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    Sabatini, Rafael:  Heroic Lives.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with repairs to the front hinge. In a good unclipped dust jacket with a 2" deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area and three small narrow chips from the fold to the front flap. 416 pages of text. A collection of six sketches of famous and heroic historical figures to include Richard I; Saitn Francis of Assisi; Joan of Arc; Sir Walter Ralegh; Lord Nelson; and Florence Nightingale.
    TB24678  $95.00



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    Sabatini, Rafael:  The Life of Cesare Borgia.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924, 1930. First revised edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with red-orange text stamping on the spine with a short closed tear to the upper edge of the spine. In a good dust jacket with the original $1.00 price intact but with the upper 1.25" of the spine area missing as well as a 1.5" chip in the center of the spine area and rubbed at the folds. Sabatini was a prolific author and brilliant linguist (6 languages). This was his last of 31 novels. His most famous were Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (1922), and The Sea Hawk (1915).
    TB13573  $31.50



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    Sabatini, Rafael:  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. 387 pages of text illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art. A collection of thirteen short stories.
    TB24677  $30.00



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    Sage, Dean, C. H. Townsend, H. M. Smith and William C. Harris:  Salmon And Trout.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. First Edition. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt design and gilt text on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring *' by 5 1/4" with small surface areas of the cloth on the spine and boards which have been nibbled by silver fish. There is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 417 pages including an index which is followed by a one page ad. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and line drawings within the text. One of the volumes in the publisher's American Sportsman's Library.
    TB27857  $40.00



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    Saint Augustine:  The Confessions of St. Augustine.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Fine in full full, dark brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10'" by 7" containing 296 pages of text. Translated by J. G. Pilkington and with an introduction by George N Shuster and illustrated with paintings by Edy Legrand. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB27205  $60.00




  • Salisbury, Albert & Jane:  Two Captains West.  New York: Bramhall House, 1950. Early reprint. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with a prior owner's name on the fly title page. In a fine dust jacket. A photographic travelog of Lewis and Clark's trail to Oregon. 235 pages including an index, maps, text and photographs throughout. With drawings by Carter Lucas.
    TB15717  $24.50



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    Samuels, Edward A.:  Ornithology And Oology Of New England.  Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1867. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in the publisher's original red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt text on the spine, a gilt embossed bird over a nest on the front board with clay end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4" with a crease to the lower outside corner of the front board and with the cloth at the head and the heel of the spine worn and beginning to fray at the heel. There are a number of early prior owner's names and locations written on the front end pages. One plate was loose which has been professionally reinserted. Nonetheless, the fore edge of that plate became worn during its "free period". 583 pages including an index Illustrated with drawings in the text and with lithographic plates, those of which illustrate eggs are in color. Many of the plates show some spots of foxing. The full title reads: Ornithology And Oology Of New England: containing Full Descriptions of the Birds Of New England, and Adjoining states and Provinces, Arranged By a Long-Approved Classification and Nomenclature; together with a complete History of Their Habits, Times of Arrival and Departure, Their Distribution, Food, Song, Time of Breeding, and A Careful and Accurate Description of Their nests and Eggs; with Illustrations of many Species of the Birds, and accurate figures of their Eggs.
    TB24226  $200.00




  • Sanderson, Michael:  Sea Battles A Reference Guide.  Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of rubbing at the head and heel of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 199 pages containing a bibliography, text with extensive illustrations and maps. The author provides a consise account of the "pricipal sea battles of history" from 449 BC to the end of World War II. 199 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB15890  $20.00



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    Sandoz, Mari:  Crazy Horse The Strange Man of The Oglalas.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with red and blue decorations on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with the cloth in the gutter of the front joint foxed due to a reaction with the glue used in the production of the book. The front end paper shows similar foxing in the hinge areas due to the same issue. There are no ownership marks, labels or book plates. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with very shallow chipping across the upper and lower edges of the spine area and nicks at the fore corners of the panels and a a 3/4" deep by 1 1/4" long chip at the lower edge of the front panel and with the rear panel slightly soiled. 428 pages with the fold-out map at the front of the book.
    TB27714  $200.00



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    Sandoz, Mari:  The Beaver Men.  New York: Hastings House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in decorated light brown cloth covered boards with blind stamping on the front board, gilt text on the spine and map end papers. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with just a hint of soiling to the spine area. A special "Presentation Edition" page tipped-in behind the first free end page and signed by the author. The ninth volume in the American Procession Series and subtitled: Spearheads of Empire. 335 pages including an index followed by a map key.
    TB31184  $200.00



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    Sandoz, Mari:  The Buffalo Hunters.  New York: Hastings House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 burnt orange cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with map end sheets. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area and a 1/4" by 1 1/2 inch chip from the lower edge of the front panel. 372 pages of text and reproductions of contemporary art. The second volume in The American Procession Series.
    TB30038  $55.00




  • Sandoz, Mari:  The Cattlemen.  New York: Hastings House, 1958. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap and with some flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area but no chipping. The 6th volume in the American Procession Series. 527 pages including an index, bibliography, text and a section of photographs. (Adams-Herd 2004)
    TB16455  $52.50




  • Sandoz, Mari:  Son of the Gamblin' Man.  New York: Clarkson & Potter, (1960). First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory colored linen covered boards with a hint of dust staining to the top edge. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with the spine area slightly faded. "A novel based on the lives of John Jackson Cozad and Robert Herri." 333 pages of text.
    TB13872  $35.00




  • Sandoz, Mari:  Old Jules Country.  New York: Hastings House, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket w/ very modest flecking and wear at the top of the spine
    TB03729  $24.50




  • Sanford, John A.:  Song of the Meadowlark.  New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03223  $7.35




  • Santee, Ross:  The Rummy Kid Goes Home and Other Stories of the Southwest.  New York: Hastings House, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and a blue decoration on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap with rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the folds. A collection of sixteeen short stories with illustrations by the author. A very handsome copy!
    TB15241  $17.50



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    Sargent, Winthrop:  The Life And Career Of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General Of The British Army In America.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1861. First Edition. Very good+ in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the cloth over the tips of the boards and with a gift inscription of "Sept. 9 1863" on the secrond free end page. 471 pages of text and appendices followed by 16 pages of ads from Ticknor and Fields illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Major Andre from an engraving.and a map of the lower east side of the North (Hudson) River. (Howes, S-113; Sabin, 77043)
    TB32868  $450.00



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    Sargent, Shirley (Editor):  Seeking the Elephant, 1849 James Mason Hutchins' Journal of his Overland Trek to California.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" with the ghost of a 4" by 1 3/4" label on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. One of only 750 copies printed of the first edition. The full title page reads: "Seeking the Elephant, 1849 James Mason Hutchins' Journal of his Overland Trek to California Including his Voyage to America, 1848 and Letters from the Mother Lode." 209 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and a photographic reproduction of Hutchings" first issue of California Magazine. This is the 12th volume in the American Trails Series by The Arthur H. Clark Company.
    TB26375  $65.00



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    Saroyan, William:  The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.  New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original foil covered light gray cloth covered boards with black text printed on the foil wrap- around band. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint soiling to the covers. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 270 pages of text. A collection of 26 short stories. The title for the book comes from the first story in the text.
    TB32246  $300.00



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    Saroyan, William:  Dear Baby.  London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1945. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. There are two shallow cuts to the cloth at the lower edges of both boards. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with very shallow 1/8" chipping at the ends of the spine area. Signed, dated in the year of publication and warmly inscribed by the author to Vartkes Aharonian on the first free end paper at San Francisco in December 21, 1945. 108 pages of text containing a collection of twenty short stories.
    TB18551  $200.00




  • Saroyan, William:  Sons Come & Go, Mothers Hang In Forever.  New York: McGraw Hill, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very good+ dust jacket with a closed tear at the base of the spine. A memoir of many of the famous personages in this writer's life.
    TB02049  $10.50



