Search Results: Authors starting with E from CraigsClassics

"BRAZIL Today and Tomorrow" by L.E. Elliott. 1917 1st edition; The Macmillan Company; New York. The book is nicely illustrated with numerous photographic plates and maps (2 of the maps are fold-out, and one of the folding maps in in color). Illustrated end papers in color. At the back of the book is an Index and a sections titled "Brazilian Terms." There are five pages of publisher's advertisements at the back. The contents are as follows: History of Brazil, Colonization, Social Conditions, Transportation (River and Road, Rail, Shipping), Industries, Finance (Currency, Investments, Debts), The World's Horticultural and Medicinal Debt to Brazil, Brazil's Exterior Commerce, List of Brazilian States Areas and Population, Glossary of Brazilian Terms.Condition:Clean front and back covers; the illustration at the center of the spine has partially faded. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Occasional pages have an "Acton Library Association" embossed stamp. "Property of DT… Read More

This is a charming new version of the classic rhyme "Jack and Jill" as retold by W.E. Brown - "JACK AND JILL ~ A Love Story." 1891 1st edition; William Doxey; San Francisco. The book features illustrations by Elisabeth Curtis, decorative end papers, and gilt page edges on all sides. "Published for the benefit of the Silver Street Kindergarten Society." The book contains a version of the classic rhyme "Jack and Jill" retold by W.E. Brown, followed by numerous renditions of the story as if it might have been written by other notable authors (such as Walt Whitman, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Moore and others). At the beginning of the book is a biographical sketch of Elizabeth Fleet, a.k.a. "MOTHER GOOSE." Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Contents:Light soiling to the covers; bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine; light wear to the bottom 2 corner tips. Tight binding with no loose pages. The front end paper has a 1" tear at the outer edge. Bright gilt page edges on all… Read More

Nice condition antique copy of "THE CRANBERRY and its Culture - A Complete Manual for the Cultivation of the Cranberry, with a Description of the Best Varieties" by B. Eastwood. 1856 presumed 1st edition; Orange Judd & Company; New York. The book features an illustrated title page and nine other full-page illustrations. The contents are as follows: Natural History of the Cranberry; First Growers; Proper Locations of Cranberry Patches; Soils and Modes of Preparing Them; Vines; Cranberry Patch; Planting Vines; Treatment of Young Vines; Blossoming Time; Diseases of the Cranberry; Cranberry Picking Time; The Great Cranberry Markets; The Oxycoccus Palustris, or Upland Cranberry; Letters from Growers - Practical Hints, &c.Condition:Small cloth pieces missing at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Small cloth tear at 3 of the cover corners; larger cloth tear at the top-left corner of the back cover. Small ding/dent at the top edge of the back cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice… Read More

This is a lot of 2 antique poetry books - "Selections from Edgar Allan Poe" with "Selections from John Greenleaf Whittier." Published by The Toyme Press in Philadelphia; there is no date of publication stated. The following poems are included: POE - The Bells, Annabel Lee, The Haunted Palace, Eulalie, A Dream, The Sleeper, Bridal Ballad; WHITTIER - Thy Will Be Done, Skipper Ireson's Ride, Brown of Ossawatomie, My Playmate, Randolph of Roanoke.Condition:Both books have clean covers with no stains. The pages are in excellent condition - clean with no writing, stains or tears and only trace foxing on the first and last pages. No loose pages. Overall in very good condition.

Nice condition copy of the "Life of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE" - Compiled from Her Letters and Journal by her son, Charles Edward Stowe. 1890 1st edition; Houghton, Mifflin, and Company; Boston and New York. The book features facsimile documents, as well as numerous full-page illustrations and portraits. Gilt top page edges. Also included is an original publisher's double-sided advertising sheet with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" on one side, and "The Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe" on the other.The chapters are as follows: Childhood; School Days in Hartford; Cincinnati; Early Married Life; Poverty and Sickness; Removal to Brunswick; UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; First Trip to Europe; Sunny Memories; From Over the Sea; Home Again; Dred; Old Scenes Revisited; The Minister's Wooing; The Third Trip to Europe; THE CIVIL WAR; Florida; Oldtown Folks; The Byron Controversy; George Eliot; Closing Scenes.Condition:There are a couple small, light stains at the bottom-right corner of the front cover; there are some tiny scratch lines… Read More

