Titles starting with E from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

St. Paul MN:: Voyageur / MBI,, 2006.. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto, about 10.25 inches on a side, in burgundy cloth. 176 pages illustrated by photographs, most in color. A very nice pictorial with sufficient text on the General Motors diesel locomotives that quickly became the industry standard. A bright, clean, unworn copy. The jacket is crisp and bright with a tiny tear at the foot of the spine. ... more information

New York:: Pantheon,, 1992.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in white paper covered boards on a gray cloth spine. 201 pages, map endpapers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE with a personalized, dated inscription. More than anything a legal treatise proposing a method of approaching the environmental problems facing the western United States. Both book and jacket unworn, bright and crisp. ... more information

Niwot CO:: University Press of Colorado,, 1995.. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first novel, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Octavo in green cloth. No hint of wear to the book, but front cover has an insignificant manufacturing flaw to the fabric. Jacket is likewise unworn and bright. ... more information

New York:: William Helburn, Inc. for the Buhl Foundation,, 1936.. Second Printing, 1937. Hardcover. One of 470 copies in this printing. Folio in red cloth stamped in gilt. 290 pages illustrated by photographs, elevations, drawings, folding map tipped in at rear. The record of a survey of early architecture in the area. Very high quality photographs and drawings, plenty of detail drawings; interiors and exteriors. Light extremity wear to the covers but clean, bright and soundly bound. The jacket is mi... more information

Aurora CO:: By authors,, 1978.. First edition. Hardback quarto. Quarto in light blue faux leather, gilt stamped. Illustrated heavily with period photograpns. Nice clean copy, with previous owner name on front endpaper, with minimal extremity wear. Some family history, business history. Very nice production values. 606 pages. Limited to "one hundred signed copies". SIGNED Vince and Leona, this one unnumbered, and it's a safe bet that none of them were. We've seen a few copies, none... more information

Glendale CA:: Arthur H. Clark Co.,, 1938.. First edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in orange cloth. 182 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the initial blank with a simple impersonal inscription. 1019 copies but reprinted in the 1950's. An important book with a very nice association. "Folk-tales, legends, songs, customs and the intimacies of a Hispano-California household handed down through the generations." Rocq, California Local History 2nd, #4294, quoting the L.A. Times... more information

Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co.,, 1997.. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published in 7 books 1896-1906. Octavo, about 8.75 inches tall, in gilt stamped red cloth. Each of the seven volumes paginated separately, but, about 1000 pages total. Clean, bright, sound and unmarked with a hint of extremity wear to the covers. ... more information

Parsons WV:: Published by author,, 1985.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in gilt stamped blue cloth. 133 pages illustrated by photographs. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND BY CAROLYN BARNES LAMM. Note that the dustjacket notes the death of the author (a retired UCLA engineering professor), but it may be surmised that the book was printed before his death inasmuch as the signature appears real. The other signature is presumably a daughter or sister. Rather nice local history on a small West Virginia town. T... more information

Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co.,, 1982.. Reprint. Hardcover. First published in 1937. Octavo, about 8.75 inches tall, in gilt stamped black cloth. 320 pages. Clean, bright, sound and unmarked with a hint of extremity wear, and with indentations on the front endpaper, perhaps from paper clips. ... more information

St. Paul MN:: E.W. Porter,, 1901.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Red cloth, gilt titles (worn off on spine). Interior spotless but for pencil owner's name on the free front endpaper. Covers, however, show major fading and spotting from moisture exposure. No musty smell or swelling or any other residual problems, but covers are pretty ugly. 23 b&w plates. ... more information

London:: Christie's,, 1993.. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, hardbacks in dark green cloth. A beautifully produced auction catalog. Volume I: German Porcelain; 255 pages with full page color plates. Volume II: Italian, Spanish, French and English Porcelain; Italian, French, German and other Pottery and Faience; 247 pages, also illustrated by full page color plates and including a bibliography and index. Housed in a blue cloth covered slipcase. Spotless copies but for a remainder dot at bot... more information

Urbana IL:: Champaign County Historical Archives,, No date (ca. 1985).. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches tall, in gilt stamped brown cloth. 193 pages plus a lengthy all-name index. Illustrated by portrait engravings. Endpapers illustrated by a panoramic group photograph from 1883. Most of the people in the photo are identified at p. 192. This reprint puts the date of the original at 1891 although the title page carries the date of 1886. Clean, bright, soundly bound, unworn. ... more information

Denver:: Continuing Legal Education in Colorado,, 2008.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in silver stamped red faux leather. 239 pages illustrated by photographs. Entertaining survey of the more sensational legal battles in 19th and early 20th centuries in Colorado along with a history of the state's Bar Association. First rate production. The book is clean, bright, sound, but with a modest corner bump, lower rear cover. The jacket has a touch of edge wear, but no chips or ... more information

Lebanon IN:: Published by authors,, 1887.. First Edition. Hardback octavo. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. 498 pages illustrated by portrait engravings. An actual book, not a recent photocopy. Excellent local history of this central Indiana county with plenty of reminiscences of early settlers. Family histories as well. Presentation note dated 1915 on the front pastedown (recipient's family discussed in the book). Rear endpaper and blanks with messy pencil scribbling, but the text is clean although ... more information

Boulder CO:: Johnson Publishing,, 1961.. First Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, #5 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Hardback octavo in quarter brown cloth on marbled paper covered boards with a paper label on cover. 74 pages. Also known as Laurette, this town was first settled in 1859 when gold was discovered by Joseph Higganbottom and his group. It was just below the tree line in Park County. This is a companion to the author's "History and Legal Proceedings of Buckskin Joe. . .&quo... more information

New York:: Hougton Mifflin,, 1888.. No Edition Indicated. Nice decorated Victorian decorated cloth binding. Front hinge starting. Moderately worn at extremes. Owner inscription. ... more information

Dedham MA:: Dedham Transcript Press,, 1899.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall, in contemporary pebbled black cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 415 pages. Covers very lightly edgeworn and soiled. Inside is clean and soundly bound. This volume contains transcripts of the town meeting and selectmen records, the spine subtitle being "Town and Selectmen". ... more information

Dedham MA:: Dedham Transcript Press,, 1894.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall, privately rebound in blue cloth with a tan spine label. 304 pages. Covers with minimal extremity wear and a light corner bump. Inside is clean and soundly bound. Text is modestly toned. Rebinding from mid-20th century. This volume contains transcripts of the town meeting and selectmen records, the spine subtitle being "Town and Selectmen". ... more information

Dedham MA:: Dedham Transcript Press,, 1892.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall, privately rebound in blue cloth with a tan spine label. 238 pages. Covers with minimal extremity wear. Inside is clean and soundly bound. Text is modestly toned. Rebinding from mid-20th century. This volume contains transcripts of the town meeting and selectmen records, the spine subtitle being "Town and Selectmen". The volume also has facsimiles of the signatures of 4 town clerks and fifty ea... more information

No place:: El Portal Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.,, 1977.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in yellow cloth stamped in red. 166 (167) pages illustrated by photographs. A well produced collection of family histories typical of the period of the bicentennial. Clean, bright and sound inside. The covers show very light soiling but no noticeable wear. ... more information