Jambes Folles: Cent Dessins Galants
by H. Gerbault, Etc.
Paris: Aux Bureaux De La Ie Parisienne. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Jambes Folles"---"Wild Legs" or "Crazy Legs". Beautiful turn-of-the-century light French erotica. Very tasteful and artistic celebration of women in many different guises. Octavo, 100 drawings "galants", many in a first-rate early color lithography. A very clean, nicely-preserved copy in its original pictorial wrappers. High-quality fin-de-siecle... Read More
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Opium-Smoking in America and China: A Study of Its Prevalence, and Effects, Immediate and Remote, on the Individual and the Nation
by H.H. Kane, M.D.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. Boards. Near Fine. The very scarce 1882 1st edition of this oft-cited study of opium manufacturing, distribution and use in late 19th century America and China. Given its diminutive stature (156 pgs., 16mo), the book is surprisingly comprehensive and detailed. Covering subjects such as "the early history of opium growth in India",... Read More
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Panther Tracks
by Ben L. Hiatt
Brooklyn, NY: Black Sun Press, 1968. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. The 1968 limited edition of this poetry mimeo issued out of Brooklyn. #27 OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY BEN L. HIATT on the title page. Clean and VG in its stapled, deep-red wrappers, with clean yellow title-strip tipped onto the front panel. Just a touch of light... Read More
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Carlo Maderno and Roman Architecture 1580-1630
by Howard Hibbard
Pennsylvania University Press, 1971. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A pleasing copy of the 1971 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ (bookplate at the front pastedown, very light foxing to the fore-edge) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with minor wear and 1 tiny closed tear along the spine crown. A couple of tiny abrasions as well to the... Read More
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David Hicks on Living -- With Taste
by David Hicks
New Yortk: Macmillan, 1969. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1969 stated 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (light offseting along the edges) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light scuffing to the front panel and a bit of very slight staining along its top-edge. Tall quarto,... Read More
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House Hunting
by Todd Hido
Portland, Oregon: Nazraeli Press, 2007. Boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY TODD HIDO on the half-title. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2007 2nd printing, limited to 2,000 copies. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Folio, evocative color reproductions thruout. Also includes the A.M. Homes story "Just Looking
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Stable Talk and Table Talk; or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen in 2 Vols
by Harry Hieover
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. An appealing copy of the 1846 2nd edition, complete in 2 vols. Both volumes tight and VG in their green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines and decorative blindstamping at the panels. Light fading to the spines, mild wear along the spine ends. Light spotting and... Read More
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Treppen + Treppenhauser: Stairs and Staircases
by Konrad Gatz and Fritz Hierl
Munich: Verlag Callwey, 1954. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1954 1st edition. Tight and VG (small former owner stamps at the endsheets and the front pastedown) in a crisp, VG dustjackjet, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges and the tips. Quarto, hundreds of crisp black-and-white plates of various... Read More
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The Persian War of the Emperor Maurice (582-602): Part I--The Chronology, with a Brief History of the Persian Calendar
by Rev. Martin J. Higgins
Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1939. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1939 1st edition, in its printed wrappers. Solid and VG, with mild darkening --and wear-- at the spine and very light offsetting --and small former owner signature and date-- to the front panel. Octavo, 85 pgs.
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The Silver Ship and Other Japanese Tales Retold (In the Publisher's Pictorial Box)
by Violet Moore Higgins
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1917. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. Violet Moore Higgins. A handsome copy of this 1917 collection of 4 Japanese children's tales, illustrated in black-and-white and vivid color by the author herself, Violet Moore Higgins. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial, navy-blue cloth, with foxing and a tiny former owner name at the first... Read More
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English Fairy Tales and French Fairy Tales--2 Books in a Box
by Violet Moore Higgins
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. Charming 1934 2 Vol. set, IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL HALF-BOX. Both volumes bright and clean and VG+. And the pictorial cardboard box in which the volumes are housed has held up nicely as well, a solid VG+. 64mos, 112 pgs. all told. A very attractive set.
