Search Results: Titles starting with E from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From Introduction: "Gift wrapping is a very special craft because, like icing on a cake, it makes a good thing better." This book includes basics as well as how to make your own materials - lots of Do-it-yourself ideas to make your gift wrapping special. It includes ideas for wrapping odd-sized items as well as food and drink. Very Good condition. Clean and tight. Some edge/corner wear and a small scrape on bottom of back cover (approx. 1/4" long). Please see photos.128 pages.

From first page: "To help you make the most of your precious time, we've combined the quickest and easiest clothing, decorating, and gift projects we've ever developed into one fantastic volume - Easy Dos It!"Fine condition. Clean. Tight. Please see photos.128 pages.

Beautiful slipcased set of 3 volumes: Illustrated Atlas of The Civil War, 320 pages including Bibliography and Index.Arms and Equipment of The Union, 319 pages including Bibliography and Index.Arms and Equipment of The Confederacy. 312 pages including Bibliography and Index. Profusely illustrated.Fine condition. Books and Slipcase look like new. No wear. Clean. Bindings are tight.

The Learning Experience. Educational Coloring Books featuring quality realistic art and factual information. Covers Goddard Rockets, Mariner, Surveyor, spacesuit, Lunar Module, Skylab, Apollo, Voyager, and more.Very Good condition. Clean. Tight. 32 pages.

A Winnie-the-Pooh Storybook. Simple story book about Eeyore's birthday.Good reading condition. Book is clean and tight with very little wear; however, it appears that someone/something has chewed on the front edge (maybe a teething baby?). I have thoroughly cleaned the cover and edges. 28 pages.

Based on the hit TV series. Super edition. Good reading condition. Cover has slight edge and corner wear, but in surprisingly good condition. Spine is flat. There is a small horse sticker on inside front cover. Pages are age tanned. Page edges are discolored/stained. No marks on text. 260 pages.

From inside front flap: "...Anders has drawn not only from established research sources but from various public and private historical societies, letters, diaries, and a wealth of family mementoes to create a unique and vivid portrait of the life of a Union regiment, and of some of the more important battles of the war, through the individuals who fought it and lived it." A regimental history of the Union Missouri group which saw action during the early Tennessee anti-guerrilla secessionist activities. Book - Good- condition. Ex-library. Front red end paper has been cut out of book leaving a jagged edge. Text is clean - no marks. Page edges have some soiling. Please see photos.Dust Jacket - Good condition. Mylar covering. Stickers on back and spine. Some soiling on back cover. Faded spine. 404 pages including Index.

This book basically covers Eisenhower's life from birth to death, from soldier to president. Lots of photos both black & white and color. The American people chose a military man over a politician because of the need for a change. At this time, Grant was the only other non-politician who had been elected to office.

Book - Very Good+ condition. Cover is lightly discolored. Text is clean and binding is tight. I'm not sure this book was ever read.

Dust Jacket - Good+ condition. There is light rubbing/bumping, a few spots on the front, and a few small chips and tears mostly at the corners and spine. Text is clean and binding is tight.
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144 pages.

This book basically covers Eisenhower's life from birth to death, from soldier to president. Lots of photos both black & white and color. The American people chose a military man over a politician because of the need for a change. At this time, Grant was the only other non-politician who had been elected to office.Very Good condition. Cover is discolored around spine and a little at the edges, but otherwise in nice condition. Text is clean and binding is tight. I'm not sure this book was ever read.Please use photos as part of the description. 144 pages.

A collector's guide for Elegant Depression Glass - companies, patterns, types.Good condition. Tear at top of spine and very slight corner wear. Pages are tight. No marks on pages; however, there is a slight smell that may be smoke or just the printing inks. 191 pages.

"On March 7 and I, 1962, the Battle of Pea Ridge was fought in northwest Arkansas. During this two-day battle the Confederates, under General Earl Van Dorn, attacked the rear of the Union army commanded by General Samuel Curtis. By the end of the first day the rebels had lost tow key commanders, brigadier generals Benjamin McCulloch and James M. McIntosh. This then brought about the collapse of the Confederate effort on their right wing, leaving only a wounded General Sterling Price to finish the battle on the left the following day." Fine condition. Blue cloth with gold lettering. Looks like a new book. Clean and tight. Has original price sticker of $40.00 on back cover.580 pages. This is a heavy book and will require additional postage.

From front DJ flap: "Professor Bell Wiley, unquestionably the outatanding authority on the subject, has written a superb history of the Confederacy characterized by accuracy, balance, and a delightful human quality. No writer on the Civil War has been able to present both the humor and the pathos of that conflict in such a vivid and attractive way." - Clement EatonIncludes lots of illustrations and photographs from Mathew Brady, George S. Cook, Julian Vannerson and many whose names are lost to history..Book Condition: Very Good. Light Gray covers are clean with little wear. Top of closed book pages have some light stain. Please see photos. Otherwise pages are clean and tight.Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Color is good, but there is some edge/corner wear, a couple chips, a tear on the front near spine that is approx. 2 inches long, and a tear at back spine approx. .5 inch long. Please see photos.290 pages including Index.

