Search Results: Authors starting with E from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

Events, Ideology and Economic Theory; The Determinants of Progress in the Development of Economic Ananlysis, Wayne State University Press, 1968, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and with publishers complimentary slip laid in. From the library of the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

FLYING THE ATLANTIC in The American Magazine for August, 1932, Crowell, first edition, some mathematical figures penned on the rear cover, else a near vg copy in full color pictorial wraps. Alas, we are ignorant if this essay by Earhart has ever appeared in book form. If not, then------ 

THE WORLD IN 2030 A.D., Hodder & Stoughton, (1930), first edition, light wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, boards a bit dulled, else a tight vg copy with all the wonderful E. McKnight-Kauffer art deco illustrations present and intact. Life 100 years hence. 

THE LONG NAKED DESCENT INTO BOSTON, Viking, 1977, first edition., previous owners stamp on f.e.p., else fine in like dust-wrapper save for 3 tiny nicks. A novel of 18th Century America with many of the famous personages of the time making an appearance.

LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY, FSG, 1970, first edition., head of spine gently bumped, else fine in like dust-wrapper. Illustrated with photos from the film starring Robert Redford, Michael Pollard, Lauren Hutton. An original screenplay.

THE MYSTERIES OF BLAIR HOUSE, Conjure House, 1948, first edition (limited edition), fine in vg+ dust-wrapper. Illustrated by W.A. Bostick.

GEORGE WASHINGTON PAPERS in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress for January, 1965, U.S. Government Printing Office, first edition, some light soiling, else near fine in wraps. 24 pages of Washington's papers which was bequeathed to the Library of Congress are addressed here. Profusely illustrated of course.

BIRDS OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM MEMOIR 12, U. of the State of New York, 1910, 2 Vols., a vg set profusely illustrated in color and black & white.

A FEARLESS INVESTIGATOR, Mcclurg, 1896, first edition., a bright vg+ copy. In Hubin with much fantasy content: Mediums and the spirit world, travel to Jupiter and talks with those of that planet, body switching, author spirit guides, etc. A most uncommon book.

THE WORSHIP OF IT AND OTHER FANCIES, Grant Richards, 1915, first edition, age toning to the t.p.e.'s, off-setting to the end-papers, else a near fine copy. Illustrated by W. Gordon Mein. A collection of fantasies. Uncommon to be sure. From the library of Forrest J. Ackerman.

MORE ABOUT TEDDY-B AND TEDDY-G THE ROOSEVELT BEARS, Edward Stern & Co., 1907, first edition, spine rubbing and wear to the corner tips, else a solid vg copy with near fine contents and all 15 full color plates (16 when one counts the front cover) by Francis P. Wightman & William Sweeny present and in wonderful condition.

TEDDY-B AND TEDDY-G THE BEAR DETECTIVES, Edward Stern & Co., 1909, first edition, spine lettering dulled, some modest staining to small areas of the lower section of the front cover, very slight bumping and wear to the upper edge of the boards, fore edge corner tips strengthened, else a solid vg copy with near fine contents and all 15 full color plates by Francis P. Wightman & William Sweeny present and in wonderful condition.

TERROR TRAP in The American Magazine for December, 1955, first edition, near fine in wraps. (I note no evidence of this ever being published in book format here or in the U.K.).

SHIFTS OF BEING, Oxford University Press, 1968, first edition, near fine in like dust-wrapper. INSCRIBED and dated by the author at time of publication to the former premier Walt Whitman collector and noted philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

SPEAK NO EVIL, Random House, 1941, first edition., some light brown stains of a couple of leaves, else vg+/near fine in like dust-wrapper with just the slightest of wear.

WHILE THE PATIENT SLEPT, Doubleday Doran, 1930, first edition, spine a bit dulled, some foxing to the paste-downs, else a near vg copy of this, the authors third book. Crime Club. Formerly Science Fiction Grandmaster Hal Clements' copy.

THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF CHINAWARE, Lippincott, 1925, first edition., fine in vg dust-wrapper save for chip missing from upper right corner of the dust-wrapper spine. Illustrated with well over 110 photographic plates.

THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, first edition., fine in like dust-wrapper. Illustrated in full color by Eugenio Carmi.

FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, first American edition, small section of front and rear board bruised near the mid fore edge, else fine in like dust-wrapper. Review copy with accompanying review slip laid in.

TRAVELS IN HYPER REALITY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986, first edition., fine in just about fine dw.