Search Results: Authors starting with S from Gilt Edge Books

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. In 'Contact' Carl Sagan has brilliantly employed the freedom of fiction to imagine the greatest adventure of all - humanity's first encounter with other intelligent beings. Suspenseful, illiminating, rich in human drama and surprise. The distinguished astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan is the most popular science writer in the world today. Black boards with gilt to spine. Gift inscription to ffep. Jacket has price still intact. Jacket painting by Jon Lomberg. Author photo to rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Viking, Published By the Penguin Group, 1993. James Sage is a children's book author and an award-winning documentary and educational filmmaker. With the cadences of nature song and the simple power of folk-art technique, Where The Great Bear Watches offers a joyful vision of life and nature in the Far North. It is a celebration of the ties that bind the animals and elements of this winter world and the people who live by its rhythms and riches. The story begins with a young Inuit boy paddling in his kayak. He quickly is aware of his surroundings, animals and birds. A well-illustrated beautiful book. Both jacket and front board carry the same illustrated panel. Many full-page color illustrations throughout book. Price-intact dust jacket. An immaculate book which promises to please.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Dayton, Ohio: Edward Canby ND. Reprint. . 'The Star Library' Illustrated Edition. 363 pp. Profusely illustrated. The author's account of three years of travel through the Rocky Mountains and countries adjacent. Brown decorated boards. Gilt title block to spine. Previous owner's name to top edge of several pages, not affecting text in any way. A most serviceable copy of an early reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993. A fascinating account of the life at sea during the age of steam. Seafarers tell their own stories and remember the good times as well as the bad, in peace and war and during the depression. The author draws on interviews with master mariners, cooks, stewards and others who worked aboard steamships from 1920 to 1950. A glossary aquaints readers with nautical terms, and photographs illustrating the seafarers life add a vivid visual dimension to the reminiscences. Eric W. Sager is a Professor of History at the University of Victoria. Photo illustrated dust jacket. A bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1892 Fourth Edition. Clarendon Press Series. 608 pp includes paginated index. Book (I) Mediaeval Literature...12 chapters..... Book (II) The Renaissance....8 chapters.... Book (III) The Seventeenth Century....7 chapters.... Book (IV) The Eighteenth Centuiry.... 7 chapters.... Book (V) The Nineteenth Century followed by the conclusion and index. A summary follows the end of the chapters. Brown cloth boards. Book ads at rear of book. Names to ffep. Front endpapers show cracking in gutter... rear endpapers started. All still firmly held. Boards remain bright... title print to spine bright. Heavy wear to extremities. This book remains a most serviceable copy.. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. An electrifying novel of international mystery. mayhem and espionage high jinks. Racing across England to Washington, Paris and finally moscow, here's a tale that crackles with action and authenicity. A clean, bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-385-23672-7. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Espionage + Mystery + Thriller + CIA Fiction + Fiction. Catalogs: Mystery.

New York: Washington Square Press Published By Pocket Books, 2000. Margaret A Salinger writes about her life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. Salinger - offering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women close to him. Her story chronicles an almost cult-like environment of extreme isolation and early neglect interwoven with time of laughter, joy, and dazzling beauty. This story appeals to anyone, J.D. Salinger fan of not, who has ever had to struggle to sort out who she really is from who her parent dreamed she might be. A section of photographs on glossy stock present. A bright, handsome copy.. ISBN: 0-671-04281-5. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J D Salinger + Margaret A Salingewr + Biography + Family Relationships + Cornish New Hampshire + Memoirs. Catalogs: Literature.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. Until now, there has been no English translation of this monumental autobiography. Here, Dan Hofstadter has skillfully done just that.... condensing the twenty volume work into one succinct even-flowing narrative. This is an exhilarating account of a rich, eventful life.... one of the most remarkable self-portraits penned by any woman or man. The remarkably talented French novelist became romantically involved with a number of famous men, including Alfred de Musset, Prosper Merimee and Frederic Chopin. Salmon color boards. Bookplate to fep. Name to prelim. An immaculate book in a price-clipped, glossy dust jacket.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. Book and Dust Jacket Very Good Plus. The ultimate Washington thriller, as only Sanders can write it. A tale of truly fascinating complexity, one that will linger in the memory of readers everywhere. Grey boards, black cloth spine with silver print. Illustrated price intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-399-13426-3. Third Printing. Suspense Thriller. Catalogs: Fiction.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. The character of Virgil Flowers who was in Dark of The Moon, is back. John Sandford's introduction of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers in Dark of the Moon was an immediate critical and popular success. This book filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant suspense will certainly keep your interest. Minor bruise to front board. A bright clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 2006. From the author of the number-one-best selling novels comes an extraordinary story of murder, passion, and deadly ambition - a political thriller like no other. A bright, sharp-cornered book in a photo illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. Lucas Davenport returns - in the most harrowing Prey of all. Everyone has his secrets, but some will get you killed. An extraordinary thriller. A bright book. A bright dust jacket. A great read.. A Club Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Includes three never-before-published poems and an introduction by her literary discoverer, Weldon Kefauver. This book which originally came out in 1929 was the first novel she set in Zenia, Ohio- the town that became the locale of all her subsequent books. Gift inscription on ffep. Slight sunning to dust jacket spine otherwise a very nice copy.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd No date. This book consists of Sapper's first four Bull-Dog Drummond novels which are also published separately under the following titles: Bull-Dog Drummond - The Black Gang - The Third Round - and The Final Count. Any reader who enjoys the Bull-Dog Drummond books will find this book an inexpensive way to get to read H.C. McNeile's early books. Neat name sticker to fep. Pale stain to ffep. This book remains sound and respectable.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.

