Search Results: Titles starting with E from Resource Books, LLC

Detroit, Michigan: The E.J. Woodison Company, 1920. Undated, most likely from the 1920s. A comprehensive illustrated catalogue of products available from the E. J. Woodison Company, one of the founding members of FEMA - The Foundry Equipment Manufacturers Association. This company was very involved in the beginnings of the Detroit auto industry and was supplier to the several foundries that were developed to support this new industry. Products included such items as: fire brick, stove specialties, molders' riddles and shovels, flasks, sprayers for blacking cores and molds, pouring devices, crucible tongs, coal barrows, skids, hammer core machines, shakers, sand mixers, hoists, metal band saw machines, melting furnaces, cleaning and exhaust mills, sand blasters, molding machines, much more. Printed blue-gray boards with gray cloth spine, a chunky 576 pages. Some wear and rubbing to the covers, mainly around the edges, good hinges, sound binding, very clean pages with a name in pencil on the… Read More

Suffield, CT: Town of Suffield, 1966. Undated, ca. 1966 (property was purchased in 1966). Four page prospectus urging people to support the town's purchase of 134 acres of woodlands, ponds, meadows, etc., which was accomplished with widespread town support. Includes black and white photos with aerial shots and maps. Very good with some light edgewear, no chips, tears or markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. First UK edition, 1966, same year as first American edition. Inscribed to the author's family members and signed Richard. Dark blue cloth printed in white, illustrated dustjacket. The book has light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, foxing (age-speckling) to outer edges of text block, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustajcket is not priceclipped and has some light colored staining and soil, no chips or tears.. Inscribed by The Author. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1963. Illustrated throughout with woodcut engravings. Golden yellow linen-like cloth with black cover illustration, black spine lettering, 152 pages, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels about new, with vaguely foxed edges, sound text block, good hinges, name at both front and rear pastedowns, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with chipped spine ends, a large chip atop front right cover corner (not obstructing design), minor additional edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1961. First edition [1961]. Illustrated history of aviation, from first attempts at flight, through powered flight, through World War I to the years of the daredevil air pioneers from 1919-1935. Blue cloth lettered in white, 272 pages, printed dustjacket. Some light edgewear, mainly rubbing to the lower edge, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages free from names or other markings, some very light foxing to the endpapers. The mylar protected dustjacket has a few small chips and edgewear with fairly little paper loss. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1939. Auction catalog, property of various owners including Parsons, Wood, Berizzi and Isham, illustrated in black and white, 222 lots, some but not all prices realized written in. Softcover with light external wear, sound binding, clean pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wethersfield, CT: The Clearing House, 1964. Catalog from onsite auction of Hoover estate in Bloomfield, Connecticut. 500 lots, some illustrated in black and white, prices realized neatly marked. Softcover with light shelfwear, "marked" written at top of front cover, pages clean.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1961. Auction catalogue from 1961, illustrated in black and white, 236 lots, prices realized written in margins. Softcover, 45 pages. The catalogue is from the estate of noted antiquarian dealer and collector Julia D. S. Snow of Greenfield, Massachusetts, whose name is on the front cover and who also pencilled a comment about possible reasons for the low prices at the top of the title page. Covers a bit edgeworn, contents clean with the aforenoted markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1940. Auction catalogue from 1940, illustrated in black and white, 200 lots, prices realized written in margins. Softcover, 64 pages. The catalogue is from the estate of noted antiquarian dealer and collector Julia D. S. Snow of Greenfield, Massachusetts, whose name is on the front cover. Covers worn with edge chips and short tears to the spine ends, contents clean with the aforenoted markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Medill McBride Company, 1950. First edition, good copy in poor dustjcket. Illustrated reference on early American metalwork, including domestic vessels, industrial copper and brass, plain and decorated tinware, lighting fixtures, the metalworkers themselves, and much more. Tan cloth with blue cloth spine, 112 pages. Some wear and light fraying at the spine ends, good hinges, firm binding, clean pages. Name and date on front free endpaper, old clipping taped in verso of front free endpaper, no other markings. Mylar protected dustjacket is in very rough condition with large chips and tape repairs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1968. First edition [1968], good to very good copy in lightly soiled dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with line drawings. Pictorial cloth, decorative endpapers, illustrated dustjacket. Light shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket which has a white background, has some shelf soil and grubbiness, residue from two old stickers, light edgewear but no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1936. Undated, circa 1936. Part of the Monograph Series Recording the Architecture of the American Colonies and the Early Republic. In addition to several photographs in black and white the book includes measured drawings by the author. White softcover with black cover lettering, sixteen pages. The book is in good condition with light edgewear, foxed cover, foxed cover edges, clean contents with no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. First edition, first printing, 1985. Softcover, some black and white illustrations. Light shelf soil to the white background, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1934. First edition. Published 1934. One in a long and well-researched series of booklets about Connecticut history published in observance of the state's 300th anniversary. Blue softcover, stapled binding, 26 pages plus list of publications. Light shelfwear, slightly uneven fading to covers, minor chip/tear to lower right-hand corner, pages clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1934. First edition. Published 1934. One in a long and well-researched series of booklets about Connecticut history published in observance of the state's 300th anniversary. Blue softcover, stapled binding, 26 pages plus list of publications. Light shelfwear, slightly uneven fading to covers, pages clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newington, CT: Privately Printed, 1937. First edition, 1937. Worn but sound copy, externally fair to poor, internally good to very good. Softcover, 122 pages. Top 2" of cover torn off, other cover wear, spine chipped, binding sound, pages slightly age-yellowed but clean, gift notation on front free endpaper, no other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. First edition in English, 1869. Book focuses on the first century of Christianity. Attractively bound in brown morocco leather over darker brown pebbled cloth, raised spine bands ruled and decorated in blind, gilt lettering, 494 pages. Good to very good condition with some modest expected shelfwear, front hinge partially lightly internally cracked but secure, text block firm, light foxing to first and final few pages, pages otherwise very clean, name and date in pencil at top of title page, personal bookplate inside front cover, no other names or markings.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1933. First edition. Published 1933. One in a long and well-researched series of booklets about Connecticut history published in observance of the state's 300th anniversary. Blue softcover, stapled binding, 30 pages. Outer edges of covers faded, final page unevenly age-toned, pages clean with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Heritage Books, 2007. Softcover, very condition with shallow spine crease but tight binding, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: Arno Press, Early American Society, 1977. First edition, 1977. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and measured drawings. Red leatherette printed in gilt, 11" tall, no dustjacket as issued. Very good condition with light rubbing to the rear cover, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. Architectural Treasures of Early America series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.