American Indian and Eskimo authors, a comprehensive bibliography
by Hirschfelder, Arlene B.
New York: Association of American Indian Affairs, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. First edition. Illustrated white wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Lightly soiled wrappers with browning to spine panel, otherwise very good. 99 pages. BOB/111616.
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Baltimore, 1870-1900: Studies in Social History. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series LIX Number 2
by Hirschfeld, Charles
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1941. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Ex libris with call number to foot of spine, stamp to half title page and title page, and pocket to inside of rear wrapper. Beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor edgewear to wrappers. Text is pristine. Index, 176 pages +... Read More
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My Religion (1st Edition)
by Hirsch, Emil G.
New York: Macmillan, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. According to Wikipedia, Emil Gustav Hirsch (1851-1923) was a Luxembourg-born Jewish American biblical scholar, Reform rabbi, contributing editor to numerous articles of The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), and founding member of the NAACP. For forty-two years (1880–1923), he served as the rabbi of Chicago Sinai... Read More
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Mote Med Bror Hjorth
by Hjorth, Bror
Bildforlaget Oppna Ogon, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. Quarto. Very good plus in grey cloth with white lettering and color reproduction of painting paisted to front board. Slight creasing to illustration. Top board is very slightly bowed. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Nice, clean copy with sharp corners. TEXT IN SWEDISH. Art. ART1/3160.
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A Study in Temptations
by Hobbes, John Oliver [Pearl Craigie or Pearl May Teresa Richards]
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, very uncommon. American author, Pearl Craigie (1867 - 1906), published several novels including this one in Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym Library series. She was a popular socialite, kept company with Aubrey Beardsley and was the lover of author, George Moore. Near fine in original beige cloth... Read More
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A Bundle of Life
by Hobbes, John Oliver [Pearl Craigie]
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. American author, Pearl Craigie (1867 - 1906), published several novels including this one in Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym Library series. This is the author's rare second book. Near fine in original beige cloth with green title to spine and front board. Light sunning to spine and bumping to... Read More
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The Serious Wooing: A Heart's History
by Hobbes, John Oliver [Pearl Craigie or Pearl Mary Teresa Richards]
New York: Frederick Stokes, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Anglo-American novelist and playwright, Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867- 1906), wrote under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes. A new woman novel in which the main character is separated from her husband and finds romance with another man. Second edition. Ex-libris with library stamp to bottom of title... Read More
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Osbern & Ursyne: A Drama in Three Acts
by Hobbes, John Oliver
London: John Lane, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of this scarce book. Bound in original grey cloth with title, author, and decorative ornaments to front cover. Marks and a few stains to covers, bumped corners, and faded spine. Interior pages clean with sporadic foxing. 95 pages. DRA/090411.
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Colour and its relation to the Stucture of Coloured Bodies: being an investigation into the Physical Cause of Colour in natural and artificial bodies and the Nature of the Structure producing it. From the Second Volume of the Fourth Series of Memoirs and
by Hodgkinson, Alexander
Manchester: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1889. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. Very good minus in original light blue wrappers, some light chipping, especially along spine where it seems to have once been bound into a larger volume; also some fading. Presentation copy inscribed on cover. Interior is clean and bright. 20 pp. In wraps Science. SCI/10163. ... Read More
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Actinometrical Observations Among the Alps with the Description of a New Actinometer
by Hodgkinson, George C.
Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1867. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. Offprint/G+ in peach wraps/9 pp. Science. SCI1511151.
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The Witch in the Wood. William Morris's Romance Heroines & the Late-Victorian 'New Woman'
by Hodgson, Amanda [William Morris]
London: William Morris Society, 2000. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. The annual Kelmscott lecture of the William Morris Society given at the Art Workers' Guild on 7 November 1997. An examination of William Morris's portrayal of women in his writings as influenced by the concept of the "New Woman" in late Victorian times. In side-stapled yellow paper wrappers with black... Read More
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Catholic Authors. Contemporary Biographical Sketches 1930 - 1947
by Hoehn, Matthew (editor)
Newark: St. Mary's Abbey, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by the editor. Each entry includes a photographic illustration of the author. Ex-library with stamp to title page but no other library markings. Very good in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Bumping to lower corners and minor browning to margins. In tan dust... Read More
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The Cruise of the Neptune
by Hoenshel, Elmer U.