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Jamaica Surveyed: Plantation Maps and Plans of the Eighteenth an Nineteenth Centuries
by B.W. Higman
Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Jamaica Publications Limited, 1988. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1988 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the panel edges. Thick quarto, "brings to the public for the first time a representative sample of the enormous collection... Read More
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High Adventure
by Edmung Hillary
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1955 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with 2 small pieces of tape reinforcing the rear panel's bottom-edge. Octavo, generously illustrated throughout... Read More
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Football Thru the Years
by Dean Hill
New York: Gridiron Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR DEAN HILL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1940 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its green bevelled boards, with light wear at the tips and along the cpine corwn. Tall quarto, wonderful period black-and-white photos and line... Read More
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
2001. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 2001 Random House 1st edition. A Fine copy in a Fine, unpriceclipped dustjacket.
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Words, Weather and Wolfmen: Conversations with Tony Hillerman (The "Super Limited", Lettered Edition)
by Tony Hillerman
Gallup, NM: The Southwesterner Books, 1989. Leatherette. Fine. Ernest Franklin. The lettered edition, constituting "26 specially bound copies which include an original signed pen and ink drawing". This copy unlettered but clearly part of the tiny limitation, is bound in its full chocolate leatherette, with bright gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine respectively. There's also,... Read More
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History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896
by James Montgomery Bailey/ Susan Benedict Hill
New York: Burr Printing House, 1896. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1896 1st edition. VG in its original maroon cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine and decorative blindstamping to the panels. Very light, limited soiling along the upper spine. Thick quarto, 583 pgs., "the first written history of Danbury". Small, neat former owner signature to... Read More
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The Genre Painting of Eastman Johnson: The Sources and Development of His Style and Themes
by Patricia Hills
New York: Garland Publishing, 1977. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1977 expanded version of "Eastman Johnson", a 1972 exhibition catalogue on this 19th century American artist. Clean and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright silver lettering to the spine. Octavo, 251 pgs.
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Squirly the Curly Pig
by Virginia Hill
New York: Island Press, 1941. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1941 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Emery Gondor.
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Queen Anne & Georgian Looking Glasses: Old English and Early American
by F. Lewis Hinckley
Washington Square, New York: A Washington Mews Book, 1987. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A near-pristine copy of the 1987 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (tiny date in ink on the front free endpaper) in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, "With Supplement on the Distributors of Colonial and Early Federal Looking Glasses
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Help! A Maravilhosa Aventura Dos Beatles (The 1st Portuguese Edition of The Beatles' "Help!")
by Al Hine
Rio de Janeiro: Edicoes Bloch, 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. A nice Beatles curio, the 1965 1st Portugues edition (published the same year as the original edition) of "Help!". Solid and VG in its wonderful blue pictorial wrappers, with light creasing --and one small closed tear-- along the panel edges and a bit of clear tape neatly applied... Read More
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Seegar & Cigareet
by Jack Hines
New York, 1912. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Philip P. Goodwin. SIGNED BY JACK HINES on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1912 1st edition in book form. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial gray boards. 12mo, 3 full-page illustrations by Philip P. Goodwin accompanying the text.
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The Boyhood Adventures of Frederick Douglass
by John Hines
New Dimensions, 1969. Original wraps. Near Fine. The ucommon 1969 1st edition of this play by John Hines on the "boyhood adventures of Frederick Douglass". Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Pocketsized, crisp black-and-white photos throughout. The book's design by Joel Biazzo.
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Ma: Dim Light, a Pause
by Ritsuko Hirai
Self-published, 2008. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A nice association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ARTIST RITSUKO HIRAI TO RISD PROFESSOR AND NEW YORK ARTIST RICHARD MERKIN on the front free endpaper. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 2008 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its dark wrappers. Oblong octavo, 110 pgs. A copy of Hirai's... Read More
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Matters 1988-1997
by Noritoshi Hirakawa
New York: Deitch Projects, 1998. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A clean, bright copy of the 1998 1st edition. Near Fine in its original decorative cloth. Octavo, 57 pgs., crisp gravure plates thruout.
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