Search Results: Authors starting with E from Bygone Books

[Bon Ami Publishers, 1976], 1976. Soft cover. VG+. unpaged. wraps; a story with pictures of sailing on Lake Champlain; includes a glossary of boating terms. VERY GOOD+ with light edge and cover wear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Fine. There is no publication information - this is a reprint of the 1931 edition by Jonathan Cape, bound in black buckram, published by Houghton Mifflin. 8vo, black cloth, 468 pages, b/w frontispiece, index. The introduction by F. V. Barry is an early literary analysis of Edgeworth [1768-1849]; the selected letters cover 1791-1849. FINE / no jacket [as issued] - this book is brand new.

Plymouth, Vermont: The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Jay N. Darling. Calvin Coolidge: cartoons of his presidential years featuring the work of syndicated cartoonist Jay N. "Ding" Darling, August 1923-March 1929. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Plymouth, Vermont: The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, 1973. Issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Calvin Coolidge's succession to the Presidency of the United States, August 3, 1923. No additional printings noted, Lg 8vo, stapled pamphlet, unpaginated, b/w illustrations throughout. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear, slight discoloring to covers at edges, 2 small stains on rear cover. Calvin Coolidge took the brunt of many a cartoon - having a "Silent Cal" right now might be a good thing.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rev. ed. of 1982, original edition published in 1934. 8vo, softbound, 468 pages, maps, b/w illustrations and drawings, index. Condition: VERY GOOD with light soiling to covers, sunning to top edge of front cover and spine, internally clean and tight. This study of London and of English social history and manners traces the city's growth from its original walls, emphasizing how the lives of its people shaped the character of the city.

Boston: Little Brown, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. George Eliot. Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot, with a biographical memoir. Reprint edition [originally published by Roberts Brothers 1873], 16mo, blue cloth decorated in black, gilt titles, red page edges, 358 pages, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ : very slight rubbing to spine head and tail and corners, spot to top page edge, owner name on front endpaper dated 1904, tiny bookstore label on fep [Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston]. A very nice copy of this collection of Eliot's words; it includes excerpts from her novels and poems. George Eliot, pseud of Mary Ann Evans (1819-80).

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Herbert Tauss. George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss. Description: Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. 8vo, green cloth with gilt decoration / green leather backstrip, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark, 536 pages, b/w illustrations by Herbert Tauss. Condition: NEAR FINE / no jacket as issued: book is like new; half-title page is lightly creased. Eliot's classic tale of brother and sister Tom and Maggie Tulliver, originally published in 1860 in 3 volumes by William Blackwood.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1963. Hardcover. VG+. Manning, Wray.. 8co, burgundy cloth hardcover, 471 pp, color illustrations, "Sandglass" laid-in, slipcase. VERY GOOD+ book / no jacket (as issued) / VERY GOOD+ slipcase: book spine is very slightly sunned; light rubbing to edges of slipcase. A very nice copy.

Philadelphia / London: David McKay / Augener. First Edition . Hardcover. G. H. Willebeek Le Mair.. 1st edition (no date, but ca 1915), oblong mauve cloth with pictorial paste-on, unpaginated, color illustrations on each verso with poem opposite. Condition is GOOD / no jacket: some light cover and edgewear, cracked spine, a few pages have a 2" closed tear, light foxing to title page and a some scattered foxing throughout - does not affect the pictures which are just lovely, bookseller ticket on fep (Chas. E. Lauriat Co.... Boston)

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. VG+. 1st edition, paperback, 4to, 238 pages, color and b/w illustrations, bibliographical notes, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear.

Vienna, VA: Feld Entertainment, 1999. Hardcover. VG. 4to, gold cloth backed in red with black titles, unpaginated, color photographs and illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: lightly bumped bottom corners. A pictorial essay on the circus players for 1999.

NY: William Morrow, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition [number line], 8vo, ivory boards, 302 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight edgewear, owner inscription on front endpaper.

London; New York: Tavistock Publications, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st softbound ed., 8vo, 97 pages, cover illustration of Jane Austen, bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: small bend at middle of spine gutter, otherwise like new. Evans argues that far from endorsing established and conservative views, Jane Austen advances a radical critique of the morality of bourgeois capitalism, demonstrating her concern with women's rights and the vulnerability of women in the early 19th century marketplace.