Search Results: Authors starting with E from Black Sheep Books

Luzern: Rex-Verlag, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ammann, Max. Written in German. Novel set in the Alps. Brown cloth, gilt hot-stamped illustration to front, gilt titling to spine, illustrated with line drawings by Max Ammann, 292 pages. Ex-library book with the usual stickers, markings and stamps, minor edge wear, some age darkening. Dust jacket has plastic sticker to bottom of spine, light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1997. Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed Easton Press edition. Beautiful leather-bound Collector's Edition with David Eddings signature and the certificate of authenticity. Blue leather with gilt decoration to front, back, and spine. The certificate of authenticity is taped with a piece of scotch tape to ffep. Otherwise this volume is in fine condition.

London, UK: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1928. Hardcover. Abridged and edited by A.G.L. Rogers with an introduction. "Eden's 'State of the Poor' has for many years been kown as a classical work in the condition of the labouring classes in England down to the end of the eighteenth century." Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, 383 pages. Some shelf wear especially to corners, top free corners show minor bump, a faint discoloration to front board, some foxing to textblock edge and to a few pages, previous owner's name to ffep. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine and edges, spine has a three inch closed tear, spine ends and corners are chipped. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Milan, Italy: FMR, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. The bimonthly arts magazine 'FMR' IN ITALIAN. Guigno 1984, No.24. Ca'd'Oro; L'harem di Tokapi; Uccelli del Oaradiso; I moscaici de Burne-Jines. Full colour glossy illustrated cover, black spine with white titling, richly filled throughout with coloured illustrations of artworks, many of which are shown close to their actual size. 149 pages. Light scratches to front cover, light shelf wear, laminate slightly lifting off bottom corners, light smudges to the leading edges of the first white page and 3 of the last white pages. Otherwise it is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Chicago and London: Callaghan and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good-. Black leatherette with gilt titling and bands on black faux spine labels, blind stamped borders on covers. Contains Chapter 108 Pratice, Municipal and City Courts. 198 pages including index plus 10 pages (booklet with staple binding) of the 1940 Cumulative Supplement inserted in pocket at rear of book. The binding was designed to accommodate the insert; book is a nice square volume, publisher's ad found in front endpapers. Small smudges on front cover, tiny foxing spots on top edge of textblock, small ink spot on page with Table of Content. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Chicago and London: Callaghan and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Black leatherette with gilt titling and bands on black faux spine labels, blind stamped borders on covers. Contains Chapters 119 Revenue and Table of Disposition and Origin. 699 pages including index. Missing booklet with staple binding of the 1940 Cumulative Supplement inserted in pocket at rear of book. The binding was designed to accommodate the insert; book is a nice square volume, a handsome copy. Tiny foxing spots on top edge of textblock, some age darkening. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Chicago and London: Callaghan and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good+. Black leatherette with gilt titling and bands on black faux spine labels, blind stamped borders on covers. Contains Chapters 104 Practice - Civil practice, 105 Practice - Civil practice rules, and Civil practice tables. 930 pages including index plus 152 pages (booklet with staple binding) of the 1940 Cumulative Supplement inserted in pocket at rear of book. The binding was designed to accommodate the insert; book is a nice square volume. Minor shelf wear, smudge to top of textblcok edge, light age darkening. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Victoria, B.C.: Agio Publishing House. Soft cover. Very Good-. This debut novel by Salt Spring Island author Anthony Edwards is based on his own experience living in Africa as a child. The inscription is presumed to be that of the author. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with white and tan titling, illustrated with eleven pages of black and white photographs, 412+ pages. Cover has light shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Cambridge University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good-. Off-white boards with an over-all orange design, green cloth spine with green titling on white spine label, leading and bottom text block edges are untrimmed, many pages uncut, 175 pages. Cover has light edge wear and is lightly sunned around edges, text block edges darkened, spine, including label, are sunned, lower spine end has more significant wear, end papers foxed, owner's name in ink on end paper. This is a very handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Toronto, Ontario: Macmillan Canada, 1993. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Deadly Silence" examines thirteen Mafia murders in Canada and this way trace the development of the Mafia in Canada. Blue cloth with silver titling to spine, red endpapers, a cluster of black and white photographs, 219 pages. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

