Search Results: Authors starting with H from Books Boheme

Los Angeles, Calif: The Philosophical Research Society, Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Fascinating looking essays in Occult Anatomy. :: Bound in black textured paper-covered board, title, author, and publishing symbol lettered in gold down the spine. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches; 267 x 200 millimeters). 254 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Small shelf-wear blemishes. Title page stamped with prior owner's personal occult library stamps- including a charming purple wizard. Dust jacket has wear and a couple small tears along edges, wear at crown and foot of spine. Some chipping to the black, particularly at the internal panel hinges. Altogether book is clean and tight, a nice copy.

Sedona, Arizona: Arizona Maps and Books, 1977. Comb Bound. Very Good. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 266 x 185 millimeters). 111 pages. Condition: Very Good. Shelf-wear, wear along edges and mild abrasions to cover. Interior lovely.

Toronto, Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with over 120 high-quality reproductions of seals accompanied by detailed informative captions. Pictorial hardback. Octavo (9 15/16 x 7 inches; 251 x 178 millimeters). 133 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Book has minimal shelf-wear. Excellent copy.

New York: Gnome Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: America, its military strength shattered, has been conquered and occupied by invaders from Asia. Only six men remain to salvage victory from defeat. Six men against four hundred million. :: First Edition. Front free endpaper signed by author in blue ink. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front board bears symbolic red atom as a link in a chain. Title, author, and press lettered in red upon spine. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 144 millimeters). 256 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Book has minimal wear at the crown and foot of the spine, a tiny bit at the corners and along the top edge. Faint scuff to the front board- only visible when tilted at an angle. A lovely copy. Dust jacket has wear and chipping along top edge- most notable at top and bottom of spine. Front panel has a piece of cello tape at the top center over a 7mm tear. Some cracking to the red coloring at the hinges, but… Read More

Bloomsbury, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limd., 1909. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's deep burgundy cloth. Front board bears title and author's name in gold, and a decorative device of paired unicorns holding a shield marked with an entwined 'W' & 'S' above the Latin phrase "Ardua Quae Pulcra". Title and author lettered in gold up spine. Duodecimo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 133 millimeters). 177 pages. Contents include: The Education of the Imagination, Many Dimensions, Stella, & An Unfinished Communication. Condition: Good+. Book has shelf-wear and wear at crown and foot of spine. Corners worn and bumped, and some soiling. Pages age toned, and discoloration to the endpapers. Front paste-down has prior owners bookplate, name stamp, and petite sticker from the 'Oriental Esoteric Library' at the upper left. Missing tear to the margin of page 143/144 - does not affect text.

Auckland: The Anthropology Department, Auckland University, 1964. Hardcover. Good. Bound with a cream cloth spine and pictorial paper paste-down on front board. Octavo (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches; 247 x 187 millimeters). 99 pages. Condition: Good+. Cloth is unraveling at crown and foot of spine, front and rear boar show wear. Chip to the upper right corner of front board. Lengthy personalized gift inscription from prior owner on verso of front board, and taped address label.

New York 19, N.Y.: Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc, 1945. No. 14. Paperback. Very Good. Black Cat Detective Series . :: A Mystery Thriller :: . :: Marooned for a terrifying short week among her new-found relatives! :: . Duodecimo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 19 x 134 millimeters). 120 pages. Condition: Very Good. Shelf-wear, primarily along edges, light chips here & there and chips at the crown of spine. Rear cover has crease to lower left corner and vertical wrinkle at center. Pages age-toned.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Signed by J. Edgar Hoover on front free endpaper. :: Bound in publisher's red cloth, front board bears title and author in gold and black. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold and black upon spine. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x 143 millimeters). 374 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Light shelf-wear, wear at foot of spine. Dust jacket has wear along edges and chips missing. A small tear along the front inner hinge, and a 1 1/2 inch (40 mm) vertical tear from the upper edge of the rear panel.

Suffolk: Swift and Bold Publishing, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A Modern Study of British Sniper Equipment 1915-2018. Signed by author on title page, and numbered 1503/2000. Bound in publisher's deep cyan paper-covered boards. Title, author and publisher lettered in pale gold down spine. Full of color, detailed images of rifles and telescopes, blueprints, uniforms, as well as black & white wartime photographs and personal accounts of experiences. Quarto (11 1/8 x 9 inches; 282 x 228 millimeters). 320 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good Dust Jacket. Former owners name, address and date inked neatly on top of front paste-down. Bottom front corners bumped, otherwise quite nice.

