Moortown
by Hughes, Ted
London: Faber & Faber, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Leonard Baskin. Slight creasing to upper edge of jacket.
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The Burning of the Brothel
by Hughes, Ted
London: Turret Books, 1966. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. One of 300 copies.
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The Burning of the Brothel
by Hughes, Ted
London: Terret Books, 1966. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy no. 15/75 signed by Hughes, A poem in nineteen stanzas. Royal blue wrappers with Japanese paper dustwrapper. Designed and printed at the Goliard Press.
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Moortown
by Hughes, Ted
London: Faber & Faber, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Leonard Baskin. Red cloth boards covered by lime green illustrated dust jacket. Like New.
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Henry Williamson. A Tribute Given a t the Service of Thanksgiving at the Royal Parish Church of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. 1 December 1977
by Hughes, Ted
Lonodn: Rainbow Press, 1979. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy no. 15/125 signed by Hughes. Quarto, brown printed wrappers, [20] pages, sewn, frontispiece (portrait of Henry Williamson by Bill Thomson).
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THE OPEN ROAD: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS (and) YR OGOF (and) FROM HAND TO HAND (and) CAN NEU DDWY (4 titles)
by Hughes ,T. Rowland
various 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four titles by the Welch dramatist, author and poetThomas Rowland Hughes (often referred to as T. Rowland Hughes) ( 1903 - 1949), son of a quarryman from Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd today), in north Wales. He is primarily renowned in the present day for his novels about characters living and working in... Read More
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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN COMPILED FROM THE USUAL AUTHORITIES AND ALSO MANY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPST
by Mrs. Hughs
Philadelphia/ Boston: Priinted by James Kay, Jun. for Carey, Lea & Carey et al/ Munroe & Francis, 1828. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, original or old 19thC binding, half polished leather over marbelized boards, gilt ruled spine with titles, blind-tooled edge of leather front and back, 224p. Presumed original owner name, Philaelphia front and rear free endppapers.... Read More
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Oeuvres Complètes de Victor Hugo: Poésie
by Hugo, Victor
Paris: Eugène Renduel, 1838. Red Calf Spine/Marbled Boards. Very Good. 2 volumes. Marbled covers match pastedowns and endpapers. Darkened spines with gilt titles and decorations. Volume 1 with slight rubbing to spine edges and cover corners, darkened patches at pastedowns and endpapers, mild foxing through text that does not hinder readability. Volume 2 with slight rubbing to spine... Read More
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Porlock: A Portrait
by Hunter, Reginald. Powys, John Cowper (foreward). O'Brian, William (illustrated by)
Caldwell ID: Caxton Printers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by author Hunter on the ffe, "For Wan Schubert, who played my records with such sensitive hands. Reginald Hunter October 1941". With Wanda's bookplate lower right corner ffe. Near fine copy, lacking dustjacket.
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LITTLE PICKLES Rhymes for Children
by Hunter, Richard. Cobb, Ruth (illustrations by)
London: Blackie & Son 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+. nd, children's pictorial about the different ethnicities of friends of a young British girl. Tropes prevail, as expected: circa 1900. Paper over spine partially missing, decent binding, internals better than very good. Christmas inscription title page.
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THREE TITLES ABOUT THE WORK OF NEW MEXICO ARTIST PAUL HURD
by Hurd, Peter. Horgan, Paul. Miegs, John. Wyeth, Andrew
Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A lot of 3 titles by or about artist Peter Hurd. each inscribed by Hurd to a close friend and patron. Horgan, Paul. PETER HURD: A PORTRAIT SKETCH FROM LIFE. Austin: University of Texas press, 1971 ; Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Art, 1971 (1964). Third printing. 68 pages, illustrated in color... Read More
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Letters on Chivalry and Romance
by (Rev. Richard Hurd)
London (and) Cambridge: Published by A Millar, The Strand, London; W Thurlbourn and J Woodyer, Cambridge, 1762. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, contemporary full speckled calf, 5 raised bands, gilt and red leather label to spine, 203, title page printed in red and black with a quotation from Tasso. WorldCat identifies two libraries with this edition... Read More
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S. HUROK PRESENTS
by Hurok, Sol
NY: Hermitage House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED BY S. HUROK (1888 - 1974) on the ffe. Autobiography of impresario of the classical performing arts - ballet, opera, and musicians. Apparently unread book is dustjacket with a sunned spine a small chip top edge front panel and narrow strip spine head.