From the back cover: "...a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam."
"Eye-opening and compulsively readable, Embers of War is a gripping, heralded work that illuminates the hidden history of the French and American experiences in Vietnam."

Very Good+ condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Clean. Tight.

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837 pages including Index. This is a heavy, thick book and may require a little additional postage.

From the back cover: "What did 'freedom of the press' really mean to the framers of the First Amendment and their contemporaries?
This book "...answers that question." "Mr Levy argues that the First Amendment was not designed to be the bulwark of a free press as many thought, nor had the amendment's framers intended to overturn the common law of seditious libel that was the principal means of stifling political dissent."
Quote by New York Times Book Review - "A wonderful combination of judiciousness and vigor.

Near Fine condition. Light bumping to covers. Very, very minimal edge/corner wear. Clean and tight - like new book tight.

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383 pages including Index.

From front DJ flap: "Gorgeously illustrated with archival and modern photographs and artwork, this book highlights more than 160 indigenous tribes in eight regions of North America."
"Created in consultation with members of Native American communities, an education and social studies curriculum specialist, and Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, this fascinating volume is an authoritative reference for kids on the lives and times of Native North Americans."

Book - Near Fine condition. Bottom corners have been bumped. Otherwise, very minimal edge/corner wear. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Bottom corners have been bumped. Otherwise, very minimal edge/corner wear. Cover has embossed title.

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303 pages including Index. This is a large, heavy, "coffee table" size book.

A Time Life Encyclopedia of Collectibles for Matchsafes to Nursing Bottles. It includes: matchsafes, medals, menus, model soldiers, movie memorabilia, music boxes, musical instruments, nautical gear, navajo blankets, needlework tools, netsukes, nursing bottles.Condition: Fair. Water dripped on the spine of this book; however, it was dried in front of a fan right away, but there is still some staining and wrinkles at the top of pages. I've included photos of the worst pages. Most images and text are unaffected. There are no odd smells. Also the cover spine is torn at the back top. 160 pages.

From back cover, a few of the covered items: "Abolitionists, African-Americans in the Civil War, Andersonville Prison, John Wilkes Booth, Carpetbaggers, Battle of Chancellorsville, Frederick Douglass, Family Life, Gettysburg, Ulysses S. Grant, Ironclads, Robert E. Lee, Mormons in the Civil War, New York Draft Riots, Underground Railroad...and hundreds more illustrated entries."Lots of illustrations and photographs.Book Condition: Fine. The only flaw I found was a couple of light spots on the bottom of the closed book pages and a light mark on the top. Please see photos. Pages are clean and tight. Beautiful book with lots of information.417 pages with Appendix and more.

From the back cover: "The bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, Stalingrad was perhaps the single most important engagement of World War II. A major loss for the Axis powers, the battle for Stalingrad signaled the beginning of the end for the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler." "...Here is the drama, the terror, the horror, and the heroism of the greatest military encounter of our time." - Harrison E. Salisbury Good condition. Soft crease on front cover. Some edge/corner wear. Some rubbing/bumping. Light soiling on closed book page edges. Text is clean and binding is good. Please use photos as part of the description. 455 pages including Index.

Poetry by Poet Laureate, Alfred Tennyson. Good condition. Cover is green leather over boards with gold gilt embellishments on front cover and spine. All page edges are also gold gilt. The corners and spine edges show some wear. Gray/Green end papers. Front cover is partially torn at spine, but is still very much attached. Front end paper has a 1 inch closed tear. 19 Black and white Tissue Guard Engravings by John La Farge , E. Vedder, W. Hennessy, and F.O.C. Darley. Inscription in ink at front: "Presented to Mip Del E. Cleyhom (?) December 25th 1865. A merry Christmas, and hhappy New Year. Your's as Even; D.S. Cleyhom. There is also a round stamp by E.E. Lewis Att'y at Law Sioux City, Iowa. I found it a bit odd - the copyright was 1864, the inscription is dated 1865, and the publisher name on the title page has 1866. Four pages, including the title page, are loose at the front of the book.. The binding is tight on all other pages. I believe there is one tissue with a fold and tear, but most… Read More

Boxed Set. A boy, a dragon, and a world of adventure.Box has some rubbing and bumping, and a little corner wear, but all in all Very Good condition - dragon images are still colorful. See photos. Book - Eragon - Cover shows signs of edge and corner wear, plus page edges have some light marks. Text is free of marks and tight. Dust Jacket is As New. 509 pages. Book - Eldest - Cover and pages are As New. Clean. Tight. Dust Jacket is As New. Does not appear to have ever been read. 681 pages. Note: This set may require additional postage.