Search Results: Titles starting with E from Carpe Diem Fine Books

United States: The Carmel Arts Association, 2001. First Softcover Edition. 8vo. 127 pp. Chronology; Exhibition History; Exhibition List. Introduction written by Dr. William H. Gerdts, internationally known author of California Impressionism. Beautifully illustrated with color and black & white reproductions and photo-illustratons. Stiff purple softcover in fine condition. Catalog for the Carmel Art Association's biennial historical exhibition from August 2nd - September 5th, 2001, featuring one of California's premiere impressionistic painters.

Carmel, CA: Carmel Art Association, 2001. First Edition. Square 8vo. 127pp. Chronology; Exhibition History; Exhibition List. Introduction written by Dr. William H. Gerdts, internationally known author of California Impressionism. Beautifully illustrated with color and black & white reproductions and photo-illustratons. Brick cloth with gilt lettering in purple dustjacket. A fine copy. Catalog for the Carmel Art Association's biennial historical exhibition from August 2nd - September 5th, 2001, featuring one of California's premiere impressionistic painters.

Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1979. Hardbound. Name to ffep, else a Near Fine copy.. Octavo, (xii), 745 pp. 'Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Surface Science being the Fourth Interdisciplinary Surface Science Conference'.

Abingdon: Routledge, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xvii, 152pp. First edition in publisher's laminated boards. Library markings, but unused and otherwise a Fine copy. This book analyses e-Governance in India and argues that such initiatives did not take place in isolation but followed in the footsteps of broader governance reform agenda that has already made considerable impact on the discourses and practices of governance in India.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto; cxlv, 1241 pages. Owner name, occasional underlining/marginal note, o/w a Very Good copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Charlottesville: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, 1995. 1st. Paperback. Fine copy. First Edition. One of an edition limited to 2,000 copies. Oblong quarto; xi, 81 pages.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1938. First edition. 4to. 182pp. Illustrations by Hernando Villa. Orange cloth with black lettering to spine in scarce pictorial dustjacket. Minor wear to lower corners else fine in very good dustjacket (chips along upper edge; cover separated along front joint & flap; darkening to spine). One of 1,019 copies. "The first and only authentic record of Spanish California cookery, revealing many secret recipes and menus of the period handed down through five generations by the author's illustrious Spanish ancestors who first trod the soil of California with Padre Junipero Serra." - Dustjacket. The author was direct descendant of Juan Francisco Reyes, an early alcalde of Los Angeles, and Maximo Alaniz, the founder of the Rancho San Jose de Buenos Aires. (Clark and Brunet 177; Howell 50:683).

[Seaside, CA]: Published by the author, 1966. 1st. Softcover. Octavo. 56pp. Photo-illustrations; map. Printed staplebound wraps in very good condition (light staining to rear cover; stain down front cover spine); still a nice copy of a scarce title. Only 3 copies listed in OCLC; not in Cowan. Part One: Camp Far West, in Yuba County; Part Two: Rough and Ready; Part Three: World's First Long Distance Telephone Line, Built in 1878, in Nevada County; Part Four: Early California Chautauquas Wheatland; Part Five: A Great Speach, July 8, 1908 by William Jennings Bryan.

Spokane, Wash: W. D. Allen, 1926. First Edition Thus; the "Big Bend Edition" limited to 105 copies of which 100 copies are SIGNED and numbered by the author, this being #72. 8vo. 35 [2]pp. Frontispiece group portrait of Big Bend pioneers; photo-illustration at rear of the first post office in the Big Bend. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front cover; original grey wraps bound in. A fine copy. Brief history on the early days in the Big Bend country... "breaking trails, rush of miners, coming of cattlemen, making homes, pioneer hardships..." Rampaging Herd 1329 notes its scarcity. (Graff 2486; Howes L-326).

Santa Cruz: Press of E. A. Cook, 1898. First Edition. Small 8vo. 59 pp. Green string tied wrappers with gilt lettering to front cover in very good condition (much of the cover has faded to brown; string tie has separated but still holding the covers & text together). An unusual title; no copies located in the market and only 2 copies located in online institutions. William J. Stack, a graduate of Santa Cruz High School and Stanford University, acted in Shakespeare plays in London for 15 years. In 1929, he played in "The Queen Was in the Parlor" with Pauline Fredericks. Stack also play in "The Marquise" starring Billie Burke. In this collection of poems, his "first effort", he writes of the nature, seasons and beauties of Santa Cruz, California.

