Search Results: Authors starting with E from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

London: Printed for J. Knapton at the Crown, R. Robinson at the Golden-Lyon, both in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and S. Ballard, at the Blue-Ball in Little-Britain, 1724. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Twelfth edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Part I: not paginated (approximately 300 pages). Part I title continues "...and Hance-Towns, Ports, Forts, Castles, &c." Part II: "the Fifth edition corrected, and near one half enlarged." Not paginated (approximately 200 pages). The full title of the 2nd part reads "...being a Geographical Index of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Islands, Provinces, Peninsula's: As also, of the Cities Patriarchships, Bishopricks, Universities, Ports, Forts, Castles, &c..." Text is clean. Full original leather binding with front cover reattached, and minor to moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Sabin 21761. Twelfth edition..

no place: No publisher listed Book. Very good condition. No Binding. First (presumed) edition. Cartoon; trade card; 11.6 x 6.4cm; black on cream paper; Afro-American caricature..

London: Cambridge University Press, 1949. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 194 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and a small scuff to the spine label. Price-clipped dustjacket is moderately darkened on the spine, with a small scuff, and several creases, tears and minor soiling and discoloration including a small area of adhesive staining; protected in archival mylar..

London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1837. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 461 pages of text, followed by 2 pages of publisher's advertisement. Modern (circa 1950) three quarter leather binding; brown leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards; minimal sunning to spine and minimal overall shelfwear. Slight loosening of a few pages. Illustrated by a frontis map, three additional maps, and in-text musical scores. Original endpapers bound-in. Title continues "...Observations on the Commercial Resources of the Archipelago." Previous owner's red ink stamp "John Getz" on the new front endpapers. Getz was apparently the U.S. Ambassador to Malta in 1972..

London: A. Brown and Sons, Limited, 1915. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. [ii], xlvi, 240 pages of text, [iii] list of subscribers. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with moderate rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to corners; gilt lettering and decoration stamped on front cover and spine. Binding protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Contains nearly 270 half-tone reproductions in sepia, and ten full-page plates in color. With an introduction by Frank Falkner, and a supplementary Chapter by T. Sheppard, F.G.S. This, the Subscriber's edition, is limited to 250 copies, of which this is hand-numbered 71, and is printed on handmade parchment paper (thick high quality). Includes the printed announcement "Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the first numbered copy of this work" laid-in at the front of the book. Ex-libris bookplate of Alderman John Brown unobtrusively on front pastedown, and a few ownership blindstamps… Read More

New York: Random House, 1964. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 665 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with a tiny shelfbump to the bottom of the front cover. Small scuff to the top of the closed page edges. Previous owner's bookplate on a front endpaper (not the signed page). The unclipped dustjacket is slightly sunned on the spine, with minor browning to the rear panel, is moderately rubbed at the extremities, with a few small tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on a special tipped in page; identical to other Kroch's & Bretano's First Edition Circle copies but there is bookmark included. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Stated: First printing..

Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Birds; ornithology; 2 vols.; 30cm; original green cloth rubbed; corners bumped; spines frayed; index both vols.; profusely illus.; colored plates; New York State Museum, Memoir 12; bookplates; ex libris..

Chicago: Hyde Park Congregational Church, 1925. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 44 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with printed paper front cover label; the spine is cracked at the front hinge and was re-attached. Illustrated with a tipped-in photograph of Eaton. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 283 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York, NY: Horizon Press, 1957. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 304 pages of text. Hardcover binding is slightly shelfworn, and is sunned on the spine, except for a small square near the bottom of the spine which did not fade. Lacks the dustjacket. A few small spots of staining to the closed page edges. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication to Philip Klutznick (1907-1999) known for his involvement in B'nai B'rith and as a United Nations Delegate and Ambassador. One page with a crease to the corner. Several pencil lines in the margins. The text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Inscribed on the half title page "To Phil Klutznick in friendship and respect [autographed] Abba Eban. April 1957." First edition, first printing..

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto (4to). xxx, 338 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in about new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear and minimal sunning on spine; protected in archival mylar. Signed and dated on the title page by the author with no further inscription: "Michael H. Ebner 7-7-88." Contains over 140 photographs. First edition..

New York: Harper, 1935. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. American drama; 191p.; 22.3cm; black cloth very slightly rubbed; illus. by author; pictorial dustjacket torn; script..

Orange, NJ: Manuscript, 1945. Autograph. Very good+ condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). One page autograph letter entirely in Edison's hand and signed by her, written to Mr. MacManus. No date, circa 1945. Americana..

Stuttgart, Germany: Gerd Hatje, 1962. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 156 pages of text, followed by [vii] pages of advertisement. Grey hardcover cloth binding with orange lettering; slightly soiled; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. No dustjacket. Illustrated with 318 black & white photographs. Includes an index of manufacturers, designers, and photographers. These include Knoll, Saarinen, George Kasparian, Thonet, Gio Ponti, Jens Risom, Edward Wormley and dozens more. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper. About a quarter inch of yellowing at page edges, not affecting images. First edition..

Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1950. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Approximately 70 pages. Paperback binding with minor creasing to the corners and minor shelfwear. Contains almost 60 black & white photographs. Leonard McCombe was named Photographer of the Year in 1949..

Chicago: Board of Education, 1914. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [iv], 156 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and scuffing, and a minor stain to the front cover. Text is clean and unmarked. Stamped on front endpapers "Chicago Public Schools.".

New York: Citadel Press, 1954. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 298 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with several small tears and creases, and minor rubbing; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated by Bee Johnson. First edition..

Macon, GA: J.W. Burke Company, 1920. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [ii], 31 pages, followed by [i] page of publisher's advertisement. The original blue paperback binding has a small spot of staining and minor shelfwear. The text is clean and unmarked. H.S. Edwards (1855-1938) wrote "Two Runaways," "His Defense," and "Aneas Africanus" and other works in a dialect associated with the antebellum South. First edition..

Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press, 1955. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Tall octavo (8vo). xxii, 270 pages of text. Stiff paperback binding with moderate toning to wrappers, with several small spots of staining, but square, tight and attractive; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a few sketches. This volume includes the work "Of Being" which is probably Edward's first attempt at philosophical writing; "The Mind," and "Miscellanies" which are selections from Edward's notebooks dated 1720 until 1758. Edited by Townsend..

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors Club, 2000. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. Quarto (4to). Three volume paperback set in slipcase. This is the 1990 reprint of the 2nd revised edition of 1954. Vol. I: ACA-CHA; viii, 349 pages of text. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white photographs, and seventeen color plates. Vol. II: CHE-MUT; [iv], 383 pages of text. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white photographs, and twelve color plates. Vol. III: NAI-ZUC; [iv], 375 pages of text. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white photographs, and twelve color plates. Minor shelfwear to slipcase. Not only a guide to the design and development of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Georgian Period, but to social history as well..