Search Results: Authors starting with E from Bluebird Books

New York: Princeton Archetectural Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2019. Hardcover. 1616898046 . Per the title, this collection of cartoons all share a common theme: books. With entries by notable cartoonists, especially Americans. --- Bound in red paper-covered boards with representative cartoons to covers. --- An about-Fine, gift-worthy, newish copy lacking damages. ; Square Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 144 pages .

Osaka-shi, Japan: Sogensha, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Softcover. 4422300083 . An English language guide to the historic traditions, culture, geography, history, politics and other characteristics that made up the Japan of 1985. With black & white photos throughout. Chronology of important dates in Japan's history to rear of volume. --- A softcover copy in brown wraps. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color photo of Mount Fuji with bullet train passing in the foreground. --- A clean, newish, unmarked copy. Jacket also in excellent condition.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; viii, 315 pages .

New York: Condé Nast Books/Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0375500308 . Second printing. In green coated paper-covered boards. Volume follows a format with menus and recipes for a wide variety of occasions, each accompanied by bright color photos. With detailed index. --- Volume and jacket clean, bright and unmarked, jacket with a slight creasing and bearing orig. $27.50 US flap price.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 255 pages .

Racine, Wisconsin U. S. A.: Whitman Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0307015661 . In pictorial paper-covered hardcovers with green-toned illustrations by Mr. Gollub. A nice copy, though a bit yellowed & w/sticker removal evidence, front cover.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 138 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 23 separate stories, by different authors, in a fancy edition. Features stories by the likes of O. Henry, Pearl Buck, Ed McBain, William Faulkner and others. With color frontis and cover panel paintings by John Ward. Includes a section of brief biographies of the authors at rear of volume. Published as part of Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. --- In navy leatherette covers, decorated in gilt; all edges gilt and with three raised spine bands. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, crisp, unmarked copy but with light scratching to textblock gilding.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall ; (14), 415 pages .

Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. An ex-library copy of a collection of tales from ancient Rome, presented in Latin for the English-speaking student. Editor/translator Walter Alison Edwards has chosen these stories for their easy readability in order to engender familiarity with Latin for the student reader. With footnotes in English, and a vocabulary at rear of volume. --- In red cloth-covered boards with cover titling in blind, without spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- Evidence of former ownership by the Denver Public Library includes pocket, rubberstampings, spine serial number and stickers. Also with former owner's signatures and infrequent interior pencilings, else a sound, fully readable copy.; Ex-Library; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 77 pages .

Melbourne: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. A 1965 reprint (with corrections) of a work first published in 1947. A scholarly examination of the makeup of various Australian ores, such as copper, gold, silver, etc. Particular emphasis is given to mineragraphic techniques. With several sections of gloss plates displaying magnified black & white images of various minerals. Also with several drawings and charts. --- In full dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped institute seal to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in simple yellow dust jacket. --- A prior owner's rubberstampings have been blacked over on textblock lower edge and front free endpaper and with rounded cover corners, else a sound, tightly-bound copy. Jacket with sunned spine, a little soiling to front cover and with small tears and chafing of edges; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall;… Read More

Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd ,U.S.. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0870111191 . Stated first edition. Noted Japanese chef supplies recipes from all over Asia: from Japan to India to Turkey. With color photos by Yoshikatsu Saeki. With glossary and index. --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped decorations on cover & spine titling. Jacket with color photos of tempting dishes. --- About fine copy in good only jacket which has one-inch square chip at top of front cover; bears original $7.95 flap price.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 146 pages .

San Francisco: McSweeney's Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 193636574X . A stated first printing of the fourth novel by Dave Eggers. In this highly-readable work, the protagonist travels the world in order to earn money that he desperately needs. --- In ornate olive and gold cloth-covered boards with dark blue endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (likely as issued) but retains its removable original rear panel publisher's sticker. --- An about Near Fine copy: clean, bright and unmarked.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 312 pages .

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1556701594 . Stated first edition. A hefty catalogue of paintings displayed at Saint Petersburg's Hermitage. A preface by B. B. Piotrovsky and V. A. Suslov includes a brief history of the institution, from its beginnings in about 1764. Includes 630 color illustrations, which, per the jacket flap, makes this work ". . .the finest, most inclusive and most up-to-date Western work ever published on the [Hermitage's] collection." Back matter includes index of artists and painting titles. --- In olive cloth-covered boards with titling in blind to cover; spine titling in silver. Dust jacket features representative color paintings to front and back panels. --- With a hint of sunning to tail of spine, else a newish, tightly-bound, bright copy. Dust jacket in excellent shape but with slight rubbing. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151001014 . In nice condition. In maroon half cloth & maroon paperboards; interior of vol is clean & unmarked. Interior page w/sm. tear. DJ a bit scuffed but otherwise undamaged. With orig $22 flap price unclipped. Stated first ed. ; 1.18 x 7.82 x 5.78 Inches; 300 pages .

