Search Results: Titles starting with S from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE SCIENTIST, part of the Life Science Library: 200 page hard cover, 8 1/2" x 11". FINE condition. Printed in the year of the First American edition, though no documentation of edition present. Made up of text chapters, with marginal illustrations on specific points, along with picture essays (both b/w and color). The glossary defines the essential terms for the subject. Overall condition is FINE, with slight rubbing to the edges of cover and slight dulling to pages. No dust jacket, perhaps as designed.

London: Gay and Bird, 1902. Revised 1902 edition. GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the thirty-first edition of A SATCHEL GUIDE TO EUROPE. It is FASCINATING to read about, and see via detailed maps, the Europe of 1902 as seen by American tourists. Written by an Englishman for the American traveler, this guide was completely revised annually for at least 60 years, and Guides from around the Turn of the Century are RARE. Guides published in London are also RARE. The size of the hardback (4" x 6 1/8") was meant for keeping in your luggage (satchel), and it has 307 pages, including detailed index, 3 fold out detailed maps, a comparison of U. S. and various European monies, weights and measures, and all the details about the individual countries. No dust jacket as designed. The dozen or so full page ads at at the front and back are almost as great as the content (examples: "Horsford's Acid Phosphate" which has "proved to be of extraordinary value in the prevention… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. Third Edition stated, First Printing thus. Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents SCENE DESIGN AND STAGE LIGHTING by W. Oren Parker and Harvey K Smith, the essential textbook and reference book for stage designers in the late 20th Century. 8" x 10 1/8" (may require additional postage), 597 pages of "how to", accompanied by hundreds of b/w and color diagrams, illustrations and photos. Third edition stated. No dust jacket (as designed?). Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: only mark is owner's name on first ffep, else tight, white, clear, and sharp. Cover (b &w designs with white on black particulars) = Very Good Plus: front has glue from former small label on upper right corner; back has 10 or 12 small spots from rubbing, spine shows rubbing on all 4 corners, else tight, clear and square with no other marks.

New York: The Culture Press, 1929. First Limited edition of 2000 stated. Fine. Bob Lafferty. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TRUE COLLECTOR'S EDITION: SCORES OF CHEERFUL EPIGRAMS IN HAI-KAI FORM. This is #358 of a stated limited FIRST LITHO MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE EDITION numbering 2000. SIGNED by the author. Bob Lafferty came from Wheeling, WV--a genius, visionary, author, architect, steelworker, and "...general crank, who later in life went to prison in a Wall Street stock fraud." (from The Wheeling Rare Book Collection by the Ohio County Public Library). 6" x 9", 123 pages plus a Forward and book ads by Harry E Owen. This is volume one of a projected 9 volume set of the thoughts of Bob Lafferty. Page 66 herein contains "The Lafferty Plan: transit, traffic, freight; a comprehensive true transportation system of airway and speedways for large cities." Book is FINE, no dust jacket as designed. Pages = fine: moderately tanned, owners' names in pen on the author… Read More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice=Hall, Inc., 1974. SECOND EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY POWER. NEVER REPRINTED after the mid-seventies, this book may be Out of Print. The authors provide a systematic analysis of how communities develop their power and leadership structure. A STATED FIRST PRINTING OF THE SECOND EDITION, this paperback book measures 5 7/8" x 9" and has 390 pages. The overall condition is NEAR FINE. Pages = Near Fine: barely yellowed, 2 penned stars in Table of Contents, else no other markings, tight, sharp, clear. Cover (yellow mythical road map on brown glossy paper, with particulars in white) = Near fine: light wear and creasing to front, short creases on spine, else clear and colorful, tight and sharp, square.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION THUS of SEX IN HISTORY by G. Rattray Taylor. Overall condition of book is VERY GOOD PLUS: Foxing to reverse covers and first and last fep's. Only mark is previous pricing on first fep. Not ex library. Slight yellowing of pages. Top edges colored charcoal. Book is sharp and tight. Cover = Green 1/4 cloth over pink and cream designed boards, particulars in white on spine only. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET (1/2 green with creme design, 1/2 black and white; review clips along with particulars on front). Jacket condition is Very Good Minus, with significant chipping to top and bottom of spine, yet whole and clear. Noted appraiser JAMES BEATTIE assigns a value of $40 to this book.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1965. First edition thus, Fourth printing stated. Near Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE SHAPING OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA, Interpretive articles on Modern American history by 32 great mentors of the 20th Century. 6" x 9" softcover, 682 pages. First edition thus, Fourth Printing stated. Because it has not been printed since the early 70's, this book is relatively hard to find. FIRST EDITION THUS, FOURTH PRINTING STATED. Overall book is Near Fine. Pages = Near Fine: slight bend to top corners in last 100 pages, owner name inked on reverse front cover, all slightly yellowed, else clear, tight, sharp, no additional marks. Cover (yellow "woven" stiff paper, with design and particulars in black and white) = Near Fine: slight fade to print, short creases front, short creases and rubbing top and bottom spine, slight bend to top corner back, else tight, sharp corners, clear,no tears or chipping.

