Search Results: Titles starting with E from Keel Row Books

Alnwick; W. Davison, 1823., 1823. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Xii, 246 pp. Gate-fold frontispiece of Inscriptions (foxed & toned as usual) plus plate of Prior Richard's tomb. Pebbled green cloth with paper title label to spine over beige paper-covered boards. Boards slightly soiled and rubbed to edge with minor wear and 1-inch split at joint to head of spine; minor loss to margin of title label. Ms gift inscription to front paste-down. Contents and author's preface bound out of sequence but all complete. One of Davison's best known publications. Scarce.

London; Nelson and Sons, 1862., 1862. Hard Cover. First Thus. Octavo, pp. 340. 5 engraved plates with tissue guards, including frontispiece. Full reeded maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine; aeg; primrose yellow endpapers. Spine lightly sunned; spine tips and corners rubbed. Scattered foxing, heavier to tissue guards. Contemporary gift inscription to second blank, to Anna Earle [or Carle] from her friends Mrs and the Misses Davey, dated in year of publication. A Very Good copy. Extended by four chapters and substantially revised, the work was written in an attempt to train young girls to "connect happiness or sorrow with conduct and character" and reinforce religious teachings and morals. While plenty of similar volumes were available aimed at young men, this volume attempted to redress the gender imbalance to give guidance to females.

California; Cadmus Editions. 1982., 1982. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST (TRADE) EDITION. Softcover octavo, pp. 54. Pictorial card wraps with tan feps. Wraps show areas of light toning and very minor soiling. A tight, neat copy; Very Good condition. Collection of mid-1950s material, by the author of Naked Lunch, with titles such as The Finger and The Portuguese Mooch.

Milwaukee; Morehouse Publishing Co., 1930., 1930. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [10], 200. Publishers' forest green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in blind to upper board, in unclipped printed light green dust-jacket. Contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Lower corners bumped. Text-block fore-edge lightly foxed and lacking portion of p. 189/90 (approx 1 cm x 6 cm) affecting margin only. Jacket toned to spine, with the odd nick & crease, and a little loss to top edge and corners. Rare title on the question of Christian Reunion, particularly within the Eastern Orthodox Church.

London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1934., 1934. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED BY BINDER. Third Popular Edition. Octavo, pp. xii, 305, [3]. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignette to title page by Robert Gibbings. Later craft binding in full bottle green morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to upper board and bird design in gilt over both boards and spine. Aeg, gilt dentelles and leather doublures and endpapers by Desmond Yardley. Spine lightly sunned, minor chip to lower edge of upper board (see photograph). Contents clean and bright with inscription to final blank to fore: "D. Yardley Rebound 1937 L.C.C. C.S.A.C.", with number 7 written above a crossed-through 9, all in the same hand. A Near Fine copy. Handsome binding by the widely admired craft binder H.J. Desmond Yardley (1905-72), whose skilled work was much in demand by collectors. Yardley began his binding career with music scores in the early 1930s, after which he studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (the C.S.A.C. of the inscription) and… Read More

New York; Avon Publishing Inc., 1950., 1950. Mass Market Paperback. Small octavo, pp. 125, [3] advertisements. Softcover, laminated illustrated publisher's wrappers, stained pink edges. Lightest of wear to spinetips and corners, mild toning as usual. A neat clean copy free of inscriptions or annotations, with bright vivid wrappers. A very good copy. Avon Pocket-Size Books #285. Classic planetary romance pulp novella. With gloriously kitsch and vibrant GGA (Good Girl Art) cover illustrations.

London; Folio Society, 2000., 2000. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. 204. Colour frontispiece and 16 further plates, some double-sided, with further in-text illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles and illustrations to spine and upper board, in a red paper-covered slipcase; cream pictorial endpapers. A very clean & neat copy with no annotations or inscriptions and only extremely slight shelf wear to spine tips. Overall a Near Fine book in Fine slipcase. Based on the 1914 edition with Kay Nielsen's illustrations, Asbjornsen & Moe's collection of 15 Norwegian folk tales was first published in English, translated by Sir George Dasent, in 1859. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Motoraces Book Club, 1964., 1964. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. 184. 8 double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's sky blue cloth with silver titles to spine in an unclipped white dust-jacket. Spine tips lightly bruised with a hint of soiling to dust-jacket. Near fine book in a very good jacket. The story of the team's first ten years by its founder, including the exciting moment when they won the famous Le Mans 24-hour race for the second year running. Original invoice from Motoraces Book Club dated August 1969 loosely inserted.