Iola, WI: Krause Publications, Inc, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. :: History of the Winchester .22 Caliber Single Shot Rifle, containing a multitude of black and white photographs, detailed patent drawings, and reproductions of advertisements for and photographs of Juniors Rifle Corps. :: Bound in publisher's chocolate brown faux-leather paper covered boards. Front board bears title and author in gold, encasing nostalgic glossy color reproduction of Iverd's oil painting 'I Wish I had Dad's Winchester' from the 1934 Winchester calendar. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 286 x 220 millimeters). 192 pages. Condition: Very Good. Mild shelf-wear, two light scuffs on rear board. Previous owner's name neatly inked on front paste-down. A lovely copy.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1952. First Edition Thus. Pocket Paperback. Very Good. Edward Vebell (Cover Illustration). :: He might have well have jumped into a den of man-eating tigers - story of intrigue and murder along the Mexican border. :: Brutal cover art, text block bright red edges. First edition thus (of the paperback). Sextodecimo (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 162 x 106 millimeters). 213 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Faint crease to spine, tiny flakes of color missing along top edge. Square, clean and tight copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. :: Winner of the 1925 Liberty Contest for best novel by an American author :: A yarn of unbearable suspense, so handled as to produce the utmost of "spinal shiver." :: Bound in publisher's emerald-green cloth, both boards and spine bear wrapped design of title and author in yellow divided by a colorful interwoven band. Fore-edge text block deckled. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 137 millimeters). 297 pages. Condition: Fair, in a Good dust jacket. There is extensive damage at the crown of the spine and the top of the boards. Top of text block is stained. Wear at the bottom of the boards, small general stains. Small tear to the edge of the front free endpaper. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket is split at hinges, amateur tape patch-repairs on the underside. Chips along the edges, at the top of and bottom of the spine. It is age-toned, and also has a moisture stain at the top of the front panel. Please view our photographs, they… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. :: Sequel to "One Man Woman" :: The gripping story of Margie's battle for the love of the man she married. :: Bound in publisher's orange cloth, front board bears title and author in decorative black rectangle. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Top of text block purple. Duodecimo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 millimeters). 220 pages. Condition: Good+, in a Very Good dust jacket. Wear of the cloth at the crown and more prominently at the foot of the spine. Rubbing along the bottom edge, boards peep through. Spine gently cocked. Water stain to bottom corner of front and rear boards - this is visible on the endpapers, but not upon the pages. Front free endpaper has prior owners name penned in ink. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket is Very Good. Small chips missing and small tears along edges. Abrasion on the title. There are splits up from the bottom edge along both hinges of the front panel, the tear at the spine… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Mack Tey (Dust Jacket). :: Men had always wanted her. When he grasped her and silenced her lips with a cold determined kiss- Margie Carver knew she wanted only one man - and that one man was wrapped around the finger of another girl. :: Dust jacket illustrated by Nathan Machtey. :: Bound in publisher's bright orange cloth, title and author in decorative black box upon front board. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Top edge text block purple. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 193 x 133 millimeters). 210 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Small bit of rubbing along top of boards and corners. Crown and foot of spine very slightly worn. Split along gutter between front paste-down and free endpaper - possibly a blank removed? Pages age-toned, small occasional stain. Dust jacket chipped at top and bottom of spine, chips along edges, small tears at hinges. Some flaking at the front inner panel… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Skrenda (Dust Jacket). :: A kiss at a masked ball leads Mona Darien to falling for her closest friend's fiancé - is love more powerful than society, than marriage? :: Alfred Skrenda illustrated dust jacket. :: Bound in publisher's bright orange cloth, front board bears title and author in decorative black rectangle. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 millimeters). 274 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Spine slight slant, light occasional rubbing at tops of boards/corners. Toning to endpapers. Quite nice! Dust jacket has a couple of small tears along the edges, and small chips missing from the hinges at the top and bottom of the spine. Lightly age-toned.

Cambridge University Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Two moral essays by the first major thinker of the Scottish Enlightenment, Francis Hutcheson, 1694-1746. Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 156 millimeters). 194 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Book has occasional margin note in pencil.