Search Results: Titles starting with E from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Birmingham, Alabama: [published by author], 1978. Soft cover. Near Fine. Staple-stitched in card covers. Clean and unmarked. Illustrations. 23, [1] pages. 10.7 x 8.2 inches. A descriptive overview of the process of the ''Carpetbaggers,'' being the 492nd Bombardment Group and the European Air Transport Command, a strategic collaboration between the USAAF and the RAF during the World War II from October 1943 to May 1945, tasked with delivering espionage agents and vital supplies for the underground, propaganda leaflet drops, and retrieving interned airmen from neutral Sweden. They worked with direction from the OSS and typically flew B-24's and C-47's, taking off from various RAF airfields throughout the UK, and conducting operations over France, Norway and Sweden. They flew missions for, notably, the SONNIE, BALL, WHEN AND WHERE, and SPEEDY Projects.

[Eagle Pass, Texas], 1943. Hardcover. Very Good+. Boards in blue cloth with front cover stamped in blind, gold and light blue. Light wear to covers. Some minor penciled notation, else internally clean. 100 pages. 12 x 9 inches. Portraits for the cadets for the Classes of 43-G and 43-F, the Ground School Flight Instructors, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Headquarters and HQ Squadron (56th & 57th Single Engine Flying Training Groups), 367th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron, 826th & 827th Single Engine Flying Training Squadron, 908th Quartermaster Company-Aviation (Ser.), 1046th Guard Squadron, 318th Army Air Forces Band, Detachment Medical Department, 354th (All-Black) Aviation Squadron, 35 of the top Army Air Forces leaders (including Claire Chennault), personnel of the Eagle Pass Air Field Staff (including Staff, Special Staff, Ground and Administrative Officers, Ground School Flight Instructors, etc).

Richmond, IN: Earlham College, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good-. Book is a little worn at the fore edge corners with fraying to the top corner. Some spotting/soiling to the surfaces of the boards. Previous owner's name on ffep. No other marks. Binding is sound. 8.75 x 11 inches. 184 pages.

[San Francisco]: [Book Club of California / Grabhorn-Hoyem Press], 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Nine keepsake folders printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem and issued to members of The Book Club of California. Bound in boards in full marbled-paper; paper title block on spine. Boards show very mild wear; contents fine. Ten color trade card reproductions. pp. [36]. Includes folders for Widow Finke's Champagne, A. C. Robison & Company, The Riverside Land & Irrigating Co., California Silk Manufacturing Co., Bancroft's, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Levi Strauss & Company, Livingston Bros., and The Hoffman.

CT: Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut Committee on Historical Publications, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. Staple-bound booklet has light sun toning and a little light wear to edges. Name on inside of front cover. All other pages are clean. Reprint of original 1934 publication, November, 1957. 6 x 9 inches. 26 Pages.

[Portland, Oregon]: [Oregon Historical Society], 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by the author on the first page of text to Lewis H. McArthur, the geographic historian and author of Oregon Geographic Names. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. McArthur's own note, regarding the presentation, on the front free endpaper. [9] pages, with many leaves of filler to support the binding. A reprint of Galvani's article, originally issued in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, December 1920.

Pacific Coast Surgical Association, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has a tiny bit of bumping to fore edge corners. Name and date of Feb 1982 on verso of ffep. Pages are clean. 361 pages.

[North Branch, Minnesota]: The Chisago County Bicentennial Committee / [Printed by Review Corporation], 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. Card covers show light wear with some minor soiling. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. Over 400 pictures. 294 pages. 10 x 8 inches. A collection historical information and images about Chisago County, Minnesota. Sections of the book are arranged by the county's townships: Amador Township, Branch Township (incl. North Branch), Chisago Lake Township (incl. Center City, Chisago City, Lindstrom), Fish Lake Township, Franconia Township (incl. Taylors Falls), Lent Township (incl. Stacy), Nessel Township (incl. Rush Point, Danewood), Rushseba Township (incl. Rush City), Shafer Township, Sunrise Township (incl. Peaceful Valley, Kost), and Wyoming Township.

New York: Japan Society Gallery, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good+. Stiff card wraps. Clean with light edge wear. B/w illustrations (and about 24 color). Bibliography, glossary. 139 pp. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Early Masters: Japanese Woodblock Prints from 1680 to 1750" presented at the Japan Society Gallery in October and November of 1991.

Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1892. Hardcover. Good-. Book has wear to the edges of boards as well as rubbing to surfaces. Cracked leather at lower rear spine edge as well as upper front spine edge. A few tiny cracks to leather at head and tail of spine. Slight crumbling of leather at lower fore edge corner. Attractive all-leather-bound edition has floral embossing all the way around the top half of the book. Gilt lettering on front board. Slightly padded boards. All gilt edges. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. 364 Pages.

Noblesville, Indiana: Soulcraft Fellowship, Inc., 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Pelley in 1957 on flyleaf. Second Edition. Boards in burgundy leatherette with gold lettering on spine. Just a tad spine cocked. Lightly worn at spine ends, corners rubbed. Interior is clean, pages crisp. 276 pages.

