Search Results: Authors starting with E from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Perkins, Oklahoma: Evans Pubns, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. SIGNED by the author at verso of first free endpaper, and embossed stamp of previous owner at title page. The sequel to the popular social history of an Oklahoma oil boomtown. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Pasted onto first free endpaper are three hand-written notes by the previous owner. Handsomely produced in a light gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct black lettering to cover and spine. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs of this oil boomtown. Dust jacket present, illustrated, still bright but showing considerable edge-wear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv, 1-275 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may… Read more

Perkins, Oklahoma: Evans Pubns, 2005. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Third Printing of the popular social history of an Oklahoma oil boomtown, published first in 1987. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely produced in a light gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct black lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing edge-wear to bottom, a couple of short, closed tears, else not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii, 1-231 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray cloth and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Replete with many score illustrations in black-and-white and full color. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [9], 10-168 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation at Illinois State University, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond the slight creasing to spine. Stunning black-and-white reproductions of engravings designed by Blake himself to illustrate works by Thomas Commins, Mary Wollstonecraft, Edward Young, William Hayley, Robert John Thornton and many others. Virtually pristine of interior, stiff illustrated wraps. xv + 55 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Katonah, New York: The Katonah Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Edouard Vuillard. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Fine looking exhibition catalogue that, in 48 pp. provides 46 illustrations, nearly 30 being in full color. Heavy focus on Vuillard's "Nabis period" of the 1890s. George G. King provides a "Foreward" [sic], then Acknowledgments by Rosalie Dolmatch, then title essay by Elizabeth Wynne Easton. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. William Blake. A landmark contribution to several fields including English social history, art history, book illustration, and artist biography. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely bound in black cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Several score gorgeous illustrations. xxix + 287pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The author, a noted Sinologist for several decades, looks particularly at shan-su literature to reveal emotions and conflicts in traditional Chinese personality. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear but sunning to spine, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii + 141 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cincinnati: Corey and Webster, 1834. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. An uncommon title, scarcely available to the trade, there being only a single additional copy available. Original full brown calf American case binding with red title label to spine. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy and still quite attractive on the shelf. Bound in contemporary calf leather, scuffing to and some worming to front cover and spine bottom, still rather unobtrusive. Joints solid, hinges cracked a bit but boards securely attached. Corners bumped and chipped. Two preliminary leaves starting, otherwise binding tight. Scattered mild damp staining and foxing, but mostly clean and bright, and with an unmarked text block. Measures approximately 9 ¼" x 5 ¾" x 1 5/8" in height, width, and depth, respectively. An uncommon title, not in Garrison- Morrison bibliography. Stated Second edition, bound in full-leather, octavo format. 559, [1] pp.… Read more

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 80 pp. and with lots of black-and-white and full-color illustrations and photographs. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Praha: Vydal Dr. Eduard Gregr a Syn, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Good. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Illustrated blue and orange wraps, protected by a stiff Mylar jacket. Moderate wear to wraps, clean, tightly bound, clean, unmarked interior. Many black-and-white photographic plates of Eckener and the Graf Zeppelin, in its hangar and out, on the ground and in the air. [8], 9-111 pp. According to a Wikipedia entry about him, Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954)"was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history." He was also a prominent anti-Nazi and was persecuted for it. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for… Read more

New York: Harcourt, 2004. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Another fine novel by the author of several fine novels including The Name of the Rose. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Stated First English Edition, with "1" in number line present, translated from the original Italian by Geoffrey Brock. 370 pp. including a full bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. After a violent storm in the South Pacific (the year is 1643), Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked." Thus opens a bracing novel, a stated First American Edition, with the tell-tale "a" present in "number" line, a fine exemplar of a fine novel, translated from the original Italian by William Weaver. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond just a touch of smudging to bottom fore-tip; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 513 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harcourt, 2000. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Stated First American Edition, having been translated from the original Italian by William Weaver. A little tank-like exemplar, bound handsomely in aquamarine cloth over boards. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 521 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Allen Lane, 1999. Second Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Stated Second Printing of the First Edition. From the publisher's blurb, "How has the Western Christian world responded in the past to repeated claims that the end of the world is nigh? How do different religions understand what is meant by the end of the world? What have science and philosophy got to say about the end of time? Why do people suffer? What is hell? Is time cyclical or linear? These are just a few questions tackled by Umberto Eco, Stephen Jay Gould, Jean Carriere and Jean-Paul Delumeau in a series of thought-provoking conversations." A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality… Read more

New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, by Harcourt Brace, 1994. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth over boards. Clean with bright gilt lettering to the spine, corners sharp. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Stated First U.S. Edition, with "A" in "number" line present. 515 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co, 1995. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. After a violent storm in the South Pacific (the year is 1643), Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked." Thus opens a bracing novel, a stated First American Edition, with the tell-tale "a" present in "number" line, a fine exemplar of a fine novel, translated from the original Italian by William Weaver. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond just a touch of smudging to bottom fore-tip; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 513 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harcourt, 2000. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Another fine novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Name of the Rose." A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Stated First English Edition, with "A" in number line present. 521 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Editions de L'Echoppe, 1986. First French Edition. Softcover. As New. Umberto Eco's lecture from March 10, 1981 upon the 25th anniversary of the founding of Bibliotheque Communal de Milan. dans le Palaise Sormani. Translated from the original Italian by Eliane Deschamps-Pria, bound simply printed on Arches paper, simple printed wraps, and unexploded top edges. One of 1200 copies printed thus. M.H. Vieira da Silva contributed a black-and-white illustration at frontis. 31 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Philomel Books, 1992. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Ed Young . A fine looking SIGNED copy by the author, bound Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped, and with a Caldecott Honor seal affixed to front cover. Big, bold, colorful images and a fine parable. Stated Fifth Printing of the First Edition. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Very Good. A tidy lot of four Mary Baker Eddy-penned titles: 1) A Complete Concordance to Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures (Boston: Allison V. Stewart, 1915, pp. 624); Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896 (Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1896); The First CHurch of Christ Scientist and Miscellany (Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1913); Prose Works Other than Science and Health (Boston: The Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, n.d.). Each published in flexible black leatherette covers, some tabulated, each with silk linen ribbon bookmarks, three with gift inscriptions, some discoloration of inside flaps to two tomes. Else and withal, a good-looking, structurally sound set of four items. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.