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    Hoadley, Charles:  The Public Records of the State of Connecticut from October, 1776 to February, 1778, inclusive (Volume I Only).  Hartford: State of Connecticut, 1894. . Volume I only of this two volume set which is in very good+ condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end page and date of 1932. The cloth at the ends of the spine are lightly rubbed as are the tips of the boards. The joints are strong and tight. Without a dust jacket. This volume contains the Journal of the Council of Safety from October 11, 1776 to May 6, 1778. The pages within both volumes are largely un-cut. A very uncommon set of records from the American Revolution.
    TB33287  $50.00



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    Hoagland, Edward:  Tigers & Ice Reflections on Nature and Life.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white and blue paper covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 206 pages of text.
    TB18923  $50.00




  • Hoagland, Edward:  Walking the Dead Diamond River.  New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine. In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB02893  $28.00




  • Hoagland, Edward:  The Final Fate of the Alligators.  Santa Barb: Capra Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in wraps without a dust jacket as issued. A collection of the author's short stories.
    TB03492  $25.00




  • Hoagland, Edward:  Red Wolves & Black Bears.  New York: Random House, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with prior owner's plate on the end paper behind the jacket flap. In a very near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear to the spine ends. The spine area is not faded as is typically seen.
    TB05116  $24.50




  • Hoagland, Edward:  The Tugman's Passage.  New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB04123  $17.50




  • Hoagland, Edward:  Balancing Acts.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a near fine dust jacket with a light smudge mark on the front panel from a fingerprint.
    TB04501  $17.50




  • Hoagland, Edward:  Seven Rivers West.  New York: Summit Books, 1986. First Edition. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB00272  $10.00



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    Hodgson, J. E.:  The History Of Aeronautics In Great Britain From The Earliest Times To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 1999. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt rules and text stamping on the spine. A thick, small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" with wrinkling to the upper fore corners of the last 40 +/- pages (the index) due to exposure to humidity. Without a dust jacket as issued. 436 pages including an index, appendices, bibliography and text. Illustrated with earlier works of art. A facsimile reprint of the original 1924 printing by Oxford University Press of London.
    TB27397  $45.00




  • Hoffer, William:  Saved! The Story of the Andrea Doria - the Greatest Sea Rescue in History.  New York: Summit Books, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and blue paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name date on the first free end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 249 pages including an index, text and a section of photographs to describe the events of the evening of July 25, 1956 when the Stockholm struck the Andrea Doria off the island of Nantucket.
    TB15173  $17.50




  • Hogeland, William:  Autumn of the Black Snake.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2017). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with off-white text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the lower fore corners of the front and rear boards lightly bumped. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 447 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and a section of black and white images from photographs and earlier works of art. The subtitle reads: "The creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the west."
    TB30347  $30.00




  • Hogg, Ian V. and John Batchelor:  Armies of the American Revolution.  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine with the last name of a prior owner at the upper corner of the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and with light rubbing and wear at the upper edge of the spine area. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep overall containing 157 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB18397  $5.00



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    Hoig, Stan:  The Western Odyssey of John Simpson Smith Frontiersman, Trapper, Trader. and Interpreter.  Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine plain brown paper dust jacket. The story of John Simpson Smith who was a frontiersman, trapper, trader, and intrepreter. One of only 1,613 copies produced. 254 pages containing an index, bibliography, text and 12 illustrations. The 15th volume in the Western Frontiersmen Series by Clark publishing.
    TB29521  $40.00



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    Holden, Reuben A. and S. Phelps Plratt, Jr:  A History of The Class Of 1940 Yale University Ten Year Record.  New Haven, Conn.: Publisher not stated, 1950. First Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration of Yale's insignia on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/8 inches. In its original glassine dust jacket. 148 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece image from a photograph of the entire class and four pages of individual images from photographs.
    TB33374  $25.00



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    Holland, Lydia, and Margaret Leaf:  Greenwich Old & New. A History, Illustrated with Photographs, Of Greenwich Connecticut, From Colornial Days To The Present.  Greenwich, Conn.: The Greenwich Press, 1935. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 tan buckram and blue-gray paper covered boards with bold dark blue text on the spine and a paper title label on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 61/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 164 pagesof text followed by several pages of sponsors. Illustrated with a large section of black and white photographs of homes, street scenes, harbors, buildings, etc. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with on prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28476  $60.00




