Search Results: Titles starting with E from Louise Aird

This is the collected novels of the great British author E.M. Forster (1879-1970). All of them were made into films.
They are Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room With a View (1908), Howard's End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).
This book was a school award and has been inscribed on the front endpaper--you can remove that page if you wish.
The spine has been cracked in the middle--see photo. And it's loose, as you would expect with a book of this size.
Very minor wear to the dust jacket.
Other than that, this book does not appear to have been read.
It is pristine.

This is a reproduction of The Eagle and the Frog, one of five Haida Myths images created by the legendary Canadian/Haida artist Bill Reid (1920-1998). The five images were for the book Raven Steals the Light, co-written by Reid and published by Douglas & McIntyre in 1982."The prince and three companions went on a fishing trip and caught some trout. They were cooking the fish that evenings when a frog hopped out of the bushes and landed on the fish the Prince was cooking...The same thing happened when he tried to cook another fish...he threw both the fish and the frog into the fire. The frog just sat in the flames for a long time glowing like a coal and then suddenly it exploded and put out the fire." - Bill Reid
Those five images were made into limited edition prints.Then they were made into smaller reproductions--gold foil on paper. This is one of those reproductions.They are now sold as art cards, however the art cards were produced after Reid's death in 1998, and are signed 'The Estate of Bill… Read More

This is the original UK sheet music to the Eagles hit One of These Nights, dated 1975. 4 sheets of music, plus covers.The original owner wrote her name on the back and there's a tiny bit of creasing on the cover.But the music was not used and is in perfect condition.Note: I have lots of vintage sheet music listed here, some singly, many in bundles. You're welcome to create your own bundle, or just buy one piece from a grouping. NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is a first edition of Eat, Shrink & Be Merry - Great-tasting food that won't go from your lips to your hips, by the Canadian chefs and Food Network hosts Janet and Greta Podleski.
It is a high-quality soft-cover book. 8 1/2" x 11", laminated covers, double-stitched. Hundreds of low-fat and/or low-calorie recipes.
Presented with jokes/cartoons, unusual facts about the science of food and our bodies, cooking tips, workout tips and diet tips.
210 pages. This book has not been read or used and is in pristine condition.

This is a stated first edition of Eating Well, the best-selling 1992 cookbook by American chef Burt Wolf. The sub-title is 'An international collection of recipes, food lore, facts, and tips from one of the world's best-known TV chefs'.See photo of Contents page.324 PagesIt has never been used and is in mint condition, except that pages 7/8 and 221/222 have come in contact with water and are waved.Otherwise perfect condition.

The Ebony Tower, by the English Author John Fowles (1926-2005), is a collection of five novellas and short stories with interlacing themes, each built around a medieval myth: The Ebony Tower, Eliduc, Poor Koko, The Enigma and The Cloud. It is .The Ebony Tower: Henry Breasley is an elderly painter whose secluded retirement is invaded by a brash young artist commissioned to write a biographical study of the great man.In Eliduc, a hero goes into exile in England, leaving his wife behind. While in exile, he falls for the daughter of a local king. Poor Koko: An elderly writer has borrowed a country cottage from friends in London. On the first night of his stay, the house is burgled. Poor Koko tells of his encounter with the burglar.In The Enigma, a British MP, disappears without trace. Was foul play involved, or did he fake his own disappearance? In The Cloud, a seemingly idyllic picnic in the south of France for a group of English family and friends hides deeper, troubled undercurrents. The Enigma and The… Read More

This is a very nice copy, published in 1961, of Edgar Allan Poe Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales by the Master of Suspense, with an Added Selection of His Best Poems.
See photo of contents.
As you can see, there is quite a bit of wear to the dust jacket, which is unclipped.
The book itself is perfect. It does not appear to have been read.

This is a stated first edition (1967) of The Eighth Day, the 6th novel by the American writer Thornton Wilder (1897-1975). It won the 1968 National Book Award; it is described as a great American epic...suspenseful and deeply moving. It is a family saga centered around a murder mystery.
435 pages, no adornment.
The dust jacket is in terrible condition.
The silver ink on the spine has faded and there has been a spill to the bottom 1/8" of the cover. This continues onto the bottom of the pages, but not onto the front of the pages/inside.
That said, this book does not appear to have been read.
The inside is perfect. Lovely white pages without a mark on any of them.
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This is a companion book to the Time-Life TV Series Wild, Wild World of Animals.
This one is Elephants & Other Land Giants: African and Asiatic Elephants, Hippopotamuses, Giraffes, Rhonoceroses, Big Birds and Giant Reptiles.
128 pages, including loads of photos.
Well-reviewed.
Never Read but there is an attractive bookplate at the front and some waving to the first few pages.
Otherwise perfect condition.
Note: If you are outside of North America, the quoted shipping price is for surface mail without tracking. For other options, please contact me.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
This is a 'best of' collection, Essays, Poems and Addresses, published by Walter J Black for the Classics Club in 1969.
It is beige tweed boards with red and brilliant gold on the cover and spine; the top pages are dyed red.
There is a bookplate on the inside front cover, but it has already started to come off on its own and you can remove it (there are how-to videos online; it's really easy).
Unread and pristine. The dark mark you see in the cover image is my shadow.


