Search Results: Titles starting with S from Lippincott Books

Portland, Maine: G. T. Ridlon, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xv, 1250 pp. with index. A history of the towns along the Saco River, with histories of the families and individuals instrumental in their settlement and growth. With folding map, portraits, views of family seats and other illustrations. Maroon cloth, titles gilt,, rules in blind on front and back covers. A very attractive copy. From the library of Francis Greene, author of the History of Boothbay, Southport, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the definitive history of the Boothbay region, with his stamp on recto of the frontispiece and his bookplate on the rear pastedown.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [iv], 316 pp. Blue cloth, titles stamped in orange. Illustrated dustjacket is lightly sunned, has edge wear with a chip at lower spine. "...a vivid narrative, an unusual story of sordid scheming, sincere devotion, dramatic incident, in a setting of exotic cosmopolitan life." Bunco schemes. Hubin.

New York: Macmillan, 1929. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/VG. Red cloth, title stamped in black on front panel and spine, with embossed caveman warrior on the front panel. A series of fictional stories based on warfare in myth and history from the earliest days of mankind to tank warfare in 1916. Stories of Gilgamesh, Alexander the Great, Hannibal and the fall of Carthage, the rise of Arab and Turkish empires, the Crusades, Napoleon, the saga ending with the first World War. Austin wrote a similar collection of historical fiction with a nautical theme: A Saga of the Sea. Fine in scarce dust jacket, with promotional publisher's bookmark, including this title, laid in. In the original dust jacket, price-clipped else VG

Salem: The Essex Institute. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 1924-1930. Blue paper covered boards with pictorial labels of a different ship on each volume, over dark blue cloth spine, with title gilt. 1924-1930. Each volume with numerous plates and index. A clean and bright set; all volumes Very Good to Fine. Series I A History of the Pepper Trade with the Island of Sumatra. II A History of the "Gorge," "Glide," "Taria Topan," and "St Paul," in Trade with Calcutta, East Coast of Africa, Madagascar, and the Philippine Islands. III A History of the " Astrea," "Mindoro," "Sooloo," "Panay," "Dragon," "Highlander," " Shirley," and "Formosa." With some Account of their Masters, and Other Reminiscences of Salem Shipmasters. IV A History of the European, African, Australian and South Pacific Islands Trade as Carried on by Salem Merchants, Particularly the Firm of N. L. Rogers… Read More

NY: Halsted Press, 1988. First Edition . Decorative Hardback Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp, figures, diagrams, b/w photos, appendices, index.

Silverton (CO): Sundance Books, 1978. First Edition . Quarter-leather. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144pp, color & b/w illus. Signed on half-title. Minor rubbing at board corners, light scuffs to rear board, ow fine.

London: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 338 pp. Brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt and black. With bibliography, index. Illustrated with b&w photos, tables, charts, maps, etc. Previous owner's signature on ffep, tail of spine bumped.

Leon, Iowa: Mid-America Book Company, 1970. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 148 pp. With photograph of every salt dish listed. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Spine slant. Dustjacket has some edgewear, rubbing.

NY: Macmillan, 1937. First Printing . Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lankes, J.J.. 114pp, woodcut illustrations. Some spotting to cloth, tape repairs in mylar-protected dj.

Camden (ME): Down East, 1980. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. 159pp

Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1953. Revised Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 263pp, index, b/w illustrations, map. In mylar protector.

NY: Bonanza, 1957. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good+/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 194pp, map endpapers, b/w photographs.

San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., 1918. First Edition . Paper Over Boards. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Author. Full-page b/w photo plates. Several chips along spine paper, rubbing at corners & edges. Binding is weak in rear, but intact, else clean & sound.

New York: William R Scott, 1944. Hardcover. GVG. Fritz Eichenberg. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrations throughout. 1cm nick out of spine bottom, inked-in commentary on last page.

San Jose (CA): Board of Supervisors. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. n.d. (ca 1914), 63pp, map, 4 color plates (inside/outside of front & rear wrapper), numerous sepia photos. One bump to upper right corner, else clean & tight throughout. Rocq 13805. A scarce early promotional pamphlet of Santa Clara County before silicon chips.

Albuquerque: (self-published), 1978. Reissue . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp, index, map. This facsimile reissue limited to 500 copies.

London: Longmans Green, 1930. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283pp, index, bibliography, endpaper maps, photo plates. Black cloth with bright gilt cover title and illustration. Backstrip darkened, else a tight, sound, clean copy of this standard work on the trail.

New York: George Braziller, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 330 pp. Review Copy. The publishers included a glossy print of a photograph of Santayana with the author in Rome which is laid in along with the review slip. Dust jacket has some foxing on panel edges.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 200 pp with index. Blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt title on spine. REVIEW copy with photo & 3 page letter from publisher. A Pulitzer Prize winning historian's "meditation on race".

New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Marjorie Torrey. [ii], 146, [2] pp. Red cloth, spine title stamped in blue, design of apple blossoms blind-stamped on front, decorated endpapers with same design, delightful illustrations. Soiling and wear. Library blind-stamp to first 8 leaves the only markings. Cows, kittens, lambs, a goat, and a burro keep Sarah busy at the new ranch.