Search Results: Titles starting with E from Evening Star Books

New York: Henry Holt and Company [1988], 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 227, [3] pp. Grey paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Near Fine book with a small spot of discoloration to the front pastedown; dust jacket is Near Fine with toning and a tiny wrinkle to the rear panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. [15], 5-235, [7] pp. Quarter green cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Book shows mild fading to the topstain and edges of boards; jacket has a few hints of edge wear.

New York: Philomel Books (2004), 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [13], 2-256, [4] pp. Blue boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $17.99 on front flap.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [7], 8-253, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine, orange topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine panel and the edges of the flaps.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small 4to. [5], v-xviii, [2], 3-314, i-xi, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over beige cloth with a red decoration on the front board, gold decorations on the black cloth and spine. Title page with a red printed design. Illustrated with several color plates, and with numerous plates containing 68 photographs at the end of the volume. An attractive volume containing a great many examples of Native American art. Jacket is price-clipped with a few traces of edge wear.

[New York]: Delacorte Press/Syemour Lawrence [1981], 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [6], 1-212, [6] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A touch of foxing to the textblock and one small dog-ear to a leaf.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1942. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. [5] (with one page of publisher's advertisements), vii-xix, [5], 5-315, [1] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine, gilt border and publisher's device embossed in gilt on the front board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of J.W. Spencer and two additional wood engraving portraits. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. Part of The Lakeside Classics series. A Very Good book with a few hints of rubbing to the boards and an occasional small dog-ear to the leaves.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [14], 15-155, [5] pp. Orange cloth with dark orange lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece of the author and with two additional plates, black and white photographs of Seger interacting with Native Americans. Edited by Stanley Vestal. Part of The Civilization of the American Indian series. Hand S145. Rader 2904. Seger's account was first published in 1923, this is the second Oklahoma Press edition with an appendix on "Tradition of the Cheyenne Indians". Oklahoma Historical Society, "Seger, John Homer (1846-1928)". Seger founded the town of Colony, Oklahoma and the Model Indian Industrial School. Throughout his life he was charged to encourage Native American peoples to assimilate to white American culture. He helped establish agricultural communities for the Cheyenne people, including the building of a cattle herd… Read More

Urbana: University of Illinois Press [1977], 1977. First printing. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 4to. [13], xiv-xvii, [6], 4-296, [2] pp. Beige cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $16.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Includes the original price stamp. Illustrated with facsimiles of advertisements for music recorded by black musicians, a Victrola advertisement, and sheet music melodies. Includes a 33 laid in the rear with songs by Charley Patton, Blind Blake, Willie Brown, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Part of the "Music in American Life" series.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press [1970], 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [5], 6-272 pp. Full blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Part of the Aspects of Greek and Roman Life series, series edited by H.H. Scullard. A history of Greek astronomy, discussing Plato, Eudoxus, and the Greek contributions to the inventions of the globe, the planisphere, the star map, and the planetarium. A Near Fine book with a small sticker abrasion on the free front endpaper in a Near Fine dust jacket with a hint or two of edge wear and toning.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xi, [4], 4-280, [32] pp. Bound in brown cloth with brown topstain. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. With 37 black and white plates. Halton & O'Leary JF79. A Near Fine book with a name and date written on the half-title page in a Very Good dust jacket with a small chip and some light edge wear.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1993. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [8], 3-353, [1] pp. Quarter brown cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a few full-page maps.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. [1893], 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [2], iii-xli, [1], 1-500, [4] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gilt and black decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Each leaf's text bordered in red. With a frontispiece portrait of Longfellow. An attractive edition of Longfellow's poetry. An 1895 Christmas inscription on the free front endpaper.

New York: Bantam Books (1990), 1990. Book of the Month Club. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo. [7], 2-601, [1] pp. Blue softcovers printed in gold and white. Inscribed on the title page by the author. A small concavity to the spine, top textblock with some foxing.

New York: Bantam Books (1990), 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [7], 2-601, [1] pp. Quarter navy cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. A Near Fine book with boards silghtly bowed; jacket shows a hint or two of edge wear with toning to the flaps.

New York: St. Martin's Press (1994), 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [4], v-xvi, [2], 3-112 pp. White paper covered boards quarter bound in white cloth with red lettering on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $14.95 on the front the flap. Original in-text artwork by Michael McCurdy. Introduction by David Petersen. Ahearn APG 025b. A touch of sunning to the jacket's spine panel.

Canastota, New York: G.N. Tackabury & Co, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-xi, [1], 13-576, [2] pp. Green cloth with black and gold decorations stamped on the boards, gold lettering and gold decorations on the spine; all edges gilt. Title page printed in purple, orange, and black. With the Lord's Prayer printed in orange following the title page. Illustrated by an engraved title page and with seven engraved plates. With four pages bound in at the end for the owner to insert small photographs of themselves and their family members. A text on the primary Christian doctrines and beliefs, particularly those central to Protestant Christianity. Minor wear to the corners and a contemporary owner's name to the first two blank leaves, pages show toning.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 5-197, [5] pp. Quarter grey cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Jacket with a trace or two of edge wear.

New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book (1997), 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [11], 12-414, [2] pp. Quarter maroon cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.95 on front flap of jacket. A touch of wear to the boards corners, else Fine in a Fine jacket.

New York: Viking (1990), 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/very near Fine. 8vo. [12], xi-xii, [2], 3-364, [6] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom textblock, else very near Fine in a like dust jacket.