Search Results: Titles starting with E from Lighthousebooks, ABAA

England: EKCO ELECTRONICS LTD., n.d. Duodecimo, paperbound (stiff, green laminated cardstock covers, stapled), 51 pp. Neat former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Fine.

London: Leo Cooper, (1990). First Edition. Royal octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, [125] pp. Near-Fine, with bookplate; in Fine dust jacket. Heavily illustrated in full color. From dust jacket: In the summer of 1940, with the rest of Europe already conquered, Hitler’s armies prepared to invade England. There seemed little to stop them. Britain stood alone, her armies driven from the beaches at Dunkirk. All that remained was for Hermann Goring’s invincible Luftwaffe to sweep the pitiable remnants of the RAF from the sky, and the invasion could begin. That invasion never took place. Goring’s Luftwaffe was confronted and ultimately defeated by a handful of British and Allied pilots -- a tiny Band of Brothers to be known forever as “The Few”. For fifty years theirs has been a story that has inspired all those who honour courage, selflessness and duty. Now this specially commissioned 50th Anniversary tribute brings to life England’s finest hour -- and one of history’s… Read More

London: Putnam, (1963). First Edition. Octavo, blue boards (hbardcover), viii, [ii], 146 pp. Frontis portrait, photos. Near-Fine, with bookplate, in dust jacket.

Punta Gorda, FL: Chris the Printer, Inc., (1993). Signed by Nell Colcord Weidenbach. Octavo, softbound (photo. illus. white wrappers), viii, 168 pp. Very Good, with light sunning to wrappers. From lower cover: I have spent most of my life in Ft. Myers, long enough to remember the Colcord sisters when they were tiny little girls. I was one of the the football players who would go across the street use the water faucet in their front yard during football games in League Park [on McGregor Blvd., where Boulevard Plaza is today.] Reading their detailed stories was like a re-run of my own memories. Their “Tales” can be read straight through, or in any order that catches your fancy. Either way, you probably won’t want to stop -- all the way to “Homer” on the last page. And when you finish, you too are likely to feel as if you had spent your life in Fort Myers, whether you did or not.

London: A. M. Philpot, 1923. The Campion Reprints, No. II. Octavo, blue cloth, 219 pp. Very Good; upper corner slightly bumped.

Toronto: M. F. Feheley, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo, softbound. Photos. Very Good, with sunned spine.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1975). First edition. Quarto, cloth, xiii, 338 pp. Portraits. Near-Fine, with four pages of errata laid-in.

Charleston, SC: The History Press, (2006). Signed by the Author. Octavo, softbound (stiff, slick, illus. wrappers), 221 pp. Fine. From lower cover: The land that makes up Clay County, Florida, has been home to an array of diverse inhabitants throughout its long history. Timucua Indian villages, Spanish missions, English plantations and American forts have all sprung up from Clay County’s lush landscape, along the majestic St. Johns River and beyond. The history of the county has been wrought by the struggles of tribes and nations; the endeavors of settlers and soldiers. in this in-depth look at Clay County’s vibrant past, local historian Kevin Hooper sheds light on the stories behind these various influences, and examines the development of the region from the pre-colonial period to the onset of the civil War. Hooper calls upon a breadth of archival primary source material and combines it with findings from recent archaeological discoveries in the region to provide an accessible and… Read More

Lebanon, PA: Applied Arts Publishers, 1971. Folio, stapled illus. wrappers (paperbound), 32 pp. Illus. with numerous b&w photos. Very Good, with rubbing to covers.

Waltham, Massachusetts, 1969. American Jewish Communal Histories, No. 5. First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), black spine label, gilt letters, map illustrated endpapers, xxi, 382 pp. Near-Fine, with rubbing to covers, in a like dust jacket with light foxing (age darkened spotting). “Jewish life in the exciting and cosmopolitan city of New Orleans under French, Spanish, and American rule during the period 1757 to 1850 presents many intriguing complexities to the modern scholar and layman. In this significant volume, Dr. Bertram Wallace Korn, the noted authority on the ante-bellum period of American Jewish history, makes a penetrating study of a colorful and fascinating era...This study is the culmination of many years of painstaking research into primary sources scattered throughout European and American archives and libraries. It encompasses national and local history, questions of ethnic and religious identity, and an assortment of biographical material… Read More

Lebanon, PA: Applied Arts Publishers, 1977. Second Printing. Folio, stapled illus. wrappers (paperbound), 32 pp. Illus. with numerous b&w photos. Very Good, with rubbing to covers.

North Bend, Ohio: K. S. Kapp Publications, 1971. Octavo, softbound (stiff red map illus. upper cover with white spine and lower cover), 32 pp + x plates. Fine. From Author’s Preface: This bibliography is intended to list as completely as possible the earliest printed maps of Colombia to 1860... The author is both a collector and a student of antiquarian maps of the Americas. He has been engaged in cartographic and exploratory studies in the Republic of Colombia during the past ten years and has therefore taken keen interest in searching for original material of the area in both Europe and America. The research undertaken for the project dealing with a country which abounds in romantic history and tales of the odl Spanish Main has proved to be a source of much enjoyment. All maps, except those marked N.E.B.A. (not examined by the author), have been personally inspected. The institutions that have specimens of the maps are noted... Measurements are in centimentres (cm) being the width by… Read More

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., (1991). Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, vi + 183 pp 215 pp + 209 pp + 54 pp. Fine.

North Bend, Ohio: K. S. Kapp Publications, 1971. Octavo, softbound (stiff red map illus. upper cover with white spine and lower cover), 32 pp + x plates. Fine. From Author’s Preface: This bibliography is intended to list as completely as possible the earliest printed maps of Colombia to 1860... The author is both a collector and a student of antiquarian maps of the Americas. He has been engaged in cartographic and exploratory studies in the Republic of Colombia during the past ten years and has therefore taken keen interest in searching for original material of the area in both Europe and America. The research undertaken for the project dealing with a country which abounds in romantic history and tales of the odl Spanish Main has proved to be a source of much enjoyment. All maps, except those marked N.E.B.A. (not examined by the author), have been personally inspected. The institutions that have specimens of the maps are noted... Measurements are in centimentres (cm) being the width by… Read More

North Bend, Ohio: K. S. Kapp Publications, 1971. Octavo, softbound (stiff red map illus. upper cover with white spine and lower cover), 32 pp + x plates. Fine. From Author’s Preface: This bibliography is intended to list as completely as possible the earliest printed maps of Colombia to 1860... The author is both a collector and a student of antiquarian maps of the Americas. He has been engaged in cartographic and exploratory studies in the Republic of Colombia during the past ten years and has therefore taken keen interest in searching for original material of the area in both Europe and America. The research undertaken for the project dealing with a country which abounds in romantic history and tales of the odl Spanish Main has proved to be a source of much enjoyment. All maps, except those marked N.E.B.A. (not examined by the author), have been personally inspected. The institutions that have specimens of the maps are noted... Measurements are in centimentres (cm) being the width by… Read More

Ormond Village Improvement Association, 1949. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, textured gray wrappers), stapled, [24] pp. Photographs. Near-Fine, with sunned edges and neat former-owner inscription.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1990). Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, viii, 680 pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with rumpled lower panel.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), ix, 178 pp. Very Good, with edgewear that includes a touch of fraying to spine; otherwise, sound, tight, and bright.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, (1997). First Edition. Quarto, softbound (slick, photo. illustrated stiff burgundy wrappers), 192 pp. Fine. From cover flap: The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned is the dramatic, complete account of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906. In the early morning of that day, the sleeping city was rocked by a violent temblor that ravaged buildings, heaved streets, and terrified drowsy residents. But worse was to come: the devastating fire that swept across the city for three days. Nearly 30,000 structures were destroyed, and over a quarter million people were left homeless. The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned is a blow-by-blow account of the four days of devastation, not only in San Francisco, but in its adjacent communities. Among the huge cast are Enrico Caruso, who vowed never to return after the quake; John Barrymore, reportedly shaken from a tryst with a young actress; General Frederick Funston, who directed attempts to halt the spreading fire; and Amadeo… Read More

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, (2006). Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xiii, 529 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: In this masterful, stylish, and authoritative book, Michael Burleigh gives us an epic history of the battles over religion in modern Europe. Examining the ways in which politics and religion have influence each other over the last two hundred years, he reveals that throughout history the two realms have interacted in complex and sometimes lethal ways -- just as they still do today. The overall effect was a widespread increase in secularism and a demystification of the power of politics. With dazzling scope, Burleigh encompasses the philosophies of the Enlightenment and the influence of thinkers like Maistre and Bonald and Lamennais, painters like Zoffany and David, the Catholic Emancipation hero O’Connell, as well as the pseudo-religious aspects of Marxism. While the nineteenth century saw the replacement of the confessional by the liberal… Read More