Search Results: America from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Doubleday & Co, New York, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Dark green cloth, gilt ltg. Hardcover. 27 x 18 cm. 144 pp. Book is very clean and tight, no owner marks, edges of dustwrapper worn, with several small tears, and rub marks. Sketches by Caroline Williams, Foreward by Jesse Stuart. Brief descriptions and beautiful sketches of historic Louisville, Kentucky. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; America; Inventory No: 000915. .

The Saalfield publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, 1914. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. 256pp. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece "The Girl in the Apple Tree Read on.". Within the text there is one other black-and-white illustration. Red coloured boards with black-and-white illustration on the front panel of a young girl leaning against a ship's rail with a pair of binoculars in her hand, with black writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelf wear evident to the lower edges of the book. The spine has been sunned (causing fading) to the top half of the spine commensurate with loss of dustwrapper. Browning to the paper edges. Browning has also occurred to the internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a young girl ? Young boy at the wheel of a sailing ship, with blue and white coloured titles on front panel and blue on the spine. Dustwrapper is rubbed and faded. Chipping… Read More

Sirius Book [ Angus and Robertson Publishers ), Sydney, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 700 grammes; X, 222 pages, last 3 Blank, acknowledgements, forward by author, notes, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs and reproductions of the novelist's books dust wrappers. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Gilt printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. A little rubbing to the top and bottom spine edge and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dust wrapper, showing Miles Franklin as a young woman, against a black background with red and white writing on the front panel and on spine. Small white printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Light rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Some rubbing to the panels of the dust wrapper as well. After the initial success of " My Brilliant Career " in 1901, the author Miles… Read More

American Photographic Book Publishing, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Robert Faber -- Photographer. 112 pages, foreword by Donald Goddard. Photographic frontispiece, of two nude women. The text is illustrated with numerous examples of, plus the technical details of each photograph, Robert Farber's photography. Black coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelf wear to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the top and bottom edge of both book panels. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper, again by Robert Faber, with white background with black titles on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and minor chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is softening and creasing of the dustwrapper edges. Rubbing along all edges of the dustwrapper and the white background has become quite grubby and… Read More

Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, Sydney, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 218 pp., last 6 blank. Orange coloured boards with black writing on the front panel and backstrip. First Australian edition of one of America's premier writers of the middle 20th century. The book is looking its age -- it's scuffed, rubbed and quite grubby. Minor wear to the top book corners but bumping to the bottom and there is bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. The paper edges up quite brown and the internal pages are brown as well, worse at the edges. Slight browning to the endpapers and previous owner's name on the free front endpaper. Original bookseller's sticker to the front paste down, lower right-hand corner. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; America;… Read More

Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, Sydney, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 218 pp., last 6 blank. Orange coloured boards with black writing on the front panel and backstrip. First Australian edition of one of America's premier writers of the middle 20th century. The dust jacket has a pair of tears of top of the rear panel with associated creasing, and a half inch tear and some chipping to the bottom edge of the same. Apart from age toning of the page edges, there is no damage to the book. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; America; Inventory No: 0261459. .

The Hartford Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. 1.3 kg.; (4) V-XXVIII, 29-715 pages (3) publishers' preface, names of authors with a list of this subject, list of "Our Famous Women", list of portraits and illustrations. Pale green floral decorated endpapers. The text is illustrated with 47 black-and-white illustrations throughout the text. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panel and gilt embossed titles to the front panel and gilt titles and decoration to the backstrip. Heavy bumping, rubbing and fraying to the backstrip edges and book corners. Underlying board is visible to the book corners. Heavy rubbing, fading and marking to the book panels and backstrip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and internal text. Staining to the endpapers and the result of insect activity can be seen to the endpaper through to the title page. The… Read More

Melrose, Los Angeles, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. by author. Black coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with colour photography taken by Art Kane. Black coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed artist's name to the front panel and red coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photograph of author to the front fold over panel. Art Kane has been a photographer for over thirty years, in many of the major mass market magazines. In this book he has assembled the finest photographs of women. They were taken over many years for many clients and presents a unique point of view of fashion photography. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Creasing and discolouration to the dustwrapper edges and there is a small chip to the top back strip edge. Previous owner's name to the front fold… Read More

Cassell & Company, Ltd, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing police Commissioner O'Brien congratulating Frank Phillips on his promotion to rank of Inspector. Black coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Black-and-white illustrated dustwrapper with yellow and red titles to the front panel and backstrip. A book about policing the city of New York in the early to mid-1950s. Particularly focusing on one man, Frank Phillips, who was at the time, in charge of Detective Bureau. A little softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning of the textblock edges and of the pages. Some notations in blue coloured ink to the top left-hand corner of the free front end paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Sunning of the backstrip and rear panel with rubbing of the dustwrapper. The results of insect activity can be seen to the top edge of the rear dustwrapper… Read More

