Search Results: Authors starting with E from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

New York: Macmillan, 1934. Lacks the scarce jacket, cloth a bit soiled, pencil underlinings, presumably by Crawford. 8vo. ix, 300 pages. Frontispiece. Original red cloth. First edition, presentation copy, with a full-page inscription by Eagan on the front free endpaper to Dr. C. Ward Crampton: "a fellow devotee of the strenuous life and one that keeps the American youth on the straight and healthy road. With best wishes Eddie Eagan Nov. 19 1937 New York City." Dr. Crampton (1877-1964) was an author, physician, professor, scientist and consultant known for his active promotion of public service, physical fitness, and hygiene. Eagan was an outstanding athlete, known as the only person to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics (in boxing and four-man bobsled respectively).

Boston: Printed by Rowe & Hooper, 1816. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Cover much rubbed, heel of spine chipped, text foxed. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, green morocco spine label. First (and only) edition. A didactic novel set in New England, and with numerous references to the Revolutionary War. The author was a Methodist minister and father of Lorenzo Sabin, senator and author. Contemporary signature of a John Palmer on front free endpaper. Wright I, 2264; S & S 38855; Henri Petter, 'The Early American Novel', pp. 439-40 (for a synopsis). (BA).

London, Paris, New York: Cassell, 1880. Some scattered foxing, generally very well preserved. Two volumes, folio (14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches). Illustrated throughout with engravings. Original gilt-lettered cloth, rebacked and recornered in matching morocco, all edges gilt. Translated from the Original German by Clara Bell. With an Introduction and Notes by S. Birch.

Annandale-on-Hudson: Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, 2020. A near fine copy. 12 x 9.75 inches. 400 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original printed cloth. First edition.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914. Some scuffing to binding, a few plates lightly offset, partly cracked at center but binding strong; a few splits and light wear to slipcase. Rare with the original slipcase. 8vo. 245 pages. Complete with 23 color reproductions of Cubist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, all mounted on card; and 46 half-tone illustrations. Original cloth-backed printed boards, top edges gilt; slipcase with printed paper spine label. First edition. The lawyer, art collector, author and critic Arthur Jerome Eddy was a key figure in the first generation of Modern Art collectors. This, his most important book, is the first American work to promote these artists, and the first work to promote Wassily Kandinsky. Much of the information in the book was gained from the artists themselves, as Eddy was actively studying and collecting their works. Kandinsky had only been represented by one painting in the Armory Show the previous year: four are illustrated here ('Village Street'; Landscape… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1985. Limited edition, number 100 of 800 copies. Light soiling to slipcase, a few small spots on spine, otherwise fine. Folio. Original Nigerian goatskin-backed marbled boards, goatskin facings on the boards, gilt-lettered on spine, bound by Denis Gouey; publisher's slipcase. Designed by Harry Milliken, Ben Shiff and David Wolfe. Presswork by The Anthoensen Press, Heritage Printers, and Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printed on paper made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1985. Limited edition, number 322 of 800 copies. Light soiling to slipcase, otherwise fine. Folio. Original Nigerian goatskin-backed marbled boards, goatskin facings on the boards, gilt-lettered on spine, bound by Denis Gouey; publisher's slipcase. Designed by Harry Milliken, Ben Shiff and David Wolfe. Presswork by The Anthoensen Press, Heritage Printers, and Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printed on paper made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1977. Limited edition, number 605 of 1600 copies. Slightest wear to glassine and rubbing to spine, otherwise fine.. Folio. Original black morocco-backed patterned boards; original glassine; publisher's slipcase.

New York/London/France: Pop Magazine, 2016. Softcover. A fine copy. 11.75 x 9 inches. Pictorial wrappers.

Annandale-on-Hudson: Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2008. As-new. 12.5 x 10.25 inches. 176 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Die-cut rubber cover with resin rose laid-in; with a small booklet included. First edition. "This unique publication showcases the work of one of America's foremost young sculptors. Each comes with a specially created plastic rose in honor of his work capturing the cultural and emotional significance of flowers. Also included is a loose leaflet showing the installation "Bremen Town," which was part of the comprehensive exhibition "Keith Edmier 1991-2007" at Bard college in New York from October 2007 through February 2008. The installation featured a full-scale reproduction of the interior spaces from the home in which Edmier grew up in Tinley Park, a suburb of Chicago" (the publisher).

New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2011. A near-fine copy. 13.25 x 9.5 inches. 248 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original white wrappers. First edition. "The attacks of September 11, 2001 were among the most pictured disasters in history, yet they remain, a decade later, underrepresented in cultural discourse--particularly within the realm of contemporary art. Responding to these conditions, MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey brings together more than 70 works by 41 artists--many made prior to 9/11--to explore the attacks' enduring resonance. Eschewing both images of the event itself and art made directly in response, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue provide a subjective framework within which to reflect upon the attacks and their aftermath, and explore the ways that they have altered how we see and experience the world in their wake. Opening on the tenth anniversary of the attacks, September 11 includes works by Diane Arbus, John Chamberlain, Bruce Conner, Christo, Ellsworth… Read More

New York: MIT Press for the Museum of Modern Art, 1976. Owner's name of a prominent photo historian written on front free endpaper and dedication leaf, covers with some slight wear at extremities, lower sheets edges of last few leaves just bumped. 4to. 110 pages. 48 color photographs and one black-and-white portrait of Eggleston. Original black bonded leather with gilt-stamped spine and cover onlay. First edition; no date on the title-page; copyright page dated only 1976. Issued as the companion to Eggleston's seminal 1976 exhibition at the MoMA. Auer 598; Open Book 308-309; Parr and Badger I:265; Roth 238-239.

Steidl, 2021. New, in publisher's mailing box. Three volumes, folio. Cloth; slipcase. "The three volumes of The Outlands are drawn from photographs that William Eggleston (born 1939) made on color transparency film from 1969 to 1974, which formed the basis for John Szarkowski's seminal exhibition of Eggleston's work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1976 with the accompanying book William Eggleston's Guide. However, with the exception of a couple of alternate versions, none of the photographs in The Outlands have been published previously. "The result is revelatory. Starting at almost the exact point on the same street in suburban Memphis where Eggleston made his famous photograph of a tricycle, the work follows a route through the back roads to old Mississippi where he was raised. What is disclosed is a sublime use of pure color hovering in semi-detachment from the forms he records. At the time, Eggleston was photographing a world that was already vanishing. Today, this final installment… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1989. A near-fine copy with slightest of shelfwear. Oblong. 176 pages. Color photographs. Original cloth; dust jacket. First American edition, first printing, published the same year as the British edition.

New York: MIT Press for the Museum of Modern Art, 1976. 4to. 110 pp. 48 color photographs and one black-and-white portrait of Eggleston. Original black bonded leather with gilt-stamped spine and cover onlay. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION (no date on the title-page; copyright page dated only 1976). Issued as the companion to Eggleston's seminal 1976 exhibition at MoMA, a landmark in the history of photography. "I once heard William Eggleston say that the nominal subjects of his pictures were no more than a pretext for the making of color photographs-the Degas position. I did not believe him, although I can believe that it might be an advantage to think so, or to pretend to think so. To me it seems that the pictures reproduced here are about the photographer's home, about his place, in both important meanings of that word. One might say about his identity" (John Szarkowski, pp. 5-6). "As pictures ... these seem to me perfect: irreducible surrogates for the experience they… Read More

Paris: Egoiste, 1987. Fine. Large folio. Lavishly produced and illustrated. Original printed wrappers. With cover photograph by Richard Avedon and contributions by Federico Fellini, Sigourney Weaver, Helmut Newton, Karl Lagerfeld, and Yves Saint Laurent. "The most outstanding photographers and writers of their time (Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin and today Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth) have graced the 18 issues published to date [18, not included here, was published in March 2018] with a capricious periodicity. Egoïste is the subjective dictionary of an era. Known for the magic of the models, its mythical images such as Yannick Noah's nude by Avedon or the portrait of Ava Gardner by Helmut Newton and its bespoke advertisements designed and created especially by Nicole Wisniak, Egoïste offered a space of creativity to great writers such as Françoise Sagan, Jean d'Ormesson, Bernard Frank, Patrick Besson, Jean-Paul Enthoven, Frederic Beigbeder, Marie Darrieussecq). The release of… Read More

Paris: Egoiste, 2012. Both in original shrinkwrap as issued, as new. 2 volumes, large folio. Lavishly produced and illustrated. Original printed wrappers. TWO MINT COPIES OF THIS DELUXE CULT FASHION MAGAZINE. Keira Knightly was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth and James Thierrée by Paolo Roversi. "The most outstanding photographers and writers of their time (Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin and today Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth) have graced the 18 issues published to date [18, not included here, was published in March 2018] with a capricious periodicity. Egoïste is the subjective dictionary of an era. Known for the magic of the models, its mythical images such as Yannick Noah's nude by Avedon or the portrait of Ava Gardner by Helmut Newton and its bespoke advertisements designed and created especially by Nicole Wisniak, Egoïste offered a space of creativity to great writers such as Françoise Sagan, Jean d'Ormesson, Bernard Frank, Patrick Besson, Jean-Paul Enthoven, Frederic… Read More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. A fine copy. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; acetate wrapper. Number 136 of 200 numbered and signed copies.

New York: Doubleday & Co, 1963. Fine, well-preserved copies, the slipcases somewhat rubbed and worn. Together two volumes, 8vo. 650; 741 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth; acetate wrappers; publisher's slipcases. First edition, deluxe limited editions, each boldly signed by Eisenhower. Numbers 326 and 375 of 1,434 copies. The President's in depth account of his first administration.

New York: Viking Press, 1970. First edition. Jacket a little age darkened at the extremities, otherwise fine. Oblong 4to. Original cloth; dust jacket. A fine association copy, inscribed by Eisenstaedt to Gordon Parks.