IRISH SETTER -- REFLECTIONS
by H. Von Hobbs
Jericho, New York: Exposition Press, 1974. First Edition. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. The front and rear pastedowns have darkened. The dustjacket is reasonably bright with shelfwear; it has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding... Read More
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AMERICAN COIN TREASURES AND HOARDS AND CACHES OF OTHER AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ITEMS (SIGNED)
by Q. David Bowers | with Michael Hodder
Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers & Merena Galleries, 1997. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A pristine copy in publisher's pictorial boards, Signed with a personal inscription by David Bowers. There are no other marks of any kind. Near Fine binding.
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HISTORY OF THE HONOLULU ENGINEER DISTRICT 1905-1965
by Ellen Van Hoften
Honolulu: U.S. Army Engineer District, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Small 4to.; in the publishers cream colored wrappers printed in black, red and green; vii, [1], 133 pages, followed by four appendices, xix; there are no ownership or other marks in the book. Very Good binding.
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NICODEMUS AND THE GANG
by Inez Hogan
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition of Inez Hogan’s Nicodemus and the Gang. With in text illustrations, colored red. Previous owner’s name on a preliminary, and name-sticker on the front endpaper. Vertical crease to the front endpaper, though it lays flat. Chips and tears... Read More
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THE TIMES. PLATES I AND II
by William Hogarth
Very Good binding. Both plates of "The Times", which were originally painted and subsequently engraved by William Hogarth. Neatly framed in black with gilt fillets. Pages in protective sleeves from the 19th century book, Hogarth's Works... by John Trusler and E. F. Roberts are attached to the rear of the frames, describing and identifying the plate in question.... Read More
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HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED
by John Ireland | Hogarth
London, Cheapside; Pall Mall: J. N. Boydell | G. and W.Nicol, 1806. Third Edition, Corrected. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. The artwork in small engraved plates of the influential satirist and book illustrator, William Hogarth, taken from his manuscript works, with detailed analysis and biographical essays by the editor, John Ireland. This edition complete in three volumes.... Read More
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PATENT MEDICINE TAX STAMPS: A HISTORY OF THE FIRMS USING UNITED STATES PRIVATE DIE PROPRIETARY MEDICINE TAX STAMPS
by Henry W. Holcombe
Lawrence, MA: Quarterman Publications Inc, 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket has shelfwear with several short closed tears; it is protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[LITERATURE] A MYSTERY OF NEW ORLEANS. SOLVED BY NEW METHODS
by William H. Holcombe
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth with decoration and titling in gilt; [4], 5-332 pages; the front hinge if cracked but holding well; ;the bnding has some silverfishing and light stinging; there is a sticker advertising Linen Cambric attached to one page near the gutter but... Read More
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[NEALE IMPRINT] [POETRY CRITICISM] THE CAVALIER POETS; THEIR LIVES, THEIR DAY, AND THEIR POETRY
by Carl Holliday
New York and Washington: The neale Publishing Company, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo. (8 1/2" x 5 5/8") , in the publisher's tan buckram ruled in chocolate brown and titled in gilt; 320 pages, including bibliography and Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book; scant and minimal silverfishing to the... Read More
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OVER THE TEA-CUPS. VOL. I & II. TWO VOLUMES
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1896. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Complete in two volumes. Early reprint of the Riverside Press edition; first published in 1890, 1891 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., and later that same year as a Riverside Press edition with an additional preface, dated Aug. 1891. Red cloth with... Read More
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[LITERATURE] THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE WITH THE STORY OF IRIS
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. Very Good binding. 12mo; in three quarter morocco over marbled paper covered boards; with 5 raised bands and decorations and titling on gilt; all edges gilt; 410 pages including the index; wear to the edges of the boards and joints; there is a contemporary owner’s signature on the first blank leaf and... Read More
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[ALBUM] [INDIANA UNIVERSITY] YOUTH OF A BUSINESSMAN
by Richard C. Holmquist
Richard Charles Holmquist (1915-2008) was the first Executive Director of the Virginia Industrialization Group (VIG), impacted the educational landscape throughout Virginia to this day. After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education overturned the prevailing ‘separate but equal’ approach to schooling, many Southern communities organized to resist racial integration. This “Massive Resistance” movement was championed by then-governor J. Lindsay... Read More
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[SIGNED] [ART] ABSTRACT DESIGN IN AMERICAN QUILTS: A BIOGRAPHY OF AN EXHIBITION
by Jonathan Holstein
Louisville, KY: Kentucky Quilt Project Inc, 1991. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Quarto; in the publisher's black cloth binding, with slipcase; [7], 8-230 pages, including Index; with many illustrations of quilts, mostly in color; housed in publisher's black cloth slipcase with decoration in silver and red, and titling in silver; this copy is signed on... Read More
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ROMANISCHE BIBLIOGRAPHIE 2001 (2 Volumes; Complete)
by Gunter Holtus
Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2003. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Nice two volume set with no marks of any kind; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; scarce. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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[RICHMOND] WILLIAM F. HOLZGREFE: MAN OF FAMILY, MAN OF FAITH
by Paul R. Cramer; Sallyann C. Holzgrefe; John Gregory Holzgrefe
Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher's blue cloth with titling in silver; xiv, 132 pages, with photographic illustrations; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~Rather surpringly this book contains many black and white photographs of among other places Richmond's Fan District. There is also interesting anecdotal... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
by Homer | T. E. Shaw [Lawrence of Arabia], [Translator]; Barry Moser [Illustrator]
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's tan cloth with titling and decoration in red, housed in the publisher's slipcase; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book; there is a light,and inoffensive, mark on the leading edge of the text block; this is #1301 of... Read More
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EUROPEAN CERAMIC ART FROM THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES TO ABOUT 1815: A DICTIONARY OF FACTORIES, ARTISTS, TECHNICAL TERMS, ET CETERA
by William Bowyer Honey
New York: Book Collectors Society. Limited Edition, number 57 of 100 copies. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 788pp. Full bound in publishers green morocco with title and decoration in gold on the spine; spine is sunned to brown but still presents well on the shelf; a stately volume, illustrated throughout with in text and some full page including... Read More
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[HUMOR] THE COMIC ANNUAL FOR 1842
by Hood, T.; Illustrated by Jo Leech
London: Henry Colburn, 1842. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Jo Leech. Previous owner's name written on ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red embossed cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations. Light to moderate edge wear to extremities. Archival repair to top of spine. Rear hinge re-inforced. Text block edges are gilded. Very Good binding. ... Read More
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[PROTESTANT REFORMATION] A DECLARATION OF CHRISTE AND OF HIS OFFYCE COMPYLYD BY JOHAN HOPER, ANNO 1547
by Johan Hoper (John Hooper)
Prynted in Zurych: Augustyne Fries, 1547. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in a 19th century binding of burgundy straight-grained morocco, with a decorative roll in blind to the perimeter of the boards and with all edges gilt; dentelle turn-ins; with rear board reattached; spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt; [186] pages followed by... Read More
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THE CAMP-FIRE BOYS IN THE SOUTH SEAS
by Latharo Hoover
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With no marks. Decorated orange cloth, with slight sunning and shelfwear to the spine. Very Good binding.
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[VIRGINIA] [PRESENTATION COPY] A COLLECTION OF POEMS
by James Barron Hope
Richmond, Va: A. Morris, 1859. Author's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo.; in the publisher's brown embossed cloth; [i-viii], ix, [x], xi-xii, [2], [15], 16-139, [140] [4] pages; with a pencilled inscription by the author: "Presented to Miss Jennie W. Hawkins | with the cordial regards | of her friend | the Author | Norfolk, Oct. 25,... Read More
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YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL ODE. ARMS AND THE MAN: A METRICAL ADDRESS, RECITED ON THE ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY (OCTOBER 19TH, 1881,) OF THE SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN, ON INVITATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS
by James Barron Hope
Norfolk, VA: Landmark Publishing Company, 1882. Soft Cover. Fair binding. James Barron Hope's Yorktown Centennial Ode, "Arms and the Man." A metrical commemoration of the surrender at Yorktown. Ex library, with library bookplate on verso of front cover, library punch stamp on the title page, lacking rear cover. Some separation to the front cover, and a closed tear... Read More
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[POETRY] THE GARDEN OF KAMA AND OTHER LOVE LYRICS FROM INDIA
by Laurence Hope
London: William Heinemann, 1919. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo; three quarter bound in red sheep over red cloth; with gilt rule on the boards and titling and decorations in gilt on the spine; (vi)vii(2)3-92 pages; 5 raised bands on the spine; edged in gilt; trivial loss to the leather on the upper board and spine; minor... Read More
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ON THE ENGLISH LITURGICAL COLOURS. COMMUNICATED TO THE ST. PAUL'S ECCLESIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
by W. H. St. John Hope
London: Alabaster, Passmore, and Sons, 1889. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Flexible boards show moderate soiling. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to text. Very Good binding.
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![[RELIGION] THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BY SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. | THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE, BY THOMAS STERNHOLD, JOHN HOPKINS, AND OTHERS; CONFERRED WITH THE HEBREW. (ONE VOLUME)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/200/1349200451.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BY SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. | THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE, BY THOMAS STERNHOLD, JOHN HOPKINS, AND OTHERS; CONFERRED WITH THE HEBREW. (ONE VOLUME)
by Church of England | Thomas Sternhold; John Hopkins
Oxford | London: Printed by the University-Printers | Printed by J. Heptinstall, for the Company of Stationers, 1707. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Book of Common Prayer and Book of Psalms for the Church of England, bound together in one volume; both were published in 1707. Complete with 53 numbered plates. Interestingly, three of the plates are... Read More
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