Basic, VA: The McClure Company, 1922. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. A scarce edition of this book by Elmer U. Hoenshel (1864- 1940).He was an author and traveler, known for detailed accounts of journeys through the Middle East, particularly regions with biblical importance. It appears that he had a background likely grounded in theological or historical studies contributed to... Read More
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Ancient St. Mary's City : Maryland's State House of 1676
by Hogaboom, General Robert E [text]
Waldorf, MD: Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, No date. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Off-white and brown illustrated paper wrappers with brown title to front wrapper. Self guided tour pamphlet laid in. Unpaginated. MD/062915.
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A bibliography of Edwin Arlington Robinson
by Hogan, Charles Beecher
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition of this detailed bibliography of Robinson's works. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt author and title to spine. Some bumping. Interior pages slightly rippled but still very good. 221 pages including index. BOB/102516.
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Malta: Blue Water Island (1st American Edition)
by Hogg, Gary
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. Vg/Vg Dj with light edgwear/8vo./text bright and clean/248 pp. Travel. TRA2/5132.
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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute; Who were cast Away in the American Ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the Year 1832
by Holden, Horace
Boston: Russell,Shattuck, and Co, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. Fourth Edition of this enthralling account of the experiences of Holden and his fellow seaman Nute after their capture in Paleu (Palau) in Micronesia. The title page continues: "and for Two Years Afterwards were Subjected to Unheard of Sufferings Among the Barbarous Inhabitants of Lord North's Island." The island,... Read More
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Postilla Super Libros Sapientiae
by Holkot, Robertus (Robert)
Hagenau: Heinrich Gran, 1494. Very Good. This is a handsome leaf from the press of Heinrich Gran (active 1489–1527). Gran was an Alsatian printer of the incunabular era and was one of the pioneers of book-printing in Alsace. Little is known about Gran's life other than that he introduced printing to Haguenau, then a more important city than... Read More
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Recollections of Past Life
by Holland, Sir Henry
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Fading to spine and to top edge of front board. First American edition. Autobiography of an eminent English physician. A few ink marks in text from previous owner. 351 pages, index, plus ads in... Read More
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The Collectible Maxfield Parrish with Value Guide
by Holland, William and Congdon-Martin, Douglas
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. This is a catalogue for the collector of generally available Maxfield Parrish works. Images are in full color, with multiple images on a single page. Sorted by client or major work, such as Collier's Magazine, Christmas Life, Scribner's, and books. A single-page price guide of estimated 1993... Read More
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Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society
by Hollister, Paul. Photographs by H. Landshoff. Foreword by Mary Black
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Very good purple cloth 4to., bright silver gilt to spine. Insides are clean, bright text. Binding is tight. Endpapers faded at edges and along hinge. Illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and blue spine panel. Minor edge... Read More
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Boumi Temple News. Vol. XLI. January - December 1976
by Holman, Basil W., ed
Baltimore: Boumi Temple, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Boumi was founded in 1884. There were a total of 7 charter members. At the first meeting, the name of the temple was selected. Boumi is Arabic for Owl, and the owl became the symbol of Boumi Temple. In 1889 Boumi held its first meeting under the dome of its new... Read More
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Wayfarers All: Selections from the Kenneth Grahame Collection of David J. Holmes
by [Holmes, David J]
New York: The Grolier Club, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Exhibition catalog. In green paper wrappers with black title to front cover and fading to spine panel. Clean with illustrations, some in color. Designed by Jerry Kelly. 46 pages. BOB/051314.
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John Lothrop Motley: A Memoir (1st Trade Edition)
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American writer and poet who was also a trained and practicing physician. He was the father of the famed associate justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Holmes,Sr. was considered one of the fireside poets, along with Longfellow, Whittier,... Read More
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A Mortal Antipathy: First Opening of The New Portfolio
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Bound in three quarter red leather with red and blue marbled boards. Spine is cracked and torn at top edge and part of title spine label is missing. Decorated endpapers. Interior clean with an occasional light spot and light foxing rear endpapers and last few... Read More
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