Authors starting with E from Capricorn Books

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1995.. 220 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 1853105694 B&w photographs. "Since the dawn of aviation the mountains and hills of the UK and Ireland have caused havoc to low-flying aircraft. Poor naviational aids and bad weather conditions have taken . their toll in peacetime as well as during the war years. In this book the author tells the stories of one hundred aircraft crashes and wherever possible he has enlisted the help of survivors, eye-witnesses, rescuers an... more information

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Harry Cuff, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1987.. 89 pp, 8vo, soft cover. SIGNED/DATED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP. A collection of anecdotes, legends, folklore by a Newfoundland author. Previous owners' names on ffep, otherwise clean and tight. Minor edgewear to covers, spine flat and unceased. VG. ... more information

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Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1968, first edition.. 310 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "A considerable amount of our literary and social criticism has been based on the premise that during much of our history the United States has been inhospitable to the intellectual and the a. rtist. The term 'exile' has been used frequently and Henry James has been pictured as the prime victim. The present study is a detailed examination of a selected number o... more information

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Garden Way, Charlotte, Vermont, (1977), 2nd printing.. 124 pp, small 4to (10" H), soft cover. B&w photos, drawings, diagrams. Contents: How Efficient is a Fireplace?'; Component Parts of a Fireplace; Constructing a Fireplace; Constructing a Fireplace - Details; Cost of a Fireplace; Adding a Chimney an. d Fireplaces - A Practical Experience; Getting More Heat From the Fireplace; Free-Standing Fireplaces; Styles and Designs; How to Stop a Fireplace From Smoking; Wood and Other Fuels; Mainten... more information

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Township of Wicksteed, Hornepayne, Ontario, 1978.. 78 pp, 10 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, drawings, reproductions. A local history of Hornepayne, Ontario, giving information on the personalities, buildings, businesses, sports and other clubs, schools, hospitals, industri. es, etc. of the town. Interior - light browning to inside of covers, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate browning, light to moderate soiling, bo... more information

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Dover, Mineola, New York, 1999.. 60 pp, small 4to (10 15/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0486407179 68 b&w line illustrations, 12 color illustrations on covers. "In her latest collection of exquisite patterns, stained glass designer Connie Clough Eaton has put her aesthetic spotlight o. n these three motifs. Included are full-page designs of lush baskets, vases, and garden flower bouquets, as well as butterflies and birds, set among floral sprays and in various bucolic settings. Masterfully re... more information

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George Eaton, Neath, n.d.. 89 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. B&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: Edward VII and the Mystique of Monarchy; The Labouring Classes - Domestic Service; The Middle Classes; Shops and Entertainment, Transport & Housing; Local Government in Neath; . Parliamentary Representation in Neath; Education; Religion; Libraries and Newspapers; The Suffrage Movement; The Fair; Cultural Activities; Sport; The Police; List of Taverns. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ... more information

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New Holland, (London, 1991).. 176 pp, 4to, HC (glazed boards). "Over 50 original projects ranging from traditional samplers, floral trinket boxes, festive cards and tree decorations, to cushions, bags, table and bedlinen...easy-to-follow, full-color chart(s) accompanied by...co. mprehensive key to the range of different-colored threads use. More than 200 additional patterns for whole designs, alphabets, borders and motifs - over 100 in full color." Lots of instructional notes and illustra... more information

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Scholastic, New York, 1976.. Unpaginated mass market paperback. B&w cartoons, comic strips, etc., on the themes of teenagers, television shows, the future, fables, cartoon characters and ending up with a recipe for fortune cookies with four pages of slips to insert including: . Never play tug-of-war with a chimpanzee / An old acquaintance is seeking you - get out of town, quick / Be wary tonight - that dark shape in the sky is not a cloud, etc., etc. Interior - pages have very light browning, otherwis... more information

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McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston / Montreal, 1989.. 187 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0773507027 Map endpapers. B&w and colour illustrations. "During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whaling vessels from Britain and America plied their trade in great numbers in t. he waters off the Eastern Arctic of North America. The heyday of whaling has, until now, been documented soley from the perspective of the whalers, never from the viewpoint of the ... more information

