Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan
by Gary L. Ebersole
Stanford University Press, 1989. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. The 1989 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light soiling to the panels) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 338 pgs.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
by Eric Ecclestone
London: Penguin Books, 1941. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1941 1st edition, in its uncommon original dustjacket. A VG pocketbook (with light foxing at the panels and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light wear along the spine and flap-folds. A handsome wartime production.
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Three American Sculptors: Ferber--Hare--Lassaw (Signed byTed Berrigan)
by E.C. Goossen, R. Goldwater and I. Sandler
New York: Grove Press, 1959. SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN --WHO PRESUMABLY OWNED THIS COPY-- on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1959 1st paperback edition. Tight and VG in its printed wrappers, with light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 74 pgs.
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The First Editions of the Writngs of Charles Dickens: Their Points and Values
by John C. Eckel
Maurice Inman, NY, 1932. Hardcover. 1932 signed/limited. 1 of 250 copies signed by the author, John Eckel. A handsome 3/4 dark blue leather quarto, without dustjacket as issued. A VG+ copy with very minor spotting to small portion of the leather. Signed by Author(s).
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Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees
by Allan W. Eckert
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1969. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. A superb copy of the 1969 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Jacket and map by Lorence Bjorklund.
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The American Circus
by Wilton Eckley
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1984. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1984 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Save for a tasteful former owner bookplate at the front free endpaper, internally immaculate. Ocatvo, 223 pgs.
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Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C.
by Arthur M. Eckstein
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1987 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light staining along the lower-edges) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with inconspicuous staining at the inside of the dustjacket. Octavo, 381 pgs. Part One: Northern Italy; Part Two: Sicily; Part III:... Read More
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The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades 1191-1374
by Peter W. Edbury
Cambridge University Press, 1991. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1991 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 241 pgs.
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Poems (In Dustjacket)
by Mary Baker Eddy
Boston: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1910. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Very Good -. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1910 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine to Fine, with all edges gilt. And in a VG- example of the unprinted dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges... Read More
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Tour in Connemara and the Martins of Ballinahinch (1833)
by Maria Edgeworth
London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1950. 1/2 Vellum. Very Good. The first appearance in print of this long 1833 letter by Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849). Bound in its 1/2 vellum over dark-red boards, with bright red leather title lable along the spine. A bit of light soiling at the rear panel, otherwise clean as could be. 16mo,... Read More
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SOME #7/8 (The Double Issue)
by Edited by Harry Greenberg, Alan Ziegler and Larry Zirlin
New York: SOME, 1976. Ephemera. Near Fine. The uncommon 1976 completed box of SOME, "which constitutes double issue 7/8" of this collection of literary ephemera (broadsides, post cards, pamphlets, pencil, etc.), all contained within a wood-simulated card box. All pieces clean and Fine, in near-pristine to pristine condition. Contributors include James Tate, Terry Stokes, Robert Bly, Paul Violi,... Read More
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Elastomeric Proteins: Structures, Biomechanical Properties, and Biological Roles
by Edited by Peter Shewry, Arthur Tatham and Allen Bailey
Cambridge University Press, 2003. Laminate boards. Near Fine. The 2003 1st hardcover edition. Tight and Near Fine in its laminate blue boards. Octavo, 391 pgs.
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Quaestio #17 -- Reality and Its Concepts AND Is There Such a Thing as "Baroque Philosophy
by Edited by Jean-Christophe Bardout, Costantino Esposito & Marco Lamanna
Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2017. Original wraps. Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2017 1st edition of issue # 17 in the "Yearbook of the History of Metaphysics" series. Clean and Fine in its light-brown pictorial wrappers. Thick octavo, text in English, Italian, French and German.
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Direction (The Maiden Issue)
by Edited by John Hyde Preston et al.
Darien, CT: Direction, 1937. Stapled wrappers. Near Fine. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the uncommon December 1937 1st issue of this cutting-edge, literary and art-centric monthly issued out of Darien, Connecticut. This 1st issue, crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial, stapled wrappers, features the work of Theodore Dreiser, Le Corbusier, John Dos Passos, etc. Light foxing... Read More
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The Encyclopaedia of Islam --The New Edition (12 Vols. Complete Plus the Indexes)
by Edited by H.A.R. Gibb et al.
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 2004. Cloth. Near Fine. The "new edition" of Brill's sweeping Encyclopaedia of Islam, complete in 12 volumes (plus the 3 Index supplements) and spanning 1979 thriugh 2004. All volumes clean and easily VG+ to Near Fine. Vols. I-IV bound in their dark-green boards, Vols. V-XII consisting of loose fascicules (as issued) within each chemise.... Read More
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Unusual Occurrences as Clues to Cancer Etiology
by Edited by Robert W. Miller et al.
Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press, 1988. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 1988 1st edition of this "Proceeding of the 18th International Symposium of the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund, Tokyo, 1987". Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its dark-red cloth. Quarto, publishged jointly with Taylor & Francis, Ltd. of London and Philadelphia. Text... Read More
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Direction
by Edited by John Hyde Preston et al.
Darien, CT: Direction, 1938. Stapled wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the January 1938 uncommon 2nd issue of this cutting-edge, literary and art-centric monthly issued out of Darien, Connecticut. This 2nd issue, clean and easily Near Fine in its pictorial, stapled wrappers, features the work of John Dos Passos, Le Corbusier, Theodore Dreiser, Erskine Caldwell,... Read More
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Organo-Clay Complexes and Interactions
by Edited by Shmuel Yariv and Harold Cross, Eds
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc, 2002. Laminate boards. Near Fine. The uncommon 2002 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-green and blue laminate boards, with just a touch of mild spotting at the front panel. Thick octavo, 687 pgs.
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The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalogue of His Library of Manuscripts, from the Original Manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford and Trinity College Library, Cambridge
by Edited by James Orchard Halliwell, Esq
London: Printed for the Camden Society, 1842. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. The very uncommon 1842 1st edition of this original publication of "two curious documents concerning Dr. John Dee", the great 16th century occut philosopher (1527-1609) who devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy. 1) "His Private Diary, written in... Read More
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History of Bridgeport (CT) and Vicinity (2 Vols.)
by Edited by George C. Waldo, Jr.
New York: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917. 1/2 leather. Very Good. The scarce 1917 1st edition of this thorough history of Bridgeport Connecticut, hugging the Long Island Sound in the Southwest corner of the State. Complete in 2 quarto volumes. This deluxe edition bound in a 1/2 dark leather over dark-green pebbled boards. 4 slightly-raised bands to... Read More
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Frederick Law Olmsted -- Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Parl as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895 (Vol. II)
by Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Vol. II only (complete unto itself) of this epic 2 vol. examination of the life and work of almost certainly America's greatest landscape architect of the 19th century, Frerderick Law Olmsted. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition, Vol. II focusing largely... Read More
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Siqueiros: Through the Road of a Neo-Realism or Modern Social Realistic Painting in Mexico
by Edited by the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico
Mexico: National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico, 1951. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY SIQUEIROS on the first blank endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1951 1st edition of this very impressive monograph on the great Mexican social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Tight and VG in its dark-blue cloth (light smudging at the front... Read More
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Allergic Hypersensitivities Induced by Chemicals: Recommendations for Prevention
by Edited by J.G. Vos, M. Younes and E. Smith
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc, 1996. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its navy-blue laminate boards. Internally sharp as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, published on behalf of the World Health Organization for Europe.
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The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music Printed Before the Year 1801(in 2 Vols.)
by Edith B. Schnapper, Ed
London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1957. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1957 1st edition of this attractive 2 volume set. Both volumes clean and VG+ in their original red cloth with bright gilt-lettering to the spines. Quartos, 1,178 pgs. all told. "A record of the holdings of over one hundred libraries throughout the British Isles
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The Story of Little Black Sambo
by Helen Bannerman (uncredited in this Edition)
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co, 1905. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 2nd U.S. edition, 1905. The "Christmas Stocking Series". INTRODUCTION BY L. FRANK BAUM!! 64mo (miniature), 56 pgs. plus publisher's ads. A clean, well-preserved, VG+ copy in its original red cloth with decorative holly-border and "Sambo" illustration to front panel. Text on the versos, vivid color illustrations on... Read More
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