Search Results: Authors starting with E from Nooks Of Books

New York: Bantam, 1995. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in ivory cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. Map-endpapers. [lxvii] + 810pps. There is a brief, one-line gift inscription atop the ffep-map, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. "...To the banks of the Ohio came men and women willing to face any hazard or hardship to stake their claim, from cultured enterpreneurs such as George Washington to trailblazers like Daniel Boone, as rough and ready as the land itself. Here too was grizzled John Wetzel and his wife, determined to carve a farm out of the forest...young Betty Zane, who showed uncommon valor and quick thinking under Indian attack...bold and visionary Ebenezer Zane, who sought to bring some rule of law to the lawless wild...and Samuel Brady, a soldier of fierce intelligence… Read More

New York: Bantam, 1995. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in ivory cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. Map-endpapers. [lxvii] + 810pps. There is mild bumping to the bottom of the front board and to the lower tips. Also, there is an incidental, faint and thin, 1/8" ink line near the bottom of the fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. Inscribed by the author to the original owner, 'with best wishes' on the half-title page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. "...To the banks of the Ohio came men and women willing to face any hazard or hardship to stake their claim, from cultured enterpreneurs such as George Washington to trailblazers like Daniel Boone, as rough and ready as the land itself. Here too was grizzled John Wetzel and his wife, determined to carve a farm out of the forest...young Betty… Read More

New York: Bantam, 1992. [1992]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Textured tan boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Map-endpapers. [xvii] + 862pps. There is very mild rubbing to the board-edges, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the spine-ends; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "A fiery orator, a brilliant diplomat, a revolutionary thinker, a political and military genius -- the man named Tecumseh became a legend among Native Americans and whites. He stood as a messiah to his people during one of the most crucial periods of their history, as the whites began to explore and expand to the west of the British colonies. Here five-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Allan W. Eckert tells the life story of this great leader as it has never been told… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1973. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gold boards quarterbound in navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Map-endpapers of the Ohio River Valley. 309pps. Stated First Edition. There is very mild rubbing to the tips and the board-bottoms, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing and crinkling, as well as shallow chipping to the spine-ends. There is also a small chip at the bottom of the front panel. No sunning, no soiling. The original price (7.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Eckert's first full-length novel, SIGNED by the author, generically -- with 'Best Regards,' -- on the half-title page. Wraparound dustjacket artwork by John Alan Maxwell. ".This historical novel is based on an exciting and little known incident in the life of the famed Kentucky… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1969. [1969]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brick-red cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Quarto. Map-endpapers. xiv + 653pps. Stated First Edition. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed at the extremities; the original price (8.95) is intact. Volume 2 of 'The Winning of America' series. ".For over two hundred years no Indian force in America was so powerful and feared as the Iroquois League. But these Iroquois occupied and controlled a vast wilderness empire which beckoned like a precious gem to foreign powers. France and England secured toeholds and suddenly each was claiming as its own this land of the Iroquois. Alliance with the Indians was the key; whichever power controlled them could destroy… Read More

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1984. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. ix + 242pps. First Printing. The spine-ends are mildly bumped and there are a few vague dust spots atop the textblock, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed and has a small crease in the rear flap. An excellent copy.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Philosophers since the time of Plato and Aristotle on through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and into the modern period of analytical philosophy have debated the relationship between general semiotics and the philosophy of language. This ongoing argument, at the very core of epistemology, as well as the study of communication and signification, is the tradition that informs this brilliant and witty book by the… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front panel in blind. Burnt orange endpapers. 384pps. First Printing. The closed page-edges are slightly sullied, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light, general edgewear and a sunfaded spine panel; the original price (7.95) is intact. In all, quite a nice copy of the author's first novel.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-C.. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The National Temperance Society, 1887. In Good condition. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt (much dulled) and black; the front panel in black. Decorative endpapers. 481pps. There is modest rubbing wear to the edges of the cloth. The binding is somewhat shaken, with both hinges starting, though all pages are intact. Also, there is chipping to the corners of the front endpapers and two inscriptions on the ffep. Rare in the first edition, this is a scholarly work by the Universalist minister and Civil War chaplain.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-A. First Edition. Cloth.

In As New condition. Bound in full gray cloth with raised bands on the spine. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are lushly stamped in gilt. Pictorial pastedown to the front cover. All page-edges are gilt. Brown moire silk endpapers with a matching ribbon bookmark. 78 pages, abundantly illustrated. First Printing. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 42-T.

Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.: McSweeney's Books, 2002. In Fine condition. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gray. Red endpapers. 371pps. No dustjacket, as issued. This is an excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. This is one of the scarce Stated First Edition copies, sold only on the author's website and preceding the trade edition. SIGNED by Eggers on the rear pastedown (copyright page) -- without further inscription, but with a one-of-a-kind drawing of a bird with human ears. (This drawing refers to the legend of The Jumping People, a South American tribe of bird-worshippers who tried to emulate the birds' flight by jumping off the cliffs, hoping that in time they would learn how to fly. These Jumping People, according to the novel, left a message on the cliff above their village, carved in stone, for the conquistadors to find. The Spaniards later translated this message as 'YOU… Read More

Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.: McSweeney's Books, 2002. In As New condition. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gray. Red endpapers. Octavo. 371pps. No dustjacket, as issued. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. This is one of the scarce Stated First Edition copies, sold only on the author's website and preceding the trade edition. SIGNED by Eggers -- without further inscription -- on the rear pastedown (copyright page).<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Everything within takes place after Jack died and before my Mom and I drowned in a burning ferry in the cool--tannin-tinted Guaviare River, in East-central Colombia with forty-two locals we hadn't yet met. It was a clear and eyeblue day, that day, as was the first day of this story, a few years ago in January, on Chicago's North Side, in the opulent shadow of Wrigley and with the wind coming low and searching… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Second printing (b.3.50). Fully-bound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 190pp. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a slight bit of tanning to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Other than its corners being neatly clipped (although the original price is still intact), the dustjacket -- glossy in a new mylar sleeve -- is fine: no chips, soiling, spine-fading, or tears. An excellent copy of this title. ".'The Cocktail Party' is Mr. Eliot's first play since 'The Family Reunion' (1939), and his first verse since 'Four Quartets' (1943). The London drawing-room of Edward and Lavinia Chamberlayne, whose marriage is breaking up, is the setting of all but one scene in the play. Act Two takes place in the consulting room of a psychiatrist."… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon / Arbor House, 2000. As New in an As New dustjacket. Blue boards with black, silver-stamped backstrip. 246pps. First Printing. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without an inscription -- on the half-title page.<br><br><b><font color+#003366> "...Les Eyzies-de-Tayac is known for three things: pate de foie gras, truffles, and ancient bones. This small French village is home to the largest concentration of prehistoric fossils in Europe and headquarters of the prestigious Institut de Prehistoire, which studies them. So when the local police inspector, Lucien Anatole Joly, finds reason to suspect foul play, he places a call to his old friend Gideon Oliver, the famed 'Skeleton Detective'. Once Gideon arrives, murder piles on murder,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 2001. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red and black boards. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. 407pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; it has a gold-foil "Signed Copy" seal on the front panel. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the second free endpage. Edgar Award winner for Best First Novel. ".'Line of Vision' opens with the urgent voice of Marty Kalish, a young man suffocating in the heat of an affair with a married woman. When the woman's husband disappears one night -- after, she says, a stranger has broken into their home, shot her husband, and left with the bleeding man in tow -- Marty is one of the first to be questioned. With few likely suspects, the… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 2001. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red and black boards. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. 407pps. First Printing. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; it has a gold-foil "Signed Copy" seal on the front panel. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the second free endpage. Edgar Award winner for Best First Novel.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "'Line of Vision' opens with the urgent voice of Marty Kalish, a young man suffocating in the heat of an affair with a married woman. When the woman's husband disappears one night -- after, she says, a stranger has broken into their home, shot her husband, and left with the bleeding man in tow -- Marty… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999. As New in chocolate-brown morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Salmon-colored moire silk endpapers with a matching ribbon bookmark. 439pps. A flawless collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. Includes The Easton Press Great Books of The Twentieth Century collector's notes, laid in.".Narrated by an anonymous young black man, 'one who had been forged in the underground of American experience and yet managed to emerge less angry than ironic.a blues-toned laugher-at-wounds who included himself in his indictment of the human condition,' it is a surreal and dark comic odyssey. The naive youth encounters not only white racism, but also a variety of fraudulent black alternatives offered by 'Uncle Toms' in Dixie and Communists and black nationalists in Harlem. Having discarded the identities and illusions that others, both white… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1984. (1984). Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 263pps. There is faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price (14.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author in his usual scrawl -- and without further inscription -- on the title-page.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can’t stand music, or any loud sounds. He’s got a beautiful wife, but he can’t get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He’s a thinking man’s cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there’s something haunting him.… Read More

London: Allison & Busby, 1985. (1985). Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 263pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is only mildly rubbed; the original price (8.95 U.K.) is intact. An excellent, collector's-quality copy, SIGNED by the author in his usual scrawl -- and without further inscription -- on the title-page.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can’t stand music, or any loud sounds. He’s got a beautiful wife, but he can’t get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He’s a thinking man’s cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there’s something haunting… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Violet boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic violet. Octavo. Violet endpapers. 325pps. First printing. There is a crease in the cloth of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immacualte; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. A very nice copy of this noir classic. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Hollywood. Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, a young Hollywood hopeful, had been brutally murdered. Her murder sparked one of the greatest manhunts in California history. In this fictionalized treatment of a real case, Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, both LA cops obsessed with the Black Dahlia, journey through the seamy… Read More

New York: Knopf, 2009. As New in an As New dustjacket. Red boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Quarto. 640pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author to the original owner on the title-page.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black militants are warring in southside L.A. The Feds are concocting draconian countermeasures. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of History. Dwight Holly is J. Edgar Hoover’s pet strong-arm goon, implementing Hoover’s racist designs and obsessed with a leftist shadow figure named Joan Rosen… Read More