She and Allan
by H. Rider Haggard; Maurice Greiffenhagen [illus.]
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1921. Very Good. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1921]. First Edition with ads at rear dated "Spring 1921." Octavo. 303 pp. + 24 pp. publisher's advertisements. Eight black and white illustrations, complete. Red cloth stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly worn along edges with very brief exposure; spine a touch faded;... Read More
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Eric Brighteyes
by H. Rider Haggard; Lancelot Speed [illus.]
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. Very Good. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's greenish blue gilt-lettered cloth, bevelled edges, black glazed endpapers; xiv,319,[1],16(ads)pp.; seventeen (17) leaves of plates (collated complete), text illus. throughout. Moderate shelf wear, spine cloth toned with shallow loss at crown, corners bumped with brief exposure, hinges very slightly... Read More
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Go dTaga Léas: dánta
by Mícheál Ó hUanacháin
Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: An Clóhomhar Tta, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: An Clóhomhar Tta, 1971. Stated First Printing (An Chéad Chlo). Irish-language throughout. Signed by the author with inscription "who understands / before communicated with / knows / as only the oppressed / know. Michael, Baile Átha Cliath '73." Additional handwritten, folded note laid... Read More
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Theme & Variations
by Huang Beiling [aka Bei Ling]; Dan Heitcamp [illus.]
Seattle: Between Dreams Press, 1992. Very Good. Seattle: Between Dreams Press, 1992. Limited First Edition of 150 copies. Side-stapled chapbook (19.7cm); blue paper wraps with mounted woodcut by Dan Heitkamp; [32]pp. Front cover a bit rippled at top edge with some toning along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. First collection by the Chinese Misty School... Read More
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Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
by Elbert Hubbard
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Very Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Octavo; 429 pp, followed by four pages of advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 plates, all with tissue guards. One fold-out facsimile letter by Mary Lamb. Three-quarter suede binding with marbled paper. Lettering stamped in gold on spine labels. Silk... Read More
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Dianetics: The Evolution of A Science
by L. Ron Hubbard
Phoenix: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, 1955. Very Good -. Phoenix: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, 1955. First separately published edition. Octavo; 48pp. Printed wraps. Edgewear and staining to wraps; curling towards fore-edge. Binding sound; pages toned but unmarked; Good to Very Good.
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![Apocalypse Undone: My Survival of Japanese Imprisonment During World War II [Inscribed by Hubbard to Sen. Paul Wellstone]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/045/048/1689048045.0.m.jpg)
Apocalypse Undone: My Survival of Japanese Imprisonment During World War II [Inscribed by Hubbard to Sen. Paul Wellstone]
by [Senator Paul Wellstone] Preston John Hubbard
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1990. Very Good +/Very Good +. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1990. First Edition. Inscribed to Sen. Paul Wellstone at half title with a lengthy inscription praising him for his courage in the discussion of the Congressional War Resolution and concluding, "It is time to bring a halt to the periodic sacrifice of... Read More
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby, Jr.
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1964. Very Good/Very Good-. [Secaucus, NJ]: Castle Books, [1964]. Reprint. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); 304pp. Moderate wear and toning to jacket margins, long closed tear at top edge of upper jacket panel touching text, textblock margins foxed, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper; a... Read More
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Les Origines de l'Art Français
by Raymond Lantier; Jean Hubert
Paris: Guy le Prat, 1947. Near Fine. Paris: Guy le Prat, [1947]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's patterned paper-covered boards printed in brown; 180pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Brief split at top spine edge of upper cover, contemporary ownership inscription, else Near Fine. Text entirely in French.
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Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style
by Karen E. Hudson
New York: Rizzoli, 2021. Very Good/Very Good+. New York: Rizzoli, [2021]. Third Printing. Folio; publisher's boards in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; 239pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound overall.
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Romance: A Novel
by Joseph Conrad; Ford Madox Hueffer
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1903. Very Good. London: Smith, Elder & Co.,1903. First Edition. Octavo (19.5 cm); [viii], [1]-463pp +8pp ads. Boards in blue cloth with white stamping on front cover and gilt stamping on the spine. Corners bumped and some discoloration on the back cover. Spine is darkened with bumping to the head and tail. Hinges... Read More
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To Die for the People: The Writings of Huey P. Newton
by Huey P. Newton; Franz Schurmann [intro.]
New York: Random House, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 232 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price present. Black boards stamped in gilt and silver. Dust jacket creased along edges with a few minor nicks and short tear to top edge near crown; mild staining to... Read More
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The Double Take
by Roy Huggins
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946. Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, red spine lettering, red topstain; [6],240pp. Light rubbing to cloth margins, faint soil to boards, spine a bit cocked and red lettering dulled, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good, sound copy, albeit lacking the uncommon... Read More
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Speed Adventure Stories - January 1945 [Signed by Cave]
by Hugh B. Cave; Victor Rousseau; Lew Merrill; et al.
