Search Results: Titles starting with E from Black Paw Books

West Midlands, United Kingdom: Ken Cheslin, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto (30 cm tall x 21 cm wide). 71 pp. Doubled-sided photocopied pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Scarce.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Book explores Lord Morley's life, from his boyhood and college days at Oxford to his editorial experiences at Saturday Review and Fortnightly. Particular attention his given to his relations and correspondence with the leading literary and political figures of his day--Meredith, Leslie Stephen, George Eliot, Harrison, and John Stuart Mill as well as his political connection to Gladstone, Chamberlain, and other liberal and radical politicans. Complete two-volume Tall octavo, pp. Vol. I: xxvi, 327; Vol. II: ix, 285. Red cloth binding. First Edition. Previous owner's name on books' ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; bindings, tight.

Faber and Faber, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. From private collection. Previous owner's name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. Cloth binding is a little sunned along spine. No dust jacket.

London: The De La More Press, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Collection of essays that first appeared in various publications between 1895 and 1900. Tall octavo, 275 pp. Red cloth binding. Deckled edges. Cloth show some soiling and discoloration along spine. Corners gently bumped. Previous owner's name printed on front pastedown.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 581 p. Burgundy cloth. From private collection. Cloth shows some scuff and wear. Top corners gently bumped.

University of Califonia, Berkeley: Institute of Business and Economic Research, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Stated preliminary draft. Quarto, 122 single-sided pages. Staple bound with stiff card stock wraps. 3 fold-out black & white maps. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Clean, unmarked copy.

Cambridge University Press, 1994. Softcover. Good. This book brings together and makes available the results of the research on Soviet industrialization, using a vast amount of primary evidence, and the methods of quantitative economic analysis. Leading scholars in the field analyze the Soviet economy sector by sector, from agriculture to defense and technology, and look at the key indicators of economic health over the period: employment, national income, exports, and population trends. The book concludes with two chapters comparing the Russian economy at war under tsarism and communism. Octavo, 381 pp. In wraps (softcover). Text remains clean and unmarked. Wraps show some rubbing and creasing from shelf wear. We note an annotation in pen on a single page; text is otherwise clean and unmarked.

London: John Murray, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Written by a noted British economist and statistician who worked in India, this book reports on the stat of the Indian economy, including its agriculture, industry, and trade. It also covers the economic policies and practices of the British colonial authorities in India and their impact on Indian society. Octavo, 251 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. Cloth shows splotching and soiling, and some fraying along spine ends and corners. Corners bumped. Text remains clean and unmarked. All said, a solid reading copy.

Oxford University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 325 pp. Green cloth. Prev. owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, square and tight. In clean dust jacket.

London University Institute of Education, 1967. Softcover. Very Good. Bibliography of works related to education in British Raj. Octavo, 182 pp. In wraps. (Education Libraries Bulletin, Supplement Thirteen). Prev. owner's name inside book. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Wraps show some discoloration.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Square quarto, 229 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Minor wear to corners of wraps and text block.

Boston Municipal Research Bureau / Abt. Associates, Inc, 1974. Comb Binding. Very Good. 1974 cost benefit study of the effect of high-rise development in Boston with the hope of influencing city policy toward urban growth and high-density development. Paginated by section, but approximately 100 pages total. From private collection. Wraps are yellowed; pages clean and unmarked.

London: The Everyday Press, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good+. The Egyptian Postures is a guide to the most advanced Mazdaznan exercises that Johannes Itten taught his students at the Bauhaus. Often performed while singing or humming the postures were intended to activate glands and re-channel internal energies, stirring the blood in ways that contributed to the perpetual evolution of humanity. They were also said to induce auto-illumination, the participant's body generating an intense light from within. This edition of Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish's original instructions has been newly edited and illustrated by Ian Whittlesea with images of actor Ery Nzaramba demonstrating the postures and an in-depth essay by Pádraic E. Moore that explores the relationships between esoteric movements, their racial theories and early modernism's embrace and eventual dismissal of the occult, Mazdaznan and Itten." -Ian Whittlesea. Part of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm). 133 pp. Black & white… Read More

New York: Catherine Viviano Gallery, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Catalogue presents works by German sculptor Max Beckmann, best remembered for his depiction of human figures in dramatic and dynamic poses. (Many of his sculptures featured multiple figures in complex compositions, with twisting and interlocking forms that convey a sense of intense emotion and tension.) Catalogue includes black & white photos of the sculptures featured in this 1959 exhibition. Oblong octavo, [12] pp. Stapled wraps. Minor sticker mark on front. Pages remain clean and unmarked.

Los Angeles: The Fantasy Association, 1974. Softcover. Very Good+. Articles include William Morris: Dreams and the End of Dreams by Donald G. Keller, Lord Dunsany, Master of Wonder by Darrell Schweitzer, The Death of Robin Hood by Joe R. Christopher, and Which Does Not Touch Upon Mirror and Pigeon by E.E. Farley. No. 172 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Quarto, 28 pp. stapled wraps. From private collection. Minor rubbing to wraps.

Ekdoseis, 1993. Softcover. Very Good. Greek language book. 263 pages. In wraps (softcover). From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy.

Instituto de la Mujer, 1989. Softcover. Fine. Spanish-language work. Octavo in wraps (softcover). From private collection. Book appear unread.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Klug, Marchino & Cia, 1952. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 175 pages. In wraps. From private collection. Pages are a little agetoned. and edge of single page shows small nick.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Good+. This 1892 biography by British historian Edward Armstrong, focuses on the life of Elisabeth Farnese, an Italian princess who became Queen of Spain in the early 18th century. Tall octavo (23 cm tall). 415 pp. From private collection. Binding shows a few dings to edges of boards and fraying along crown of spine. Hinges are a little limp. Previous owners' names printed on half-title page.

London: John Murray, 1906. Hardcover. Good+. Edited correspondence of noted English socialite, literary critic and writer who helped found the Blue Stockings Society. Complete in two-volumes. Tall 8vo (9" tall). In light blue cloth with decorative gilt stamping to spine and boards. Call letters on spine and marks on endpapers where labels were removed, but no other institutional markings. More recently from the private collection of historian Frederick A. Hagar. Boards show some spotting. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Offered here as a solid reading copy.