Search Results: Authors starting with E from Rulon-Miller Books

London: printed for W. Hawes at the Rose in Ludgate-street, P. Gilbourne at the corner of Chancery-lane in Fleet-street, and W. Davis at the Black Bull in Cornhill, n.d., 1698. First edition of the first separately printed dictionary of slang, unpaginated, collating A1-A4, B1-M8, without the two leaves of ads at the back which are found in some copies; the text lightly spotted but generally a very nice copy in nicely blind-stamped ear5ly 19th-century sheep, neatly rebacked with blindstamped spine laid down; very good and sound. Another edition appeared in 1699 - see Coleman, A History of Slang and Cant Dictionaries, I, p. 76ff citing Maurizio Gotti's The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds (Tubingen, 1999) where the two editions are discussed and 1698 date explained. Coleman also notes that B. E.'s dictionary "is the most substantial and the most original work discussed in this volume ... The value of original material in B. E.'s dictionary cannot be overstated. He made considerable contributions to… Read More

New York: E. Leitz, Inc, 1930. 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; illustrated throughout, largely with photoengravings; some toning of the wrappers, else near fine in original gray printed wrappers. Two-page mimeograph price list for April 1930 laid in. "A microtome is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of material known as sections. Important in science, microtomes are used in microscopy, allowing for the preparation of samples for observation under transmitted light or electron radiation" (Wikipedia). Not in Romaine or OCLC.

First Baptist Church of Warren, [Snow & Farnum & Co., printers], 1914. 8vo, pp. 32; 6 full-page illustrations from photographs; original pictorial brown wrappers; very good. An historical play about the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state, with appearances by Miles Standish, George Washington, Massasoit, and the lovely Ms. Warren.

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 220; near fine in original brown cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt. About 1,750 short-title entries intended to be a complete record of the Americana library of Herschel V. Jones of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The volume also serves as a complement to Mr. Jones' Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897.

New York: Burt Franklin, n.d.. Reprint of the 1898 edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 111; near fine in original maroon cloth, spine gilt.

Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1906. Folio, pp. [2], ii, 64; [2], ii, 60; [2], ii, 58; [2], ii, 54; 2 errata slips tipped in; 4 folding maps (2 rather large at 28" x 52"), tables in the text; library card binding with paper label and accession numbers on spine; ex-Oregon Agricultural College with bookplate, pressure stamp on title page, pocket inside back cover; internally fine; but for the library treatments, very good and sound. Scattered holdings in OCLC.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme [et al.], 1832. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 371, []1]; 2 copper-engraved portraits, 5 aquatints (2 folding); the top margins of 3 plate show some waterstaining (entering the image on 1); otherwise a very good copy in a half polished tan calf binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spine. Earle, "a professional artist, sailed for Hokianga from Sydney aboard the brig "Governor Macquarie" on October 20, 1827. Earle describes native life and religion, Captain Herd's settlement at Hokianga, and the natural history of New Zealand. The book includes an account of the massacre of Captain Marion de Fresne's crew by the New Zealanders in 1772, based on the testimony of a native eyewitness. pages [285]-371 contain Earle's narrative of Tristan da Cunha" (Hill). Not in Abbey, Travel; Hill 529; Sabin 21624.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 72, 8 (ads); original maroon cloth gilt, a good, sound copy. Prefaces to first, third, and fourth editions.

n.p., n.d.: [privately printed, 1941. Only edition, 4to, pp. [8], 20; photographic frontispiece; original blue printed wrappers with crossed fishing-poles; saddle-stitch binding; slight shadow on front cover, else near fine. Inscribed "For C[hief] B[oatswain's] M[ate] W.A. Bartos USN, from Franklin D. Roosevelt." "Having had a desire for some time to get away from Washington for a few days of restful diversion, including some hoped for fishing in southern waters, the President had previously instructed Captain Callaghan, his Naval Aide, to have the Potomac available at Port Everglades, Florida, for a projected cruise to the Bahamas." A working vacation affording the President fine fishing opportunities along the coast of Florida and the Bahamas. The President on the first day alone caught a tuna, a skipjack, and a mackerel. Bartos, to whom the book is inscribed, was an enlisted sailor attached to the President's party. Also attached to the President's party were the Attorney General, Robert H.… Read More

