MARIA CHAPDELAINE
by Hemon, Louis.Blake, W. H. (translator). MacDonald, Thoreau (illust). Eayres, Hugh (intro). Bouchard, Eva
Toronto: Macmillan, 1938. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The first reprint edition (1938) reset from the first translated, MacDonald illustrated edition of 1921, fine in fine dustajcket. Regarded as THE French Canadian novel, this copy is inscribed by Eva Bouchard, who claimed to be the person on whom the title heroine is based. Inscribed by her... Read More
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Sitten, Gebräuche, Trachten, Mundart, häusliche und landwirthschaftliche Einrichtungen der Altenburgischen Bauern. Dritte, gänzlich umgearb. Aufl. der Kronbiegel schen Schrift. Mit einem Fürwort von dem Bauer und Anspanner Zacharias Kresse in Dobraschütz
by Hempel, Carl Friedrich
Altenburg Schnuphase, 1839. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, rebound probably late 19thC in 3/4 leather over marbelized paper, old leather newly replaced. Solid copy, 127pp, 10 full page plates, 2 double-page. Text is damp-satined but plates are unaffected. Quite bright, actually. Images available on request.
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THE HOMOEPATHIC DOMESTIC PHYSICIAN
by Hempel, Charles J., MD
NY: Wm. Radde, 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Solid, unsophisticated copy of the first edition. 8vo, 184pp, brown cloth, blind-stamped front and rear, git spine titles. Covers modestly soiled, some foxing, missing half title, solid binding. MEDICAL SCIENCE MEDICINE.
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En Porvence
by Henriot, Emile
Paris: Leo Dietel. First Edition - Limited. Pictorial Paper Covers. VG. De Lambert, Maurice (sepias by). 1200 copies, 4to, original stiff paper covers with pictorial pastedown, 180 pages, lovely tipped-in sepia illustrations. Covers just slightly soiled, some minor loss to paper over spine, internals have trace foxing confined to prelims, firmly bound. A very pressentable copy.
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The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity
by Henry, Francoise (explanatory text)
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. An apparently unused copy, near fine in slipcase. Spine and edge of slipcase a wee faded.
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Statesmen, Financiers and Felons
by Henry William Montagu Paulet the Marquess of Winchester; Leslie, Shans (introduction by)
Privately Published, 1935. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Near Fine -/Very Good -. Top edge very slightly dusty. Gilt coat of arms stamped into front cover. Interestingly designed dj with book review printed on front panel, small pieces missing spine ends, rubbed/soiled rear panel. Laid in promotional slip with order form and same review as printed on dj. Previous... Read More
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Cap-O'- Yellow & Other Stories for Children
by Herbertson, Agnes Grozier. F. V. Poole (illustrated by)
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon first edition, 1908, published by Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. Charmingly produced - short 8vo, cream, half cloth with gilt titles and decorations over striped pattern in blues and greens accented on the front cover with embossed daisies, pictorial endpapers, (8) 148 (2),... Read More
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The Sleep of Baby Filbertson and Other Stories
by Herlihy, James Leo and Noble, William
NY: Dutton, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Keogh, Tom. Fine clean copy (no owner marks) in unclipped sl soiled dw that woudl be near fine save surface of dw lifted off from small sticker over the "son" in Filbertson on front panel.
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LANDSCAPES FOR THE HOMELESS
by Hernandez, Anthony
Hannover: Sprengel Museum, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy in near fien dustjacket with short closed tear front panel. INSCRIBED BY HERNANDEZ on teh title page and dated 2.2.96 in LA.
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Cuisine Mirabelle
by Hern, Anthony & Black, Sheila
United Kingdom: Colour Library International, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. As new copy of book. Inscribed on free front endpaped "Best wishes from 'Mirabelle'," to two restaurant patrons in the hand of Edward Robinson, master chef. Edward Robinson also signed his name underneath his picture on p. 14. Jean Drees, another master chef at Mirabelle's, did... Read More
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The Big Room
by Herr, Michael
Picador London 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. First ed. Square 4to. In glossy wraps. 143 pp. Near fine. Art by Guy Peelaert.
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Klingsor's Last Summer
by Hesse, Herman; Winston, Richard & Clara (Translated by)
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Glaser, Milton (jacket design). An apparently unread, unused copy.
