Authors starting with E from McBlain Books

1759. 3. Potter, John. A System of Practical Mathematics: Containing Vulgar & Decimal Fractions; the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots; Multiplication of Feet, Inches and Parts; the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, and All Sorts of Artificers Work.... London: Printed for W. Johnston, J. Buckland, J. Richardson, J. Ward, S. Crowder, P. Davey, and B. Law and T. Field, 1759. 3rd ed. (8), viii, 395, [133]p. Hardcover in contemporary leather. 21cm. Cover scuffed. Front cover detached. Text has... more information

1855. 3. Eames, Jane Anthony. Another Budget; or, Things which I Saw in the East. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. 2nd ed. x, 481p. Hardcover in recent boards. Historical society name stamped on page edges. Goodspeed's Sales slip laid in. Substantial foxing throughout (as well as some staining in margins). Good. ... more information

1860. 3. Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John E. Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq. or the Pursuits of an English Country Gentleman. London: John Murray, 1860. 2nd ed. frontis, illustrations, xiii, 307p. Hardcover in original red cloth. 23cm. Cover spotting and discoloration but still sound. Name on endpaper. Stain at top of frontis and title-leaf. Good. Smith seems to have spent most of his life obsessed with his hounds and with fox hunting. ... more information

1970. 1. Earhart, H. Byron. A Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendo: An Example of Japanese Mountain Religion. Tokyo: Sophia University, (c. 1970). photos, index, xvi, 212p. Hardcover in original cloth-backed boards. dj (price-clipped). 26cm. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

1965. 2. Earnest, Adele. The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carving. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, (c. 1965). Illustrated (a few color). 208p. Hardcover. dj. 28cm. Jacket missing several large chips and has bee repaired with numerous strips of cellophane tape. Covers lightly browned around edges and has a handful of small brown spots. Bookplate. Text has some age- toning but is otherwise sound and clean. Very Good/Poor. INSCRIBED on half- title by Earnest. ... more information

1970. 2. Easby, Elizabeth Kennedy and John Frederik Scott. Before Cortes, Sculpture of Middle America; A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 30, 1970 through January 3, 1971. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (c. 1970). frontis, photos, 322p. Hardcover. dj. 4to. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

1965. Paperback. 2. Easmon, Raymond Sarif. The New Patriots; a Play in Three Acts. London: Longmans, (1965). 90p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. Very Good. Author from Sierra Leone. ... more information

1994. Paperback. 1. Human Rights Watch/Middle East. Torture and Ill-Treatment: Israel's Interrogation of Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. NY: Human Rights Watch, (c. June 1994). xviii, 316p. Softcover. 23cm. Fine. ... more information

1970. Paperback. 2. East, N. B. African Theatre: A Checklist of Critical Materials. NY: Africana Publishing Co., (1970). 47p. Softcover. 26cm. Name and some spotting on front cover. Very Good. ... more information

1995. 1. Easter, Opal V. Nannie Helen Burroughs. NY: Garland Publishing, 1995. frontis, photo, index, x, 146p. Hardcover. 23cm. Fine/No Jacket. We know nothing about the author of this scarce recent biographical study. ... more information

1952. *Easterling, Renee. A Strange Way Home. NY: Pageant Press, (c. 1952). 1st ed. 136p. Dark blue cloth. 21cm. Upper corners bumped. Foxing. SIGNED on endpaper. A novel set in Louisiana. ... more information

1973. 2. Eastwick, E. B. A Glance at Sind before Napier; or, Dry Leaves from Young Egypt. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1973. color frontis, illustrations, folding map, folding genealogical table, index, xxxii, 377p. Hardcover in original green cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket edge-worn. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint with an Introduction by H. T. Lambrick of the 1851 edition (which had "Dry Leaves from Young Egypt" as its main title). ... more information

1959. 2. *Eaton, Estelle Atley. Out of My Dreams and Other Verses. Boston: Christopher Publishing House, (c. 1959). 1st ed. 105p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Ex library. Markings limited to a red library stamp and an embossed private library stamp on the title-page. Very Good/Very Good. Poetry. Eaton identified as an Alpha Kappa Alpha born in North Carolina who taught at Tuskegee at one time and, in 1959, was on the staff at Elizabeth City State Teachers College. ... more information

1898. Paperback. 3. Eaton, George F. The Prehistoric Fauna of Block Island as Indicated by Its Ancient Shell Heaps. Pages 137-159 plus 2 maps. Softcover pamphlet. 28cm. Stitching mostly gone. Light stain along fore-edge of a couple pages. Good. Offprint from American Journal of Science, Vol. VI (August, 1898). ... more information

1898. Paperback. Eaton, George F. The Prehistoric Fauna of Block Island as Indicated by Its Ancient Shell Heaps. Pages 137-159 plus 2 maps. Softcover pamphlet. 28cm. Stitching mostly gone. Lower right corner chipped on back cover and on one of the maps. Fair. Offprint from American Journal of Science, Vol. VI (August, 1898). ... more information

1978. Paperback. 2. Eaton, Jack D. and Joseph W. Ball. Studies in the Archaeology of Coastal Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico.... New Orleans: Middle America n Research Institute, Tulane University, 1978. Illustrated. ix, 146p. Softcover in original green wrapper. 27cm. Very Good. Their Publication No. 46. ... more information

1959. Paperback. 2. Eban, Abba Solomon. Reflections on the American Scene. NY: American Jewish Committee, (1959). 2nd printing. 23p. Softcover. 22cm. Wrapper lightly soiled. Very Good. A discussion of the Jewish community of the U.S. and its relation to the State of Israel. ... more information

1942. 3. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley. NY: Architectural Book Publishing Company, (c. 1942). 1st ed. frontis, photos, 207p. plus (1)p. Index. Hardcover. 31cm. Some cover soil and some fraying of extremities. Text is also less than pristine with some soiling and foxing. Former owner's name on first blank. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

1994. 2. Ebulgazi Bahadir Han, Khan of Khorezm, 1603-1663. Histoire des Mogols et des Tatares. Frankfurt am Main: Institute for the History of Arabic- Islamic Science, (1994). 2 vols. ii, 386, iv, 393p. Hardcover. 24cm. Very Good/No Jackets. Islamic Geography (series), Volumes 225-226. Arabic text in Tome I; French translation by Baron Demezon in Tome II. Added title- page in Arabic at end of both volumes. Reprint, limited to 80 copies, of the 1871-1874 St. Petersburg edition. ... more information

1925. Paperback. 3. Echague, Pedro, 1821-1889. Rosas y Urquiza en Palermo: comedia en verso (1852). [Cover title]. Buenos Aires: Imprenta y Casa Editora "Coni", (1925). [397]-477p. Softcover in original wrapper (browned at backstrip and along edges). 23cm. Good. Unopened. Instituto de Literatura Argentina. Seccion de Documentos, Tomo I, No. 10. Spanish text. ... more information