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    Sartre, Jean-Paul:  Five Plays.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling on both the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" containing 484 pages of text and illustrated by Robert Borja. The leather over the spine is very slightly faded as are the outside edges of the end sheets. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Included in this volume are Sartre's plays: No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute, and The Condemned Of Altona. An extremely handsome, crisp and clean copy of a very scarce book with Sarte's valuable signature with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
    TB28538  $300.00




  • Sassienie, Paul:  The Comic Book The One Essential Guide for Comic Book Fans Everywhere.  London: Ebury Press, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with a minor bump to the heel of the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 336 pages containing an extensive index of comic titles and their publishers, a glossary of terms, an index of creators, text and hundreds of color photographs.
    TB14581  $28.00



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    Sassoon, Siegfried:  Rhymed Ruminations.  New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Good in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The boards are badly stained from dampness with some leakage through to the end sheets. There is a prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with dampness stains on the verso and with two closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and wear to the folds. 56 pages of text. A collection of 42 poems by Sassoon.
    TB28458  $10.00



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    Sato, Kanzan:  The Japanese Sword A Comprehensive Guide.  Tokyo: Kodansha International, c1983, 2022. Reprint of 2022. Fine in tan and light green patterned paper covered boards with white text on the spine and white text and a chop on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 210 pages including an index, bibliography,glossary and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color images from photographs and from early works of art.
    TB32306  $75.00



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    Saunders, Ruth Thomson:  The Book Of Artists' Own Bookplates.  Claremont, Calif.: Saunders Studio Press, 1933. First Edition, Limited Printing. Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and checkered paper covered boards with a printed, paper title block pasted to the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 5 1/8 inches with the bookplate of a previous owner on the front paste, the cloth at the head of the spine is worn down to the edge of the text block, the cloth at the heel of the spine is worn and rubbed as are the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. One of only 360 copies printed and signed by the author. This copy is identified as number 282 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 87 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with 32 bookplate examples.
    TB28834  $200.00



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    Sawyer, Ruth:  Journey Cake, Ho!.  New York: The Viking Press, (1953). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original, illustrated, cloth covered boards with red text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 1/8 by 7 3/4 inches with the slightest light rubbing to the ends of the spine and tips of the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. 45 pages of text and illustrations by Robert McCloskey. A very handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32100  $150.00



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    Scaeba [Isaac William Stuart]:  Hartford In The Olden Time Its First Thirty Years.  Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1853. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in the publisher's original, highly decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt designs on the spine and on the front board. The cloth of the back strip at the joints is parted by 1" at the upper edge of the book and the cloth at the rear joint is parted by 3"; yet, the binding remains tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket, and probably as issued. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches containing 316 pages of text. Edited by W. M. B. Hartley Illustrated with five steel engravings and a folding map showing the layout of the town as of 1640 with lot owner's names. (Sabin; 30665. Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History; 4889)
    TB28848  $150.00




  • Scamehorn, Howard L.:  The Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush.  Athens: Ohio University Pres, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt and black text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with a modest amount of wear at the spine ends with 1/4" closed tear and light flecking. The edited extracts from the diaries of two members of the cooperative band of men from Ohio, known as the Buckeye Rovers, who traveled west to the California mine fields in the spring of 1849.
    TB05550  $17.50




  • Schaefer, Jack:  The Pioneers.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with red-brown text on the front board and on the spine. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap, two 1/4" chips at the upper edge of the front panel, a closed tear with creasing and a small chip at the base of the front panel, 1/4" chips across the upper edge of the spine area and light chipping across the lower edge and two 1/2" chips on the rear panel at the edges. A collection of eleven short stories by the author of Shane.
    TB09455  $157.50



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    Schaefer, Vincent J. and John A. Day:  The Atmosphere.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1985. Collector's Edition. Fine in dark red textured leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine with a red silk place holder sewn-in at the top of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. A special collector's Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Illustrated with color photographic plates by the authors and line drawings by Christy E. Day. 359 pages including an index. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides.
    TB22929  $20.00



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    Schaeffer, Mead:  Cruise of the Cachalot (Frontispiece).  n. p. : , n. d. (circa 1926). . A fine artist's proof of a print of a whale capsizing a boat which appears as the frontispiece in Frank T. Bullen's book: Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales published by Dodd, Mead and Company. The image measures 9 1/4" by 14" plus margins and is matted and framed in a glass fronted, gilt decorated wooden frame. Signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin together with the penciled notation "A/P" (artist's proof) in the lower left hand corner of the margin. The caption which appears beneath the frontispiece in the above mentioned book reads: "Up flew the broad tail in air and a blow which might have sufficed to stave in the side of the ship strikes the second mate's boat."
    TB26525  $200.00



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    Scheffler, William L.:  Westport and Weston Connecticut.  Charleston, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, (1998). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Postcard History series. 128 pages of text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
    TB29537  $15.00



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    Schiel, Jacob H.:  Journey Through The Rocky Mountains And The Humboldt Mountains To The Pacific Ocean.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1959). First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in lime green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with light soiling to the rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. This is volume 27 in the University of Oklahoma's collection of books referred to as The American Exploration and Travel series. 114 pages of text including a list of other volumes in the American Exploration and Travel Series, an index, bibliography, a list of elevations and locations and text. Originally published in German in 1859, this was the author's account of his participation in the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 from Missouri to explore railroad routes to the Pacific. A lame horse forced his return to the main party, an event which saved his life as Gunnison and the accompanying personnel were massacre by Indians. Schiel then joined the command under Lt. Beckwith which eventually reached the Pacific shore the following year. (Howes, S159)
    TB24815  $45.00



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    Schiff, Stacy:  The Revolutionary Samuel Adams.  Boston: Little, Brown And Company, (2022). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 421 pages including illustration credits, index, bibliography, extensive end notes and text. Illustrated with a section of color and black and white images of earlier works of art and from photographs. Adams was the first to give voice to the idea of independence from Great Britain. He made an annual recognition to the Boston Massacre; he orchestrated the Boston Tea Party yet he could never be directly linked with any mischief he created.
    TB32809  $35.00



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    Schnitzer, Eric, and Don Troiani:  Campaign To Saratoga - 1777 The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War in Paintings, Arttifacts, and Historical Narrative.  Guilford, Conn.: Stackpole Books, (2019). First Edition. Fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 8 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 332 pages of text including extensive chapter notes and text. Illustrated with color drawings and paintings by Don Troiani, maps and images from color photographs. A fine, beautiful, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32050  $50.00




  • Scholefield, Alan:  Berlin Blind.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1980. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with slight fading at the ends of the spine and edges of the boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area.
    TB14055  $4.20



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    Schoolcraft, Henry R.:  Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers With Brief Notices Of Passing Events, Facts And Opinioins, A.D. 1812 To A.D. 1842.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo And Co., 1851. First Edition. Good in its original light brown, blind embossed cloth covered boards with gilt text and embossing on the spine and decorative embossing on the boards. An octavo of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with an early prior owner's name on the verso of the first free end page and with a dampness stain to the rear of the book which has warped the upper half of the rear board and caused a water stain to the upper half of the last 80 pages in the book. In addition, the pages of the contents show mild foxing throughout. 703 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Howes considers this title "quite scarce" who also notes that not all copies contain the frontispiece portrait. (Howes, S-190; Sabin, 7787; Graff, 3699; Field 1377)
    TB30921  $250.00



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    Schoolcraft, Henry R.:  The American Indians, Their HIstory, Condition And Prospects From Original Notes And Manuscripts.  Buffalo: George H. Derby And Co., 1851. New Revised Edition of 1851. In a fine, black cloth binding applied in 1979 with a black gilt text label on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. Part of the original cloth over the rear board is pasted to the rear fixed end sheet. The contents are generally in very good condition with occasional spots of foxing throughout, an early prior owner's name at the upper fore corner of the title page. and a dampness stain in the lower fore corner of pages 13 through133 which does not impact on the readability of the text. A handwritten, pencil note on the rear end sheet states that the rebinding was done in August of 1979 by Craftsman Bookbinders of Portland, Maine. Bound-in at the rear of the text is a prospectus for John Quincy Adams' book on Madison and Monroe. 495 pages of text. Illustrated by a frontispiece and seven plates. This title was originally published in 1845 in New York under the title: Oneota, Or Characteristics of The Red Race of America. (Howes, S-188)
    TB30922  $225.00



