Search Results: Titles starting with S from Quill & Brush

New York: Harcourt Brace, (1931). First edition. Very good with light offset and slight foxing on endpapers; in dust jacket with tape reinforcement on verso, a few small chips, small tears and light soiling.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1967). First UK edition. Uncorrected proof, near fine in brown printed paperwraps.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1993). First edition. INSCRIBED on title page "To Doris [Grumbach] - | With admiration & affection, | Liz [printed "Elizabeth" crossed out] | April 2, 1993 | NYC". Fine in fine dust jacket.

[New York]: Viking, (1992). First edition. His controversial book; i.e. either his best or his worst. Uncorrected proof, fine in pictorial paperwraps.

New York: D. Appleton, 1908. Later printing, presumably the second. INSCRIBED BY EVANS on title page, "For Captain Keyes with my best/ wishes,/ R. D. Evans/ Rear Admiral/ U.S.N." Robley "Fighting Bob" D. Evans (1846-1912) -- a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who served in both the Civil and Spanish-American Wars -- was considered "One of the Navy's Most Picturesque Characters in War and Peace" [NY Times 1/7/1912]. Roger John Brownlow Keyes (1872-1945), a Royal Navy officer, served on slavery suppression missions early in his career and went on to serve in both WWI and WWII, rising to Admiral of the Fleet. Laid in the book is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY EVANS TO KEYES dated May 23, 1910, and written on a single folded leaf with Washington D.C. address printed at head. The letter thanks Keyes for his kindness to his daughter "Mrs. Marsh" [Charlotte Evans Marsh], recommends his book as a cure for insomnia, mentions traveling "in Mexico in company with Sir Percy Scott" who he found "excellent fun"… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, 1901. First edition. Bumping to corners and rear top edge, rubbing to edges, small closed tears on spine tail, minor soiling, spine is slightly shaken, cracking on inner hinges, previous owner's name in ink on verso of front end paper, otherwise, binding strong, bright lettering on spine, dark green end papers. Good to very good.

New York: George H. Doran, (1924). First edition. A western story. Spine just barely faded, otherwise fine in dust jacket with some edgewear and tiny chips, but still very good or better.

New York: The Committee for the Training of Negro Rural Pastors, (1946). First edition. Ralph Almon Felton was a white rural socialogist who spent much of his career advocating for and training African American pastors [Kevin M. Lowe, Baptized with the Soil, 2015]. THE SALARY OF RURAL PASTORS is one in many widely distributed pamphlets by Felton containing analysis and recommendations. 40 pages; thin, stapled paperwraps. Near fine with only minor wear.

Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown & Co, (1955). First edition. His third book of poetry. INSCRIBED "for Virginia Albee, with best wishes, Howard Nemerov 7 ii 55." The black paper-covered pictorial boards show wear on corners and spine ends; in dust jacket with matching wear and tape on verso at top of spine.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1915). First edition. Action, romance and adventure in the 1680s, from Scotland to Virginia. Bookplate of Charles F. Roth on pastedown. Minor wear and rubbing to corners and spine ends and general aging, book plate on front paste down, cracking along gutter of verso of half title page and title page, otherwise, binding strong, bright gilded spine letter. Lacking dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2003). First edition. Two SIGNED volumes. Advance reading copy in glossy, pictorial paperwraps with complete text of Stephen King's review on rear cover (shortened to blurb for eventual dust jacket) and "2002" on title page (vs. "2003" on the published book). INSCRIBED on half-title page, "For John,/ Richard Price." TOGETHER WITH a copy of the book SIGNED by Price on title page. Book is fine in fine dust jacket. ARC shows mild crease to upper rear corner otherwise fine.

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1939. First edition. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES of his second book and first to be hardbound. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EVERSON TO HIS FRIEND AND OYEZ PRESS FOUNDER ROBERT HAWLEY, "for Bob Hawley/ very happy to inscribe this copy of/ San Joaquin/ at Holmes Book Co in Oakland/ at the Winter Solstice/ Bill Everson/ Dec 21, 1975." Beige cloth-backed brown paper boards with four-inch illustration on front and back of grape ivy curled around a stake; brown paper spine label lettered in black. An early publication from the Ward Ritchie Press, selected as one of the best "Western Books for 1939." Title page decoration by Hubert Buel; printed throughout on cream-colored paper that appears mold made [Bartlett & Campo A-2]. Spine label shows slight darkening otherwise a fine copy of this fragile book.

[No-place]: Vertigo, 2013. First edition, true first printing published December 2013. First in the 6-part series which formed a prequel to Gaiman's SANDMAN and won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. Fine.

(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). First edition. A Southwestern mystery, fine in pictorial dust jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1940. First edition. Her last novel, the story of Sapphira Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young enslaved woman. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of the people enslaved there (Wikipedia). Spine toned as usually seen otherwise near fine with barest wear; in price-clipped dust jacket slightly darkened on spine and rear panel with very minor wear at top of spine, small bookseller's ticket to top corner rear flap, and small piece of tape on verso.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1941. First edition. Near fine with cloth edges lightly rubbed and endpapers slightly darkened; in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing along edges, light soiling and minor edge wear.

(New York): Viking, (1989). First U.S. edition. Crisp and near fine with only light foxing to page top edge; in bright, fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear.

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1931-1937. First edition. 12 issues. Folio stapled paperwraps with color illustrated covers. Includes first appearances of 11 Fitzgerald short stories: "A NEW LEAF" in July 4 1931 issue (near fine with just a little darkening to edges); "DIAGNOSIS" in Feb. 20 1932 issue (near fine with address label); "FLIGHT AND PURSUIT" in May 14 1932 issue (good with address label and cover worn at fold, internally mended with archival tape, and detached but still present); "FAMILY IN THE WIND" in June 4 1932 issue (good to very good with partial address label and edge slightly tanned and lightly foxed); "WHAT A HANDSOME PAIR!" in Aug. 27 1932 issue (near fine with address label); "ONE INTERNE" in Nov. 5 1932 issue (very good to near fine with upper corners clipped from front and rear covers); "ON SCHEDULE" in Mar. 18 1933 issue (near fine with address label); "I GOT SHOES" in Sept. 23 1933 issue (very good with address label, foxing to upper front cover, and about ½" trimmed… Read More

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1931. First edition. July 4 1931 issue. Includes first appearance of Fitzgerald's story. "A New Leaf." Folio stapled paperwraps with illustrated covers. Light staining to front cover otherwise near fine.

Bratlleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1965. First U.S. edition. "...tells the history of sauna, describes the delights of these baths, their health-giving benefits, and how to build a sauna in your own home"--from the jacket flap. 16mo gilt-lettered black cloth boards; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings; 87 pages including index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.