Search Results: Authors starting with E from Bartlebys Books

New Orleans, LA: Picayune Steam Job Print, 1876. First edition. 8vo. 33 pp. Plan; printed slip at the title page "With the Compliments of the Author." Eads (1820-1887) planned and headed the construction of the great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis; "hardly had this work been completed (1874) when Eads proposed to Congress to open one of the mouths of the Mississippi River in the Gulf and maintain the channel," (DAB) a task successfully completed in 1879. Thompson 2519. Original printed purple wrappers (with a plain brown over-wrapper); the Franklin Institute copy with its stamps, ink accession numbers and a bookplate, noting "Presented to the F. Institute by J. B. Eads 10/24/76." Very good.

[NP: American Society of Civil Engineers], 1885. Black lettered grey paperwraps. 24 cm. 39, (1, blank), 5, 5 pp. Five charts, including one folding. Chipping to spine, browning to edges of wraps, else a very good copy. Paper read at a meeting of the society, May 6, 1885. According to an article printed by the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District [New Orleans: nd], Capt. James Eads, a civil engineer, inventor and shipbuilder from St. Louis set out to devise a jetty system to deepen and expand the branches of the Mississippi River emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans. In 1875, he began construction of the jetties and succeeded in "forcing the river to scour out a deeper channel, reaching a 26-foot-depth by late December 1876.... Eads' jetties revived the declining Port of New Orleans and allowed the entire Mississippi Valley to prosper." In this paper Eads defends himself against critics and discusses the merits of his system for constructing jetties to aid in the development of… Read More

St. Louis, (MO): Times Print, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 40 pp. Two folding frontispiece maps: "S.W. Pass of the Mississippi" and "Coast Survey Chart Passes of the Mississippi." Eads (1820-1887) planned and headed the construction of the great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis; "hardly had this work been completed (1874) when Eads proposed to Congress to open one of the mouths of the Mississippi River in the Gulf and maintain the channel," (DAB) a task successfully completed in 1879. Caption title: "Jetty System Explained." Thompson 2518. Original printed blue wrappers; the Franklin Institute copy with its stamps, ink accession numbers and a bookplate, noting "Presented to the F. Institute by J. B. Eads 10/24/76." Two chips in wrappers (not affecting text), else very good.

[New York]: np, 1876. One of two 1876 editions (another issue or edition printed 25 pages and seven folding charts). 8vo. 24 pp. Eads (1820-1887) planned and headed the construction of the great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis; "hardly had this work been completed (1874) when Eads proposed to Congress to open one of the mouths of the Mississippi River in the Gulf and maintain the channel," (DAB) a task successfully completed in 1879. Original printed gray wrappers (sunned, a little chipping and other wear at extremities, lacking rear wrapper); the Franklin Institute copy with its stamps and ink accession numbers. Still a good copy.

Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1898. 1st ed. Tall 8vo. 11pp. Red three-quarter morocco (joints rubbed), gilt spine title, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, by Stikeman. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author to Paul L. Ford on the front wrapper; with an autograph note signed from Eames to Ford concerning a meeting tipped in.

Toronto, (Canada): Printed by Lovell & Gibson, 1866. First edition. 8vo. 144 pp. Howes E-14. Nevins I, p. 84: "The first memoir by a caustic Confederate general, this work was incorporated later, with marked revisions, in Early's 'Autobiographical Sketch.'" Dornbusch III, 1708. Nicholson, p. 263. Very good. 20th-century rebind: black half-leather and old marbled boards, new endpapers (bound without the original wrappers). (10006).

[Philadelphia, PA]: H. J. Kehr, Central Hall, Frankford Road and Master Streets, 1850. Broadside. 25 x 15 cm. Song sheet, words only, decorative border. "(the KNOW NOTHINGS were founded in NY STATE in 1849 as a political & anti-Catholic secret society, which grew rapidly into a natl. org... in 1856 its Pres. candidate was Millard Fillmore.) 'They beat both Whigs & Democrats, wherever they may go, sir, and if you ask them anything they will answer, I don't know sir.' This is a parody, comparing the mean and ladies of Phila. with the KNOW NOTHINGS. (gd). ARE YOU READING THE DESCRIPTIONS VERY CAREFULLY???" [Note: All of the description you've just read is off a type written slip (including the last line in capitals) which accompanied the broadside. I recognized it as Harold Nestler's work. He was a bookdealer in the 1950s till the 2000s, also a milkman and postman, wrote a lovely memoir of those who worked the ground level in the trade before the internet. I couldn't really change a thing, moved the… Read More

Boston, [MA]: Russell, Ordione, and Company, 1833. Original blue-green cloth. Tear to tip of spine. 16 cm. 54 pp. Significant number of institutional copies.

Albany, [NY]: Printed by Websters and Skinners, at their bookstore in the White House, corner of State and Pearl Streets, 1824. 23 cm. iv, (8)-216 pp. Illus. Full contemporary leather, spine rubbed along front joint, gilt stamped leather spine label. Some foxing and a few stains, but a good, tight copy. An American edition was made in 1808, but as it was out of print, Eaton determined to republish, particularly updating the astronomical data. Seemingly this edition uncommon on OCLC.

