Search Results: Titles starting with E from Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]

Very Good/Matted. Mounted on binder's board with stamped matte-border, Photo is in fine condition with board corners bumped and a bit rounded. Matte measures 10 by 8 inches the actual photo is 7 by 5 inches. Modest and expected age-toning. Many steamboats operated on the Columbia River and its tributaries, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, beginning about 1850. Major tributaries of the Columbia that formed steamboat routes included the Willamette and Snake rivers. The paddle-wheel steamboat has been described as an economic "invasion craft" which allowed the rapid exploitation of the Oregon Country. Brief History of the Jessie Harkins The Jessie Harkins was a propeller-driven steamboat that operated on the Columbia River starting in 1903. It was rebuilt at least twice. Originally Jessie Harkins was one of the larger gasoline-engined vessels. Jessie Harkins was built at the Portland Shipbuilding Company for Captain Hosford and launched on November 18, 1903. Jessie Harkins was… Read More

USA: Westminster John Knox Press, 1986. Soft cover. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Still in Publisher's shrink-wrap.. This highly accessible book discusses how the early Jewish and Christian communities went about interpreting Scripture.

London: Collins, 1946. Second Impression. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Green colored illustrated paper on stiff boards; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a pulled upper spine corner; previous owner's armorial bookplate. 8vo; 8.75 inches tall; 48 pages; Illustrated with 8 color plates and 26 additional illustrations in monochrome. The dust jacket in a protective Mylar sleeve has wear on the spine edges. . No. 92 from the Britain in Pictures Series.

Boulder Junction, Wisconsin: Aardvark Publications, 1987. Limited Edition. A Near Fine Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. SIGNED by both authors. Hand-numbered, no. 753. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling with a small rub at top of the spine. ; Still Gift Quality. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean. 11.25 inches tall; 224 pages with index.. Contains a wealth of information. Focusing on folk art carvers from the USA An excellent reference for collectors and enthusiasts. Illustrated with color and b/w photography,

London/Oxford: Harvey & Miller Publishers/Oxford University Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, Moderate shelf handling wear. Volume II has a mild sun-fade to the spine and a minor ding near the top of the spine edge. Volume 1 276 pages; 330 illustrations. Volume II 373 pages; 462 illustrations. Folios; 13.5 inches tall.. Comprehensive scholarly survey of 188 early Gothic manuscripts illuminated in the British Isles during the 12th and 13th centuries, including a general introduction characterizing the early Gothic style, glossary of terms, bibliography, plate-by-plate catalog with commentary, various indices, and 732 illustrations on 225 plates, many in color [tipped-in], text figures, and two frontispieces. These two volumes together comprise part IV of A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles.

London: Laurence King Publishing, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Oblong, 12.5 by 10 inches;  175 pages with an index, 152 illustrations, 140 in color.. This work concentrates exclusively on the elaborately embroidered textiles from the Ica and Nasca valley regions in south-coastal Peru. Focusing on the supernatural figures depicted in these vividly coloured textiles, it brings together textiles, ceramics and gold from museums and private collections around the world to document the techniques and style of Nasca needlework. It also suggests that the more widely-known Paracas needlework may have been influenced by that of the early Nasca culture. Background Information: The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley.  Strongly… Read More

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1976. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has shelf and hand soiling. Includes: Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna (poem, 1937); The Dweller in the Ice (1941); The King's Eye (1941); It's a Young World (1941); Daughters of Eternity (1942); Earth, Farewell! (1943); Conspiracy on Callisto (1943); Highwayman of the Void (1944); Double-Cross (1944). Pohl's early solo work Pohl usually used the name James MacCreigh and these stories were first printed under that name. Book Club Edition [BCE] Ref. Ency of Science Fiction.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First Edition, First Printing.. Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his Southern United States in novels such as Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre won him critical acclaim, but also made him controversial among Southerners of the time who felt he was deprecating the people of the region.

New York: Tor Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. In the epic conclusion of the Homecoming Saga, when the children of Harmony return to Earth, they find a much-altered world in which two intelligent races challenge the humans, while Shedemi and the Oversoul set out to find the Keeper of Earth.

New York: Tor Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. New/New. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. First Edition, First Printing.. Confronting his brother Elemak while on board the starship Basilica, Nafai, the chosen ship's Master, begins a generations-long struggle that will culminate in a return to planet Earth.