"A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines" - A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Clayton Edwards. 1920; Frederick A. Stokes Company; New York. Nicely illustrated with 11 full-page color plates by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. Illustrated end papers in color. The front cover features an illustration of Abraham Lincoln reading by a fireplace. The book is a collection of 35 brief biographical sketches of both real and fictional "heroes" and "heroines" such as Julius Caesar, Rip Van Winkle, Robin Hood, Dante Alighieri, Mohammed, Robinson Crusoe, Theodore Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth, George Washington, Florence Nightingale, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Joan d'Arc, Buddha, Molly Pitcher, Don Quixote...and many more.Condition:There is a tiny cloth tear at the bottom edge of the back cover. Sharp cover corners. There is a tiny, light stain at the bottom-right edge of the spine. The black cloth on the spine has sun-faded; the lettering on the spine has… Read More

"Pierce Egan's BOOK OF SPORTS and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage; Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, etc." 1832 1st edition; Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg; London. Volume I containing 25 issues in all, Numbers I through XXV. Each issue has an illustration on the first page. There is an Index to the volume at the back. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled covers, marbled end papers, and three raised band and gilt lettering/accents on the spine. Egan was a 19th century journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture.Here are a few examples of the contents: Antiquity of Wrestling; Archery; Whist; Animal Kindness; Account of a Mermaid; Adventures of a Pet Pig; Boxing; How to Catch, Cook and Eat a Lion; Steeple Chase; Cricket; Hawking; Battle of Brains; Description of Bees; Baboons Hunted with Dogs; Cribbage; Cock Fighting; Dr. Franklin's Advice to a Young Sportsman; Donkey Races; Death of a Pugilist; Elephant Fights; Fencing; Fox… Read More

"A Leaf of Grass from Shady Hill" with a Review of Walt Whitman's LEAVES OF GRASS by Charles Eliot Norton in 1855. 1928 1st edition; Harvard University Press; Cambridge, MA. With a frontispiece photograph of Norton and F.J. Child "about 1854." From the Preface: "This little book, printed to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Eliot Norton, contains a poem by him, inspired by Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass,' and also his review of that work, printed anonymously in Putnam's Monthly for September, 1855. The introductory essay gives the evidence for ascribing both the poem and the review to Norton, together with a few notes on his attitude toward Whitman in 1855 and thereafter." Norton was an American author, social critic, and Harvard professor whom "many of his contemporaries considered the most cultivated man in the United States."

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Clean back cover and spine; tiny, light stain at the top of the front cover; sharp cover corners. Bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Tight… Read More

This is a handsome, Civil War-era set of "ROMOLA" by George Eliot with original dust jackets and slip cases. 1863; Bernhard Tauchnitz; Leipzig, Germany. Complete set in two volumes. The set is beautifully bound in full vellum with gilt decorations and lettering on the covers and spines, decorative gilt end papers, ribbon page markers, and gilt top page edges. Each volume contains numerous full-page illustrations. The dust jackets are made of a sturdy canvas-type of material.Condition:Light soiling and foxing to the covers. Sharp covers corners. Bright gilt top page edges. Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached. The text pages of both volumes are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. Both ribbon page markers are attached, but are frayed where they connect to the spines, and at various places along their lengths including the outer tips. Overall the books are in Very Good condition. The jackets have some soiling, primarily at… Read More

"The Bodley's Afoot" by Horace Elisha Scudder. 1880; Houghton, Osgood and Company; Boston. The book features illustrations throughout (including many that are full-page), as well as a few musical scores; illustrated end papers. This is book four of the Bodley's book series - - a trip to New York by Nathan Bodley and Ned Adams gets as far as New Haven because a dispatch from Mr. Bodley brings them back at once to Massachusetts by rail.The contents are as follows: Hen; The Roseland and Santa Fe Railroad; Phippy's Menagerie; Jog On, Jog On; In Good Old Colony Days; Squirrels and Wolf-Den; The House on the Corner; A Sunday with Old People; Cherries and Plums; Hunting for Yale; Grandfather's Legacy; An Old Man's Story About Himself.Condition:Some light soiling to the covers (note: the light gray "staining" that appears across the center of the front cover and at bottom of the back cover, and the light orange "staining" near the bottom of the back cover are part of the cover design, as issued); the top… Read More

This is a handsome, antique copy of "CRANFORD" by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1914; Macmillan and Co.; London. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. This copy has been beautifully custom-bound by ZAEHNSDORF in full leather with seven raised bands and gilt decorations on the spine, marbled end papers, gilt page edges on all sides of the text block, gilt decorations along the outer edges of the inside covers, and a gilt border on the front and back covers.Condition:Clean covers and spine. There are a couple tiny chips to the leather at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and clean with no notable issues found. The book has been beautifully re-bound by Zaehnsdorf. Bright gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.