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A Mery Playe Betwene the Pardoner and the Frere the Curate and Neybour Pratte
by (Heywood, John)
London: George Smeeton, 1820. Facsimile Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile edition about 1820 printed by Smeeton of that published in 1533 by William Rastell 8vo, 16 unumbered pages in Gothic type, bound in quarter leather with gilt spine titles over orange boards. Title on spine reads "Mery Playe betwene the Pardoner and the frere 1533... Read More
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GARDEN DESIGN
by David Hicks
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. An apparently unused copy as new in fine dw.
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SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
by Hillebrand, Lauren
NY: Random House, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. True first edition with first issue points. Fine, apparently unread, copy in UNclipped ($24.95) dustjacket (no audio book mention on rear pane)l. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus.
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Timotheus : ein Geschenk fu?r die confirmirte Jugend
by (Hiller, Philipp Friedrich)
St. Louis: Martin C. Barthel, 1889. Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early edition of treatise attributed to Protestant theologian Phillip Hiller (1699 - 1769) published for the German Evangelical Lutheran Synode of Missouri, Ohio and and other central states. Worldcat lists only 5 collections with copies of these variously dated 1883, 1885, 1879, and 1878. We have two... Read More
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The Adventures of Galley Jack, Ship's Cat to the "Susan P. Meservey
by Violet Maxwell and Helen Hill
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Uncommon title, scarce in dustjacket which is moderately worn and soiled and with some obvious chips about its edges. Still, a presentable copy.
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The Seventh Hill
by Hillyer, Robert
NY Viking 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Near fine in price-clipped dw chipped at foot and crown. 8vo. 86p. Bookplate pastedown endpaper. Poetry.
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First Families of the Southwest
by J. F. H. (edited by). (John Frederick Hinkel)
Kansas City: Fred Harevy, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. ND (1913). Brown, quarter cloth over brown paper boards with vertical pictorial pastedown of boy with flute. A fine, apparently unused copy, sparkling pages of 32 colored prints. The collectible copy. AMERICAN INDIANS NATIVE AMERICAN ARIZONA TAOS NAVAHO PUEBLO NEW MEXICO NAVAJO.
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Kunsthandwerk Und Manufacktur in Deutschland Seit 1945
by Hirzel, Stephan
Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Almost As New/Near Fine. Slight chip top spine.
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Mapas Historicos Brasilierios (Historical Maps of Brazil)
by (Grandes Personages Da Nossa Historia)
NP (Brazil): NP. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio, bolted spine, white-paper backed boards, gold titles. 56 color facsimiles of 15th - 17th century maps relating to discovery and exploration of Brazil. Unidentified editor or publisher, except "Grandes Personages Da Nossa Historia". Color reproductions printed on glossy paper, uncommon reference volume for the map collector. ... Read More
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THE COURAGE OF TURTLES
by Hoagland, Edward
NY: Random House, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fiftenn essays on American life in the late 1960s from one of America'sa best essayists of the period. Near fine, apparently little- or un-used copy, unclipped dustjacket, faded dustjacket spine, no ownership marks or bookplates.
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HOBBS'S ARCHITECTURE: COMPRISING DESIGNS AND GROUND PLANS FOR VILLAS, COTTAGES AND OTHER EDIFICES, BOTH SUBURBAN AND RURAL, ADAPTED TO THE UNITED STATES
by Hobbs, Isaac H., and Son
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, original brown cloth, gilt pictorial front cover, double-blind ruled, beveled edges, gilt to spine, 189 pp, with designs (plans) for 84 residences, each with a full page illustration and floor plan. Hitchcock 595. Corners moderately worn, shallow cloth loss spine ends, cloth moderately soiled. Internals... Read More
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A Series of Mercantile Letters, with the Weights, Measures and Monies Reduced into the English Standard; and an Explnation of Foreign Exchanges: Intended to Give General Knowledge of Business to Those Young Persons Whose Views Are Directed to Commerce
by Hodgkins, E.
London: Printed for Boosey and Sons, 1820. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. .and for the Use of Schools. Small 8vo, late 19th or early 20th century pebbled cloth, leather spine. iv + 316p. Scarce manual for the British commercial agent or businessman in the conduct of internatinal trade business, and as such, presumably one of the earliest "business... Read More
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Common-Sense Stair Building and Handrailing
by Hodgson, Fred T.
Chicago: Frederick J Drake & Co, 1916. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine -/No Jacket. Stamped pictorial front panel. Slight staining ffe. Contains over 250 black and white drawings and diagrams. 196pp + 58pp of house plans and designs.
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