Search Results: Titles starting with H from Dark and Stormy Night Books

London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1933 Hard cover, 8vo, in half brown cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, a cream printed paper label to the spine, edges untrimmed, with an engraved bookplate of a now-defunct, central Scottish baronetcy. 259 pp. on heavy laid paper. This is Book Ten of the Uniform Edition of Heinemann's "The Works of George Moore," being the third book (only) of a three volume novel. Condition: Very Good. There is some browning to the page edges, which are untrimmed, and a couple of gently bumped corners. A few spots of occasional foxing and lightly age-toned. This work has been described as a semi-autobiographical novel, and his most famous work, in which he voices his real contemporaries as fictional characters, such as Yeats and Lady Gregory. **Irish author, poet and critic, George Augustus Moore ( 1852-1933) was influenced by the naturalism of the French writers he met during residence in Paris while training as an artist in the 1880's, and would later go on to be… Read More

Chicago: George M. Hill Company, 1900 Hard cover, 12 mo., in publisher's gray cloth with art deco design to both front and rear boards, in red, white and green, title in red. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 130 pp. A "modern" tale of the unravelling of an unhappy society marriage with an unusual, horror twist, penned by a daughter of "Chicago's Millionaire Socialist," (former president of Illinois Steel,) Orrin W. Potter. A news-magazine piece on the family appearing in Chicago's Sunday Inter Ocean (9/29/1901) describes both of Potter's daughters being "authors of books of wide circulation and of advocating his socialist ideas in fiction." Mrs. Daniels complains of her published works being "suppressed through the interference of capital." She is perhaps better known for the 1902 novel, "Eshrek the Oppressor." (Her sister, Margaret Potter, has a couple of works of supernatural genre listed in Bleiler.) Condition: Very Good. Age toned, with owner's signature in biro. Clean. Scarce.. First Edition.… Read More

London and Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, [1913] Soft cover, 12mo, (measuring 3 3/7 x 7 1/4 inches), in cream colored japanese vellum over card wraps with yapp edges. Printed on art paper. Top edge trimmed, others are untrimmed. Text headers and incidental art printed in black, No date, no ads, no printer listed. No series listed. 42 pp. **The cover art by Glasgow School artist Jessie M. King (1875-1949) to this booklet consists of an art deco watercolored illustration in black, blue, yellow and green, with the characteristic hand-lettered title. Underneath this sits a band of blue surmounted with a circle of bunched yellow dandelions and their spiky green leaves. Bits of drifting dandelion seeds lead the eye from the top to the bottom of the page, where more organic matter lies at the outer edges of the lower blue band (are these the roots of the flowers above, snapped off?) The design spans the spine, and there is a further floral sprig in the center of the rear wrap.**Bristol, England-born Artist and… Read More

London: Downey & Co., 1899 Offering two Frank E. Smedley novels in matching fine bindings by Baynton of Bath, written by English novelist, Frank E. Smedley. The first, Lewis Arundel, or the Railroad of Life, 390 pp., and the second, Harry Coverdale's Courtship and All That Came of It, 512pp. Published by Downey & Co., Limited, London, 1899. Contemporary binding by Bayntun of Bath: three-quarter red morocco on red buckram-covered boards with marbleized endpapers. Binder's stamp to upper left corner verso front free endpaper. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title to second compartment and a single gilt art nouveau-style flower to each compartment. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Both contain bookplate of Edward Strong Moseley. Engraved illustrations by Phiz. Condition: Very Good overall, with old scratches to leather on one front cover, one small worm hole near front hinge. There are small areas of abrasion at the head, foot and corners of the top board of the first volume, and a slight rubbing to… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company , 1936 Hard cover, 8 vo., in black publisher's cloth with red titles to spine and front board. (Reprint) , 259 pp. Condition: Very Good overall, with clean text still bright, with an occasional hint of foxing near some top page edges. Fore edges a bit dusty. This was Harvard student Timothy Fuller's first mystery novel, and the first of the popular "Jupiter Jones" series which would extend to five titles. A grad student's advisor is murdered, and Edmund Jones investigates various mysterious happenings around the Cambridge campus. Classic Boston vintage crime. Hubin p. 155.. Atlantic Monthly Press Book. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Doubleday Page and Company, 1925 Reprint of the 1919 original. Hard cover, 12mo in "Imported English red leather" with publisher's DP decorative tree-topped logo to front board, title to spine blocked in gold, publisher's illustrated logo brown and white endpapers, author intro. dated 1919, 289pp. plus 2pp. publisher's series advertising list. CONDITION: NEAR FINE. Some scuffs to spine and a few minor marks to boards. Very mildly toned pages. **This is the second and considered the best, biblio-thriller novels of the Pennsylvania-born author, journalist and editor Christopher Morley (1890-1957). Mysterious happenings, murder and the disappearance of a rare book confound the staff at an old bookshop owned by Roger Mifflin, the protagonist introduced in Morley's title of 1817, "Parnassus on Wheels." The story also inspired the recent (2021) feature film, called "Miss Willoughby and The Haunted Bookshop" starring Nathalie Cox and Kelsey Grammar.**The Lambskin Library series by Doubleday Page &… Read More

