Search Results: Authors starting with E from Back of Beyond Books

Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey. Good. 1963. Softcover. Stapled binding. Soiling on rear wrap and creasing and minor chipping near edges. Incudes chapters on surface geology, oil seeps and well records. ; Special Studies 5; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pp .

London: George Routledge and Co.. Good. 1853. Hardcover. Yellow boards with title and design in blue on front and spine, and advertisements in blue on back. Boards have moderate soiling and a dampstain in the bottom right corner. Markings from previously applied booktape on spine and boards. All edges, corners and spine have heavy wear. Binding is fragile. Some contemporary pen marginalia. Text block had light toning and foxing. Includes b&w map of New Zealand before title page. 1/1000 copies. This book was intended for residents of England thinking to emigrate to New Zealand around the 1850's. As stated by the author "things in England cannot much longer continue as they have been: somebody must move off. The question therefore, becomes - who will go?" Earp's purpose in writing this book was "to supply intending emigrants with the information requisite to enable them to effect their purpose certainly and economically..." He provides information on the… Read More

Beaverhill, MA. Good. 1930. Softcover. Grey wrapper with flaps over legal-sized pages folded horizontally to fit in the wrapper, grommet-bound. Wrapper has soil with black material on the back and edge wear with creases and bumped corners. Pages are printed on one side. Interior clean. Details of magic tricks with cards, thimbles, handkerchiefs, and more, with a page of diagrams at the end. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pp .

Hartford, KY: W. F. Schapmire & Sons' Print. Near Fine. Softcover. Red illustrated wrappers with black lettering on cover. Produced by the proprietor of the Eaton Leghorn Farm in Rockfield, Kentucky. No publication date, likely circa 1920. The illustration on the cover is copyrighted 1912. An Eaton Leghorn Farm advertisement in the May 15, 1928 issue of "Southern Planter" features the same price for turkey eggs as this booklet. Wrappers are in near fine condition with very minor wear. Staple binding is tight. Interior is clean. This booklet offers tips and methods for raising turkeys based on the author's first-hand experience and advice from experts at the State College of Agriculture in Lexington, Kentucky. Quite scarce, with no copies in commerce and no listings on OCLC as of January 2024.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 13 pp .

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1931. Softcover. The speaker expresses his support for the commemoration of the stockade from which Zebulon Pike first flew the United States flag for the first time in what is now Colorado. One sheet folded in half, one crease transverse to the fold from previous storage. For all you government watchdogs out there, this pamphlet kindly reminds us that it was not printed at taxpayer expense. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pp .

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Center for Land Grant Studies. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. Yellow wraps with black lettering and illustration on front. Wraps have light soiling and wear, else very good. A comprehensive study of the Tierra Amarilla land grant in New Mexico, detailing how the historic grant was stolen from Spanish settlers. The forward is written by Frank Waters. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pp .

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico. Very Good. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Blue paper wrap with title in white lettering, pictorial image on front cover of excavation site, minimal sunning to spine, Barton A. Wright's name stamped in the upper right corner; otherwise in very good condition. Tight binding, clean interior. An anthropological study and field work report from a salvage site near Valentine Village, New Mexico. ; 8vo 8.5" x 11"; 108 pp .

Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Sunstone Press. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Pamphlet. B&W wraps, staple bound. Unpaginated. Pamphlet has light soiling and previous owner’s name is in pen on the front endpaper. Overall very good. This short guide provides basic information, a simple map of the Pueblos near Santa Fe and b&w photographs. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London. Good. 1908. String bound pamphlet with black text. Includes fold-out map. Moderate soiling to all edges. Light wear to all edges. This pamphlet is in the series of Diplomatic and Consular Reports of the Foreign Office and Board of Trade of Britain presenting the trade and commerce of the Chinan Fu district of China. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 24 pp .

Lebanon, PA: Sowers Printing Company. Good. N.D.. Pamphlet. White pictorial wrappers with black lettering on cover. Shelf wear, creasing, and small tears to edges; rubbing along spine; a few small stains and darkening to fore-edge. Staple binding is tight. Interior is clean except for a small tear to the fore-edge of all pages. No publication date, likely circa 1913, which is the date on one of the photos. Includes black and white photos throughout. Four copies found in OCLC as of May, 2022. This leaflet produced by the Presbyterian Church offers a brief overview of Montana and its natural resources as well as history of the church's missionary work in the state; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 11 pp .

Journal Print. Good. 1910. Softcover. Brown wrappers have light soiling, and moderate chipping to spine and fore edge; text block has light foxing and toning throughout. Copyrighted to 1910. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 82 pp .

