Search Results: Titles starting with E from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

London: John Ollivier ., 1845. Book. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt rider on horse on front, rebacked. The English travel classic, a favorite of T.E. Lawrence, who followed the impressionistic style in his Seven Pillars. Preferred edition because of handcolored plates. Very minor foxing. Illustrated by 2 handcolored plts, one folding. Stated second edition..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Book. Illus. by ten full page portraits, and illustrations including two page battle plan of Charleston Island at Boston, 17 June 1775. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original red cloth with slight edge wear along the bottom and at the top of the spine. As new inside, with fine illustrations and high quality paper with deckle edges. This is an odd volume, an imaginary dinner in London in 1778, with historically accurate conversation by those present , including James Boswell, about the events in Boston, where Governor Percy was doing his best against the American "Provincials". Hugh Percy was Duke of Northumberland (1742- 1817). Number 440 of the limited edition of only 550..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1963. Book. Illus. by profuse full page photos, including 11 in color. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition in English. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original green cloth with bright gilt titles on front cover and the spine. very slight bump on one corner, no edge wear, so very close to "fine". Inside as new, with no stains or prior owner marks. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped, has a hint of edge wear along the top, and is protected in a mylar clear sleeve. Close to fine/fine. Translated from the French by Eric McLean. A beautiful book. .

Boston: Oliver L. Perkins, 1844. Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Woodcut. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Subtitled, "As Exhibited in the Lives of Eminent Christians". Original blindstamped cloth, a bit faded on part of the back cover. Victorian elaborate gilt on the spine. In unusually fine condition inside, with no foxing or stains..

NY Council on Foreign Relation 1986. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine paperback. Two maps of the area. Although 20 years old, this is an excellent summary of pressures on the Monarchy, the army as the backbone of stability , and the economic vulnerabilities. Pages 166 with index. As new condition. Recommended..

New York : Scribner's, 1883. Book. Illus. by folding map of Palestine, Jordan and southern Syria at the back. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good decorated cloth with bright gilt and brick red designs on front and spine. Slight soiling & some edgewear. With professional repairs to the spine ends. Author was a distinguished American archaeologist who did early excavations in Jordan. He became U.S. Consul in Jerusalem 1882-1907. Illustrated by folding map & engravings. Now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. .

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket is a little chewed at the top edge. A variety of historical and economic essays that help understand the changes of the past 50 years. .

New York: Columbia Univ Press, 1977. Book. Illus. by 7 Maps, 14 Illustrations. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very nice copy, with no prior owner marks, clean and tight inside and out. Very readable account of the modern history of Egypt from Napoleon's invasion to the free officer revolt. .

New York: MacMillan ., 1914. Book. Illus. by 6 portraits. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. near fine original green cloth, with fresh gilt title on the front and the spine. Very unusual, the dustjacket is still present, has some edgewear and a one inch square piece missing from the bottom edge of the front, but has been repaired and is protected in a mylar, clear dj. Introduction by the Earl of Cromer. Pages xxiv, 316 with index. This is a travel assessment of conditions in the Sudan, and down the Nile into Egypt, looking more at political and social conditions than at culture and scenery. An interesting period piece of British rule in Egypt and the Sudan..

London: Edward Arnold, 1890. Book. Illus. by 16 Photo Plates. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 2nd Edition. Very good binding except fading at the bottom of rear board. This traveller was in Egypt for six months. Good read on British rule at the end of the 19th Century. Pages 250. Bright gilt titles on spine and front, on a turquoise cloth binding. Inside, very clean and tight with no foxing or stains. Prior owner signatures on the page after the endpaper, no other prior owner marks. .

New York and Milan: Newsweek & Arnoldo Mondadori, 1978. Book. Illus. by Profuse Color Photos. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A splendid book of ancient Imperial Egypt, as housed in one of the world's great museums. Book design in grey cloth with gilt lettering by Fiorenzo Georgi, with no edgewear, no foxing or stains inside or out. Only a hint of edge wear to the dust jacket, NOT price clipped. No prior owner marks..

London: Jarrolds, 1965. Book. Illus. by Ceylon (Sri Lanka) wild life photos, leopard frontispiece in color . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original yellow cloth binding with bright title on the unfaded spine. No edgewear and very clean and tight inside. No prior owner marks, no browning or stains or foxing. Dust jacket has some wear and wrinkles and is price clipped. The author grew up in India forests, the daughter of a Forest Officerat what is now Corbett national Park. This is a return to a Sri Lanka forest that was like her native habitat. .

Cape Town: Juta & Co, 1972. Book. Illus. by 11 Pages of Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Four prominent Brits (although Stanley posed as an American) , focusing on their time in South Africa - Kipling, Stanley, Gordon, and Froude. Endpaper maps. Notes and index at the end. Pages xii,225..

Stockholm - NY: P.A, Norstedt & Soners Forlag, 1933. Book. Illus. by Color Frontispiece of Hazelius and Profuse Photos and Architectural Diagrams. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In Swedish, subtitled "Till hundraarsminnet av Artur Hazelius' fodelse under medverkan av Alarik Behm, Gotthard Gustafsson och Gosta Selling". Beautiful terra cotta morocco spine and corners with raised bands and fresh gilt lettering on spine, black cloth boards with a gilt antique building tower on the front cover. With a map of Skansen, a fine collection of rural antique buildings, at the end. Clean and tight inside and out, with no prior owner marks. The binder was P.A. Norstedt & Soners, bokbinderi..

Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies and Oxford Univ Press, 1983. Book. Illus. by Profuse Photos and Architectural Drawings. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A definitive study of South India Temple architecture. One volume is exclusively photos with text to explain them. The thicker volume is text and architectural renderings. Pages 303 andxvi, 361. Very clean and tight inside and out. The dustjackets have some wear and closed tears that have been repaired on the verso. A fine set of two volumes..

London: C. Roworth printed for the author, 1801. Book. Illus. by Bowman with bow drawn frontispiece. Very Good Plus. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 3/4 brown calf with the original beige/grey marbled boards. The leather is new, having replaced leather of the same kind and color that was very tired (rotten). Very clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks, no browning or foxing. Includes a 7 page bibliography (list of principal works quoted). Handsome copy inside and out. Errata page at the end..

Durham: Duke Universtiy Press, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth with a bright silver title on the spine, and no wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has no tears. Inside, very clean and tight. No prior owner marks. The tensions between practical economic benefits and uncertain , unintended consequences for the environment. Still a big problem. .

Worcester: printed by I. and I. Holl, 1792. Book. Illus. by Engraved title and 5 full page plates. . Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original full tree calf with a deep red title label aand bright gilt letters on the spine. The outside hinges are cracked, bu firm and tight. Corners are either bumped or worn. And some expected wear at the bottom of the spine. Inside, a book plate of John Wilson Pedder. Inside, high quality paper with no foxing, no browning, no stains. Clean and tight. A very nice copy in a nice old binding in its antique patina. .Pages 348 with an errata slip at the end. .

New York: T.Y. Drowell & Company, 1926. Book. Illus. by portrait frontispiece of Emerson. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on the front and the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt. Only a hint of edgewear, and no scuffs or bumps. Inside, no prior owner marks, very clean and tight , and no browning, no stains, no foxing. In short, an handsome copy. I find no hint of a publication date. The 1926 is a guess based on style..

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A fine, unread copy, with no prior owner marks and no edge wear. The author was at the Library of Congress, trying to decipher what could be found of China's population problem when the Communist Party of China did not have much data, and was certainly unwilling to share it in the 1970s. .