A Sermon Delivered at Cambridge 30 September, 1804, the First Lord’s Day after the Interment of the Rev. Joseph Willard, S.T.D. Ll.D. President of Harvard College, Who Died 25 September, 1804. AEtat. LXVI
by [Rev. Joseph Willard] Abiel Holmes
Cambridge, MA: Printed at the University Press in Cambridge by William Hilliard, 1804. Very Good. A Sermon Delivered...after the Interment of the Rev. Joseph Willard. Cambridge, MA: Printed at the University Press in Cambridge by William Hilliard, 1804. First Edition. 23, [1] pp. Wraps, removed and more recently string-tied. Wraps edgeworn with mild spotting and smudging; interior clean... Read More
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Modern Blacksmithing: Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making
by J.G. Holmstrom
Chicago: Alhambra Book Co, 1900. Fair/No Jacket. Chicago: Alhambra Book Co., 1900. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo; 202pp. Publisher's red cloth with black stamped lettering and illustration and gilt title lettering to spine. Marbled page edges. Illustrated throughout. Covers soiled and waterstained but with no warping or runs to cloth. Hinges cracked with mesh exposed... Read More
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Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter: Coyote Builds North America [Inscribed and Signed]
by Barry Holstun Lopez
Kansas City: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Inc, 1977. Near Fine/Very Good. Kansas City: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Inc., 1977. First Edition. Octavo; blue boards stamped in silver foil on spine, red paste downs and free end papers; pictorial dust jacket with $8.95 price intact; 186pp. Corners bumped, moderate wear to jacket margins, spine panel sunned, else a Near... Read More
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The Prism: A Little Magazine with a Big Mission (41 Issues, 1928-1932)
by A.C. Fillbach Funeral Home
Burbank: A.C. Fillbach, 1932. Very Good. Burbank: A.C. Fillbach, 1928-1932. Small octavos (17 x 12.5cm); 16pp. Side-stapled paper wraps. Forty-one issues, missing nine in an otherwise consecutive run. Covers cleanly separated from first issue but present, with a few issues showing clean tears along spines and a few with shallow chips or tears at edges, many with light... Read More
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Finders Keepers
by Geoffrey Homes
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. 279 pp. Yellow cloth stamped in brown; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn and mildly nudged at spine ends; general scuffing and smudging. Binding sound. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, else interior unmarked. Very... Read More
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Then There Were Three
by Geoffrey Homes
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1938. Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 293 pp. Black boards stamped in green; green topstain. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear to boards with very minor fraying to extremities; mild general scuffing. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.
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M*A*S*H* Goes to Maine
by Richard Hooker
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1972. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1972. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); 190pp. Moderate toning and wear to jacket margins, boards a bit faded along extremities, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy. Sequel to the... Read More
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Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
by bell hooks
Boston, MA: South End Press, 1981. Near Fine. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1981. First Edition, first printing, stated. Octavo. 205 pp. Illustrated wraps. Very minor rubbing to edges with very mild curling to corners. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Overall a Near Fine First Edition copy of hooks' landmark work on the effects of racism and sexism... Read More
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Killing Rage: Ending Racism
by bell hooks
New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1995. Stated First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (22cm); illustrated dust jacket with $20.00 price intact; orange boards with black cloth spine and orange foil lettering; [x],277pp. Jacket shelfworn with bumping at head of spine and an old, faded UPC sticker to rear.... Read More
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The Salt Roads [Signed]
by Nalo Hopkinson
New York: Warner Books / AOL Time Warner Company, 2003. Very Good/Near Fine. [New York]: Warner Books / AOL Time Warner Company, [2003]. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's two-toned boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [4],392pp. Textblock rather toned, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page. ... Read More
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Sin, Thro' Divine Interposition, an advantage to the universe; and yet, this no excuse for sin, or encouragement to it..
