Unplayable Lies: The Story of Sport's Most Successful Impresario
by Fred Corcoran (with Bud Harvey)
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A wonderful Association copy: INSCRIBED BY FRED CORCORAN on the half-title AND ALSO INCLUDES A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM DOUGLAS LA RUE SMITH, FORMER HISTORIAN AT WINGED FOOT (DOUG'S WINGED FOOT BUSINESS CARD also laid into the book). A solid copy to boot of... Read More
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Derrida and the Economy of Differance
by Irene E. Harvey
Indiana University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1986 1st edition. Solid, tight and VG+ (with small former owner stamp and date at front free endpaper) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and one tiny chip-- along the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 285 pgs.
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Confederate Music
by Richard B. Harwell
University of North Carolina, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A sharp copy of the 1950 1st edition. VG in a VG, price-intact dustjacket with just a touch of chipping to the head of the spine and a very minor amount of rubbing along bottom of front panel.
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Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument
by Barbara Haskell
Pasadena Art Museum / Ward Ritchie Press, 1971. Cloth. Very Good +. The catalogue --in its less common hardback-- based on the 1971 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum. Solid and VG+ in its gray cloth. Quarto, crisp black-and-white and a number of color reproductions throughout.
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The Panama Canal
by Frederic J. Haskin
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1913. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Good. 1913 1st edition, IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Bright and clean and VG+ in a somewhat chipped, G+ to VG- only example of the very fragile jacket. Heavy chipping to the top third of the spine and along the panel edges. Still though,... Read More
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Cowboy Kate & Other Stories
by Sam Haskins
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A very sharp copy of the 1965 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear along the spine crown. Folio, wonderful sensual black-and-white photos thruout.
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The Mother's Nursery Songs
by Thomas Hastings
New York: Ezra Collier, 1835. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1835 1st edition. VG in its original decorative cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and patterned blindstamping to both panels. 12mo, 72 pgs. Very light, scattered foxing to the text. A well-preserved, very presentable copy.
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Vintage Photograph of a Motorcyclicst on His Harley-Davidson
by Marshall Hathaway
Photograph. Near Fine. Wonderful early photograph --circa 1940s-- of a motorcyclist sitting in a provocative pose on his Harley-Davidson. The photo is clean and very sharp, measures 8" x 10" and was taken by professional photojournalist Marshall Hathaway.
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Architectural Alphabet 1773
by Johann David Steingruber (Translated by E.M. Hatt)
London: The Merrion Press, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very presentable copy of this 1972 facsimile re-issue ("Thirty-three plates reproduced in facsimile"). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, #28 of 425 copies issued. "With an Introduction and Some Account of Steingruber's Life & Work by Berthold Wolpe
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The AAF Against Japan
by Vern Haugland
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The Story of all the AIR FORCES of the AAF whose target was Japan". 1948 stated 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with moderate chipping along the spine ends and panel edges. Octavo, 515 pgs. Light former owner stamp to front endpaper. ... Read More
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A Travers Les Vieilles Eglises De Paris
by Louis Hautecoeur
Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1944. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1944 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its decorative wrappers, limited to 350 copies. Original sketches (still with their tissue-guards) thruout by Robbert Sterkers. Folio, loosely-bound (as issued) and housed in its patterned, printed chemise and its matching slipcase. An attractive rendering of the old churches of France.... Read More
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The Capture of the Black Panther
by Harry Hawkes
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1978. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR HARRY HAWKES on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of gripping black-and-white photos complementing the text.
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A Brief History of Time
by Stephen W. Hawking
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ron Miller. The 1988 correct 1st American edition, in its silver-blue dustjacket and lacking both a Table of Contents and a Dedication page. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the spine crown and the... Read More
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A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys (With 60 Designs by Walter Crane)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Boston: Houghtoin Mifflin & Co, 1893. Pictorial boards. Very Good. The 1893 1st thus, with the original appearance of the 60 Walter Crane illustrations (all in rich color). Solid and VG in its light-green pictorial boards. A thin band of light staining (not at all afftecting the text or the plates) running along the top-edges, otherwise very clean... Read More
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Kogun: the Japanese Army in the Pacific War
by Saburo Hayashi
The Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A sharp copy of the 1959 1st edition. VG- in a bright, VG dustjacket. Bottom right corner of the front panel mildly bumped, otherwise book is bright and clean. The dustjacket is price-clipped, has a bit of creasing along the same bottom right corner and a... Read More
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Trial
by Tom Hayden
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. SIGNED BY TOM HAYDEN at the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very minor creasing --and just a touch of light offsetting-- along the panel edges. The text... Read More
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The School for Scoundrels: Notes on Fast and Loose
by Whit Haydn
Alta Loma, CA: The School for Scoundrels, 2000. Spiral bound wraps. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WHIT HAYDN on the front blank endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the May 2000 revised edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its spiral-bound wrappers. Quarto, featuring "The Jules Lenier Routine
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Payback! Advanced Backstabbing and Mudslinging Techniques
by George Hayduke
Boulder, CO: Paladin Press. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy, STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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The Black American Travel Guide (Revised Edition)
by Bob Hayes
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1973 revised edition, in its pictorial wrappers, of this uncommon and very important travel guide aimed at the African-American community. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, published by the ever-interesting Straight Arrow Books of San Francisco.
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An Introduction to the Sources Relating to the Germanic Invasions
by Carlton Hayes
Columbia University Press, 1909. 1st. Hardcover. Vol. XXXIII in the Columbia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, edited by the faculty of Political Science at Columbia, this is a bright, VG+ copy of the 1909 1st ed. Former owner name neatly written in small letters on flyleaf and stamped in small letters on verso.
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Dildo Cay
by Nelson Hayes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1940 1st edition of what has to be one of the great titles of all time for a conventional, serious novel. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the edges. "Ainsworths do not marry for love. They choose their... Read More
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Irish Swordsmen of France
by Richard Hayes
Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1934. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1934 1st edition. Solid and VG (light offsetting to the endsheets, blindstamp at the half-title, light foxing to the preliminaries) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with mild staining along the spine's left fore-edge. Thick octavo, 307 pgs., a nice piece of... Read More
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Project: Genius
by William Hayes
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. William Hayes. The 1962 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the rear panel's top-edge and very light wear to the lower tips. Octavo, illustrated by the author himself.
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T.V.A. on the Jordan: Proposals for Irrigation and Hydro-Electric Development in Palestine (Signed by Trygve Lie)
by James B. Hays
Washington, D.C.: The Commission on Palestine Surveys (Public Affairs Press), 1948. Cloth. Very Good +. SIGNED BY TRYGVE LIE -- THE 1ST UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL (1946-1953) -- on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its dark cloth, with former owner inscription (to Trygve Lie)... Read More
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Rag Animals A.B.C.
by Margaret G. Hays
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1913. Original wraps. Very Good. Margaret G. Hays. Lovely 1913 children's alphabet book, with charming chromolithographed illustrations thruout by Margaret G. Hays. Clean and VG to VG+ in its stapled card wrappers, with light creasing along the panel edges and light wear at the spine. The text, which is sturdy and complete, has... Read More
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