Search Results: Authors starting with E from Aardvark Rare Books

San Francisco: Self-Published, 1885. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Full speckled sheep . A then-contemporary, detailed look at female anatomy, health, hygiene, midwifery, diseases, pharmaceuticals, with a table of medical properties, a general discourse on fevers. Boards repaired or replaced. 383 pp.

Brookfield, Mass: E. Merriam & Co, 1813. First Edition. Leather-bound. Good. Octavo, 8.4 in. x 5.2 in., pp. 448. lllustrated with frontis of General Eaton. Contemporary calf with dark green cloth tape wrapped around spine and corners. Black title on paper label to spine. Publisher's blue-speckled edges. Rubbing to extremities. Scuffing to edges of leather boards. Portion of spine label missing. Unmarked interior. Age-toning to pages. William Eaton, (1764 - 1811), U.S. Army officer and adventurer who in 1804 led an expedition across the Libyan Desert during the so-called Tripolitan War. After service in the U.S. Army, Eaton was appointed consul at Tunis (1798) by President John Adams. In 1803 he won President Thomas Jefferson's approval for a plan to settle U.S. maritime differences with Tripoli by removing its government and reinstating the exiled Pasha Hamet Karamanli. Eaton marched from Egypt westward, with 10 U.S. marines, a number of Arabs, and Karamanli. With the help of a U.S. naval… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1937. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD DJ. Oversized hardback (4to) in orange cloth, with gilt-stamped lettering. 233 pages; numerous B&W/sepia-toned photos. Clean, solid, with corners lightly bumped; pages browning slightly. DJ in mylar; slightly edgeworn, browning; 1-inch chip missing at top edge.

Boston, Mass: Peter Edes in State Street, 1785. First Edition. Leather-bound. Fair Only. INCOMPLETE COPY (Missing Half-Title, Title, and Endpapers). Worn contemporary leather, evidencing no past repair. 1-inch chip to top of spine, and 1/8" to bottom. Scibbling scratched into front board. MISSING title and half-title leaves, front and final free endpapers (final blank) 1-inch by 1/4" open tear to dedication page ("To The Inhabitants of the Town of Boston"). Pen trials to front pastedown, and throughout (Frederick Paull). Evans 18997; Preface by Edes present, with a small piece missing from the top. State 2, which includes Warren's re-interment (separate title page) and Allen's poem. 6-1/2 in. 200pp. Orations by James Lovell; Dr. Joseph Warren (March 5, 1772); Dr. Benjamin Church; John Hancock; Dr. Joseph Warren (March 6, 1775); Peter Thacher; Benjamin Hichborn; Jonathan W. Austin; William Tudor; Jonathan Mason; Thoams Dawes, Jr.; George Richards Minot; Dr. Thomas Welsh; (Funeral) Oration for… Read More

London, England: R. Hunter and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. Second Edition. Leatherbound. Very Good. Matching Set. Octavo, 8.5 in x 5.4 in., Vol I: pp. 386; Vol II: pp. vi, 476. Each illustrated with frontispiece. Two fold-out plates to Volume II. Diced calf with decorative gilt-rolled border to front and back. Gilt title to original red panels on rebacked spine. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Corners exposed, revealing cardboard beneath; front bottom corner lightly nudged.. Replaced endpapers. Light foxing to original opening three pages of Volume I, and the opening and closing three pages and fold-outs of Volume II. Unmarked interiors. Richard Lovell Edgeworth, (1744 -1817), was an Anglo-Irish inventor and educationalist who had a dominant influence on the novels of his daughter Maria Edgeworth. An estate owner in Ireland, Edgeworth did much to improve the conditions of his tenantry by land reclamation and road-improvement schemes. In 1798, when the French landed an expeditionary… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Hugh Thomson. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 6 in. pp. xxiv, [2], 412. Illustrated with fifty full-page engravings. Red cloth boards with title and moother and child scene in gilt to front. Gilt title and child to spine. Gilt top-edge. Rubbing to bottom of spine; half-inch gouge near of spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Clean, unmarked interior. PSine and hinges tight. Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849,) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe.

London, England: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; E. Hodgson; H. Washburne; H.G. Bohn; Smith, Elder, and Co.; Orr and Co.; Houlston and Stoneman; J. Bain; H. Renshaw; R. Mackie; W. Tegg and Co.; Routledges and Co.; and Mrs. Templeman; and G. and J. Robinson, Liverpool, 1851. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 12mo., 6.9 in. x 4.25 in., pp. vi, 485. Preface by Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Printed by Gilbert and Rivington. Red textured cloth with elaborate Irish design in blind to front and gilt title with floral design to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Light staining to front. Corners bumped. Small closed tears to top/bottom of spine. Light green endpapers. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Hinges are tender, but holding (rear hinge showing mull. New Edition, complete in one volume.

