Search Results: Authors starting with S from Books-on-Sea

8vo HB. pp; 286. Offsetting to half-title and final page. Lacking jacket. Toning to edges of text-block. Very Good in flecked green cloth, lettered black to spine, with a black publisher's 'ex-libris' stamp to the upper board. No evidence that this is anything other than a 1st / 1st. I haven't been able to find any reference to this binding for a 1st edition. Not a library bind, as there are no library markings at all. I've seen a US first of another Sayers title (Harcourt & Brace) with a similar binding in mustard cloth

Large 8vo HB. pp; 216. Very Good in orange cloth, lettered silver to spine. In a Fair jacket with mild shelf-wear, a fade to the spine, and some spotting to the reverse. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

8vo HB. pp; prelims, 194, index. Line figures throughout, 6pp of B&W illustrations. Inscribed by the author to the ffep. Near-Fine in black vinyl-covered boards, lettered silver to spine. In a Very Good jacket with light shelf-wear, and a small abraded patch to the spine side of the front panel. Ultra-scarce with no copies offered for sale and COPAC/WorldCat giving only a handful of institutional copies (British Library / Nat. Library of Scotland / Library of Congress / Oxford / Cambridge / Trinity College Dublin) worldwide

Small 4to HB. pp; ix, 692. Illustrated throughout. Near-Fine in orange cloth, lettered gilt to spine. In a Very Good jacket with light shelf-wear. Inscribed by the author to the head of the title page, with an inscribed BBC card laid-in.
May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

8vo HB. pp; xxxvi, 368. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Light spotting to prelims up to title page, and light marking to the fore-edge. Very Good in half green calf over pale green cloth. Raised bands, gilt rules, and gilt and red title label to spine. Some light rubbing to extremities and spine, with some light marking to the boards. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; 115. Fore and bottom edges deckled. Light spotting to endpapers. Discolouration to top edge, small bookseller's label to foot of front pastedown. Good in red cloth, lettered gilt to spine (Slight fade to topmost edge of boards). In a Fair jacket with moderate shelf-wear, and some chipping to edges and spine-ends

Large 8vo HB. pp; xi, 243. Tipped-in portrait frontis. Fore and bottom edges deckled. Discolouration to edges of tet-block, and some offsetting to endpapers. Gift inscription to ffep, with old dog-earing to same. Good in black cloth, the spine bordered and lettered gilt. In a Poor jacket with overall discolouration and moderate shelf-wear. With a fragment (Presumably cut from a letter) laid-on to the title page, bearing the author's signature. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; xlix, 427. Plan and folding map to rear. Edges of text-block marbled (Top edge discoloured). Very Good in a 2005 rebind in thick tan pigskin, unlettered, with binder's label to rear pastedown. Some light overall rubbing to boards. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.