Search Results: Authors starting with E from Whiting Books

London: Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, Geological Survey and Museum, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Third Edition. Previous owner name stamped on the title page. 118 pages with Bibliography of Maps and Memoirs and Index. Illustrated with fold-out plates, photos, and figures. Based on previous editions by R.W. Pocock and T.H. Whitehead..

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. Previous owner address label inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy. 175 pages with black and white photos. From the publisher: "In 1885 a genteel New England girl traveled to the western frontier to open a school on the Great Sioux Reservation. This book bears witness to a critical and tragic era in Lakota history and reveals the frequently contradictory attitudes of outsiders drawn to them.".

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Univesity Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Red cloth, gilt stamping to spine. Signed on the front free endpaper to the previous owner. 225 pages with Appendix (The Constitution of the United States and Amendments)..

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Univesity Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Red cloth, gilt stamping to spine. Very light shelf wear. Dust jacket is edge-worn and has a torn area on both front and rear panels where the paper around the tear is creased. Text on the rear flap has some underlining of the authors' names. Protected from further damage now in a Mylar sleeve. Interior of book is clean and free of marks or writing. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Don Heard with very best regards, Bob Eckhardt.".

Book. Good. Hardcover. Binding tight and square. Mild edge wear, faint spotting to the top edge of the page block. A bit of foxing on the title page. Inscription from the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Marlin, Texas, Loyd M. Chapman. Publisher and publication date not indicated. Circa 1950s. Eighty-four page history of the First Baptist Church in Marlin, Texas. Illustrated with historic photos. Very scarce copy, hard to come by. 0.

Boston: Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1936. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Eighty-ninth Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Reddish-brown leatherette with gilt stamping and lettering. Rubbing to the extremities and along the spine. A few pages have handwritten notes. Silk ribbon bookmark attached..

Boston: Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1938. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt edges. Floral pictorial cover. Green paper jacket with light edge wear and some evidence of moisture to to rear panel. No stains, just a light wrinled effect. Renewed copyright date of 1938. This is the most recent date indicated for the book..

Boston: Joseph Armstrong, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. Dark brown cloth with gilt stamping to the spine and front cover and decorative blind-stamped borders to both covers. Decorative marbling to the fore-edge and bottom edge of the page block. Some shelf wear and wear to the corners. The binding is tight and square. The book contains two ownership indicators-one a name label (recent, typed) on the front free endpaper, the other an ink stamp from, we believe, the original owner on the following blank page. She was Anna B. Cokely of Rusk, West Virginia and she interacted with her book with interesting annotation and marginalia throughout most of the book in period ink that appears consistent with the publication date. Often reprinted, this printing is stated on the title page as Three Hundred and Twenty-first Thousand, but we find only several copies online from this Boston publisher. 700 pages, the last 100 of which comprise Chapter XVIII: Fruitage - A series of letters… Read More

Madison, Wisconsin: Bleak House Books, 2006. Book. Near Fine+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Barely a trace of wear. About fine. Signed on the title page by four of the contributors to this collection: Michael A. Black, Reed Farrel Coleman, Julie Hyzy, and J.A. Konrath. Additional signatures found at various chapters in the book include those of Sean Doolittle to McKenna and David (owners of Murder by the Book in Houston), David Morrell, Jeff Abbott (also inscribed to McKenna and David), and Reed Farrel Coleman again (also inscribed to McKenna and David). 492 pages with Bibliography of authors' works..

Menasha, Wisconsin: United States Naval Institute, 1944. Book. Good. Soft cover. Complete set of Proceedings, Vol. 69, 1943. Twelve issues Jan-Dec. (nos. 479-490). Light to moderate edge wear, some chipping at the spine ends and minor soiling. All covers intact and interiors clean..

Menasha, Wisconsin: United States Naval Institute, 1944. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Complete set of Proceedings, Vol. 70, 1944. Twelve issues Jan-Dec. Light to moderate edge wear, some soiling, and some bent corners. All covers intact and interiors clean..

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 102 pages exhibiting 125 items from the 1978 excavation of the Zeng Hou Yi Tomb in the northwest of Suizhou City in the Hubei Province: Bronze Wares; Musical Instruments; Lauerwares; Weapons, Chariots and Harness Articles; Goldwares and Jadewares; Bamboo Slips; Chu Wang Bo Bell; Bronze Zun and Pan; Bronze Jian and Fou; and the Coffin of the Tomb Owner. A written article for each of these items precedes the section of color photographs of those items..

Beijing: Petroleum Industry Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 307 pages, the last 60 or so having a waviness in the lower corner. No moisture stains evident; pages may have been bent back. Jacket shows some bubbling in the laminate, giving the appearance of a few streaks across the front and rear panels. Stated first printing on a card pasted on the last page. Many maps and photos illustrate this 40-year history, which is printed in both English and Chinese..

London: Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, Geological Survey and Museum, 1969. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Third Edition. Some mild creasing to the spine. Previous owner name stamped on the title page. 130 pages with a list of related maps, geological survey maps and memoirs, and short bibliography of other works dealing with the region. Illustrated with plates (some fold-out) and figures..

London: Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, Geological Survey and Museum, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Third Edition, Fifth Impression. Previous owner name stamped on the cover. 86 pages with Index and a list of related geological survey maps and memoirs, and short list of other works dealing with the region. Illustrated with plates (some fold-out) and figures..

London: Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, Geological Survey and Museum, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Fourth Edition, Third Impression. Previous owner name stamped on the cover. 100 pages with a list of related geological survey maps and memoirs dealing with the region. Illustrated with plates (some fold-out) and figures..

New York: Doubleday, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Minute trace of shelf wear. Jacket has a small tear and some wear at the head of the spine. Inscribed "To Andrew, With Best Wishes, George Alec Effinger." A recent college graduate travels back in time to see the great library of Alexandria and finds things are not what he expected..

Houston: Cordovan Corporation, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. 97 pages with photos. Recollections of the author's bass fishing adventures. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "To Jerry, For all the good times. May we have many more. Sincerely, Max Eggleston.".

New York: Covici - Friede, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. The jacket is price-clipped, chipped, rubbed, and has moisture stains at the flap folds and bottom edge, which are mirrored on the endpapers and faintly on the fore-edge of the last 50 pages. The rest of the interior is clean and free of stains, though several pages have light pencil marks in the margins. Translated from the original Russian (1927) to English (First Thus?) by Sonia Volochova. Jacket design by Murray Levin..

San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. Unread copy, jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. 166 pages. Bookmark laid in from Lemuria First Editions Club in Jackson, Mississippi. From the publisher: "Wavering between fidelity and freedom, the women in this sparkling debut collection deal with emotional damage and unhealed heartbreak by plunging into unusual, often bizarre, relationships.".