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    Schooler, Lynn:  The Last Shot The Incredible Story Of The CSS Shenandoah And The True Conclusion Of The American Civil War.  New York: Ecco an imprint of HarperCollins, (2005). First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 208 pages including a bibliography.
    TB24875  $25.00



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    Schuler, Stanley:  The Cape Cod House America's Most Popular Home.  Exton, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, (1982). First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. A quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with minor, faint spots of foxing to only the title page and the last page of the text. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area and at the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards and a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 144 including an index and text. Illustrated throughout with 143 images from black and white and color images from photographs.
    TB30666  $20.00




  • Schullery, Paul:  The Bears of Yellowstone.  Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, In, 1986. First Revised Edt.. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a deeply price clipped jacket flap, else fine The first edition of this book was published in 1980. It was revised by the author by re-writing the section on the natural history of the bears to reflect the new knowledge that had been learned on the ecology of the Yellowstone grizzly bears. 263 pages with index, text, sketches and photographs.
    TB07180  $31.50




  • Schullery, Paul:  Searching for Yellowstone.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boars with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. Sub-titled: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. Schullery combines his 25 years of experience at Yellowstone Park with extensive research to proivide the first true environmental history of the Park.
    TB10595  $30.00




  • Schullery, Paul:  Mountain Time.  New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1984. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. As a Yellowstone Park ranger and naturalist this author was able to craft a superb picture of the balance the park plays with its nature and the tourists that come to visit. Well reviewed.
    TB15710  $30.00




  • Schultz, Ken:  The Complete Book of Sport Fishing.  New York: Mallard Press, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light green paper covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board and with a 1/2" ding to the upper edge. In a near fine dust jacket due to two 1" closed tears at the upper and lower edges of the front panel. Overall an outstanding copy! A folio measuring 14.25' x 10.25" containing 191 pages of index, text, drawings, color photographs arranged in chapters dealing with Equipment, Techniques and Species of fish. A Beautiful book!
    TB07225  $24.50




  • Schussler, Edith M.:  Doctors, Dynamite and Dogs.  Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1956. First Edition. Near fine in gray cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear to the front panel and 1/16" chips to the spine ends. A chronicle of the events around the building of the St. Paul Pass railroad tunnel through the Bitterroot Range and the St. Joe, Idaho spur between 1907 to 1909 in the area of Taft, Montana. A story of a turbulent time with shoot outs and shoot ups.
    TB06062  $50.00



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    Schwartz, Evan I:  Finding Oz How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 purple and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets of "The Marvelous Land of Oz". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3 inch deep closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap and very light rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. 374 pages including an index, chapter notes, postscripts, epilogue and text. Illustrated with black and white images from photographs.
    TB32541  $25.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  Lady Of The Lakes (Mauchline Ware).  London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Reprint of 1866. This Scottish souvenir is in near fine condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Sir Walter Scott and the title is Lady Of The Lake. The manufactures of this product were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This handsome book is a 24mo of 5 7/8 by 3 3/4 inches with all edges of the text block gilt The front board is illustrated with an untitled scene somewhere in Scotland. The rear board is printed with the following: "Warranted oak from Stirling Castle of the Royal Palace And bought in the Douglas Room".
    TB32268  $300.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  The Scottish Keepsake, or The Songs of The Arshire Bard - Mauchline Ware.  Mauchline, Arshire, Scotland: William and Andrew Smith, no date (circa 1860). . This Scottish souvenir is in very good condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Robert Burns and the title is Songs of Burns. The manufactures and publishers of this little book were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. As demand for these souvenirs grew, Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This tiny volume is a 32mo of 4 3/8 by 2 3/4 inches and is illustrated on the front board with a scene of Dunkeld "the Eden of the north". The rear board is illustrated with a scene of The Hermitage in Dunfeld. The hinge and joint for the rear board have separated allowing the rear board to be loose from the text block. All edges of the text block are gilt. 133 pages of text.
    TB32269  $200.00



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    Scott, Sir Walter:  The Vision of Don Roderick, The Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems.  Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. Third Edition. Near fine in a recent full, burgundy leather binding with gilt text stamping and rules on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5" with marbled edges to the text block which is clean, bright and completely free of foxing or tanning and without any prior owner's names, book plates or markings. Without a dust jacket as it most probably never had one. 264 pages of text. A collection of 26 poems. With page 159 misnumbered as called for in William B. Todd's and Ann Bowden's extensive bibliography of Sir Walter Scott A Bibliographical History. (Todd, 59Ai) A beautifully bound copy of a fine Edinburgh edition of Scotland's most famous bard.
    TB24168  $140.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  Ivanhoe.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. Early reprint. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with an illustrated paper plate affixed to the front board. There is modest rubbing and wear to the head of the spine and several white splotches of paint to the rear board. The paste-on label has no wear loss, or rubbing. A gift inscription has been written on the front free end paper and there is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the fly title page. There are no marks or notations in the book although the front hinge has been repaired and there is minor dampness staining and wrinkling to the first three end papers. With illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover. 515 pages with all 9 color plates present.
    TB15495  $52.50



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    Scott, Sir Walter:  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.  New York: T. Y. Crowell, no date. Reprint. Very good in highly decorated red cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt and black embossing on the spine and front board with gilt fore, top and bottom edges. With 580 numbered pages.
    TB12110  $17.50




  • Scott, Bart., Sir Walter:  Quentin Durward.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Reprint of 1933. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine quite faded and with moderate wear and rubbing to the head and heel of the spine. There are no marks or notations anywhere in the book and there is not rubbing or loss to the illustrated plate fixed to the front board. A clean copy of one of The Scribner's Illustrated Classics for young readers. With illustrations by the C. Bosseron Chambers. With all 9 black and white and colore plates present as well as the title page illustration.
    TB15580  $14.00



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    [Scott, Sir Walter]:  The Life Of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor Of The French With A Preliminary View Of The French Revolution.  Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. First Edition In Original Boards. All three volumes of this complete set are in good condition each bound it their original, 1/4 tan cloth and blue paper covered boards with the remnants of their paper labels on the spines. Each is a small octavo of 9 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the top edges trimmed and the other edges rough cut. All three volumes suffer from dampness stains to the margins and the last 18 pages of volume II the damp staining is more extensive. All three volumes show an early prior owner's name (A. D. Smith) scattered throughout and, as stated above, the paper labels only remain in part. Volume I contains 516 pages. Volume II contains 399 pages and volume III contains 366 pages followed by an appendix of 69 pages which is followed by a two page errata.
    TB30801  $200.00




  • Scully, Vincent:  New World Visions of Household Gods & Sacred Places American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1650-1914.  Boston: New York Graphic Society and Little Brown and Company, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with moderate wear at the upper edge of the spine area. 183 pages including an index, text and heavily illustrated with black and white and color plates and photographs throughout.
    TB20118  $10.00




  • Sears, Stephen W. (Editor):  The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan Selected Correspondence 1860-1865.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with small gilt text stamping on the spine with a black remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 651 pages including an index, index of addressees and text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of McClellan. Over half of the 813 letters and dispatches printed within this volume are published for the first time making this a new and valuable resource for specialists of the War Between the States.
    TB18990  $30.00




  • Seattle, Chief:  Brother Eagle, Sister Sky.  New York: Dial Books, 1991. First Scholatic Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket.
    TB02989  $10.00



