Search Results: Titles starting with S from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Stockholm: Streiffert & Co, (1987). Illustrated by color & b/w. Stated second edition. Complimentary typed letter laid in signed by Robert J. Sinclair. Black cloth, silver print & decoration. 4to. pp. 167, [2]. Fine/Near Fine/No price in mylar. Automobiles and aircraft..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First (SD) edition. First Book. Taupe decorated cloth, blue eps. 8vo. pp. 335. Index. VG. Light cover soil, cap and corner wear..

Cincinnati: Williamson & Cantwell Publishing Co. (Franklin Type Foundry), 1878. Illustrated by b&w frontis and 4 plates, vignettes. Later edition. c.1876. Navy blind-stamped cloth. Cr.8vo (19,5cm). pp. 266. Very Good. Sunned spine, limp corners with fray starting, period ink gift inscription. Contents: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Shechem, Nazareth, Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), Jordan, Jericho, Damascus, Isle of Patmos, Ephesus, Smyrna, Athens, Corinth, Rome..

New York: D. Appleton, 1845. Illustrated by music notation: SATB, solo etc parts as written (Stereotyped by The Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry). Stated 3rd Corrected edition. c.1838. Restored in-house by KTB as follows: original paper boards deacidified, cleaned, retained and edges restored to smooth; new J. Hewit acid free hand dyed calf spine as color of original; original endpapers retained; linen tape re-threaded as original to lie flat. Oblong (15x24,5cm). pp. 342. General Index, Anthems, Chants, &c., Metrical Index. Near Fine. Light stain and soil to boards; trace spots of foxing within. A beautiful restored working copy which opens flat on music desk. Consult The American Classical Hymns website for examples and further study. [Note: Our binder, Karen Thompson Bullock is currently restoring three additional pre-Civil War era sacred/church music oblongs] ..

Cincinnati: Williamson & Cantwell Publishing Co. (Franklin Type Foundry), 1878. Illustrated by b&w frontis and 4 plates, vignettes. Later edition. c.1876. Navy blind-stamped cloth. Cr.8vo (19,5cm). pp. 266. About Very Good. Sunned spine, dull binding with scuffed/stained pastedowns (possible excised ex-lib papers), several tiny straightened dogears, one corner chip, one repaired tear. Contents: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Shechem, Nazareth, Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), Jordan, Jericho, Damascus, Isle of Patmos, Ephesus, Smyrna, Athens, Corinth, Rome..

New York: Clark & Austin, 1847. later edition. c.1844. Purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine and top board emblem, original pattern eps, aeg. 32mo (11cm). pp. 126. Very Good/Ex-Lib. College withdrawn bookplate, paper topboard label, one embossed stamp, sunned spine, internally near fine. New October, 1846 author preface..

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition. Tan boards, Red quarter cloth. Inscribed by author to Amy and Joan, "partners, all best,". 8vo. pp. 496. VG+/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. One straightened dogear, one straightened jacket crease..

Old Tappan, NJ: Chosen Book (Fleming H. Revell), (1988). First edition. Blue boards. 8vo. pp. 224. VG/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Slightly bumped corners and traces of wear and rubbing at caps and folds of jacket. Foreword by Brother Andrew, author was his assistant for 7 years..

London: Edward Bull, 1841. First thus (SD) edition. [Dei Frithiofs-Sage]. Original blue blind-stamped cloth, pale yellow eps, uncut. Short Royal 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 171, [1] colophon, [4] 12mo publisher ad, 16 Ads. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Traces of topboard sunning and shallow head chip, foxing starting at eps. 24 cantos with notes. Legend of Ancient Norway..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Titus Wilson, Kendal), 1980. Illustrated by color & b&w. First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. [1] H.A.C. Green obit, 246-328. Near Fine. Minor cover wear, internally fine. Contents: Viking Runes: transition from older to younger Futhark (9 text figures); Jelling Man: Denmarks oldest figure painting with 3 color & b&w plates with 9 figures; Style and authorial presences in Skaldic Mythological Poetry; reviews (scanned); books received..

