Search Results: Authors starting with E from Rare Books Honolulu

Hornsea, England: PS Publishing, 2019. 1st edition. hardcover. NEW/NEW. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS Compiled, Edited & PS Publishing, 2019, Illustrated by Pete Von Sholly Volume 1 - 394 pages / Volume 2 - 394 pages INTRODUCTION, COVER, ENPAPERS & INTERIOR ART Pete Von Sholly NEW, ships from Hawaii ===. The "Fictioneers project" which has culminated in these two wonderful books has a long history but mainly I just wanted to celebrate a special group of men and women who made indelible marks on our collective and individual consciousness and whose works stand as milestones in the history of fiction in culture. It couldn't be just my personal lesser known favorites, if it was going to be a history so there were obligatory entries like Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, Ursula LeGuin, Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry and so on.

Leiden. Tokyo, New York: The National Museum of Ethnology, Kodansha, Johnson, 1978. Limited Edition of 300. Philipp Franz von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection. Vol. I - III The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden. 580 full page color plates of Japanese prints with captions in English and Japanese. in original linen box in original packaging. One of 300 copies of this monumental facsimile work.- Ukiyo-E, the image of the fleeting world is a term that describes an art movement, but also an attitude to life and in painting, but especially in woodcuts with depictions of the everyday world, the enjoyment of the praises fleeting life. Tokyo/ Kodansha Ltd, 1978. folio. 254, 217, 243 pages. 3 Elephant-Folio volumes;.with gold-embossed titles. Slipcase with gold-embossed title and RT. Language: English, with numerous full-page colored illustrations. Slipcase minimally rubbed, covers and interior in perfect condition. Overall condition like new.

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1863. very good/no dj as issued. Voyage Dans Les Mers Du Nord", by Charles Edmond, printed at Paris Michel Levy Freres, 1863 Illustrated plates, gold fore edges 536 pages Very Good, some mostly mild discoloration Measures 725 x 105

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Decorated Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued (now with Mylar cover). Robert Blum. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892, Hard cover. 128 pages, 53 illustrations. Illustrated by Robert Blum. HC with binding decorated and with gilding on cover and spine,binding with minor shelf wear, no dj as issued (now with Mylar cover). Pages ver lightly broned from age, no markings, no notes, no damage. Condition overall very good. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority or UPS upgrade within US. -- A book based on articles on Japan and its people which Sir Edwin Arnold wrote for Scribner's Magazine during a stay in the country. Arnold, who was in Japan many times, was a great popularizer of Asian thought and customs in England. Robert Blum (1857-1903) was a noted American Impressionist artist who spent two years in Japan.

Honolulu, HI: Hawaiian Gazette Co, 1916. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good. Hawaiian Gazette Co, 1916, hardcover, 64 pages, 6 pages with photos, binding solid, cover with some shelf wear. The front endpages have some spots and small, old wormholes. All text and photo pages very clean, no foxing. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US.

Gottingen: Steidl, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. New/new. New, still shrink wrapped. This is the 'French' version "Avant la Couleur" This means the 3-page introduction is in French, the rest of the book is untitled photos, no further text > Exactly same book by Steidl publisher NEW, shrink-wrapped, ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail, not slow media mail

New York: Thistle Press, 1955. New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. portfolio in wrappers. Fine. New York, Thistle Press, 1955, Loose plates in printed wrapper Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from Germany. Housed in their original wrapper cover. The photoengravings are at the size Eichenberg intended for the images, instead of how they appeared in the newspaper originally. New old stock from the estate of publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. -- Dorothy Day (1897-1980), founder and director of the Catholic Worker, met the Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) in 1949 at a conference on religion and publishing. Day asked the artist if he would donate some images to her publication and he agreed without hesitation. In fact, over the next thirty years, Eichenberg allowed her to use anything he had drawn or printed anytime she pleased. And… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover Fine From the publishers website: Larry Eigner is a poet whose spare, dense and impassioned poetry carries on the the tradition of William Carlos Williams This particular book of his poetry, Windows/Walls/Yard/Ways collects 322 poems written between 1959 and 1922 The author almost exclusively chose the selections, and the arrangement is largely chronological About 88 of these poems were written while the author resided in Massachusetts between 1959 and 1978, and the majority of them were written between 1979 and 1992, following the author's move to California In a note on the text, the collection is categorized as 'eastern' poetry, possibly regarding Massachusetts, the author's long-time home "There is no writing I know as vivid as Larry Eigner's He's invented, for poetry, something equivalent to three-dimensional photography: his works present a series of perceptions etched deep into the mind, where the mind is charted on a page and the page becomes a model of the thinking… Read More