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Rocks In His Head. Pictures
by Hurst, Carol Otis. James Stevenson (illustrated by)
NY: Greenwillow Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Inscribed by author Hurst to Caldecott Medal illustrator Marc Simont (1915 - 2013) on the title page: "To Marc My delightful dinner companion and the rocks in his head. Carol O. Hurst" As new in as new dustjacket.
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THE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS
by Huxley, Aldous
Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1918. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. A compromised but signed copy of the author's third book (preceded by "The Burning Wheel" and "Jonah"). Front cover detached, title label on spine gone, covers tanned about edges which are moderately worn, leaves loosening, ffe loose. Contemporary owner bookplate on front pastedown. Signed by Huxley and dated... Read More
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Pen and Mouse: Commercial Art and Digital Illustration
by Hyland, Angus
NY: Watson-Guptil, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Edited by Angus Hyland of Pentagram Design, with dozens of contributors. Fine copy.
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De moderne jaren vijftig en zestig. De verspreiding van een eigentijdse architectuur over nederland./ The modern fifties and sixties. The spreading of contemporary architecture over the netherlands
by Ibelings, Hans
Rotterdam: NAi, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ownership copy of Argentinian-born, American architect Cesar Pelli (1926-2019) with his signatrure and dated by him Oct 1996 upper right corner ffe. A near fine copy, apparently unused.
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Safe Conduct: Photographs by Paul Ickovic
by Ickovic, Paul (photographs). Capa, Cornell (foreword). Haval, Vaclav (essay)
University of Washington Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine, unused copy, inscribed by photographer Paul Ickovic (1944-2023) on the half title and dated by him 6/18/92.
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Kling-Klang Gloria. Deutsche volks und kinderleider
by Lefler and Urban (illustrators)
Vienna & Leipzig: Tempsk & Freytag, 1921. Later Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Later printing of 1921 after the first of 1907. Nicely preserved copy, some slight wear to bottom edge and corner, internals fine, no names or bookplates and desirable thus.
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MAIN STREET
by Sinclair Lewis. Grant Wood (illustrator)
Chicago/ NY: Lakeside Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine copy, no bookplates or names, apparently unread in cardboard slipcase that has been tape repaired at the seams and around the paper label on the slipcase.
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THE DIVINE COMEDY
by Dante Alighieri. Thomas G. Bergin (translator). Leonard Baskin (illustrator)
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1969. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large, three-volume set housed in paper-backed slipcase with title label. The slipcase is dusty and slightly worn about edges. The spines of the books are gently toned, but the covers and internals are as new. SIGNED BY BASKIN and dated 1988 by him on the ffe. The prolific... Read More
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Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son (2 volume set)
by Charles Dickens. Henry C. Pitz (illustrator)
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1957. 1st Edition Limited Thusd. Hardcover. Very Good +. #397 of 1500 copies, signed by illustrator Pitz on colophon. Red buckram, spine labels. Spines toned, as is slipcase. Solid, clean copies.
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Bartholomew, John
by Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England: New and Revised Edition with a Consulting Index
London: George Philip & Son, 1876. Hardcover. VG+. 8vo, publishers brown, pebbled cloth, gilt vignette and titles front, gilt spine titles, corners moderately worn, binding firm, all maps extant. Apparently unused, internals near fine,
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ART IN AMERICA Vol 58 No 1 January - February 1970
by Indiana, Roberty (cover art). Jenkins, Paul (foldout print)
NY: Art in America (Whitney Communications), 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. As new copy. Cover art of Robert Indiana. Foldout print that reproduces a work by Paul Jenkins. 146pages.
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ROBERT INDIANA: EARLY SCULPTURE 1960-1962
by Indiana, Robert
London: Salama-Caro Gallery, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. With an essay by the artist and an introduction by William Katz. London: Boldly inscribed from top to bottom of ffe by Indana to Riva Castleman, who was head of the Printe Deprtment at MoMA: "New York. London. Vinalhausen & for NY Riva LOVE Robert" (Indiana has arranged LOVE... Read More
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