Search Results: Titles starting with E from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Abbeville Press, 1985. SCARCE promotional poster printed in limited numbers for distribution at the ABA trade shoe in 1985. Near Fine, faint creases. Featuring Hicks painting "Peaceable Kingdom" 24" h x 18 3/4"w. Well suited for framing, and will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24" h x 18 3/4"w.

London: William Tegg, 1860. liv, (2), 739, (1) pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Finely bound in contemporary full polished calf, the back intricately tooled in gilt with black morocco label gilt, end papers and page edges marbled, Near Fine, slight rubs to calf, shadow of engraving to title page. " With numerous additions from the copy prepared by the author for republication: to which is annexed his letter to John Dunning, esq. Rev. and cor., with additional notes, by Richard Taylor." A quite handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition of Tooke's great philological work. . Later Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Volume I only of the First American Edition, issued without the maps and plates. 340 pages. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Very Good Minus, front board nearly detached with broken joint, rear joint starting to open but hinge holding well, boards soiled and rubbed at edges, moderate toning and foxing throughout, title and dedication pages uncut. Koster's classic work on the North of Brazil, first published in England in 1816, with a 2nd edition following in 1817. This 1st American Edition published and printed by Carey July 16, 1817. While the English editions are valued for their maps and prints, this American edition much the scarcer. No copies in current commerce, last auction record 1986. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 41213. Sabin, No. 38272.. First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus. Tall 8vo.

Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1792. In contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label with gilt lettering back, viii, 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good, a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil, moderate toning throughout, boards rubbed, first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin (c.1744-1825), who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War, later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature, and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, (1749-1831), the famous Yankee patriot, printer, newspaper editor, historian, and founder of the American Antiquary Society. . Early American Imprint. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1941. Limited and Numbered First Edition, # 165 of 900 copies printed, 850 of which were for sale. With the inked ownership inscription of The North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Architecture, Inc., which was existent from 1939-1974. Very Good Plus, toning associated with only the first few pages front and rear, interior clean and lovely, no slipcase or jacket. Blue buckram with gilt device front cover, xxxv, 290 pages, with numerous black and white photographs, map end papers. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Denver: Hardesty Floral Co., 1947. SCARCE promotional pamphlet 32. pp string tied, with numerous black and white photographs of buildings in the Cherry Creek district. Very Good, dampstain to wrappers at string tie, going a bit onto first page, light waer to wrappers at the tips. . Limited Edition. String Tied. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pittsburg (Pittsburgh, PA): Printed and Sold By John M. Snowden, Market-Street, 1812. "Allowed By the Authority of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and of the Presbyterian Churches in America." The printer, John M. Snowden (1776-1845) wasn an apprentice to Mathew Carey, and after moving to Pittsburgh in 1811 became the owner of the Mercury newspaper. He was known to be a friend to President Andrew Jackson. xviii, 19-372 pages, without music, as issued.. Bound in contemporary calf, Very Good Minus, loss of binding at spine ends, joints opened yet hinges good and holding well, edges and corners rubbed, pages uniformly browned, 1817 owner's name front end page and title page, many of the Psalms with contemporary manuscript numbers next to the Roman numerals. RARE in current commerce, a copy noted in a dealers catalogue in 1947 by Rare BookHub. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 24851. Early American Imprint. Calf. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Denver: Alan Swallow, 1960. The poet's first book, uncommon in current commerce. Naer Fine, slight browning at spine. 38 pages, containing a collection of 27 poems by Myers and 2 poems by the French poet Louis Aragon. "Bert Meyers belonged to no school or coterie and had no use for fashion. He was that rarest of creatures, a pure lyric poet. His poems are very much what he was–gentle, cantankerous, reflective, passionate and wise." Robert Mezey (Poetry Foundation website). . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian, New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page, 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.(cago). Very Good, in string-tied green paper covers, corner chips to covers and a 3" closed tear front cover, stain top corner title page. Starting with the "Oldest Church in America", the Church of San Miguel, Santa Fe and including the Cathedral of Mexico, Missions of San Juan Bautista, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and San Juan De Capistrano among others. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Near Fine, very light rubbing at edges of wrappers. The end of the Vietnam War in 1973 marked the end of the counterculture era. Slim 4to, unpaginated, illustrations in black and white and color. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886. 8vo, xiv, 363, 4 pg. International Scientific Series list, 44 pp. publisher's ads. With 38 figures and fold-out color map. International Scientific Series Vol. LVI. Map is Fine. Book is Very Good in publisher's decorative red cloth, top dusty, 1/2" chip to cloth at head of spine, the contemporary armorial bookplate of Charles Fry, with motto "Fidelitas". RARE in either the 1st or 2nd edition. John Milne, (1850-1913), British geologist, engineer, and seismologist, was the developer of the first international network for seismological data, and created what may be considered the world’s first modern seismograph. He spent 20 years residing in Japan, taking part in field investigations studying Japan's volcanoes. By the end of that period he came to the conclusion that seismic activity was not related to volcanic activity, in contradiction to popular belief and common theory. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No… Read More

