Search Results: Authors starting with E from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: Beginner Books / Random House, 1960. Pictorial glossary boards in mylar protected, unclipped ("195/195") dust-jacket, (9.25 x 6.75 inches). 63 pages; color illustrations. First Edition/Early Printing (circa 1963 as evidenced by 33 titles on rear jacket panel). B-18 in Beginner Book Series. Internally an exceptionally clean, tight copy in jacket showing some typical wear and chipping, closed tear top of front panel. Presents nicely in protected jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by P. D. Eastman. Octavo.

Albany: Oliver Steele, 1836. Original full calf, morocco title label, gilt title and ruling (5" x 7.5"). Seventh Edition, with an improved and modernized Grammar and Dictionary; and about 500 new Species, chiefly from the Oregon and Artic regions. 672 pages w/ Index, plus 125 pages Botanical Grammar and Dictionsary (Fourth Edition). Showing some light general wear and rubbing, internally light scattered foxing, remains an attractive copy. Size: Thick Octavo. Leather.

New York: Scribners, 1987. Cloth in mylar protected dustjactet, 200 pp., The story of Israel's four formative decades in 184 photographs selected from the work of the world's leading photographers. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1926. Red cloth, gilt titles, tissue-protected frontis. 308 pp., with appendix and index; 277 illustrations. This work is an important comprehensive survey of the inn, considered both as a structure and as a repository of social life. An exceptionally clean, tight copy Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

Newtown, Connecticut: Taunton Press, 2003. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 234 pages, w/ index; color illustrations. The first book in a joint imprint of the American Institute of Architects and The Taunton Press. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Dayton, Ohio: W.J. Shuey, 1896. Original green cloth (hardcover), gilt titles, (8.25 x 6 inches). First edition. 289 pages, w/ Bibliography, Index and Advertisements at rear; illustrated. Some light general wear, heaviest at head and foot of spine, typical toning of prelims., remains a desirable copy of a scarce title.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.

London: Whittaker and Co., 1848. Nine volumes, complete. Half green morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt panels and titles, all edges gilt, engraved title pages. "Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo." (Wikipedia). Showing some expected general overall wear and rubbing, prelims foxed, remains an attractive set in original leather bindings. Size: 12mo. Leather. Very Good.

West Orange, N.J., 1928. [Autograph]. Edison Botonic Research Corporation business check, 3 x 8.25 inches. Check number 1307, payable to N.J. Laboratory Supply Co. for $10.51, dated Dec. 29, 1929 and boldly SIGNED by Thomas Edison as "Thos. A. Edison" at lower right. With cancel cuts not affecting the signature. Edison's umbrella signature is a high spot among autograph collectors. Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He worked in the fields of electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Displayed under four-scew clear with black border plexiglass dispay case which has some wear. Signed. Fine.

Cantabrigiae: Typis academicis. Apud Johannem Woodyer, 1774. Two volumes in one. Full red morocco leather, expertly rebacked spine, gilt titles and ruling, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, (11.25 x 9 x 2.25 inches). DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Tower of London and Greenwich. Containing selected speeches of Demosthenes and Aeschenes in Greek and Latin, translated by Hieronymus Wolf. Amorial bookplate of William Stewart Rose. Pencil notation "James C. Howgate, Bookseller" on front fly. Showing some wear to exterior, bumped corners, internally clean and bright. Hand-painted double fore-edge watercolors are dull, indicative of being older and contemporary with book (18th century) and not modern.. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Double Fore-Edge Painting. Quarto. Fore-edge Painting.

New York: Tudor Publishing [Fine Binding]. Two volumes in one. Three-quarter brown morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorative compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, (9.5 x 7 inches). N.D. (no date, circa 1930's). 435 pages. SIGNED BINDING by Bayntun Binder, Bath England. Chesterfield's letters comprises a thirty-year correspondence begun in 1737 and continued until the death of his son in 1768. Previous owners inscription on front fly, else internally clean and tight, showing light exterior wear and tide stain on rear board. Leather. Very Good. Tall Octavo.

Paris: Plon-Nourrit and Co., 1913. Two volumes, complete. Quarter calf leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and decoration, (7 5/8" x 5"). 301, 326 pages. Bibliotheque Francaise. French text. Showing general overall wear and rubbing to exterior, age toned paper otherwise internally clean. Size: Octavo. Leather.

Denmark: Glasmuseets Forlag, 1996. Cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust jacket. 81 pages; 60 color plates. Introduction by Finn Lynggaard. Essay by Victoria Milne. Exhibition catalogue from The Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark, May - October 1996, by the master glassblower. English, Danish and Japanese text. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1989. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 219 pp., w/ notes, works cited, and index; illustrated. INSCRIBED by Edwards on front fly. The author argues against the common misconception of van Gogh as the "mad creative genius." A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1934. Blue cloth with white title and decoration stamped on spine, in original unclipped "art deco" dustjacket, (7.75 x 5.5 inches). viii, [2], 3-391 pages. First American edition of an obscure novel by the Soviet journalist-novelist. "Of all the book of the new Russia, none has conveyed so vividly as this novel the human side of the conflict between old and new; the terrific struggles of individuals to adjust themselves to a changed social order..." The three color art deco dust jacket is unclipped ($2.50) but shows paper loss to upper third of spine and wear along upper edge, the book itself is clean and tight. Presents nicely in mylar protected jacket. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Savannah: Savannah Sun, 1963. Stated "First Edition." Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket. 210 pp., illustrated. Abram Eisenman, worked during the 1950s and 1960s for the rights of black people. He was particularly effective in getting better housing for blacks in Georgia. This is his political manifesto exploring ideas such as free education for all thru college, world birth control, complete integration, national lottery to pay off debt, Central American countries to become states of the United States. An uncommon item in a lightly chipped dj Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1976. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. Unpaginated; illustrated. Not only is the collection of photographs fabulous, so are the signatures and sayings by the fascinating people this great photographer has met during his international travels since 1920. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1966. Black cloth, blue embossed title, grey endpapers, in mylar protected unclipped dustjacket, (8 x 5.5 inches), 222 pages. First Edition/First Printing ("First Published 1966" stated on copyright page). Ekwensi's scarce postcolonial novel. The author pursues his familiar theme of women and urbanization in contemporary Africa, evoking the mood and atmosphere of a newly independent Nigeria. A clean, tight copy in a lightly worn jacket with hint of chipping at head. A desirable and collectable copy of a scarce work. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1983. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 216 pages; 100 color illustrations. This work explores modern drawing and its relation to modern art. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Hannover: Sprengel Museum, 2005. Stated "First Edition." Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 224 pages; 248 colour illustrations. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the artistic activities between Roth and Iannone. German and English text. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Munchen: Georg Muller, 1922. Cloth (hard cover), embossed titles. 173 pages; 161 plate illustrations. Text in German. Survey of the various styles and trends in Russian architecture from the medieval period through the late 19th century. A clean, tight copy showing light wear Size: Quarto. Cloth. Very Good.