Van Dine, SS S SABAA
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1928ref. 140946155New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first state with MCMXXVIII on title page and matching date on copyright page. xii 388pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in white. Very Good with worming to front joint and right edge of board. Light staining to top edge; contents are slightly toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning and moderate wear to crown with fairly small chips; rear panel with one closed tear. A great copy of this whodunit murder mystery the third in the Philo Vance detective series. Adapted a year later into the 1929 film starring William Powell as the dandy detective. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1930ref. 180811003New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Julian Johnson head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s: "To Hildegarde and Julian Affectionately from signed S.S. Van Dine alias Willard." xii 328 5 versos only ads pp. Black cloth lettered in yellow. Very Good with slight crease to prelims edge rubbing in Good unclipped dust jacket with some chips tiny edge tears and dulling to spine panel. A whodunit that inspired a now-lost 1936 British film starring Wilfrid Hyde-White rather than the popular William Powell as Philo Vance. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1929ref. 03234THE MAN WHO WOULD WRECK THE WORLD in Cosmopolitan for February 1929 first edition covers exhibit some light wear but a vg copy in wraps. Besides this wonderful Professor Challenger story this issue also contains an uncollected work by S.S. Van Dine a short story by Somerset Maugham an article on flight by Amelia Earhart a look at the future 100 years hence by The Earl of Birkenhead et.al. Cosmopolitan paperback books
1914ref. 02116MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY John Murray 1914 first English edition slight wear to corner tips some loss of cloth at spine extremities else a tight vg copy of this title actually ghosted by Cather. From the library of the Long Island HIstorical Society. Scarce. John Murray hardcover books
1914ref. 02115MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Stokes 1914 first edition 13 leaves with a faint moisture mark to the fore edge margin never entering the text else a vg/near fine copy of this title actually ghosted by Cather. Frederick A. Stokes unknown books
1961ref. NF0772JESUS SAYS TO YOU McGraw Hill 1961 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. From the library of S.S. Kresge with his anno-tations throughout in pencil. McGraw Hill unknown books
1857ref. 621341Boston: Oliver Ditson 1857. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Folio. Lyrics in English and Italian. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Notched and worn along the fold from once being bound within an album as a result the insert remains attached to the bifolium dampstaining along the bottom half of the front cover lightly affecting throughout light offsetting throughout bifolium separating along the fold and a gift inscription in pencil on the front cover complete but good only. For voice and piano. Plate number 18246. This arrangement and adaptation by S.S. Wesley is unrecorded by OCLC and appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Oliver Ditson unknown books
1970ref. 142718Mount Horeb WI: Perishable Press Limited The 1970. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. Perishable Press. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies. This copy has been inscribed by Snodgrass on the verso of the half-title page: "For / Michael Broomfield / with all good wishes / S. S. Gardons / W. D. Snodgrass." Spine lightly faded minor rubbing to spine ends else a near fine copy. Printed by Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press in Palatino set by Mary Hamady on Shadwell paper especially made for this book over Thanksgiving at the Hamady's. Bound by Douglas Cockerell from Cambridge United Kingdom. Perishable Press Limited, The unknown books
1965ref. 202874Rome: Food & Agriculture Org. ofUN 1965. Softcover. First edition. Near fine in wrappers with mild soil. Food & Agriculture Org. ofUN unknown books
1878ref. 250912New York: Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Co 1878. Hardcover. First edition. RC book has fraying of spine edges and corners of cover fading of cover cover loose from text pencil writing on endpapers name of former owner front endpaper yellowing of pages. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co hardcover books
1929ref. 264407New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good minus hardcover. Later printing. Book rubbed at spine ends and bumped corners soiled cover and foredges pages browned with heavier browning at edges. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1869ref. 195335New York: Ivison 1869. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Writing on front and rear endpapers. Hinge cracked. Pages brown clean text. Corners worn and bent. Fraying to edges of spine. Ivison hardcover books
1883ref. 262244Chicago/NY: Belford Clarke & Co 1883. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers. Torn at spine ends and corners. Binding coming loose. Pages yellowed. Belford, Clarke & Co, unknown books
1970ref. 136280Mount Horeb WI: Perishable Press Limited The 1970. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. Perishable Press. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies of which this is copy #1. This copy has been inscribed by Snodgrass on the front preliminary page to Michael Broomfield and his wife: "For / Michael and Deborah / Long may they! / W. D. Snodgrass." Additionally this copy has been inscribed by the publisher of the press on the rear endpaper: "Walter Hamaday / Easter Weekend 1986 / Sunny & Hot & Windy." A near fine copy. Printed by Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press in Palatino set by Mary Hamady on Shadwell paper especially made for this book over Thanksgiving at the Hamady's. Bound by Douglas Cockerell from Cambridge United Kingdom. Perishable Press Limited, The unknown books