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    Secretary of the Navy:  Letter from The Secretary of the Navy, of the Twenty-Seventh Instant, To The chairman of the Naval Committee, together with sundry documents. December 31, 1813. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States..  Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1813. . Recently bound in royal blue cloth covered boards with a paper label on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5". The contents show only light tanning and a few minor spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 19 pages comprising letters detailing the victory of USS Enterprise against HMS Boxer on Sept. 5, 1813 off the coast of Monhegan Island, Maine; and, letters from Oliver Hazard Perry detailing the victory of the US squadron on Lake Erie over the British squadron occurring on September, 10, 1813.
    TB26978  $60.00



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    Sekigawa, Eiichiro:  Airview's German Military Aircraft in The Second World War.  Tokyo: Kantosha Co., Ltd., 1960. Second Edition of 1960. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. Without a dust jacket. 160 pages of text and tables describing the German aircraft of World War II. This volume is entirely in English.
    TB20655  $15.00



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    Selesky, Harold E.:  War and Society in Colonial Connecticut.  New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches with faint spotting on the boards and spine. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with nicks to the coloring at the upper edge of the spine area and to the upper fore corner of the front panel. 278 pages including an index, bibliography and text. A treatis on the development of Connecticut's military buildup from the point of its initial settlement in 1635 dealing with the Indian threat, followed by the constant wars with the French in Canada from 1689. The examination ends with the start of the American Revolution in 1775.
    TB33013  $30.00



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    Selleck, Rev. C. M.:  Scenes In Fairfied County Published in Twelve Parts.  Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1893. . A complete collection of twelve folios each within printed, heavy paper wraps over stapled bindings. Each folio measures 13 1/4 by 10 13/16 inches. Each of these folios (or "Parts") are protected within clear, polyester, archival sleeves. All twelve folios are contained within a cardboard box. The parts vary in conditions ranging from very good to near fine with any damage limited to chipping to the wraps or separation at the fold of the wrapper. Each of the twelve parts typically contain 8 pages all printed on the recto sides. (Part 2 contains only 6 pages.) At least one page in each is printed text by Rev. C. M. Selleck. The rest of the pages are illustrated with fine black and white photographs of scenes along the Norwalk River, large attractive Victorian homes in Danbury, Wilton, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich. The majority of the photographs are of scenes, homes, or institutional buildings are in Norwalk. Of interest are unusual photographs of early saw mills on the Norwalk River, harbor scenes of Norwalk and South Norwalk, the Col. Frank Roberts Military School, the hotel at Roton Point, the Norwalk Club, Belle Island, There is no indication of the name of the photographer. No copies of this title are listed for sale on the Internet at this time and no copies could be found on OCLC.
    TB29723  $450.00



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    Sellins, Alvin:  The Stanley Plane A History And Descriptive Inventory.  n.p.: The Early American Industries Association, c. 1975, 1982. Fifth Printing of 1982. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price), dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. 216 pages including a cross reference index, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and black and white photographs.
    TB28831  $40.00




  • Selzer, Richard:  Down From Troy A Doctor Comes of Age.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 white cloth and paper covered boards with a red remainder dot on the bottom edge. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author, both a surgeon and writer, returns to his hometown in upstate New York to recount his coming of age.
    TB13519  $7.00



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    Sendak, Maurice:  Where The Wild Things Are.  : Harper & Row Publishers, . Reprint of 1974, c1963. Near fine in 1/4 dark gray cloth and illustrated, paper covered boards with bold black text on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 7/8 by 10 inches. In a very good unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket with a 1 1/2 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, and two 1 inch long closed tears to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel. Signed by the author/artist on the fly title page just beneath the title of the book. Unpaginated but containing 40 pages. Illustrated throughout from color paintings. Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal "for the most distinguished Picture Book of the Year".
    TB32895  $350.00




  • Sendak, Maurice:  Nutcracker.  New York: Crown Publishing, 1984. First Crown Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Text by E. T. A. Hoffman and illustrations by Sendak.
    TB11044  $31.50



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    Serrao, John:  The Wild Palisades of the Hudson.  Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/4". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, modest rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area and with the same to the upper fore corners of the panels at the folds to the flaps. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the first free end page. (169) pages including an index, appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawing maps for numerous trails, black and white photographs and a large section of color photographs.
    TB24970  $50.00




  • Service, Robert W:  Rhymes of a Red Cross Man.  New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. First Edition, First printing. Very good in green cloth covered boards with the gilt text stamping on the spine rather faded. Without a dust jacket. 192 pages.
    TB00066  $10.50



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    Seton Thompson, Ernest:  The Trail of the Sandhill Stag.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in the publisher's original light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt on green title block on the front board and with light green end sheets with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5 3/4" with the edges of the boards flexible boards tilted inward and with very light soiling to the front board. Without a dust jacket as existent copies are seldom seen. 93 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and 60 drawings by the author/artist 7 of which are full page plates. There are no markings, gift inscriptions or book plates within this copy. The hinges and joints are tight and strong with all pages tight. Uncommon in such nice condition.
    TB24758  $40.00




  • Settle, Mary Lee:  Charley Bland.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1989. Signed First Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 5/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 207 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Leslie W. Bowman. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. Laid-in is a two page letter on heavy stock from the publisher describing the author and this title.
    TB21296  $45.00



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    Settle, Raymond W. and Mary Lund Settle (Editors):  Overland Days To Montana in 1865 .  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches with a prior owner's address label at the upper corner of the front paste down and with a narrow 2" long scratch to the cloth on the front board. Else fine. Without its issued, unprinted, plain, brown paper dust jacket. One of only 1,650 copies printed. 232 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with a number of black and white photographs and a fold-out map of the Overland Route to Montana. Subtitled: The Diary of Sarah Raymond and Journal of Dr. Waid Howard. This is the eighth volume in the American Trail Series by The Arthur H. Clark Company.
    TB24138  $32.00



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    Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]:  Green Eggs and Ham.  New York: Beginner Books by Random House, 1960. Later Printing. Near fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with the spine area faded from orange to a light yellow. There are also two, small faint stamp marks in the upper right corner of the first free end page; one shows the letter S surrounded by a circle and the second showing 51B2. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with fading to the spine area around the fold to the front panel to a depth of 1 1/4 inch and across the upper 1 1/8 inch of the front panel. This fading has caused the orange colored jacket to appear off white in the faded areas. The jacket is a later state as the words "only 50 Different Words" is printed on the front flap of the jacket and with 25 other titles by Dr. Seuss listed on the rear flap instead of the rear panel. 62 pages of text and color illustrations.
    TB26357  $25.00




  • Sewall, John S.:  The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1995. First edition. Fine in decorated dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and a gilt top edge to the text block. Still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. The Lakeside Classic release of 1995. Sub-titled: Adventures in the China Sea. The first book in the series to begin to explore the narratives of Americans to travel outside of the borders of the US.
    TB15052  $20.00



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    Seward, Senator William H.:  Speech of William H. Seward, For The Immediate Admission Of Kansas Into The Union. Senate Of The United States, April 9, 1854..  Washington, DC: Printed by Buell & Blanchard, 1854. . Unbound sheets in very good condition with some tanning in the margins. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6". A single sheet folded three time with16 numbered pages of double column text. (Sabin, 79572)
    TB27460  $25.00




  • Shaara, Jeff:  Gods and Generals.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with very slight crimping to cloth at the heel of the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. This author is the son of Michael Sahara who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels. And, the son writes a moving and accurate account of the years which preceded Gettysburg. 498 pages.
    TB20098  $40.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  A Midsummer-Night's Dream.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Edition. Very good in its original, gilt decorated 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the ends of the spine with much of the gilt text on the spine worn and rubbed. Many of the pages at the beginning and end of the text block are mildly spotted with foxing, but with with one exception (the plate facing page 32 has two short closed tears which have been professionally repaired) no damage, tanning or foxing to the color plates. 134 pages of text. Illustrated with a tipped-on, color frontispiece and 39 tipped-on, color plates all with printed tissue guards as well as vignettes for a total of 70 images from the art work of Arthur Rackham. (Hudson: Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.168)
    TB32914  $250.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare The Complete Works Annotated Deluxe Edition.  New York: Greenwich House, (1983). Deluxe Edtion, Second Printing. Fine in full, red, bonded leather covered boards with elaborated gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with an illustration of the Globe Theater. The end sheets are marbled paper and the three edges of the text block are gilt. A heavy and thick small quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 2363 pages of text with illustrations in black and white from engravings throughout by Sir John Gilbert. Edited by Howard Staunton "with annotations and commentary by Samuel Taylor Colderidge, Samuel Johnson and others". Due to the size and weight of this volume extra shipping charges must be applied.
    TB33152  $40.00



