Search Results: Authors starting with E from poor mans books

N Y, N Y/ Germany: Dutton/ E Nister. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1890. Paperback. Chromo-lithograph; Oblong 24mo 5" - 6"; 12 pages; Each page with chromo illustrations. 4 x 5" .

NY: Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 208 pages; Crime Novel By Edgar Award-Winning Author American Literature. Author: Donald E. Westlake - Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only three writers (the others are Joe Gores and William L. DeAndrea) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, "God Save the Mark"; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, "The Grifters"). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Width: 6" Height: 9". First printing of the author's first novel under his own name. Dust jacket with stains and a… Read More

Public Ledger ?. Good with no dust jacket. 1921. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; F E Mallery apparently was a minor political official and workman's advocate in the 1920's. He also took up the cudgel in defense of various other causes. His letters are signed variously as "Conervative Labor", "Enforcement", Wicked", etc. About 60 pages. Some replies are signed by John Martin, an editor for Public Ledger of Philadelphia. .

Harcourt Brace. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. Photographs; Forster's life as an Indian while he wrote Passage to India. Daily life, exciting events, pomp and splendor. Blue clot. DJ in brodart with slightly darkened spine. Front panel has a tear down fromnt edge. Fairly scarce. With photographs. .

Philadelphia, , Pa,: G M Hopkins M E. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Synthetic leather. Folio 19; Hopkins, Atlas of…Howard County, 1878. Title page with 4 mainly marginal repairs. Includes 5 single page maps including ones of both hemispheres. Also 24 double page maps including maps of Maryland and of the United States including territories. Rebound in Leather like cloth. 14.5 x 17.5 inches, Colored and mounted on stubs. Subject Headings - Anne Arundel County (Md. ) --Maps - Baltimore County (Md. ) --Maps - Baltimore Suburban Area (Md. ) --Maps - Real property--Maryland--Anne Arundel County--Maps - Real property--Maryland--Baltimore County--Maps - Anne Arundel County (Md. ) --History - United States--Maryland--Anne Arundel County - United States--Maryland--Baltimore County - United States--Maryland--Baltimore Suburban Area. Appearance and contents are nice. Includes customary notes and statistics. .

General Electric. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Paper. color; Folio 18 x11"; Circus. General Electric Refrigerator Big Top Circus Paper Toy Playset. Measures 15" x 16". General Electric, 1950 Stupendous, Colossal. Envelope with moderate chipping to edges. Color contents VG . 60 Pieces Big Top Tent with ANIMATED G-E RINGMASTER, MERRY GO ROUND AND RING OF FORTUNE, MAGIC ANIMATED WAGON, WILD ANIMALS, SIDESHOW FREAKS, CLOWNS AND ACROBATS... .

Arbor Villa Via Salida, Colorado: The Hermit.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940-1943. Softcover. B&W Illustrations; 8.5 x 5.6"- vol 3 a bit smaller. Publishers wraps. Vol 5 with tiny chip to u/l corner of front cover and minor fading to spine. Pagination ranges from 30-50 pages each pamphlet. .

Illinois Bar. Fine with no dust jacket. 1868. Reprint. 4 pages; The case of People Vs Patterson Heard by Judge Davis before a crowd of 3000. Reprint from the Illinois Bar Journal 1940. .

Masthof Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2008. Wraps. B&W Illustrations; 8.5 x 11"; 87 pages; Tipped in label indicating that this was donated by Moyer. Photgraphs .

Herbert S Stone. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 442 pages; Dialogue of the Peruvian area in late 1800's. Publisher's blue cloth worn and faded. Sontents sound, bright and unmarked. .

Berea College Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Wrappers. 24 pages; Limited edition. One of 300 copies. 9" x 11".; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1853. Hardcover. Indians, American; Native Americans; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Publisher's original blue, heavily ornate gilded cloth covers. All edges gilt. Light, mainly marginal, foxing to plates. Two owner's [Harry Delano and Thomas HIllis], inked names on first blank, one dated 1853 and one 1919. Engraved title page and 26 b/w plates. Plates go back to the time of Desoto and earlier and cover a variety of subjects, usually of a dramatic nature. Hinges and binding solid. 12-7/8 x 9-1/2. Howes E-17; Sabin 21682 .

Albany: Websters & Skinners. Good with no dust jacket. 1826. 1/4 leather. Chemical Instructor: Presenting A Familiar Method Of Teaching The Chemical Principles And Operations. *Websters & Skinners. Albany. *1826. Front cover hanging by a thread. Contents firm and complete. .

Albany NY: State Museum of New York. Fair with no dust jacket. 1915. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; In portfolio held by green cloth boards. About 106 plates with blue taped edges and so forth. Condition is poor. 12 x 9: . Apparently used by a teacher to show his class. .

Yokohama: R. Meiklejohn & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1883. Cloth. xvi,296 pages; Publisher's blue decorative cloth covers. Ex-lib, see library pocket at backcover. Otherwise clean and unmarked other than a couple of other address and dedication stamps. Binding is sound. .

Eicklingen, Germany: Walter De Gruyter. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1921. Presumed 1st. Cloth. charts, diagrams; 117 [2] pages; Small book, text somewhat toned. Mathematics of ballooning. Text, diagrams, formulae. German langauge, book is solid with no markings. .

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. 1st. Hardcover. Blue cloth backed boards. DJ in Brodart with sunning to spine and edges. Spine Oxford University Press. Is still quite clear and readable. Book itself in clean and sound with author's clear signature on title page. Eberhart's second book. .

NY: William S. Gottsberger,. Good with no dust jacket. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs; A large one here- Folio, green cloth, 20.75 x 16", 15 lbs, spine label of morocco leather and gilt . List of Illustrations and complete with 20 mounted photographic reproductions by Frederich Bruckmann of Munich, with descriptive letter-press. These are on heavy card and often have marginal faults [tears or chips]. Artists: L. Alma-Tadema, W. A. Beer, W. Gentz, P. Grot-Johann, H. Kaulbach, Ferd. Keller, O. Knille, F. Simm, Laura Tadema, E. Teschendorff and P. Thumann. Binding & hinges tight. Nicley rebound in green cloth with original marbled eps boundin. Receipt enclosed relating to one of the pictures. .

London: T Fisher Unwin. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. [Children's Library Series]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; vii, 160 pages; Spine fairly heavily sunned. Very ornate bookplate of Aubrey Jones. Tissue covered frontis. Contents clean. .

Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. 236 pages pages; Le theatre d'amour au XVIIIe siecle: le luxurieux, la Comtesse d'Olonne, Alphonse l'impuissant, l'appareilleuse, Leandre-Nanette, le temperament, les deux biscuits, les plaisirs du cloitre, tableaux des moeurs du temps. Width: 6.5" Height: 9.5". Volume is bound in three-quarter morocco leather and purple cloth. The spine has raised bands and stamped gilt lettering. The book shows moderate external wear. The binding is sound. The volume has decorated endpapers. The original wrappers have been bound in. The wraps and pages edges somewhat toned. The pages are otherwise clean and without markings. This is a title in the series Les Maitres de l' Amour. .