Search Results: Authors starting with E from Bibliodditiques

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Contains four 'Biggles' titles - "Biggles Sweeps The Desert", "Biggles in the Orient", Biggles Delivers the Goods", and "Biggles Fails to Return". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edgewear and has tape shadows on front. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 640 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Introductory chapter on Ship Recognition followed by a section devoted to Ship Types, A Photograph Section, Company Flags, Ship Building and Completed in 1948, War Loss Section and General Index of Live Ships. Includes almost 2,000 recognition drawings. Twenty pages of ads at front of book. Binding is a bit loose. Front hinge partially exposed. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Front board is bowed. Some light wear to boards. Printed on glossy paper stock. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 260 pp.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some tears on jacket; largest being a 4" tear along spine. Jacket has yellowed around edges. With maps and facsimilies. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 137 pp.

New York: DK Publishing, 2007. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book uses maps and corresponding satellite imagery to explore the earth's surface. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Small tear in paper covering spine near top of spine. Front cover has holographic images. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 360 pp.

New York & Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/poor. Margaret Bradfield. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Pictorial endpapers with some discolouration. Boards have some edge wear. Dust jacket consists of only the front panel and flap. Original price of $1.75 on front flap. There are chips, tears, creases on dust jacket. "Mr. Plum is a sensitive, quiet soul, but watch him fly into action when the little green tree he loves is threatened!" 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Dust jacket has tear on spine and front, edgewear, and creases. A few small stains on bottom edge of text block. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

La Jolla, California: Early American History Auctions, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Catalogue of an auction held by Early American History Auctions on December 8, 2001. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Catalogues 1,551 items on 257 pp. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

La Jolla, California: Early American History Auctions, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Catalogue of items auctioned on August 24, 2002 by Early American History Auctions. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 264 pages with illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Margaret Early. Tight binding. No chips, tears, crease on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Green coverboards with gilt embossed lettering on spine. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has some curling and rubbing along the edges and a couple of nicks. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11").

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. A harrowing true story of how a woman with three children, single-handedly runs a farm and fights for survival in the Canadian north. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name/date on front endpaper. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has a couple of small (less than 0.5") tears around edges and rear flap has a small dog-ear. One page is dog-earred. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 209 pp. Buffalo 5/15

New York: Beginner Books, Inc., 1958. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. In this book, Gus the firefly becomes" the world's first skywriting firefly. And when a firefly starts skywriting, Anything can happen!" Stated First Printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owners' names on front free endpaper. Some shelf wear to edges of coverboards. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has the original $1.95 on front flap. Dust jacket has small tears, chips and creases around edges. Titles in the Beginner Books series list to this title on rear panel of dust jacket. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 62 pp.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. "A treasury of exactly the right information presented in exactly the ideal way. It is a critical history of the fortunes of "The Beggar's Opera" from its first London season to the latest revival; of its always remarkable place in public opinion; and of its intimate relation to the history of the English-speaking stage. This information contains all of what both the scholar and the general reader need to know, set down in a way which cannot fail to divert as well as inform them both."Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Decorative bookplate featuring illustration of a monk transcribing some script. Black and white frontis portrait of John Gay. Grey cloth-covered boards with pastedown label on spine. Puncture through rear coverboard has left a 1.75" split on cloth. Rear endpapers have some printed material regarding "Beggar's Opera" pasted down. Size: Sm 4to… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name/date on front endpaper. Jacket is NOT price-clipped, with original price of $4.00 on front flap. Green coverboards with gilt lettering. Some edgewear to jacket and tears which have been invisibly repaired on inside of jacket. Frontis is black and white portrait of Cather. Deckled side edge of text block. A few pages have toned shadows; likely from acidic paper being laid in the book at some time. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 351 pp. Buffalo 6/15

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good +. Anne Monkman. A collection of "ditties" performed on the radio programme "English Music Hall" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1930s. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 30 pp.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good +. Pierre Brissaud. This is a new english version by Louis Untermeyer published in 1954. It is richly illustrated with color illustrations by Pierre Brissaud. The book is attractively bound with a black, gold and red feather-like pattern on the cover and gold colored lettering on the spine. The book is protected with a plain slip cover case. A previous owners name is inscribed on the inside of the front cover and there is an imnpression left by a paper clip on the front end paper. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and without tears, chips or creases. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1912. The Globe Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Some pencil inscriptions. Light edgewear to green coverboards. Gilt embossed lettering and design. Very clean and bright coverboards with no fading. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 736 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good +. Thomas Fogarty. Tight binding. No chips, tears,a creases or written inscriptions on pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine and wilderness illustration on front. Upper edge of pages is gilt. Bottom edge is rough-cut. Full colour frontis with tissue guard. Half title page has small tear along gutter at bottom of page. Decorative bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Six full page illustrations, including frontis. Size: 8vo (8"-9"). 527 pp.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Tight binding. No tears, chips or creases on pages. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dime-sized stain on side of text block. Bumping of corners. Dust jacket has piece missing at bottom of spine and tears and chips around edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1912. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. M. Leone Bracker. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. B&W frontispiece with onion skin protector. B&W plates. Gilt letter on coverboards. Book has lean. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 264 pp.

New Haven Toronto London: Yale University Press, et al, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some edgewear to corners and head and tail of spine. Frontis is image of John C. Fremont from an engraving by J. C. Buttre and is protected by glassine sheet. Book is Volume 25 in "The Chronicles of America Series". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 273 pp.