Lerwick: Hay & Company, 1982 Hard cover, 8vo, 228pp. Hay & Company has played an important role in the commercial success of Shetland, from the whaling business to oil. Condition: Fine. (As new) in a Near Fine d/j.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Lynn, Massachusetts: Thos. P. Nichols & Sons, 1907 Limited Edition 221/500. Hard cover, 8 vo., in publisher's original green cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt and white, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 350 pp. Includes 24 black and white photographic plates, and an index. An " in-gathering of sketches, addresses, and local historical studies" of this Essex County, Massachusetts community. Author Nathan Mortimer Hawkes (1843-1919) was a descendant of an early Massachusetts Bay plantation settler, Adam Hawkes, of whom he provided a genealogical study in 1888. An antiquarian, he would pen articles and books on a number of topics of local interest: biographies, witchcraft, the farms of Essex, and various other addresses given to institutions such as the Essex Institute. Condition: Very Good. Slight rubbing at corners, and head and foot of spine, browning to endpapers. Contents pleasingly bright and clean. A nice, well cared for copy.. Limited Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1990 235pp. Study of Helen Hunt Jackson (1830 - 1885), an American writer who championed the cause of Native Americans and for their better treatment by the Federal Government. Her novel, Ramona (1884) dramatized the mistreatment of Native Americans after the Mexican-American war. In this book, Valerie Shere Mathes investigates the legacy of Jackson and her works. Condition: Near Fine with some foxing to the fore-edge of the text block, in a Very Good dustjacket which shows some shelfwear scuffing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Christies, 2001 Hard Cover, quarto, 449pp; 230pp. Helmut Nathan Friedlaender (1913 - 2008) was an American lawyer and financial adviser. He was a an announcer for Voice of America during WWII for its broadcasts to Europe. He was an avid book collector, and put up most of his collection for auction in 2001. Condition: Near Fine, with light shelf-wear to dust jackets with tiny closed tear to bottom edge of volume II's dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Köln: Taschen GmbH, 2016 Reprint. Hard cover, 4to, in color printed illustrated boards, with dust jacket, 95pp. with many color illustrations and art historical text. Chapters include: In Quest of Pure Colour 1869-1905, Realism and Decoration 1906-1916, The Intimacy of the Nice Period 1917-1929, Beyond Spatial Limits 1930-1940, Matisse's Second Life: An Art of Grace 1941-1954 and Henri Matisse 1869-1954 Life and Work. CONDITION: Fine, like new, in an unmarked, unclipped d/j. Part of the Basic Art Series, originally published 1987. From the blurb: "Each of these little books have slick production values, excellent illustrations, and smart texts. Each one is a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." Originally published 1987.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Henri Matisse.

