Islands, the Universe, Home (Excerpt)
by Ehrlich, Gretel
Viking / Penguin. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 7pp. Thin octavo [22 cm] Stapled white and blue printed wraps. Fine condition. Gretel Ehrlich is the author of The Solace of Open Spaces.
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To Touch the Water
by Ehrlich, Gretel
Boise: Ahsahta Press / Boise State University, 1981. First edition. Paperback. 46pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Green printed wraps. Very good. The spine and surrounding areas are heavily faded. Author's scarce second book. "At the time To Touch the Water was published, Gretel Ehrlich was a filmmaker, essayist, editor, cow- and sheepherder, part of both the West and New York,... Read More
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Fritz Eichenberg: The Artist and the Book
by Eichenberg, Fritz; Dale Roylance (Introduction)
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very good minus. SIGNED. Slim octavo [23 cm] Tan and black printed wraps, with the front wrap illustrated with a wood engraving for Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. The rear wrap has a large area of light staining, and the terminal pages are ever so slightly creased. Internally, very... Read More
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The Wood and the Graver: The Work of Fritz Eichenberg
by Eichenberg, Fritz
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1977. Limited First Edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. 199pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] 1/4 red leather with gray cloth over boards, and housed in a gray board slipcase. Near fine. With a very faint waviness to the top edge of the text block. In a very good slipcase, with light spotting to the spine, bottom edge, and... Read More
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The Old Farm
by Eikmeyer Jr., Rudolf
New York: R.H. Russell, Publisher, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Unpaginated. Folio. [36.5 cm]. 1/4 brown cloth over olive boards with inlaid reproduction photographs on front board. Severe rubbing and scuffing to fore edges. Corners bumped and scuffed. Boards showing through paper at fore edges. Spine cracked. With beautiful half page black and white photographs of farming... Read More
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The English Cabalah Volume II: The Mysteries of Phi
by Eisen, William
Marina Del Rey, CA: DeVorss & Company, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Odd volume. 752pp. Thick octavo [24 cm] Bright blue paper over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. Minor rubbing to the backstrip. Bookshop sticker on title page. In the dust jacket, with fading to the spine, and light creasing to... Read More
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The Flower Girl
by Eisenhart, George H.
Reading, PA: I. M. Beaver, Publisher, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 233pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards, with an ink stamped title on the front cover has almost completely rubbed away, with only a few traces of the white ink remaining. The edges of the covers and spine are lightly bumped and rubbed, and the... Read More
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The English Cabalah Volume I: The Mysteries of Phi
by Eisen, William
Marina Del Rey, CA: DeVorss & Company, 1993. Second printing. Paperback. Near Fine. Odd volume. 608pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very minor wear to the extremities. Bookshop sticker on title page. From the rear cover- "In this book, William Eisen shows that the English alphabet- which is really nothing more than 26 hieroglypic symbols- was actually... Read More
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Kingdom in the West, Volume 5 - Defending Zion: George Q. Cannon and the California Mormon Newspaper Wars of 1856-1857
by Ekins, Roger Robin (Editor) ( Will Bagley - Series Editor )
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. As NEW. Light blue cloth spine and boards with truquoise letterbox and silver lettering on spine and front board. "In the wake of the gold rush, an obscure religious weekly waged a remarkable newspaper war with the leading journals of California. George Q Cannon, one of the... Read More
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Butter Honey Pig Bread
by Ekwuyasi, Francesca
Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020. Later printing. Paperback. New. 317pp. Octavo [23cm]. Illustrated wraps.
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So this then is The Appreciation of Ali Baba of East Aurora: as discreetly and delectably done by his Friend and Coadjutor, Fra Elbertus (also of East Aurora). Wherein is told of the Life, Labors, & Public Services of a good man and true: with copious extracts from his Orphic Sayings & instructive Moral Anecdotes relating to his Career, told for the Edification of the Young
by Elbertus, Fra [Elbert Hubbard]; Anna McMillan (Illuminator)
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Press, 1899. First edition. Anna McMillan. 150pp. Octavo [21.5in]. 1/4 suede leather and brown paper over boards, with gold lettering stamped on the spine and front board. Corners and extremities are rubbed and bumped with underlying boards showing through. Suede leather is beginning to crumble. Text block is cracked once at the beginning. Ribbon bookmark... Read More
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The Mormons: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Elgin, Kathleen; Foreword by Ray Knell
New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth over boards with the title and decorative embellishments in brown ink on the backstrip and front cover. Very good plus condition. In a very good dust jacket, with sunning to the spine and a few of the edges. Illustrated by the author.... Read More
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The Encyclopedia of Religion (16 volumes in 8 books)
by Eliade, Mircea (Editor in Chief)
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993. A mix of 4th and 5th printings (Complete and Unabridged Edition). Hardcover. Very Good. ***Will require extra postage due to the number of volumes. Thick quarto [28.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with copper stamping. Patterned endpapers. With light wear to the extremities, and a few minor scratches to the surface of... Read More
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A|MUSE|D - FRAG/LE AN/MALS
by Elizabeth, Shannon; Hale Mark Seely
Wolves & Rabbits; Hale Mark Seely, 2022. First edition. New. Unpaginaged. Quarto. Pictorial paper. Local poetry publication containing the work of two poets. Their poetry collections start from opposite covers. SIGNED by both poets on their respective title pages.
