CHARLIE RESNICK: MYSTERIOUS PROFILE #14 (Limited, Signed Edition & Mysterious Profile #14)
by John Harvey
New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. Limited Edition, number 76 of 100. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed by Harvey. Slender 8vo; in the publisher's blue cloth with titling in gilt, [2], 33 pages, [3]; quite a nice copy of limited cloth bound edition signed by John Harvey and limited to 100 copies, of which this is #76.~~Issued with a... Read More
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PILATE AND HEROD: A TALE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND
by Stanley Harvey
Philadelphia: H. Hooker, 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A pleasant set, in the original cloth, ruled in blind. With minor loss at the top of the spine and some light and scattered foxing. A fictionalized account, not found in Wright. Very Good binding.
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ASCETICISM AND SOCIETY IN CRISIS: JOHN OF EPHESUS AND THE LIVES OF THE EASTERN SAINTS (TRANFORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL HERITAGE)
by Susan Ashbrook Harvey
University of California Press, 1990. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition copy with no marks in the book. The dustjacket is bright and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[CHILDREN] WINDSONG SUMMER
by Patricia Cecil Hass
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s teal cloth binding, with dustjacket; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the front endpaper; the dustjacket is bright with just a touch of “fade” to the spine; there is a previous owner gift inscription... Read More
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![[MILITARY] ALL HELL LET LOOSE THE WORLD AT WAR 1939-45 (2 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/293/243/1718243293.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] ALL HELL LET LOOSE THE WORLD AT WAR 1939-45 (2 VOLUMES)
by Max Hastings
London: Folio Society, 2022. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; in pictorial cloth covered boards; Volume 1; xxiv, 372 pages; Volume 2; ix (373-375) 376-782 pages including the Index; housed in a pictorial slipcase. Near Fine binding.
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[ARCHITECTURE] CIVILIA: THE END OF SUB URBAN MAN
by Ivor De Wolfe [Hubert de Cronin Hastings]
London: The Architectural Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in yellow linen boards with titling in gold; and with dustjacket; [2], 156 pages (4 folded), with illustrations and maps, some in color.~~An uncommon title by the great promoter of modernism. Hastings edited Architectural Review and wrote several articles for it as... Read More
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THE PHILOSOPHY AND AESTHETICS OF MUSIC
by Edward Lippman | Christopher Hatch
University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy with no marks of any kind; appears to be unread and essentially unopened. Fine binding.
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[RICHMOND] LIFE OF J. B. JETER, D.D.
by Wm. E. Hatcher
Baltimore: H. M. Wharton & Co, 1887. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt on the upper board and the spine; beveled edges; vi, 508 pages with frontispiece portrait; dampstaining to the frontispiece; gutter lightly cracked at the title page, but certainly holding quite well. (Haynes 8054). near Very... Read More
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[GENEALOGY] THE SNEADS OF FLUVANNA
by Mrs. William Hatcher (Virginia Snead Hatcher)
Fork Union, Virginia: The Sneads of Fluvanna, Inc.~, 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean copy with no marks of any kind; trace of offsetting to the endpapers. In a crisp binding with occasional spotting.First published in 1910, this is the second edition from 1959. Very Good binding.
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GOOD BYE SWEETHEART, GOOD BYE [CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC]
by John Liptrot Hatton
Richmond, VA: Geo. Dunn & Compy, 1863. Very Good binding. Favorite Ballad, with Piano-Forte Accompaniment. 3 pages, with back panel blank. Additional lyrics printed at the bottom of page 3. Confederate Imprint. (Parish & Willingham 7084; Crandall 3517). Very Good binding.