London: Hutchinson, 1954 Hard cover, 8vo., 111 pp. Limited edition: number 78 of an edition of 250. In publisher's orange/red cloth binding with gold decorations featuring the coat of arms of the Marquess of Winchester. First published in 1930 as "The Heroines of Ancient Persia". Include illustrations taken from various editions of the original manuscript book. Condition: Near Fine. Some ink marks to covers, and rubbing to gilt. ** Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (940 - 1019 or 1025), more commonly known as Ferdowsi or Firdausi, was the author of an epic poem of the story of Iran, the Shāhnāma or "Book of Kings". The story of its creation is itself the stuff of folklore: the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni commissioned Ferdowsi to write the epic poem for which he was promised a gold piece for every couplet completed. Given the choice of pay-as-you-go or a lump sum on completion, Ferdowsi chose the latter. Thirty years later, he finished the poem and asked for the 60,000 gold piece recompense. The sultan produced… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1979 Hard back, with dust jacket, with a Brodart cover, 287 pp. Stamped "With Compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc. on front pastedown. Thomas Chastain (1921-1994) was a journalist turned mystery writer, eventually becoming President of the Mystery Writers of America. Inspector Max Kauffman must crack the case of an extorsionist gang threatening to lock down all the power in New York City. Condition: Fine, with a Near Fine dust jacket. D/j shows some faint soiling to both front and rear, and has one scuffed front corner. Overall however, this is a very presentable item in age-appropriate condition.. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Christie's, 1980 Hard cover, quarto, 30pp unnumbered. Color auction catalog of paintings by the artists Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Condition: Near Fine in like dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Köln: Taschen GmbH, 2021 In English. Hardcover Folio in pictorial printed paper covered fold-open portfolio with imitation bone and ribbon closures, enclosing a hand-sewn Japanese-style soft bound book, 272 pp., designed with uncut fore edges, numerous color illustrations, plates, descriptions, bibliography, Chronology of Japanese historical periods and Notes. Color woodcut illustrations of old Tokyo by master printmaker Hiroshige (1797-1858.) CONDITION: Fine. Like new. In a Fine folding portfolio. Bright, clean and fresh coffee table book. Heavy item may require additional postage if going abroad. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Hiroshige.

Paris: Promodis, 1982 Hard cover, quarto, pp 629 [3]. In publisher's white boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library with library stamps & marks to fore-edge of text-block and endpapers, bookplate to back endpaper and ghost of label on spine. One corner bumped. One page has tiny closed tear. *** Survey and history of French printing, from the earliest days to the seventeenth century. With illustrations throughout, and some full-page color plates. *** Henri-Jean Martin (1924-2007) was an important historian of European printing, and an advocate for libraries in France.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: HMSO, 1906 Hard cover, 8vo., 577pp; 661pp; 262 sections; 345pp. Bound in cloth & buckram. Condition: Good. Ex-Library. Splits to edge of spines. One page has tear at corner. Hinges cracked. . Hard Cover. Good.

London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1828 Ex-Library. Hard cover, Folio (10 ½" x 14 ¾") in three-quarter red leather gilt with marbled paper covered boards, the title in gilt upon red leather label centered to top board, First Edition. Collation: [2] 3, [1] [10] leaves, complete. Condition: Fair. Ex-Library, with engraved donation sticker, shelving notation to front pastedown, several perforated blind library stamps. Spine is repaired externally with green library binding. Internally, spine is cracked but pages are holding. Wear to covers, loss to corners. Minor foxing throughout. Features decorative engraved title page, and other charts which are engraved by Mattw. Barriff, London. *** Contains 10 timeline charts, showing religious events ("2349 BC - Noah commanded to enter the Ark", "2247 BC - Tower of Babel built on the plain of Syria", 1921 BC - "Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed"), lifespans of Mathematicians Physicists and Artists (Pythagorus, Sophocles, Sappho, Thales) and wars (Peloponnesian War,… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874 Hard cover, 8vo, (measuring 5 x 8 inches ) in green cloth, bevelled edged boards, with gilt illustration to front board, titles and publisher's logo to the spine in gilt. Top edge gilt, glazed brown end papers, (xiv), fold-out map unnumbered, 442pp. Condition: Very Good Minus. Shelfwear with moderate fraying to head and tail of spine. Slightly shaken, otherwise clean and gently age toned. Now in mylar. Old gift inscription in pencil to ffep dated 1924. ** The Author, Samuel Adams Drake (1833-1905), presents this as a "wandering" set of essays touching on interesting people, places and happenings in old Middlesex County, in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He worked as a journalist and published twenty three books. His better-known father, Samuel G. Drake, also was a notable author of Americana. This book contains early examples of the heliotype--" a printing process in which an impression is taken in ink from a gelatine surface that has been exposed under a… Read More

Parsippany, New Jersey: Parsippany, New Jersey Presbyterian Church, 1928 Hardcover. 57pp. A nicely library-bound PHOTOCOPY of the original text. Ex-library Dartmouth College. Condition: Very Good. ** A history of the church at Parsippany, New Jersey, founded in 1718. The gothic revival church building was built in 1828, and the adjoining cemetery contains markers from nearly every war in American history.. Hard Cover. Very Good.