Search Results: Authors starting with H from Frogtown Books, Inc.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1949. Stated first printing. Squarish 4to. Green cloth binding stamped in black. Boards very slightly bowed.One faint finger smudge on fore-edge of title page. Otherwise this book is in beautiful, fine condition./Crisp, colorful dust jacket with a tiny bit of soiling on the white area of the front panel.A few shallow chips and closed tears. Back flap has some creases.. The Haders have created such charming, colorful illustrations full of life and action.. Berta and Elmer Hader, artist-authors have an enviable record in the field of children's books. Working together they create both the text and pictures and their keen and sympathetic understanding of childhood interests has resulted in delightful stories beloved by boys and girls everywhere. The Caldecott Medal was awarded to THE BIG SNOW as "the most distinguished picture book for children" in 1948. Written for children ages 6-8. When Ben's father gave him an Indian pony, a little appaloosa, for his birthday, Ben's… Read More

New York: Macmillan Co, 1940. First Edition. Small square 4to. 8-7/8" x 7-5/8". 100 pp. Green cloth covered boards stamped in black. Lovely pictorial endpapers. A tight, very nice copy with a few scattered light finger smudges. Overall very good to near fine./Jacket is in pieces held together with protective mylar.. Illustrated with many black and white paintings and eight color plates.

Forty Fort, PA: Harold E. Cox, 2000. Stapled soft cover. 4to. 80 pp. Shows a little light wear but overall a sturdy, attractive copy.. Illustrated with photos and maps. The Toledo and Western Railway Company was one of the few Ohio interurban lines originally constructed to steam railroad standards and operated on steam railroad principles. It was one of the few U.S. interurbans to operate a railway post office service over the major part of its line for most of its corporate life. It owned and used a large number of standard steam railroad freight cars and interchanged with several stea railroads, the cars travelling considerable distance from their home line.

Burr & Co, 1869. First edition preserved in a beautiful modern full leather binding. Some scattered foxing and toning of pages. Pristine new endpapers. Leather binding is fine.. Ten of the twelve original engraved illustrations present. Frontispiece is missing as is the illustration opposite p. 437 " Inside Harry Hill's Dance House.". Chapter titles include: The City of Hew York; High Life in New York; Wall Street; Alexander T. Stewart; A Shoddy Party; Mrs. Burdell-Cunningham; Sharp Business, and its Value; Mr. Beecher and Plymouth Church; Harper Brothers; Stock and Oil Preachers; John Jacob Astor; Black-Mailing as an Art; Sunday in New York; Detective Force of New York; A Night Among the Detectives; The Tombs on Sunday Morning; Police Force of New York; William B. Astor; Cornelius Vanderbilt; The Five Points; The Bowery; Philip Phillips, the Christian Vocalist; Sailors in New York; Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting; and sixty-nine more chapters. "My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great… Read More

London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy; (and others), 1824. A New Edition in Three Volumes. 8vo. Marbled paper boards. 3/4 leather. Gold tooled spine. Raised bands.386 pp., 487 pp. and 462 pp. All books tight and clean but for some scattered foxing. A little wear at top of leather spines, otherwise leather and boards are in fine condition. Engraved frontis portrait in volume I..

Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2002. First Edition. 4to. 10-7/8" x 8-7/8". Glossy pictorial boards. Beautiful decorated endpapers. Unpaginated. With 27 pp. of full color illustrations. As new book./In as new dust jacket.. When Raven first created people and animals to fill the beautiful world beneath his great tent of sky, a song of joy burst from his throat and brought everything to life. But as time passed, Raven's song was drowned out by shouting and violence as the people grew discontented and greedy. Angry and disappointed, Raven tore the shining sun out of the sky and hid it, leaving the people and land below in darkness. How his son, Little Darkness, brings light and Raven's song back to the world is beautifully told and illustrated by Amanda Hall in this original story woven from Native Alaskan folklore.

philosophical research society, 1960. soft cover. fine.

Los Angeles: Philosophic Reach Society, 1957. First Edition, Signed limited edition. Blue pebbled cloth 8vo. 312 pp. including index. Fine condition. Table of Contents: The Descent of the Holy Scriptires; Keys to Old Testament Mysteries; Moses, Lawgiver of Israel; The Five Books of Moses; The Biblical Story of Creation; From Noah to the Tabernacle; The "Royal Arches" of Enoch; Noah and His Wonderful Ark; The Tower of Babel; Melchizedek, King of Peace; From Abraham to Israel; The Exodus of Israel; The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; The Glory of Solomon the King; The Everlasting House; Solomon and Sheba; The song of Songs; Famous Bible Stories; The Story of Samson; The Book of Ruth; David and Goliath; The Book of Esther; Nebuchadrezzar's Dream; Belshazzar's Feast; Jonah and the Whale; The Sould of the Wisdom Literature; Ecclesiastes; The Book of Proverbs; The Book of Job; The Message of the Prophetic Books; The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel; The Book of the Prophet Isaiah; Bibliography and Index.

Horizon Publishing Company, 1954. soft cover. fine.

7.75 x 10 Clear signed photo.

Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society Press, 1945. Second Edition. Tall 4to.13-7/16" x 9-1/8". Blue cloth stamped in gold. 167 pp. Clean, tight and very nice but the covers are bowing somewhat at the fore-edge.. Many black and white illustrations. Frontispiece portrait of Manly P. Hall. From the Table of Contents: The Ladder of Souls; Bodhidharma, Patriarch of Zen; When the Dead Come Back; Albert Pike, The Plato of Freemasonry; The Sorcery of Asia; Concentration and Retrospection; The Comte de St. Germain; The Cycle of Transmigration; The Tenth Avatar; The Wheel of Pythagoras; The Practice of Meditation; H. P. B., The Russian Sphinx; The Universe in Stone; Kismet; Holy Men; Appollonius, The Antichrist; The Great Pyramid.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society Press, 1947. Ninth Edition, Reduced Facsimile of the First Edition. Tall 4to. 13-3/8" x 9-5/16." Hardback. Blue pebbled cloth stamped in gold and red.(CCXLV) 245 pp. including index. A barely visible small patch of foxing on front fly leaf, otherwise in fine condition almost as new!. With 190 illustrations.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1946. First Edition. 8vo. Cream colored paper covered boards stamped in orange and black. 185 pp. A clean, tight, beautiful copy, almost as new but for a little bowing at the fore-edge of the front cover.. Illustrations by K. Alexander. This little collection of stories presents a delicate literary problem. According to the proprieties of the occasion it is necessary first to determine the exact nature of the narrations. Deliberation reveals certain facts which require thoughtful attention. The accounts which follow are not fables for the reason that a fable often relates to animals humanized in their moral or intellectual qualities. It would be equally untrue to refer to these writings as myths, for mythology is concerned with divine beings and the conduct of those beings as preserved in the religions histories of old times. It would be equally inappropriate to refer to these productions as legends, for legendry records the events of celebrated heroes,… Read More

Los Angeles: Phoenix Press, 1935. Stated First Edition. Small 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-3/16." Brown cloth stamped in gold. Paper with high wood pulp content. 165 pp. A few dark spots scattered throughout. Doesn't exactly look like foxing. Both hinges tender but holding. Back cover mottled. A touch of rubbing here and there. Back free endpaper faintly foxed. Overall a good, serviceable copy..

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1945. Fifth Revised Edition. 8vo. 9-5/16" x 6". Beige paper covered boards. 127 pp. Front cover is slightly bowed. But, overall this book is tight, clean, unmarked and in near fine condition.. With six illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp. Dedicated to the band of Silent Workers - known in this world as the Lords of Compassion and the Brothers of the Shining Robe, - who labor eternally with the Children of Men in the name of the Great Father, this volume is dedicated by the author, that it may bear witness to the spiritual truths which they serve. Contains these stories: Nature's Homage; The Maker of the Gods, The Master of the Blue Cape; The Face of Christ; The Guardian of the Light; THe One Who Turned Back; The Glory of The Lord; The Last of the Shamans.

Los Angeles: Horizon Publishing Co, 1947. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6". Staple bound softcover. Tan card stock cover textured to look like leather. 80 pp. Previous owner's rubber stamp on first page, otherwise fine condition.. Seven articles by Manly P. Hall: HORIZON LINES - The Hatfields and the McCoys. THE POWERS OF THE DIVINE MIND - An Outline of the Philosophic Instruments of Francis Bacon; RAGNAROK, LEMURIA & ATLANTIS - A Story of Lost Worlds. EX LIBRIS P. R. S. - Satsuma Ware. IN REPLY - Question Concerning Sorcery. THE GREAT LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS - American Confederation for Enduring Peace. CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER - The Hand of a Saint, The Ghost of an Emperor, Trial by a Jury of their Peers. LIBRARY NOTES - Biographies by A. J. Howie.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1951. Stated First Edition. 8vo. hardcover. Grey cloth covered boards stamped in red. 248 pp. Previous owner's name rubberstamped on front pastedown endpaper. Tight, clean, fine condition.. Frontispiece "Head of Christ" by Toussaint Dubreuil (1561-1602). Table of Contents: The Path of Faith; The Social Mysticism of the Essenes; Jesus, the Son of Man; The Ministry of Jesus; The Miracles of Jesus; The Lord's Prayer; The Beatitudes; The Divine Tragedy; Christ, the Son of God; Christ in You, the Hope of Glory;.

Los Angeles: Horizon Publishing Co, 1947. First edition. 8vo. 9"x 6". Staple bound soft cover. Blue card stock covers textured to look like leather. Fine condition.. Contains articles mostly written by Manly P. Hall: SYMBOLISM OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS - The World as the Image of the Self; THE ILLUMINATI; THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM THE JEW; IN REPLY Questions Concerning Reincarnation; GNOSTICISM, The Key to Esoteric Christianity; CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER When the Devil Went to Work for God; Also, Curiosities of Philately; LIBRARY NOTES, The Writing of paracelsus by A. J. Howie.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1944. Second Edition. 8vo. Cream colored paper covered boards stamped in black. 142 pp. A clean, tight, beautiful copy. in close to new condition.. Portrait Sketches by K. Alexander. N. Harris Ades' bookplate on free front endpaper just below Manly Hall's inscription. Laid in is his 2005 obituary. " This is a story of the Eastern way of life. It has been my privilege to personally know the wonderful old Hindu teacher whom I call The Guru. Some of the things he says in this story were actually said to me. The character for whom I have devised the name Nadu is also a real person; it was through him that I met The Guru. Nadu himself told me the story of his life and how he became the disciple of the venerable teacher. Some parts of my story are built from incidents in the lives of older disciples, so blended as to create a narrative typical of the life of Eastern discipline. Names and places have been changed, in deference to Oriental mysticism, which does… Read More

Horizon Publishing Company, 1953. Soft Cover. fine.