Search Results: Titles starting with E from George S. MacManus Company

(BOUDINOT, ELIAS). CLARK, Barbara L. E.B. The Story of Elias Boudinot IV, His Family, His Friends, and His Country. Phila., [1977]. Illus. 472pp. Fine in d/j.

1863. (PHILADELPHIA). HELLIER, Henry R., comp. E. M. Cross & Co.'s Philadelphia City Business Directory, 1863-64. Phila.: E.M. Cross & Co., [1863]. 1st ed. 328, [6] pp., illus., advts. In orig. cloth. Rebacked in matching cloth, rear board bent at the bottom corner and is now tender. Contemporary owner name at the top of the first lithograph. Old waterstain to fore-edge, else very good. Advertisements on color paper at the rear and inserted throughout. Includes color lithographic advertisements for the printer and publisher. Pictorial advertisements for jars, chemical works, newspapers, pianos, scales, sewing machines, breweries, gymnasiums, and clocks among others.

2012. (WEISS, Emil Rudolf). CINAMON, Gerald. E R Weiss: The Typography of an Artist. Quarter vellum, with paper-covered boards and slipcase. Oldham: Printed & Published by Incline Press, 2012. 178pp. Folio. Illus. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies, this being no. 119, signed by the binder. Illustrated with more than 125 images and reproductions of Weiss's work mounted, tipped-in, folding and inserted. Weiss (1875-1942) was an influential German artist, book designer, and typographer. He was also a professor in the school run by the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, and had his teaching credentials revoked by the Nazis in 1933, though his work was not included in the infamous "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) exhibit of the later 1930s. Weiss was not Jewish and had no known associations with other groups opposed by the Nazi regime, so it is not clear why he was targeted. Some of his typefaces are still in use today, such as Weiss Antiqua.

McMURTRIE, Douglas C. Early Printing in Wyoming and the Black Hills. Orig. cloth. Hattiesburg: The Book Farm, 1943 First edition in book form. Illustrated. A fine copy printed by the Anthoensen Press.

1798. ENCYCLOPAEDIA; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature... Phila.: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798. 1st ed. 18 Vols. 4to. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt decorated spines, red morocco spine labels. Frontis in Vol. One, 528 plates (including 7 folding plates), 12 maps (including 3 folding maps), folding table. Library bookplates on front pastedowns, scattered small library stamps, some wear to spine ends, minor scraping to leather, some hinges tender, very old water stains in some volumes, light scattered foxing and toning, lacking six plates (110, 219, 237, 254, 257, 473), else a very good set. [with] Supplement to the Encyclopaedia, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature. Phila.: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1803. 1st ed. 3 Vols. 4to. All 53 plates. Contemporary full calf, elaborate gilt spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, edges gilt-chamfered. Some wear to spine ends, corners, minor scraping to calf, outer… Read More

SANTA ANNA, Antonio Lopez de. The Eagle. The Autobiography of Santa Anna. Edited by Ann Fears Crawford. Austin: Pemberton Press, 1967. 1st ed. Illus. xix, 299pp. Orig. morocco-backed boards, publisher's slipcase. Fine. Limited to 135 copies. An original broadside announcing one of Santa Anna's presidential decrees is laid in.

1938. (ALTGELD, JOHN PETER). BARNARD, Harry. "Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. 8vo. 496 pp., frontis., plates. In orig. cloth. Spine faded. Dampstaining to the textblock edges as well as faint tidelines to the bottom corner of some leaves. Rear hinge starting but solid. Good to very good.

1979. HAUGLAND, Vern. The Eagle Squadrons: Yanks in the RAF, 1940-1942. New York: Ziff-Davis Flying Books, [1979]. 1st ed. xv, 201pp. Portraits, plates. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.

GREFE, Will. CABELL, James Branch. The Eagle's Shadow. Illustrated by Will Grefe, Decorated by Blanche Ostertag. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904. First edition, first issue of the author's first book. Bruccoli and Clark II, p. 61. A very good copy.

(EAKINS, THOMAS). SCHENDLER, Sylvan. Eakins. Boston, 1967. 1st ed. Illus. xix. 300pp. A fine copy in orig. cloth, dust jacket.

1907. MURDOCK, Harold. Earl Percy's Dinner-Table. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1907. 1st ed. Small 4to. 77pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth, printed paper spine label. Fine. One of 550 numbered copies. Earl Hugh Percy, second Duke of Northumberland, was a commander in charge of British troops in Boston from 1774-76, acquitting himself well during the British retreat from Concord. This account documents his military career and social engagements. Additional printed paper spine label tipped in.

1948. HALEY, J. Evetts. Earl Vandale on the Trail of Texas Books. Canyon, TX: Palo Duro Press, 1965. 1st ed. 44pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. cloth. Fine. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Dorothy, ever eager and faithful in the cause from Evetts." Account of one of the most dedicated collectors of Texana.

STEELE, Robert. The Earliest English Music Printing. A Description and Bibliography of English Printed Music to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. Illus. Original linen-backed paper-covered boards, t.e.g. London: for the Bibliographical Society, 1903. First edition. A very good copy.

POLLARD, Graham, ed. The Earliest Directory of the Book Trade by John Pendred (1785). Untrimmed, in orig. printed wrappers. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1955. A very good copy.

1937. HENDERSON, Robert W., comp. Early American Sport. A Chronological Check-list of Books Published Prior to 1860. With an Introduction by Harry T. Peters. 8vo. Original cloth. New York: Grolier Club, 1937. First edition. One of 400 copies. A fine copy.

ROSENBACH, A.S.W. Early American Children's Books. With Bibliographical Descriptions of the Books in his Private Collection. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. 4to. Original half calf and pictorial boards in publisher's slipcase. Illustrated. Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1933. First edition. Limited to 585 copies signed by Rosenbach. A fine copy of this indispensable reference.

WINTERICH, John T. Early American Books & Printing. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1974. A facsimile reprint of the 1935 edition printed at the Riverside Press. A fine copy.

WEGELIN, Oscar. Early American Plays 1714-1830 A Compilation of the titles of Plays written by authors born in or residing in North America previous to 1830. Orig. boards, newly rebacked in cloth. N.Y.: Literary Collector Press, 1905. Limited to 200 numbered copies.

WEGELIN, Oscar. Early American Poetry. A Compilation of the Titles of Volumes of Verse and Broadsides, Written by Writers Born or Residing in North America, and Issued During the 17th and 18th Centuries. Four plates. Original boards, paper spine and cover labels. New York: Published by the Compiler, 1903. First edition. Limited to 150 copies. "Printer's Copy" noted beneath limitation. Light wear. Very good.

ALLEN, Edward B. Early American Wall Paintings 1710-1850. New Haven, 1926. Small 4to. Profusely illus. including two fold-out illustrations. xiv, 110pp. Very good in orig. cloth.