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Extraños en un tren [Strangers on a Train]
by Highsmith, Patricia (translated by Jordi Beltrá)
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama. Very Good. 1983. 3rd printing. Softcover. [slight dog-earing at several corners and base of spine, reading creases in spine, light edgewear to covers]. (Panorama de narrativas, no. 27) Series Trade PB Spanish-language edition of this modern suspense classic, the author's first novel and the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the... Read More
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The Swift Seasons
by Hilles, Helen Train
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1953). First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound book with just a bit of wear to the corners; jacket shows light soiling, old tape reinforcements at spine ends "A New York novel, a nostalgic period piece of the early years of this century and a story of character... Read More
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Invisible by Day
by Hill, Eileen Sheila
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. [a decent copy, minor bumping to several corners, some light dampstaining to the cloth at the bottom corners (both front and back covers); the jacket shows the dampstain externally on the rear panel and flap only, otherwise moderately edgeworn with very slight paper loss... Read More
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The Westward Star
by Hill, Frank Ernest
New York: The John Day Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound copy, a bit of wear to lower extremities, light dust-soiling to top of text block, vintage bookseller's label (Buccaneer Books, Long Beach, California) on front pastedown; the jacket has a shallow jagged chip at the lower left of the... Read More
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![John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/147/815/1669815147.0.m.jpg)
John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures [*SIGNED*]
by Hillier, Bevis, compl
London: John Murray, in association with The Herbert Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. [no significant wear to book, just a few tiny spots (foxing) on top edge of text block; the jackets shows just a touch of surface wear]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the compiler (who... Read More
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Good-bye, Mr. Chips
by Hilton, James
[Boston]: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1934). 18th printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [teensy nick in cloth at bottom of front cover, otherwise tight and clean with no discernible wear; jacket is similarly nice, with just one short closed tear at top of spine, downgraded just a bit only because of the price-clipping]. (pen... Read More
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And Now Good-Bye
by Hilton, James
New York: William Morrow & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1932. 2nd printing. Hardcover. [good solid copy, with a bit of wear at spine ends and bottom corners, mild browning to fore-edge; the jacket spine is quite browned with some paper loss at both ends and a tiny pull-tear/hole about one-quarter way from the top... Read More
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The Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas
by Hinckley, Jim
Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. Very Good. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [no significant external wear, presents to the eye as new, but flipping through the book one finds a fair number of thin ink lines in the margins, placed there by a previous owner to unclear purpose (planning a road trip?... Read More
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Who's Who in Music and Drama
by Hines, Dixie, and Harry Prescott Hanaford, eds.
New York: H.P. Hanaford. Good. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [general wear, some fraying to cloth at spine ends, exposure of boards at bottom corners, light spotting on front cover, hinges a little weak (rear hinge partially cracked but still holding); see note re annotations in the name index]. (B&W photographic plates) About ... Read More
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Wind from the West
by Hinkson, Pamela
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, moderate shelfwear, some soiling/spotting to top edge; jacket unevenly browned, spine browned/discolored, some chipping at spine ends]. "The Brittany of great chateaux and ancient families, of grandparents true to old traditions of culture and exclusiveness, and of grandchildren whom ... Read More
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Hirschfeld by Hirschfeld
by Hirschfeld, Al
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1979). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book with no significant wear, just a few tiny remnants of a removed bookplate on the inside front cover; the jacket shows only some very light soiling, and has a couple of tiny edge-nicks]. (caricature drawings) "Collected... Read More
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The Films of James Mason
by Hirschhorn, Clive; with some second thoughts by James Mason
London: LSP Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0853210632 . [light shelfwear to bottom edge, slight dust-soiling to top page edges; jacket shows light wear at corners, a couple of tears and minor paper loss at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) The usual film-by-film rundown, with an introductory biographical essay. What... Read More
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His 50th Film
by (Hitchcock, Alfred)
London: British & American Film Press Ltd.. Very Good+. 1966. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [light rubbing to front cover, some mild staining along spine on rear cover]. (B&W photographs, ads, graphics) Glossy 44-page (including covers) promotional booklet issued in conjunction with the British release of Alfred Hitchcock's TORN CURTAIN. Contents: "Dateline Elstree 1949," by C. H. B.-Williamson, summarizing some of... Read More
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Film Comment (Vol. 2, No. 2, 1964)
by (Hitchens, Gordon, ed.)