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Rifqa
by El-Kurd, Mohammed
Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2024. Reprint. Paperback. New. 100 pp. Octavo [22.7 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Each day after school, Mohammed El-Kurd’s grandmother welcomed him at the door of his home with a bouquet of jasmine. Her name was Rifqa—she was older than Israel itself and an icon of Palestinian resilience. With razor-sharp wit and... Read More
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Alamos: A Philosophy in Living
by Elkus, Richard J. (Photographs and text)
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Limited edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. Folio [42 cm] 1/2 brown suede with with yellow, tan and orange striped cloth covered boards. Good. The extremities are rubbed and have large areas of damp staining. The top and bottom edges of the text block have numerous light moisture stains. The cloth is mildly frayed along... Read More
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Forty-Four Years as a Redneck Judge
by Ellett, A. H.
A. H. Ellett, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 217pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black textured vinyl cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine is just a tiny bit rolled back. "Ellett Books" stamp on the rear pastedown. In a very good dust jacket, with mild rubbing to the... Read More
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From the Berkeley Hills
by Elliott, George P.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. SIGNED. 123pp. Octavo [21 cm] Charcoal gray cloth over boards, with gentle bruising to the spine ends. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with light shelfwear and a 1/2 closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Signed by the author on the... Read More
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From the Berkeley Hills
by Elliott, George P.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 123pp. Octavo [21 cm] Slate cloth covered boards with gilt and metallic pink stamping on the spine, and the publisher's device stamped in metallic pink on the front cover. Near fine condition. In a very good dust jacket, with mild age-toning, and very minor rubbing and... Read More
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History of Idaho Territory: Showing Its Resources and Advantages, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Farms, Mines, Mills, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools & Churches
by Elliott, Wallace W.; Nancy Stringfellow (Introduction)
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1973. Limited Edition. 302pp. Folio [36.5cm]. Mottled brown paper over boards. Title printed in gilt on spine and front board. Illustrated endpapers. Corners and spine ends bumped. Ex-library, with a bookplate on front pastedown. Limited to 800 copies, of which this is number 798. Facsimile reprint. The original edition was published in 1884... Read More
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Library of American History from the Discovery of America to the Present Time (9 volumes)
by Ellis, Edward S.
The Charles P. Barrett Co, 1905. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Very Good. Quarto [26 cm] 3/4 black leather with dark green cloth over boards, and gilt tooled spines. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. Extremities lightly rubbed; short split in the leather at head of front joint of volume 2; text block of volume 3 cracked at the... Read More
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His Excellency, George Washington
by Ellis, Joseph J.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. SIGNED. 320pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Black paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The spine is just a trifle rolled. The author's inscription has bled through to the copyright page. In the dust jacket, with minor surface wear. Inscribed by... Read More
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The Golden Spike
by Ellson, Hal
New York: Ballantine Books, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 243pp. Octavo. 1/4 tan paper with black paper covered boards and a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is slightly rolled. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in fair condition only. The edges are rubbed and creased and... Read More
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Zion in Paradise: Early Mormons in the South Seas (Twenty-First Faculty Honor Lecture)
by Ellsworth, S. George
Logan, UT: The Faculty Association, Utah State University, 1959. Original printing. Paperback. 36pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Light blue and white printed wrappers. Very good. The wrappers are just a little soiled, rubbed and creased. From the text- "Everyone knows something about the Mormon struggle for a place on the American frontier, and the ultimate settlement in the mountain... Read More
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Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950 (3 volumes)
by Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield; Keita Itoh; Lawrence Wu; Jean Schmitt; Caron Smith; Introductory commentary by James C.Y. Watt
New York: Random House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 399; 369; 281pp. Folio [36cm]. 3 volumes, each bound in a different hue of cloth. Gilt lettering on each spine, and a title label (in Mandarin Chinese) on each front board. Gilt edges, which are sporadically, lightly scratched. All in a clothbound clamshell, which is decorated with an... Read More
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