The Scribner Book Store (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, no date, ca 1950. 69 pages. 9.5 x 6'', printed paper boards. Included proof copy of Alice, first printing of Declaration (sold), Gutenberg Bible (unpriced), Carroll Wilson Hardy Collection, Hitler's Library. Cover edge nicks, cover bit rubbed, soiled, text VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. No date, post-1937 - text. (67) pages. 293 lots. 9 x 6", decorated paper boards, plain dj. First 3 American novels, Cooper's copy of Prairie, dedication copy of Mardi, Twain, Cable, James, Kent manuscripts, Crane & Alcott correspondence, Crane, Hemingway, Holmes, Lanier, Longfellow, Melville, Twain presentation copies. Dj soiled, worn, short tear, VG/fair.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Light blue cover with red leaf. Undated circa 1940's. About 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 with about ninety pages. Secure binding with clean pages and light cover edge wear. From The New York Times: Scribner Book Store, 75, Will Close Next Month By HERBERT MITGANG Published: December 07, 1988 The handsome Scribner Book Store on Fifth Avenue - a symbol of literary continuity since 1913 and part of the only landmark building in New York City originally designed to house a bookstore -will close on Jan. 22. The reason is a tale of precious Manhattan real estate, one as familiar as some of the stories that can be found on the bookshelves under the grand staircase and vaulted two-story interior. The building has been sold and the new owner is making extensive interior renovations - only the exterior has landmark status - that will drive up the costs of occupancy. The bookstore's owner, in turn, believes the new rent will be so high as to make the store unprofitable. ''A chapter of history is about to close,'' said Charles Scribner 3d, a vice president at Macmillan, which acquired the Scribner Book Companies in 1984, the same year the Scribner family sold its Fifth Avenue building. Mr. Scribner is a direct descendant of the Charles Scribner who established the venerable publishing house in 1846. Its 20th-century authors include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. 'The Story of New York' Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No date, ca 1938? (102) pages, 3 'Memoranda' leaves. 50 halftones. 10.75 x 7.25", black & embossed gold cloth, no dj. Browning, Pauline, Bach, Beethoven, Boyle, Browning, Bryant, Carroll, Cook, Copernicus, Federalist, Irving, Jacobs, Monkey's Paw, Kipling, Jungle Book, Aereopagitica, Mozart, Haffner, Poe, Smith, Handley Cross, Thackeray, Trollope, Twain, Washington, Mary Webb, Poems, Emma Willard, &c. Cover worn, corner damped, affecting endsheets, text G/none.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 69 p. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Light grey paper binding, grey and red lettering on spine and cover, peach end papers. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: wear to covers and spine- esp. spine ends, corners lightly bent, several dings to covers, spine and covers faded, pages clean, binding fine.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Ex Library. Slight fading at spine and edges of book cover. Ex library. Stamp of "Hamilton College Library" and library number on front cover. "Withdrawn" stamped on front cover, title page, and inside of back cover. Partially torn off card holder on back inside cover.

Softcover. Covers faintly soiled; extremities worn; top margin of first pages faintly discolored, with other pages faintly foxed; otherwise very good condition. Order form and envelope laid in. ]. Unnumbered pages. 370 entries. (Catalogue Number 108).

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. Good condition. Light cover soil. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NO chips. NO tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937. SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 114. There are a total of 410 items described, several with useful annotations. Bound in the original printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Good condition. 29pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. An unusually nice copy. Very Good condition, but for minor sun-darkening to the edges of the original wraps. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NO chips. NO creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked, albeit just a little age-toned (as usual). NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937? SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 105 -- a pioneering bookseller's catalog of early American popular music. Prepared with the assistance of Joseph Muller of the New York Public Library's Music Department and author of BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY'S THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. There are a total of 437 items described, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. Unpaged (but 72 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Good+ condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1937. Original wraps are in good condition with light cover soil. Internal condition is FINE. The wraps are NOT separating at the staples. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No year of publication is indicated, but circa 1937. SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 109. There are a total of 231 items described, many with useful annotations. Bound in the original blue, gray and yellow printed wraps. 6.25" wide by 9.5" tall. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Good+ condition. Unpaged (but 62 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition 1st Printing. 96 pages. Softcover book in very good condition. Annotated catalogue of American historical fiction books offered by New York's famed Scribner bookstore. A fun catalogue of the classic days of bookselling and an era where a mint signed advance review copy of GONE WITH THE WIND sold for $25 while a first edition of Robert W. Chambers' CARDIGAN brought $50. Today the WIND would easily bring over $10,000 while the Chambers would still sell for $50! Nonetheless, the pleasure in a catalogue such as this in its exactly such connections and the well-written annotations are still useful to anyone with an interest in the subject.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1938. Very Good condition. NO chips. NO tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1938. First Edition. SCRIBNERS PRESENT AMERICANA VOYAGES AND OTHER RARE BOOKS FROM THE STOCK OF HENRY STEVENS, SON & STILES OF LONDON. This 60-page priced booksellers' catalog has a total of 150 items described, most with useful annotations. At the end is a 6-page listing of bibliographical, historical and geographical works published by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. Bound in the original cream-color printed wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. (ii), 58pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: The Scribner Book Store, 1935. Near Very Good condition (a few dog-earred pages, and "102" penciled on front wrap). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1935. First Edition. A CATALOGUE OF FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS IN THEIR EARLIEST APPEARANCES : SCRIBNER CATALOGUE NUMBER 102. [NOTE: This is catalogue #102, the first edition published in 1935, and should not be confused with Scribner's catalogue 139 which has the same title but did not appear until 1954.] Two-page introduction, unsigned, but probably by the legendary antiquarian bookseller David Randall: "The present catalogue is an attempt to present a new path in book collecting." Described here are the first appearances in print of famous phrases such as: "If at first you don't succeed," "My candle burns at both ends," "Mary had a little lamb," "The lips that touch liquor must never touch mine," Rock of ages," "Tweedle-dum and "tweedle-dee;" etc. Although the entries are unnumbered, there are approximately 140 items described (1 per page), most with useful annotations. Bound in the original two-tone blue printed wraps. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Unpaged (but 144 pages). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.