Search Results: Authors starting with E from Cleveland Book Company

Chicago: Breeder's Gazette, Print, 1884. Staplebound. Fine. 24mo, 62pp. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's dark green wraps, printed in gold, over side-stapled binding. A few tiny nicks to extremities, but a very attractive example, about fine. A pocket-sized guide to the premiums (or prizes) awarded to the winning entrants in the livestock events of the 1885 "World Cotton Centennial," one of the earliest World's Fairs held in the southern US. Unrecorded in OCLC, and apparently not held at HNOC.

New York: Putnam, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 314pp., illustrated. A good copy only in the publisher's maroon cloth. Spine dulled, mild wear to corners and spine ends, and some unexplained residue to the verso of the rear free endpaper. Possibly ex-private library, as there is a tiny area of sticker ghost to the bottom of the spine, but there are no internal markings whatsoever, except a contemporary bookseller label to the front free endpaper. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. A fantastic copy, boldly SIGNED by Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece. This title has become quite scarce signed, especially in the first printing.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 316pp. A very good copy in the publisher's maroon cloth, with a small area of shuccing/chewing at the fore-edge of the front board. Otherwise a sound, clean copy, with a handful of very light pencil markings in the margins. Contemporary owner's name and his attractive period bookplate on the front paste-down. Lacking the rare dust jacket. Contains Edna St. Vincent Millay's first appearance in print (except for some appearances in "St. Nicholas," a children's magazine)--her highly esteemed poem "Renasance.

[no place given]: Chas. C. Eastman, 1950. Second Edition. Staplebound. Fine. Octavo, 18pp., plus advertisements. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's stapled printed wraps.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 127pp. A very good, crisp, clean copy in the publisher's blue cloth. Spine slightly faded, and owner's name on front and rear endpapers. Detached front flap of dust jacket laid-in.

London: W. S. Johnson "Nassau Stem Press", 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto, 211pp. A very good copy in plain boards, which are housed in a vernacular cloth dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper. Clean and bright internally, the cloth is minimally dust-soiled, and hand a bit loose over the boards. Laid-in is a short autograph letter SIGNED by the owner of the collection: "Dear Sir: I have great pleasure in sending you a catalogue. I have only just returned from India. Yours truly [?], Herbert Eaton."

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 365pp. A very good copy in the publisher's red cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Spine gilt dulled, and milf toning and dust-soiling to edges, but a sound copy. Bookseller label from the Drama Book Shop on 52nd St in New York City on the rear paste-down. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Eaton to fellow theatre critic and author Barrett H. Clark on the front free endpaper: "For Barrett Clark from his friend Walter Prichard Eaton." The two were both significant figures in the world of theatre criticism and analysis in the first half of the 20th century. Clark had a long and storied career in theatre, and was very close to Eugene O'Neill. Clark is perhaps best known today as O'Neill's biographer.

New York: Eakins Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Square 12mo, unpaginated. A fine, crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket, a shade sunned on the spine. A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in, and uncommon thus.

New York: Nadja, 1981. Limited Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Small quartounpaginated (about 20pp.). Very near fine, very gently sunned at the extremities, as usual. This is number 20 of 50 limited copies SIGNED by Eberhart on the limitation page. Another 26 lettered copies were reserved by the publisher.

Newport Beach, CA: Donovan Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Large octavo, 285pp. A clean, sound copy, just a touch shaken due to the very heavy page block, still about fine. Ina near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corners, and a few tiny closed tears. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Ebsen on the title page: "To Albert - all good wishes Buddy Ebsen.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Octavo, 252pp. A very good or better copy in the publisher's yellow cloth with spine gently cocked. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In a very good or better dust jacket, chiped near the crown and faintly dampstained on the interior of the spine, but otherwise fresh, bright, and clean.

Boston: The Wheelman Company, 1883. Hardcover. Very good. Large octavo, 480pp., illustrated. Numbers 1-6 of volume II (the second year) of this early cycling magazine. Bound in contemporary 3/4 brown rough-grain leather and black rough-grain cloth. Bookplate of Henry A. Brockway on the front paste-down, and his initials in gilt at the base of the spine. In very good condition, with rubbing to the joints, which are a little tender, and mild edgewear otherwise, but internally clean and sound. First issued just six months earlier, this bound volume represents the entirety of volume II (the volumes turned over every six months). A charming, well-illustrated magazine for the bicyclist.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good-. Quarto, 70pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with a contemporary owner's sticker on the front free endpaper. In a nearly very good dust jacket with some edgewear, inclusing a closed tear at the top right corner of the front panel, which is not so bad when presented in a clear jacket cover. This copy SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.

Minneapolis: Coffee House, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 144 pp. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers, edges of text block spotted. Signed "with a Roxy Video pen" by Edson on the title page. "In this playfully complex novel of banter between master and servants, Russell Edson creates an allegorical narrative in which forbidden sexual desire meets rigid law and order." Cover illustration by Susan Nees.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo, 332pp. A very good copy, a bit faded on the spine, in a good dust jacket with some chips and creases. This copy belonged to southern poet and critic Marion Montgomery, and bears some of his markings and some scant underlining.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881. First Edition. Flexible boards. Good +. 12mo, 114pp. A good or better copy in the publisher's brown cloth, decorated in gilt. Fragile binding shaken, but intact; internally clean with just a hint of pencil marginalia.

Hartford, CT: Church Missions Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition thus. Softcover. Very good +. 12mo, 52pp., illustrated. A very good or better copy in red wraps. Mild scuffing to the front wrap and contemporary bookplate on the interior of the front wrap, else a clean, fresh copy. Very scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.

New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1947. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, 189pp., illustrated. A near fine copy, crisp and clean, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, rubbed and gently chipped at the spine ends.

Entebbe: Government printer, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good -. Quarto, 296pp., illustrated. Ex-library with some of the usual markings. Still a clean, square copy in the publisher's pale green cloth. Overall, about very good. SIGNED by the author in presentation on the title page. Includes the fold-out map of Uganda on the front free endpaper, and there is a typed leaf laid-in, which seems to have some reviews of the book. An uncommon volume, in sturdy shape.

(London): (London Stereoscopic Company), 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, 187pp., illustrated. A fine copy in the publisher's printed boards. SIGNED by Eicher and May on the title page. Brian May, guitarist for the band Queen, is also one of the world's foremost stereoview collectors, and developed teh viewer that is included with this book (unopened/unused). This steroscopic exploration of the moon is uncommon signed by either of the authors.