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    Shakespeare, Nicholas:  Priscilla The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France.  New York: HarperCollins, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 ivory cloth and paper covered boards with black text and borders on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with printed end sheets with a hint of wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket 423 pages followed by a list of picture credits. Illustrated from black and white photographs.
    TB30971  $15.00



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    Shank, William H.:  The Canals of New York State.  York, Penn.: The American Canal and Transportation Center, 1995. Second Printing. Fine in illustrated heavy paper wraps with a double stapled binding. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2". Without a dust jacket as issued. 60 pages of text illustrated with maps and extensive black and white photographs.
    TB23062  $15.00



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    Shannon, Joseph:  Manual Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York.  New York: E. Jones & Co., Printer, 1868. . Very good in its original dark red, pebbled cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt text and designs on the spine and the New York City seal on the front board. A thick octavo measuring 8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches with two 1/8" deep chips to the cloth at the head of the spine and fraying to the rest of that edge and the cloth at the heel of the spine is completely worn down to the edge of the text block. The first free end page has been torn away (it was blank) and now replaced allowing for a reinforced front hinge, the rear hinge is starting and several of the plates towards the rear of the volume have dampness stains on their margins. One of the hand colored plates (facing p792) is torn so that only about 1/3rd of the plate remains. 912 pages of tables and text. Illustrated throughout. At the front of the book is the hand-colored, fold-out map of Manhattan which is largely undamaged or worn. Near the rear of the book is the very large, fold-out map of upper Manhattan above 86th Street to illustrate the Battle of Harlem Heights. Other than a few un-necessary creases, this map is also undamaged. The large, engraved bird's eye map of the city and it environs has a number of closed tears, but no losses. This copy is further illustrated with 9 black and white plates, 11 color plates, two-fold out plates and 76 engravings within the text.
    TB29399  $400.00



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    Shapiro, Michael Edward and Peter H. Hassrick:  Frederic Remington The Masterworks.  New York: Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams Inc. , c1988, 1991. 1991 Reprint. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 271 pages including and index, chapter notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with 180 images with 83 plates in full color. A beautiful, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32409  $60.00



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    Shapiro, Adrian M. Jackson R. Bryer and Kathleen Field:  Carson McCullers A Descriptive Listing and Annotated Bibliography of Criticism.  New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine are slightly rubbed and the top edge of the text block is dust stained. Without a dust jacket. 315 pages including an index and text. A bibliographic source listing books, contributions, periodicals and books about the author.
    TB30006  $20.00




  • Sharake, Edwin:  The Borderland.  New York: Hyperion Books, 2000. Second Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A novel about Texas during the time of the Republic set in 1839.
    TB12064  $4.90




  • Sharp, Paul F.:  Whoop-Up Country The Canadian-American West, 1865-1885.  Helena: Historical Society of Montana, 1955, 1960. First thus, second edition. Near fine in brick red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a black illustration on the front board and illustrated end papers with a prior owner's name and address neatly written on the front free end paper. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and light soiling to the panels. The author, a note historian, researched the extensive files of the Montana and Canadian archives to recreate the "Canadian-American romance" of twenty years which was instrumental in the building of the West. It is a story of "rare adventure and frenzied commerce" lead by "whiskey- traders, fur men, money-changers, merchant princes, bullwhackers, wolfers, buffalo robe-hunters, savageBalackfeet, sly Assinibonine and Gros Ventre, con-men and cattlemen...." 347 pages inclduing an index, chapter notes, text and with extensive illustrations by Charles M. Russell and with an introduction by Michael Kennedy. The first edition of the book was produced in 1955 by The University of Minnesota Press. This edition is the first illustrated edition.
    TB17553  $60.00



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    Sharpe, Philip B.:  The Rifle In America.  Fairfax, Virginia: The Firearms Classics Library of The Nation Rifle Association, 1995. Special Collector's Edition. Fine in full black leather pigskin covered boards with gilt text and decorations between five raised bands on the spine and with gilt borders and decorations on the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk, all edges of the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8". 641 pages of text including an index, an index of illustrations, appendices and illustrated throughout with line drawings, steel engravings and reproductions of photographs. A special, facsimile reprint of the first edition of this title which was originally printed in New York in 1938 by William Morrow and Company. An extremely handsome, tight, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's marks, notations or book plates.
    TB24370  $75.00




  • Shatraw, Milton:  Thrashin' Time Memories of a Montana Boyhood.  Palo Alto: American West Pub., 1970. First Edition. Near fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with minor light foxing to the fore and top edges with underlinings on first 6 pages. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. With illustrations by Jody Primoff. The book is a memoir of the author's life as a boy growing up on the Montana Plains just east of the mountains which today form Glacier National Park. A thoughful and provacative account of life on a farm/ranch at the turn of the century.
    TB10997  $35.00




  • Shaughnessy, Jim:  Delaware & Hudson.  Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1967. 5th Printing of Nov., 1974. Fine in olive green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board and with decorated end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the upper edge of the front panel & with a 1/4" deep chip on the rear panel. "The history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal nework to transport coal." "The bridge line to New England and Canada." With 488 pages, 625 illustrations, album, roster, maps, appendix and an index.
    TB15228  $40.00



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    Shaw, George Bernard:  Two Plays For Puritans.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A quarto measuring 11 3/16" tall by 6 1/2" deep containing 215 pages of text. Two plays by George Bernard Shaw titled: The Devil's Disciple and Caesar and Cleopatra. Illustrated with drawings by George Him. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. With a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end page; otherwise, a beautiful, tight, clean copy with no dates, notations or inscriptions.
    TB22799  $60.00



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    Shaw, Irwin:  Bread Upon The Waters.  New York: Delacorte Press, (1981). Signed Limited Edtion. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine, a gilt rule on both boards and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with marbled end sheets with all edges of the text block gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine dark blue leather covered slip case with the author's facsimile signature on one panel. One of only 500 limited edition copies signed by the author on the second free end page with this copy identified as number 66. 438 pages of text. An extremely handsome, tight, clean and unread copy with no prior owner marks, notations or book plates.
    TB25076  $40.00



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    Shaw, Peter:  American Patriots and the Rituals of Revolution.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with a gift inscription on the front free end page. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. 279 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. The author "explores the interactions of personal conscience, crises, and crowds, as America moved toward war." (from the jacket flap).
    TB24603  $25.00




  • Shea, Micahel:  Maritime England.  London: Country Life Books, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with the upper edges of the front board faded as is the upper edge of the spine and with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine dust jacket with the price clipped by the publisher so that a new sticker price could be applied to the book. 208 pages containing an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with extensive photographs throughout to highlight the nautical history and heritage of Great Britain.
    TB16642  $8.00




  • Sheldon, Sidney:  Nothing Lasts Forever.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area.
    TB14056  $5.00



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    Shenon, Philip:  A Cruel And Shocking Act The Secret History Of The Kennedy Assassination.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 625 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. A tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB26961  $30.00




  • Shepard, Betty:  Bound for Battle The Cruise of the US Frigate Essex in the War of 1812.  New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, the spine area is faded and with shallow chips at the corners of the spine area and rubbing at the folds. The captain of the Essex, Captain David Porter, orginally wrote this journal which was edited and condensed by Ms. Shepard. 221 pages containing a glossary text & illustrations.
    TB13066  $17.00