Springfield: Arrow Publications, 1945. Very Good -. Springfield: Arrow Publications, 1945. Signed by Hugh B. Cave without dedication "Best Wishes - Hugh B. Cave" on first page of his contribution. Octavo; [96]pp. Pulp Magazine. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers trimmed, with light rubbing and a few shallow tears along edges, heavy creasing and soiling to back panel with... Read More
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Simple Speaks His Mind
by Langston Hughes
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 231 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and gilt; dark gray topstain. Toning and minor chipping to edges of price-clipped dust jacket. Mild rubbing to boards; slight lean but binding sound; interior unmarked; a Very Good copy... Read More
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Archive of Dinner Records hosted by the United States Ambassador to NATO and His Wife, 1949-1975
by John Chambers Hughes and Margaret Kelly Hughes
New York, 1949. Very Good. New York: 1949–1975. Collection of three manuscript volumes recording the dinners hosted by NATO ambassador John Chambers Hughes (1891–1970) and his wife Margaret Kelly Hughes (1893–1980). Collection comprised of the following: First volume covering the years 1949 to 1951. Octavo (19cm.); bright green straight grained morocco lettered and ruled in gilt; [196]pp.... Read More
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Destiny
by Rupert Hughes
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 385 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Black boards stamped in blue and yellow. Dust jacket chipped, toned, and rubbed with amateur tape repair to verso spine ends and along verso of three inch closed tear... Read More
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Clipped Wings [Inscribed to Frederick W. Skiff]
by Rupert Hughes
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1916. Very Good +. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Later printing. Signed by Hughes to collector and bibliophile Frederick W. Skiff. Octavo. 404 pages. Green blind embossed cloth stamped in gilt. Lacking jacket except for front panel. Bookplate of Skiff to front pastedown and bookplate of Hughes to front... Read More
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The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick [Two Volume Set]
by [Adam Sedgwick] John Willis Clark and Thomas McKenny Hughes
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1890. Very Good. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1890. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos (23cm); publisher's blind-ruled brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, black glazed endpapers; xiii,[1],539; vii,[1],640pp.; portrait frontispieces, plates throughout, including maps (one in color), a folding chart, and portraits and views. Cloth a bit rubbed at margins with brief chipping at spine ends,... Read More
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The Hawk in the Rain
by Ted Hughes
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First U.S. Edition, with H-G code. Octavo. 52 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and toned at edges and spine. Some staining to front, 1 inch closed tear along top of... Read More
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Sangschaw
by Hugh MacDiarmid [pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve]; John Buchan [intro.]
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. Very Good. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); publisher's beveled blue cloth with gilt lettering / decoration and blind-ruled borders; xii,58pp+4(blurbs). Boards bumped and scuffed along edges and extremities; spine darkened, with lettering near-completely dulled. Endpapers toned. Faint crease at top corner of a few pages. Opens... Read More
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Gods and Mortals in Love
by Hugh Ross Williamson; Edmund Dulac [illus.]
London: Country Life Limited, 1936. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Country Life Limited, [1936]. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's cream tweed cloth flecked with royal blue, dark blue topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (12/6), housed in custom cloth slipcase; 82pp.; color frontispiece, eight (8) leaves of plates. Jacket verso entirely reinforced with archival... Read More
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![Sacrae Antiquitatis Monumenta: Historica, Dogmatica, Diplomatica. Tomus I [Volume 1 only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/452/128/1723128452.0.m.jpg)
Sacrae Antiquitatis Monumenta: Historica, Dogmatica, Diplomatica. Tomus I [Volume 1 only]
by Carolo Ludovico Hugo [Charles-Hyacinthe or Louis-Charles Hugo]
Stivagii: Joannis Martini Heller, Typographi & Bibliopolae, 1725. Very Good. Stivagii: Joannis Martini Heller, Typographi & Bibliopolae, 1725. First Edition. Folio; contemporary calf over paper-covered boards with leather title label to spine; edges sprayed red; 566, [8]pp. index, collated and complete. Contemporary library label to spine; boards lightly worn with general scuffing; cracked along top of front hinge... Read More
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The Execution of Private Slovik: The Hitherto Secret Story of the Only American Soldier Since 1864 to Be Shot for Desertion
by William Bradford Huie
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company, 1954. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 247 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Dust jacket worn along edges with chipping to extremities. A... Read More
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Edward Kienholz: 11+11 Tableaux
by Edward Kienholz; Lyn Kienholz; K. Pontus Hultén
Stockhoolm: Moderna Museet, 1970. Very Good. Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (27x21.5x1.5cm); unpaginated [162pp], including biography, chronology, and bibliography. Twelve photographic gatefold spreads, each followed by numerous full-page B&W photographs. Text in parallel Swedish and English. Deliberately rudimentary stab-stapled binding covered in binder's tape, with coated card front and thick cardboard back, as designed and... Read More
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