  • Hollon, W. Eugene:  Frontier Violence: Another Look.  New York: Oxford University Pr, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in decorated cloth covered boards with light soiling on the boards and faint musty oder. In a very good+ dust jacket with the spine faded and lightly worn at the spine ends. The author studies the general concept of violence that took place on the frontier of America. 279 pages with index, period photos, bibliography and end notes.
    TB06241  $17.50




  • Holme, Bryan:  The Kate Greenaway Book.  New York: Viking Press, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket , with a 1/8" nick a the bottom of the spine area.
    TB02983  $10.00



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    Holmes, Oliver Wendell:  The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.  n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1965. Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and printed paper covered boards with illustrated paper end sheets with light staining to the front and rear boards. Without a dust jacket as issued; and, missing its paper covered slip case. The Christmas 1965 issue by Westvaco which is the 8th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 325 pages of text illustrated with line drawings and decorations.
    TB23456  $40.00




  • Holmes, Oliver Wendell:  A Mortal Antipathy.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with edges of the boards beveled and with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and front board. The top edge of the text block is in gilt and the end papers are coated black. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the fore corners of the boards is rubbed but the binding is tight with all joints and hinges strong. 307 pages followed by 13 pages of ads for other books by the publisher. This is the second state of the first edition per Blanck. (BAL, 8989) A very nice copy.
    TB17527  $17.50



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    Holmes, Editor, Richard:  The Hutchinson Atlas Of Battle Plans Before and After.  Oxford, UK: Helicon, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red, cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 237 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with maps of before and after battle plans. Covered are 18 battles. Some of the more recognizable battles being Chancellorsville, Alamein, Blitzkrieg, Waterloo, Balaklava, Gallipoli, the Somme and Battle of the Bulge.
    TB30097  $30.00



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    Holt, John:  Knee Deep in Montana's Streams.  Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1991. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine in 1/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. On the inside of the front board is a mounted "Wolly Bugger" fly which was tied by the author. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author and numbered copy 66 out of only 100 signed and numbered copies on the second to last page of text. A hand-sewn binding done exclusively for the publisher by Sandlin's Book & Bindery of Valparaiso, Indiana. 144 pages including an index illustrated with maps and black and white photographs.
    TB20153  $200.00



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    Holt, John:  Guide Wars.  Gallatin GBozeman: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in full gray leather covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations on the front board and with the three edges of the text block gilt and with marbled end papers with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author, illustrator and publisher on the third free end paper and numbered copy 89 out of only 250 signed and numbered copies. 168 pages of text illustrated by Parks Reece and followed by four page "special story" added only to limited edition copies.
    TB19273  $165.00



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    Holzenberg, Eric (Editor):  Lasting Impressions The Grolier Club Library.  New York: The Grolier Club, 2004. First Edition, Winterhouse Edition. Fine in 1/2 green and blue cloth covered boards with black and white text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 10 1/2 by 8 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. One of only 2,000 copies printed. 205 pages including an index and text. Illustrated throughout from photographs in both black and white and color. A catalogue of books on bibliography devoted to the fields of typography, book illustration, writing, bookbinding,
    TB30164  $35.00



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    Homberger, Eric:  The Historical Atlas of New York City.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, (2004). Revised and Updated Edition, Fifth Printing. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 1/4 inches with no names, dates or any other prior ownership markings. Without a dust jacket as issued. Originally published in 1994, this is a revised and update edition. Detailed full-color maps, drawings, images from photographs and charts providing a rich panorama of the history, topography and principal structures once located or now present in the five boroughs of New York City. 192 pages including an index and acknowlegements.
    TB31920  $20.00



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    Homer:  The Odyssey.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping and gilt decorations in the compartments with gilt decorations on the front and rear boards. The end papers are illustrated paper and the edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 3/4". 502 pages of text in contemporary verse by Robert Fitzgerald and illustrated by W. T. Mars. A handsome volume with no ownership marks, notations or bookplates.
    TB23520  $40.00