  • Shepherd, Jane Bushnell:  From New Haven to Madison in the Sixties and Other Madison Sketches.  New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor co., 1931. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and on the front board. In a good dust jacket with a narrow 2" chip from the upper edge of the front panel and the same at the upper edge of the spine area. 130 pages illustrated with a photographic frontispiece. A collection of reminiscences of New Haven and Madison, Connecticut during the mid-1800's.
    TB18617  $30.00



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    Sheridan, Richard Brinsley:  The Rivals.  New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., c1884, 1907. Reprint of 1907. Very near fine in its original olive drab cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt text on the spine and on the front board designed by Margaret Armstrong in an art nouveau style. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 6 inches with the cloth over the spine faded to a light brown and with a dated (1907) Christmas gift inscription in ink on the first free end page 132 pages of text (some of which remain unopened). Illustrated with a color frontispiece from an engraving and with 17 black and white plates from engravings. The author's first play.
    TB32294  $65.00



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    Sheridan, R. B.:  The School For Scandal A Comedy.  Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited Edition. Very good- in ivory paper covered boards. There is a prior owner's book plate tipped-in on the first free end page. There is mild foxing to the end sheets. A Quarto measuring 11 1/4" tall by 6 3/4" deep containing 143 pages of wove paper followed by the limitation page and three blank leaves. Without a dust jacket as issued and lacking the issued slipcase and protective chemise One of only 1,500 copies printed. This copy is identified as number 1,236 and it is signed by the illustrator, Rene Ben Sussan on the limitation page. Illustrated with hand colored etchings by Rene Ben Sussan.
    TB22846  $30.00



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    Sherman, Harold M.:  Tahara Boy Mystic of India, Tahara Boy King Of The Desert, and Tahara In Land Of Yucatan.  Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, (1933). All First Editions. All three volumes are in near fine condition in decorated red and green cloth covered boards with black text on the spines and black decorations and text on the front boards. All are 12mos of 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches with all pages of the text block uniformly tanned due to the high acidity of the paper used in printing. All three volumes are in very good+ dust jackets with modest wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine areas. Tahara Boy Mystic of India contains 252 pages of text. Tahara Boy King Of The Desert contains 250 pages of text. Tahara In Land Of Yucatan contains 246 pages of text.
    TB32082  $75.00



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    Sherry, Allen:  New Haven Division, Murray Hill To Cedar Hill.  Hopatcong, N.J.: Parlor Car Enterprises, 1988. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 96 pages of text and illustrated throughout with both black and white and color photographs and a map.
    TB29199  $25.00



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    Shore, W. Teignmouth (Editor):  The Baccarat Case: Gordon-Cumming v. Wilson and Others.  New York: Gryphon Editions, 1992. Special Edition. Fine in 1/2 dark red leather and decorated red cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments, gilt decorations stamped on the front and rear boards, marbled end sheets and with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The three edges of the text block are gilt. With the book plate of a prior owner affixed to a rear end page. Without a dust jacket as issued. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" high by 5 1/4" deep. One of the volumes in The Notable Trials Library. 294 pages of text representing a facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1932 published by William Hodge & Company. A tight, clean and crisp copy.
    TB22932  $30.00



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    Siegel, Jerry, and Joe Shuster:  Superman Sunday Classics Strips 1-183 1939-1943.  New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., (2006). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in purple paper covered boards with a color image of Superman on the front board. An oblong octavo of 9 by 11 7/8 inches with a small ding to the lower edge of the front board. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with tiny nicks to the upper and lower fore corners of the spine area at the fold to the front panel. 191 pages of comics all in color.
    TB29904  $90.00



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    Sieller, William Vincent:  Green Water for a Granite Valley.  Francestown, NH: The Golden Hill Press, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 leatherette and decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations stamped on the front board with faint spots of foxing on the edges of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light soiling and tanning to the panels and folds. Signed by the author on the title page and warmly inscribed with the author's initials on the first free end paper. A collection of 55 poems dealing with the seasons of New England contained on 80 pages of text.
    TB15665  $10.00




  • Silko, Leslie Marmon:  Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03342  $12.25



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    [Silliman, Benjamin]:  Remarks Made On A Short Tour Between Hartford And Quebec in the Autumn of 1819.  New Haven: S. Converse, 1824. Second Edition, with corrections and additions. Near fine in a recent light brown cloth binding with gilt text and borders stamped on the spine and new end sheets. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 3/4 inches Without a dust jacket. 443 pages of text with an engraved title page and a printed title page. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine engraved plates by Simon S. Jocelyn. Silliman was a noted American chemist, geologist and educator at Yale. He was Yale's first professor of chemistry and natural history. In this trip Silliman provides comment not only on sites and landmarks, but also the topography and geology of the areas he traveled. (Howes S-459; Sabin 81042)
    TB28823  $150.00



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    Silverberg, Robert:  Dying Inside.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2". The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. Containing 245 pages of text. With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. With artwork by Frank Kelly Freas and with an introduction by Richard D. Erlich. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25938  $50.00



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    Silverster with text by Jacques Soustelle, Hans:  The Route Of The Incas.  New York: Viking Press, 1977. First English Edition. Fine in maroon paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 3/16" tall by 11 5/8" deep unpaginated containing text and illustrated with maps and numerous color photographs.
    TB19361  $25.00



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    Simmons, Amelia:  American Cookery or the Art of Dressing.  n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1963. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and printed paper covered boards with marbled paper end sheets and with the top edge of the text block stained light green. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine, illustrated paper covered slip case with minor soiling on the ends. The Christmas 1963 issue by Westvaco which is the 6th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 106 pages of text illustrated with line drawings and decorations.
    TB28218  $90.00



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    Simon, Neil:  The Prisoner of Second Avenue.  New York: Random House, (1972). Book of The Month Club Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price of course) dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Marsha Mason and Richard Dryfus who were starts of the film version of this title. 88 pages of script.
    TB30588  $50.00



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    Simon, Neil:  The Play Goes On.  New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in /14 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription "To Carolyn and Kent" on the title page. 348 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a section of images from black and white photographs.
    TB32041  $30.00



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    Simon, Neil:  Brighton Beach Memoirs.  New York: Random House, (1984). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 orange cloth and white paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with faint spots of what may be foxing to the white paper covered boards. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 130 pages of script.
    TB30590  $20.00



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    Simper, Robert:  British Sail.  North Pomfret, Vermont: David & Charles, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 9" deep with a prior owner's name written on the title page. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. 160 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB23075  $20.00



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    Simpson, Thomas:  A Treatise Of Algebra: Wherein the Principles Are Demonstrated.  Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1809. First American Edition based on the Eighth London Edition. Very near fine in a contemporary full leather (sheep) binding with a gilt stamped, red leather title label on the spine and gilt stamped rules on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches with what was probably a book plate on the front paste down, a dampness stain on the upper edges of the first three pages (which includes the title page with no intrusion of that stain to the printed text) and with a five digit number stamped in blue at the lower edge of the first page to the Author's Preface. The pages of the text block are uniformly tanned with age and do not show any foxing. 400 pages of text and illustrated with algebraic expressions and geometrical illustrations. The full title reads: "A Treatise Of Algebra: Wherein the Principles Are Demonstrated, And Applied In Many Useful And Interesting Inquiries, And In The Resolution Of A Great Variety Of Problems Of Different Kinds. To Which Is Added, The Geometrical Construction OF A Great Number Of Linear And Plane Problems, With The Method Of Resolving The Same Numerically."
    TB28728  $125.00




  • Simpson, Elizabeth:  Earthlight, Wordfire The Work of Ivan Doig.  Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1992. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and lime colored paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. fine. Signed & dated by the author on the fly title page. The author provides a thorough study of the literary works of Ivan Doig. His core novels o This House of Sky, Dancing at the Rascal Fair, Winter Brothers and the Sea Runners are analyzed in great detail. 208 pages containing an index, text and photographs.
    TB13703  $85.00



