Search Results: Titles starting with E from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, (1989). First edition, number 354 of 1500 copies. Small square folio, 228 pp., profusely illustrated mostly in color. Publisher's gilt-lettered black silk with an applied illustration on the upper cover, in clam shell box. Text in Italian & English. Text block beginning to slip at the top of the spine, lightly soiled otherwise very good in like box with a hint of wear & soiling. As noted on the company's website, "Since 1860, Frette has endeavoured to produce linens and home furnishings of unparalleled quality."Please note, international shipping is by quote only.

Baltimore, Maryland: The Maull Company, apparently prepared for the Biltmore Hotel, no date [1913 per OCLC Worldcat]. Single sheet printed on thick card stock measuring approximately 9.25 inches by 12 inches folded twice vertically (as issued) to 9.25 inches by 4 inches, with illustration in color of the Biltmore Hotel on the front panel & street map of Manhattan comprising the entirety of one side.
Soiled & foxed mostly affecting the front & back panels, modest edge wear including two bruised corners, otherwise Very Good.
The rotating pointer riveted in center "will show you the exact location." Includes index to railroad terminals and steamship piers at the upper corners of the map, with indexes to streets, points of interest & department stores on the verso.
Quite uncommon, OCLC Worldcat locates four copies as of 10/13/2021 (accession number 32342187) at New York Historical Society Library, New York State Library, University of California, Berkeley, & University of Michigan.

Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press/ University Press of New England, (1990). First edition (softcover issue, simultaneous with the hardcover), this copy inscribed & signed by Dickey in ink at the half-title page. Octavo (9" x 7"), 66 & [1] pages. Publisher's pictorial card covers.
Brief wear & shallow creasing at corners, otherwise very good.
A title in the Wesleyan Poetry series & the last book by Dickey published in his lifetime. Features poignant poetry from the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate & author of Deliverance.
"- to Jules/ from Jim -/ at the beginning -/ from/ James Dickey/ (also!).
"Jules" is almost certainly Jules Bacon, a bodybuilder & Mr. America of 1943, who was nominally the subject of an unfinished poem by Dickey entitled "For Jules Bacon."

Boston: Chipman Law Publishing Company, 1922. First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), xii & [1] - 117 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine.
Slight shelf wear, endpapers & pastedowns browned, occasional foxing, otherwise very good. Considers the "problems which faced the court during the first years of the new government, when, without even a rule of court or a single precedent to guide, those courageous pioneers who were first elevated to the Bench commenced to blaze the trail towards constitutional government and liberty..."

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, (1982) 4to, xv, 260 pp, illustrated (some in color) Publisher's decorated paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brick cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight edge wear, otherwise near fine in like dust jacket "The splendid gift from Lessing J Rosenwald to the Library of Congress is one of the greatest collections of illustrated books to be found anywhere in the world." ~from the dust jacket

Charles Town, West Virginia: Woman's Auxiliary, no date [ca. 1910's]. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.25"), 28 pages. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Wraps moderately browned, foxing mostly at early & late leaves, previous owner's name in ink at ffep, brief manuscript annotation in ink correcting an error in date in the margin of page 15, otherwise good or better.
"In my earliest ventures, looking lovingly back over the history of this country I used to remark that as from Spotsylvania sprang Orange, from Orange, Berkeley: so Berkeley, in a final acme of evolution as a tree breaks into blossom, bore the fair flower of Jefferson ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

Washington, D.C.: The Shoreham [Hotel], John T. Devine, manager, printed by Loughead & Co. of Philadelphia, Easter Sunday, March 31, 1907. Illustrated card stock, single sheet measuring 6.5 inches by 16 inches folded once vertically as issued, cord bound to enclose a printed menu. Lightly soiled, toned, & foxed, trace edge wear, cording partially frayed, otherwise Very good. A really charming menu, the front cover depicts a pair of chicks drawing a cart with another chick driving, and a dogwood tree in bloom in the background. Embossed in silver is "Easter Greeting" and the logo of the Shoreham. Dinner sounds fabulous however baby chicks were not offered.