  • Honig, Donald:  Last Man Out.  New York: Dutton, 1993. First Edition, First printing. NF binder's error caused 1st FEP to be edge glued to EP, else fine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear on rear panel. A baseball mystery dealing with the New York Dodgers in 1946. By the same author who wrote The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson.
    TB03875  $24.50



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    Hope, Anthony:  The Prisoner of Zenda.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1966. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10" by 6 1/2" containing 188 pages of text. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's four page collector's notes. Illustrated with drawings by Donald Spencer and with an introduction by S. C. Roberts. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Collector's Library of Famous Edition. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25944  $65.00



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    Hope, Anthony:  The Heart Of Princess Osra.  New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1896. Possible reprint. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt and silver color text with red embellishments on the spine and with the same with added decorations on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with touches of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name in ink on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 301 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 14 plates from work by H. C. Edwards. The artist of the cover art is not identified, but it is reminiscent of the art nouveau style.
    TB32274  $40.00



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    Horgan, Paul:  Tracings A Book of Partial Portraits.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1963. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and paper covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 7/8". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Warmly inscribed, signed "Paul" and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free end paper. A collection of 17 portraits of the author's personal encounters with some of the outstanding artists of this century. 260 pages of text.
    TB28279  $40.00




  • Horgan, Paul:  Of America East & West.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, small stains on top edges, else fine. In a very near fine dust jacket , slightly soiled on face and spine. A selection of writings by Paul Horgan. The book was published in celebration of the author's eightieth birthday.
    TB02536  $24.00




  • Horgan, Paul:  The Thin Mountain Air.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear to the spine ends and a small nick to the bottom edge of the front panel. The author's tenth novel and the third in the "Richard" series. This story follows Everything to Live For and takes place in Albuquerque.
    TB06965  $21.00




  • Horgan, Paul:  Whitewater.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket , two 1/2" closed tears at top of spine area and flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area. A novel of the Southwest. In very collectable condition.
    TB03706  $14.00




  • Horgan, Paul:  Josiah Gregg and his vision of the Early West.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white linen covered boards with a brown and gilt text block on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with modest wear at the spine ends and two tiny nicks to the spine area. Josiah Gregg was instrumental in the development of the west with his book of 1844 Commerce of the Prairies. Horgan with this volume takes a fresh look at Gregg and his contributions to the west based on then newly discovered materials.
    TB08106  $14.00




  • Horgan, Paul:  The Centuries of Santa Fe.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1956. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine & with a prior owner's name at upper edge of the 1st FEP. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with just light wear at the ends of the spine area. This Pulitzer Prize winning author and winner of the Bancroft Prize chronicles the three centuries of the city of Santa Fe.
    TB12035  $14.00




  • Horn, Tom:  Life of Tom Horn Government Scout and Interpreter.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1987. First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1987. Edited by Doyce B. Numis. 400 pages of text.
    TB33184  $20.00




  • Horowitz, I. A., and Jack Straley Battell:  Chess Tactics for Beginners.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1965. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and red chess pieces on the front board and one on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. Without its issued dust jacket. 412 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with diagrams.
    TB23556  $10.00



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    Horsford, Eben Norton:  The Landfall of Leif Erikson A. D. 1000 And The Site Of His Houses In Vineland.  Boston: Damrell And Upham, 1892. First Edition. Good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A quarto of 12 3/4 by 9 3/4 inches with 3/4" closed tear at the head of the spine, the binding is broken at the first signature, but otherwise holding well. The end sheets are slightly soiled. Without a dust jacket. 148 pages of text. Illustrated with a fold-out frontispiece photography (detached) and by 21 fold-out maps. The author, following extensive research, provides here his proof to his theory that Leif Erickson arrived at and lived for awhile at what is now the southeastern part of New England to include the areas around Boston to Cape Cod.
    TB29808  $75.00