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HINTS FOR LOVERS
by Arnold Haultain
Boston | New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A very nearly fine copy, still with the publisher's glassine wrapper. In pale pink paper-covered boards, with a mauve paper spine label letters in gilt. On the pastedown is residue from a bookplate, and a small cream colored bookplate printed in gilt. Near... Read More
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![[EXHIBITION CATALOG] [GERMAN] WORTE ZUR EROFFSNUNG DER GEDACHTNIS-AUSSTELLUNG RUDOLF KOCH IN DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHEREI, LEMPZIG, IM MAI 1934](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/234/1552234070.0.m.jpg)
[EXHIBITION CATALOG] [GERMAN] WORTE ZUR EROFFSNUNG DER GEDACHTNIS-AUSSTELLUNG RUDOLF KOCH IN DER DEUTSCHEN BUCHEREI, LEMPZIG, IM MAI 1934
by Georg Haupt
Leipzig: Duetsche Bucherei [Insel-Verlag], 1934. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. Quarto; in printed sewn wrappers; [8] pages; an uncommon transcript of the opening of the Rudolf Koch exhbition in 1934; foxing to the handmade paper wrappers; this copy with the card of Karl Klingspor laid in. From the year of the great type designer's death. Very Good... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] PICTURESQUE HOLLAND A JOURNEY IN THE PROVINCES OF FRIESLAND, GRONINGEN, DRENTHE, OVERYSSEL, GUELDERS AND LIMBOURG](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/906/548/1711548906.0.m.jpg)
[TRAVEL] PICTURESQUE HOLLAND A JOURNEY IN THE PROVINCES OF FRIESLAND, GRONINGEN, DRENTHE, OVERYSSEL, GUELDERS AND LIMBOURG
by Henry Havard
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1876. First Edition. Octavo; in three quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards; with marbled edges; 416 pages; complete with 10 wood cut illustrations and a full color folding map; a touch of wear to the boards; a small stain on the upper board; a previous owner’s signature on the front end paper;... Read More
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JUDITH: A CHRONICLE OF OLD VIRGINIA
by Marion Harland [Mary Virginia Hawes]
Philadelphia: Our Continent Publishing, 1883. One of many novels by the Virginia born author settled on the pen name "Marion Harland" (she is perhaps best known now for her various manuals of housekeeping). Quite an attractive First Edition copy of one her less common novels; in the publisher's green cloth, blocked in black. with titling blocked in silver.... Read More
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![[TRADE CATALOGUE] 1896. STAPLE CATALOGUE. GEO. B. HAWLEY, MANUFACTURER OF LEAD PIPE, AND DEALER IN PLUMBERS', GAS FITTERS', STEAM FITTERS', ENGINEERS', WATER WORKS, GAS WORKS, SUPPLIES AND TOOLS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/824/1267824089.0.m.jpg)
[TRADE CATALOGUE] 1896. STAPLE CATALOGUE. GEO. B. HAWLEY, MANUFACTURER OF LEAD PIPE, AND DEALER IN PLUMBERS', GAS FITTERS', STEAM FITTERS', ENGINEERS', WATER WORKS, GAS WORKS, SUPPLIES AND TOOLS
by [Geo. B. Hawley]
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An extensive -- and extensively illustrated -- catalogue of plumbing and gas supplies issued by the Geo. B. Hawley Company of Cincinnati in the late 19th century. 235 pp. Laid in are five different Revised Price lists and discount circulars from 1896 to 1898. Binding is green... Read More
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![[SCIENCE] HAWNEY’S COMPLETE MEASURER: OR, THE WHOLE ART OF MEASURING. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. TEACHING DECIMAL ARITHMETIC, WITH THE EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE AND CUBE-ROOTS; PART II. TEACHING TO MEASURE ALL SORTS OF SUPERFICES ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/430/329/1693329430.0.m.jpg)
[SCIENCE] HAWNEY’S COMPLETE MEASURER: OR, THE WHOLE ART OF MEASURING. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. TEACHING DECIMAL ARITHMETIC, WITH THE EXTRACTION OF THE SQUARE AND CUBE-ROOTS; PART II. TEACHING TO MEASURE ALL SORTS OF SUPERFICES ..
