Search Results: Authors starting with H from Star Cat Books

New York, NY: Random House, 1934. 1st. Good-. 1st ed. 1st printing. Good- Condition. Back board loose. Front board slightly loose at top. Pages clean and tight. Red boards gold lettering. Bumping to corners. Some fading. 218 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A famous Western novel that was soon made into a movie starring Henry Fonda, this is "the story of a lonely marshal who was as much outside the law as the terrorists he was hired to destroy, and of the town he tried to rid of violence." The book is in VG condition, slightly age-spotted on the outer edges but with only marginal yellowing of the pages. The spine is tight and the pages are unmarked. The dust jacket is in G condition, price clipped and with heavy edge wear. There is one closed tear of 15mm at the top of the front of the dj, but the overall cover is glossy and clear. The DJ states this is the second printing of the first edition. This book will make a nice addition to a collection of Western literature! 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Popular Library, 1991. 1st. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Very Good Condition. Standard mm paperback size. Some light chipping to cover. Back cover has a bend near spine. Some small sticker residue on back. Light foxing to edges, pages clean and tight. Book 4 of The Windameir Circle series. "The magical climax of the Windameir circle... wherein wondrous beasts and heroes fight for the fate of Atlanton Earth." 300 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Mount Kisco, New York, USA: Moyer Bell Limited, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Rare 1st edition in paperback by the author of 84, CHARING CROSS ROAD. Slight bump to upper right corner, slight age spotting to top edge. Otherwise Fine to As New condition. A real rare find! 8 1/2 x 5 1/2

New York, NY: Del Rey, 1980. 1st. Very Good+. 1st ed. 1st printing. Very Good+ condition. Cover has some minor chipping to edges, barely noticeable. Small piece of paper missing from top of spine, result of pulling book off shelf. Corners lightly bumped. Pages clean and tight. Some pen marking on top of page edges. Cover art by Rowena Morrill. Ballantine 27635. 373 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

London, UK: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1925. 1st. Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Good Condition. Green boards with gilt emblem on front with initials T.H. Spine shows signs of use some pages still uncut. Minor staining from age to front end pages. 279 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Brentano's Publishers, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2-volume set, green boards with gold lettering, no jackets. Vol 1 & 2 have some tears to upper spine board cloth from shelving, some darkening to spine color from sun damage, pages crisp and sharp. Binding tight, boards tight. Appendices and essays in back of vol 2.

New York, NY: W.W.Norton & Company Inc, 1968. 1st. Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Good Condition. Trade paperback size, slim volume. Poetry by Jim Harrison. In Locations, which represents his work since the publication of Plain Song three years ago, Mr. Harrison employs the suite to attain a diversionary, circling effect, by which he drives many wedges into the total metaphor of the poem. The result is clustral, rather than geometric or linear, development of the poem - a succession of variations on a single theme which stalk rather than present the poem. 62 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Riverside Press: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing 1885. Decorative brown cloth with ornamentation blind imprinted on front and back cover, plus spine. Bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No DJ - as issued originally. Page edges colored in orange. Rare real first edition from The Riverside Press (Houghton Mifflin's imprint in Cambridge, MA), unlike other cloth editions that were reprints of this rare first edition. 16mo, 260pp. Some cloth wear to spine, some bumping to corners. Otherwise in Very Good+ condition for age.