New York: Bantam Books (1990) Their saga began when men and women clustered in clans for survival in an unrelenting ice-age land. In his spellbinding trilogy " The First Americans" the author introduced us to Torka, the headman of his clan, and Lonit, his mate. Now their adventures continue as Torka's leadership is threatened..... Dark blue boards, silver print to spine. A lovely, bright copy in a full scenic wrap-around dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: George Braziller, 1973. Originally published in France under the title 'Vous les entendez?' 'Do You Hear Them?' is a novel consisting of the brilliant and witty exchange between children (the younger generation) and their father; it is a funny and totally original spoof of some of the issues we take seriously. Black cloth boards. No ownership markings. Text shows toning... boards and title print very bright. . First Printing of English Translation. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1898. 516 pp plus eight numbered pages of book ads. In this novel, the scene is laid principally in the Land of Evangeline. The historical and descriptive setting of the novel is accurate, the plot is well-conceived and executed, the characters are drawn with a firm and delightful touch. Rose a Charlitte, the heroine, is a descendent of an old Acadien family. The reader will follow her fortunes. A list of illustrations provided. All illustrations on heavier semi-gloss stock firmly attached, all present, all in excellent condition. H. De Young... illustrator. Gift inscription and light soiling to ffep. Previous owner's name written at the extreme top of three separate leaves. Well decorated front board and spine. Gilt title print and gilt decorations remain bright. Fray to heel of spine. Text block tight. This book has been penned by the same Annapolis County, Nova Scotian-born author that gave us 'Beautiful Joe', 'Golden Dicky' etc.. First Edition.… Read More

Newfoundland: Robinson - Blackmore Printers & Publishers, 1981. A quarterly magazine in stapled card covered format. The contents provide : Uncle Tommy - Whaling at Hawks Harbour - In Memory of Eliza Lethbridge - Sogusiodlonga, When I Was a Boy - Labrabor - Landmarks and Memories - St. Peters School - A Night of Terror - H.M.S. Raleigh 1922 - Goose Bay Begins - Anauta - Short Stories - Beauty By The Sea - Labrador Crafts, Seal Skin Boots - Labrador Galleys, Herbert Dickers. Photographs accompany text. Front cover ia a c1940 photograph George Budgell and Bruce Blake, Rigolet. Back cover : Coombs' House at Longstretch c1940. An interesting gathering of history.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: Discovery Books (Key Porter), 1995 This beautiful collection of wildflower photographs reveals the unique charm of each season. 124 full color photographs are accompanied by a descriptive text that weaves important botanical information with historical detail, fact and folklore. A beautiful book for all who find joy in the flowers of our alpine areas, marshes, meadows and woodlands. Name to front free endpaper. A bright, clean book which promises to please.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

Boston,: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. ' Willowwood " tell the story of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his wife Elizabeth Siddal, his lovers, and the poets and painters who joined with him to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in nineteenth-century England. Elizabeth Savage has given us an exceptional novel, one full of understanding and generous good sense that has endeared her to readers for twenty years. Black boards... front board has embossed border design. No ownership markings. Dust jacket design by Steve Snider.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.