Oregon: Beautiful Amer Pub Co, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. With more than 180 beautifully reproduced color photographs and additional drawings this is a comprehensive survey the East Coast mansions. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling with some age-toning in gutter of front endpages. Oblong: 9.75 by 11 inches; vii, 247 pages with bibliography; index to architects, and index to houses. color illustrated. .

Mass: Rockport Publishers, 2000. Soft cover. New/No Dust Jacket Issued. A visually Stunning survey of Eastern influences, design, and objects incorporated into Western interiors, East West Style will help you create beautiful interiors, incorporating the Eastern ideas of balance and harmony, color and texture, simplicity and richness No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Fully illustrated with color photography..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. Decorated cloth with a red top stain. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. First Edition, Early Printing; 303 pages. Illustrated with plates by Thomas Benton. The book won the 1943 Thomas Jefferson Award, Teenage Sid Tussie sees big changes in his poor Kentucky family when they receive $10,000 insurance money for the death of his uncle in World War II and other greedy relatives scramble to share the wealth.

Murdoch Books, 2008. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 12 inches tall. . Over 1 Million Color Combinations to Enhance Your Garden The essential reference book for garden enthusiasts.  Containing all the information you need to produce a colorful display, it covers everything from practical planting and seed care, to creative ideas using color, shape and texture. Fully illustrated projects, step-by-step instructions and handy hints and tips provide plenty of inspiration and practical help, while the mix and match chapter presents over a million potential planting combinations.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author; Debut novel. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality, First Edition; First Printing; Full Number Line; Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. Courier Allie Kerry embarks on a run for her life when her contact turns up dead in the bathroom and the computer disk she is supposed to deliver turns out to be the key to a deadly conspiracy dating back to the Vietnam War.

Chicago: D.E. Cunningham & Co., 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer. Publisher's tan cloth with bordered color paste-on on the front with titles in two-color. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 280 pages; fully illustrated with intext and margin drawings in three-colors by Jane Allen Boyer. There are 10 pockets each with tissue doll patterns - all complete. First Edition, First Printing. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with some fading of the cloth; the spine has darkened with pushed tips. A difficult book to locate and rarely in such nice condition.. Designed to capture the imagination of every little girl who will find the pleasures and rewards of sewing. This is the second book in the Mary Frances series. It's all about sewing for beginners. An exceptionally clever and fascinating story of a little girl who wanted to sew and how her grandmother's sewing bird and all their other sewing… Read More

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. American decorated cloth binding in the style of the Decorative Designers [unsigned]. Tissue-guarded frontispiece; Previous owner's inscription on front free endpage. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 12mo; 6.75 inches tall, 60 pages, each page bordered with a spiraling fishing line. First Edition, First Printing.. Irving Bacheller was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States whose books, generally set-in upper New York state, are humorous and full of penetrating character delineations, especially of rural types. [brit] Bacheller was the James Michener of his day: sometimes his books (mostly historical novels) sold out as soon as published. In all he wrote 29 novels, 5 volumes of biography and autobiography and numerous short stories, poems and essays.… Read More

London and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 8v0; 8.75 inches tall; 328 pages with an index and bibliography; a few intext illustrations.. "The depth and richness of this interdisciplinary study is remarkable...[Gill] makes a most valuable contribution to the humanities at large. Linguistics, historians, literary critics, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and anyone else even vaguely interested in human nature will find a trove of pertinent information, well analyzed and interpreted in this exquisitely written book." --H-France Additional Information: This interdisciplinary study charts shifting French perceptions of the anomalous and bizarre from the 1830s to the fin de siècle, focusing on three key issues. First, during the July Monarchy eccentricity was linked to fashion dandyism, and commodity culture; to many Parisians it epitomized the… Read More

New York: Grossman Publishers and Trianon Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Handwritten and illuminated by Ben Shahn. A reproduction from the original Trianon Limited Edition. Trade Edition. Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Ownership bookplate on rear pastedown. 8 full color lithographs with chapter headers. 4to.12 inches tall; pp. [51]. Lacks Dust Jacket. .

Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. AGiftable Book..   No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 368 pages with Chapter Notes, Appendix and Index.. People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But as Alfred Crosby explains in his highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest.