Search Results: Authors starting with E from Sparrow's Bookshop

Beacon Press, 1955. Paperback. Good/N/A. Later printing. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked, aside from previous owner's inscription on half title page. Cover and spine have scratches, rubbing, and worn spots. Corners and spine ends are worn.

Garden City Publishing, 1938. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. De Luxe Edition. Pages are unmarked except for previous owner's bookplate. Browned throughout with black top stain and worn deckled edges. Some discoloration on endpapers. Binding is tight. Boards are largely clean and spine decoration is bright. Corners are lightly bumped. Dust jacket is missing pieces around front corners and heavy chipping around spine ends and top edges. A mylar cover has been added.

Garden City Publishing Co, 1938. Hardcover. Good/None. De Luxe edition. Pages are tanned and unmarked. Dark brown topstain and text block tail edge are dusty. Boards are rubbed and soiled. Upper right corner of back board is slightly bent, but otherwise boards are firm and even. Spine is sunned. Gilt deco on spine is faded so as to be no longer visible. Front hinge is startingh between frontispiece and title page, but binding is otherwise secure.

Peyote Press, 1969. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First printing of this edition. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, but spine has some faint reading creases. Minor shelf wear and edge wear to covers.

The Dial Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. First edition. Winner of the Avery Hopwood Fiction prize for 1946. All pages are clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's pencil gift inscription on front endpaper. Pages are heavily tanned. Binding and hinges remain secure. Jacket protected in mylar and has some small chips and tears along edges, with loss at spine ends. Still presents well in mylar. Price clipped. Minor softening to spine ends and board corners.

Harcourt Inc, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First American edition. Slight softening at spine ends. Pages are crisp, clean, and unmarked. Jacket has very minor shelf wear along the top and the spine ends.

Harcourt, Inc, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First American edition. One tear in dust jacket. All pages are clean and binding is firm burt spine has an ever so slight lean. Slight wear on corners.

Ballantine Books, no date given. Paperback. Good/N/A. Translated by William Weaver. 18th printing of this edition, first published in 1990. Spine is curved and with reading creases. Wear around edges of covers and spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned. Small red stain to exterior fore edge. Tight binding.

Del Rey Ballantine, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. First edition. All pages are clean and binding is firm. A bright and crisp copy with only minor bumping to spine ends and previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper under jacket flap. Some staining to top edge.

University of Illinois Press, 1985. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Cover is lightly edge worn and scuffed, with sticker residue on the back cover bottom left corner. Front cover bottom left corner is bumped. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Spine lean but with relatively strong binding. Tanning pages that are clean and unmarked. Corner bumps and discoloration on top edge of boards. Chipping edges of jacket with a few small missing pieces. Discoloration to jacket, especially around the edges and along spine. Some small tears to jacket. Last two pages appear to have been cut out but were likely blank.

Thomas Nolan, 1914. Hardcover. Very good/None. Complete in ten volumes. With illustrations. Stated "limited" on title page, but how many copies were printed is not clear. Some rubbing and faint discoloration to most boards with apparent white paint spots on covers of Volume 1. Shelf wear around the edges with bumped and frayed corners and spine ends. Bindings are strong on the whole, though there are a few instances of mildly split binding and rear hinge of Volume 10 is partially cracked. Bottom right corner of page 253 of Volume 10 is torn, partially obscuring bottom two lines of text. Pages are tanned with some foxing and discoloration around the edges, otherwise all pages are clean and unmarked. Crease to bottom right corner of pages 301-352 of Volume 5.

Ginn and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/None. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked, aside from writing on first free paper which has been crossed out. Pages and edges have faded some. Spine has cracks and peeling, it's missing some pieces along the length and at spine ends. Corners are worn. Boards are faded and have some scratches and discolorations.

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable/N/A. Minor yellow highlighting to a handful of pages, else clean. Edges have foxing. Cover has heavy discoloration and staining, spine has a reading crease. Faint musty odor to book, but no signs of moisture damage. Binding is tight.

The History Association, 1907. Hardcover. Very good/None. Pages are unmarked except for previous owner's stamp on upper corner of front pastedown and next owner's blindstamp to front endpaper. Gilt on all three edges of text block. Binding is tight and square. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with some light chipping to top corners and top of spine. Some scratches near fore-edge of back board.

The History Association, 1907. Hardcover. Very good/None. Pages are unmarked except for previous owner's stamp on upper corner of front pastedown and next owner's blindstamp to front endpaper. Gilt on all three edges of text block. Binding is tight and square. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with light chipping to corners, spine ends and top and bottom edges. Some minor scratches on front board.

Crown Publishers, 1975. Hardcover. Very good/Good.

University of California Press, 2010. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 7th printing of this edition. With photographs, illustrations and scans of handwritten correspondence. Volume one from a set of three. Very mild shelf wear around edges of jacket with faint rubbing to faces. Book appears unread. Binding is tight, spine is square and all pages are clean and unmarked. Two small blemishes to both boards near fore edge.

Rodale Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Acceptable. First edition. Jacket is scuffed and edgeworn, with significant chipping along edges and at corners. Back inner flap is torn along foldover and starting to detach. Pages are clean and unmarked, aside from previous owner's stamps and markings in blue ink on front endpaper and back pastedown. Top text block edge is mildly tanned and soiled. Boards have minor edgewear, with bumped tips and softening and fraying at spine ends. Binding is separating throughout, but hinges are secure.

Little, Brown and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. First edition. Pages are unmarked except for writing in pencil on front endpaper. Light foxing to front and back endpapers. Deckled bottom- and fore-edges are worn and gilt top stain is faded. Both hinges are cracked and binding is separating in a few places within text block. Binding has a strong lean. Decoration and lettering on front board is shiny and distinct. Spine is discolored and scuffed. LIght wear to corners and spine ends.