Search Results: Titles starting with S from Books Boheme

Minneapolis, Minnesota: East View Publications, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. :: English translation of "Strategiia. Moscow: Voennyi vestnik, 1927" :: Foreword by Andrei A. Kokoshin, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister; additional essays by Valentin V. Larionov, Vladimir N. Lobov, and Jacob W. Kipp. :: Softcover Octavo (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 153 millimeters). 374 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Minimal shelf-wear. Clean, square, tight.

Newport Beach, California: Parkhurst Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Motorcycling sportsman Sammy Miller on the Art of Trials Riding. :: Bound in publisher's brown paper-covered boards. Title and publisher lettered in gold up spine. Black and white photographs. Octavo (8 11/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 220 x 143 millimeters). 112 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Book is in lovely condition, dust jacket has age-toning, wear along edges and at spine, small chips missing and small tears.

Boston, Basil, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. :: Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications :: Tools for analyzing systems and signal sampling techniques, with emphasis placed on intersample behavior. For both the practicing engineer and the student. :: Softcover Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 154 millimeters). 541 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Minimal shelf-wear. Clean, square, tight. Nice copy.

New York: Chelsea House, 1933. Hardcover. Good/Fair. :: She thought he loved her, respected her - then she found she was only his "Saturday-night" girl. But there was stern fiber in Rita Gailsworth, and when her name was in electric lights and on the lips of Broadway, he came crawling to her feet! :: Bound in publisher's deep pink cloth, front board bears title and author in black inside a plain perimeter border. Title, author and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 194 x 131 millimeters). 256 pages. Condition: Good, in Fair dust jacket. Spine is slanted, crown and foot is worn. Stains present on front and rear board. Cloth rubbed through in places along edges, corners bumped. Toning to endpapers, and abrasion to front paste-down - possibly from a bookplate removal? Pages age toned, small stains present. Dust jacket has extensive amateur repair - most of the interior has been permanently lined with strips of plain brown heavy paper. The repair is quite old,… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Autobiography of Lucia Zora, early 20th century circus star. ZORA, BRAVEST WOMAN IN WORLD BECOMES PRESENT-DAY PIONEER. Famous lion, tiger, and elephant trainer known to millions of circus goers, turns to simple life in homestead country. Bound in publisher's light brown cloth, red lettering. Nine photographic plates. Top edge text block red. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 212 x 144 mm). 230 pages. Condition: Good. Ex-library, blue stamp on front paste-down. General shelf wear, staining to cover. Pages age tanned. Dog-ear crease with petite tear pg 41-42. Inch long tear at top of page 229. Cloth worn, rubbed through at corners and corners of crown.

Bloomsbury, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limd., 1909. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's deep burgundy cloth. Front board bears title and author's name in gold, and a decorative device of paired unicorns holding a shield marked with an entwined 'W' & 'S' above the Latin phrase "Ardua Quae Pulcra". Title and author lettered in gold up spine. Duodecimo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 133 millimeters). 177 pages. Contents include: The Education of the Imagination, Many Dimensions, Stella, & An Unfinished Communication. Condition: Good+. Book has shelf-wear and wear at crown and foot of spine. Corners worn and bumped, and some soiling. Pages age toned, and discoloration to the endpapers. Front paste-down has prior owners bookplate, name stamp, and petite sticker from the 'Oriental Esoteric Library' at the upper left. Missing tear to the margin of page 143/144 - does not affect text.

New York: Exposition Press, Inc, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. :: Signed and dated by author on front free endpaper. :: Bound in publisher's black cloth, front board bears title in gold. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 millimeters). 180 pages. Condition: Good+. Shelf-wear, touch of rubbing at the crown and foot of spine and at the corners. Preface and first chapter of book have yellow highlighting, rest of the book clean. Endpapers age-toned.

New York, N. Y.: Grove Press, Inc, 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Two Plays :: Signed by David Mamet on first title page, and dated 1979. :: Duodecimo (7 15/16 x 5 3/16 inches; 201 x 132 millimeters). 125 pages. Condition: Very Good. Minimal shelf-wear, bottom right corner of cover has tiny tear and is curling a touch. Interior clean & tight. Please see our photographs, they best describe.

Brownsboro, Texas: Art & Reference House, 2005. First Edition, "1 of 1000. Hardcover. Very Good. Reference work for Winchester, Lyman, and Marbles rifle sights. Contains a multitude of drawings for authentication of sights, gathered from original records, catalogues, interfactory correspondence, patent drawings, and 'Master Sight Books". Bound in publisher's chocolate brown vinyl faux-leather, embossed with image of rifleman upon a rearing horse. Title lettered in gold on front board, and down spine. Limited edition, numbered 1 of 1000 in gold upon cover front board. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 millimeters). 183 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Very slight shelfwear. Previous owner's name/address noted neatly in green ink upon front paste-down.

2016. Hardcover. Very Good. :: A comprehensive and visual gemology resource featuring prominent and noteworthy gemstones. :: Bound in publisher's half burgundy cloth and pictorial paper boards with detailed image of a gem. Front board bears title and author in silver. Title, author, and publisher lettered in silver down spine. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 273 x 221 millimeters). 302 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Book is still sealed in wrap, has indentation bump at the bottom of the rear board. Otherwise, as-new.

