FULLNESS OF DAYS
by HALIFAX, Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood )
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. Bound in original black cloth spine and white paper boards with gilt lettering spine. Near fine copy in a very good+ dust kaccet with fading spine, ligtht soil and blue mark front panel of dust jacket. xiii, 336 pp.
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Under Cover of Daylight (Signed)
by Hall, James W.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 288 pages; SIGNED by the author on title page. Pictorial dust jacket, with $16.95 on front flap. First edition stated, first printing; author's first novel.
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The Warsaw Document (Inscribed)
by Hall, Adam
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. octavo, 304 pages; publisher's black cloth, spine printed in red. INSCRIBED thus by the author on the title page: "For Arthur Parson - / Sincerely - / Adam Hall" - dust jacket with price of $5.95 on front flap, with "4.99" penned below; small loss at head of... Read More
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BROD DER ENGEL. Vollständiges Gebetbuch für Katholiken aller Stände, besonders für Erstkommicanten. Sechste Auflage
by HAMMER, Bonaventura
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1890. Hard Cover. Fine. 32mo. 428 pp. A beautifully bound German Catholic prayer book with purple velvet covered boards, ribbon floral design front cover, metal edges and clasp, all edges gilt, floral paterned endpapers. A perfect copy of this lovely little prayer book.
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The Battle of the Aleutians. In Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theatre Who Died So That a Continent Might be Free
by Hammett, Cpl. Dashiell & Colodny, Cpl. Robert
Adak, Alaska: The Intelligence Section, Field Force Headquarters, 1944. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Oblong 12mo (5 1/2" x 8"), unpaginated; original blue wrappers, printed in black and white. Illustrations and maps designed by Sgt. Harry Fletcher. Reproduced by detachment 29th engineers stationed with headquarters Western defense command. A slight wrinkle or two, very good.
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The Battle of the Aleutians. In Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theatre Who Died So That a Continent Might be Free
by Hammett, Cpl. Dashiell & Colodny, Cpl. Robert
Adak, Alaska: The Intelligence Section, Field Force Headquarters, 1944. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Oblong 12mo (5 1/2" x 8"), unpaginated; original blue wrappers, printed in black and white. Illustrations and maps designed by Sgt. Harry Fletcher. Reproduced by detachment 29th engineers stationed with headquarters Western defense command. A fine copy.
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MEN IN DARKNESS Five Stories
by Hanley, James
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1932. Advance Review Copy. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Small Octavo. 128pp.,with preface by John Cowper Powys; red printed paper covered boards; upper hinge starting, but strong. Light wear at spine ends, small loss to head. A very nice copy in glassine wrapper protected in mylar.
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THE WOODLANDERS
by Hardy, Thomas
New York: Macmillan, 1887. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octaavo. First one volume edition. Bound in original green cloth rebacked with original spine laid down. Corner repair to first page of text. Very good copy with mild cover edge wear, discriptions tipped-in verso ffep, off setting half title page, owner library blind stamp ffep. 352 pp.
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Travels in the Interior of Mexico, In 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828
by Hardy, Lieut. R. W. H., R.N.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. xiii, 540 pages, with folding map and plates. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Map with short archival repair at stub; map and plates are very good to fine. FEP stained in gutter; front hinge starting. A very good copy.
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REQUIEM FOR A REDHEAD
by Hardy, Lindsay
New York; (1953): Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. First Edition First Printing, 276pp., bound in 1/4 green paper over pale green paper covered boards, spine lettering red; fine in Very Good+ unclipped pictorial dust jacket with mild edge wear. The author is African-American and a writer for Fireside Theatre; a number... Read More
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A CHANGED MAN. The Waiting Supper and Other Tales Concluding with the Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid
by Hardy, Thomas
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Photographic frontispiece and map of Wessex rear. Previous owner bookplate and inscription ffep. vii, 412 pp.
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LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled A Few Crusted Characters
by Hardy, Thomas
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Very Good copy with mild scuffs and stain to lower corner of front cover. Binding tight and pages bright and clean. 268 pp. + 2 pp. Ads.
