Search Results: Authors starting with S from Love Vintage Books

Hutchinson. London. N.D. (c1930). 8vo. 192pp. Red cloth boards with gilt title on cover, slightly bumped on extremeties, slightly foxed onredges and end papers, coloured frontispiece and four colour plates in text, very good condition overall. Romance set in French revolution.

Hutchinson. London. N.D. (c1930). 8vo. Hardcover, original blue cloth, some slight foxing on foredge, text in vg cond overall.. Historical fiction.

Atlantic Books. London. 2002 (Ist Edition). 8vo, 289pp. Hardcover, d/w protected by clear archival covering; interior in excellent condition. A brilliant explanation of numbers and an examination of the mystery at the centre of mathematics.

Harry N Abrams. NY. 1993.. Roy8vo, 111pp. Hardcover, d/w protected by clear archival covering; near new condition. Originally published in 1937 the acclaimed author chose 25 of her favourite flowers and described them passionately in essay form. In this new edition the essays have been accompanied by watercolour drawings by the acclaimed water colourist.

William Heinemann. London. 1926 (3rd Impression). 8vo, IX, 222pp. Hard cover with some green marks on the left side and a 'Port Lympne' sticker on the lower edge but otherwise good cond, no d/w, previous owner's signature on front page, tanning on title pages and edges o/w in very good condition. History of the English family and their home.

St Martin's Press. NY. 2014 (Ist US Edition). 8vo, XII, 368pp. Hardcover, original green cloth, no d/w, text in excellent condition. The author married the grandson of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and aims to tell the story of Sissinghurst gardens in the words of their creator. Illustrated by photographs many seen here for the first time.

Thomas Richards, Government Printer. Sydney. 1883 (Ist Edition). 4to, 69pp. Hardcover, original red cloth, blind stamping on front with portait of Aboriginal edler; minor rubbing of head and tail of spine; vg cond overall. Ferguson cites four copies and notes only 500 copies were produced and sold; Ferguson 15343. Frontis, 5 engraved b/w plates, and two col plates in rear. The author was commissioned to enquire into the situation of Australian Aborigines in 1826.

Photography by the author. Crawford House Press. Bathurst. 1990 (Ist Edition). 4to, 125pp. Fold card covers, ex cond. An intimate photographic portrait of John Lennon and Yoko and their family life in the three years before John's assassination. The photographer was a personal assistan to the Lennon family.

Photography by Ray Joyce. Lansdowne. Sydney. 1993 (Reprint). 4to, 121pp. In protected d/w, text in ex cond. Text and photos focus on the most noteworthy examples, noting the finer points as well as the obvious features.

Cassell. London. 1942 (Ist Australian Edition). 8vo, XXVII, 458pp. Hardcover, cloth, spine discoloured and fraying on hinges, now protected by mylar, previous owner's stamp appears on a few pages including the title page o/w text in vg cond. A WWI memoir. The author's real name was John Henry Parkyn Lamont.

Library of Australian History. Sydney. 1991.. 8vo, 159pp. Paperback, vg cond. Also includes indexes to occupations and places.

A & R. Melbourne. 1963 (Reprint). Cr8vo. Limp cover, wraps; text in vg cond. Description of an odd and likeable Australian character.

Illus by E.W. Haslehurst. Blackie & Son. London. N.D (c1945). 8vo, 64pp. Hardcover, grey papered boards, with front cover coloured pictorial onlay, some slight flecking o/w text in very good condition. Col plates, in the "Beautiful England" series.

Longmans Green and Co. London. 1948 (Reprint) and 1952 (Reprint). 8vo. Hardcover, maroon cloth, gilt titles, slight wear to spine on volume 2; interiors in vg cond. Volume 1 "The Elasticity and Strength of Materials" and Volume 2 "The Theory and Design of Strctures".

Allen Lane The Penguin Press. London. 2005 (Ist Edition). 8vo, XVII, 432pp+ appendix. Hardcover, protected d/w, previous owner's bookplate tipped to verso of front ffep o/w text in ex cond. Describes the impact of white European explorers on Polynesian society through a close examination of Cook's three voyages. Substantial notes, index, maps.

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1990 (1st Edition). 8vo, non paginated. Soft card cover in good condition with minor insect and grease marks on front and rear covers, text in excellent condition. Number 2 in Series 2 of Pamphlet Poets. Philip Salom was born in 1950 and is a much respected and awarded poet and writer since 1977.

Pergamon Press. London. 1969(1st Edition). 8vo, IV 246pp. Hardcover, cloth, interior in ex cond. This is Volume 100 in an International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Mathematics".

Clarion House. Sydney. 2000.. 8vo, 153pp. Limp cover, ex cond. The first comprehensive study and history of this southern Sydney suburb, illus, references, index.

Illustrated by Erna Pinner. The Commodore Press Ltd. London. 1943 (Reprint). Cr8vo. Hardcover, cloth, vg cond. B/w and col drawings throughout, printed on wartime economy paper.

Sampson Low. London. ND (c1960). 32mo, IV. 189pp. Hardcover, navy cloth boards, vg cond. Detailed information and illustrations in a small format.