General Publishing Group, Inc, 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 4TO. Inscribed to a very well-known U.S. Senator who also served as the Governor of Oregon: "To Senator Mark Hatfield: Five Decades of Memories. With Best Wishes. Hugh Hefner." 368 pp.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Trade Edition: Illustrator's Personal Copy with his handwritten ownership text. Quarto. (12 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in.) Tan cloth with black binding. Sillhouette graphic of a mounted man quaffing a flagon of spirits, a pipe-smoking gent and a lady holding her cup, surrounded by five tail-wagging hounds. Orange printed label affiixed to front board in the design of the hanging exterior sign of an Inn, stating: "FULL and BY/Being a Collection of Verses by Persons of Quality with Designs to Fit All Humours". Repeated in miniature with a little devil-caricature holding up the sign with his feet, tail swishing. A little smudging and staining to boards, and wear to corners. Front board a wee bit loosey-goosey, but no separating. Publisher's red topstain; fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Orange and black endpapers featuring a quote from Hamlet, a frolicking Satan, etc. On a preliminary page (with a lovely,… Read More

Dublin: Christopher Bentham, 1820. Third edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo, 5.25 x 8.5 in., pp. xxxix + [1] + 41-308 + cccix-cccxx (Contents), Smooth light brown calf with gilt (or copper?) frame design and tooled floral design in blind on front, back, and board edges. Gilt title on black panel with gilt floral design to spine. Gilt dentelles. Marbled edges. Spine and hinges are tight. Light rubbing to extremities. 2-in. darker rubbed spot on cover. Replaced endpapers. "Edmundson, William (1627-1712), Quaker leader, was born 4 October 1627 in Little Musgrave, Westmorland (Cumbria), England, youngest of six children of John Edmundson (d. 1635), a well-to-do yeoman, and Grace Edmundson (d. 1632). Orphaned at an early age, he was reared by a maternal uncle who mistreated him. Apprenticed about 1640 to a carpenter and joiner in York, on completion of his tenure he joined the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell; serving in England, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, he fought in the battle of Worcester… Read More

London, England: Mary Hinde, 1774. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8.1 in. x 5.25 in., pp. lxxv, [1], 1-371, 28 (unpaginated: contents and index). Rebound in half calf over brown cloth boards, with gilt title on burgundy panel to spine. New endpapers. No half title. Age-toning to pages. Occasional light foxing on some pages, but clear and bright. William Edmundson[1] or Edmondson (1627—1712)[2] was the founder of Quakerism in Ireland. He was born in Little Musgrave, Westmorland, England in 1627. His parents died when he was young, and so he was raised by an uncle. He was apprenticed as a carpenter at York, and after completion, he joined the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War. He went to Scotland in 1650 and took part in the Battle of Worcester. While serving in the military, he was first introduced to Quakerism while stationed at Chesterfield. He was discharged and eventually went to live in County Antrim, Ireland. He established the first Meeting House in Lurgan,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Imperial octavo. 9 1/8" x 6 1/2" Publisher's original pumpkin brown cloth. Bright gilt lettering in an Orientalist script, beautifully illustrated with boxed gilt ruling, brocade tassle flourishes bordering them, tiny tear-drop rubies stamped between them. Top-edge gilt, fore- and bottom-edges in deckle-cut, sharp and distinct gilt lettering, ruling, and device to spine. Front hinge just started and minor shelf-rubbing to spine caps. Tightly bound and bright of interior. Fine black-and-white photograph of author at frontis, tissue-guarded, with facsimile signature. Slight forward cock to spine. Preface by author, eight chapters and many fine in-text illustrations and photographs in black-and-white. xviii [2], 4-325 pp. An uncommonly handsome, sturdy exemplar of a fine memoir by a "Lady Explorer" and lecturer extraordinaire. Preface by the author Amelia Ann Blanford (June 7, 1831 - April 15, 1892), an English novelist,… Read More

Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Roger W. Cooke. Octavo, 6.25 X 9.25 in., pp. 318. Illustrated with black ink drawings by Roger W. Cooke. Green-tan speckled cloth boards with red title on front and spine. Red endpapers. From the Foreword: "We have written this book to recapture experiences of those early Oregonians - not to provide a history of the Portland area, but to highlight people and events of earlier days. Some material was found in old newspapers, rare books, and family records; other stories are accounts of events which occurred not long ago in history but which depict a way of life already almost forgotten."

