Authors starting with E from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Beaverton, OR: Timber Press, 1983. Hardcover 9.5" x 6.5". 543pp. Tan cloth covered hardcover with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The dust jacket is in fine condition. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs and black and white drawings and plans. ... more information

Fairfax, Virginia: E. Richardson Holbrook, 1904. Hardcover 6.75" x 4.75". 60pp. Red cloth. Light soiling, tasteful bookplate, else near fine condition. With several black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

Holson, Israel: Ordentlich, 1977. Hardcover 9" x 6.5". 144pp. Grey cloth covered hardback in dust wrapper. Spine bumped, ownership signature on inside front cover, else near fine condition. The dust jacket has light general wear with tanning to the spine, else near fine condition. ... more information

New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. Hardback 10" x 7.25". 224pp. Red cloth covered hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. The top spine tip is lightly bumped, else fine condition. The dust jacket has light edge wear and is somewhat faded, else near fine condition. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings and photographs. ... more information

New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1950. Hardback 8" x 5.5". 376pp. Black cloth in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket is somewhat edge worn and havily tape repaired on the reverse. A good period guide book to the Big Apple. ... more information

Seattle: Employees of the Seattle Transit System, 1940. Each issue measures 8.5" x 5.5". Each contains appr. 23 pages. Most volumes in VG+ or better condition with mild edge wear. Volume one has the text block pulled from the wrappers, but nothing appears to be lacking. An interesting trade / labor journal. With articles on transit employees and their jobs, buses and driving, neighborhood news, home defense and military news, safety tips, the departments of Seattle Transit, the Seattle Tra... more information

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1968. Hardback 8.5" x 5.25". 195pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. A few page corners lightly bumped, else near fine condition; nice VG+ jacket with couple small tape repairs. ... more information

London: Macmillan Company, 1966. Hardback Second edition 9" x 6". 562 pp. Red cloth. Near fine condition. A history of the American South up to the Civil War. With much on plantations, the rise of a native aristocracy, trade, politics, Southern federalists, Creoles, commerce of rural people, and much more. ... more information

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover First edition 10" x 9". 192pp. Red cloth covered spine with red paper covered boards hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The dust jacket is in fine condition. With a prologue by R. Buckminster Fuller. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information

New Haven: Yale University Library Gazette, 1948. Hardcover 9.5" x 6.5". 130pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt spine lettering. Fine condition. With many illustrations. A study of a major donation of books about the American West to Yale University. ... more information

New Haven, CT: Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company by the Permission of the Yale University Library, 1950. Paperback 10" x 7". 8pp. Stapled paperback. Light edge wear; generally VG+ condition. With good bibliographical data. Perfect for collectors and scholars of Oregon. One of only 350 copies printed. This edition published on the occasion of the meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America. ... more information

New York: Glitterati Incorporated, 2002. Hardback First edition 10.5" x 8.5". 64pp. Pink cloth, in dust wrapper, in the original publisher's box. Very light spot of soiling on the title page, else fine condition; fine jacket. The box has some light wear. This deluxe edition features an original signed print by the illustrator, Nikita Polyansky. ... more information

Kent, Washington: Rail Tales, 2001. Paperback First edition 8.75" x 5.5". 406pp. Color illustrated glossy wrappers. Near fine condition. Number 5 in the RailTales series. Colorful stories about railroads, trains, engineers, dining cars, job hopping, and much more. With much on the Northern Pacific. ... more information

Philadelphia : P/ Blakiston's Son & Co., 1904. Hardback 10.25" x 6.5". 1153pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Some edge wear and use, front hinge starting to weaken; generally VG+ condition. With many illustrations. A massive work, with sections on female genital organs, physiological pregnancy, pathological pregnancy, labor, newborn babies, obstetric surgery, and more, ... more information

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1979. Hardback 9" x 11.25". 177pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. One short closed tear on the third leaf, else near fine condition; the jacket is lightly rubbed, and edge worn. This copy signed by co-author Edgerton on the title page. An important account of stroboscopy and electronic flash photography. ... more information

[No place]: [No publisher], 1964. Paperback 11" x 8.5". [Appr. 60pp.] Spiral bound with heavy green illustrated paper covers. Mild soiling, else near fine condition. This history of the nuclear power plant in southern central Washington state includes much on the legislative history of the project, a chronology of the project's progress, the historical background, and much more. With a bibliography of readings. An uncommon book. ... more information

Mukilteo, Washington: Scott Publications, 1975. Hardcover First edition Octavo. 182pp. A fine copy in a lightly rubbed jacket. This copy inscribed and signed by both authors. With illustrations after drawings by Harriet U. Fish. This collection of folk tales include selections from Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa and the New Hebrides. Many feature animals, and others cover subjects such as fire walking, bananas, volcanos, etc. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1925. Hardback 8.25" x 5". 59pp. beige paper covered boards with printed paper cover and spine labels, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket is a bit soiled and edge worn. One of only 1000 copies. Poetry by a Columbia University professor of philosophy. ... more information

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955. Hardback First edition 8.25" x 5.25". 316pp. Light green cloth, in dust wrapper. Ownership signature on the front paste down, else near fine condition. The jacket is heavily worn and used. This copy signed by the author on the first leaf. A novel about the internment of a Japanese American family in California during WW II. Along with John Okada's No No Boy this book is among the best fictional treatments of the subject. ... more information

New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1932. Hardback Three 7.75" x 5" volumes. 483, 542, 505pp. Brown cloth stamped in gilt, black and rust red, each with a different humorous jester design on the front board. Pretty illustrated bindings. All three volumes in near fine condition. (One volumes has a few light margin checks in pencil.) All three volumes are subtitled 'Jokes, Stories, and Quotations." ... more information