2004. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Ate Egrari, an obstretician and gynecologist, recalls his medical carrer in both worlds in Iran and in the U.S. Glossy light blue cover, blue titling to front and spine, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page, several black and white photographs, 379 pages. Some shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Germany: Tuebner Edition/Grafe & Unzer, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. A cookbook, written in German. Dark brown cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated end papers, illustrated with handsome colour plates throughout, 208 pages. Dust jacket has light edge wear to spine ends, less to edges. Light bump to lower front edge and upper back edge Book is in a cardboard slip case which has wear to edges and corners as well as shelf wear. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Book is overweight. harges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Orbach and Chambers, 1979. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A delightful anthology of limericks devoted largely to the amourous adventures of a young lady and her numerous friends and acquaintances". Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, black, white and red illustrations throughout, 55 pages. Corners and edges have very minor wear. Dust jacket also has minor wear on corners and edges and spine is slightly sunned. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

Boston, MA: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1855. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. A book by the grandfather of T.S. Eliot. Brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine, blind-stamped border and insignia front and back, 190 pages. There is a nice gift inscription on the end paper - it is interesting to note that the date of the gift inscription (December 25, 1854) precedes the date on the title page (1855). Cover has light edge wear with the exception of the spine ends which have more wear, light shelf wear with some spots of pale discolouration, spine is sunned and gilt is slightly faded, text block edges are darkened and have some tiny specks, significant foxing spots to end papers and throughout text, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.… Read More

Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. From the series Praeger Perspectives: Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. Forerword by Donald Capps. Volume 1 - From Freud to Kohut; Volume 2 - From Genesis to Apocalyptic Vision; Volume 3 - From Gospel to Gnostics; Volume 4 - From Christ to Jesus. "These books provide the first comprehensive portrait from a relatively new field that combines psychological analysis with biblical studies. Thirty-four experts from seven countries .show us how the various schools of psychology interpret the Scrilptures." Books have glossy pictorial covers and each book has between 325 and 377 pages. This set appears to be without flaws. The set will be overweight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.… Read More

Port Townsend, WA, USA: Copper Canyon Press, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Translated from the Greek by Olga Broumas. Preface by Carolyn Forche. "The Little Mariner" was published in Greece in 1985. Elytis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. Blue soft cover with black titling to front and spine, 128 pages. This volume shows light shelf wear with a minor crease to the bottom free corner of front cover, inside it is tight and clean. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Port Townsend, WA, USA: Copper Canyon Press, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Translated from the Greek by Olga Broumas. Selected poems by Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis. Glossy blue soft cover with white titling to front and spine, signed by the translator Olga Broumas, and inscribed to thepoet and broadcaster Phyllis Webb to ffep, 96 pages. Light shelf wear, minor bump to top free corner of back, inside the book is tight and clean. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Brown cloth with silver and blue titling on spine, review copy notice included in book. 340 pages. Text block edges slightly darkened, minor edge wear. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has a one-eighth inch strip of discolouration along top and bottom edges, shows light sunning, some shelf wear and small areas where lamination bubbles lightly. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

1999. Limited/First Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good. Rebichet, Benoit-Leon. One of a limited run of one hundred thirty, un-numbered, written in French, book is a small collection of poetry. Blue textured card cover with silver titling on front, frontispiece is an original colour illustration by Rebichet, detached tissue-guard over illustration, unpaginated (approximately 20 pages.) With the exception of some extremely light shelfwear and ink inscription, this book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Vantage Press Inc., 1982. Limited/Numbered/Signed First Edition. . Hardcover. Good+/Good. Book is Number 210 of 500 copies, signed by the author. "This is a story of the lives of some families who lived in Scotland during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and of a remarkable woman who profoundly influenced the development of printing in Scotland. Except for some minor characters, all were real and lived in the times and places described." Black hard cover with silver titling on spine, signed by author on end papers, brief historical background, fold-out genealogical chart, epilogue, bibliography, 175 pages. Multiple light foxing spots on textblock edges and first and last end papers, page 18 has a correction in ink. Dust jacket has edge wear with a half inch closed tear, shelf wear, spine and part of front are sunned, light foxing spots. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not… Read More