Search Results: Authors starting with E from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

[Hood River, OR]: [n.p., ca. 1910]. One large silver gelatin photo sized 8 x 10.25 in., w/ title written w/in image, mounted on gray embossed studio board sized 11 x 14 in., rounded corners, pencil ownership annotation of B.C. Hamilton on verso, nice crisp image, w/ very faint soiling upper left corner. Fine photo of the Devil’s Punchbowl on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, reminiscent of those shot by other contemporaneous phtoographers including the Kiser Bros., and Darius Kinsey, with this one unidentified. This one has the unusual element of a massive tree trunk laid across the falls as a walking bridge, and the walking bridge located in the Kiser Bros. photos appears in the distant background.

New York: Dover, [1970]. Two vols. 8vo. xx, 388 pp., plus 16 pp. publ. ads; xxiii, [1], [389]-824 pp. Over 300 illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs (mnr dustsoilng, edgewear), VG- set. First Dover edition of this leading work on American costume.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ., [1994]. 8vo. xv, [1], 560 pp. Numerous maps, illusts. Colour-illust. softcvr (slght shlfwr), NF copy. First softcover edition of this authoritative biography of famed Confederate cavalry General, Jubal Early.

San Francisco & [Los Angeles, CA]: Clinton Johnson, 1906. Ten albumen mounted stereoview photos, sized 6.4 x 3.25 in. mounted on 7 x 3.5 in. flat gray studio board, mimeographed typescript title labels mounted on all versos, most images w/ photographer’s imprint w/in the negative at lower fore-edge, all w/ rounded corners, very minor edgewear, still a NF grouping. This outstanding group of very scarce albumen Woodbury-type stereograph photos vividly capture the widespread damage from the April 18, 1906 earthquake, and subsequent fires which destroyed over 80% of the city of San Francisco, which at the time was the largest city on the West Coast. Nearly three-fourths of the population were left homeless, and makeshift refugee camps in Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Panhandle, and the beaches between Ingleside and North Beach operated for years after the disaster as the city rebuilt. Reconstruction, and commercial activities began almost immediately with a couple of these images showing the… Read More

New York: Literary Digest Books, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1934. 8vo. v, [1], 314 pp. Green cloth, dark green lettering, lozenge illust. front cover, photo endpapers of steam engine wheat thresher (slight shelfwear, very minor wear to lower corners), w/ d.j. cover art by G.O. Parshall (minor rubbing, edgewear, slight foxing), still NF/VG copy, from the library of Walter F. Pitts (1924-2007), born Waterville, WA, later successful career as lawyer, and then with SEC in Olympia, & Seattle, WA, w/ long clipping tipped-in detailing the history of the book’s writing. First edition, stated, of this very scarce semi-autobiographical memoir of the famed Weird Tales pulp writer’s years growing up in Waterville, WA in the Big Bend Country. Burks (1898-1974) based many of the incidents on his own family, detailing his family efforts farming in Eastern Washington, and transforming the Pacific Northwest, with some Western dialect. The tipped-in newspaper clipping details how the book was written in two weeks on a $… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., [1958]. 8vo. 254 pp. Quarter-tan cloth over brwn boards, blk lettrng, w/ dj.. cover art by Arthur Hawkins (mnr dustsoilng, rubbng), still VG/VG-. Second printing of this story about bronc busters in Northern New Mexico.

New York: Macmillan Co., 1954. 8vo. ix, [3], 351, [1] pp. Black cloth, silver & red lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, edgewear), VG/VG-. Second printing.

New York: Random House, [1957]. 8vo. [6], 239, [3] pp. Gray tweed boards, blk & gilt lettrng & rulng, w/ d.j. (slght scuffng, bk cvr), NF/VG, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of this intricate murder mystery set in Florida.

New York: Walter J. Black, [1950]. 12mo. 198 pp. Tweed boards, brwn lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art of smoking automatic pistol (mnr shlfwr, tape rmnts on flaps & pstdns), VG/G. Reprint edition of this mystery set in the Virginia fox-hunting country.

[New York]: Notable Trials Library, [1997]. 8vo. [8], 416, [2] pp. Half-blue calf over gilt decorated blue cloth, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., F. First Notable Trials Library edition of this work explaining how the McMartin preschool child abuse case was the Salem Witch trial of the 20th century. Introduction by Alan Dershowitz.

Quito, Ecuador: [Talleres Graficos del Estado], 1936. Thick 8vo. [14], 589, [1] pp. Printed softcvrs, yapp edges, blk lettrng frnt cvr & spine (mnr chppng, edgewear, some uniform interior toning), still a VG- copy from the library of Frederick Voget (1913-1997), noted American anthropologist and expert on the Crow Indians Third edition of this famed study in which the author sought to reform the exploitive treatment of the Native Americans in Ecuador, and concluded that social justice for those peoples were a precondition for national economic development.

