Search Results: Authors starting with E from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: The Free Press, 2000. Book. Illus. by Map and 16 Pages Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A decade old, but this description of China and its people is equally valid as the day it was printed. The author is a superb journalist resident in China, and he is not gentle in his descriptions of the Party. No edgewear on the binding, clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Dustjacket fine, and NOT price-clipped..

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1974. Book. Illus. by tables and maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has slight edge wear at the top. The roots of the Chinese revolution was in the cities. Twelve scholars discuss city history frojm 1942 to 1949..

Leipzig: C.F. Peters Book. Illus. by sheet music with title pages complete. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Four fine volumes of 31 opus Grieg piano sheet music, bound in red morocco spines and coerners, 5 raised bands on the spines of all volumes with bright gilt titles and volume numbers, and gilt decoration in the spine panels. Slight wear at the corners. Hinges all tight. Marbled endpapers in beige and red to match the papers on the boards. Titles for the music in German, but some titles also in Norwegian and English. Solid 4 volumes with internal leather hinges, no foxing or stains, or prior owner marks. 31 cm tall. An handsome set, no other copies listed on the internet. Uniquely bound by a Grieg enthusiast. No other copies found on the internet. Published circa 1900 ?? .

Boston: Little , Brown , 1901. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continued, "Comprising the Metrical Translations by Edward Fitzherald and E.H. Whinfield, and the prose version of Justin Huntly McCarthy". Introduction by Jessie Rittenhouse. Anexcellent pictorial cloth binding, blue/grey with elaborate gilt design and titl on the front and the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt. Some wear at the spine ends and corners. Inside, very clean and tightwith no stains or foxing or browning, and no prior owner marks. .

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. Book. Illus. by 331 Plates,. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A beautiful copy, with no edgewear, no prior owner marks, no price clip to a perfect dustjacket. SCARCE in this condition. Pages 180 with index, and fine plates at the back. The High Middle Ages took a special interest in Paul's letters..

Boston : The Atlantic Monthly , 1923. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This issue of the important literary magazine has the usual variety of poetry, non fiction and firction articles. rable. In very nice condition for its 90 plus years, with very little edge wear on the original wraps. , clean and tight inside with no browning or stains. Nice advertising, including Tiffany, Smith & Wesson pistols and some in color. .

London: John Murray, 1858. Book. Illus. by Folding Map, 25 Woodcuts Including Folding Frontispiece. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Continuation of the title, "Including a Journey to the Capital with Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilisation of the People". Pages xvii, 470. Original gilt figures and palm tree on the front cover, on dark blue cloth. The spine is unfaded, but a bit of edgewear. Binding protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. Inside, some foxing to the first and last few leaves. Ellis was sent to Madagascar three times to investigate whether Christians were being maltreated. That investigation was not productive, as he was denied access to the capital, but it was the first widely read account of the island, and a thorough description of the society, customs, religion and natural history..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Book. Illus. by excellent photo plates. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original deep red cloth with gilt title on the spine and no edge wear or scuffs. /Dust jacket has some wear at the top, and the spine ends, but no tears and is not price clipped ($5.) Inside , very clean and tight with no foxing or stains, and no prior owner marks. A spot of browning on the front endpaper, residual from a newspaper review of the book, which is still enclosed. A copy with the dust jacket is quite rare. Elmer was a renowned archer of his day, and this is his second book. About half of the book is on equipment, making it useful for those who now hunt with bow and arrow. .

New York: T.Y. Drowell & Company, 1926. Book. Illus. by portrait frontispiece of Emerson. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on the front and the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt. Only a hint of edgewear, and no scuffs or bumps. Inside, no prior owner marks, very clean and tight , and no browning, no stains, no foxing. In short, an handsome copy. I find no hint of a publication date. The 1926 is a guess based on style..

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "A personal account from an Occupied Land". The year was 1989, and many of the insights remain pertinent to today's problems. Pages xxii, 244. A fine copy, with no flaws inside or out, no prior owner marks, and no flaws to the dustjacket..