Troy, NY: Elias Gates, 1840. Thick 8vo. 7, 625 pp. Contemporary brown calf rubbed and worn, gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Index in the back damp-stained. Amos Eaton (1776-1842) originally studied law, but became increasingly interested in the natural sciences. By 1815, he was studying under Professors Ives and Silliman at Yale. He began giving public lectures on botany in the towns of western Massachusetts, and was the author of several books on the subject. [see his biography in the DAB].

Cambridge, MA: Privately printed, 1929. 8vo. 247 pp. Errata slip laid in. Portrait plates. Family inscription on front endpaper. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (spine dull), top edge gilt. Front hinge tender, else very good.

Lexington, KY: Privately printed, 1942. First separate edition "reprinted from The Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1941. 12mo. 11 pp. Frontispiece portrait of J. Winston Coleman, signed by him beneath the image. Anecdotal biographical sketch of Coleman by a prominent historian of the South. Original printed brown wrappers, stapled. Very good.

Edgewood, WV: The compiler, 1907. 8vo. (24) pp. Illustrated, portraits. Ads for local businesses. Original printed light green wrappers (creased); some interior soiling, else very good. First edition. The compiler was chief and secretary to the company. Includes company roster, instructions on handling fires, and several testimonials. Unrecorded on OCLC.

Knoxville, TN: Stubley Printing Co, 1929. 8vo. 150pp. 3 portrait plates; handbill prospectus laid in. Original blue cloth. Very good copy. First edition. 4-page ALS from the author concerning local politics and finances laid in (Dandridge, Tennessee, 1876). The author served in Co. C of this unit recruited in East Tennessee in 1862; it served in the Atlanta campaign, in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and in the late capture of Mobile. Not in Dornbusch, Nevins or Eicher.

(Seattle, WA): Lowman & Hanford Co, 1924. First edition. Small 8vo. 90 pp. Illustrated, plates. Inscribed by the author on a partly-printed presentation leaf. Phillips, p. 108: "Narrative of a routine hunt of average interest." Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (spine dull, several random white paint spots on cover).

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 311 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, facsimiles, some folding. Sharpe (1718-1790) was the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland, 1753-1769; after his retirement, Sharpe remained in the colony until 1773 when he returned to England. Very good untrimmed copy. Original red cloth (partly faded), gilt spine title. (9277).

Washington City: William Cooper, 1812. An early Washington, D.C., imprint, published the same year as the first editions, issued in London, New York, and Philadelphia. 12mo. Two volumes in one: (4), [5]-150; (2), [3]-140, (2) pp. "The brightness of [Maria Edgeworth's] style, her keen observation of character, and her shrewd sense and vigour make her novels still readable" (DNB). Preface: "The Absentee is not intended as a censure upon those, whose duties, and employments, and superior talents, lead them to the capital; but to warn the thoughtless and the unoccupied from seeking distraction by frivolous imitation of fashion and ruinous waste of fortune ... Irish agents are here described as of two different species. That there have been bad and oppressive Irish agents, many great landed English proprietors have felt; that there are well informed, just, and honorable Irish agents, every day's experience can testify. R.L. Edgeworth [the author's father]. May, 1812." American Imprints 25318. Name torn… Read More

NY: Printed by George F. Hopkins, for Self, and Brown & Stansbury, 1801. First American edition (published the same year as the English). 8vo. 2 volumes: vi, (2), 344; (4), 333, (9) pp. Three engraved plates; subscribers list (includes John Adams). "Presenting in a number of discursive essays a modification of the theories started by Rousseau's Emile" (DNB). Recent brown quarter-calf and marbled boards, leather spine labels. A fresh copy in an attractive new binding.

Chapel Hill, (NC): UNC Press, 1951. First edition. 8vo. viii, (6), 260 pp. Maps, tables, charts. Books from Chapel Hill, p. 46: "Edmonds gives a detailed and accurate record of the political careers of prominent North Carolina Negroes who held federal, state, county, and municipal offices [during the period] ... [showing] that the ratio of Negro office-holders to Negro voters was so low that Negro domination was neither a reality nor a threat." Includes two chapters on the White Supremacy campaign of 18908 and the Wilmington "Race Riot." Thornton 3854. Very good. Original blue cloth (some fading at the edges), front and rear panels and flaps of the dust jacket laid in. (3033).

Baltimore, MD: Manufacturers' Record Publishing Co, 1907. First edition (issued in cloth and wrappers). 8vo. 72 pp. Tables. Details on industrial and agricultural output across the South, expansion of railroads and other modes of transportation, areas for development, etc. Original printed wrappers. Accompanied by: (1) A Few Facts. Baltimore: Manufacturers' Record, 1907. 16mo (14 cm). (6) pp. Brief extracts from Facts. Printed wrappers, stapled; (2) The Land of Unlimited Possibilities [caption title]. [Baltimore, MD]: Manufacturers' Record, 1908. First separate edition, "reprinted from Manufacturers' Record, January 2, 1908." 8vo 8 pp. Promoting the business environment of the United States as a whole. Original self-wrappers, stapled; and (3) The Business Situation [caption title]. [Baltimore, MD]: Manufacturers' Record, 1907. First separate edition, reprints of two editorials "From Manufacturers' Record, Nov. 21, 1907." 12mo. (4) pp. [printed double column]. The last three pieces apparently not… Read More