Kiyonaga: a Study of His Life and Works with a Portfolio of Plates in Color and Collotype (2 Vols.)
by Chie Hirano
Harvard University Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published by Harvard for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this is a nice example of the 1939 1st edition. In 2 Vols. Vol. 1 is the text. A well-preserved, VG+ copy in its original beige cloth AND with its very uncommon, unprinted dustjacket. Thick quarto, 545 pgs.... Read More
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How and Where to Fish in Ireland: A Hand-Guide for Anglers
by Hi-Regan
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1897. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1897 stated 5th edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its duotone cloth (bright green and orange), with crisp gilt-lettering and design to the panels and spine. 12mo, 174 pgs. plus color fold-out map at frontis.
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Show Business Is No Business (Review Copy)
by Al Hirschfeld
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Al Hirschfeld. The 1951 stated 1st printing. A Review Copy to boot, with Simon and Schister's original Review card laid-in. Solid and VG (light spotting at the boards, small, neat former owner name and date to the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with spotting... Read More
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Damiao de Gois: The Life and Thought of a Portuguese Humanist 1502-1574
by Elisabeth Feist Hirsch
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition of this "first comprehensive biography of Damiao de Gois in any language. Based on extensive research, it presents one of the most colorful figures of Portugal's Golden Age, a widely travelled diplomat, a writer of distinction, a notable composer, and a close friend of... Read More
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Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings
by Damien Hirst
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Catalogue based on the Gagosian Gallery exhibition.1st edition, 2000. An immaculate copy. Bright and Fine in its original gilt-decorated cloth. And with a crisp, Near Fine example of the printed wrap-around. Quarto, 156 pgs.
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1 PG Handwritten Letter Signed
by Alger Hiss
1965. Near Fine. 1965 1 pg. handwritten letter by Alger Hiss to the son of Cipe Pineles, pioneering female graphic designer of the 50s and 60s (who at different stages was the art director at "Mademoiselle", Charm" and "Seventeen"). Hiss writes very warmly to the young man, professing how much he had enjoyed Thanksgiving together with the young... Read More
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Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1962
by Ernst Danz (Introduction by Henry Russell Hitchcock)
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1963 1st American edition (translated from its original German by Ernst van Haagen). Tight and VG+ (light spotting along the fore-edge and bottom-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of light offsetting along the rear panel. Quarto, dozens... Read More
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One-Way Ticket
by Bert and Dolores Hitchens
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1956. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1956 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a bright, price-intact ($2.95), VG dustjacket, with mild soiling to the panels. Octavo, part of Doubleday's wonderful "Crime Club Special" series.
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In the Nature of Materials: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1887-1941
by Henry-Russell Hitchcock
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. SIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1942 stated 3rd printing. Solid and VG+ (with bright silver lettering along the front panel and spine) in it sruuset cloth. Small former owner signature above FL Wright's signature, otherwise... Read More
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Frank Lloyd Wright
by Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1928. Original wraps. Near Fine. An unusually bright, clean copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and genuinely Near Fine in its printed white wrappers, with the slightest hint of light creasing along the top-edges. Thin quarto, crisp black-and-white photos following Henry-Russell Hitchcock's text. Impressive early monograph --issued out of Paris under the direction of... Read More
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In the Nature of Materials: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1887-1941
by Henry-Russell Hitchcock
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Cloth. Very Good +. NICELY INSCRIBED BY HENRY-RUSSELL HITCHCOCK on the front free endpaper. Solid and VG+ to boot in its russet cloth, with bright silver-titling along the front panel and lightly-rubbed titling at the spine. Light wear to the inner hinge, otherwise very clean internally. Square octavo, over 400 illustrations... Read More
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The Stinehour Press: Notes on Its First Five Years
by Sinclair Hitchings
Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press, 1957. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1957 1st edition. "With a selective list of printing, a gathering of sample pages and drawings by John R. Nash". Clean and Near Fine in its salmon-colored wrappers. Octavo, 47 pgs.