by Samuel Hopkins
Boston: Daniel and John Kneeland, 1759. Very Good-. Boston: Printed and Sold by Daniel and John Kneeland, opposite to the Prison in Queen-Street, 1759. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); modern blue stitched card wrappers; [2],iii,[1],66pp. (collated, lacking half title and final blank); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Slightly ex-library with faint and brief internal markings to early leaves... Read More
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The Gorgeous Hussy
by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth; [4],549pp. Light wear to cloth margins, spine gilt rather dulled, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Historical comic novel adapted into the 1936 film of the same title directed by... Read More
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[The Life and Character of the Late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College at New-Jersey. Together with a Number of his Sermons on Various Important Subjects]
by Jonathan Edwards; [Samuel Hopkins]
Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1765. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1765. First Edition; lacking lead title page. Two volumes in one. Octavo. [x], 97; [viii], 279pp. Bound in recent full dark brown calf; five raised bands; blind floral tooling... Read More
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![Animadvesions [i.e. Animadversions] on Mr. Hart's Late Dialogue; in a letter to a friend](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/748/065/1532065748.0.m.jpg)
Animadvesions [i.e. Animadversions] on Mr. Hart's Late Dialogue; in a letter to a friend
by Samuel Hopkins
New-London: T. Green, 1770. Very Good+. New-London: T. Green, 1770. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers to style; 31,[1]pp.; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Margins trimmed, slightly affecting contemporary manuscript price at top fore-edge corner of title page, else Very Good and sound. Response to William Hart's pamphlet "Brief Remarks on a Number of False Propositions," by Samuel... Read More
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Figures in a Landscape
by Paul Horgan
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. 284 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in black and gilt. Unclipped dust jacket worn along edges with minor creasing, a few nicks, and a couple short closed tears along edges. Boards lightly rubbed and sunned... Read More
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Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History [Limited Edition, Signed by Horgan]
by Paul Horgan
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1954. Near Fine. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition, Limited Issue of 1000 copies signed by Paul Horgan at limitation. Two octavo volumes. Color illustrations; b&w maps; illustrated endpapers. Tan cloth boards stamped in brown; top edges gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. Touch of... Read More
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Nighthawk Mops Up
by Sydney Horler
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1944. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1944. First Edition. Octavo; 192pp. Illustrated dust jacket with 8/6 net price intact. Light blue boards stamped in black. Dust jacket chipped along edges, most heavily at spine ends, with a few short closed tears along edges and general rubbing and... Read More
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Miss Mystery
by Sydney Horler
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo. 301 pp. Black boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards show light edgewear with some mild general scuffing and spotting. Binding is sound. A touch of foxing to edges of text block, but otherwise pages clean and unmarked.... Read More
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The Abolition of Poverty [Inscribed to William McChesney Martin]
by David Horowitz
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1969. First Edition. Signed by Horowitz to Martin with inscription, "To William McC. Martin, / In friendship / and appreciation / David Horowitz / Jerusalem, November 1969." William McChesney Martin, Jr. was the longest serving Chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving under five Presidents and holding... Read More
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The Blockade Runner
by J. Rodger Horsey
Hilton Head, SC: J. Rodger Horsey, 2000. Very Good. Hilton Head, SC: J. Rodger Horsey, n.d., ca. 2000? Quarto; white post-bound card wrappers; 120ll. printed on rectos only. Wrappers a bit worn and dust-soiled from handling, else Very Good. Screenplay for an unproduced Civil War film. J. Rodger Horsey was a member of the Screen Actors Guild... Read More
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The Great Black Jockeys [Signed by Hotaling and jockey Gary Stevens]
by Edward Hotaling
Rocklin, CA: Forum / Prima Publishing, 1999. Near Fine/Very Good +. Rocklin, CA: Forum / Prima, 1999. Second Printing. Octavo (22cm); 380pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $25 price intact; boards bound in black cloth with copper stamping to spine; black endsheets. Black-and-white images throughout. Dust jacket bumped along edges and at spine ends; superficial scratches throughout. Boards bumped... Read More
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A Magician Among the Spirits [Signed to Dr. William McDougall]
by Harry Houdini
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Good +. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First Edition, stated with publisher's C-Y code (March 1924). Octavo (24.3cm); publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and border; [xxiv],294pp; photo plates and a few vignette illustrations, all present. Missing dust jacket. Decent bow to front board, with heavy chipping... Read More
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The Black American
by William Hough
New York: Carlton Press, Inc. / A Hearthstone Book, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Carlton Press, Inc. / A Hearthstone Book, 1987. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 47 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact. Blue boards stamped in black. Dust jacket shows general rubbing with toning and a few... Read More
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Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization
by Thomas Hoving
New York: Artisan, 1997. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Artisan, 1997. First Edition, stated First Printing with full number line. Large square quarto; publisher's boards in glossy black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 271pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear and a hint of dustiness to margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy.... Read More
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The Battle of Ball's Bluff: "The Leesburg Affair," October 21, 1861 [Limited Edition, Signed]
by William F. Howard
Lynchbug, VA: H.E. Howard, 1994. Near Fine. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1994. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 866. Octavo; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; [6],115pp.; illus. throughout. Old price sticker to rear cover, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on colophon.
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