Americana 1926
by H.L. Mencken [ed.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale green pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; xi,[3],279pp. Some chipping and a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, most notably small loss at top fore-edge corner of upper panel not approaching text, external panels... Read More
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Jacqueline of Golden River
by H.M. Egbert; Ralph Pallen Coleman [illus.]
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [6],248pp.; color frontispiece. Light wear and dust-soil to jacket, top textblock edge rather heavily foxed, contemporary ownership rubberstamps to front and rear free endpapers, else Very Good in a... Read More
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The Sea and the Jungle [Signed Limited Edition]
by H.M. Tomlinson; Clare Leighton [illus.]
London: Duckworth, 1930. Very Good. London: Duckworth, 1930. Limited Edition. Signed by Tomlinson without inscription and numbered 239 of 515 copies on title page verso. Octav0; 343pp. Woodcuts by Clare Leighton throughout. Green buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt to top page edges, with deckled fore-edge. A few pages at back still uncut. Boards faded along edges... Read More
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Fremder [Signed]
by Russell Hoban
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, [1996]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (22cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [8],184pp. Corners nudged, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page.
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Angelica Lost and Found [Signed]
by Russell Hoban
London: Bloomsbury, 2010. Fine/Very Good +. London: Bloomsbury, 2010. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; xiv,237pp. Small spot of glue residue to upper cover (removed price sticker?), just a hint of shelf wear, else Very Good to Near Fine. Novella-length sequel to Ariosto's sixteenth-century epic poem... Read More
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Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer [Signed]
by Russell Hoban
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Very Good+/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, [1998]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's boards in glossy pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [10],182pp.; frontispiece. Very light wear to margins, corners nudged, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page.
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Gold, the Real Ruler of the World [Limited Edition, Signed Certificate Laid in]
by Franklyn Hobbs
Chicago: Business Foundation Publishers, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: Business Foundation Publishers, 1943. First "Semi-Deluxe" Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 790. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white unadorned dust jacket; xix,[30]-265pp. Moderate chipping and toning to jacket extremities, coin-sized loss to front flap fore-edge, cloth spine a bit unevenly mottled, else Very Good,... Read More
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Leonard Wood: Administrator, Soldier, and Citizen
by William Herbert Hobbs
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1920. Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1920. First Edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Frontis portrait; Black and white photographs. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Wood commanded the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, was named Army Chief of Staff in 1910, but... Read More
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Gentleman's Agreement
by Laura Z. Hobson
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. 275 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present and author's photo to rear. Black boards stamped in gilt; green topstain. Dust jacket worn along edges with a few nicks; dampstaining to top edge of rear panel; staining to front;... Read More
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Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
by David Hockney
New York: Viking Studio, 2001. Very Good/Very Good+. [New York]: Viking Studio, [2001]. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto; publisher's boards in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($60.00); 296pp.; full-color illus. throughout, including folding plates. Very minor shelf wear, corners tapped, else Very Good or better.
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition, stated, with publisher's A-A code. Octavo (19.7cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; boards in blue and gray buckram with blue lettering to spine; [xiv],176pp. Jacket shows a few tears and chips along edges, with creasing along top flap... Read More
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Year In, You're Out
by Samuel Hoffenstein
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Very Good. New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 113 of 275 copies (250 were available for sale) on limitation page at front. This copy from the estate of author and presidential speechwriter William Safire. Octavo; 222 pages. Red and creme boards with spine... Read More
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The Sphere of the State; or, The People as a Body-Politic with special consideration of certain present problems
by Frank Sargent Hoffman
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's terracotta cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; viii,275pp. Boards a bit rubbed, corners bumped, small indentation to rear cover fore-edge, some minor spotting to preliminaries, else Near Very Good, interior mostly fine.
