Search Results: Authors starting with E from High Castle Books

Placerville, CA: Gold Leaf Press, 1992. xii, 147 pp., 1/4 blue paper-covered binding w/ white boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has prev. owner's bookplate to front pastedown, small "x" in ink to front endpaper, slight damage to bottom page edges causing a very short tear to bottom edge of 2 pages; / Foreword by Melvin Morse, M.D. Author details her profound and life changing near death experience. / . Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Colorado Springs, CO: Dentan_Berkeland, 1967. iv, 230 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows some very light shelfwear to bottom edges; boards bow outward towards the fore edge; prev. owner's name to verso of front endpaper; Jacket shows wear & chipping to ends of spine & folds, esp. top ends; spine browning slightly; some light soil & minor rubs overall / INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Map illustrated endpapers. /. Signed by Author on Title Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Macmillan Co., 1902. xxiii, 461 pp., green cloth w/ gold lettering & black & white decoration, t.e.g.; Book shows a little darkening to spine w/ light wear to ends; white color of flowers decorating spine is almost completely worn off, w/ about half the same type of decorations to front cover worn off, or partly worn off, as well; light to moderate foxing to endpapers; prev. owner's name label to front pastedown; pink ribbon bookmark is included, but detached / Tells about the history and construction of sun dials and about rose gardening. Illustrated with numerous charming B&W photos of sun dials and rose gardens. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hilsdale, MI: Hillsdal College Press, 1999. xiv, 225 pp., pictorial wraps / Champions of Freedom: The Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, Volume 26. /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1990. xi, 115 pp., wraps; book has some light rubbing & color flaking to covers; light edgewear; a couple of formerly dog-eared pages / ". . . describes dozens of jobs for people who like to work with words. You will learn about jobs in libraries, publishing houses, newspapers, think tanks, bookstores, and many other places. You will meet many successful people who will tell you how they got where they are and what they like (and don't like) about their work with words!" /. edition not stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall / Treehouse, 1981. (140) pp., pictorial wraps; Book has remainder stripe to bottom edge of page block; back cover has a couple of impressed lines; light crease to bottom edge of back cover & last few pages / Contains seventeen mysteries for the reader to solve, with explanations and solutions in the back of the book." Juvenile. Translated from the German by Stella and Vernon Humphries. /. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by Rolf Rettich. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown / Back Bay Books, 1976. 566 pp., black binding w/ white lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light shelfwear to bottom edges; a couple of minor dings to edges of page block w/ a small brown stain to top edge; "friends of library" stamp to title page, but book is NOT a library copy; Dust jacket shows slight wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a few small nicks & a very short tear to bottom of spine; front panel has 1/4" closed tear to top edge; some light soil to rear panel; small area of slight rubbing & minor soil to spine panel / Author is four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Harper & Row, 1970. xix, 799 pp., deckled edges, aqua cloth w/ gold lettering & silver decoration, Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has foxing to spine & upper a lower extremities of boards, bumped corners, minor spot of soil to top page edges, slightly rubbed area form old price erasure to top corner of front endpaper; Jacket shows wear & chipping to spine ends, wear & rubbing to ends & edges of flap folds, very short tears to top edges, edge wear to top & bottom edges, some light rubbing & assorted minor blemishes / "The intent of this book," Dr Eckstein says in his Introduction, "is to make the human body more familiar to anyone who owns one. . . . The human mind is the body's master and the book's destination." / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1974. (xii), 162 pp., brown cloth w/ orange lettering & illustration to front board; DJ in clear archival cover; DJ shows light wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a very short tear to bottom end of front fold; spine is a bit darkened w/ some spots of rubbing, not affecting text; small creases to top edge of flaps / ". . . can be read independently or as a sequel to ('On the Shred of A Cloud') . . ." /. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: The Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1929. 138, xi (index) pp., brown cloth w/ gold lettering & decoration, all edges gilt; Book shows a little wear to corners of boards & ends of spine w/ a bit of fraying at head of spine; threading to front joint area w/ minor areas elsewhere; some small nicks & scrapes to gold page edging / This book is an interesting historical artifact, as it has a long inscription to the front free endpaper, beginning: "Presented to Miss Mabel H. Spellman by her Sunday School teacher at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis Missouri on the occasion of her departure from St. Louis." and continues on to offer her ". . . the best wishes of her teacher and fellow Sunday School pupils . . ." On the other side of the endpaper are the signatures of (presumably) her teacher and her fellow students (20 signatures, in all). Those I can read include: William S. Morgan C.S.B., George H. Mitchell, Faith D. Fitzgerald, Virginia… Read More