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McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal / Kingston, 1997.. 223 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0773516751 B&w photographs, map. One of the McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE: "DOROTHY HARLEY EBER" and INSCRIBED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: . "TO _____ & ____ _______ ALL BEST WISHES DOROTHY." "At a time when alternative legal systems for Native peoples are being debated, (this book) provides a... more information

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Macmillan, New York, (1977).. 332 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "In these interviews, taut with drama and self-revelation, Alan Ebert enables each man (of the 17) to create his own individual self-portrait. What results is not a picture of 'the homosexual' but a me. dly of stories filled with humor, anger, love, tragedy, and pride, which in their cumulative impact explode the myths our society still hold about homosexuals..." Slight fading to top/bottom edges of boards, ... more information

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The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1978.. 114 pp, 8vo, soft cover. Conference papers. Contents: Forensic Anthropology; Ethnicity and Stratification in the Urban United States; Religious Coexistence in Northern Zambia: Intellectualism and Materialism in Yombe Belief; Double Play: Notes on. American Baseball; Are LASSes Better than LADs?; Situational Variability in the Speech of Preschool Children; Testing Morphological Productivity. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership mark... more information

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Unitrade, Toronto, 1985, reprint.. Unpaginated (approx. 14pp.), 9" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illus. "In December of 1866 a peculiar 10 cent 'Prince Edward Island' stamp made its appearance in Europe...It was without perforations, printed in black on yellow paper, and th. e name of the country was misspelled. Those who saw the stamp said that it had 'an ureal look' about it..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very ... more information

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Allen Lane, (London, 1999), Ist ed.. 228 pp, 8vo, HC. "In a series of unusually thought-provoking conversations, Umberto Eco, Stephen Jay Gould, Jean Delumeau and Jean-Claude Carriere examine our preoccupations at the end of this millenium, cast back to the fears and hopes of previous. generations, and consider the challenges to come. Mixing the humorous with the profound, they tackle a vast range of fundamental questions which have long taxed the minds not only of our greatest thinkers, but o... more information

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Del Rey, New York, (1999), Ist pb printing.. 468 pp, mass market paperback. B&w illustrations, maps. "Join David and Leigh Eddings on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set do. wn in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress...Rare volumes will be opened before your eyes. Sacred holy books in which you may ... more information

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Department of Christian Education, Canadian Council of Churches / National CGIT (Canadian Girls in Training) Committee, n.p., 1965.. 37 pp, 6" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w drawings. A collection of poems for Christmas. Contents: Foreword; Christmas Again, The Christmas Gift, The Son of the Shepherd; Word from Bethlehem; If We had Seen the Christmas Star; A Legend of S. aint Francis; His Birthday; Camel Trains; Benedicte; His Tree; A Pioneer's Christmas; The Tinsel Angel; Christmas... more information

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Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, (Wellington, 1989).. 239 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w photographs. The first volume of New Zealand poet Lauris Scott's autobiography. "The story begins in a Hawkes Bay childhood. Social Credit was the family creed; dramatic productions the order of the . day. Leaving this close family group, the student Lauris wrote intimate letters home: friends, books, betrayals, ideals, all life's vicissitudes appear on the page with a sparkl... more information

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Bridget Williams, (Wellington, 1991).. 241 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w photographs. The second volume of New Zealand poet Lauris Edmond's autobiography. "For Lauris Edmond this was married life in its time of greatest fulfilment, with six children in a small New Zealand countr. y town in the fifties. They were rich years, full of laughter and friendship and solidity - the way, she supposed, women's lives were meant to be. But dreams and expectations change, the experien... more information

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Lancer, New York, 1967, reprint.. 293 pp, mass market paperback. "Drawn from such first-hand sources as the vast and outspoken sex literature of the East, from scientific studies and from reports of travellers and researchers, (this book) is a comprehensive guide to Oriental sex cu. stoms and practices. Every phase of Oriental sexuality - heterosexual, homosexual, autoerotic, bestial - is covered and much new data, never before published in English, is included. Informative and significant, (it) ... more information

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