Search Results: Titles starting with A from Evening Star Books

New York: New American Library (1984), 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Slim 8vo. [8], 9-191, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Pictorial covers printed in white and pink; all edges decoratively stained yellow. Price of $2.75 on the front cover. First printing of the trade paperback published in April 1984 (preceded by the hardcover published in 1982). Some age toning to the pages and a blind stamp on the title page.

London: William Mullan and Son, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [7], viii, 488, [1], 2-16 pages of publisher's advertisements, advertisements are illustrated with beautiful black and white wood engravings. Brown cloth with lettering and decorations stamped in silver and gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a color lithograph map as the frontispiece, a fold-out map, and twelve additional black and white plates. This is Lady Burton's travel narrative of her trip with her husband (R.F. Burton) through France and Italy to Egypt and the Middle East, and onward to India. She records their daily activities, what they ate and saw, and who they spoke to along the way. Lady Burton also reflects upon the diseases of the time, and the concern she had contracting cholera and small pox in the different parts of the world that she toured. Difficult to find in the original cloth. A Very Good book with traces of wear and rubbing to the extremities, especially to the corners and to the… Read More

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. [1940], 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 3-506 pp. Red cloth with lettering in gold and black on the front board and spine. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a portrait of the author, an in-text woodcut, and several plates: black and white drawings of scenes from the history of the Associated Press. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper. This covers the (what was then) hundred years of history the AP Press had witnessed: "the inside story of the only world-wide non-profit news-gathering association as it grew from pigeon post and pony express to telegraph and wireless". The author covers stories of journalists who suffered and died to cover events like the Spanish Civil War, the Russo-Japanese War, the Spanish American War, and the First World War. A moving history of journalism, difficult to find in collectible condition. A Near Fine book with minor offsetting to the… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton [1979], 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [10], xi-xxiv, [2], 3-198, [2] pp. Quarter white cloth over green paper boards with green lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 013b. A Near Fine book slightly askew in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a tiny discoloration to the top of the spine panel.

London: Edward Arnold & Co. (1936), 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-viii, 351, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine; navy topstain. Price of 12/6 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Kirkpatrick A18. The first issue with the article, "The Flood in the Office" which caused a libel suit and was subsequently removed in the second issue. A Very Good book with toning to the textblock and offsetting to the preliminaries; dust jacket is Very Good with a bit of edge wear and notable toning.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 3-256,i-viii, [6] pp. Bound in black cloth with "BFS" in blind on the front board and silver lettering on the spine, light blue topstain. Price of $6.95 on the front jacket flap. An attractive copy of this later work in which Skinner explains and defends his version of Behaviorism. Near Fine with light foxing to the top textblock in a Near Fine dust jacket with a wrinkle to the laminate on the bottom of the front panel.

New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [10], 307, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over black paper boards with white lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on front flap of dust jacket.

New York: Grand Central Publishing (2010), 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [15], 4-336, [4] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $21.99 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with an in-text photograph. A close to Fine book in a Near Fine jacket with a small slit to the front panel.

Philadelphia: The Times Publishing Company, 1892. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [2], 3-462, [2] pp. Bound in bright royal blue boards with beveled edges, gilt titling on the spine and a gilt-embossed bust figure of Lincoln on the front board, as well as gilt titling and the author's signature embossed in gilt on the front board; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Lincoln, a facsimile of Lincoln and McClure's letters, and several other plates of Lincoln's high-ranking administrative officials. Nevins 74. A lovely copy of McClure's recollections of Lincoln's high-ranking administration officials. A Very Good+ book with some wear to the boards and scattered foxing to the tissue guards of the plates.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company [2003], 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very near Fine. 8vo. [6], 3-455, [2] pp. Quarter black paper over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $26.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Toning to the pageblock and minor soiling to the boards.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company [1954], 1954. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [2], iii-xxx, 1-303, [3] pp. Grey cloth with navy lettering and three navy borders on the front board, navy lettering on the spine. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a plate, and a fold-out map. With a preface by Colonel W.A. Graham. Reno's conduct was heavily criticized after the Battle of the Little Big Horn and he called this court of inquiry to exonerate himself. The proceedings are recorded here, and are revealing of several aspects of the infamous Western battle. Jacket has a few traces of edge wear.

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. [7], viii-ix, [2], xii, 1-479, [1] pp. Bound in yellow cloth with narrow rule border on the front board in black, gold lettering on the spine inset in a solid black rectangle with black and gold rules at the top and bottom of the spine Fraenkel was a mathematician perhaps best-known as the F in ZF or Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, an axiomatization of set theory intended to avoid paradoxes (one of the most famous being Russell's paradox). Fraenkel's most famous result was to prove the independence of the axiom of choice from ZF (i.e. he showed that the axiom of choice cannot be proven (or its negation proven) from ZF). Together with the axiom of choice, the system ZFC is a suitable foundation for mathematics and has been the subject of extensive study in foundational research over the past century. This book was written for advanced students in mathematics and philosophy and is intended to introduce such… Read More

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press (1982), 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo [9], x, [1], 2--213, [1] pp. Blue-grey cloth over boards with red metallic lettering on the spine. Price of $15.00 on front jacket flap. An attractive copy of Kitcher's well-known examination of Creationism, of interest not only for its defense of science, but also for many insights into the philosophy of science. A Fine book in a very near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of wear to the extremities.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1989), 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 3-343, [1] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $13.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Slight bowing to the boards and a small strain to the front gutter; jacket shows a small crease to the spine panel and a wrinkle to the rear panel.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1982), 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [6], vii-ix, [1], xi-xii, 1-139, [9] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Paul Davies is a physicist who has done important work on black holes, the design of the universe, and placement and properties of galaxies and stars. Davies has a minor planet named after him and is famous for his exceptional ability to communicate scientific knowledge to the public. A nice copy of his book on the role of chance in determining the nature of the universe, intended for an educated general audience. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with a tiny crease to the rear flap.

[New York]: Scribner [1996], 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [6], 7-381, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over beige paper boards with copper lettering on the spine. Maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A small concavity to the spine; jacket's rear panel has a subtle wrinkle.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [7], viii-xxv, [4], 2-164 pp. Grey cloth with red and blue lettering and rules on the spine. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Preface by Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Foreword by Charles J. Biddle. Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Translated by Martin H. Sabin and Stanley M. Ulanoff. A volume in the series, Air Combat Classics. Jacket with very light edge wear.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xxiii, [1], 1-377, [3]; [5], vi-xvi, 1-439, [1] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and gilt devices on each front board, gilt lettering and a gilt star on each spine; top edges gilt. Title pages printed in orange and black. Each volume with a frontispiece and a folding map, both volumes have a total of eight plates in color, and numerous illustrations from photographs. Oxford DNB, T. C. Farmbrough, revised, "Landor, (Arnold) Henry Savage (1867-1924)". The grandson of Walter Savage Landor, Henry Savage Landor was a painter and travel-writer. His most famous work is "In the Forbidden Land", in which he recounts his capture and torture after entering Tibet. He spent time with the Ainu people of Japan, and traveled to other countries in Asia like Korea and India. Landor climbed Mount Lumpa in Nepal and joined the Boxer uprising in 1900 for a brief time. Between 1903 and 1911 he… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xxvii, [1], 1-483, [1]. Bound in tan cloth with lettering stamped in red on the front board and the spine, map of the fur trade country on endpapers and pastedowns, numerous plates with 81 illustrations from paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Bodmer, and George Catlin, 32 in full color. Price of $10.00 on front jacket flap. Foreword (an account of the discovery of the Miller collection) by Mae Reed Porter. DeVoto's book on the mountain men during the period 1833-1838 is widely considered to be his best and most important book. The book was the winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize and was also quite popular with strong sales in the first few years after its publication (Firsts, September 2007, 30-32). Very Good with mild toning to the textblock, light wear to the edges of the boards, and a name (Whitney F. Hoyt) written on the half-title page and the title page in a… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [7], viii-x, [3], 2-155, [1] pp. Red cloth with navy lettering on the spine. Barth 183. An essay on Kantian ethics, which argues that Kant has a powerful and plausible theory of moral worth. However, his theory of right can be used only in deciding what to do and not to pass judgement on what is done. A Near Fine book with a spot of rubbing to the spine; dust jacket is Very Good with hints of rubbing and a few minor dampstains to the rear panel and the reverse.