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TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. A Pure Woman
by Hardy, Thomas
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. First one-volume edition with new preface by the author. Cover design by Charles Rickets. Bound in original decorative tan cloth, blocked in gilt. Very Good copy with crack to inner and outer front hinge, cover and spine darkened. 519 pp. Portrait frontispiece.
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JUDE THE OBSCURE.The Wessex Novels Volume VIII
by Hardy, Thomas
London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Etched frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn with tissue guard and map of Wessex rfep. A very good+ copy bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine, gilt design front cover, top edge gilt. Mild cover edge wear, mild spotting ffep, slight scuffing lower spine. Purdy bibliography mentions... Read More
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A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
by Hardy, Thomas
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Small Octavo. A very good copy bound in original brown cloth binding gilt lettering spine and front cover, white decorations spine and front cover. Piece missing top of ffep, owner inscription ffep, minimal cover edge wear. 292 pp.
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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
by Hardy, Thomas
London: Chatto and Winus, 1878. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Hard Cover. Fair. Octavo. First Illustrated Edition, first state, with "th a" for "that" on page 109, line 4. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 14 plates. Front hinge broken, ffep missing. Owner ink stamp rear paste-down, cover edge wear. Nice copy for rebinding. 342 pp.
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WESSEX TALES. Strange, Lively, and Commonplace, Two Volumes
by Hardy, Thomas
London: Macmillan, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Octavo. 750 printed, 634 bound. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Ghost of lending library label front boards. Minimal cover edge wear. Outer hinges worn. 247 pp, 212 pp. 4pp ads at rear of Volume II.
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Edmund Spenser and the Impersonations of Francis Bacon
by Harman, Edward George, C.B.
London: Constable & Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 608 pages, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; unopened, inner hinges starting. Dust jacket with small loss at spine ends.
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EXCELSIOR, presented By Enoch Morgan's Sons Co
by Harte, Bret
New York: Enoch Morgan's Sons, 1877. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 12mo. First Issue of this satire on Longfellow, advertising "Sapolio" a cleanser, which was given away for advertising purposes. Cloth copies are scarcer than wrappered copies; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper in French. A very good copy housed in a custom slipcase. Original... Read More
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CONDENSED NOVELS
by Harte, Bret
Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1871. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. 212pp. Illustrated by S. Eytinge, Jr. Bound in terra-cotta cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers; internally clean, light wear at extremities. First book appearance of "Lothaw" and "Handsome is as Handsome Does." Otherwise a reprint of... Read More
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Two Men of Sandy Bar. A Drama
by Harte, Bret
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 16mo. 151 pages. Bound in original green cloth, decorated in black, title in gilt on spine; slate-green coated endpapers; all edges orange-red. An outstanding copy, with just a trace of wear at extremities; near fine. BAL 7286.
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THE LOST GALLEON and Other Tales
by Harte, Bret
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++. 12mo. 108(1)pp. Bound in brown pictorial gilt cloth over beveled boards depicting a ship's sail; internally finlight cover edge wear.
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Deacon Jones' Experience
by Harte, Bret
N. P. (cleveland): J. F. Ryder, 1874. Very Good. 12mo. Single sheet "card" (approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"). Listed under BAL 7276 as a "card" produced subsequent to the leaflet issued by J. F. Ryder of Cleveland in 1874, with the paste-on sheet bearing an illustration by a Mr. Willard and the J. F. Ryder imprint. The... Read More
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The Oxford Companion to the Theatre
by Hartnoll, Phyllis (ed.)
London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Large Octavo. Bound in original blue cloth, spine printed in gilt; internally clean an bright. Bookplate of Shakespeare enthusiast Jerry D. Melton on front pastedown. Blue cloth binding with a few light spots; quite a handsome copy. 888 pps.
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The Panama Canal
by Haskin, Frederic J.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. Original rust colored cloth, 386 pages, 3 pages of ads at rear; frontis is a folding panoramic view of Panama. Illustrated from photographs taken by Ernest Hallen, Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. A fine, brilliant copy.
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