North Hollywood: Newcastle Publishing Company, Inc., 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author on half-title page. First edition. Book has bumping with wear to fore edge corners as well as head and tail of spine. Head of spin has a tiny chip at corner. Spine edges and wrap edges have heavier rubbing/wear with one small closed tear to upper back edge. Rubbing to wraps. One small, horizontal crease near head of spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight. 246 pages.

Osaka: Osaka Mainichi, 1923. Soft cover. Very Good-. In card covers, string bound. Covers are a bit soiled (more on the rear cover); some splits and tears along spine; 1 cm. of loss at head of spine. Pages show a few short closed tears and some light soiling. 8.25 x 12 inches. [Text in English and Japanese]. 19 pages of English captioned photographs of the Great Japan Earthquake of 1923, known as the Great Kanto Earthquake. This earthquake, which devastated the Kanto region, including the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, struck just before Noon on September 1, 1923. Fires followed the earthquake and developed into firestorms. It is estimated that more than 142,000 people lost their lives in the devastation. The photographs were taken in the days and weeks following the earthquake. The first three pages show scenes of Price Regent Hirohito visiting the ruins and Empress Teimei visiting the Japan Red Cross and a emergency hospital. Other photos show various scenes of destruction and human desolation,… Read More

Denver, CO: East High School, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book has a little wear to head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. Light general soiling to boards. Autographs/ inscriptions in front of book. Rest of book is free of writing.

[Portland, Oregon]: Duniway P.T.A. and Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association [printed by The Sellwood Bee], 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. Staple-stitched in printed card covers. Light handling. Rear cover shows minor soiling and has a short (7mm) closed edge tear. Illustrated throughout. 24 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. Five institutional copies located on OCLC. Booklet published in 1977 as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Duniway School, being a collection of articles on the history of the Eastmoreland neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Includes material on Reed College, the Duniway School and Abigail Scott Duniway, the old trolley line, Berkeley Park, the Eastmoreland Grocery, Wards Market, Eastmoreland Golf Course, the Julia Groo House, Rhododendron Garden, social clubs and more.

New York: Macaulay Company, 1929. Hardcover. Good-/Fair. First American edition. Yellow cloth boards stamped in black and silver. Boards are soiled and worn. Fore-edge of text block stained (not affecting page-faces). Interior is unmarked; a few pages have spots of soiling, else clean. Dust jacket is in fair condition: front panel is chipped; rear panel is very grubby and has damage; old repairs on reverse; not price clipped ($2.50); in a clear archival sleeve. The rear panel of the jacket shows a biographical sketch of the author by Malcolm Cowley. 238 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. Rare in dust jacket. Robert Coates' first novel, The Eater of Darkness, was first published in Paris by Contact Editions in 1926. This is the first American edition, as issued by the Macaulay Company.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Eau Claire High School, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Foot of spine cracked where it meets the front cover; small chip on rear edge of spine. Many signatures and inscriptions at front and rear of book (and a few throughout). Pages are a bit toned, else generally clean. 142, [2] pp. 10.75 x 8 inches. Yearbook for Eau Claire High School located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Includes individual portraits of the senior class and faculty with full names. The junior, sophomore, and freshman classes are in homeroom group photos with everyone is identified by their first initial and last name. Also includes group photos for student clubs, organizations, and sports teams, most all identified with their first initial and last name.

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Good. Book is a little bumped at head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. A tiny bit of fraying to spine. Tiny bits of exposed board at the lower fore edge corners. Light wear along the spine edges and fore edges of the boards. A few small spots on the bottom edge of the text block and on the end papers. Original violet end papers. Has a stamp from G.H. Stowell Free Library on front paste down. No other signs of library ownership. Also has a label from Burnton's Bazar in NY on front paste down. Early printing, 1873 (book was originally copyright in 1872). 1872 copyright is owned by Daniel Holmes, husband to Mary. 423 pp.

New York: Rudolf Steiner School Association, 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. Book has a little edge wear with 2-3 very small closed tears to wraps. Light age toning to the edges. One crease to back page. Pages are clean and binding is tight. 12 pages.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Hogarth Press-Hawaii, 1972. Soft cover. Good+. Softcover. Light wear to covers. Bit of speckling to fore-edge of text block. Light underlining on two pages, else interior is clean and unmarked. Minor buckle to book. 162 Pages. 9 x 5.75 inches. A deconstruction of what the author refers to as the "military-educational-cultural complex," being the indoctrination of militarism and military values through schools, military institutions and through American culture. Boyer also provides a strategic roadmap for reconstructing American society in order to prepare for a future without war. Contents: Part I - Teaching for War Through Military Institutions: 1. Conditioning Military Behavior. 2. Indoctrinating Military Ideologies. 3. Creating Marines: Militarism Par Excellence. Part II - Teaching for War Through Civilian Institutions: 4. Teaching Military Values Through Civilian Institutions. 5. Teaching Military Values in American Schools. Part III - Reconstructing American… Read More