Search Results: Authors starting with E from Borg Antiquarian

London: Macmillan London Limited, 1979. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, light green cloth with silver lettering on spine, 21 B&W illustrations and 2 maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Spanish galleon, map endpapers, 260 pages. In 1641, as the Almiranta, or Vice-Admiral's treasure ship, the Nuestra Senora de la Comcepcion sank off the northern coast of Hispaniola (the Domenican Republic) loaded with bullion, silver coin, and jewels. Exceptional condition!

New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company / A Crossroad Herder Book, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Photographs. Folio (13 1/4" x 10"), blue cloth with gold spine lettering, profusely illustrated with color and B&W photographs, translated from the German by Peter Heinegg, 272 pages. 4# 14 oz. Magnificient study in Exceptional Condition with an as new dust jacket. Heavy folio may require extra shipping charge.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo, red cloth, illustrated with 8 glossy B&W photographic plates, beige map endpapers of "Locations of the Black Hawk Wars, 1832," 354 pages. History professor Eby demonstrates how this war with neighboring and peaceful Indians caused them and their lands to be sacrificed to greedy expansionistic Whites due to their landgrab. Eby views this war as "a convenient glass through which we can view other conflicts.arising from the inexorable movement westward of civilization encroaching upon territories inhabited by and pledged to Amerindian peoples." NF Copy. Blue Stamp on title page of "World History and Culture." Attractive bookplate on ffe. Neat writing in red ink on rear endpaper recording "ordered this from Kroch's and Brentano's, Chicago...."

Boston Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1969. Fifth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Map. INSCRIBED by the Author; 8vo, tan cloth with blue lettering on spine and cover, illustrated with map of "Blue Jacket's Country," archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with B&W drawing of Blue Jacket, gold endpapers, x, [xi-xii} + 177 pages. Allan Wesley Eckert (1931 - 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in remarkably accurate and dynamic historical novels for adults and children. He was also a naturalist who wrote studies on many birds and animals.<br /> <br /> Blue Jacket, or Weyapiersenwah (1738 - 1810), was a highly successful war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Forerunner of Tecumseh.<br /> <br /> A legend developed about Blue Jacket that he had been a white boy named Marmaduke Van Swearingen, who had been kidnapped and adopted by the… Read More

Boston Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1983. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Like New/Very Fine. Alex Farquharson (cover art). Small quarto, blue buckram with gold lettering on spine + gilt stockaded Fort Dearborn at Chicago with Indian canoe passing embossed on front cover, illustrated with pictorial title page repeating gilt fort on front cover, 8 B&W maps & blue map endpapers, plus small images as headings; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a river-&-forest campsite in color by Alex Farquharson; [in-text pictorial headings not credited];Amplification Notes; Bibliography; Index; xiv + 688 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 5.5 oz. Allan Wesley Eckert (1931 - 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in remarkably accurate and dynamic historical novels for adults and children. He was also a naturalist who wrote studies on many birds and animals. <br /> <br /> Gateway To Empire is a very accurate historical… Read More

N.P.: Meteor House, 2016. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author Win Eckert & jacket Artist Keith Howell on the title page (recto; then verso), 8vo, textured colored wrappers with two staples, archival mylar protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an oxblood colored leather hide with shadowy submarine - train - horseman - and top-hated gent [Fogg presumably], 28 pages + [1] About the Author. Win Scott Eckert reveals the previously suppressed episode about "Phileas Fogg's fateful encounter with the masked rider of the plains and his faithful companion."-back panel Win Scott Eckert, J.D., is an author best known for his work on the literary-crossover Wold Newton Universe (a Meteor House specialty), created by author Philip José Farmer, but much expanded-upon by Eckert and others. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology and a Juris Doctorate. SIGNED by Author & Artist. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

New York Toronto London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. John Alan Maxwell; maps. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/8" x 2 1/4"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with war club with eagle feathersl, illustrated with period images and maps, Index, map endpapers, 862 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 13.5 oz. SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy. Remarkably well preserved unclipped dust jacket with minute edgewear. Faint stain on foreedges. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Allan Wesley Eckert (1931 - 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in historical novels for adults and children, and was also a naturalist. He was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal and won an Emma for 225 episodes of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

New York San Diego London: Harcourt Brace & Company / A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, 1995. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, blue eighth-cloth over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 515 pages. By the greatly missed author of The Name of the Rose.

Orlando Austen New York San Diego Toronto London: Harcourt, Inc, 2005. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Illustrated with Full-Color Cartoon Figures. Small quarto (9 3/8" x 6 1/4")x 1 5/8"), copper-colored cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated with 11 full-page colored illustrations--often drawing on older comicbook and Pop Culture characters, 469 pages. Umberto Eco. OMRI (1932 - 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by the greatly missed author of The Name of the Rose. A translation of La Misteriosa Fiamma della Regina Loana.<br/> <br/> A Milanese rare book dealer ransacks the Italian and cultural past to recover lost memories.

San Diego New York London: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publshers, 1986. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Small quarto (9 3/8" x 6 1/4" x 1 5/8"), brown quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over gray boards with blindstamped "UE," Preface by Professor Umberto Eco, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), light mauve endpapers, 307 pages. Umberto Eco. OMRI (1932 - 2016) was a brilliant multi-talented Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist. Selected Essays by the greatly missed author of The Name of the Rose.<br/> <br/> SUPERB COPY in all respects! No marks by previous owners or remaindering.

Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. First Printing. Pictorial boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Robert Byrd. SIGNED by Author-Artist on the pictorial title page with a small drawing of his main character, small 4to (9 3/8" x 7 3/4"), glossy pictorial boards, profusely illustrated by the author-artist with full-color map of Africa as frontispiece and many other charming pictures in full-color, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) repeating the cover art, forest green endpapers, [i-ii] map, 55, [56-60] pages. Under serious consideration for the Newberry Award in 2014. Fictional treatment about a genuine young woman, who narrates her astonishing life: from enslavement aboard the infamous Amistad captured slave ship; the famous trial involving John Quincy Adams about freeing its slaves; and how she evenutally was able to return to Africa. Illustrated magnificently by Robert Byrd in ink and watercolor--plus there's a superb full-color, full-page frontispiece map of… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Thick 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on black label & "ladder" decoration on spine & gilt embossed figure of the boy Chad on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncllipped) depicting Chad lounging against a streetlamp painted by Forrest W. Orr, image repeated in sepia on pictorial endpapers, xi + 548 pages. Remarkable condition for this hefty wartime 1940 printing in a VG unclipped dust jacket with some wear and chipping. Slight uniform age-toning to paper. No marks by previous owners.<br/> <br/> Walter "Wat" Dumaux Edmonds (1903 - 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels. His Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) was adapted as a Technicolor film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.<br/> <br/> Bestselling Chad Hanna--about a country boy who worked a New York canal in the… Read More

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine/None. Tall 8vo, wrappers with black printing on spine, cover & title in red, 185 pages. A major collection of studies on shamanism by several renowned scholars; among them: Helmer Ringgren, Gustav Ränk, Ake Hultkrantz, Arvid S. Kapelrud, Halfdan Siiger, and the editor. Clean, bright, and tight copy (we note a tiny red ink spot on the rear cover.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. photos. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo, red quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over white boards, illustrated, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped; $18.95 price) by David Gatti, red endpapers, [512] pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. Anne Edwards (born 1927) is an American writer best known for her biographies of celebrities that include Princess Diana, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Temple, and others.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally. Slight wear to the unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder markings.

New York: Hill and Wang / A Division of Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo (9" x 6.3"), cloth and boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket, 432 pages. SCARCE SIGNED. Marc Egnal--professor of history at York University and author of several books--rebuts Southern apologists and demonstrates that the Civil War was more about economics than supposed high moral principles and clashing ideologies. Important historical insights! EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION SIGNED!

New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Map endpapers. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over tourquoise boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of an iceberg by Eric and David Hosking, illustrated with a few B&W intext images of Greenland scenes, map endpapers, 377 pages + [2] About the Author. Gretel Ehrlich (born 1946) is an American travel writer, poet and essayist. She has won the Whiting Award and Henry David Thoreau Prize (2010) for her work.<br/><br/>SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL OVERALL CONDITION! No remainder marks.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing ?Company, Inc, 1981. Second Printing of 1980 edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine. Formulae. Quarto (9 1/2" x 7 5/8" x 1 3/4"), glossy blue cloth with white lettering and photo of a sculpture, illustrated with some B&W figures; contains 32 essays & additional discussions by leading physicists; Index, 539 pages + {2] Acknowledgements. Weight: 3 lbs. 1 oz. FINE to Very Fine copy of this important Symposium on Einstein.<br /> <br /> No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) painted by Thomas Woodruff, xxiv + 612 pages + [2] Permissions Acknowledgements / A Note on the Type. "This is a book about humankind's place in nature, real and imagined."--blurb "A broadly rooted yet gorgeously precise narrative that ranges from biblical interpretation to musings on wilderness, agriculture, bacteria, chaos theory, and music... A breathtakingly versatile and sagacious performance." --Booklist Dr. Evan Eisenberg, M.D. is a brilliant physician (urologist), scholar, and wide-ranging thinker about the environment and related subjects. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder markings.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1980. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. B&W Photos. INSCRIBED by the Author "To My Granddaughter...Survive" on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, beige quarter cloth with large gold lettering on spine over gold boards, illustrated with 14 pages of B&W photos, archival mylar-protected gold-tinted lettered dust jacket (unclipped), gold endpapers, 320 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 7.5 oz. Jack P. Eisner (born Jacek Zlatka in Warsaw, Poland, 1925 - 2003), used the millions he made in the import-export business to tell the story in THE SURVIVOR of how he (# P 14461) survived the Holocaust in a book, play, movie and many public appearances. He also helped found several Holocaust remembrance organizations, endowed university chairs to teach about the subject and was a leader in promoting understanding between Jews and Christians.<br/> <br/> This is his inspiring story and that of the Jewish ghetto… Read More

New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Period images, tables, charts. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 7 1/4", gray quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards, profusely illustrated with B&W period images and color, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of white-bearded Darwin, Bibliography, Index, xiv, [xv-xvi] + 288 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 12 oz. Niles Eldredge is a prominent American biologist and paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean. Beautiful illustrations. No previous owner or remainder marks. Apart from a few traces of rubbing, virtually As New.