Cassell & Company, Ltd, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. X, 340 pages, last page blank. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing police Commissioner O'Brien congratulating Frank Phillips on his promotion to rank of Inspector. Black coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. A little softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. There is a significant amount of cocking of the spine. Heavy browning and lighter foxing to the text block edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and and to the internal text. Gift inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Black-and-white illustrated dustwrapper with yellow and red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. Each corner of the backstrip has a small tear. Heavy browning and foxing to the dustwrapper panel, particularly notable to the rear panel. There is a 4 inch tear from the top… Read More

Book Club/Doubleday & Co, Inc, New York, 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. 1.050 kg.; XVI, 528 pages, last nine pages blank last page referring to the rear endpaper map, foreword by authors, list of photographic illustrations, list of line drawings, 13 appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, both different, front endpaper showing "area map for use with country-wide monthly calendar, rear endpaper: -- soil map of the United states. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs, black-and-white illustrations and sketches throughout the text. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and a little fraying to the backstrip corners and rubbing to the book corners. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. A few tears to the top dustwrapper edge and some chipping to the lower… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. acknowledgements. 1/4 gray cloth spine with the silver titles. 3/4 speckled light green boards. Illustrated dustwrapper, with black titles to the front panel and black and gray titles to the back strip. A novel that takes a woman, unmarried pregnant and 41, back to her childhood home. Here she was taught the salt dance by her father to chase away her fears, but when her mother left, he becomes an unreasonable alcoholic who was impossible to please. She journeys back through layers of memory, fears, longing and love. Light rubbing to the book edges. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges and a little rubbing to the rear dustwrapper panel. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 238 pages, last three pages blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

The Bodley Head, London . Sydney . Toronto, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 480 g.; XVI, 168 pages, acknowledgements, chronology, appendix and a note on sources. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs scattered throughout the book. Tan coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and bumping to the backstrip edges and shelf wear to the lower book edges. Light browning to the text block edges and faint foxing to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and a little creasing to the dustwrapper corners and the top rear dustwrapper corner has a small split. Fading to the backstrip and the top backstrip edge has chipping and the laminate has slightly peeled away. A reassessment of the friendship and correspondence between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, two giants of 20th-century American literature.… Read More

Corgi Books, London, 1972. First English Paperback Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 218 pages. Photographic front cover, showing Richard Rowntree as John Shaft, against a black background with white and orange writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and creasing to the book corners and all book edges are rubbed. There is a crease that runs the full length of the spine and numerous other creases that run only part way down the spine. Browning of the paper edges and of the internal pages. One of the first novels that used an African American character in a title role as a private detective in a modern setting. John Shaft was the quintessential tough , lusty, African-American private eye in the Mike Hammer mould. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Pulp Fiction; America; Fiction -- Crime; ISBN: 0552090565. ISBN/EAN: 9780552090568.… Read More

Thames and Hudson, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Arthur Tress -- Photographer. 156 pages, essay by Marco Livingstone, biography, exhibitions and bibliography. Photographic frontispiece, showing " Photographer and Skull Mask New York 1974 ". The text is illustrated with 150 black-and-white photographs and 50 coloured photographs taken by Arthur Tress, that were included in the exhibition that was presented at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. Black coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Minor shelfwear to the lower book edges and a little rubbing to the book corners. Some dust marks to the top paper edge and there is a little dustiness to the top book edge. A few marks to the book panels. Photographic dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with silver background and black writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and the corners of very lightly rubbed. Slight… Read More

Octopus Books, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1 kg; 180 pages, acknowledgements by Justin Knowles, preface by Ward Kimble, introduction by Bevis Hillier, bibliography, disqueography and list of licences. Illustrated endpapers showing multiple Mickey Mouses coming and going against the red background. Photographic frontispiece, showing a young Walt Disney standing in a doorway and the silhouette of Mickey Mouse in the foreground. The text is illustrated with copious coloured photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Black coloured boards with silver titles on the spine. A little bumping up to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some shelf wear to the lower book edges otherwise no other faults noted. Photographic dustwrapper showing Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse dolls from the 1930s. Blue background with white, red and yellow writing on the front panel and spine. On the back panel is a photograph of… Read More

The World's Work (1913) Limited, Kingswood, Surrey, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: James J. Spanfeller. 128pp., last blank. The text is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by James J. Spanfeller. Black coloured boards with white illustration, on the lower right-hand corner of the front panel, of a small boy with his hands behind his back, with white writing on the spine. An evocation of growing up in the early part of the 20th century in America. the book is missing the front free end page, and there is foxing to the top edge and front edge of the text block. Internally clean, and free of annotation. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: James J. Spanfeller. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Humour; America; Inventory No: 0256618. .

Oxmoor House, Birmingham, Alabama, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Thase Daniel -- Photographer. 1.3 kg.; XVIII, 158 pages, introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. Blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with magnificent colour photography taken by Thase Daniel. Blue coloured boards with self embossed illustration of a bird in flight to the top right-hand corner of the front panel and the silver titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners and to the corners of the backstrip. Faint fading to the edges of the endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper, again by Thase Daniel, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photographs of the photographer and the text author is on the rear dustwrapper panel. Very light rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and to the dustwrapper panels. A hint of yellowing to the rear dustwrapper panel. In this book the wetlands of Southern America are explored with magnificent photographs by… Read More