Search Results: Authors starting with E from Graver & Pen Rare Books

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pencil notes on endpaper describe this as both a ghost story and a Utopian novel. Subscription library plate on pastedown, else no other library markings. Natural foxing to endpapers, else clean, nice copy.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth. 10th book in series. Former owner signature in small letters on pastedown endpaper; pencil x's have been erased on ad page at end. Dust jacket has some tears and creases along bottom edge, but still nice in Brodart protective cover. Scarce, in original jacket, which interestingly deviates from the design pattern of the previous nine titles in this series.

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by author. 621 page hardcover in red cloth. A few minor markings and underlined names by former owner, else a clean new looking copy.

London: John Long, 1924. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ads dated Winter 1924. First edition of a sci-fi classic that first appear serially in All-Story Weekly, about an invasion of under-sea creatures. Natural foxing to pages, else a tight, very good or better copy.

New York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First edition. . Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED by noted artist and photographer John W. Ehninger. Signature rather ghostly, showing up only very lightly on the title page, but can still be mostly made out. Inscribed to a lady (name unreadable, but first name Alice) "with the compliments of John W. Ehninger" and dated Feb. 6 1860. Below is another brief line in the same hand, but which is unreadable. Oversize book in original boards, but with crude but serviceable library repair to spine, and a few other library markings. Foxing to pages, else in good condition. Rare.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. First edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Price clipped. vii, 282 p. : port.; 23 cm. Includes Portraits. Presumed first edition (no statement of printing). In very nice condition red and gray jacket, with portrait on rear panel. Former owner gift inscription dated 1951 on endpaper.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original decorative cloth. Bit of fray to spine head, small bookplate, light edgewear. Map at back very good with only one slight tear.

Everts & Abbott, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quality facsimile reproduction of the 1879 original, printed in 1976. Very nice condition, about as new.

Ace Books, 1958. First edition. Ace D-312 . Trade paperback. Good/No dust jacket. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Fair to good only 208 p. General wear, mild creasing, 3/4 inch tear at spine fold, first and last pages loose, but still a reasonable example and one that might be benefit from minimal expert repair. Former owner name written inside front wrap.

Genealogical Publishing Co, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint in red cloth, pages a facsimile of 1887 original. Nice clean condition

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor price stamp on rear endpaper, a very good copy, early printing.

Geoffrey Bles, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in good jacket, with chips to edges. Colorful, Pictorial jacket.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Early edition. No date given, 1877 lightly penciled on title page by previous owner, more likely early 1880s. Illustrations throughout. Famous in their day for historical romances, Erckmann-Chatrian's lesser-known supernatural stories were admired by M.R. James. Four leaves of ads, including this title listed as the final no. 20 in the "Erckmann-Chatrian Library." All titles but this final one had appeared under Ward, Lock & Tyler, the publisher having dropped the final name in this year. Ad at rear lists Erckmann-Chatrian titles at a shilling unillustrated in wrappers, or, as here, at 2s. 6d. illustrated, in cloth. In his famous essay "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories, James wrote, "I should feel myself ungrateful if I did not pay a tribute to the supernatural tales of Erckmann-Chatrian. The blend of French with German in them, comparable to the French-Irish blend in Le Fanu, has produced some… Read More

London: Ward Lock, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Scarce, early reprint with illustrations (it appears papback editions were published without). Earliest printing was 1876, under the Ward, Lock & Tyler; this printing undated. One leaf of ads at end, with no listings by this author; prices are 2 s. or 2s. 6d. for "cloth gilt." This copy in unusual red cloth, ornately decorated in black and gold, with enlarged "M" of title on front board in light blue. "Erckmann-Chatrian Library" on front board (this title was no. 19 in the publisher's list of 20, though no list appears in this copy). Glossy yellow endpapers with former owner signature. Hinges with minor expert reinforcement, else a near fine, bright copy. In addition to the werewolf title, collects six other stories including "Queen of the Bees" (not listed in contents, but appearing as the final story). Includes ghost and supernatural stories "Uncle Christian's Inheritance"… Read More

Somerset, NJ, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good, with unmarked pages, clean and tight. Former owner name and stamp to blank endpapers.

London: Duckworth, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket price clipped on front flap. No signatures, no bookplate. Nice looking copy.

Bay City Public Schools, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Red cloth hardcover, black and white illustrations.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Signed by author to former owner, and dated Oct. 22 1938 on half-title page. A nice book in poor dust jacket with large chips and tears.

Audio Book (CD). Very Good. Softcover. Self-published autobiography. No noticeable wear

New york: Harcourt, Brace and company, 1943. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition with "I" on copyright page. Red cloth.