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2012. softcover. Softcover, used - very good. long out-of-print. Cover with some shelf wear, pages clean, no markings or underlining.. Centipede Press, 2012. Softcover, used - very good. long out-of-print. Cover with some shelf wear, pages clean, no markings or underlining. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within the US. Condition: Collectible, Very Good. Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of best-selling author Stephen King's first published novel Carrie didn't just put him on the map as one of the leading directors of the seventies, but became a landmark of the horror genre and one of the most iconic films of The New Hollywood. Over the years it's been the subject of praise, admiration, imitation, parody, derision and polemical controversy, viewed simultaneously as a sick joke, a social satire, and a put down to women. Joseph Aisenberg's monumental study takes on the movie from every possible angle, from its first inception as a novel to its final… Read More

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: Naval Military Government, 1947. 1st edition. stapled wrappers. Good. Published by the Naval Military Government, Pearl Harbor, T. H. February 1947. 337 pages, Stapled wrappers, staples rusty, front wrappers loose from two staples, but still attached. Wrappers with shelf wear, small tear on bottom of front wrapper. Trukese has by far the largest number of of speakers in the Truk state. The dictionary by Samuel H. Elbert, published in 1947 is the first ever Trukese dictionary. This dictionary represents the Trukese language as it is spoken in the lagoon islands of Truk. With notes on pronunciation, grammar, vocabularies and phrases. Published by the Naval Military Government.

Copenhagen / Honolulu: Danish National Museum / University of Hawaii Press, 1965. 1st edition. Softcover. used, very good/no dj as issued. Published by the Danish National Museum in cooperation with the University of Hawaii Press, 1965.Some shelfwear to cover edges, Small stamp of a Danish Ethnological Museum on front endpaper. 428 pages, incl 6 plates, plus fold-out maps and genealogical chart in the back. Pages very clean, no markings. Ships from Hawaii. ==. Rennell and Bellona are two Polynesian Outlier islands in the British Solomon Islands."The traditions of the Rennellese and Bellonese are given in their own words, with ... translations into English in parallel columns" == The people of Rennell and Bellona often refer to their islands in their rituals and poetry as two canoes. The ancestors who discovered the islands came from the east in two canoes, and the crews of these two canoes laid the foundation for the culture of Rennell and Bellona. Each island, furthermore, is canoe-shaped, with… Read More

Milan: Scriptea Maneant, 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. like new. Scriptea Maneant, Milan, 2016, In English and Italian. Limited and numbered edition of 1999 copies. Large format: 16x 12.5 x 2" in solid slipcase. Stitched binding with 6 raised headbands on spine. Front cover and slipcase covered with gold hot foil printings. 244 pages printed in 4+4 colours with 120 images. Introduction by Martin Kemp. LIKE NEW, unread. Ships in publisher's original custom-made shipping box from Hawaii. Leonardo in Milan and the Portrait of Bianca Sforza. Not too long ago this portrait drawing was auctioned off for a few thousand dollars - as an untitled piece of art from the 19th century. Lightning struck when Leonardo expert Martin Kemp attributed La Bella Principessa to Leonardo da Vinci, which resulted in an outrageous hike in value and shook up the entire art world. Based upon this Leonardo portrait of Bianca Sforza on the occasion of her wedding to Galeazzo Sanseverino, drawn in 1496, the… Read More

Honolulu: Universiy of Hawai'i Press, 1968. Paperback. University of Hawai'i Press, 1968, 356 pages. Cover has some shelf wear. Pages are clean and OK, except for one pinhole sized hole drilled by a curious bookworm from the front cover to page 159. It was careful enough however, not to affect the text. very rare book, Ships from Hawaii. From the preface: "Western Bukidnon Manobo is spoken by the indigdenous populationin the southwestern section of the province of Bukidnon on the island of Mondanao in the Philippines. The data for this disctionary was collected from 1955 - 1964.