No Place: Four Winds Press, 1980. SIGNED BY ARTIST Mercer Mayer lower right Publisher's promotional poster, 20 "w x 15 1/2" h, featuring a wonderful Mercer Mayer illustration. Near Fine, a few small faint creases. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1980. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 20 ' x 15 1/2" h.

Garden City: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951. SCARCE in dust jacket and collectible condition. Near Fine, usual page browning due to Doubleday's cheap paper. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light edge wear. A Crime Club selection, previously serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1957. SCARCE in the First Edition and dust jacker in collectible condition. Near Fine, slight fading to edges of cloth at spine ends, "Duplicate Sales" stamp red end paper, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chips at head of spine, spine evenly toned. Although no indication in the book, from the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, with his scholarly annotations in pencil at margins.Myrdal shared the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1974 with F. A. Hayek for their work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. SCARCE in dust jacket and collectible condition. Near Fine, slight toning at end papers, in a Very Good dust jacket, spine faded yet still legible, small chips at spine ends and flap fold corners. Henry C, SSimons spent almost his entire career at the University of Chicago. A student of Frank H. Knight, he was a foundational figure in the development of the Chicago School of economics. He is best known for A Positive Program for Laissez Faire (1934). "In Economic Policy for a Free Society Simons claimed that all it takes to precipitate a massive liquidation of securities is "a relatively small decline of security values" (Simons 1948). Simons is emphatic in pointing out that corporations that traded on a "shoestring of equity, and under a mass of current liabilities" are "placing their working capital precariously on call," and hence at risk, in the event of the slightest financial disturbance (Simons 1948). This is… Read More

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1897. From the personal collection of Princeton economics professor Walter L. Whittlesey (1878-1961), heavily annotated and extra-illustrated by him with contemporary newspaper clippings. Very Good, light wear at spine ends and corners, top gilt dulled. Hadley's Economics helped to establish him as one of America's top economists of the day, and this uniquely annotated copy by a fellow economist offers fascinating insight of one of his contemporaries. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1935. RARE in dust jacket and in lovely condition. While held by over 200 institutions, quite SCARCE in current commerce. Near Fine, tonoing to end papers only, in a Near Fine dust jacket, bottom corner front flap price-clipped, spine a bit browned, small chips at spine ends. xi, 326, 2 [ads] pp. Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959) is best known for The Economics of Welfare, which was first published in 1920. A student of Alfred Marshall, Pigou was named Professor of Political Economy in Marshall’s place in 1908. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1956. Near Fine, prior owner name front end page, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips at the spine ends, spine a touch darkened. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: CBS NEWS, 1959. 29 pages including title page, typed one side, stapled corner top left. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow, Produced/Written by Bob Allison, with Associated Producers Joel Heller and Betty Lord. Near Fine, "pg.16" in ink front cover, slight creasing to front cover. "This transcript is being made available to you with the understanding that no part of it may be released prior to 6:00 P.M. CNYT, Thursday, April 30, 1959". RARE. First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8 1/2" x 11".

Berkeley: Hipparchia Press, 1983. One of 26 (?) lettered copies, copy A, in an edition of 175 copies printed on Frankfurt cream and bound in Roma covers with Shibugami endsheets. SIGNED by both the Author and by Robert Duncan at colophon page. Very Good, stain to front wrapper, handmade paper wrappers a bit wavy. SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Handmade Paper. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Oblong 8vo. Limited Edition.