Search Results: Titles starting with S from Bygone Books

NY: Henry Holt / Redfeather Book, 1994. Hardcover. NF/NF. Marcia Sewell.. 7th printing, 12mo, blue hardcover, 81pp, b&w illustrations. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: book has owner inscription on fep; jacket is price-clipped; otherwise like new.

Montpelier, VT / Shelburne, VT: Vemont Life / Chapters Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2nd printing [number line], square quarto, blue boards, 127 pages, color illustrations throughout, artist chronology. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: very slight edgewear to the book , internally clean and tight; jacket has light creasing to spine head, tail and corners. A very nice copy of the work of this Vermont artist.

Oxford, Uk: Oxford, Printed For Members of the The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited/Numbered . Hardcover. Collectible, VG+`. Rene Ben Sussan. With an introduction by Carl Van Doren and hand-coloured etchings by Rene Ben Sussan. Limited edition of 1500 copies [this is number 601], designed by Francis Meynell and printed under his supervision at the Oxford University Press in Oxford, England. SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTISTon the colophon page. 4to, decorated paper-backed boards, paper label in fron board, with paper-covered chemise and slipcase, 143 pages, full-pagecolor illustrations. Book is VERY GOOD+ with faint offsetting to the endpapers, closed tear to spine head and tail to paper covers [this runs from front to back across the spine but is barely visible]; the chemise is VERY GOOD+ and has been professionally repaired at fold, slipcase is VERY GOOD+ with light rubbing at edges, toning to top edge. A lovely book to behold...

Ithaca Ny: Cornell University Press / Folger Shakespeare Library, 1965. First Edition . Soft cover. NF. 1st printing, 8vo, stapled wraps, 38 pages plus numerous b/w illustrations, bibliographical essay. NEAR FINE: owner name inside front cover.

Glasgow: Truseets of the National Galleries of Scotland, 9164. Soft cover. VG+. 12mo, stapled wraps, unpaginated, b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD+: slight edgewear. Thirty portraits of some of those in Scott's immediate circle and the distinguished people he knew.

Bruceton Mills, WV: Scotpress [ no date ]. Soft cover. VG+. No edition statement, oblong, stapled wraps, 43 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : sl. edgewear, clean and unmarked.

Swansea: Celtic Educational services, 1976. Soft cover. VG+. Oblong 16mo, wraps, 48 pp. Condition is VERY GOOD+: sl. cover wear. Delicious.

Chawton, UK: Chawton House Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 1st ed, SIGNED by the author on the title page ["Ava Farmer"], 8vo, blue leatherette boards, 206 pages, bookmark from Chawton House Press enclosed. Condition: NEW. A sequel to Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' wherein we revisit some of Austen's best characters ten years after the close of her most-loved novel. "Ava Farmer" is the nom de plume of Sandy Lerner, founder of the Chawton House Library, home to early women writers, in Chawton England, in the home of Jane Austen's brother Edward Austen Knight.

New York / London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 1st edition (First Published - March, 1932 on copyright page). 8vo, green cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering, 379 pages, color map endpapers of England and Wales, illustrated with nearly 300 original photographs. Condition: VERY GOOD- / no jacket: some rubbing to extremities, back board top corner is bent, spine head is torn, rear hinge is slightly cracked / loose (this is a heavy book), owner name on half-title page. Part of the Newman TravelTalks series, this is an extensive look at a pre-World War II London.

Washington DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 1966. Soft cover. NF. 4th printing, 8vo, stapled wraps, 36 pages, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliiographical essay. NEAR FINE: owner anem inside front cover.

London: Collins, 1964. Soft cover. VG. 432 questions and answers arranged in 38 sections, also 60 essay and discussions subjects and a comprehensive index of Skakespeare's characters." "First published April 1964" on copyright page. 8vo, stapled wraps, 48 pages, decorations by Ian T. Morison. VERY GOOD with some light edgewear, crease to bottom right corner, two owner names inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight throughout. "In what two plays do the directions for the opening scene include "Thunder and lightning"? [call for answer!]

NY: Macmillan, 1905. Hardcover. G+. Later printing [this new edition first published in 1892 by Macmillan]. 24mo, green cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt, 274 pages, [4] pp publisher ads. Condition is GOOD+: a few tiny tears to spine head and tail, front free endpaper has been removed, half-title has 1/2 inch tear at hinge, a faint browning to pages at edges, owner name on fep.

London: Ernest Benn, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 8th ed. (first published in 1924), 16mo, blue cloth, blue top page edge, 269 pages, [8] blank pages for notes, London underground railways map on rear eps, "Sights of London" with admission hours on fep, many maps throughout including the a pull-out iconic tube map, ribbon bookmark. Condition: VERY GOOD / no jacket: light edgewear, light scuffing to rear board, rear hinge just starting but book is clean and tight throughout. A nice copy.

Boston, MA: Little Brown / The Friends of Lyme Regis Museum, 1982. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 0316289876 1st Am edition [stated], 8vo, sea blue cloth, 52 pages, b/w illustrations, map, select bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: remainder spot on top page edge, otherwise just the slightest of edgewear. Fowles's home and central setting to his "The French Lieuenant's Woman" as well as Jane Austen's "Persuasion" [scene of Louisa Musgrove's infamous jump from the Cobb].

Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1967. Soft cover. VG+. 4th edition, 8vo, stapled wraps, 46 pages, b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD+ : slight edgewear and rubbing to spine.

New York: Merrimack Publishing. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1880 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1844S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD: slight edgewear, faint crease and a few faint spots to front cover.

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press., 1974. Soft cover. VG+. Reprint ed. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, 53 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : slight wear.

Philadelphia, PA: P.F. Volland for Public Ledger, 1916. Soft cover. VG-. Julia Dyar Hardy, Ella Dolbear Lee.. Originally published in 1914, this reprint was part of the Juvenile section of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Sunday, May 14, 1916. (the list of published books for children in the rear of the book numbers 12 including this title), last page is an instruction page "How to make up this book," verso of last page is an ad for the Volland edition of Mother Goose. 24mo, wraps, tied with ribbon, [28] pages not including covers, color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD- : lt. edgewear and creasing to covers, lt soiling to covers, pages have lt. edgewear, faint scattered smudging. A charming book!

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. VG+. 1st edition, paperback, 4to, 238 pages, color and b/w illustrations, bibliographical notes, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear.

Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Co., 1902. First Thus Edition . Hardcover. G+. ... edited from the best authorities." 1st thus edition, 8vo, beige cloth / black titles, 436 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is GOOD+: light cover and edge wear, corners bumped, owner name on endpapers, internally clean and tight, excepting pencil sribbles on the front endpapers and bottom page edge, and pen scribbles on the back endpapers which leaves a few tiny punctures and tears: this is the only flaw to the otherwise very nice condition of this book (looks as though a small child was playing school...thankfully he/she never went past the endpapers...!)