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This is a luxury edition of Eminent Victorians, the critically-acclaimed collection of biographies by Bloomsbury Group writer Lytton Strachey (1880-1932).
When it was first published, in 1918, Strachey shot to the top rank of biographers; the book's fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had until then been regarded as heroes: Cardinal Manning (Archbishop of Westminster), Rugby Headmaster Thomas Arnold, General Gordon (aka 'Chinese Gordon') and Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is praised and her reputation enhanced, but Manning, Arnold and Gordon are shown in a less than flattering light.
This copy was produced in 1986 by the Folio Society, so it is a gorgeous book.
7 1/2" x 9 1/2", 272 pages.
Introduction by Strachey's biographer, Michael Holroyd.
20 illustrations/color photos.
Green boards with an ornate gilt design on the cover and spine.
Comes in a green slipcase.
This copy has not been read. It is pristine except for one flaw, to the… Read More

This is Emma, Jane Austen's 4th novel and the last published in her lifetime.
This copy is a first edition from the 1991 Everyman series published by Borzoi/Knopf, which re-printed the original series from the early half of the 20th century.
It is hunter green cloth with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Bound-in green silk bookmark. It includes a chronology. It looks like the original owner read it to page 10 and then stopped. The bookmark has not been disturbed.
Aside from some dust on the cover, there is not a mark in it or on it. It is in mint condition.

This is a stated first edition of Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Canada, and North America, cannot be understood without discussing the influence of the Hudson's Bay Company, which once covered 1/12th of the world's land, and remains the world's oldest retailer. It played a huge role in the creation of Canada, and that would not have been possible without George Simpson, who was the HBC governor for 40 years. Simpson not only made the company profitable, he ensured British control of western and northern Canada by negotiating with Americans, First Nations and Russians.
This is a lovely book, full of maps, photos and drawings. Unclipped dust jacket.
It has not been read and is in pristine condition.
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Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire series by the American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012).
It was published in 1987; this is a stated first edition and it is in pristine condition.
The novel concerns the fictional newspaper dynasty of half-siblings Caroline and Blaise Sanford. Playing these characters against real-life figures of the years 1898 to 1907, the novel portrays the conjunction of government and mass media in the creation of modern-day America. It offers an insight into the journalism of the time, following the exploits of William Randolph Hearst in his efforts to displace Theodore Roosevelt as president in 1904. It includes portraits of such leading public figures of the day as Roosevelt, Hearst, Henry Brooks Adams, Henry James, Secretary of State John Hay and President William McKinley.
It is navy blue boards with the author's name on the cover, in gold, and gold lettering on the spine. There are no marks of any kind in it or on it.
The dust jacket shows some… Read More

This is a first US edition of An Encyclopedia of Small Antiques, published in 1975.It was compiled specifically for collectors, and is useful for designers, decorators and art historians. 425 entries, mainly from the last three centuries. 320 pages, 32 colour plates, 350 b/w illustrations.
There's a little bit of wear to the dust jacket the paper is starting to darken. Otherwise perfect.

This is a huge, lavishly produced A-to-Z encyclopedia of culinary knowledge packed with approximately 2,000 recipes for appetizers, hors d'oeuvres, soups, main dishes, breads, salads, desserts--anything and everything to do with food.
It was compiled by Jane Solmson and edited by the American chef Charlotte Turgeon (1912 – 2009), who is well-known for translating and editing the first English-language version of the Larousse Gastronomique.
You may see the 1985 edition of this book listed as its first edition—this is its actual first edition (1982). It was published by Weathervane Books and distributed by Crown Publishers by arrangement with Ottenheimer.
This copy is in near-perfect condition. There are small spill marks on the front endpaper (1) and on pages 418 and 419 (minor). Also, a 2" strip of the red surface—just the top layer of paper—has come off the back cover. There are a couple of little shelf marks on the spine.
It's a big beautiful book. 8 ½" x 11" x 2".
Heavy--5 1/2 lbs. Nearly… Read More

This is the second printing (UK) of The Encyclopedia of World Sea Power, which was first published in the UK in 1988. It shows and describes the capabilities of submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, patrol craft, hovercraft, missiles, anti-aircraft weapons, and underwater weapon systems used by the world's navies. It includes 250 color profiles, 500+ photographs and numerous drawings.It's a large heavy book, a former library book, kept in the reference section. It was bought from the library. It has all of the library fittings, which you can remove. It doesn't appear that anyone used it--it's in pristine condition.
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This is the The Encyclopedia of Ships, Over 1500 Military and Civilian Ships from 5000 BC to the Present Day. It was first published in England in 2001; it was a best-seller and was reprinted each year. This is its third printing, dated 2003.
Its editor and illustrator is the British artist Tony Gibbons who, where photographs or paintings were not available, drew gorgeous images of the thousands of ships shown here. Details about each ship are also provided--history, specs etc.
This is a large, heavy book--544 pages, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"; it weighs 6 lbs.
The dust jacket has a little shelfwear, mainly to the spine.
The book itself is perfect--pristine condition.
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This is the second edition of England's Heritage, published in 2003. It is soft-cover; the first edition was hardcover, published in 2001.
England's rich, turbulent history has left a powerful legacy in buildings, monuments, pageantry, and landscape. Nearly 600 illustrations and photos capture the shifts of time, the influence of diverse cultures, and the impact of long-ago events on present-day language, settlements, terrain, and regional fortunes. In this book, you can sift through the evidence left in battlefields, churches, bridges, and castles. Structured by theme rather than strict chronology, this absorbing account paints a compelling picture of England's past.This is a thick heavy book. 416 pages and 4 lbs. Packed with gorgeous photos. It has not been read. Its only flaw is ink transfer on the title page (see photo). Pristine condition.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is a mint-condition copy of English Eccentrics, written in 1933 by the English poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964). It is a series of mini-bios about the great English eccentrics--hermits, quacks, mariners and men of learning.
This is the Folio Society's edition of the book, which is illustrated by the English artist Roland Pym.
It comes in a slipcase which has a little scuffing. But the book does not appear to have been read; there isn't a mark in it or on it. Page 26 has a crease from improper storage. It is otherwise in perfect condition.