Search Results: Titles starting with S from Last Exit Books

E-100: Motorbooks. Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Motorbooks International, St. Paul, MN. 2005. 192 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The ability of U. S. Car enthusiasts to satisfy their need for speed changed dramatically in the late 1940s as car-crazy veterans returned home from World War II with formal mechanical training, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This is the story of how one such veteran, an ex–B-17 airman named Alex Xydias, established the SO-CAL Speed Shop and helped transform hot rodding from a scruffy, underground, outlaw sport into a defining part of postwar American culture. E-100; 10.3 X 10.1 X 0.9 inches; 192 pages .

E-123: Paladin Press. Very Good. 2008. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Paladin Press, Boulder, CO. 2008. 376 pgs. Illustrated. Reprint. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. SOG was the most secret elite U. S. Military unit to serve in the war in Vietnam, so secret it was "black" - meaning its very existence was carefully concealed, even denied by the government. Innocuously code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG contained only volunteers from such units as the Army Green Berets, USAF Air Commandos and Navy SEALs, and answered directly to the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs, with some missions requiring approval from the White House. Inside Vietnam, only General William Westmoreland and a few senior non-SOG officers were briefed on SOG activities. Now Major John L. Plaster, a… Read More

E-227. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. US Navy Produced for ComSubLant by Standards and Curriculum Division Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC. 1946. 204 pages 21 chapters and 28 fold out detailed drawings of all the different sections and systems of the sub for general knowledge of the Boat. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fleet submarine is a submarine with the speed, range, and endurance to operate as part of a navy's battle fleet. Examples of fleet submarines are the British First World War era K class and the American World War II era Gato class. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-108: Hill and Wang. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Hill & Wang, New York. 1974. 271 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. “Language was both a luxury and a discipline for Barthes. He pursued a subject through language until he cornered it, until its disguise fell away and it was revealed in a kind of epiphany. In his own way, he cleaned the face of Paris more thoroughly than Andre Malraux did when he ordered its buildings washed down to their original colors and arranged for lights to be played upon them. Musing on the kind of painting done by someone like Ingres, Barthes says that 'painters have left movement the amplified sign of the unstable . . . The solemn shudder of a pose impossible to fix in time . . . The motionless… Read More

E-377: Methuen and Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1928. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Methuen and Company, London, UK. 1928. Xvii, 171 pgs. Second Edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt. Boards has light shelfwear present. Light foxing present to the text block. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt. Boards has light shelfwear present. Light foxing present to the text block. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism is a collection of literary essays written by T. S. Eliot. Originally published in 1920, these essays explore various aspects of poetry, literary criticism, and the nature of artistic expression. The… Read More

E-352: Headline Book Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Headline Book Publishing, London, UK. 1997. 288 pgs. Signed by Susan Moody on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Times are looking lean for Cassie Swann. With the bridge supplies business in a slump and no new sources of income on the horizon, she’s shocked to find herself cadging drinks off OAPs. But her own problems are forgotten when one of her bridge group, Lolly Haden White, starts seeming very distressed. Are her lapses of memory and dark moods simply a consequence of growing old, or is there something more sinister behind her sudden decline? Realizing that she knows next to… Read More

E-130. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1964. Ix, 165 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An all-too-brief but still enthralling exploration of the sacred and the profane as shown though the medium of the sacrifice, "Sacrifice" gives the reader, through its erudite and gentle manner, a view of the role sacrifice plays in human societies. Tammuz, Dionysus, Soma, Christ, the Greek ritual of Bouphria: all are explored with grace and depth. Essential reading for those interested in the subject. E-130; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-201: Routledge. Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Routledge, London & New York. 1994. 302 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Holy men, both pagan and Christian are persistent and puzzling figures in the religious life of the Roman Empire. In this first historical study of Holy Men for more than half a century, Dr Anderson applies techniques of literary analysis to throw light on the lifestyles and behaviour of these figures, from Jesus Christ to Peregrinus Proteus to dio Chrysostom, stressing their individuality as much as their common features. Sage, Saint and Sophist examines the variety of services, real or imaginary, that these colouful figures had to offer and how they maintained their credibility to… Read More

E-011: University of California Press. Very Good. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 2004. 106 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1984 Sebastião Salgado began what would be a fifteen-month project of photographing the drought-stricken Sahel region of Africa in the countries of Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan, where approximately one million people died from extreme malnutrition and related causes. Working with the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, Salgado documented the enormous suffering and the great dignity of the refugees. This early work became a template for his… Read More

E-069: Chatham Publishing. Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to Published by Chatham Publishing, London, UK. 2004. 352 pgs. Illustrated with black & white illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. David Lyon's highly regarded Sailing Navy List detailed every Royal Navy warship of the age of sail by era, ship type and class. This book is the much-anticipated follow-up volume. It provides details of design and construction history, technical specifications, and fates for all warships of the important but poorly documented period between 1815 and 1889, which saw the introduction of steam power and the gradual replacement of sail. Extensively illustrated, the new work includes a representative collection of original plans from… Read More

E-045: Conway Maritime Press. Very Good. 1993. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Conway Maritime Press, London, UK. 1993. Xv, 367, b&w illustrations and diagrams, DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Index. " ... The Royal Navy ... Comprehensive listing of its ships and their essential characteristics ... It not only includes basic specifications, building data and fates, but organises the material into types and classes with notes on design and designer. Typical entries include dimensions, tonnage, armament, builder, construction dates and detailed notes on the fates of individual vessels, with short narrative introductions outlining the principal influences on development. The book is broken down into distinct periods, further subdivided into the major… Read More

E-132: Halton. Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Halton and Truscott Smith, , London, UK, 1924. Viii, 80 pgs. Illustrated with 22 drawings, plus 124 b/w plates with 139 illustrations (9 of the plates with tissue guard). Frontispiece in colour of a Flemish Carrack (circa 1450). #154 of 1750 copies. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Loving tribute to the often startlingly beautiful sailing vessels of a bygone age, charmingly depicted in over 120 handsome photographs and 28 drawings. Flemish Carrack, c. 1450; the Norske Löve, 1634; the 90-gun Albemarle, 1680; a Venetian trading Galeass, 1726; a Dutch East Indiaman, c. 1740; and the Great Republic, an American clipper, 1853. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .

E-128: William Kimber and Co. Ltd.. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by William Kimber and Company, London, UK. 1965. 224 pgs. Endpaper Maps. Illustrated with black and white plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Admiral Hickling began his career in the Royal Navy when he became a cadet at Osborne in 1905. In 1913 he was a sub lieutenant in the cruiser Glasgow on the South American Station. On the 1st November 1914, the Good Hope, wearing the flag of Admiral Cradock, supported by Glasgow and Monmouth, engaged the German East Asiatic Squadron commanded by Admiral Graf von Spee. An hour later, the flagship and Monmouth had gone down with all hands, Glasgow had only narrowly escaped the same fate. The… Read More

E-251: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Ballantine Books, New York. 1978. 467 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Katherine Kurtz on the title page. The Legends of Camber of Culdi, Vol 2. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The breathtaking history of the Deryni continues as the greatest hero of a medieval fantasy realm is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice The evil king is dead, and thanks to the efforts of revered Deryni magic-user Camber of Culdi, a human liege occupies the throne of Gwynedd for the first time in nearly a century. The yoke of tyranny has finally been lifted from the shoulders of an oppressed people who suffered for decades under the cruelty of the ruling… Read More

E-021. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Shenandoah History Publishers, Edinburg, VA, 1977. 125 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The original German Baptists were referred to as Dunkers or Dunkards. They are now known as the Church of the Brethren. "After Conrad Beissel and the Eckerlin brothers broke with the mother church, the regular, oldline Dunkers were frequently called the First Day Dunkers while the Ephrata group became known as Seventh Day Dunkers, Seven Dayers (Siebenta¨ger) or Sabbatarians. Many of the Ephrata members and others who joined the splinter groups in Virginia were not of old German Baptist background and had never been affiliated with the regular Dunkers." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Milli Reasurans T. A. S¸ Istanbul, Turkey. 2005. 103 pgs. In Turkish and English. Signed by Sakir Eczacibas¸i on the FFEP. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Sakir Eczacibasi, a second generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacibasi family, was a pharmacist, photographer and businessman. He was awarded with the Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France and the State Medal of Distinguished Service of Turkey. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-371. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 12mo. Published by Gebbie and Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1902. With 20 pages of sample examples of text pages, and 22 plates, including some by Remington, also all in two states, india proofs and on velin. Including a facsimile autograph page of the edition of 26 lettered copies "signed" by two Gebbie publishers and Roosevelt. Bound in fleixble leather wraps. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Rear marbled endpaper split from the rear board. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-241: Casanova Press. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. Trade Paperback. 8vo. The Casanova Press, Milwaukee, WI. 1932. 53 pgs. Number 455 of 525 numbered copies. Illustrated with a tipped in frontispiece protrait of the author. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased in the publisher's dark red paper slipcase, extremities worn with some fading and dampstaining, Issued in publisher's stiff paper wrappers printed in black and red, spine lightly worn; fore edge untrimmed. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Including five poems, "The Faun," "Dying Gladiator," "Portrait," "The Lilacs" and "L'Apres-Midi dun Faune," and three pieces of prose, "New Orleans," "On Criticism" and "Verse Old and Nascent: A Pilgrimage," by William Faulkner, all previously printed in New Orleans magazine "The Double Dealer." With a short poem by Ernest Hemingway printed on… Read More

E-071: Carey & Lea. Good+. 1832. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1832. Xiv, 312 pgs. Illustrated with 3 plates of flies. First American Edition/First Printing. Bound in publisher's cloth, paper spine title. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards rubbed and worn, paper label title is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text block is stained along the fore-edge. Text is free of marks save for a note present on the title page noted who the author is. Binding tight and solid. The first three editions were published anonymously. The second and third editions have six engraved plates of views in addition to the three fly plates. These are omitted from the 4th & 5th editions which have extra vignettes of views. The author revised this before his death. The fourth edition was edited and enlarged by John Davy, his brother. Davy was President of the Royal Society. "It is distinguished by its scientific outlook, its serene… Read More

E-380: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Duell Sloan and Pearce. 1960. 122 pgs. First edition/First printing (stated on the verso). Signed and inscribed by the William Manville on the FFEP. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities.. No ownership marks present. Light offsetting present to the endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards have a scuff and a stain present to the rear board. An early book by famed book designer Brodovitch. "Saloon Society denizens live in a world where there's no tomorrow, where the jugs of bourbon pour like sunshine, where the cigarette smoke is thick as dreams, where one rockets through the heightened moments of life." La Dolce Vita in NYC--post-Beat, pre-60s, pre-Dylan, pre- Beatles --it's an odd juncture in the social life of the city, with the pre-war eminence-gris still making his hand felt in this book's… Read More