New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Early Reprint Hardcover. Fine w/ AS NEW. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents SHARPE'S FURY, the 21st novel in the Richard Sharpe series. "A triumph of both historical and battle fiction, SHARPE'S FURY will sweep both old and new Sharpe fans into their hero's incredible adventures." 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", 337 pages, with original dust jacket. Devoid of any information on copyright page except the copyright date (2006), copyright warning, and ISBN numbers. Overall condition is FINE. Pages = Fine: nick at bottom of page 151, light sunning to top of pages, single smudge on bottom edges, else clear, sharp, tight, square. Cover (charcoal cloth boards, with particulars in gold gilt on spine only) = Fine Plus: 2 tiny spots on back, else tight, sharp, clear, square. Unclipped dust jacket = AS NEW.

New York: Viking Press, 1998. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING PER NUMBER LINE. AS NEW/AS NEW. Pristine UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ICE PALACE MURDERS. Larry Millett extends the canon of Sherlock Holmes mysteries to the American Midwest of the 1890's. "Millett has Arthur Conan Doyle's style and manner nailed down tighter than a spike on a James J. Hill railroad tie." (Minneapolis Star Tribune). 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", 320 pages, accompanied by unclipped dust jacket. Overall book is As New, with an As New dust jacket. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. Cover has quarter Christmas red cloth on gray boards, with particulars in silver gilt on spine only. Dust Jacket is silver paper with eery decrepit building illustrated on front, and particulars in blue and white; spine is dark blue with particulars in white; back is silver with reviews for the new Holmes concept, and illustration of the modern St. Paul… Read More

London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE solo copy of Volume 2 of THE SPECTATOR by Eighteenth Century entrepreneur and social scientist JOSEPH ADDISON. At this printing, only complete sets or solo Volume 4 are available for this reprint of the third edition. VOLUME THE SECOND of his daily newspaper covers the dates June 2, 1711 through September 13, 1711. Miniature size (4" x 6 5/8"). GOOD MINUS condition: pages are rippled from moisture, some pages nearly white, some moderately tanned, some heavily tanned, but all fully readable, tight to spine, rounded corners as designed. Cover (heavy leather with outline design in gold gilt, originally gilt particulars (all rubbed out), 5 raised bands on spine): corners worn down, but whole, tight to spine and square. Noted book appraiser… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a FIRST EDITION THUS: THE STAINED GLASS LADY (An Idyl) by BLANCHE ELIZABETH WADE with Frontispiece and other drawings by Blanche Ostertag. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., October 6, 1906. 6 3/4" x 9 1/8", 229 pages, the condition of this book is VERY GOOD--hinge slightly loose, pages tight, only marks are pencilled former price and an owner label, top edges gold gilt, side and bottom edges rough cut. Cover (light green boards with colored panel by artist and particulars in gold gilt) = slight fraying of top and bottom of spine, spotty staining on outside edge of front, else clear with fully readable gilt. NO DUST JACKET. Noted appraiser James Beattie has given a value of $45.00.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a FIRST EDITION THUS of the series opener of Grosset's TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, titled STAND BY FOR MARS! 5 1/4" x 7 1/2", with 216 pages, this book is FINE, with next to no aging and not ex-lib. The ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED JACKET is GOOD PLUS (chipping and tearing, yet whole, with clear illustrations of the cadets and clear particulars). Lists to Rick Brant "Phantom Shark" on back, Ken Holt series on rear flap. "With this first book the millions of young interplanetary space enthusiasts who have been following Tom Corbett's adventures on the radio, television and in the newspaper cartoon strips, will now...have them available on their own home bookshelves..." Noted appraiser James Beattie has valued this book at $30.00