Cody, WY: Sage Publishing Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Mylared dust jacket has some creasing and edge wear, light rubbing. Signed on the first free endpaper by the author. Faux leather boards with gilt illustration. Bumped spine ends, small bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Clean interior. Illustrated throughout with 22 full color plates included. Bavarian-born Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985) was a cowboy artist and commercial illustrator of who eventually retired to Cody, Wyoming, after falling for the West as a child seeing Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. ; Color Illustrations; 8" x10"; 212 pp .

New York: Hastings House Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with "1961" on copyright page. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Some rubbing and bumping to edges; large dampstain on back board and spine, does not impact interior. Tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and price clipped. Moderate chipping and wear to edges; fading to spine and back panel; mild soiling; jacket is affected by same dampstain as boards. There is a piece of tape reinforcing jacket at tail of spine. Front hinge has small crack, but binding is still tight. Interior is clean. Includes illustrations by the author throughout. This book tells the story of how the American frontier expanded westward with an emphasis on the vehicles and animals that made it possible. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 184 pp .

Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press. Fine. 1970. Softcover. Brown wraps with colorful geode design on front wrap, blue lettering on spine. Signed by Ehrlich on title page. Spine has light sunning, otherwise in fine condition. This collection of poems is the first published works of Gretel Ehrlich and includes poems such as "Poem for a Geologist," "Geode," "The Wise Body" and many more. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pp; Signed by Author .

New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679425500 . Stated first edition with full number line on copyright page. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, dated June 13, 1994. Dark blue paper boards quarter bound with blue cloth. Silver lettering on spine. Slight fading to cloth at head of spine; minor rubbing to edges; mild soiling and scuffing. Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering on spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is not price clipped. Very minor creasing to edges; light scratching. Tight binding and clean interior. This book is Gretel Ehlrich’s absorbing account of being struck by lightning. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pp; Signed by Author .

Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University. Fine. 1993. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies. Tan linen boards with a brown and gilt title oval on front. A catalogue of a Santa Fe Trail exhibition at the SMU DeGolyer Library, with an illustrated title page and last page. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Signed by Publisher .

Vinyard Haven, Mass.: G. W. Eldridge. Good. Softcover. Light blue-gray wraps, string bound. Preface and copyright information dated to 1880. 66pp plus 18pp of advertisements from New Bedford and Boston businesses. Main content is not illustrated; advertisements have a few detailed engravings of ships. Front wrapper and a few leaves in text block have contemporary manuscript notes. Heavy soiling to wrappers and slightly musty smell; leaves have crease at bottom right corner and light soiling and offsetting. This publication provides detailed information on about 375 lighthouses along the East Coast of the United States. Entry example: "Newburyport Light - This light is fixed, white; and can be seen on a very clear night 11 miles. It is located on north end of Plum Island, and south side of entrance to Newburyport. The tower is white, with black lantern." The son of famous cartographer George Eldridge, George W. Eldridge made his own mark when he published the indispensible… Read More

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company. Very Good. 1884. Three-Quarter Leather. A complete matching eight-volume set of the works of George Eliot. Bound in three-quarter leather with green, red, and gilt imprint on lightly sunned spines. Marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers, with fading on some edges. Rubbed and bumped corners and edges. Bindings tight, interiors clean. The Mill on the Floss, 498pp; Theoprastus Such, Jubal, and Other Poems, and the Spanish Gypsy, 504pp; Romola, 547pp; Felix Holt, The Radical, 440pp; Daniel Deronda, 750pp. Adam Bede, 484pp. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, 609pp; and Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, 776pp. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Early American printing of T. S. Eliot's collection of verse about feline society that was the basis for the musical "Cats." Signed on title page,T.S. Eliot and with "O.P." in Eliot's hand on bottom of page. Signed copies of this title are scarce. Previous owner name on first free endpaper in ink, a small spot of soil. Wrapped dust jacket is chipped and torn along edges, some soiling overall.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author(s) .

New York. Very Good. 1966?. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled wraps. Rare underground poetry magazine is made of side-stapled letter-size cardstock sheets covered in fullpage newspaper wrapper, New York Times dated November 21, 1965, with color stamped magazine title on front and back. Wrapped in mylar. Cover has browned with age, as newsprint does, shows some rubbing around the edges, minor chipping/cracking and a burn mark on the back cover. Inside pages are very clean. This edition of this unique magazine is edited by Lewis Ellingham and features writing by Henry A. LaFargue, Denise Levertov, Wesley Day and more. Illustrations by R. Fitzgerald, Armando Navarro and Roger Penney. ; Vol. 3; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall .