Search Results: Titles starting with E from Crooked House Books & Paper

Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full purplish-blue cloth covers lettered in gilt, under tan, brown and black dust jacket, 7-3/4" tall, 322 pp. + colophon. Dust jacket has fading to spine and about 1-1/4" strip along front panel near spine; price-clipped. A nice, neat first edition of the first book of the Pulitzer Prize winning author.

London: William Collins, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Green and white decorated paper over boards, 8vo, 46 pages, 8 plates in color and 26 illustrations in black and white, #92 in the Britain in Pictures series; dust jacket edge worn with a small chip to the head, now protected in mylar.

Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Edition not stated, matching dates suggesting first edition (Macmillan a little spotty in this era.) Blue cloth boards under green pictorial dust jacket, 8-5/8" tall. Minor toning to jacket, price-clipped; book has discoloration at hinges. Autobiography of the great stage actor.

Random House, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing stated. Dark blue cloth spine over lighter blue cloth boards, blindstamped, lettered in silver to spine, under the classic illustrated DJ designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. A standard of post-apocalyptic fiction, this was Jimi Hendrix's favorite book, was Stephen King's inspiration for The Stand, and is on the slate for a 2024 miniseries (this listing written at the end of 2023.) Book itself just has very minor aging; DJ has chip at head of spine panel, about 1/2" deep.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author(s). Stated first edition, green boards backed in cream cloth, gilt stamped titles, 8vo, 200 pages, inscribed by Anne Tyler on front free end paper, signed again on title page; a well kept copy, top of front board is a bit toned; dust jacket now in protective mylar.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6. Signed by Author(s). Brown cloth, gilt stamped titles, 12mo, 200 pages, signed by Anne Tyler on title page; a well kept copy; price clipped dust jacket now in protective mylar.

Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7. 357 pages, 138 illustrations and 24 tables; red cloth boards with black titling, unclipped dust jacket with small closed tears, creases, rubbing and a bit of chipping at extremities, now in protective mylar sleeve.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 144x8x176. Moser, Barry. Signed by Author(s). Full letter line beginning with "A"; signed by Barry Moser on title page; large 4to, 64 pages, illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Nancy Willard and Barry Moser add their unique magic to the classic Norwegian story about a brave girl who journeys "over sand and sea, towers and turtle, moonbeams and millstones" to rescue the Prince that should have been hers.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tunis, Edwin. Signed by Author(s). Sixth printing, signed by author at half-title page. Hardcover, full black cloth binding with white, red, and gilt decoration and lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, 8-1/4" x 6-1/2", in-text illustrations throughout, 326 pp. Spine ends turned in, wear to top edge of jacket. Very good in good jacket. This is one of Edwin Tunis' earliest books as an illustrator and his pictures capture the variety of Maryland's culture and contributions to the cookbook, which is a compilation of recipes from Maryland's old manor houses, inns and taverns. Stieff claimed that each recipe in this collection was obtained at its source and not lifted from any previous publication unless it was more than one hundred years old. Entire chapters dedicated to oysters and terrapin, along with various other seafood, fowl and meats along with various courses and sweets, and a chapter on… Read More

Oakland: Thompson Health Publications, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Sixth and Latest Edition" statement of unknown veracity on title page. Hardcover, full blue cloth boards with red decorative lettering to front cover and spine, 8-1/8" x 5-1/2", 191 pp. + ads. Owner's name stamped to endpapers, else very good indeed; dust jacket chipped at head of spine panel and bottom of front panel. Laid in are three pamphlets: a sales brochure for this book, "How We Digest Our Foods," by Thompson, and "Palatable Recipes" by Mrs. J. Douglas Thompson. The latter two are essentially promotional booklets for their book Health Recipe Cook Book, and likely what one might expect when joining their $5 club (see below.) Very good in good jacket. Dr. J. Douglas Thompson had his hand in a few things: he self-published his own books, he wrote a health & diet column for the Oakland Tribune, he had a half-hour program on KTAB, and at least two violations for false advertising as a chiropractor. His license was revoked in… Read More

Denver: Sage Books, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third revised edition. Light blue cloth, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, 479 pages, illustrated with maps and photographs, map endpapers. Dust jacket a little ragged along top edge, split and small internal chip to front flap hinge, now in protective mylar cover. Some 700 towns are mentioned in every mining area of the state. 26 maps and 105 photographs.

Geneva Hale Quigley. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author(s). First edition, ca 1971, full leather with gilt titles and decoration, 4to, 168 pages, signed, "Ed Quigley/1st edition" on front free endpaper, filled with illustrations by Ed Quigley in color and black and white; dust jacket shows wear, scotch tape repair near tail of spine on front cover, cup ring, toning and light rippling, now protected in a mylar cover. A handsome copy of a collection of art work by iconic artist of the west, Ed Quigley. 0

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12x9x0. Black cloth with silver titles, folio, 128 pages, color prints by Hopper throughout; boards sunned along top edge, pages lightly toned towards edges; dust jacket rubbed in places, now in mylar cover. Oversize, additional shipping charges may apply.

Oxford University Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, yellow typographic dust jacket, 8-3/4" tall, 285 pp. Fine in near fine jacket.

Skokie, IL: The Black Cat Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Miniature tan leatherbound volume with gilt decoration and titles, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches, 67 pages, tiny silver Lilliput bookseller's label on rear paste down; a fine copy with no noted flaws. Handbound by Bela Blau, illustrations courtesy of the Newberry Library, design typography and production by Norman W. Forgue.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on title page, 3rd printing. Hardcover, black boards with dustjacket, 8vo, 448 pp. Brian Greene's first book, The Elegant Universe was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A professor of physics at Cornell and Columbia, Greene is more widely known for his books, PBS shows, and speaking.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Miniature hardcover; 3 x 2 inches (approx), vi,26,[1] pages, frontis portrait of Lamb; marbled paper boards, no notable flaws. Limited to fifty copies. Introduction by Wallace Nethery. Three essays on Lamb by J. C. Bloem, Edgar Allan Poe, and Woodrow Wilson.

Paulist Press, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5x1x8. Black spine over glossy pictorial boards; soil mark to bottom edge of pages. Check our listings for more titles from this series.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair. Louis Darling. Signed by Author(s). First edition, signed by the author on half title page, bound in full yellow cloth with girl's portrait in red and black on front board, 8vo, 160 pages, black and white illustrations by Louis Darling; boards smudged and worn at extremities; tattered dust jacket with taped repairs inside spine and front panel, one inch chip out at head of spine, spine sunned, original price of $2.00 present on front flap. Beverly Cleary's second book deals with the friendships of grade-school girls and the boys who torment them. This is the book that introduced Otis Spofford, who gets his own story in Cleary's fourth novel. Scarce.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Tan cloth boards with green lettering, 8.5 x 6 inches, 249 pages. Boards are lightly edge worn, spine is dented towards the middle with two small nicks, head of spine bumped, endpapers toned; dust jacket creased and worn near extremities, now in protective mylar. A curious book of gardening, humor, and relationships.