London: Cambridge University Press, (1974). First edition. 8vo, xiv & 239 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine, in printed dust jacket.
Previous owner's chop & date at first blank page, dust jacket price clipped, otherwise near fine."Deals with economic and social change in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Japan, by means of a case study of the cotton trade in Osaka and the surrounding Kinai region."

[Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Staple card covers. [Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Offprint, reprinted from the Illustrations and Introduction to Tales of Edisto. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 31 pages, with illustrations from photographs & a map. Publisher's pale green wraps die cut to reveal a portion of the title page. Printed label over imprint: "Copyright 1955. By Nell S. Graydon."Covers browned & soiled, text toned, otherwise very good. "In the stillnes of the early evening, the faint haunting melody of a slave lullaby drifting through the twilight, the galluping of a horse passing by, the echo of a footstep, or the swish of a silken skirt can bring forth, half-forgotten memories of long ago. Then, if you have been welcomed into the homes and hearts of the Island, you may hear stories of the people and the land ..." ~Excerpted from page 5.

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, distributed by Yale University Press, (1998). First edition. Small folio, 480 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & in blind on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. Upper margins slightly sunned, ffep creased, text block beginning to slip at the top of the spine, otherwise Very Good in Fine dust jacket. A lovely book which was produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art from November 15, 1998 to February 15, 1999: " presents examples of Edo art in all media, discussed in the context of ornament, samurai arts, work, religion and festivals, landscapes and travel, and entertainment. Experts in the field have written essays that address the themes and entries that focus on the individual works of art." (excerpted from the dust jacket) Please inquire for an international shipping quote.

New York: Privately Printed, [The De Vinne Press], 1908. Limited edition, number 396 of 425 copies on handmade Italian paper, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink by Ira Hutchinson Brainard to artist Wilford Seymour Conrow at the ffep & additionally signed by Mary Brainard French on a following leaf. Tall octavo (9.75" x 7"), xiii & 95 pages plus 13 plates. Publisher's light gray paper over boards backed in dark gray cloth, with a printed paper spine label. Publisher's prospectus dated 1907 laid-in. Edges uncut.
Binding soiled & moderately rubbed, text block beginning to crack in a couple of places (still secure), previous owner's bookplate at the front pastedown, sporadic minor foxing, otherwise good or better. Prospectus soiled & folded.
An important association copy from author Brainard to artist Wilford Seymour Conrow, whose bookplate is applied to the front pastedown. Noted for portrait painting, Conrow's art can be found at the National Portrait Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the… Read More

Cincinnati: Rombach & Groene, 1884. Original albumen photograph measuring 6 inches by 9.5 inches mounted to gilt-edged board measuring 6.75 inches by 10 inches. Titled & credited in print in the margin below the image. Moderately soiled/ foxed, image a bit light, otherwise very good. The 1884 riot followed outrage at the conviction of William Berner for manslaughter rather than murder. As a contemporary headline screamed, "At Last the People are Aroused and Take the Law into Their Own Hands, Enraged Community Rises in Its Might." (~Cincinnati Enquirer, March 29, 1884). Louis Rombach and Theodore Groene, both previously employed by noted Cincinnati photographer Charles Waldack, established their own studio specializing in mercantile and landscape photography in 1883. By 1895 the business was advertised as "The Largest Establishment of its Kind in the United States."

Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book & Art Shop, (1966). First American Edition. Tall quarto (12.5" x 10.25"), 192 pages plus numerous plates providing 750 illustrations of which 135 are in color. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt within black blocking on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket & original plain, thick card box. Top edge gilt.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with light edge wear including a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"This sumptuous book provides a carefully documented and profusely illustrated history of European gold boxes, principally of the eighteenth century, since this was the siecle de la tabatiree and discusses in detail the many beautiful materials used in conjuction with gold, and the various techniques of their manufacture and decoration. The methods of hallmarking adopted are examined, together with the question of maker's marks and date-letters. Seven hundred fifty plates accompanying the text." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.
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Tokyo: Galera de Sergio Bustamante, (1989) First edition 4to, 52 pp, profusely illustrated in color from photographs Publisher's black cloth lettered in white on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. "In Sergio Bustamante's world the limitations of reality give way to endless dimensions of fantasy Mexico, with its exuberant and colorful nature is the ideal setting to let imagination fly and with the magic hands of its skillful craftsman, Sergio Bustamante brings life to his dreams" ~Alejandro de la Vega, excerpted from the preface.

