Search Results: Authors starting with E from B Street Books, ABAA

2006. Unknown Binding. Very Good. Almost like new. Clean and unmarked.

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7.5" x 5" First American edition. Complete 3 volume set. "Having come to her literary maturity at a time when the ubiquitous and unvarying stated defence of the novel was its educative power, Maria Edgeworth was among the few authors who truly espoused the educator's role. Her novels are morally and socially didactic in the extreme." This set is in good condition with bright blue marbled boards and leather spines. All three volumes have bookplates on the front pastedowns. Minor edgewear. Minor foxing.

Ada Press Publishers, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and umarked.

New York: Weil, McGinniss & Sloman, 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The first issue of the luxury fashion magazine. A stamped foil design is affixed to the cover. Beautifully printed in color. Some of the advertisements are multimedia: "Tam-O-Lassie" plaids include a swatch; Lux washing offers washes and unwashed swatches. An article on shoes offers samples of the leather, a facing article on hosiery demonstrates the colors and quality available. 102 pages. Neat owner's mark to first page, slight bumping to corners, faintest toning throughout. 102pp. 14 x 11.5". Due to the size and delicacy of the work, this order will be packed carefully and may incur additional shipping charges.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Salg, Bert. The complete Tuffy Bean series, with all four jackets featuring Bert Salg's illustrations. Narrated by Tuffy Bean himself, the series follows the humorous adventures of the little dog and his friends. As in his 'Jerry Todd' series, Edwards included a section printing and responding to letters at the end of each book, establishing a friendly intimacy with his readers (a practice cited as an inspiration by Stan Lee). "When I was four weeks old I swallowed a bumblebee with a yellow rumble seat. Suffering cats! I never knew till then that bees carried pitchforks. What that busy little honey hound did to my insides was plenty for little Tuffy. My ma said then, sort of disgusted-like, as she pulled a burr out of her tail, that I was the dumbest pup she ever raised. And my pa, who was kind of proud of me for having the nerve to snap at the bumblebee, said I was the toughest. At that time we ere living with a farmer… Read More

Jason Aronson, Inc, 1977. Paperback. New. New, unopened in original packaging.

Jumhoori Publications, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and unmarked, prior owners inscription on front end paper.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean and unmarked, eleventh impression, 1994. Almost like new.

Cengage Learning, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and unmarked. Almost like new.

TASCHEN, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Using key pieces of art, this book introduces the Dada movement and its impact on modern art. In addition to some minor shelf-wear, 1 corner on the back cover is slightly bumped. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.

Marysville, Kansas: Published by the Author, 1938. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8.75"x6". An account of one of the first groups of '49ers who made the difficult journey to California, and were said to have given Death Valley its name. 130 pages, illustrated with photos including frontispiece of the author and one pullout. Previous owner's name on endpaper, some wear to wrapper, particularly yapped edges, pages are bright and clean.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition of Stanley Ellin's first novel, later adapted to film as "The Big Night". Some wear to the unclipped jacket, now in protective mylar, including loss to head and tail of the spine. Red cloth covers are bright, with minor bumping to the corners. Top edge stained dark blue. Previous owner's plate on front free endpaper. Pages are clean and bright. [8], [1]-181, [3] pp. 8.25 x 5.75

Barnes & Noble, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. almost like new, clean and unmarked.

The Military Book Club, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and unmarked.

Franklin Library, 1980. Leather Bound. Like New. Appears unread. Covers in fine condition, gilt appears untouched. Signature bright and crisp.

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. A useful and informative work on drug develpment. A previous owner has highlighted one chapter in the table of contents (15. An Introduction to Kinetic Modeling and Quantification and its Role in Drug Development, Antoon T.M. Willemsen and Anne M.J. Paans) and underlining and marginal notations in that chapter. The rest of the book is unmarked. 9.5 x 6.25

Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book covers the extent and inhumanity of one of the largest forced migrations in history. The dust jacket is price clipped and there is very minor shelf-wear to the edges. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.

The Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Madie Brown Emparan's study of General Mariano G. Vallejo and his children, drawing on archival records and the assistance his grandchildren, including her own husband, Richard Raoul Emparan. Signed on the title page by the author and on the dedication page by her husband. Two corrections to the text by the author. Red cloth covers with gilt titles. xii, 464pp. 10.5 x 7.25 x 2". As a large, heavy book this order will be packed carefully and may incur additional shipping charges.

Enfantino Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by the artist, with a sketch of a dog. Foreword by Leon Hendrix, praising Garibaldi's paintings of his brother Jimi Hendrix. Faint scuffs to the dust jacket, 158 glossy pages.

Marvel Comics, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover edition of volume 2, in dust jacket. Slight wear and creasing to the edges of the jacket, the interior is clean and unmarked. Collects Punisher #1-7 and #13-18, written by Garth Ennis with artwork by Steve Dillon and Darick Robertson. 11 x 7.5