Search Results: Titles starting with E from Grinning Cat Books

First Limited Edition, First Printing. One of 500 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy, unnumbered. A wonderfully detailed history and description of hostelries of early California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. The first study of its kind at the time, highlighting places frequented by the pioneers. California's first hotel, the Portsmouth House, San Francisco's other hostelries, San Jose's earliest inns, Santa Clara's Frémont House, and Sutter's Fort. Frontispiece and illustrated throughout with over 50 illustrations and maps. Fine in publisher's original navy blue spine and tartan red cloth. Content fine; pages uncut. Octavo. 6 1/2' x 9 1/2'. A lovey copy, especially in this wonderful condition.

First Edition thus. (1905). Near fine and complete. These four volumes are a reprinted portion of the same volumes Reuben Gold Thwaites's masterful 31-volume series on travel in the American West in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compiled from the notes of Major Stephen H. Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party by Edwin James, botanist and geologist to the expedition. Edited with notes, introductions and index by Mr. Thwaites. This scarce set presents the account of the experiences of the Stephen H. Long expedition of 1819-1820, in which Long was sent to find the source of the Platte River in the Rocky Mountains, detailing his exploration from Pittsburg to the Rocky Mountains. With a large fold-out map in Vol. I depicting the drainage of the Mississippi River, along with several plates bearing black & white images of people and sights seen during the expedition. Just about fine in rust cloth, with gilt text, top edges gilt, remaining edges deckled, some fading to the spines of volumes two… Read More

First Edition. A touch faded on the upper boards otherwise fine in a just about fine dust jacket. Signed by Tyler on the title page below her printed name. Octavo. 200 pages. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color by Barry Moser, and signed by him on the title page. Fine in original cloth-backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. 22.5 x 28.5 cm. 64 pp. A lovely retelling of this timeless classic.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine grey cloth, glit bright with no fading, with a very good dust jacket, minor edge and top and tail of spine wear. Bit of foxing to rear dj flap, otherwise a very bright pictorial jacket. A wonderful collection of five novellas and short stories with interlacing themes, each built around a medieval myth, with The Enigma and The Ebony Tower serving as the basis for TV and film adaptations. 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A lovely copy, relatively scarce in this condition.

First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in a very good plus dust jacket. In publisher's original beige-and-brown cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued, and fine thus. The definitive book on the photographs of renowned early 20th century photographer, Edward Weston. Includes biography of Weston by Ben Maddow. Afterword by Cole Weston, his son. 'My brothers Chan, Neil, Brett, and I believe this book does honor to our father's work. It is the greatest collection of photographs by Edward Weston ever published. The reproductions most closely resemble in quality and tone his original print.' Dust jacket with small closed tears along the edges, and wear along head and tail of spine and corners.; otherwise richly colored and presented. Oversize-volume format in panoramic dimension. 299pp. A beautiful book.

First Edition, First Printing. Condition: Fine, as new. Fritzsch offers readers the opportunity to listen in on a meeting of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a present-day physicist. While he introduces the theory of relativity, Fritzsch teaches its sources, its workings, and the ways it has revolutionized our view of the physical world. An Equation That Changed the World dramatizes the importance of relativity, for the human race, and the survival of our planet. 'Fritzsch could not give the modern reader a more memorable introduction to the personalities and science of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein unless somehow he could find the keys to H. G. Wells' time machine.Many readers will applaud Fritzsch for this lively but profoundly insightful book.' (Booklist). 'Fritzsch has dreamed up a dialogue between the two great physicists, helped along by a fictional modern physicist.The conversation builds up to an explanation of E=mc2, and on the way illuminates the important points where Newtonian and… Read More

First Edition, First Printing (1910). Outside of the very first Wizard of Oz book, a wholly unique title in the entire Oz series. After 10 years and five Oz books, Baum grew tired of OZ and turned his attention to creating a new children's tales. Accordingly, The Emerald City of Oz was created and published as a final, farewell book that would close out the story and OZ franchise.

"You will never here anything more about Oz," Dorothy writes to the author in the final chapter, "because we are now cut off forever from all the rest of the world. But Toto and I will always love you and all the other children who love us."

As such, the publisher pulled out the stops to make this "final" OZ book elaborate and very special. The illustrator John Neill created 16 full colored plates (as opposed to 12), and each plate was embellished in an emerald green metallic ink. The front cover was similarly embellished with a silver metallic background and the emerald metallic ink as well. The metallic cover lasted… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. An excellent rare and comprehensive history and reference source. Very good in burgundy cloth, some shelf and edge wear, spine heads chipped on both volumes above the book title. Pages slightly toned, but otherwise bright and clean, and all content complete. Overall, a very good set of this rare and important work. Covers Japan's geographical & historical, constitution & the law, the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05. * The problems of the Pacific, administrative and social status, Christian-missions in Japan, status of women. Economic, financial and industrial position. Korea: triumph of barbarism, early days under Japanese control, passing under tutelage, inauguration of the protectorate, reform & reorganization, annexation and the last phase. Mistreatment of Koreans. Manchuria: development, growth of Japanese influence, South Manchuria Railway, policy of Russia before the war. China: awakening, constitutional movement, the dawn of revolution, Szechuan Rising,… Read More

The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature. Number 1 (January 1927); Number 2 (1927); Number 3 (1929). Three volumes, complete. Beautiful facsimile edition. Tall narrow quartos. With a few black and white illustrations. Near fine in original decorated boards. A few black and white illustrations. A wonderful set.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good plus in original cream cloth, decorated in brown. No dustjacket, as issued. Scarce early Taber title. Small octavo. 5.5 x 7.75 in. 303 pp.

First Edition. Signed by both President Carter and his wife, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, n the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dustjacket. For Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the transition from the White House to Plains, Georgia, was painful. Everything To Gain is their warm and unpretentious account of their successful adjustment to a new life, full of encouragement and insight for any couple wanting to renew their commitment to each other and to life. A fine copy of their moving and inspirational story.

First Edition thus. Privately Printed, 1925. Limited edition, numbered 291 of 300 copies. Signed by Norman Douglas, noted for his famous work, South Winds. Collected essays, including the author's study of Charles Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Very mild foxing to lower cover and upper text block, corners slightly bumped, otherwise near fine in original beige boards, printed title label affixed to spine; and very good dust jacket, lightly stained at top and bottom of spine, small tear at rear. Deckled, uncut pages. Quarto, 8 x 11 in. 229 pp. One of the best we've seen.