New York: Time Incorporated. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. A wide-ranging summary of American painting, from colonial days through the 1950s. With color images and textual descriptions throughout. --- In cream cloth-covered boards backed in maroon leatherette with gilt-stamped cover and spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, firm copy but with light soiling to covers.; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); x, 318 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. A selection of 6 dramas by 6 leading English playwright/poets whose works first appeared from the 17th Century through the early 19th Century. --- Included are: All for Love, or, the World Well Lost by John Dryden; The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith; The Cenci by Percy Bysshe Shelley; A Blot in the 'Scutcheon by Robert Browning; and Manfred by Lord Byron. With introduction, notes, 2 tissue-guarded sepia illustrations of scenes from "She Stoops..." and a reproduction of a publishing contract involving Oliver Goldsmith. One from a rather scarce version of the series, "The Harvard Classics" as published by P. F. Collier, edited by Charles W. Eliot. --- In dark red buckram cloth-covered boards with titling and Harvard crest, and Charles Eliot's facsimile signature in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. TEG (top… Read More

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. A selection of 9 Greek dramas, with translations by E. D. A. Morshead, E. H. Plumptre, Gilbert Murray and B. B. Rogers. With introductions and notes, tissue-guarded sepia frontis bust of Aeschylus, another tissue-guarded bust of Euripides and an image of an outdoor amphitheater in ancient Greece. One from a rather scarce version of the series, "The Harvard Classics" as published by P. F. Collier, edited by Charles W. Eliot. --- In dark red buckram cloth-covered boards with titling and Harvard crest, and Charles Eliot's facsimile signature in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. TEG (top edge gilt), other edges deckled and with dark red ribbed endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked though with moderate chafing to extremities of cloth and a scratch to back cover.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (4), 466 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. A selection of six plays by European authors and rendered into English by various translators. The 26th entry in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics", edited by Charles W. Eliot, who has supplied introductions and notes. With sepia frontis illustration of Molière in audience with Louis XIV. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with the Harvard crest in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations and grey-green topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With a bruise and torn cloth to back cover edge, sunning to spine and chafing to cloth at head of spine; otherwise an intact, firm, unmarked copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 474 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. A collection of prefaces and introductions to famous books by noted authors such as Caxton, Copernicus, Raleigh and many others. The 39th entry in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics", edited by Charles W. Eliot, who has supplied introductory notes. With sepia frontis portrait of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with the Harvard crest in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations and grey-green topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With mild sunning to spine, partial splits near front and back of volume, slightly bowed boards and with chafing to cloth at spine ends. Though damaged, the book remains intact and fully readable.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 462 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. Four of George Eliot's best-known complete and unabridged novels in a single hefty Modern Library Giant edition. Includes her "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner" and "Romola." The author, Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), wrote under the George Eliot pen name because it was difficult for works by women authors to be taken seriously during her lifetime. Includes a brief, unattributed biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine G5 / green cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer oval on black cover & spine blocks / black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G51.1. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and sturdy, though with minor soiling to cloth. Fair-only dust jacket with numerous… Read More

London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1968. Flexible leather. 1968 reprint of the 1952 issuance. A handsome, compact leatherbound edition of George Eliot's second novel, first published in 1860, which revolves around her sibling characters Tom and Maggie Tulliver. It has been described as a ". . .masterly tale of the childhood joys and woes and the adult trials. . ." of the Tullivers. With an introduction by Gerald Bullett, a brief biographical sketch of the author by "H.d.R." and with a black & white frontis image of Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot). --- In full flexible pebbled leather covers, grey patterned endpapers, gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations and blue topstain. A star is blindstamped to back cover. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A well-preserved copy: bright and unmarked but with prior owner's rubberstamping to front paste-down, and very small bumps to cover corners, otherwise lacking damages worthy… Read More

New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. The author's second novel, first published in 1860, revolves around her sibling characters Tom and Maggie Tulliver. Includes a biographical note on the author, Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), who wrote under a male pseudonym because female authors were not taken seriously in her day. Also with criticisms and interpretations by the likes of Henry James and others. Number 9 in the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction series, as selected by Charles W. Eliot. --- In black flex hardcovers with gilt-stamped spine titling and Harvard crest in blind to front cover; TEG (top edge gilt). Volume lacks a dust jacket, probably as issued. --- With dusty soiling to covers. Interior is a little age-toned, and with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, otherwise a likely unread, excellent copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (4), xxiv, 565 pages .

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. A 1909 reprint of the first published work of fiction by England's George Eliot. Presented in the form of three short stories, all are concerned with English provincial life in the Midlands. With color and black & white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. "George Eliot" is the pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans. --- In attractive burgundy cloth-covered boards with cover and elaborate spine decorations and titling in gilt. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound, sound copy though with some sunning to spine; a weakened front hinge has been carefully repaired on this item.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; viii, 429, (2, ads) pages .