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Campus Tramp
by Orrie Hitt
Manhasset, NY: Kozy Books, Inc, 1962. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1962 1st edition. Easily Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. Except for just the slightest hint of creasing at the foot of the spine, this copy would be pristine. Pocket-sized, #K 152. "Cozy up with Kozy Books". Truly a collector's copy.... Read More
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The Philosophy of Be
by Mother Hive
New York: Pegasus Press, 1963. Original wraps. Very Good +. The December 1963 1st (and almost certainly only) edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light offsetting along the front panel's fore-edge. According to the front cover, this is Vol. 1 of 4.
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Ludwig Hohlwein
by H.K. Frenzel, Ed
Berlin: Phonix Illustratrionsdruck Und Verlag G.M.B.H., 1926. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1926 1st edition of this impressive monograph on German poster/graphic artist Ludwig Hohlwein. VG in its original blue cloth, with light fading and offsetting to the panels and spine. Dark blue title label with bright gilt-lettering tipped onto front panel. Quarto, 73 pgs. of text (in... Read More
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Europe After 8:15
by H.L.Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
New York: The John Lane Company, 1914. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1914 1st edition, 2nd issue. Solid and VG in its mustard cloth, with light wear to the spine ends and very light offsetting at the pastedowns and front and rear endpapers. 12mo, 222 pgs.
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The Screw-Cutting Lathe: How to Select, Set Up, Adjust and Operate
by James F. Hobart
New York: McGraw Publishing Company, 1907. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The uncommon 1907 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Just the slightest hint of light soiling to the panels, otherwise clean as could be. Octavo, 160 pgs. plus index.
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The Looking Book
by Mary Ann Hoberman
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Jerry Joyner. A bright copy of the 1973 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (red marker along the bottom-edge) in a crisp, price-intact ($4.50), Near Fine dustjacket. Nicely illustrated in rich color by Jerry Joyner.
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Battle of Fort Stedman (Petersburg, Virginia) -- March 25, 1865
by William H. Hodgkins
Boston: Privately Printed, 1889. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon privately-printed 1889 1st edition. Ex-libris, with the Martha Culver Memorial Library (Montowese, Connecticut) plate at the front pastedown and a mostly-peeled library pocket to the rear pastedown. Otherwise clean and very solid in its olive-green cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling along the spine. Solid and easily VG to VG+, apart... Read More
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Emery Grinding Machinery
by R.B. Hodgson
London: Charles Griffin and Co, 1903. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1903 1st edition. VG+ in its original russet cloth with blindstamped titling to front panel and bright gilt-lettering along spine. 12mo, 180 pgs., including 143 illustrations of the machinery in question and all its sundry parts.
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Slovenly Peter; or, Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures, for Good Little Folks
by Dr. Henry Hoffman
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Early 20th century reprint of this classic 19th century German children's cautionary tale. Solid and VG- in its pictorial dark-yellow cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and device at the front panel and spine. Darkening along the front panel edges and light soiling at the rear panel. Still though, attractive and... Read More
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My Husband, Arthur Murray
by Kathryn Murray (With Betty Hannah Hoffman)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY KATHRYN MURRAY on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a couple of very small chips along the top-edges. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white photos... Read More
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Slovenly Peter or Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures for Good Little Folks (With Hand-colored Illustrations)
by Heinrich Hoffman
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1910. Cloth. Near Fine. Heinrich Hoffman. A bright, very sharp copy of this early American re-issue of the legendary 1845 German cautionary children's book "Slovenly Peter". This, the "twenty-third edition of the celebrated German work of Dr. Henry Hoffman", has held up beautifully and is in superb condition. Crisp and tight in its split... Read More
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1910 ALS
by Josef Hoffmann
1910. Letters. Collectible; Very Good. 1910 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LEGENDARY AUSTRIAN ARCHITECT JOSEF HOFFMANN (Vienna Secessionist and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstatte) TO EDUARD JOSEF WIMMER-WISGRILL (the first Artistic Director of the fashion department of the Wiener Werkstatte). Clean and bright and very well-preserved. Written on the stationary (with lavish letterhead) of The Hotel Hassler in Rome. In... Read More
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Gute Mobel/Schone Raume (Good Furniture/Beautiful Rooms)
by Kurt Hoffmann
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1959 2nd edition (completely revised), with an international selection of 451 crisp the black-and-white photographs and 16 panels (including material and construction comparisons). Text in German, English and French. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild creasing and wear... Read More
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