Search Results: Authors starting with A from Eureka Books

Shambhala, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 131 pages. First Shambhala edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). As new. In Luminous Night's Journey, Almaas shares excerpts from his personal journal, which describe a certain thread in his own journey of realization and the processes involved in integrating that realization. This publication marks a fortunate development in our knowledge of how Being is realized in and through the human soul: The process of realization and integration of true nature described in the voice of one who articulates precisely and vividly the psychological and epistemological barriers which confront the individual consciousness as realization is integrated in the context of personal life. Almaas describes how his participation in the unfolding manifestation of Being ushers him into realms that expose and transform increasingly deep ego structures and attachments. Luminous Night's Journey clarifies how the unveiling of Being and the exposure of ego… Read More

Smithsonian Institution, 1953. Trade Paperback.

Harry Abrams, 1980. Hardcover.

H. De Marsan, 1859. First Edition. Broadside. Songsheet broadside, 9.5 x 6 inches.' Watery Grave' with 3 8-line stanzas. 'Nellie, Wilt Thou Be My Bride?' with 2 8-lins stanzas with chorus. In decorative border. 'H. de Marsen, Publisher, 38 Chatham street, New-York' at bottom of sheet. De Marsen was at this address 1859-60. First edition (first printing). A very good copy. Slight edge wear and edge tanning. WorldCat locates 1 copy.

(Field Notes Crop Reporting Service), 1945. First Edition. Trade Paperback. One of the odder pamphlets of the booster tradition, extolling both the agricultural and dental benefits of the soil in and around Deaf Smith County, Texas. OCLC records four copies. Very good in self wrappers.

Texas Heritage Foundation, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. Brief biographical sketches illustrated with black-and-white photo reproductions. 'A Salute to John Nance Garner -- 91 Former Speaker of the House and Vice President of the United States' -- from the front cover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in orange cloth with black lettering and decoration on cover; no dust jacket. Inscribed by the editor on the front pastedown to John Edward Hickman, then-Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Blue Ridge Press, 1949. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 443 pages. First edition thus. Near fine copy in green cloth covers with illustrated front cover and bright gilt lettering on spine. Mild edge and corner wear. No jacket or slipcase.

Friends' Foreign Missionary Association, 1916. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 146, iii; 141, v , iv pages. Part I: 1236 proverbs; Part II: 1080 proverbs, and 100 Betsimisaraka proverbs with equivalents in Hova Malagasy. The Hova were the middle caste in the Kingdom of Merina in Madagascar, situated between the slaves and the nobles. This collection of proverbs is presented in the Malagasay language, along with English equivalents and in French translations by Henri Noyer. OCLC locates a handful of copies under a few different item numbers. A scarce book of African proverbs; Madagascar imprints are uncommon. First edition (first printing). Two volumes bound in one. Red cloth over paper-covered boards. Printed paper label. Spine slightly faded, corners worn, else very good or better. Bookplate on inside front cover. Possibly a publisher's binding.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 415 pages. Illustrated with scenes from the William Fox production. It appears that this silent film may be lost. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a few short tears and minor chipping to the spine ends. A nice copy. This copy has the second issue dust jacket with 'Wm Fox' stamped over the incorrect Paramount credit on the front dust jacket flap.

University of Massachusetts Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 142 pages. Short stories. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Author of the widely acclaimed novel Vinegar Hill, A. Manette Ansay returns to the fictional town of Holly's Field, Wisconsin, and the midwestern landscape that surrounds it in her first full-length story collection, Read This and Tell Me What It Says.Here are the lives of rural people struggling to make sense of the isolated and often intensely religious worlds in which they live. Marie, a young wife and mother, recalls the effects of a statutory rape trial on her small community. Stuart, a devout teenage boy, dares to rename himself Start, the only significant thing he has ever done without first consulting God. Widowed Eliza discovers her husband's ghost in the bathroom, flipping through pages of the Popular Mechanics magazines she had thrown out after his death.With grace and compassion,… Read More

A. Phillips & Co, 1889. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 10 pages. Photograph of interior of Pullman's Tourist Sleeping Car. Map of itinerary on rear. Phillips & Co. organized 'Personally conducted' tours with 'Through Cars, Best Accomodations, Lowest Rates.' A very good copy. Rubber stamp of L. H. Colton, Ticket Agent, Hartford, Conn, to front cover. Short tears starting along folds. Scarce.

A. Phillips & Co. Printed by the J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co, 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 32 pages. 5 full-page B/W illustrations. Essay by E. W. Maslin, 'What Can Be Done in California.' and 'The Sugar Beet in California,' by Richard Gird. Other essays, 'What Water Hs Done,' and 'Advantages of Irrigation.' Additionally, 'Some Facts in Figures,' regarding agriculture in California. A promotional brochure for the excursion company. First edition (first printing). Very good in yellow illustrated wappers (paperback). Spine with 1/2 inch red tape on front and back Covers mildly soiled. Closed 3/4 inch tear on rear cover panel. Scarce. WorldCat locates 2 copies.

M. J. Ivers & Co, 1888. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Misadventures, pp. 1-78; Playwright's Daughter, pp. 1-92. A pirated edition of a Christmas number of the two Seaside library editions. American Series No. 60 First edition thus. Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Covers are worn, mildly soiled and scuffed. Pages are age toned.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1943. Hardcover.

American Jewish Historical Society, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. A special edition of The Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society Number 30. First edition (first printing). Near fine in brown cloth. Inner front hinge beginning to crack, else fine. No dust jacket.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 391 pages. The author is a novelist as well as the biographer of Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Jesus, and Milton. First American edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page. In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A. N. Wilson proposes an experiment in alchemy: to the sadness of people living out their lives in the safety of sterile relationships, he adds the crazy wine of illicit passion. Francis Kreer is a clergyman who does not believe in God, and a married man who does not love his wife. Neither of these things seems to matter very much until a series of emotional crises turns his life upside down. His mother dies and he is shocked by the intensity of his grief. He is further shocked to discover that his mother had a lover for many years whose existence was entirely unknown to him, and that he, Francis, must share his… Read More

Gerald Peters Gallery, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 51 pages. 3 page introduction. 38 full-page color plates. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black wrappers with lettering in white.

n.p., n.d.. Trade Paperback. Facsimile reproduction of rare treatise on olives, originally published 1783. 99 pages with 1 page of errata and 4 folded plates at rear. Text in French. Facsimile edition, #51/100 copies. Near fine in gray wrappers with pasted label on front.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 203 pages. A collection of essays by the author of Desert Solitaire. Published primarily as a trade paperback with a relatively small number of hardcover copies. Scarce in hardcover. First edition hardcover issue (first printing). A margin stain on page 78 and a small stain to top of page block thus near fine with a bookseller sticker to rear pastedown; in a very good first state dust jacket (McMurtry spelled wrong on front) with a snag to the front flap, a 1/2 inch closed tear to front panel, and very slight fading to spine. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a gift inscription under Abbey's signature from a previous owner.

Back Bay Books, 1991. Trade Paperback. A new copy. This superb sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang, the novel that was called ribald, outrageous, and, in fact, scandalous by Smithsonian, is finally available in paperback. Hayduke, an ex-Green Beret and wilderness avenger, was last seen hanging from a cliff, under fire from both a helicopter and a posse. Now he's back, fighting against the despoilers of the earth. ?Edward Abbey was born in Home, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He was educated at the University of New Mexico and the University of Edinburgh. He died at his home in Oracle, Arizona, in 1989.