London; Hurst and Blackett, 1856., 1856. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Three vols. Small octavo, separately paginated: pp [2] Title, 312, [1] catalogue; [2]Title, 310; [2] Title, 279. Lacking half-titles. Black half calf with gilt titles and ruling to spine and marbled paper-covered boards; all edges sprinkled red. Bindings lightly scuffed with a little wear and bruising to edge. Scattered light foxing; no annotation or inscriptions. From the library of Ballyarnett House, Derry, a late nineteenth century Arts & Crafts country house, with the address in gilt at tail of spine. William Knighton (1823-1889), colonial administrator and author, should not be confused with his near contemporary who was Private Secretary to King George IV. Knighton published a number of works either set in or about India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) including the History Of Ceylon, and he was one of the first writers to express sympathy with plantation labourers and to view them as victims. The autobiographical nature of the… Read More

California; James Van Hise, 2004., 2004. Softcover. Undated circa 2004. ASSOCIATION COPY WITH ARTWORK & INSCRIPTION BY ILLUSTRATOR. Quarto. 192 pp. Pictorial card wraps with cover art by Richard Corben & Robert R Barrett, here published in colour for the first time. Edges lightly rubbed otherwise a clean, bright copy. Leaf of original artwork by James Cawthorn, illustrated both sides, loosely inserted next to printed illustration pp 78. Lengthy New Year gift inscription to loosely inserted sheet from Mike (Moorcock) to Jim (James Cawthorn). This copy belonged to fantasy artist James Cawthorn, close friend, co-author and illustrator of the Elric graphic novels, and collaborator with Moorcock for over forty years; Cawthorn's art and Moorcock's literature made for a sucessful symbiotic relationship. A rare opportunity to purchase a piece of Moorcock/Cawthorn history.

London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1958., 1958. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 192. 6 colour plates by Stead, including frontispiece. Publishers' red cloth with black titles to spine and upper board and spaceman motif to upper board, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket. Gift inscription to ffep and light foxing to textblock edge. Jacket has several small nicks and closed tears with small areas of loss, mainly to head of spine, and creasing to edges. Overall a Near Fine book in a good jacket. Adventures in the outer reaches of the Milky Way with Professor Brane and friends. Scarce, especially in the fragile dust-jacket.

London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889., 1889. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [8], 303, [1], 32 catalogue. Publishers' decorative blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, blocked in black, light blue, beige and pink to upper board showing 3 scenes from the tale within. Cover cloth scuffed with wear to spine tips and corners; boards bruised to edge. A slightly shaken copy with weak inner hinges, but holding. Endpapers foxed & toned, with ownership inscription in pencil to front paste-down and repaired closed tear ffep. No annotations. A Good copy. The Edlingham Burglary case was a Victorian miscarriage of justice, and a subject of great public interest. Jevon James Muschamp Perry was the Vicar at St Paul's Church in Alnwick, and his account here tells the story of the case, written in the third person as he originally intended publishing under a pseudonym. Edlingham, a small village in the wild moors of Northumberland between Rothbury and Alnwick, was the setting for a burglary… Read More

Bedford; Trustees of the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, 2008., 2008. Hard Cover. Square quarto, pp. 176. Lavishly illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Publishers' deep green cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Clean and bright with no annotation or inscriptions. A near fine copy in like jacket. A beautiful study of the collection of over 3000 items donated by the influential British artist Edward Bawden (1903-89) to the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery.