San Francisco: Cloister Press, 1938. First Edition. 12mo; [16] pages, illustrations. A Near Fine copy (slight splay) in turquoise cloth with title to front cover. '.. reprinted for friends of THE CLOISTER PRESS. One hundred forty copies made Christmas 1938. Designed by WILLIAM B. PARTMANN.' (Colophon).

Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 1915. Reprinted from 'The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, XVIII, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. Hardcover. Light foxing on title page else fine. 4to. 111pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton Univeristy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. (Cowan pg. 130).

New York: J. Fischer & Bro, 1922. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 23pp; 2pp advertisements. Stiff brown staple-bound wrappers with black illustration & lettering to front cover; advertisements to rfep & rear cover; color illustration to title page. A near fine copy (light wear; owner name; music store stamp; some musical notations to chords). Five songs (with music, lyrics, and English translation) titled: Yo no se si me queres (I know not if you love me); Serenata (Under the Gothic Arches); Nadie me quiere (Old Maid's Song); Carmela; and Un pajarito (A fickle Maiden). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Marysville, CA: Published by the author, 2001. 1st. Paperback. Small 8vo. 52pp. Photo-illustrations. Color printed staplebound wraps in fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Oakland Musuem. 28 1/2" x 19 1/2". Unframed. Fine condition The poster of Maynard Dixon's original oil on canvas "Earth Knower" in the collection at the Oakland Museum.

Berkeley: University of California, 1978. 1st. Softcover. Ex library with usual flaws, else Very Good to Near Fine.. Octavo. Volumes II and III containing all of the technical reports and papers presented. ... Held at the University of California, Berkeley, California July 11-15, 1977.

Shanghai: North China Herald, 1905. First Edition. Volumes I - IV. Small 4to. Various paginations. Illustrated throughout with colored images, frontispiece with tissue guards, folding plates, drawings, fold-out map of Pootoo, "China's Sacred Island." Previous owner name "Lucy Ayers Pitman" and dated Nov. 27, 1915. Mrs. Pitman was the wife of Norman Hinsdale Pitman, an American author who collected Chinese myths and fairy tales, and wrote them for English audiences. Three-quarter maroon leather with yellow printed boards; black lettering & illustrations to front boards; gilt lettering to spines. A bookworm has created small holes through the first and last few pages in Volume I; debrading to the spines; front cover of Volume II is detached; general wear; a good set of a scarce collection of The East of Asia Magazine, which ran from 1902-1906.

Boston: Shambhala, 1996. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 192pp. Striking color plates. Fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 478pp. SIGNED by the author on title page. Pumpkin cloth, map endpapers in color printed dustjacket. Near fine invery good dustjacket (price-clipped; small triangle chip to upper rear edge; minor wear to extremities; front flap partially separated; darkening to spine). The story of three characters who met on the deck of a brig in Monterey harbor in 1837: Judith Hingham from New England; the hard-riding young Californian, and the gangling, kindly hide-trader. Much on ranchers, vaqueros, traders, soldiers, minders, trappers, fortune-hunters, ranchos, San Francisco, Bear Flag revolt, the Gold Rush and the California Indians. "The novel is unique among novels dealing with this period and setting in having a serious and philosophical point of view." - Baird & Greenwood 2355. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps in original glassine. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate in and encourage the educational, cultural and social growth of the diverse Los Angeles community; and to conserve and protect our historic Clubhouse, collections and Wilshire Ebell Theatre.' (Ebell website) 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is a women's club housed in a complex in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles, California. It includes a clubhouse building and the 1,270-seat Wilshire Ebell Theatre. 'The complex has been owned and operated since 1927 by the Ebell of Los Angeles women's club, which was formed in Los Angeles in 1894 or 1897. Since 1927, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre has hosted musical performances and lectures by world leaders and top artists. Among… Read More