Search Results: Authors starting with E from Rattlesnake Books

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed. Complete in two volumes. Signed and dedicated by Lord Brassey on half title volume 1 (refer to pictures). Two volumes: blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; collated with all fold-out maps present; index in volume II pages uncut. Top edges dusty; shelf wear; end papers have some foxing/spotting; cloth slightly scuffed. Ex Library: donated to University of Cape Town Library; shelf mark labels to both spines and several 'Withdrawn' stamps to prelims, otherwise thankfully free of usual library gubbins. Lord Brassey; first private circumnavigation; Governor of Victoria, Australia; Liberal MP for Hastings; swashbuckler of note. Please contact for further details or pictures. Francis Thomas, inscription dedicatee; possibly decorated cavalryman and defending lawyer of Breaker Morant.

New York: Dover Publications, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, subtitled: 'A correlation of the first six thousand words in four single language fequency lists.' Shelf worn and a little dog eared; faint ink stamp to first blank page.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The National Temperance Society and Publication House and the Right Worthy Grand Lodge, Independent Order Good Templars, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Purple cloth with black and gilt stamped lettering/decortaion; first ed. General shelf wear (head, tail and corners worn); spine faded; ex library - Cape Town Temperance Research Library with book plate and several ink stamps. See pictures.

London: MacMillan & Co., 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth; pp xiv, 297. Volume VIII of the English Studies in Criminal Science series. Very Good condition throughout.

Florence: Giulio Giannini & Son, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed. Pictorial card covers with material spine; variously coloured silhouettes throughout. Only rectos numbered, to 20. Previous owner dated ffep 1944 Florence. some shelf wear with wear to spine material at head and foot.

Studio Vista, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight and unread softcover; colour plates; black & white illustrations throughout; pp. 206. Slight shelf wear only.

London: Andrew Wilson, 1815. Reprint . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full calf; hand coloured frontis; pp.xliii, 346 [II]. Previous owner's name & date front paste down; foredge frontis repaired; front board/hinge beginning; altogether showing some age.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth; tissue protected frontis; all plates and maps as called for including coloured and folding maps; pp. 544. Good condition with some shelf wear.

Bloomsbury, 2014. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight and unread grade 'A' softcover; pp. 210. Looks to be an undergraduate text book. No markings.

Edinburgh: Printed for John Ogle et al., 1816. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed. Full contemporary calf with gilt decoration to spine; marbled end papers; all edges marbled; pp. xx, 316. Previous owner's gift inscription to prelim, copperplate, dated 1824. Minor shelf wear; joints beginning; small area of leather loss over upper joint 20mm by 3mm, please refer to picture.

Cape Town: Struik Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a simply designed black/orange dw; black/white frontispiece, plates and illustrations. Slightest shelf wear.

London: Collins, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mid blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a crisp pictorial dw. SIGNED and dedicated by author 'to my dear friends Bill & Dolly'.

London: Collins, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in a crisp pictorial dw. SIGNED and dedicated by author 'to my dear friends Bill & Dolly'.

London: Collins, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and design to spine in a pictorial dw. SIGNED and dedicated by author 'to Bill & Dolly, thanks for your help with Exile'. Slight shelf wear to dw head/tail.

A Renown Picture, 1960. No Binding. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Single black/white lobby card, 10" by 8", for the film 'Dentist in the Chair' featuring Bob Monkhouse being thrown out of a Ladies' convenience. Please refer to the picture or contact for details.

A Renown Picture, 1960. No Binding. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Single black/white lobby card, 10" by 8", for the film 'Dentist in the Chair' featuring Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Stevens helping Eric Barker dislodge a stubborn something. Please refer to the picture or contact for details.

London: T. Evans, 1784. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, gilt decoration. Vol I ballad p 329 ink cross-hatched by contemporary hand. Vol iv contents absent and tiles penciled onto ffep. Pp Vol i [vii] 334 [ii]; Vol ii [viii] 308; Vol iii vi 328; Vol iv [ii] 335 [i]. Publisher's advertisements at rear. Hinges/joints broken but all boards attached; title label missing from Vol iv; all vols lack volume number labels; spine leather is generally worn; corners bumped. Subtitled: "...with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare Copies and MSS. With Notes." All volumes contain the bookplate of A J MacCallum. From St. Andrew's University archinve: "A J MacCallum was a Scottish lawyer working in South Africa. He collected books on any subject that interested him, including Scottish literature and history, law especially criminal history, and politics".