Providence: Providence Press Company, 1873. 8vo, pp. 20; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; very good. Property owners at the northern edge of Bristol seek to change the boundary between the two towns so they would live in Warren, the downtown of which much closer than the downtown of Bristol. Accompanied by a contemporary copy of the original manuscript petition of the Bristol residents, listing the names of 59 affected property owners, to the State of Rhode Island, a 7-page document outlining the argument, signed by the R.I. Secretary of State, Joshua M. Addeman, dated May, 1872, stating that "the said petition be continued to the next January session of the General Assembly, and that in the meantime the petitioners give notice of the pendency of the said petition with a copy of this order to be served on the town clerks of the towns of Bristol and Warren." The petition was ultimately approved and that part of Bristol was annexed to Warren in May, 1873.

Boston: printed for the author by T. Rowe, 1818. 12mo, pp. 204, [4]; musical notation throughout; full speckled calf; upper board loose, spine label partially perished, contemporary gift inscription on free endpaper with signature excised, the occasional spotting, some offsetting, good. Duets, glees, catches, cannons, hymns, odes, dirges, and choruses appropriate to all masonic occasions. American Imprints 43904.

Brattleboro: by the author, 1849. First edition, 8vo, pp. 432; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; some wear to extremities, spine ends cracked; a handsome copy. Eastman (1809-1891), a Methodist clergyman in Putney, VT, rails against the religious views of John Humphrey Noyes and the practices Noyes championed in Oneida community.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. First edition, 8vo, pp. 10; large folding celestial chart tracking the meteors; original printed blue wrappers; ex-Franklin Institute with a small accession label at the top gutter corner of the front wrapper, Institute bookplate and rules inside front wrapper, and a number of small rubberstamps throughout, spine partially split; markings aside, a very good copy. This publication was not included in the regular annual volumes of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

London: Scholartis Press, 1928. First edition, limited to 960 copies, small 4to, pp. xi, [1], 132, [4]; photographic frontispiece and 15 photographic plates by Percy Brown; original red cloth, t.e.g., erratum laid in; bookplate, corners bumped, spine a little sunned, very good. Travels through Phari, Teesta Valley, Chumolaori, Gob Sorg, etc.

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. xlviii, 467; ex-library copy stamped "Discard' on front pastedown, small paper label on spine, and a few pencil notations in prelims, light wear to extremities, overall very good in original navy cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. In four parts: General Social Surveys; Surveys in Specialized Fields; Publications on Purpose, Method, and Standards in Surveys; and Geographical Index.

Providence: E. L. Freeman & Son, state printers, 1885. First separate edition, reprinted from the Narragansett Historical Register, January, 1886; 8vo, pp. 33, [1]; fine in original printed salmon wrappers. Claims made by Rhode Islanders against France for vessels and cargo taken by privateers prior to September 30, 1800, which even by 1885 had not been resolved. BnF only in OCLC.

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First edition, 12mo, pp. 48; 1/300 copies printed by The Torch Press, frontispiece portrait of Stevenson and 1 plate; some toning on preliminaries, else very good in original cloth-backed boards with paper label on spine and upper cover.

Utica: Bennett, Backus, & Hawley, 1845. 18mo, pp. [7]-150; original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt title on upper cover, corners and spine rubbed, light dampstain on top edge stopping before the text, light spotting, good. An account of missionary work. Opinions given on Catholics, Blacklegs, infidels generally, and the various sailors and passengers preached to.

[Nettetal]: Monumenta Serica Institute, 1999. 8vo, pp. 450, [24]; text illustrations; green printed paper covered boards, fine. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series XLIII. A collection of essays on the Bible's translation, transmission, reception, and appropriation in China.

Lincoln, [MA]: Penmaen Press, 1975. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this one of 300 hardbound signed by the poet and artist, 8vo, pp. 35; title page with wood engraving printed in blue and black, 4 wood engravings in text; fine in original black cloth gilt. "When asked by the publisher whether I had anything to offer his press I cast about in my mind and thought of poems I had written to poets and when I looked them up I was surprised that there were more than I had thought" (preface).