Search Results: Titles starting with E from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Philadelphia: Chilton, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 313pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First of this revised edition of the 1933 text.

Chicago: E. Whitefield, 1860. Remarkable and rare grouping of five color lithographs from Edwin Whitefield's series of seven downtown Chicago scenes, lithographed and printed by Charles Shober in Chicago. The prints each measure about 10¼" X 18¼", and all are uniformly matted and framed to 26½" X 20½". In order of issuance: "View of Illinois and Michigan Central Depot & c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue" (1860). "View of Clark & Wells St. Bridges From the Foot of River St." (1861). "View of Michigan Avenue & c. From Sturges & Buckingham's Elevator" (1861). "View of Rush St. Bridge & c. From Nortons Block River St." (1861). "Michigan Terrace Michigan Avenue Looking towards the Central Depot" (1863). Overall very good. The coloring on all are bright and delicate, with mild to moderate age toning evident. Framing is adequate -- basic and edgeworn, but since this is how Governor Stevenson framed them they are part of the story and remain as is. These rare individual prints seldom… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1961. Hardcover. Translation by Anne Green. 12mo. Black cloth spine and orange-flecked paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 347pp. Very good/good. Jacket edgeworn, with several edge chips. Tight, decent first edition. YOUNG 1577.

Chicago: The Madison Book Co, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown decorated cloth with tipped-on plate. (86pp). Line drawings. Very good. First edition, tight and clean.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1980. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 198pp. Numerous illustrations. Film credits section at conclusion has a small number of inked checkmarks in margin; remainder mark on bottom page edges. Tight, attractive first edition.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 312pp. Illustrations. Tight, nice first edition -- a discreet ex-library copy, with almost no markings.

New York: Dover Publications, 1985. Paperback. 4to. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. Illustrations, line drawings. Near fine. Ownership inkstamp of noted antiques publication on inside front and rear wrappers. Handsome facsimile reprint of this 1951 title.

London: Methuen and Co., Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown buckram, price-clipped dust jacket. 80pp. Frontispiece, Illustrations. Near fine/good. First edition.

Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1904. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale green wrappers. Pp. 89-117. Near fine. Very faintest of age toning to outer wrappers only. First edition, a lovely and tight copy of this uncommon piece.

Edinburgh: George P. Johnson, 1900. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original green cloth over bevelled boards with silver emblem and silver spine lettering. xvi, 313pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine and much of binding sunned to a pleasant goldish brown; 1900 ownership signature on half-title page. A tight, handsome, internally near fine first edition of this large and large-margined history, with title page printed partly in red for a faux 17th century look. The discreetest ex-library copy, an inoffensive abrasion near the foot of the spine being virtually the only indication.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 176pp. Fine/near fine.Bright jacket with small spot near base of spine where distributor's label once rested. Tight, quite attractive first edition of this volume in editor Eric Partridge's "Language Library" series. American distributor Essential Books' small name/address label at bottom of title page.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Folio. Full black blind-ruled morocco with gilt lettering, rules, raised bands. xi, 382pp; vii, 387pp. Top edges gilt. Captioned tissue guarded color frontispieces, extensive illustrations. Very good. Though internally both volumes are tight and bright and fine, the volume I hinges are a tad worn but strong; head and tail of both spines a bit edge chipped and outer tips of both volume a bit bumped. Exceptionally handsome first edition of this classic in its field, in lovely morocco binding with bright gilt. Volume I focuses mostly on the "Woodwork" portion of the title (with chapters such as "The Plan of the Early Tudor House," "The Development of the English Timber Roof," "Gothic Woodwork and Colour Decoration," "Timber Houses, Porches and Doors," "The English Staircase," "Wood Panellings and Mantels," "Bedsteads and Their Development"), while Volume II focuses on the "Furniture" portion (with chapters such as "The… Read More

London: Hollis & Carter, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 292pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. A tight and lovely first edition of this important translation -- and with the usually absent or abused jacket exceptionally bright and sharp.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co, 1936. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt and black lettering. xi, 411pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with spine lightly sunned, else internally bright and fine. A tight, attractive early reprint edition of this hefty survey.

New York: Dover Publications, 1976. Paperback. Edited by E.B. Bleiler. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiii, (ca. 150pp), xv-xvi. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Faintest bit of edgewear; "East-West" marked large but pale across top of front wrapper. Tight, decent first of this edition, being a facsimile of all 110 plates from the first edition of this horticultural classic.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 257pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition.

N.p.: Arno Press, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt lettering and decorations. 223pp. Extensive illustrations and floor plans. Very good. Faint bit of edgewear. Tight and nice first edition of this volume in the "Architectural Treasures of Early America" series.

N.p.: Arno Press, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt lettering and decorations. 223pp. Extensive illustrations and floor plans. Good plus. Faint edgewear, with spine a tad rough. A tight, decent first edition of this volume in the superbly-illustrated "Architectural Treasures of Early America" series.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1948. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xix, 192pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Sharp and tight first edition of this highly-regarded study. From the collection of Frank S. Hanlin (1924-82, bibliographer and University of Iowa special collections director), with his 1950 ownership signature on front pastedown and three early pages bearing small blue-pencilled margin notations by him.

Indianapolis: Indiana State Museum, n.y.. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers. (13pp). Line drawings. Very good. Bit of soiling to wrappers. Probable sole edition of this cryptic little guide to this museum's holdings.