Search Results: Authors starting with E from The Bookworm

London:: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1982.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; Very Good condition.. 10 inches tall by 7.75 inches wide . Reading list, index of artists. Description: Features 81 color photo illustrations. The small Japanese wood or ivory toggles called netsuke have fascinated Westerners for a century by the humor and delicacy of their craftsmanship. This informative introduction explains the practical need for netsuke, outlines their social and historical background, describes the materials used in their manufacture and gives an account of their stylistic development. Nearly eighty examples from the Victoria and Albert Museum's outstanding collection are shown here.

Urbana, Illinois:: University of Illinois Press, 1974.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; the front hinge has a short split in the paper; the spine is slightly cocked, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the dj is price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Index.

New York:: William Morrow, 1993.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; the spine is moderately cocked, the boards are slightly bowed, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: This is the author's first novel.

London:: B T Batsford Ltd, 1993.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green boards; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 11.5 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Index. Orange endpapers. Description: Lavishly illustrated in color. Following is taken from the publisher's blurb: ''Using flower subjects in a variety of natural and still-life settings, David Easton's unique approach brings the art of flower painting alive. He develops an understanding of technique and of the materials available to the watercolourist as a starting point from which to use creative expression in a new and exciting way.''

Tucson, Arizona:: University of Arizona Press, November, 1961.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with dark brown text and small vignette; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Description: Chapter head and tail pieces by Mac Schweitzer. Foreword by Jack Schaefer. A documented biography of Charles Jesse 'Buffalo' Jones. From the jacket flap: ''Buffalo hunter extraordinary, preserver of bison, seeker of musk ox in wolf-haunted reaches of the Arctic, of cougars in Grand Canyon, of rhino, giraffe, lion, and gorilla on the African veldt, Buffalo Jones also founded a Kansas town, ran the Cherokee Strip, and spanked recalcitrant bears in Yellowstone.'' This was first printed in October of 1961.

New York:: Dutton, 1995 - July.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, dust jacket design by Neil Stuart

Claremont, California:: Saunders Press, 1953.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Appendix, index. Photo endpapers. Description: Includes several black and white illustrations. The author, a long time resident of Arcadia, California, has added his own memories to his research on this history of the Santa Anita Rancho and the city of Arcadia. This edition was limited to 2000 copies. Book design by Ruth Thomson Fraser.

New York:: Pantheon Books, 1981.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue paper covered boards with black cloth at the spine; the extreme top and bottom edges of the boards are faded, otherwise the book and dust jacket are both Very Good+; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Susannah Kelly. A Yudel Gordon mystery. This South African author's novels were banned in his home country.

New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1982.. First Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light olive binding with gilt borders; beige cloth at the spine; the top edge tint is a dark color; there is a remainder mark along the top edge, but due to the tope edge tint, is not glaringly obvious; otherwise a Near Fine book, publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.75 inches tall) . Appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Description: Several black and white illustrations. ''The sacr4d city of Banaras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cites in the world -- as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banaras. In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city over the centuries has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the… Read More

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company, 1964.. 1st U.S. Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: cloth binding, pale green with dark green at the spine; owner's name; a Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Several black and white photo illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Punchbowl Farms' largest crop may not be cats, but the Siamese and Burmese cat families who have the run of the farm are certainly its most delightful product. With love humor, and insight, Monica Edwards introduces some o the numerous felines she has welcomed into her home on the farm. There is Freyni -- a brave old cat who not only overcame a crippling disability, but learned to trade on her former ailment. Thistledown, charming but empty headed; aside from husbands and children, her main interest was murder. Vashti was an accomplished huntress. In a few easy lessons, she learned the art of retrieving for a human hunter; Vashti… Read More

Paducah, Kentucky:: Collector Books, 2001.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; Very Good condition.. about 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Bibliography. Photo endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in black and white and color. This is an upgraded version of the authors' earlier work, with fresh information and "as much insight as we've been able to learn over the past two decades''.

New York:: Seabury Press, 1973.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise cloth; the paper is tanning, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) .

New York:: Praeger Publishers, 1974.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: mustard-yellow cloth; the spine is slanted; Good condition, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket illustration by Peter Cox. An adventure novel set in the Persian Gulf surrounding the power struggle over oil. Samuel Edwards is one of several pseudonyms used by author Noel Gerson. Gerson also wrote some of the Wagons West series as Dana Fuller Ross, and the White Indian series as Donald Clayton Porter (Carter A. Vaughan was another one of his aliases.)