New York: American Tract Society (D. Fanshaw, Printer). Leather-bound. Poor. 24mo. Contemporary calf (6 in. x 3 1/2") Front board detached. Scuffing to both boards, with evidence of burning, staining, and tiny insect holes to rear board. Significant loss of leather to spine, with only half of (contrasting) red spine label present. Tissue-guarded frontis engraving of Jonathan Edwards by S.S.Jocelyn. Publisher-speckled edges. This edition...is that of W. Ellerby, slightly abridged, and with some emendations suggested by a careful collation with the original work..." (page opposite Contents). Publisher-speckled edges. "..THERE is no question whatsoever, that is of greater importance to mankind, and what is more concerns every individual person to be well resolved in, than this: What are the distinguishing qualifications of those that are in favor with God, and entitled to his eternal rewards? Or, which comes to the same thing, What is the nature of true religion? And wherein do lie the distinguishing… Read More

Wilmington, Delaware: Printed and sold by James Adams, in High-Street, 1790. Fourth Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. 8vo. Full calf. Missing leather title label. Marbled edges. xi, 134, [1], 135-299, [1], 13, [3] p; Some toning to pages, but very light. Edwards was theologian, philosopher and revivalist preacher, who is remembered as the archetypal "fire and brimstone" preacher. While many European scientists and American clergymen found the implications of science pushing them towards deism, Edwards went the other way, and saw the natural world as evidence of God's masterful design, and throughout his life, he participated and helped coordinate the First Great Revival with George Whitefield, who was traveling the Thirteen Colonies on a revival tour in 1739-40. Edwards studied the process of conversion in all its phases and varieties, and he recorded his observations with psychological minuteness and discrimination in "A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God". ESTC Citation W18764.… Read More

Edinburgh, Scotland: T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, 1743. First British (Second Overall). Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo. Contemporary speckled calf. (6 5/8" x 4 1/4"). Author's name hand printed to front board. Spine repaired and reinforced Rubbing and wear to extremities. Internally clean. iv + 221pp. Name of "Rev. Thomas Smith" in pencil to front free endpaper. iv,124,129-221,[1]. Mis-paginated qwith pp. 129 following pp. 124. Text continuous, despite this error in pagination. OCLC/WorldCat locates just one copy of this 1743 first British edition, in any library worldwide, although ESTC says different. Edwards wrote this when serving as the Pastor of the Church of Christ, at Northampton. Clean, tight copy of a scarce title by one of the most well-known (if not THE archetypal) old, New England exhorter/preacher.

London, England: Collins Crime Club, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 9.3 in. x 6 in., pp. xxi, 522. Black paper boards with silver title to spine. Very light rubbing to dustjacket. Unmarked. "In celebration of the detection club's 90th birthday, ninety of its esteemed members share their experiences and advice about the art and graft of successful crime writing." (from the dustjacket) Collins Crime Club was an imprint of British book publishers William Collins, Sons and ran from 6 May 1930 to April 1994. Throughout its 64 years the club issued a total of 2,012 first editions of crime novels and reached a high standard of quality throughout. (from Wikipedia).

Boston, Mass: Beacon Press, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Small brown octavo, gilt lettering to front board, ruled in blind. Wear to cloth spine -- possible rebacking at some point. Front hinge started, but solidly bound still. One of the preliminary pages shows scraps of newspaper articles, perhaps glued in after publishing, then removed, leaving remnants. Frontis portrait of George Lincoln Prescott, Colonel 32d Massachusetts Regiment, and Brevet Brigadier General, who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, and just about one year later, mortally wounded in front of Petersburg, on June 18, 1864. 34 pp.of text and 14 pp. listing Staff Officers Fifth Regiment M.V.M. (Three Months). Edwin Shephard Barrett (1833-1898) was present at the battle as a non-combatant. Edwin Shephard Barrett (1833-1898) was preent at the battle as a non-combatant.

Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Trade Journal. Very Good Plus. Journal publication: 9.7 in. x 6.7 in., pp. 90. Gray paper covers with burgundy title; white title to burgundy spine. Dime-sized stain to cover at base of spine. Very light spotting to top of rear cover. Unmarked interior. Laid in: original one-page promotional contribution and subscription invitation from Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, and separate order form. One one copy is cited in libraries in WorldCat! Articles include: From the Editor by John Egan, Commercial Space Activities: An Overview by Roy Gibson, A Commercial Satellite's Operator's Perspective on Launch Services by C.J. Waylan, Cape York International Spaceport by Ray Carpenter, Insuring Space Ventures by John B. Higginbotham and Peter M. Stark, U.S. ELVs: A Perspective on Their Past and Future, Europe 1992 and Space Commercialization by Derek Lang and Michael Potter, The European Community and Space by Derek Lang and… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 8.4 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 221. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Turquoise cloth boards with red title to psine. Publisher's red topstain. Rubbing to extremities; several chips and dents to board edges. Closed tears and chips to top/bottom of spine. Crayon-drawn "25" to top corner of front free endpaper. Light age-toning to pages. Hinges and spine tight. Laid-in: original front dustjacket flap, telling of book's plot and indicating this is a "Book Club Edition" Max Ehlich's sweet inscription reads: "To Beverly - Whom I love - because she loves my work - which, in effect means - she loves me. Sincerely, Max"