"THE NEW SPIRIT" by Havelock Ellis with its original dust jacket. 1935; National Home Library; Washington, D.C. From the dust jacket: "Havelock Ellis is one of the greatest of English essayists. In this book, a renowned masterpiece, he makes us feel the very spirit of the daring men who refused to accept 'things as they are' and threw off the shackles of bigotry and ignorance to which the multitudes were bound for ages before them. He writes of DIDEROT, the inspiring and creative thinker, of HEINE, the poet and 'Soldier of Humanity,' of TOLSTOY, the reformer and champion of the oppressed, of HUYSMANS, of IBSEN, and of WALT WHITMAN. No library is complete without this representative work of a truly great mind." The dust jacket comes with a clear, protective sleeve (not shown). The book measures 6 1/2" tall x 4 1/4" wide.Condition:The book is in Near Fine condition - clean both inside and out with only some very light age-toning to the pages. The dust jacket has a few small pieces missing along the… Read More

"Free Love and its Votaries - or, American Socialism Unmasked" by John B. Ellis. 1870 1st edition; published by the United States Publishing Company. The book features numerous full-page illustrations. "Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Various Free-Love Associations in the United States, and of the Effects of Their Vicious Teachings upon American Society." Radical literature for the time, the book addresses the "abominable doctrines and practices of the Mormon sect" and the "dangerous evil" of their "principle of Free Love." ("It has not only drawn men and women into organized associations, but has lowered the moral tone of society to an extent which is truly amazing.") "Whether they be Oneida Communists, Individual Sovereigns, Berlin Heights Free Lovers, Spiritualists, Advocates of Woman Suffrage, or Friends of Free Divorce, we find them all united for the accomplishment of one object - the total destruction of the marriage relation."Condition:There are a… Read More

This is an antique copy of "Researches into the Early History of the Violin Family" by Carl Engel. 1883 1st edition; Novello, Ewer & Co.; London. Nicely illustrated with in-text drawings throughout, as well has headpieces/tailpieces at the beginning and end of the chapters. There is an Index at the back. The contents are as follows: Available Evidences, The Fiddle-Bow, The Crwth, The Crowd, The Rotte, The Chrotta, The Rebec, The Geige, The Fiddle, The Vielle, The Viol, Retrospect.Condition:There are some very light stain/foxing(?) spots along the top edge of the front cover; small, light stain at the right edge of the back cover. There is a strip of cloth missing at the top edge of the spine; tiny cloth tear at the bottom edge of the spine. Tiny cloth tears at the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. There is a small tear to the paper at the hinge between the front end paper and pastedown. The pages are lightly age-toned. An occasional random… Read More

"HOW TO UMPIRE" by Bill Evans from Spalding's Athletic Library. 1929; American Sports Publishing Company; New York. Softcover. The book is illustrated with photographs and drawings. There are two pages of illustrated advertisements for baseball gear at the back. Evans, nicknamed "The Boy Umpire," became the youngest umpire in major league history at age 22, and the youngest umpire to officiate the World Series at age 25. He worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927.Here are some examples of the contents: The Double Umpire System; The Fan and the Umpire; Three Similar Plays - Different Rulings; Umpire's Equipment Very Important; Star Players Easy to Handle; A Freak Batting-out-of-Order Play; Play that Always Starts an Argument; The Toughest Decision I Ever Made; Balk Rule is a Trouble Maker...and much more.Condition:Clean covers and spine. Light creasing at the cover corners. There are bits of paper missing at the top and center of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both… Read More

Antique copy of "The Man Without a Country" by Edward E. Hale. 1897; Roberts Brothers; Boston. The book features illustrations throughout, many of which are full-page. At the back of the book is an Appendix which contains "The Man Without a Country - From the Ingham Papers." There are two pages of illustrated advertisements at the back.Condition:Some age toning to the covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is an insignificant partial crack at the front hinge between the frontispiece and title page (despite the partial crack, the front cover is firmly attached and not shaky). The pages are mostly clean with only some stains to 6 consecutive pages at the front, and at the lower-outer corner of page 18. There is a name/date (1898) written in pen on the front end paper. The outer corners of the rear end paper and pastedown are tanned in the shape of a triangle. The first advertisement page has a thin, light stain along the inner edge. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.

This is a signed copy of "Aunt Caroline's Present" by Edward Everett Hale. 1895; Lend a Hand Society; Boston. Hale has signed the title page in pen. The book is smaller in size - it measures 5 1/2" tall x 4" wide. Hale is best known for his book "The Man Without a Country" which he wrote in support of the Union during the Civil War.Condition:Light stain at the top-left corner of the front cover, and at the top-left corner of the spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and clean with no notable issues found. The author has signed the title page in pen. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.