Search Results: Authors starting with E from Bookbarrow

Aquarian Press/HarperCollins (Harper Collins), London, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Discover the comforting reality of life after death through one woman's personal experience. At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died in hospital after undergoing surgery. The events that followed have been called 'the most profound near-death experience ever'. The authors experience offers an astonishing proof of a life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps, than any other person has seen before, and she came back with an almost photographic view. She was given a message to share with others that has filled many with hope and renewed desire to love. This book recounts the people she met, the truths she learned and the magnificent realities of the spirit world. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 147. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new… Read More

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978. First Thus. Paperback. Near Fine Condition. The Mantram Handbook describes methods of using a mantram — sometimes called a Holy Name — in daily living. Benefits are also described. Written by Eknath Easwaran who was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. The author considers the mantram a symbol of power & shows how its repetition can reduce everyday stress & lead to higher awareness. Easwaran's Mantram Handbook provides an introduction to the practice of repeating mantrams and/or holy names, terms the author uses interchangeably. The book offers the author's practical guidance for choosing a mantram and using it for personal centering and spiritual growth. Introduction by Richard B. Applegate. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 260… Read More

Pegasus, New York, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. black titles spine; "the Civil War had an incalculably. traumatic effect on the. South and the Southern spirit, but it did not bring about the creation of a new South within a few short years. To the contrary, much of the Old South civilization survived the war and reconstruction and lived on into the twentieth century. Professor Eaton's brilliant and sensitive study begins with the formation of the Southern Confederacy and ends with the 1880's when men such as Henry Grady and Atticus Haygood were hailing the rise of the New South, The author explores the currents of social and cultural life that flowed on despite the disaster of a civil conflict - and de-emphasizes the military and political history that has been treated in depth elsewhere. However, he makes it clear that in the 1880's the Old South was by no means dead: it waned slowly and could not truly be called gone until the Depression years of the… Read More

Chatto & Windus, London, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. pattern decorated boards with a cloth spine; Richard Ghormley Eberhart was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. "Richard Eberhart emerged out of the 1930s as a modern stylist with romantic sensibilities." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems, 1930–1965 and the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry for Collected Poems, 1930–1976. Eberhart was New Hampshire's Poet Laureate from 1979 to 1984, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1982. He also won the Shelley Memorial Award, the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award, and the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. This was the poet's third book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 55 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled outer edges (rough cut).… Read More

John Long, London, 1928. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. black titles spine & black double line border to front, publisher's device title page, slight fading to spine colour with half-inch split to bottom rear edge, some marking to covers espec. front bottom edge, endpapers browned but internally clean & tightly bound copy, 288 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; Crime Fiction. Inventory No: CRM00043. .

Random House, New York, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Inscribed by Author. blue end-papers; inscribed by the author with the words: "With compliments & thanks B.E.S." This outstanding new volume, designed to introduce the reader to economic growth as it has taken place in industrialized countries, is the first such collection in its field. In his generous Introduction-a thorough examination of economic history and its relation to economic theory-Professor Supple provides a comprehensive framework for the essays that follow: detailed studies of the development of modem economies in six key nations. Covering the period from the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain to the transformation of the Japanese and Russian economies, these readings encompass "the period in which modem industrialization became not only a possibility but an irreversible fact." Students of history and of economics will find this a valuable and helpful… Read More

Akros Publications, Cardenden, Fife, Scotland, 1968. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. saddle-stitched card covers printed in b/w. with graphics by G. F. Hollingsworth & published with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council grant, this issue includes Editorial; Letters; Reviews; Articles on 'Poetry & TV' by Finlay Macdonald; Maurice Lindsay & W. A. S. Keir, together with Poems by Edwin Morgan; Alan Jackson; Alexander Scott; D. M. Black; Thomas A. Clarke; Eric Gold; Charles Senior; Alistair Mackie; Rayne Mackinnon; Keith Murdoch; Ronald Edie Munro; David Morrison & George Hardie. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; Scottish Poetry; Scottish Literature; Communications & Media; Scotland; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3901. .