New York: Gnome Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: America, its military strength shattered, has been conquered and occupied by invaders from Asia. Only six men remain to salvage victory from defeat. Six men against four hundred million. :: First Edition. Front free endpaper signed by author in blue ink. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front board bears symbolic red atom as a link in a chain. Title, author, and press lettered in red upon spine. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 144 millimeters). 256 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Book has minimal wear at the crown and foot of the spine, a tiny bit at the corners and along the top edge. Faint scuff to the front board- only visible when tilted at an angle. A lovely copy. Dust jacket has wear and chipping along top edge- most notable at top and bottom of spine. Front panel has a piece of cello tape at the top center over a 7mm tear. Some cracking to the red coloring at the hinges, but… Read More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dorcas. :: A FUZZY WUZZY BOOK :: The harrowing tale of a snowman's life, from his beginning as three balls of snow to when he falls to sleep in the spring sunshine. :: Lovely condition for a children's book from the 1940's! :: Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 286 x 205 millimeters). 27 (unnumbered) pages. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear to crown and foot of spine, a little bit along the edges of the boards and at the corners. Prior owners name written in blue (matching, blends in) on front paste-down. Snowman upon cover and throughout interior of book is fuzzy-textured. Some light page stains within. Dust jacket has wear along edges, some cracking of surface color at interior panel hinges and upon spine. Wear to crown and foot of spine, and one large tear of 2 1/4 inches (57 mm) vertical from bottom edge of rear panel near spine.

Amsterdam, Boston, Heidelberg, London, New York, Oxford, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo: Academic Press, 2013. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 160 millimeters). 641 pages. Condition: Fine. Textbook as new.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bob Eggleton. Bound in blue leather with debossed gilt flame decoration on front board, rear board, and spine. Spine with five raised bands. Blue pyramids design on vanilla endpapers. Frontispiece by Bob Eggleton, no other illustrations. All edges gilt. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 millimeters). 204 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Binding tight- slightly spread. Scant marring to gilt finish of text block.

New York City: Lion Library Edition, 1956. Paperback Original. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Clark Hulings. IT WAS A DESPERATE PLACE OF WOMEN GUILT AND DESIRE. Mass Market / Pocket Paperback, likely a first edition paperback original. Cover illustrations by Clark Hulings. Duodecimo (7 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 181 x 107 millimeters). 191 pages. Condition: Very Good. Petite tears to lower spine along hinges, some wear to spine, tiny chip off bottom right corner of cover, glue cracking inside front cover gutter- still solid. Overall nice, holding together firm, slight slant.

Toronto: Popular Library. Paperback. Very Good. 60-2381 :: The silhouette of a murderer, seen at twilight, moving ever closer through the ancient elms ... A young girl trapped in a mansion of murder! :: Book was made into a successful 1946 psychological horror / film noir directed by Siodmak and starring Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore and George Brent. :: Sextodecimo (6 7/8 x 4 3/16 inches; 173 x 106 millimeters). 174 pages. Condition: Very Good-. Shelf-wear light abrasions to cover, spine slightly cocked. First page has tip of corner missing, partial numerical stamp, and verso of front cover has vintage advertising/address stamp upon it. Faint reading creases to spine, pages age-toned.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. History of British Intelligence, the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Bound in publishers black paper-covered boards, title, author and publisher lettered in matte-gold down spine. Octavo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 159 millimeters). 343 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good+ dust jacket. Book has bumping/wear to crown and foot of spine, and a tiny scratch upon the front board. Dust jacket appears as-new.

Stickney, South Dakota: Argus Publishing Company, 1995. Softcover, Staple-Bound. Very Good. :: Large print, charming line drawings of mining town details and Arizona Territory wagon route map. :: Octavo (10 x 7 inches, 254 x 178 millimeters). 80 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Minimal shelf-wear.

London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: The Oxford History of Modern Europe :: A diplomatic history describing the relations of the great European powers, with emphasis upon the political ideas and economic forces which shaped day-to-day diplomacy. :: Bound in publisher's black cloth. Title, author, and Oxford seal in gold upon spine. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 220 x 145 millimeters). 638 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Light shelf-wear, bottom corner of rear board bumped. Interior clean, fold-out maps in nice shape. Dust jacket age-toned, small stains and chips, price-clipped. Hinges and bottom of dust jacket spine have been taped. Altogether a pleasant, sturdy, clean copy.

Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: History of revolver conversions from the standard percussion (cap and ball) ammunition to the self-contained metallic cartridges. First single source for Colt & other conversions, extensive research from factory archives. :: Bound in publisher's maroon paper-covered boards, cover bears title and author in gold. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Contains a multitude of black and white photographs of revolvers, patent drawings, and technical specifications. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 285 x 222 millimeters). Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good dust jacket. Front paste-down has previous owner's name neatly inked. Dust jacket has tiny tear to top edge of front panel near spine. Otherwise quite nice.