Search Results: Authors starting with E from Blacket Books

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and ruled in white on the spine and upper board. No ownership inscription. A handful of pages are a little creased/torn at edges. 352 pages. Overall a very decent copy.

London: John Murray, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A near very good copy in green cloth lettered in black on the spine and front board. A little wear to spine ends. Browning to end-papers. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vi,314 + 2pp publisher's adverts. A tale of the supernatural.

London: William Heinemann, 1908. Hardcover. Good. A good copy in slightly worn cloth. 322pp + 2pp adverts.

London: Constable, 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Nicolas Bentley. A very good copy in a good price-clipped dustwrapper with one or two edge tears and a little fraying at top of spine. 112pp. More clerihews with accompanying illustrations.

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1937. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. N.K. Brisley. Hardback. A good copy in publisher's red cloth with title in black on the spine which is a little faded and spotted. Black and white frontispiece. No inscriptions. Some edge and end-paper foxing. 302 pages.

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Nina K. Brisley. Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title on front board and spine in gilt. Some fading to spine. Four black and white illustrations by Nina K. Brisley. No ownership inscription. Some foxing to page ends. 303 pages. Protected in a removable cover. A nice tight copy. Photographs available on request.

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth. Some foxing to page edges. Frontispiece by D. Brook. No inscriptions. 223 pages. Near good dustwrapper showing very minor chips and edge wear which has ink tick marks and numbers scored out of book titles on rear of cover. Small pink stain at edge of rear flap. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. Photographs available on request.

London: Chambers, 1939. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. Nina K. Bisley. Hardback. A good plus copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in dark blue on spine. Some darkening to spine and small mark on rear board. Frontispiece by Nina K., Brisley. Previous owner's name on front endpaper Some foxing to page ends. 304 pages.

London: Thoma Nelson & Sons Ltd.. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Florence Mary Anderson. Hardback. N.d. an early reprint. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Black and white frontispiece and text illustrations. No inscriptions. Some foxing to page ends. 362 pages. Good dustwrapper showing girl holding cat in her arms watching two men beside a tree. There is a chip at the top of front panel, a small piece missing along top of spine and creasing along edges which are reinforced with sellotape on inside. The wrapper shows a price of 7/6 and is protected in a removable cover.

London: Chambers, 1955. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's light grey cloth with title in red on spine. No inscriptions. Page ends browned. 294 pages. Good plus dustwrapper which has minor chipping top and bottom of spine and is price-clipped. Protected in a removable cover.

London: Hutchinson, 1975. First Edition . A very good copy in a near vg dustwrapper with a small chip at the foot of the spine. 287pp. 27 illustrations. Map and plan. The story of the development of Edinburgh and the famous people who have lived there.

London: D. Potter, 1912. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy in red cloth faded on spine. Stain on upper board. Pp.xii,150 + 12pp adverts. Many figures in text. Lacks moveable compass card.

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board and with a decoration of a galley in white on the upper board. A little wear to spine tips. Bookplate and inscriptions on front end-papers. 165pp + 24pp publisher's catalogue. Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Hebridean life in the early part of the 20th century.

London: Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1885. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A fair copy in the original fawn boards which are lettered in gilt and decorated in silver and red. Browned on spine with some wear to the spine ends. Hinges cracked. All edges gilt. Bookplate and ownership stamp. Pp.xvi,352. 19 (of 20)plates - lacking plate at page 4. Covers the period from 1794 to 1884. Uncommon.

London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co., 1910. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. M. V. Wheelhouse. Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with illustration in green and black and title in black on front board and on spine. Illustrated endpapers. All 16 colour plates are present although mostly at a page other than the page indicated. Two maps. No inscriptions. 284 pages plus 12 page publisher's catalogue. Very good scarce illustrated dustwrapper, which is protected in a removable cover.

Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. 4to. Nd. Perhaps 1920's. A very good copy with pictorial onlay to upper board. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. Pp.viii,98 + 2pp adverts. 6 full-page colour plates and many black and white illustrations. Text in German. Baron Von Munchhausen adapted for children.

London: Henry Frowde, 1905. First Edition . A working copy. Paper covers disbound. Much of spine missing. 202pp. Includes "A Grammar of the Dialect" by S. Dickson Brown.

London: Methuen, 1930. Second Edition . A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. pp. xiv, 318 + 8pp adverts. 50 maps and diagrams.

London: Leo Cooper in Association with Secker & Warburg, 1985. First Edition . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with a little staining at the foot which is not noticeable externally. A clean copy free of foxing and ownership inscription. 176pp. 25 illustrations. Map. A book about the Gurkhas as people, their homeland, how they are recruited to the British army, what they believe in etc.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First Edition . A very good copy in a good dustwrapper with some chips and tears. 290pp. 21 illustrations. A study of human courtship.