Paris; Printed by Didot for Edwards & Sons, Halifax. [1791]., 1791. Hard Cover. 12 mo; unpaginated. Bound in contemporary Etruscan calf with a fore-edge painting by Edwards of Halifax. Six decorative compartments to spine, tooled in gilt; outer Greek key design in gilt to boards,enclosing palmeate border in blind and central panel surrounded by gilt border. Aeg; marbled endpapers. Lacks title label.; spine cracked with minor loss to tips. Boards lightly scuffed with wear to corners. Gift inscription to first blank dated 1816 above ownership inscription dated 1847; a little scattered light foxing otherwise contents clean and crisp. Thomas Edwards of Halifax is well known for his fine bindings and his 1815 Catalogue of books for sale offered this title in a choice of red or blue morocco for 12 shillings, or "superb in Etruscan calf, gilt leaves, with a drawing thereon" for the weighty sum of �1 11s 6d. The same catalogue also states that prices are "marked in the first leaf of every Book" as is the… Read More

London; Folio Society, 2014., 2014. Hard Cover. FACSIMILE reprint. Folio, pp. [6], 258. 3 title pages with vignettes, 121 colour illustrations of which 61 full-page, and full-page map to rear. Publishers' crimson cloth with gilt titles to spine, blocked in gilt, black and maroon to spine and upper board; top edge gilt; ribbon place-marker; housed in plain red paper-covered card slipcase. A clean copy with no annotation or inscriptions; slipcase very slightly surface scuffed. A Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. First published in twenty parts from 1847-9 by F. G. Moon, designed to be bound in three volumes, each with title page. This edition is reprinted from the First Edition in the John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester. Roberts (1796-1864), the Scottish painter, produced exquisite works depicting temples, ruins and landscapes from his extensive tours overseas, which were understandably hugely popular with the British public. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage… Read More

London; Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932., 1932. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxvi, [2], 874. Photographic frontispiece with 30 further plates and 106 plans. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped dust-jacket. Light foxing and toning to text block edges. Jacket a touch toned, particularly to the spine. Published only 10 years after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Comprehensively illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs, plans, sections, maps and diagrams, detailing the Egyptian architecture and art discovered in the Nile Valley. The first edition is scarce in the original dust-jacket.

New York; Abbeville Press Inc., 2008., 2008. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Large quarto, pp. 392. Illustrated throughout with 350 colour plates. In a pictorial dust-jacket and tan cloth pictorial slipcase. As new, still sealed in original cellophane. Fine book in like jacket and slipcase. Comprehensive study of ancient Egyptian wall art, featuring full-page illustrations on matte paper specifically selected to replicate the feel of the limestone which the original images were painted on, by renowned Egyptologist, Francesco Tiradritti, with illustrations by Sandro Vannini. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Edward Arnold, 1908., 1908. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, octavo. 2 volumes (pp. xvi, 395, [1]; x, 388, and booksellers' catalogue pp. 16) With sixty black and white and colour full-page plates and a coloured folding map. Original midnight blue cloth with gilt ornaments, cover titles, spine titles, and fillets to spine. Rubbed at spine hinges and corners, with some mild scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and fore-edges. Otherwise clean, bright, tight, square. This engaging chronological narrative covers the 18 years Tucker spent as Bishop of Uganda between 1874 and 1892, and provides an insight into the political, cultural, and environmental landscape of late nineteenth century Uganda. Beautifully illustrated with sixty of Tucker's finely observed sketches and paintings.

London; Frederick Warne and Co, 1884., 1884. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xii, 205, [1] illustration, [6] catalogue. 3 mounted original Woodburytype photographs as called for, including frontispiece, with captions to mount leaves. 64 engraved figures within text, plus head- and tail-pieces. Publishers' decorative brown cloth with titles in black and gilt to spine and upper board; upper board blocked in gilt with a central pendant light-fitting motif and different designs of light bulb to corners, within double border in gilt and black. Floral grey endpapers. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed with corners of upper board bumped and minor loss to spine tips; top 1-inch of lower joint split. A little minor scattered foxing and 2 leaves corner-creased to margin only, otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Overall a Very Good copy. Scarce, particularly with the full complement of 3 photographs of domestic interiors illuminated by electricity, which must be amongst the earliest… Read More

Paris; Gagosian Gallery 2012, 2012. Hard Cover. Folio, pp. 120. Illustrated in colour throughout. Bound in grey cloth over boards with colour pictorial onlays to each side, with muted silver spine titles. Parallel text in English and French. As new. Lavishly illustrated volume featuring Elizabeth Peyton's luscious jewel tone paintings and drawings, published on the occasion of her first solo exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in Paris. Also features a selection of writings from Marcel Proust by Edmund White, illustrated with full size colour photographs.