NY, NY: W. W. Norton, 1985. 316 pp., pictorial wraps; possible Quality Paperback Book Club edition; Book shows some edge wear esp. to edges of spine & corners; foxing to edges of page block / Illustrated with B&W photos. /. edition not stated. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1937. v, 436 pp., index 4 pp., dark green cloth w/ green lettering, red & green illustration & decoration; Book shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine & corners w/ corners of rear board lightly bumped; 2 small holes worn in cloth at top edge & fore edge of front board; small scrape to front board w/ a few small rubs to boards overall; light soil to edges of page block; endpapers & pages browning lightly at edges; crease & tiny edge tear to corner & fore edge of one leaf / Cardboard combination protractor, ruler and square tucked in pocket on rear pastedown. Illustrated with B&W photos, diagrams and charts. /. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Menlo Park, CA: Cummings Publishing Co., 1976. 133 pp., orange cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows minor wear to corners; light foxing to top edge of page block; prev. owner's name to front endpaper / Laid in are photocopies of the newspaper columns Tomorrow and Tomorrow: "A Closed Church, Again," by Michael Novak, and On the Right: "The Poor Get Poorer?" by Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. /. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chengdu, Sichuan, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1991. (approx. 95 pp.), pictorial wraps; Book shows spine rolled back some; some lightly rubbed areas to title page / The text is in both Chinese and English. Illustrated with B&W and color photos. /. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1975. 368 pp., white cloth boards, front board printed w/ title & pictures; Book has some soiling to boards / Basic repairs around the home in the areas of plumbing, electricity, small appliances, large appliances, heating cooling, yard & garden. By the editors of Time-Life Books. /. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1981. black w/ silver lettering & pasted on illustration; Book has rubbing to illustration on front board, bump to bottom of front hinge and to right edge of front board / One of 18 volumes in the series. Illustrated with many color and B&W photos. /. Revised Edition, 1st print.,. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo (9 3/8" x 9 1/4").

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1982. black w/ silver lettering & pasted on illustration; Book has a few minor bumps to top edges of both boards, very minor wear to bottom corners & base of spine / One of 18 volumes in the series. Illustrated with many color and B&W photos. /. Revised Edition, 1st print.,. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo (9 3/8" x 9 1/4").

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1981. black w/ silver lettering & pasted on illustration; Book has frayed nick near top of spine at rear, faint scrape line to upper portion of front board, light bump to bottom corner of front board / One of 18 volumes in the series. Illustrated with many color and B&W photos. /. Revised Edition, 1st print.,. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo (9 3/8" x 9 1/4").

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1981. black w/ silver lettering & pasted on illustration; Book has a number of small rubs & nicks to picture on front board, a small scuff near right edge of front board / One of 18 volumes in the series. Illustrated with many color and B&W photos. /. Revised Edition, 1st print.,. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo (9 3/8" x 9 1/4").

NY, NY: Time-Life Books, 1981. black w/ silver lettering & pasted on illustration; Book has a number of tiny spots & stains to top page edges, a couple of very small scrapes & light scratches to upper portion of front board, cover illustration is sunned, light bump to top corner of front board, 1" vertical line impressed to top edge of rear board, small wear spot to bottom corner of front board / One of 18 volumes in the series. Illustrated with many color and B&W photos. /. Revised Edition, 1st print.,. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo (9 3/8" x 9 1/4").