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1898. 1st Edition. stapled pamphlet. Fine/Very Good. Very good condition with wraps in very good condition - a slight fading towards spine end due to shelving. Otherwise appears to have never been read or handled. Pagination seems to vary as the reprint probably took different signatures of the original book and didn't fix the page numbers for this volume. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. This is a biography of Frances Teresa Stuart, a cousin and mistress of King Charles II, as well as a description of Court life after the Restoration. The spine of this edition says it is the American first edition, though it is listed as being printed in England after the title page. Twelve illustration plates and an index enhance the text. There is no dust jacket. The book has dark blue boards with gilt for the title and a medallion on the front cover that echoes one of the interior pictures. The spine is worn, but can be read. There is a 1-cm. tear at the top center of the spine. An ex libris sticker is located inside the front cover. The book has never been read, as proven by un-cut pages throughout. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rogner & Bernhard, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Hecke, Roswitha (photographer). 1st American edition of Liebes Leben: Bilder mit Irene. Near fine condition, some creasing to back cover from shelving. Photographic essay. Description from reprint in 2011: "Roswitha Hecke's photo book Liebes Leben (Love Life) about the Zurich artist-muse and prostitute, Irene, also called "Lady Shiva," was published for the first time in 1978. It became both a cult book and an international success. Reprinted many times and translated into several languages, it is finally available again. The new, revised volume put out by Edition Patrick Frey presents photos that have never before been published. It is through the director Werner Schroeter that Roswitha Hecke met Irene. Irene, a secret star of Zurich's Bohème at that time, worked as a prostitute until her tragic accidental death. For three weeks Hecke photographed her daily routine in Zurich and accompanied her to Rome where… Read More

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1971. 1st US PB. As New. Clifford N. Geary. 1st US PB ed, 1st printing, 1971 Ace Books. Originally published in 1948. As New condition, minor tiny wear on edges of cover. Bright yellow on edges still, clean and crisp pages, tight binding, no creases. Appears to be never read. As thus, it is rare. Frontispiece art by Clifford N. Geary. Cover art by Steele Savage. Ads in back. "Space Cadet (1948), the second in the series, renders Heinlein's own experiences at Annapolis in sf terms; it includes a classic Space Station with the big-wheel construction." - [JC/DP] The Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition/web. 221 pages. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. This is a beautiful biography and art analysis of Albert Bierstadt, who did superb paintings of the American West toward the end of the nineteenth century. The cover has a two-cm. tear at the top of the front cover. The back cover is slightly soiled and has abrasion damage. The book is unmarked and in excellent condition. This is a heavy book, larger than standard, and will require additional postage. Final cost will be provided to the buyer for approval. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Cincinnati, OH: Forshee & McMakin, 1889. 1st. Good. Good Condition. Cover boards worn from shelving slightly canted. Front board and spine are three dimensional depicting scenes from the Johnstown Flood. Marbled end sheets. Marvelous 19th century style title page. Fully illustrated. This book covers the famous Johnstown Flood in detail. Period News paper clipping ephemera found tucked into page 80: a caricature of a man in women's clothing. 504 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

London, England: Heinemann, 1970. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This is a second edition of the Heinemann printing of this book, described as one of the author's "thrillers." The book has a sticker identifying a previous owner, but is otherwise in fine condition, with no yellowing or foxing. The cover has heavy wear at the edges. While the front flap is clipped, a publisher price stamp is placed along the edge of the clipping. This is not just a reading copy, but a rare hardcover edition of an uncommon title. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Greg Hilderbrandt. Oversized hardcover, Fine Condition. Created without a DJ. Full colored illustration on front cover with gold lettering. Gold and liver lettering on spine and back. Gold on edges of all pages. A Little Simon Book. Edited and Illustrated by Greg Hilderbrandt, this half of the famous Brothers Hilderbrandt who famously illustrated Tolkein's Lord of the Rings in calendars and other items throughout the 1980s. 1st Edition, 1st printing. Contains famous fairy tales such as Rip Van Winkle, Beauty and the Beast, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, and the Story of Perseus. The acknowledgements include thanks to all his friends and family members who posed for the paintings he did. Beautiful gift book, a fine collection to any library. 218 pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 2010. 1st. Near Fine/Good-. 1st edition, 1st printing. Book Near New, DJ good-. Some shelf wear to DJ. Spine tight, pages clean and crisp. Signed by author. 5th in the series of bestsellers featuring Simon Serrailler, this crime novel is one of Susan Hill's best. 372 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Times Books, Random House, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Dodson, Bert. As-new condition oversize hardcover, fully illustrated throughout by Dodson. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. As-new jacket with no signs of wear, same for interior. Shows no signs of being opened or read. A real collector's item, plus just a fun book for both adults & kids!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton Adult, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st ed., SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Looks as if it has never been opened or read. Tight binding, tight and crisp pages, sharp edges and corners. A true collector's item for people who love Hodgman in all his flavors.