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    Simpson, Charles T.:  Florida Wild Life Observations On The Flora And Fauna Of The State And The Influence of Climate And Environment On Their Development.  New York: The MacMillan Company, 1932. First Edition. Very good+ in olive green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2". Without a dust jacket. 199 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and black and white photographic plates throughout.
    TB27090  $60.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  Lost in America.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 500 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 104 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 259 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
    TB29083  $125.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  A Young Man in Search of Love.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. The cloth over the spine is slightly faded. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 300 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 43 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 177 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
    TB29082  $90.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  Shosha.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1978). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with very slight fading to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with several very short closed tears to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the first free end page without any inscription. 277 pages of text. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29031  $35.00



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    Singleton, Esther:  Dutch New York.  New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in 1/4 light green buckram and dark green paper covered boards with dark green text on the spine with gilt decoration and gilt text on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the front hinge cracked, but professionally reinforced and with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. Laid-in at the front of the book are a collection of 14 black and white photographs of New York City skyscrapers taken in the mid-1920's. 360 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an earlier work of art and with images throughout from black and white photographs, line art and other reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB31988  $150.00



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    Siringo, Charles A.:  Riata and Spurs The Story of a Lifetime spent in the Saddle as Cowboy and Detective.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text on the spine and front board. With rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a 1/3" and a 1" coffee (?) splatter on the front board and with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end paper. There is a separation after the fly title page making the binding a bit shaken; but, there are no missing or loose pages. Without its issued dust jacket. 276 pages of text and illustrated with 21 black and white photographs. This is the original first edition of the title with the pages regarding the Pinkerton Agency which were suppressed by court action in the year of publication. (6Guns 2030) Howes considers this printing to be "quite scarce". (Howes S517)
    TB19423  $125.00




  • Sitwell, Edith:  The Song of the Cold.  New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with light blue text and decorations & with a long gift inscription on the front FEP. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with light wear wear around the extremes. A collection of 34 poems.
    TB11600  $10.50



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    Skelton, R. A. and R. V. Tooley:  The Marine Surveys Of James Cook In North America 1758-1768 particularly the Survey of Newfoundland A bibliography of printed charts and sailing-directions.  London: The Map Collector's Circle, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in heavy paper printed wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 7 1/4" with slight staining to the front panel and a handwritten title on the narrow spine. Without a dust jacket. Laid-in at the front of this copy is the small, single page of errata. Number 37 as part of the fourth volume (1966/1967) of the Map Collector's Series. 32 pages of text followed by followed by 22 plates of photographic reproductions one of which folds-out. A bright clean copy with no prior ownership markings.
    TB27644  $125.00



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    Skues, G. E. M.:  The Way of a Trout with a Fly And Some Further Studies In Minor Tactics.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, black leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments and with gilt designs and borders on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 271 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of flies. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A bright, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's plates, names, dates or notations.
    TB33047  $75.00



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    Skues, G. E. M.:  Minor Tactics Of The Chalk Stream And Kindred Studies.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1996). Collector's Edition. Fine in medium brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in five compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches. The book is still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. Edited with a special new introduction by John McDonald. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. 133 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. An unread and un-opened copy in perfect condition.
    TB32505  $65.00



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    Slaughter, Thomas P.:  Exploring Lewis and Clark Reflections on Men and Wilderness.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author shines a new light on the expedition by re-examining the journals and "Lewis's and Clark's misinterpretations of the worlds they passed through and the people in them." 231 pages including an index and illustrated with facsimile reproductions from pages in the journals.
    TB20955  $18.00