New York: John B Alden, 1887. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Very Good +. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY RARE edition: DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY, as elucidated by HARRIETTE SHATTUCK. An important figure in the women's suffrage movement, Harriette Shattuck wrote several books, including this one and "The Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law." 4 1/4" x 7 1/2", 44 pages, DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY is a study of the 1320 epic poem. Overall condition is VERY GOOD PLUS, with no dust jacket (possibly as designed) Pages = Very Good Plus: yellowed as expected with age, else clear, tight, sharp, no marks. Cover (red cloth boards with embossed designs, and particulars in gold gilt) = Very Good Plus: overall generally worn with no specific defects, remaining tight, sharp and square.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE-STAR SELLER, presents a DOUBLY-SIGNED, FIRST PRINTING of THE STORY OF MY LIFE, or THE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW OF SEVENTY YEARS, by MARY A. LIVERMORE. Hartford, CT: A. D. Worthington & Co., Publishers, 1897. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING via matching dates. Signed "Yrs. Truly, ...[signature]" underneath author portrait on 2nd fep. Signed by author second time following preface. 730 pages, 6" x 9." No Jacket. Pages = Very Good: Gold gilt to top edges, splotching from a liquid to all edges, very light yellowing, else sharp, tight and clear with no marks. Cover (red cloth boards with debossed title in red on gold frame front, embossed gold gilt designs and remaining particulars both front and spine) = Good: Tight and square, with little rubbing to corners, much outside spotting from a liquid. Overall book = Good Plus. "Superbly Illustrated with Portraits and One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from Designs by Eminent Artists, Made Expressly for this Work." Illustrators… Read More

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1910. First American edition thus, first printing thus. Good. M L Kirk. New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1910 First American edition thus, first printing thus Good M L Kirk HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents 1910 Winston Stokes edition of Longfellow's THE STORY OF HIAWATHA, arguably the first American edition of HIAWATHA to use the celebrated illustrations of Maria Kirk, who had illustrated a 1904 edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and who later illustrated a PINOCCHIO There are 12 full page color illustrations, including those on the cover and the ffep 7 1/8" x 9 1/2', 313 pages, no DJ Overall book in GOOD condition FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Pages = Good + : ffep illustration and pp 107/108 separated from binding and laid in, first ffep has owner's name in pencil, light tanning to all, else tight, clear, sharp, full color to illustrations Cover (black cloth boards with full page color Kirk illustration and… Read More

HATFIELD BOOK AND MEMORABILIA, a five-star seller, presents a FIRST EDITION THUS of THE STRANGLING OF PERSIA ("Story of the European Diplomacy and Oriental Intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, by W. MORGAN SHUSTER, ex-Treasurer General of Persia. New York: The Century Company, June, 1912. 5 5/8" x 8 5/16", 423 pages, including 85 b & w photos, one tri-color fold-out map. FIRST US EDITION THUS. Overall condition Very Good/no dust jacket. Ex-library with appurtenances thereto. Pages (rough cut with gold gilt top edges) = moderate tanning, no marks of any kind (except library), tight, sharp corners, few liquid stains to upper corners, light bump to bottom edges. Cover (cloth boards with particulars and middle eastern border design in gold) = tight, slightly worn corners, former library appurtenances, top and bottom/spine folded.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1973. FIRST EDITION STATED, First printing thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1973. FIRST EDITION STATED, First printing thus. Near Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE SUN'S BIRTHDAY, 71 Beautiful photographs of the natural world's features, with poetic text written to accompany the thoughts stimulated by the photos. Not printed since the 70's making the book HARD TO FIND, particularly in this condition. The Foreword is by famous (almost infamous) female author Anais Nin. 111 pages of color photographs and poetical commentary, 8 3/8" x 11" (oversized, may require additional postage), soft bound. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: slightly yellowed, yet unmarked, clear, tight, sharp. Cover (2 different photos front and back with particulars in white and black) = Very Good: creased lower right corner and slight scraping of bottom edge on front, 5" line indentation on back, spine has 1/4" gouge… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY GOOD PLUS copy of TIMES OF GUSTAF ADOLF, which is Volume One of The Surgeon's Stories. Worldcat says this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . Near Fine pages, Very Good cover, making the overall condition Very Good Plus. There is no dust jacket (as designed?) 4 7/8" x 4 1/8", 341 pages (page 341 says "End of First Cycle"). Floral endpapers, stains to front endpapers, bumped cover corners, stained back cover, scraped cover edge, solid binding, owner's info on 3rd fep, no other marks. Cover = brown cloth boards with debossed designs, black title on gold gilt background.

New York: The New American Library/Signet, March, 1962. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING STATED. NEAR FINE. MGM. About TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' blockbuster play, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, Walter Kerr of the New York Herald Tribune wrote, "This is the noise of passion, of creative energy, of exploration and adventure." Published just days after the release of the MGM movie starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, this Signet paperback of SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, brought to you by HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, is FIRST THUS, FIRST PRINTING STATED. 4 1/4" x7", 124 pages. Both copies are overall NEAR FINE. Pages (all page edges are red in color) = NEAR FINE: moderate tanning, else clear, very sharp and very tight, with no markings. Cover (red glossy stiff paper, with photo front of Geraldine Page and Paul Newman in bed, particulars in white, black and yellow) = NEAR FINE: light rubbing, hints of beginning creases, else clear, colorful, tight, sharp, square.