. Very good. 7.5 x 10.5 in., oblong, in string-tied faux-leather boards. Some edgewear, one tie replaced and one lacking. Very good. Souvenir view book with two pages of text in Japanese, folding map, and 34 half-tone photographic plates captioned in Japanese and English. Located in the upper and middle reaches of the Yamaguni River in Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture, the Yabakei Valley is considered one of Japan's most beautiful scenic areas. Among the views included here are Sugi Village from Blue Grotto, Peak of Kyoshu, Hachioji Rock, Rakanji Temple, Goryu Falls, Nembutsu Bridge, and other bridges, waterfalls, and geologic formations.

Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. Hardcover. Very good. Second issue (with Cooke's rank of Colonel on the title page), pp xii, 432, in publishers pebbled brown cloth. Titles on spine faded, otherwise a very nice copy -- clean and sound, with minimal wear. Ownership signature of Robert O. Macferron, dated December 25, 1865, on front free endpaper. Wagner-Camp 288:2: "Cooke's career in the west began in 1829, with his tour as a lieutenant in the military escort commanded by Major Bennett Riley to guard the Santa Fe traders from depredations. In 1831, he was stationed at Fort Atkinson on the Missouri. In 1845, he set out from Fort Leavenworth to escort emigrants bound for Oregon and he returned by way of Bent's Fort in the latter part of August, when the book ends....Cooke wrote ably about his own adventures, and stories that he heard from others as well." Howes C-740; Graff 871; Field 359.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Title continues: "With a Description of the Countries Passed Through, Including their Geography, Geology, Resources, Present Condition, and the Different Nations Inhabiting Them." 7.5" x 4.5", 303 pp, bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards; rebacked, with new endpapers, earlier spine laid down. The large folding map is supplied in facsimile. Light foxing to title page, stain affecting margin and a small amount of text on last ca. 20 leaves, otherwise quite clean. First edition, first issue (with page numbers 77-88, 270-271, and 302 placed in the inner margin) of one of the most important overland narratives, with considerable detail on the fur trade. Sage (1817-1893) was a self-taught newspaper printer and editor from Ohio with a strong impulse to travel and explore. Eager to learn more about the vast region beyond the Missouri frontier, in 1841 he organized a small party and headed west. His travels brought him into… Read More

Petaluma, Cal: J.T. Studdert, Book and Job Printer, 1898. Hardcover. Fine. 186 pp, in original black cloth-covered boards with gilt title, portrait of the author and his wife. Fine copy. "The personal narrative of an Argonaut of 1851, with details of hardship and adventures on the plains and among the Indians; the massacre of all but two of the wagon train; the Powder River Mines; outlawry, murder and wild times among the miners" (Eberstadt). Streeter Sale 3203: "Crawford's narrative of crossing the plains in 1851 includes an important description of life among the mines during the wild times in the Powder River mines." Howes C-870; Graff 911; Smith 2098.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp xviii, 370, with a folding map and many illustrations from photographs. Original pale green cloth with decoration in gilt and white. Corners bumped, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, small stain at lower spine, otherwise sound and clean. Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935) was a founding member of the American Alpine Club and a pioneer on many fronts. An ardent advocate for the equal education of women, she earned a masters degree from the University of Michigan in 1881 and then went on to be the first woman to attend the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. She taught archaeology at Perdue University and Smith College before giving up teaching to pursue her passion for travel and mountaineering. After a successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1895 (during which she scandalized the world by wearing pants), she set her sights on South America. This book recounts periods of residence in La Paz and Lima as well as… Read More

Paris: Henri Gautier. Softcover. Good. Undatred, ca. 1897. 32 pp, in original illustrated wrappers.Chipping, tape repair to corners inside cover and first leaf, split at lower spine; contents clean. Text in French.

Cincinnati: Feicke-Desch Printing Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated, ca. 1912. Oblong 8-1/4 x 5-1/2" brown paper wraps printed in black and copper gilt, with a photo-gravure lozenge depicting the Covington suspension bridge tipped onto the upper wrap; [64} pp, each illustrated with a photograph colored in blue (imitating cyanotype) in the negative.A bit of edgewear, some foxing to first and last few pages. An uncommonly nice view book, with images of colleges, public schools, museums, parkscapes, train stations, department stores, banks, viaducts, streetscapes, the railroads, the zoo, the "new" ballpark (on a terrific two-page spread), Coney Island, Eden Park, Burnet Woods Park, and more. And, as befits the Queen City: bridges, bridges, bridges!

Selah Valley Optimist Printing, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/fine. ca. 8.75 x 11 inches, 230 pp, with index, 284 photographs, maps, and illustrations. A very good copy, with the only flaw being some old tape residue on the covers; internally very clean and soung. Dust jacket in fine condition. According to the dust jacket, "this is the first book on the history of this area, and together with the fascinating anecdotes, and spiced with the 'Lince humor'm it makes engrossing reading." Lince was a Selah native who collected photographs and maps of the area and "interviewed old-timers and natives, listened to anyone with a story to tell, and recorded it all.

New York: National Urban League, 1940. Softcover. Very good. Third edition. 8.5 x 11 inches, 58 pp, mimeographed, in plain wrappers bound into a sturdy cardstock binder held by metal prong fasteners. A preliminary page notes that "this annotated bibliography is the third edition of the "Selected Bibliography on the Negro" released by the National Urban League in January, 1937. It has been compiled to assist those who wish to further acquaint themselves with the life and work of the Negro." Divided into sections on general reference works, biographies, social and econonic problems, literature - drama - art - music, educations, fiction, juvenile, history and political science, pamphlets, periodicals and newspapers. Indexed.

Seoul: Kongpyung Art Center, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 10 x 9.5 inches, approximately 30 pp, with color illustrations. Very light soiling and wear to wrappers; else clean and sound. Majority of text in Korean with a few English translations. Extensively illustrated with the artist's work.

Lyoin-Paris: Editions Lugdunum, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 23 x 28.5 cm (9 x 11.25 in.), 26 pp text + 10 plates, all original etchings. Text pages in uncut gatherings, plates loose, all laid into a folder with "Serge Rovinsky" printed in red on the front. Number 69 of 100 numbered copies, all issued hors commerce for friends of Serge Rovinsky, along with an unspecified number of unnumbered copies for the collaborators. Printed on Johannot paper. Some uneven discoloration and staining to the front cover and spine of the folder. Minor dampstain to lower corner of one text gathering and to margin of one plate, but overall still quite a nice copy of this scarce work. Rovinsky was born in Warsaw in 1895 and spent his childhood in Manchuria (where he first became acquainted with Chinese lacquer painting and began learning techniques he later used in his own work). After serving in the First World War, he emigrated to France in 1920 and dedicated himself to art, specializing in creating… Read More