[Sevenoaks, Kent: George L. Frow, 1978]. Tall 8vo. xii, 207, [1] pp. Numerous illustrations, photographs, diagrams. Brown boards, gilt lettering, w/ d.j. (minor shelfwear upper fore-edge), NF/NF copy, w/ errata slip tipped-in. First edition, 2nd printing, No. 2194, of this invaluable guide tracing all the various styles and variants of the Edison company phonographs. The authors have taken great pains to fully identify and catalogue all known Edison models, providing an invaluable resource.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1926. Two vols. Thick 8vo. lxx, [2], 400; [4], 401-868 pp. Photo frontisps. both vols., over 100 photos, graphs, tables. Uniformly bound in original blue publisher’s cloth, gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering on spine (minor rubbing to spine, very faint tidemark to lower fore-edge of textblock vol. II, slight offset toning at gutter margins), still a VG- set, signed by Ramsaye and Thomas Edison, preserved in blue cloth open-backed slipcase, w/ red & gilt spine label. First edition, one of only 327 copies signed by Thomas Edison, and Ramsaye detailing the history of Motion Pictures, and movie projection equipment. Much of the work is devoted to Edison’s kinetograph camera, and the kinetoscope, the development of the motion picture camera, and television, as well as the rotating studio he designed for movie production in West Orange, NJ. Ramsaye incorporates significant sections to such photographic and movie pioneers as Muybridge, Edwi Porter, Melies, D.W.… Read More

Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, [1919]. Two parts in one. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 24; 24 leaves, printed on thick glossy paper stock, w/ photo & colour illustrations on recto of each leaf (slight shelfwear, rubbing), still NF set preserved in original printed envelope with instructional information, and stamp “China & Philippines” on recto (minor creasing, edgewear, former ownership ink markings). First edition of these scarce sets of plates designed for geography classroom use following World War I, filled with text by Burrall (1883-1960) to increase geographical literacy of children as well as promote the ideas of preparing American youths to assume the role of a “World Power.” This first set focused on China, includes text and photos describing the “Avenue of Stone Animals;” increasing number of girls attending school; rice fields, street restaurants, Chinese temples, along with several parts with photos by E.H. Wilson of the Arnold Arboretum. The photographs are… Read More

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, [1919]. Two parts in one. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 24; 24 leaves, printed on thick gloss paper stock, with photo illustrations & colour illustrations on recto of each leaf (minor thumbing, very slight soiling), still VG set preserved in original printed envelope with instructional information, and stamp “Indian and African” on recto (minor creasing, edgewear, ink marks on verso). First edition, of these scarce sets of plates designed for geography classroom use following World War I, filled with text by Burrall (1883-1960) to increase geographical literacy of children as well as promote the ideas of preparing American youths to assume the role of a “World Power.” These plates feature images of images and text detailing Flathead Indians of Montana, with photos by C.J. Blanchard; Ojibwa & Chippewa Indians, with photo by Roland Reed; Pueblo & Hopi Indians in Arizona & New Mexico, with photos and colour plates by Vroman and Franklin Price Knott; as… Read More

London: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50 Leadenhall St., 1897. Thick 4to. xvii, [1], 486 pp., [1 (unnumbered) leaf] hollowed out booksafe composed of approx. 50 leaves pressed holding 3 miniature hornbook samples sized from 1.5 x 3.8 in. to 2.25 x 4.5 in., w/ linen clasp inserting into overlay w/ printed label, plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads., including illustrated ad for Arthur Gaskin’s Horn-Book Jingles. Copper-engraved frontisp., preserving tissue guard, hand-coloured vignette on title, nearly 300 text illustrations, plates, and photo illustrations throughout. Brown ribbed publisher’s cloth over beveled boards, gilt & leather spine label in shape of hornbook (minor rubbing, slight shelfwear & very light fraying head & foot of spine), still VG copy, w/ ownership markings dated May, 1897. First edition, thus, of this one-volume edition of the author’s early work detailing the varieties, development, and history of the hornbook. This widely used educational tool from the 15th to early 19th… Read More

Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, [1919]. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 24 leaves, printed on thick glossy paper stock, w/ photo & colour illustrations on recto of each leaf (slight shelfwear, rubbing), still NF set preserved in original printed envelope with instructional information, and stamp “Sahara Life” on recto (minor creasing, edgewear, former ownership ink markings). First edition of this scarce set of plates designed for geography classroom use following World War I, filled with text by Burrall (1883-1960) to increase geographical literacy of children as well as promote the ideas of preparing American youths to assume the role of a “World Power.” This set focuses on an Arab bedouin tribe and a young woman named Machla, featuring photographs by Lehnert & Landrock, and Bougalt, including desert life, Tunisia, and concluding with view of Timbuktu in Mali. Worldcat ostensibly locates 5 surviving Sahara Life in Africa portfolios (at least 2 are microfilm copies); See: Katie Good,… Read More

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., [1966]. 8vo. [8], 320 pp. Numerous illusts., genalogy chart. Black boards, gilt lettrng (mnr bmpng to crnrs), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), VG/VG copy. First edition.

New York: McGraw-Hill, [1970]. Lg. 8vo. 313, [1] pp. Maps, diagrams. Red cloth, w/ d.j. (price-clppd), NF/VG. First edition of this story of the gold rush routes across Mexico, and another installment in the American Trails Series.

New York: Harper & Row, [1966]. 8vo. [8], 210, [2] pp. Half-blck cloth over red boards, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng to crnrs), w/ d.j. cover art by Michael Silberman (mnr rubbng to fore-edges, slght scuffng), VG/VG-. First edition, stated, of this mystery set in Los Angeles.