Search Results: Authors starting with E from St. Wulfstans Books

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1857]. First edition. Disbound. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 29 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. One page with closed marginal tear not affecting text. No wraps. Eastburn was a notable evangelical and Bishop of Massachusetts after the death of Alexander Viets Griswold. A nice copy of this scarce pamphlet.

Boston: James B. Dow, 1843. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 23 pages. Pages Bound in original light blue wraps. Front cover lacking. Eastburn was a notable evangelical and Bishop of Massachusetts after the death of Alexander Viets Griswold. A nice copy of this scarce pamphlet.

London: Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd., 1920. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches. Color Lithographed Easter card in booklet form. Cord bound booklet of six leaves. Five full page color lithographs and six pages of illuminated text.

Berlin: International Art Publishing Co. Ltd., [c. 1920s]. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches. Cord bound booklet of four leaves contained inside an embossed cover. Front cover with one small spot and rear cover lacking. Cords no longer holding. Else near fine.

1928. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 2 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches. Die cut Easter greeting card with embossed silver lettering in the form of a cross. Inscription on reverse dated 1928.

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [c. 1910-1913]. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 3 x 4 3/4 inches. Inscription dated Easter 1913 on reverse. Raphael Tuck & Sons was one of the most prestigious and prolific early postcard publishing companies. Although the Tuck firm did some black and white printing in their London offices, the majority of color work was contracted for in Germany, as is evidenced by the printed (or chromographed) in Bavaria, Germany or Saxony inscribed on the majority of the early Tuck works. Raphael moved to England from Prussia in 1865 to set up in business selling picture frames from a small shop. By 1870 his sons (including Raphael) were working for him as the business moved its focus to the import and publication of printed paper products. By 1881 Raphael had retired. It was at this time that the company trademark, an artist’s easel and palette, was first registered. In 1893, the company was awarded its first Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria. Tuck cards thereafter bore the… Read More

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [c. 1895]. Loose_leaf. Fine. 4 1/2 x 6 inches. Color lithograph with silver embossed text printed in German. Near fine condition with contemporary inscription on reverse. Raphael Tuck & Sons was one of the most prestigious and prolific early postcard publishing companies. Although the Tuck firm did some black and white printing in their London offices, the majority of color work was contracted for in Germany, as is evidenced by the printed (or chromographed) in Bavaria, Germany or Saxony inscribed on the majority of the early Tuck works. Raphael moved to England from Prussia in 1865 to set up in business selling picture frames from a small shop. By 1870 his sons (including Raphael) were working for him as the business moved its focus to the import and publication of printed paper products. By 1881 Raphael had retired. It was at this time that the company trademark, an artist’s easel and palette, was first registered. In 1893, the company was awarded its… Read More

Salford: Printed by J. Roberts, 1873. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. 75 numbered pages. Pages bright and clean and free of marking or soiling. Bound in 3/4 black calf with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Author, title and date in gilt lettering to spine. Corners and edges very lightly worn. Provenance: bookplate dated 1893 of Henry Blackwell and binder's stamp on ffep "Bound by Blackwell. A very nice copy of this scarce Welsh volume which was bound and owned by the noted New York bookbinder responsible for the bindings of several volumes belonging to John Augustin Daly, the Victorian American theatre manager, playright and bibliophile, which were sold at auction after his death.

Augsburg: August Baeumer, 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 339 pages. Scattered light foxing. Otherwise pages clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Engraved frontispiece and title page. One foldout illustration and five other full page engraved illustrations. All page edges rouged. Bound in dark paper covered boards, lightly worn at edges. Paper spine label. An attractive copy of this illustrated collection of biographical details and anecdotes.

n.p.: n.p., 1922. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches. 314 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling and staining. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with darker lettering. Covers very lightly soiled. A very good clean copy of this scarce and valuable work on the history of the Lutheran Synod of Iowa in the USA, and particularly in the Northern Plains.

New York: White, Stokes, and Allen, 1886. Very Good +. 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. 271 pages. Pages printed inside red rules. Pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. All page edges gilt. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black floral decorations and griffon/dragon to front cover. Gilt cherub and title in gilt and black to front cover. Gilt title and publisher and black cherub with other decorations to spine. Covers lightly worn at extremities. A very nicely printed collection of Eliot's poems.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. Light waterstain at bottom. A very nice engraving depicting a view of the Congressional Cemetery with the pyramid shaped monument to Frederick Rodgers, which a popular Victorian image of the cemetery.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Double page fold out engraving. Lightly foxed and lightly waterstained on lower 2 to 3 inches. A very nice engraving depicting operations during the pre-Industrial Revolution age of steam. Interestingly, all the workers are finely dressed women, with a single male in the foreground (delivering printed sheets of currency).

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. Small light waterstain at bottom. A very nice engraving depicting a view of the then newly constructed Patent Office Building with a horse and buggy in the foreground.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good +. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Double page fold out engraving. Lightly foxed. An interesting and very nice engraving depicting the leisurely political machinations in Washington, D.C., during Reconstruction. The politicians are accompanied by finely dressed women, and an African-American server is depicted in the background.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. A very nice engraving depicting Andrew Johnson at his desk in the old Vice President's office (prior to the move to the U.S. Naval Observatory) before his ascension to the Presidency in 1869.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. Light waterstain at bottom. A very nice engraving depicting the "Castle" on the Mall as it existed at the time of the Civil War.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. A very nice engraving depicting the West terrace of the capitol and portions of the mall as they existed at the time of the Civil War.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and left (interior) edge ragged from binding. A very nice engraving depicting the Main Post Office (now the National Postal Museum) with a horse and buggy and promenaders in period dress in foreground.

New York: United States Publishing Company, 1869. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Full page engraving. Lightly foxed and top (interior) edge ragged from binding. Small light waterstain at top. A very nice engraving depicting a view of the then newly constructed and recently expanded Treasury Building with a horse and buggy and promenaders in the foreground.