New York: Published by Kirk & Mercein, 1817. First American edition. Two volumes bound in one comprising volume III, books v & vi, each book with illustrated title page. 24mo (5.75" x 3.75"), 284 pages. Contemporary full tree calf, the spine with gilt-lettered black morocco label, & embellishments in gilt.
Binding lightly rubbed, hinges beginning to crack (still secure), internally occasionally stained, heavily foxed, last blank leaf with hole, an attractive binding.
Book 5 provides "Odes: Pindaric, Horacion, etc" Book 6, "Elegiac and Funereal."
Please note, we are offering volume III only of a six volume set.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, (1940) First American edition 8vo, 278 pp., with illustrations by Robert S Robinson. Publisher's red cloth lettered & decorated in white, in pictorial dust jacket. White lettering at spine partially rubbed away, brief edge wear, endpapers & pastedowns browned from binding glue, otherwise good or better in moderately soiled dust jacket with edge wear including nicks & tiny losses.
Charming & quite funny, The Elephant is White was adapted into the 1944 film Give Us the Moon directed by Val Guest and starring Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver, Roland Culver & Peter Graves. "The way in which the irresponsible White Elephants manage to reconcile their cardinal rule (Thou shalt do NO WORK) with their luxurious manner of living is the story of this delectable novel." ~from the dust jacket

Bulawayo, [Zimbabwe]: Books of Zimbabwe, 1982. Facsimile edition of the 1898 original. 8vo, xix & 455 pp., illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered brown paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket
Slight edge wear, modest foxing at the edges of the text block, otherwise very good in dust jacket, rubbed along the edges, with a couple of creases, about very good.
Volume 6 in the African Hunting Reprint Series "An account of three years' ivory hunting under Mount Kenya and among the Ndorobo people of the Lorogi mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph"

Elkins, West Virginia: Elkins Chamber of Commerce, printed by McClain Printing Co. of Parsons, no date, circa 1950s. Folding brochure, single sheet measuring 22 inches by 16.75 inches folding to 7.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Provides maps, illustrations from photographs, & descriptive text. Not found in OCLC as of 3/22/2024.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear, couple of tiny splits at fold intersects, otherwise Very Good.
"Elkins, where nature plans your vacation with the finest of scenery and in the greatest natural outdoor mountain wonderland." ~Excerpted from the back cover.

New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason; Buffalo: Phinney & Co, printed by J.M. Johnson, no date (ca 1863). Sextodecimo (6" x 5"), 63 pages including 8 full page hand colored illustrations plus 6 more in text. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & blind. OCLC finds two copies of this imprint but several more with variation in publisher
Binding rubbed & soiled, modest fraying at spine extremities & corners, small loss & short closed tear at 2nd blank leaf, pages 15/16 with chipped corners (text unaffected), previous owner's name in pencil at first blank page & again in ink (dated 1863) at last blank page, brief youthful annotation in ink in the upper margin of the first page of text, foxing throughout, still Good or so.
A charming book, which is quite uncommon with original hand coloring, and the second title in the "Casket of Juveniles" series

New York: Published under the direction of the American Historical Company, 1939. First edition thus. Quarto (11" x 8"), 523 pages, with illustrations from portraits. Publisher's three-quarter crushed black morocco & blue cloth, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in four compartments. Text in two columns. Top edge gilt.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, cloth with a few light scratches, corners a bit bumped, gift inscription at front free endpaper, sporadic minor foxing, otherwise Very Good.
An attractive leather binding housing concise biographies & portrait illustrations of prominent Americans. Beginning in 1931, the American Historical Company published similar volumes of this title over several years, each profiling different persons.