Search Results: Authors starting with E from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. hardcover. Bates, H.E.. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 240 pages. Reprint of the first edition. As a schoolboy, H.E. Bates (1905-74) decided to devote his life to writing and at the age of twenty-one published his first novel. Thereafter he wrote steadily: short stories, novels and journal articles on gardening and country matters. His collections of essays were illustrated by leading contemporary wood engravers, including Agnes Miller Parker and John Nash. During World War Two, as "Flying Officer X," H.E. Bates' writings on the exploits of RAF pilots and other members of the Air Force were phenomenally successful in the UK and USA. The novel, Fair Stood the Wind for France published in 1943, was an immediate success; and again in 1958, The Darling Buds of May, the first of four novels about the Larkins family, was a bestseller. Peter Eads gives full details of first editions of all Bates' work and adds comments from reviews and the… Read More

New York: Center for Book Arts, 2015. paperback. Center for Book Arts. 9.5 x 4 inches. paperback. unpaginated. This book was printed and bound in an edition of 100 in honor of the 2015 Center for Book Arts Chapbook Competition, for which Cornelius Eady was a judge. Cornelius Eady was designed, printed, and bound by Amber McMillan of Post Editions.

(London, England): The Institute of Conservation, 2005. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. Volume 29 (2005). Table of contents. Includes articles, "shorter notices," and book reviews. Color and black and white illustrations.

London: The Library Association, 1980. Cloth. Ireland. 4to. Cloth. xv, (i), 502 pages. A Bibliography of Irish Bibliographies and Sources of Information. Second edition. A comprehensive catalog of 9507 texts relevant to Irish studies. Light rubbing on front cover and slight shelfwear. Head of spine bumped.

Caledonia, NY: Italimuse Inc, 1967. stiff paper wrappers. Calligraphy. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83, (7) pages. Revised edition. A fine copy.

New York: Italimuse, 1965. paper wrappers. Calligraphy. oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 70 pages. Book II: Introducing the Broad Pen and Pen Angle. A fine copy. A very helpful calligraphy manual.

New York: Collier Books, 1976. stiff paper wrappers. Calligraphy. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 113 pages followed by practice sheets. First Collier Books edition. A fine copy.

(Oxford): Alden Press, 1969. cloth. Cole Library. large 8vo. cloth. (ii),xvi,425 pages. Catalogue of books and pamphlets, Part I only: 1472 to 1800. Spine faded, else near fine. A chronologically organized bibliography with 2108 entries. Contains an introduction, references, list of abbreviations, addenda, lists of general and individual biographical works, an index by subject, and an index by author. With a black-and-white plate of the title page of the first volume of Galen's "Venice", 1550, as the frontispiece. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

New York: n.p., 1927. paper wrappers. Smith, Captain John. 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Reprinted from Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Mark in ink in corner of front cover.

Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1898. original paper wrappers (detached). 8vo. original paper wrappers (detached). 111 pages. First edition. Covers worn with pieces chipped away.

Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1898. original paper wrappers. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 111 pages. First edition. Presentation on front cover "Abner C. Goodell Esq with the best regards of Wilberforce Eames, May 16, 1898." Covers worn with pieces chipped away. Spine repaired.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 111 pages. Reprint of the 1898 first edition. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1898. later cloth. 8vo. later cloth. 111 pages. First edition.

Cincinnati: Earhart & Richardson, 1892. original green cloth stamped in colors and gilt, with emblem of three ink balls on front cover and spine, marbled edges. 4to. original green cloth stamped in colors and gilt, with emblem of three ink balls on front cover and spine, marbled edges. 137 pages with 90 plates in full color. First and only edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.284). Presentation page signed by Earhart. Covers rubbed with worn spots at tips and along edges. Very minor moisture stain caused by a cup on the front board. Professionally rebacked and recased. Overall in great restored condition. A magnificent book on color printing with sections on printing two color mixtures, three color mixtures, mixed colors, half tone colors, tints, harmony of colors, combinations of colors and gold ink on colored enameled papers, metallic colors, specimens of embossing patterns, tint blocks, etc. Illustrated with 90 plates of the most dramatic examples of color printing with corresponding text that provide… Read More

Los Angeles: Peggy Christian, 1971. stiff paper wrappers, title stamped on spine and front wrapper, slipcase. Miniature Books. miniature book (4.3 x 3.4 cm). stiff paper wrappers, title stamped on spine and front wrapper, slipcase. 12, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Bradbury, Peggy Christian 1). Printed at the Press of the Gatehouse (William M. Cheney). A letter from a candidate expressing disapproval over the organization's means of collecting campaign funds. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard.

Los Angeles: Peggy Christian, 1971. stiff paper wrappers, title stamped on spine and front wrapper, slipcase. Miniature Books. miniature book (4.3 x 3.4 cm). stiff paper wrappers, title stamped on spine and front wrapper, slipcase. 12, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies. (Bradbury, Peggy Christian 1). Printed at the Press of the Gatehouse (William M. Cheney). A letter from a candidate expressing disapproval over the organization's means of collecting campaign funds. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard.

New York: M. Kennerley, 1912. Bound in original crimson cloth. 8vo. Bound in original crimson cloth. 316 pages. First edition, second issue. A fine copy. An early anthology of contemporary poetry, containing the first appearance of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Renascence" on pp. 180-188.

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries, 1967. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 275+(1) pages. Reprint of 1935 edition. Memoirs of the literary denizens of Georgetown University, Holy Cross College and late 19th century Catholic literary writers, such as Charles Warren Stoddard, Charles Bullard Fairbanks, Joaquin Miller, and Kathleen Norris.

Oxford: Blackwell, 1918. original paper wrappers, paper label on front cover, paper spine label, uncut fore & top edges. Sayers, Dorothy L.. 8vo. original paper wrappers, paper label on front cover, paper spine label, uncut fore & top edges. 55, (3) pages. First edition. Minor uneven age-darkening to paper wrappers. Front hinge starting. Else a near fine copy. With early poetry by Huxley, including his 'Two Songs' and 'Song of Poplars' and Sayers' 'Pygmalion'. Inscribed and signed by Dorothy Sayers, "Minnie / With love from / Dorothy." on half-title page. Edited by W. R. C., T. W. E. & D. L. S. Includes poems by Graves, Meyerstein, Nichols, Strong, Sayers, Morgan, Huxley, et al. REILLY (WWI), p.75. This extremely early appearance of poetry by Huxley and Sayers is incredibly scarce, furthermore being inscribed by the famed author.

New York: Sarabande Press, 1994. cloth-backed boards. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xx, 252 pages. With additions by Boyd Hill. Biographies of hundreds of type designers. With an appendix of technical terms and another devoted to indexes by subject and by typeface.