New York: Lorien Productions, Inc.. Very Good+. 1964. (Vol. 2, No. 2). Magazine. [light wear along spine and at spine ends, light soiling to rear cover adjacent to spine]. (B&W photographs) An uncommon early issue of this venerable critical/historical film journal, when it was much more politically-charged than in its later years. In this issue: an... Read More
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Meeting for Burial
by Hitchman, Janet
New York: Atheneum. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, bottom corners lightly bumped; jacket a tiny bit dog-eared at top of spine]. Novel set against the background of a Quaker community, examining the life of Mildred Moore through the narrative device of remembrances at her funeral service. "What... Read More
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How They Make a Motion Picture
by Hoadley, Ray, and Roman Freulich (photographs)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.. Very Good in Good dj. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [book is moderately shelfworn, minor bumping and slight fraying at extremities; jacket is scuffed and heavily edgeworn, with numerous small tears and shallow chips]. (B&W photographs) A nice nuts-and-bolts look at the behind-the-scenes activities involved in the production of Hollywood... Read More
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Cat Man
by Hoagland, Edward
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid book, minor shelfwear to lower extremities, tiny light stain on fore-edge; the jacket is well-worn at edges and corners (and especially at spine ends), with a tiny narrow chip at the top of the front panel]. Novel about a circus roustabout... Read More
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The Sisgruder Conspiracy
by Hobson, John
Glendale CA: Great Western Publishing Co.. Very Good. (c.1980). First Edition. Softcover. [moderate overall wear]. Trade PB Satirical novel about a day in the life of an IRS agent -- the cover design has "IRS" crossed out and "Incredibly Ridiculous System" scrawled in its place. The book is described as "a stream-of-unconsciousness satirical view of our country's... Read More
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Poison in Paradise
by Hocking, Anne
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. for The Crime Club. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. [modest wear to spine ends, very slight bumping to upper corners, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear endpaper (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket is ... Read More
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At "The Cedars"
by Hocking, Anne
London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [spine slightly turned, light dust-soiling to top edge, previous owner's address label and pencil notes about reading on front endpaper, another former owner's initials plus date & place of purhcase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket ... Read More
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There's Death in the Cup
by Hocking, Anne
London: Evans Brothers. Very Good- in Very Good- dj. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, spine slightly turned; jacket is edgeworn, with a few tiny edge-nicks, a bit of paper loss at a couple of extremities, light soiling]. One of this author's numerous mysteries featuring Chief Inspector William Austen of Scotland Yard, first introduced in 1939,... Read More
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Death Among the Tulips
by Hocking, Anne
London: W.H. Allen. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. [1953]. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, spine slightly turned, very light soiling to top of text block, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap)]. One of this author's numerous mysteries featuring Chief... Read More
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Death at the Wedding
by Hocking, Anne
London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1947. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchas and a brief editorial comment written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket is just a bit edgeworn, and lightly soiled on ther rear panel].... Read More
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Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes [*SIGNED* by both editors]
by Hodel, Michael P., and Sean M. Wright, eds.
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1979). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [a nice copy, no significant wear to book, tiny finger-smudge on top edge of text block, previous owner's name and date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is very slightly rubbed, still bright and attractive].... Read More
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Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
by Hodge, Brooke (organized by); essays by Brooke Hodge and Patricia Mears; afterword by Susan Sidlauskas
New York/London: Thames & Hudson. Fine in Fine dj. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 050051318X . [very nice copy, as-new with no significant wear to either book or jacket]. (color photographs and other illustratiions) Published in connection with the exhibition of the same title, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the National Art... Read More
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