Search Results: Authors starting with E from Crooked House Books & Paper

Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, blue cloth boards with yellow lettering, 7" x 5-1/2", 146 pp. Some discoloration to covers. Front panel & flaps of dust jacket laid in. Funny gift inscription dated 1916 with drawing of cat.

Easton Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Full black leather binding with gilt decoration, silk moire endpapers, gilt page edges. Signed by Roger Ebert on limitation page. Limited editon of 700 copies. Very faint rubbing to gilt on fore edge, almost seems like a publisher flaw. See photos for details.

Oyez, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Dark pink & white covers, stapled binding, 37 pp. Edition of 1000 copies.

Seattle, Washington: Alice Harriman Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Boards rubbed and edge worn with some spots of scuffing and faint soiling. Beginning to fray at head/heel of spine. Deckle edges with many pages still uncut. Faint toning from age. Binding sound. 349 pages. 22 black and white plates. Whitman was a prominent physician and missionary in Oregon and Washington, and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington is his namesake.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Grey cloth with purple titles, 8vo, 224 pages, black and white photographs throughout; clean, unmarked text, solid binding; price clipped dust jacket now protected in mylar. "For the amateur decorator with more imagination that money

Paulist Press, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5x1x8. Black spine over glossy pictorial boards; soil mark to bottom edge of pages. Check our listings for more titles from this series.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Green cloth with black titles, 8vo, 320 pages, illustrated throughout; a well kept copy; dust jacket is dust soiled and edge worn and now protected in mylar. "THis enthralling and scientific story of the greatest of all empires, the human body, is told in simple and vivid language.

New York, New York, U.S.A: William Morrow and Company, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author(s). First edition. Signed by the author. Cream cloth spine over cream cloth boards. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Signed by Emerson and dated 1988 on title page. 225 numbered pages.

F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. [1894-1899]. Publisher's address of 72-76 Walker Street indicates the book was published between 1894 and 1899. Hardcover, full brown cloth with black "Stratford Edition" design on front board and spine, gilt title box on spine, 7-3/8" tall, 226 pp. Spine ends turned in, church stamp and pocket to front endpapers, ink numeral 814 written to bottom of title page, pages toned, ghost of flower at pp. 42-43. Lupton was one of the cheapest of the cheap publishers, and their books are seldom seen in nice condition today.

Washington, D.C: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the Senate issue, with Emory's rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Brown cloth boards with paper spine label; illustrated with engraved plates and large folding map in rear pocket; 9-

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition stated; brown cloth backed in yellow cloth, 8vo, 308 pages, illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate in front endpaper, yellowed glue residue in rear endpaper; shelf worn dust jacket with creases and chipping at spine ends, dust jacket in mylar cover. Turkish food embraces an infinite variety of fish and meats, casseroles, unusual vegetables and fruits, and fantastic desserts.

J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition stated. Beige cloth spine over burgundy cloth boards, 8-1/4" tall, tan dust jacket. Feels unread, only flaw is some minor soiling to DJ. Texas author's first novel.

Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Watson, Wendy. 62 pages, two tone illustrations throughout; light shelf wear, clipped dust jacket with some shelf wear, including chips and small tears at edges and corners, in protective mylar cover. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Burgundy cloth boards under burgundy & white jacket. Fine in near fine jacket with a little fading to spine. Eustis won the Edgar Award for her debut novel; this collection of stories is more wide-ranging.

New York: G. P. PUtnam's Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Second printing; marbled blue paper backed in brick red buckram, 8vo, 152 pages, color frontispiece and additional illustrations by the author, signed by the author in preliminary blank page. Boards worn at extremities, occasional brown spots to pages.

Gorgias Press, 2018. Hardcover. Fine. 9x6x1. Hardcover in black glossy boards with white lettering, no dust jacket as issues. Fine copy, clean & solid

Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Evans, Edmund. Green cloth binding with gilt decorations and lettering, 8-1/2" tall, 92 pp. Minor fading to spine panel, minor dustiness to top edge of pages. Ruari McLean discovered this memoir, edited it, and made a select bibliography of Evans' works. Edward Evans worked with, and comments on, such people as Ralph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, Birket Foster, and Ebenezer Landells. Color frontis & 1 plate, b/w illustrations throughout.

ACA Gallery, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Evergood, Philip. Signed by Author(s). Signed (name & date of 1946) by Evergood on front endpaper. Blue paper-covered boards under matching dust jacket, 10" x 8.25", 108 pp., two tipped-in color plates, the rest are b/w images. Fading to edges of DJ and boards. Evergood today is probably best remembered for his WPA work.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth with gilt titles and borders on spine, 8vo, 234 pages, informative diagrams throughout; head and tail of spine turned in, previous owner's name on front paste down.