Search Results: Authors starting with E from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

[Toronto]. Privately Printed. 1945. Soft cover. 8vo. 23x 10 cm, 60p., frontis (Squadron crest), 4 illustrations, roll of honour, nominal rolls, printed blue stiff wraps, string-bound, light creasing to covers, very good copy, rare. (cmt) ~ Cooke p. 331 (3rd Edition). RCAF 407 Squadron was formed in England in 1941 and served with RAF Coastal Command flying Hudson and Wellington aircraft against enemy shipping and anti-submarine warfare. The Roll of Honour and nominal rolls (aircrew and ground crew) include addresses. "This booklet has been prepared in the hope that it may be useful to former members of the Squadron in continuing the friendships formed overseas during the war years. (Introduction).

Peterborough. Broadview Press. 1991, 1991. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 23cm, xv,675p., cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket (n17).

NP. Published by the Author. 1982. Soft cover. 26.5cm, 168p., maps, photographs, illustrated wraps, very good (cnds) A history of the Eaglesham and the Hilliars familes of Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

London. Methuen & Co. 1904. Hardcover. 24mo. 14cm, un-paginated,facsimile tile-page with vignette, quarter white japon vellum backed greypaper over boards, paper spine label, slightly chipped along one edge(another bound in), a very good copy (ds1). ~ A facsimile of"Microcosmographie or, A Piece of the World Discovered; in Essayes andCharacters" taken from the sixth edition, printed by E.A. for RobertAllott in 1633. The book was written by John Earle (c.1601-1665), Bishopof Worcester (1662) and of Salisbury (1663). A humorous look atcontemporary society first published in 1628 and went through teneditions the author's lifetime.

Manchester. Printed for The Record Society. 1879. Hardcover. 8vo, 22cm, xxxv,224p., in the original dark green cloth, gilt titles & Society crest on front, uncut, a fine copy, ().

Manchester. Printed for The Society. 1889. Hardcover. 8vo, 22cm, vi,261p., appendix, in the original dark green cloth, gilt titles & Society crest on front, a fine copy ().

Cleveland. The Imperial Press. 1901. Soft cover. 8vo, 23cm, 98p., frontis group portrait, 42 illustrations, index, printed purple wraps, near fine (am). ~ The Village of East Cleveland, adjacent to the eastern boundary of the City of Cleveland, was called Collamer Hamlet until 1895. The village was the summer home of "the world's wealthiest man" John D. Rockefeller.

(6 vols, Philadelphia, 1857). Being 38 steel engraved plates, [1857?]. 17x 23cm, (6½"x 9").. image size is general 13.5x 20.5cm (5½" x 8¼"), this is slightly smaller plate size than of the original 1857 edition and is printed on lighter weight paper, a few are trimmed, several have a marginal damp stain, a few have some foxing but on the whole they are good clear images ... the lot. (Cdn). Plate titles : The titles tell the story... Esopus Landing on Hudson River - Inscription on rock north side of Cunningham's Is., Lake Erie - Fort Defiance, New Mexico - Falls of St. Anthony - Near Fort Defiance, Navajo Country, New Mexico - Chicago in 1820 - Michilimackinac - Mode of Obtaining Fire from Percussion Skinning the Buffalo - Falls of Montreal River - Herd of Buffalo - Hunting Buffalo - Interior of an Estufa, New Mexico - Chippewa Lodge & Creek House in 1791 - Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico - Gathering Grass Seed Transporting Water and Grass Seed - Mourning for the Dead - Cleaning Grass Seed - Oneida Lake… Read More

New York. Thomas Whittaker. 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 19.5cm, first edition, 107p., gilt titles, green cloth, a very good to finecopy, Eaton (1849-1937) was born at Kentville, Nova Scotia, educated at Harvard, and ordained Protestant Episcopal priest in 1885. He wrote extensively on Nova Scotian topics.

New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons.1888. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, vii,200p., dark blue cloth, gilt spinetitles,decorated endpapers, fine (hmds). ~ A scarce book of religiousphilosophy by Nova Scotian clergyman and author, Arthur Wentworth Eaton(1849-1937).

New York. Thomas Whittaker. 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. 19cm, 110p., green cloth, gilt spine and upper cover titles, a fine copy.

Halifax. Printed at the Morning Herald Office. 1885, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. 24cm, 128p., index of Eaton names and of connecting families, in the original printed grey paper over boards, stain on one corner of the upper outer cover, spine title hand lettered, fragile but sound, a fine copy thus, rare (0).

Boston. W.A.Butterfield. 1914. Hardcover. 8vo. 21cm, 258p., frontis portrait, 18 plates,notes, index, maroon cloth, gilt titles, bookplate, wanting the frontfree fly else very good to fine (clhmds). ~ The biography of aprominent Bostonian who remained a Loyalist throughout the Revolution.Although his son, Mather junior, left for Halifax, Nova Scotia, MatherByles remained in Boston for the rest of his life, regarded as a traitor.A genealogical chapter on the Byles family is included.

New York. Harper & Brothers Limited. 1920. Hardcover. 8vo, 22cm, xiii,312p., frontis and over 75 illustrations (some colour), original quarter green cloth backed boards with colour plate mounted on front, very good plus (tr). ~ A delightfully illustrated natural history study of the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.

Toronto. 1975. Soft cover. 4to, 28cm, 894p., colour illustrated catalogue, index, stiff colour wraps, very good sound copy. (gar).

Toronto. The Macmillan Company of Canada. 1961. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 22cm, 195p., index, grey cloth, a fine copy in very good jacket (s8).

Toronto. McClelland and Stewart. 1982, 1982. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. sq8vo., 24x 22cm, first edition, 192p., numerous plates and illustrations, bibliography, index, crimson cloth backed red boards, a fine copy in fine jacket Bell always had photographers on hand to document his work, an many of these photographers, presented here, have never before been published.

Philadelphia and London, J.B. Lippincott Company,[c.l9l9]. Hardcover. Thick8vo. impression,(half title indicates 4th impression), xx,445,[1],[2], 447-451pp., (index), coloured frontispiece and 172 photographic plates, six coloured. Publisher's pictorial printed cloth, title printed in red and black with illustrated frame, half-title verso has publisher's adverts., binding is slightly dust worn else in very good condition, the text block is clean and sound, (Hmds-38885). ~ This profusely illustrated work offers a review of historical styles of home decoration in England and Europe, and guidance on the ways of furnishing a home according to principles of successful decoration.

New York. Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd. 1965. Hardcover. Thick 8vo, 23cm, in 4 volumes, maroon red cloth, gilt titles on black title panels, fine condition. (Bks) An excellent annotated collection of Eberstadt catalogues. Some bibliography are not used often but when they are it is so pleasing to have that reference. Knowing is everything. It's all about the story. This is one of the places knowing the North America story starts.

Mansfield Centre. Martino. Nd. Soft cover. 8vo, 127p., plates, index, originalblue printed wraps, very good (ads).