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    Sleicher, John A. (Editor):  Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Volume CXXVI, No. 3261; March 2, 1918.  New York: Leslie-Judge Company, March 2, 1918. . Very good+ in wraps with a double stapled binding. A folio measuring 14 by 10 1/2 inches with a faded, stamped address label at the upper corner of the front panel, light soiling to the both panels and a closed tear at the lower 5 inches of the fold between the panels. Cover art titled: This Spring by Clyde Forsythe depicting Uncle Sam loading a cannon. Containing pages 283 to 314. Illustrated with maps, photographs and line art to accompany articles on Where Our Boys Are Fighting Henry Farrand Griffin, A Week of the War, Men Who Ae Winning the War by Thomas Logan, Alaska- Garden of the Word by Charles Philip Norton, and others. This issue is titled: "The War In Pictures".
    TB28941  $25.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Gremlin Americanus.  City not stated: B. F. Jay & Co., 1942. First Edition. Fair in decorated yellow cloth covered boards which are somewhat soiled (which is typically seen). A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches. The front hinge is cracked, but has been professionally repaired using clear, archival tape. The binding remains tight and the pages are clean and generally free of any stains, markings or notations. A three line gift inscription is written in ink on the first free end page. Lacking a dust as we are convinced it never had one. The illustration on the front board reads: "The Gremlins will get you if you don't watch out!" 50 un-numbered pages containing text and illustrations by the author. Sub-titled: "A scrap book collection of Gremlins by Eric Sloane". This is an extremely scarce early title by Sloane and one he seldom gave recognition to as it departs so significantly from the genres he more typically wrote about.
    TB32371  $600.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Our Vanishing Landscape.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1955. Second Printing. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 7 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the front panel. Signed and inscribed with a sketch of a covered bridge and "to Herbert Thoms" and dated "1964" on the first free end page. 107 pages of text and drawings by the author depicting the charms hat once graced the landscape of the US during the 1800's and later. The author's underlying theme with this book is his belief that farms and farmers were not only the pioneers of this country; but, created the foundation of the American countryside. In his richly illustrated tour of the American landscape of the mid-1800's he provides extensive graphic detail of farm houses and barns, out-buildings serving the farming family, gates, fences, toll houses, mills, canals and the boats used in them, milestones, devices and tools used to repair roads, plank roads, covered bridges, sleighs, sleds and snow rollers, road signs, taverns, inns, churches and then followed by an eight page "little gallery of sketches from the Vanishing Landscape".
    TB32825  $175.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Your Body in Flight.  Dayton, Ohio: Aero Medical Laboratory, 7/20/1943. Reissue of Oct. 13, 1943. Very good- in lightly soiled, green heavy paper wraps with holes for a ring binder through the margins of the book and with a prior owner's rubber stamped name on the front cover, title page and on the inside of the rear cover. The front panel of this publication shows the original publication date of July 20, 1943 with no press name given. 83 numbered pages with at least 46 illustrations by Eric Sloane.
    TB17505  $150.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Once Upon a Time.  New York: Hastings House, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7 1/2". In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 64 pages of text with black and white illustrations throughout. This is Eric Sloane's second to last book and oddly enough one of the most difficult titles by him to locate. Produced in two binding states with two dust jackets, one in green and the other in yellow. No priority can be found for either state. This is the yellow jacketed variant.
    TB26730  $150.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Little Red Schoolhouse.  Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1972. Second Printing. Fine in black and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with two short (1/16 of an inch) closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the first free end page. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout with line drawings by Sloane.
    TB31247  $125.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Clouds, Air and Wind.  New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1941. First Edition. Good in decorated gray cloth covered boards with black and red text on the spine and with a black design and red text on the front board. The cloth is heavily worn and frayed at the head and heel of the spine and worn through at the lower edge of the front and rear boards. There is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without its issued dust jacket. This is Eric Sloane's first book which is quite scarce. 74 pages of text and illustrations followed by two un-numbered pages.
    TB31766  $125.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  An Age of Barns.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1990. First Henry Holt Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine An oblong small quarto of 10 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with ten wonderful color plates scattered throughout and highly detailed sketches of barn details. This variation of the title differs slightly in the format and pagination than those published by Funk & Wagnalls. A highly collectable copy of one of Eric Sloane's more widely recognized books.
    TB31193  $100.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Eighty: an American Souvenir.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. An autobiographical gift to us all done in Sloane's 80th year. Sloane's last book as he died just after the book was released. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 42 color plates, 10 black & white photographs and 26 line drawings.
    TB31194  $90.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  School Days: ABC Book of Early Americana and The Little Red Schoolhouse.  New York: Doubleday (with a Hastings House label), 1972 & 1963. 3rd and 9th Printings. Both volumes in this two volume set are in fine condition in 1/4 black cloth and burnt orange or green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. Dust jackets were not issued with this set but the two volumes are contained in a slipcase which is in very good+ condition with modest tanning around the edges and with the original, small price sticker on the front panel. This set contains Little Red Schoolhouse and ABC Book of Early Americana.
    TB20622  $85.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Little Book of Bells.  New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with a hint of soiling to the front panel. Although this title lists Eric Hatch as the author there is some speculation about who actually wrote it. Nonetheless, the book is extensively illustrated by Eric Sloane. 85 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB24574  $85.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Folklore of American Weather.  New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with bold red text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area. 63 pages of text and illustrations by the author. One of the more difficult early titles by Sloane to acquire in collectible condition.
    TB01220  $75.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Once Upon a Time.  New York: Hastings House, 1982. First Edition. Very good xLibrary copy with library stamps on the top and bottom edges of the text block and on the first free end paper and rear end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with two closed tears on the spine area and flaps damaged due to having been glued to the end papers of the book. This is Eric Sloane's second to last book and oddly enough one of the more difficult titles to find! Two variant dust jackets one green and the other yellow. This is the yellow variant.
    TB32612  $75.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  For Spacious Skies.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan linen covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the upper fore corner of the front panel and minor rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Laid-in at the front of the book is a copy of a three page essay about the author by Robert R. Preato. The last book on weather published by Eric Sloane. 79 numbered pages of text containing numerous sketches and drawings followed by eleven full color plates of some of his weather related paintings. A clean, neat and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29081  $65.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White.  New York: Walker and Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated white cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with minor soiling to the lower edge of the boards. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a 1/4 inch closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. Signed by the author on the first free end paper with an inscription "to the Steve Kaptain Library". This edition preceded the more widely seen version by Funk and Wagnal. 64 pages of text. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB31248  $65.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Spirits of '76.  New York: Walker & Company, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated white cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and front panel. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and very minor wear & rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and rear panel. Signed by author on the fly title page. 64 pages of text and black & white illustrations by the author.
    TB14686  $60.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Don't A little book of early American Gentility.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. A 16mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. 67 pages of text illustrated with line drawings by Eric Sloane.
    TB29331  $50.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Return to Taos.  New York: Funk & Wagnals, 1960. Second Printing. Fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with a small sketch on the front board. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 7 3/4 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine area and a tiny chip from the lower fore corner of the front panel. This is the 2nd printing in the scarce second state dust jacket with the black and white sketch by Eric Sloane. A beautiful, and certainly collectable, copy of a book which has recently become nearly impossible to locate.
    TB30993  $45.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White.  New York: Walker and Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white paper covered boards with black text on the spine and a reproduction of Eric Sloane's signature on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket due to a 2" long closed tear with related creases on the rear panel & a 1" closed tear on the rear panel and two smaller closed tears on the front panel. This edition preceded the more widely seen edition by Funk & Wagnals distributed in 1978. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB10264  $42.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  American Barns and Covered Bridges.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1954. 3rd Printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with a 1/16 inch closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" tall by 7" deep. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact and with 1/8" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with a 1/4" deep chip at the upper edge of the front panel. One of Eric Sloane's earliest books dealing with Americana. This one is a classic as it includes his now famous sketches of barn and covered bridge details that no one else has illustrated as well or as thoroughly.
    TB23060  $40.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Seasons of America Past.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1958. 8th Edition. Fine in decorated red-orange cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with only a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. 150 pages of text, sketches, recipes and four full color plates by the author. Sloane provides us with his look at yesterday's seasons of work and living. A wonderful book of early Americana.
    TB16173  $35.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Do's and Don'ts of Yesterday.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Reprints. This two volume set contains both Do and Don't. Both books are in fine and near fine conditions. Without dust jackets as issued; however, both books are contained in a very good+ slip case which shows minor soiling to the paper label on the front panel.
    TB22015  $35.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Do's and Don'ts of Yesterday.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Reprints. This two volume set contains both Do and Don't. Both books are in fine condition in yellow and orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and front boards. Both are 16 mo of 6 15/16 by 4 1/2 inches. Without dust jackets as issued; however, both books are contained in a very good+ slip case which shows minor soiling to the paper label on the front panel and tanning to its closed end and the upper portion of its non-decorated side. Signed by the author on the front panel of the slipcase. Don't contains 67 pages with multiple line art illustrations and Do contains 55 pages also with multiple line are illustrations.
    TB31243  $35.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Diary of an Early American Boy.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1962. Reprint. Fine in heavy tan cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with multiple short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/8 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the front panel and a 1/3 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the rear panel. The "Diary" of Noah Blake of 1805. 108 pages of text and drawings which help to document life in the early 1800's. This volume contains the double fold-out page illustration of the farm where Noah lived. Extensively illustrated by the author throughout.
    TB32611  $35.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  American Yesterday.  New York: Funk & Wagnals, 1956. 14th Printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area. This is Eric Sloane's tribute to American's "attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations". The very quintessence of Sloane with wonderfully detailed sketches of early American ways.
    TB13853  $31.50




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Spirits of '76.  New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in white paper covered boards with blue text stampings on the spine and front board & with a 1973 date and a gift inscription on the front end paper. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with minor light soiling on the white panels of the jacket and light rubbing to the ends of the spine area. 64 pages of text with black and white illustrations by the author/artist.
    TB15107  $28.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White (Portfolio Edition).  New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1978. First Edition by Funk & Wagnalls. Fine in white paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine and a blind embossed signature on the front board. The front end paper is marked with a prior owner's hand stamp. In a very good+dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a short 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel and light soiling to the spine end of the front panel. An enlarged and expanded edition from the earlier edition which was published in 1974. 95 pages of text and line drawings which deal mainly with early American architectural elements. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB16476  $28.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Second Barrel.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 6" with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block and faint spotting to the front and rear boards. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly faded. The companion the Sloane's popular book: The Cracker Barrel. A collection of anecdotes of early America, reminiscences and opinions by this never without an opinion author. 104 pages with text and black & white illustrations.
    TB30183  $25.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Cracker Barrel.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the upper edges of the boards very slightly faded. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly faded. 110 pages of text and black and white sketches helping to round out the stories heard at the local country store in years gone by
    TB18852  $20.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  I Remember America (in wraps).  New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First by Ballantine Books. Very good+ in illustrated heavy paper wraps with a short 1/4 inch deep closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. 187 printed pages containing 35 color plates of some of the author's more famous rural scenes and countless black and white sketches.
    TB16519  $17.50



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    Sloane, Eric, and Edward Anthony:  Mr. Daniels and the Grange.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Overall a beautiful copy with no previous ownership marks or gift inscriptions. Co-authored with Edward Anthony and with a forward by the former secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall. The story of the effort to save Alexander Hamilton's home: The Grange. 119 pages including a bibliography and acknowledgments and illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings by Sloane.
    TB26423  $25.00



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    Slocum, Joshua:  Sailing Alone Around The World.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2017. First Edition Thus. Fine in teal cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders both boards and the Lakeside Classic logo on the front board at the top of which is "LSC Communications" the new publisher of the Lakeside Classic titles. The top edge of the text block is gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. Still contained within the publisher's original shrink wrap. 324 pages including an index, glossary of nautical terms, appendices and text. Edited by Thomas Philbrick. Illustrated with line drawings of the deck plans of the Spray, a frontispiece photograph of the author on board the Spray, maps and several color images and line art vignettes.
    TB33031  $50.00




  • Slupik, Ramona I., MD:  Complete Guide to Women's Health.  New York: Random House, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown paper covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. A thick, small 4to measuring 9 3/8" tall by 7 1/2" deep. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 759 pages containing an index, text and illustrated with extensive sketches and diagrams.
    TB16619  $10.00



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