College Station, Texas:: Creative Publishing, 1982.. Trade size paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Near Fine condition.. 8vo (about 9 inches tall) . Appendix, index. Description: Illustrated in black and white with historic photographs and includes a few portrait drawings by Jim Earle. Introduction by C L Sonnichsen. G W Campbell. Before his death in a famous El Paso gunfight, Campbell had been a deputy and city marshal in El Paso and came from a good Kentucky family. The author made use of family letters to contribute to his primary research for this first book about Campbell.

Kansas City, Missouri:: Heart of America Press, 1978.. 1st Printing.. Paper covers: plastic comb binding . BINDING/CONDITION: printed heavy paper covers with a plastic comb binding; Good condition.. about 11 inches tall by 9 inches wide . Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white with detailed drawings and photographs. An index is printed inside the front cover. Includes research projects on: Rockford, Illinois, Freeport, the 72 Model Waltham, Lord Elgin. Showcase pages for Howard watch cases; Ball Watches; Hamilton; various Interesting Watches; Rockford; Special Railroad Watches and more.

New York:: Century History Company, 1915.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: this is from a handsome, uniformly bound set, green marbled boards with half leather; the leather is in bad shape and is missing a large piece at top spine, smaller bit missing at bottom spine; the hinges are a bit creaky due to leather aging; the text block itself is in very good condition; a sound reading copy; graded Poor due to leather.. 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall) . Appendix. Marbled endpapers. Description: This is just one book from a five volume set. Frontis portrait plate with tissue guard. Several plates (maps and other illustrations), all with captioned tissue guards. Chapter contents for this volume: The Spanish Governors; Growth of the Missions; Life at the Missions; The Russians Arrive; A Semblance of Self Government; Figueroa and Colonization; Downfall of the Missions; Oregon and the Trail Makers; Alvarado and Home Rule; Mexico Alarmed; and A House Divided. No printed date; circa 1915.

Emporium, Pennsylvania:: Sylvania Electric Products, 1950.. 1st Edition; 1st Printing, so stated.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound pamphlet; center-stapled format; Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Includes an index by brand name.

London:: Saqi Books, 2005.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Filmography, notes, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a section of photo plates. Abbas Kiarostami remains the most influential film-maker of post-revolutionary Iran and has produced a body of work that is as rooted in his native land as it is universal in appeal. Cinema historian Alberto Elena uses Iranian sources wherever possible to frame Kiarostami's oeuvre within the context of the rich artistic and intellectual Persian tradition that has nurtured the director. He examines his blending of fiction and reality and his recurring themes of death, meaning in life, isolation, solidarity and the lives of women. The result is a retrospective that reveals exactly how this most Iranian of directors has come to assume a place in the pantheon of international cinema.''

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania:: Franklin Library, 1981.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series in semi-uniform bindings -- the volumes vary in size and color, but all are in leatherette binding, with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, and extensive gilt or silver decorations on front, back, and spine. Note that this series in leatherette did not come with a ribbon place marker. This copy is in Fine condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Decorated endpapers. Description: Illustrated with black and white drawings by Herbert Tauss. This is from the Franklin Library series, The Greatest Books of the World's Greatest Writers. (Also known as The Collector's Library of The World's Great Books.)

Oroville, California:: Self Published, 2007.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; Fine condition.. 11.25 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide . Description: Following taken from a laid-in promotional insert: ''Nick Ellena, a journalist for more than 40 years, shares his adventures with narrative that is as engaging as it is insightful, and hundreds of photos that take you to obscure worldwide locations. Slog through a Uganda jungle for three day to reach a mountaineering base camp, and follow it with a successful assault on a 16,000 foot peak. Drive a Volkswagen Beetle on a 10,000 mile journey from Oroville, California along the Pan American Highway to Peru. No bridges? No problem -- load the Bug on a locally-made canoe. Spend an afternoon with the Bandukwala clan, a family with the ancestral tradition of making arms for ruling Indian princes. Fish for piranhas on a jungle lake in Peru.'' In addition to the promotional brochure, this also includes a matching… Read More