1970ref. 136243Mount Horeb WI: Perishable Press Limited The 1970. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. Perishable Press. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards title stamped in black on spine. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Spine faded else a fine copy. Printed by Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press in Palatino set by Mary Hamady on Shadwell paper especially made for this book over Thanksgiving at the Hamady's. Bound by Douglas Cockerell from Cambridge United Kingdom. Perishable Press Limited, The unknown books
1855ref. 44581New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1855. A good copy marginal damp stain some soiling mainly in the margins. 1 sheet. Hand colored map. 9.5 x 12 inches. Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1855 by S.S. Cornell in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Verso contains portion of map of "Western Division of the United States". Map taken from "Cornell's companion atlas to Cornell's high school geography: comprising a complete set of maps designed for the student to memorize together with numerous maps for reference etc." D. Appleton & Co. unknown books
ref. 38557Framed in mahogany and matted. A fine model beautifully framed and matted. Framed size: 8 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; image size: 5 1/2 x 19 inches. Laser cut relief. Manufactured by RC Models San Pedro California. The S.S. Norway began life in 1960 as the SS France built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique; later purchased and refitted by the Norwegian Cruise Line she was decommissioned in 2004 and scrapped in 2008. unknown books
1950ref. 30632Bombay: University of Bombay 1950. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A very good clean unmarked copy. 19-27 pp. Sm. 4to. Reprinted from Journal of the University of Bombay Volume XIX Part 2 September 1950; originally read before the 15th All-India Oriental Conference held in Bombay in Nov. 1949. Author's paper lable laid in loose. University of Bombay unknown books
1993ref. 140195Moskva: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia 1993. Hardcover. VG clean and tight with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover; light rubbing to covers. Black cloth with gold lettering and decoration; 862 pp.; no illustrations. Text in Russian. Each entry has extensive narrative text. Entries arranged according to the Russian alphabet obviously!. This is the first of two volumes published beginning in 1993. The material herein is based on research and writings of eminent Russian theologians prior to the Russian Revolution. A scarce and valuable reference manual. Please note a three-volume set of the same material also was published at the same time. This is a single volume not the entire set. Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia hardcover books
1923ref. 226Boston: Marshall Jones Co 1923. Hardcover. Near fine. Cloth boards. xiv 165 pp. 41 bw repros. A terrific copy of this scarce edition limited to 1500 numbered copies biographical work on this Boston artist. Includes 41 bw plates of his work. Includes original box worn. Marshall Jones Co hardcover books
1934ref. 83668New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A very good copy with some smudging and light staining in a supplied but sympathetic very good price-clipped dust jacket with slight internal stains. Inscribed by the author: "To Dr. Hugh Stott Taylor With great appreciation for his gracious assistance and with warm personal regards. S.S. Van Dine." The English-born Taylor was a chemist who spent much of his life at Princeton and who in World War II played a prominent role in the American scientific effort directing a number of research projects and contributing to the development of the atomic bomb with his discovery of the most effective catalyst for producing heavy water. He was knighted by both the Queen and the Pope in the same month. A Chair in chemistry is named for him at Princeton. The inscription would seem to indicate that Taylor provided advice to Van Dine about the novel or at least to Willard Huntington Wright as Van Dine was a pseudonym. A Philo Vance novel filmed in 1935 with Paul Lukas as Vance starring opposite Rosalind Russell in one of her earliest roles. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1927ref. 620319New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with bookplate on front pastedown fading ink owner name a hint of foxing to the first few pages and light bumping to the corners lacking the dustwrapper. Second mystery as Van Dine a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and basis for the memorable film featuring Louise Brooks. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1927ref. 290451New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with bookplate on front pastedown foxing on the foredge modest wear to the boards lacking the dustwrapper. Second mystery as Van Dine a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and basis for the memorable film featuring Louise Brooks. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1933ref. 324017New York: Scribner 1933. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo black cloth stamped in red d.w. New York: Scribner 1933. First Edition. A Philo Vance story. Fine in a near fine price intact dust wrapper. Scribner unknown books
1965ref. 305243New York: Benjamin Blom 1965. hardcover. near fine/very good. B/w frontispiece. 249 pages. 8vo aqua cloth d.w. New York: Benjamin Blom 1965. A near fine copy in a very good wrapper lightly edgeworn. Benjamin Blom unknown books