by William Hawney
Dublin: I. Jackson, 1759. Fifth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 16mo; in contemporary calf binding with a later morocco label; the beginning of separation at the front joint, but holding very well; a bit of loss to the corner of the upper board; lacking the rear endpaper; a small bit of loss to the last leaves not... Read More
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THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. VOLUME XII. NO. LV. JANUARY, 1843
by [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1843. Soft Cover. Fair binding. With "Buds and Bird-Voices," "The Celestial Railroad," "Egotism, or the Bosom Serpent," "New Adam and Eve," and "Procession of Life" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Democratic Review was a political and literary magazine published from 1837 to 1859 primarily edited and published by John L. O'Sullivan. Front... Read More
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THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. VOL. XIV. NO. LXIX. MARCH, 1844
by [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
New York: Hanry G. Langley, 1844. Soft Cover. Fair binding. With "The Intelligence Office" by Nathaniel Hawthorn (sic). The Democratic Review was a political and literary magazine published from 1837 to 1859 primarily edited and published by John L. O'Sullivan. Some separation to the joints, loss to the spine, and foxing and minor dampstaining. Fair binding.
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![[LITERATURE] THE SCARLET LETTER. THE CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. VOLUME 1](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/104/923/1673923104.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] THE SCARLET LETTER. THE CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. VOLUME 1
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ohio State University Press, 1962. Centenary Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Large 8vo; in publisher’s grey cloth; with gilt tilting and decorations over a black label on the spine; (vii) ix-lxv, 1-289 pages including the Index; there is a previous owner name on the front pastedown and an initial on the endpaper; otherwise a clean copy of... Read More
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THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. VOL. XII. NO. LVI. FEBRUARY, 1843
by [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1843. Soft Cover. Good binding. With "The New Adam and Eve" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Democratic Review was a political and literary magazine published from 1837 to 1859 primarily edited and published by John L. O'Sullivan. Spots of discoloration, and slight foxing. Beginning of separation to the front joint, and loss... Read More
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THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. VOL. XVI. NO. LXXXII. APRIL, 1845
by [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
New York: Henry G. Langley, 1845. Soft Cover. Fair binding. With "P's Correspondence" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an epistolary sketch of a fictional unnamed friend who has lost his mind and meets a number of famous personages while still in his small room. Also with a rather short review of "Mr. Poe's Lecture on the Poets." Dampstaining to the... Read More
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[IMMIGRATION] THE PERIL OF HUNKEY HOLLOW
by Senah Nedra [Arden Haynes]
The Baptist Banner Publishing House, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. 12mo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; 173 pages; lacking the front free endpaper (perhaps someone did not want their name associated with this book); the dustjacket has modest wear at the extremities.~~An anti-immigrant screed of the worst sort, by the... Read More
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[FACSIMILE] [CIVIL WAR] HOOD’S TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN
by Thomas Robson Hay
Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1976. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, issued without dustjacket; xv, [xvi], 17-272 pages, including the Index; followed by publisher’s ads; with maps.~~There are no ownership marks in the book.~~This is Morningside Bookshop Facsimile No. 30. Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] TVA EXOTISKA NOVELLER; MEGEGI; TINDALO
by Wilhelm; Birger Morner | Helmer Hedberg
Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlund Forlag, 1923. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 24mo; in cream-colored paper-covered boards, with titling and decoration in chocolate and gold; 147 pages, with illustrations.~~The illustrations of Helmer Hedberg are lovely. Very Good binding.
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![[OCCULT] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS. AN ESOTERIC EXPOSITION OF NATAL AND MEDICAL ASTROLOGY EXPLAINING THE ARTS OF READING THE HOROSCOPE AND DIAGNOSING DISEASE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/622/927/1654927622.0.m.jpg)
[OCCULT] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS. AN ESOTERIC EXPOSITION OF NATAL AND MEDICAL ASTROLOGY EXPLAINING THE ARTS OF READING THE HOROSCOPE AND DIAGNOSING DISEASE
by Max Haeindel; Augusta Foss Heindel
Mount Ecclesia, California: The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1944. Tenth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the cloth binding with boards decorated in red, black and gilt, and with dustjacket; [3], 4-728 pages. followed by Index and publisher’s ads; a bit of discoloration to the joints from the binder’s glue; there are no marks of... Read More
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