London: Printed for TheViking Club, January1905 & 1906. Illustrated by b&w photographs, maps and line drawings. First edition. Society for Northern Research. 2 volumes. Perfect bound yellow wraps. 8vo. pp. 260; 261-502. Index. Very Good. Light soil and wear to covers, spines tender. Contents scanned..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Titus Wilson, Kendal), 1974. Edited by A. R. Taylor. First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 97. Very Good. Pinholes and faint stain to sunned cover; stain to edges through page 21. Journal published (ca. 1930's) by donation of sister Dorothea. Contents: Reykjavik and the land of dreams; Akureyri and Eyjafjord; Akureyri again and a journey to the east; A ride in Skagafjord; return to Reykjavik and farewell; A personal recollection (of author) by G. R. Hibbard. Published simultaneously with University College..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (British Academy), 1987-8. First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. [1], 144-277. Near Fine. Minor cover stain, internally fine. Contents: Economic representation and narrative structure in Hoensa-Thoris Saga; Alleged famine in Iceland; Foreigners and and foreign languages in medieval Iceland (2 b&w reproductions, bibliography); Motivation in Lokasenna; On the Sallust translation in Romveria Saga..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Short Run Press Ltd., Exeter), 2006, 2007. First edition. 2 volumes. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo (21cm). pp. 147, [5] Publications list; 119, [9] Errata, Publications list. Near Fine. Minor cover wear, internally fine. Contents: At Smyria Konung til Veldis: Royal legitimation in Snorri Sturluson's Magnuss Saga Erlingssonar; ...Islendingasogur; Grettisfaersla: The handing on of Grettir; reviews (scanned). Hrolfs Saga Kraka and Sami Bear Rites; Hauksbok and the construction of an Icelandic world view; the ironies in Cardinal William of Sabina's supposed pronouncement on Icelandic independence; the Viking mind or in pursuit of the Viking; Reviews (scanned). Post as one book..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Titus Wilson, Kendal), 1975-76. Illustrated by 2 plates (recto/verso). First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. [1] Alistar Campbell obit, 100-343. Very Good+. Sunned cover with two stains, internally fine. Contents: Black Foreigners of York and the White Foreigners of Dublin, Starkadr, Sacral kingship in ancient Scandinavia, Narrative functions of the source references in the sagas of Icelanders, Dreams of Floamana Saga, Topography of Hrafnkels saga, Books owned by ordinary people in Iceland 1750-1830, Ear Rognvald's shipwreck, book reviews..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Titus Wilson, Kendal), 1970-71. First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. Signed by line drawings, maps, charts. 8vo. pp. 219. Near Fine. Light cover toning, internally fine. Contents shortened: Manx Memorial Stones; Land tenure in a Faroese village; Death of Turgesius; Fragment Viking History (Olafr); Three essays on Voluspa; Aspects of Arons Saga Hjorleifssonar; M. Olafsson's Frissdrapa; Notes on Belsheims's Af Bibelen; book reviews..

London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College (Titus Wilson, Kendal), 1961. Illustrated by b&w plate (NRA 67a, 67c). First edition. Blue printed stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. [5], 264-459. Near Fine. Traces of cover toning, internally fine. Contents: Dr. B. J. Timmer Obituary, The Icelandic Life of St. Dunstan; St. Eric of Sweden; Advocacy and Art in Gudmundar Saga Dyra; When was Magnus Erlingsson Crowned?; Notes on Pre-Conquest Churches in the Danelaw; William Morris as an Interpreter of Old Norse; On Translation (Review/Comment); On the Fragmentary Text Concerning St. Thomas Becket in Stock. Perg. Fol. Nor. 2 (with plate); book reviews..

New York: Select Music Publications, 1937. Illustrated by blue graphics and b/w photo of Bing Crosby sitting on porch with ukulele. First edition. {piano and voice, guitar arr.}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. 5, [1] Ad. Good+. Ink owner, bright cover detached but secured with 3 foxed tape marks along fold, several short tears and spots of stain..

New York: Crawford Music Corp, 1937. Illustrated by Blue and green M. Merman cover with Edith Caldwell cameo. First edition. c.1926. SH 363-4 {piano and voice, guitar arr.}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. 5, [1] Ad. Good+. Ink owner, short fold slit, corner chip, rear rub mark with loss of one graphic to ad..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Edited by Emily Morison Beck. First edition. Blue cloth. 8vo. pp. xl, 431. VG/In like jacket/Clipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, sunning to extremities, stain bottom cap..