Honolulu, HI: Reprinted from the London edition by H.M. Whitney, 1866. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Ellis, William The American Mission in the Sandwich Islands: a vindication and an appeal, in relation to the proceedings of The Reformed Catholic Mission at Honolulu Honolulu: Reprinted from the London edition by H.M. Whitney, 1866. 77 pages. 8.5" x 6 3/4". --- First Hawaiian edition. Original printed boards, leather spine and corners. Forbes's Hawaiian National Bibliography describes at length the content of this contribution to the Anglican Mission controversy. This Hawaiian edition adds an appendix containing a review of the work which was not included in the London edition of the same year. Covers show some little wear and a light water stain, typical light browning to text, but a very good copy. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority upgrade wordwide.

Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover Very Good 1963 Hardcover Reprint 1827/1917 edition; 342 pages Ships from Hawaii.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1858. Hardcover. Good. Good. Engelmann, G. Cactaceae of the Boundary. Washington, 1858 (Smithsonian Institution), 78p., 76 steelengraved plates by i.a. PICART, Rare book on cacti along the USA-Mexico border. actually almost very good considering its age., Engelmann, G. Cactaceae of the Boundary. Washington, (Smithsonian Institution), n.d. (1858), 78p., 76 steelengr. plates by i.a. PICART, contemporay. half leather w. gilt spine, 4to. - Restorations to spine. binding tight, slight browning to page edges. All pages and plates very clean. Plate 14 of a total 76 plates is missing (photocopy of page laid in) Rare book on cacti along the USA-Mexico border. Ships from Hawaii with Priority mail within US, not slow media mail.

Indianapolis: Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Enginemen, 1918. stapled. very good. 2 magazines: Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Engineer's Magazine Volume 64, numbers 1 and 3 (January 01 + February 01 1918), 11.5 x 9 inches, 40 and 302 pages, articles and numerous ads. Number one with small corner piece of cover page missing and a small rest of an address sticker on front cover and small address sticker on back cover. Pages very good. Front cover of no three coming loos, but still attached. No other damage to front cover. Back cover with the same address sticker as no. one. Ships with free upgrade to Priority Mail.

teNeues, 2012. Multilingual edition. over-sized Hardcover. Fine/Fine. TeNeues, 2012, Hardcover. Fine. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. 244 pages. Elephant folio (25.2 x 19.8 inches (64x50 cm.) and weighs 23.5 lb). -- Elliott Erwitt has shot many images that have become modern masterpieces. His unparalleled visual talent captures something special that transcends the moment, making it live on and develop a life of its very own. This collector's edition gathers some of his most memorable works in a landmark collection. From his image of Marilyn in that white dress to his portrait of a dressed Chihuahua in proportion with a pair of woman's legs and that of a Great Dane-in each instance it was Erwitt's faultless sense of timing and his eye for the remarkable. Whether a glance, a movement, or an interaction-that made the work unique. Each of these icons is a representation of how we live, a lasting symbol of the age and its vitality, that will represent our world to future generations. so- called display… Read More

Martino Publisher, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover Fine Les livres a figures venitiens de la fin du XVe siecle et du commencement du XVIe: Etudes sur l'art de la gravure sur bois a Venise 3 / Prince d'EsslingDate de l'edition originale411 pages Only leafed through once Ships from Hawaii Facsimile reprint, originally published in 1907 3 parts in 6 volumes Large format hardcovers Edition limited to 350 Red cloth, gold lettering Over 2,000 illustrations Fine binding and cover.

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