Akros Publications, Preston, Lancashire, 1970. First Thus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: John Patience. white card covers printed in b/w. & published with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council grant, this issue includes Editorial; Reviews & Essays; together with Poems by George Macbeth; Alistair Mackie; Donald Campbell; T. S. Law; Maurice Lindsay; Duncan Glen; Rory Watson; Alan Bold; George Bruce; & others plus Notes on Contributors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112 pages. Text is in English & Scots. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Illustrator: John Patience. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; Scottish Poetry; Scottish Literature; Essays; Scotland; English & Scots Language; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3935. .

Akros Publications, Cardenden, Fife, Scotland, 1970. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. saddle-stitched card covers printed in b/w. with a cover design from a photo. of Macdiarmid which is repeated on the wrap-around card binder; published with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council grant, this double issue includes transcripts of a conversation between Macdiarmid & Glen Duncan (with Valda Grieve & Arthur Thompson); an interview with Macdiarmid by George Bruce; "There is Nae Movement in the World Like Yours" : A Poem; editorials; & essays on Hugh Macdiarmid & his poetry by Duncan Glenn; J. K. Annand; T. S. Law; G. S. Fraser; John Herdman & Roderick Watson. Also, loosely inserted, list of Akros Publictions (Books in Print - January, 1970). Christopher Murray Grieve, known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is best known for his works written in 'synthetic Scots', a literary version of… Read More

Akros Publications, Preston, Lancashire, 1969. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: John Patience. saddle-stitched card covers printed in b/w. with cover design by Jim Bamber & published with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council grant, this issue includes Reviews & Essays; together with Poems & Translations by Edwin Morgan; Alistair Mackie; George Campbell; T. S. Law; Robert Garioch & Iain Crichton Smith; Notes on Contributors & a fold-out illustration by John Patience. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 72 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Illustrator: John Patience. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; Scottish Poetry; Scottish Literature; Essays; Scotland; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3932. .

Akros Publications, Preston, Lancashire, 1970. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: John Patience. saddle-stitched card covers printed in b/w. with cover design by Mel Williams & published with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council grant, this issue includes Editorial; Reviews & Essays; together with a section of 'Scottish Poetry' by Edwin Morgan; Alistair Mackie; Donald Campbell; T. S. Law; Maurice Lindsay; Duncan Glen & Rory Watson; 'New English Poetry' by Andrew Crozier; Tony Haslam; John Cotton; Jim Burns; Wes Magee; David Chaloner; David Tipton; & Tim Longville; & 'Anglo-Welsh' Poetry by Leslie Norris; John Tripp; Harri Webb; Meic Stephens; Raymond Garlick & Roland Mathis. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 94 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink. Illustrator: John Patience. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Punch Office. Bradbury, Agnew & Co Ltd, London, 1944. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Magazine Covers printed in red & black; this wartime issue of the weekly humorous magazine famous for its cartoons, & also containing articles & poems, gives an entertaining glimpse into the dark days of the second world war & the attempt to keep spirits high on the home front. Cartoons lampooning Hitler. 12-pages of contemporary advertisements, many illustrated, to front & rear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 20(217-236) + xii. Item Type: Magazine. No Dust Jacket as published. some reading wear & creases; staples rusty. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Communications & Media; Magazines; Satire; Periodicals; Britain/UK; 1940s; Humour. Inventory No: 5079. .

Punch Office. Bradbury, Agnew & Co Ltd, London, 1944. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Magazine Covers printed in red & black; this wartime issue of the weekly humorous magazine famous for its cartoons, & also containing articles & poems, gives an entertaining glimpse into the dark days of the second world war & the attempt to keep spirits high on the home front. Cartoons lampooning Hitler. 10-pages of contemporary advertisements, many illustrated, to front & rear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 21(196-216) + x. Item Type: Magazine. No Dust Jacket as published. some reading wear & creases; staples rusty. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Communications & Media; Magazines; Satire; Periodicals; Britain/UK; 1940s; Humour. Inventory No: 5078. .

Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. from the 34-page introduction: "The Guild or Fraternity of Masters and Pilots, Seamen of the Trinity House of Kingston upon Hull is one of the oldest and most interesting corporations in England, Its history is too long to be written as the introduction to the first of its longer records to be published. I propose to confine myself in the present introduction to such particulars of the history and functions of the guild as will help the reader more fully to understand the record now set before him. Although sometimes regarded, even in Hull, as a sort of “branch office" of the London Trinity House, the Hull Trinity House is, and always has been, an independent body, which, although its charter of incorporation is later than that of the London Trinity House, may well claim to be the elder of the two, Long before its formal incorporation, the Hull… Read More

Bantam Books, Inc, New York, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. contains twelve great representative stories in the Russian language with vivid, accurate English translations printed in corresponding paragraphs on facing pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xi + 396. Text is in English & Russian. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles spine. light wear to edges. Appendices include notes, questionnaire & vocabulary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Russian Literature; Russian Fiction; Russia; English & Russian Language; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 4401. .

Gower Publishing Co. Ltd, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition. Tipped-in to fep. a signed letter; "With Best Wishes from all the members of The School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia" gifting the book to Frank Thistlewaite (the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.) preface to front includes short biography of Athole Mackintosh & history of the School of Development Studies. Contents include: The development of development economics / I. Livingstone -- Teaching economic principles as part of development studies / J. Cameron, K. Cole, and C. Edwards -- Techniques of land assessment and the teaching of natural resource development / D.G.R. Belshaw -- Appropriate science, research, and technology / A. Pain -- The organisation and application of research in the arid zones / P.R. Baker -- The future of labourers in the west central region of Nepal / P. Blaikie, J. Cameron, D. Seddon --… Read More

The Review, London, 1972. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. b/w. cover photo. of Norman Cameron; this issue includes essays on Cameron by Francis Hope 'Modest Proposals' & 'Norman Cameron-Four Views' by Geoffrey Grigson, James Reeves, Roy Fuller, & G. S. Fraser; also on A. Alvarez by Clive James; Dylan Thomas by Russell Davies;Opinion by Karl Miller; reviews by Vivian Leopold, David Harsent, John Carey & John Fuller plus poems by Peter Porter, David Harsent, Hugo Williams, Tony Robbins & Michael Fried. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Poetry. Inventory No: 3818. .

The Review, London, 1971. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. b/w. cover photo. of Robert Frost; this issue includes essays by Dan Jacobson on 'Robert Frost'; Jonathan Raban on Contemporary Verse; A conversation with Alan Ross; 'Opinion' by Louis Simpson with further articles & reviews by Clive James & Michael Fried plus poems by David Harsent, Peter Dale & Michael Fried Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 68 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Poetry. Inventory No: 3816. .

The Review, London, 1970. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. b/w. cover photo. of Laura Riding; this issue includes essays by Roy Fuller & Martin Seymour Smith on 'Laura Riding'; Colin Falck on 'Harold Monroe'; A conversation with Stephen Spender; 'Opinion' by Anthony Thwaite with further articles & reviews by Clive James, Martin Dodsworth, & Stephen Wall plus poems by Molly Holden, David Harsent & Douglas Dunn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 71 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Poetry. Inventory No: 3815. .

The Review, London, 1970. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. b/w. cover photo. of Geoffrey Grigson; this issue includes articles by Clive James on 'Pop Lyrics'; Dan Jacobson on 'Edward Thomas'; Martin Dodsworth on 'Donald Davie'; A conversation with Geoffrey Grigson; 'Opinion' by Peter Porter with poems by Hugo Williams, David Harsent, John Fuller, Colin Falck & Michael Fried. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. cup mark/coffee stain to front cover; 2 book titles written in ink to rear cover. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Poetry. Inventory No: 3814. .