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Scenes from Provincial Life: A Novel
by William Cooper [pseud. Harry S. Hoff]
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red dust jacket retaining original price; 270pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, spine very slightly cocked and sunned, old tape repair at spine end versos, endpapers foxed, else a Very Good, sound copy. The first novel to introduce Harry... Read More
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Geoffrey Holder's Caribbean Cookbook
by Geoffrey Holder
New York: Viking Press, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); xxx,95pp.; three leaves of full color plates, text illus. throughout by the author. Light wear and toning to jacket margins, minor dust-soiling, corners nudged, front flap starting to split, else Very... Read More
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The Blank Wall: A Novel of Suspense
by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 231pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($2.50). Boards full bound in dark pink cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Top stained yellow. Jacket generally scuffed, rubbed, and soiled with chips and creases to margins. Largest... Read More
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American Pictures: A personal journey through the American underclass [Signed]
by Jacob Holdt
Copenhagen: American Pictures Foundation, 1985. Very Good/Very Good. Copenhagen: American Pictures Foundation, 1985. First American Edition. Signed by Holdt at title page with brief inscription. Large octavo; 304pp. Photographs throughout, mostly color. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; black cloth boards stamped in green. Dust jacket worn along edges with light chipping and creasing. Light wear to edges of boards; binding... Read More
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Troldtoj: Folkesagn I Nutidsliv
by Holger Drachmann; Joachim Skovgaard, August Jerndorff, & Thorvald Bindesbøll [illus.]
Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, 1890. Very Good. Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, 1889-1890. First Trade Edition. Folio. 202 pp. + index. Chapter heading illustrations; in-text vignettes. Publisher's binding in red, gray, and black cloth, decorated in gilt, brown endpapers; marbled edges. Corners bumped; moderate wear to edges with brief exposure and minor fraying; a couple minor stains... Read More
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Troldtoj: Folkesagn I Nutidsliv
by Holger Drachmann; Joachim Skovgaard, August Jerndorff, & Thorvald Bindesbøll [illus.]
Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, 1890. Very Good +. Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Ernst Bojesens Kunstforlag, 1889-1890. First Edition. Folio. 202 pp. + index. Chapter heading illustrations; in-text vignettes; illustrated full-spread title page here bound in to front and rear. Printed ownership page for "L.E. Winding" tipped-in preceding title, with prospectus included at rear. Bound in 20th-century half morocco over... Read More
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[Prospectus] The Ladies of the White House; or, In the Home of the Presidents; being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the Presidents, from Washington to the present time
by Laura C. Holloway
Philadelphia: Bradley, Garretson & Co, 1881. Good +. Philadelphia: Bradley, Garretson & Co., n.d. [but 1881?]. Quarto (29cm.); printed bifolium; illus. of the White House on rear panel. Rather extensive splitting along old folds, a few small soil spots, else Good to Very Good and complete. Prospectus for this highly popular group biography of the First Ladies,... Read More
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Silver Gelatin Photograph of Actresses on Pogo Sticks
by [Pogo Stick] [Hollywood]
Hollywood, CA: s.i., 1950. Very Good+. Hollywood, CA: s.i., ca. 1950s. Glossy silver gelatin photograph with typed paragraph to verso. Curled at edges and bumped at corners with minor surface marks, but relatively clean and clear. A Very Good or better example. The happy ladies are jumping on an early patented version of the pogo stick,... Read More
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For the Woman Who Is Going Places! [1962 Summer Issue, Volume 16, issue 66]
by Frederick's of Hollywood
Hollywood, CA: Frederick's of Hollywood, 1962. Very Good. Hollywood, CA: Frederick's of Hollywood, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; 47pp.; illus. throughout, many full-color. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Rear wrapper postally used to a Mrs. Betty Place of Worcester, Mass. Lavish Mad Men-era fashion and lingerie... Read More
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Discussion of the Precision of Measurements. With examples taken mainly from Physics and Electrical Engineering
by Silas W. Holman
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1894. Very Good. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1894. First Edition, First Thousand. Octavo. 176 + 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Equations, charts, and a few illustrations. Bound in dark brown publisher's cloth with gilt stamping to spine; dark brown endpapers. Very light wear to extremities and corners slightly bumped. Binding sound. Annotations... Read More
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Henry Vaughan and the Hermetic Philosophy
by Elizabeth Holmes
New York: Haskell House, 1966. Very Good. New York: Haskell House, 1966. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey printed staplebound card wrappers; ix,[1],62pp. Minor wear from handling, wrapper and textblock margins a bit toned, later (1998) ownership signature to half title page, else Very Good and sound.
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. Very Good. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First Edition, First Printing with period after company on title page, added title page vignette, and three fleur-de-lis, each within a ring, to spine. Octavo. 373 pages with "Works of Permanent Value" front endpapers and "Poetry and the Drama" and "School Books"... Read More
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