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    Hosmer, James K.:  History Of The Expedition Of Captains Lewis And Clark 1804-5-6.  Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1902. Reprinted from the Edition of 1814. Both volumes of this complete two volume set are in very good condition in 1/2 dark brown and tan cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and the top edge of the text block is gilt with the other edges untrimmed. Both are octavos measuring 8 1/4" by 6" with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines. Volume I has a 1/16" chip from the cloth at the heel of the spine. Volume II has three short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. Volume I contains 500 illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Lewis, a fold-out map and two additional single page maps. Volume II contains 583 pages including an index for both volumes and is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Clark and three single page maps.
    TB25732  $350.00



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    Hotchner, Ursula, and Nell Newman:  Newman's Own Cookbook A Veritable Cornucopia of Recipes, Food Talk, Trivia, and Paul Newman's Pearls of Wisdom.  Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., (1985). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and off-white buckram cloth covered boards with green text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with no flaws or damage and no prior ownership markings of any kind. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Paul Newman in black flow pen on the title page as well as A. E. Hotchner on what would otherwise be called the dedication page. 136 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with comic portraits of Newman, Hotchner, Nell Newman and Ursula Hotchner as well as small vignettes throughout, six plates of color photographs and numerous images from black and white photographs.
    TB32879  $400.00



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    Hough, Roemyn Beck:  The Wood Book.  Koln, Garmany: Taschen GmbH, (2002). Reprint of 2002. Fine in printed, black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board with three color sections of wood. A very thick small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine, wood box with a sliding top on which is printed the title of the book and the publisher's name. A reprint of the original edition which was titled: The American Woods (1883-1913, 1928). 864 pages most all of which are printed on black paper. It is lavishly illustrated throughout in color three sectional views of each wood type known throughout the United States and Canada.
    TB30717  $125.00




  • Hough, Richard:  Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian The Men and the Mutiny.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a dent to the lower edge of the text block which appears to be a binder's error as there is no corresponding dent to the lower edges of the boards. There is also minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of wear at the upper edge of the spine area. 320 pages including an index, notes on sources, a chronology, text and a section of photographs of period art work and maps together with deck plans, rigging sketch and line drawings of the Bounty.
    TB15915  $10.00




  • Hough, Henry B.:  Martha's Vineyard.  New York: Viking, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, In a very good but price clipped dust jacket with a chip at the upper edge of the front panel and rubbed. Photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
    TB02096  $8.40




  • Houle, Marcy:  The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Grasslands.  Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. An advance review copy with materials laid-in. The account of this wildlife biologist who spent 2 and 1/2 years in The Zumwalt Prairie grasslands of northeastern Oregon studying the hawks of the region and their co-dependence of the land with rancher's grazing stock.
    TB04044  $17.50




  • Houston, Pam:  Cowboys are my Weakness.  New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated blue paper covered boards with a prior owner's address label at the bottom of the 1st FEP. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap, else fine. Boldly signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. The author's first book which is a collection of twelve short stories.
    TB13457  $87.50




  • Houston, James:  Running West.  New York: Crown Publishing, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with gift inscription on FEP. In a near fine dust jacket but price clipped and with the ends of the spine area wrinkled. This Canadian author and artist has been celebrated for his efforts to develop Native American art in both the US and in Canada.
    TB03456  $17.50




  • Houston, Pam:  Women on Hunting.  Hopewell: Ecco Press, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Pam Houston's second book; although with this book she plays the role of editor having compiled the works of other women writers on the topic of hunting.
    TB05249  $17.50




  • Howard, Joseph Kinsey:  Montana High, Wide and Handsome.  New Haven: Yale University Pres, 1959. First Illus. Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with minor creases and rubbing on the spine ends. With a preface by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. and drawings by Peter Hurd. As stated by A. B. Guthrie on the front flap of the dust jacket this book has, since it was first introduced in 1943, been acclaimed as a model regional history whose influence has gone far beyond the borders of Montana.
    TB07980  $45.00



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    Howard, Helen Addison:  Saga of Chief Joseph.  Caldwell: Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1941, 1965. 1965 Reprint. Near fine in gilt decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with a gift inscription and date on the first free end page. In a very good but price clipped dust jacket with heavy rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and several short closed tears with related creasing to the edge of the front panel. 395 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps and line drawings by George D. McGrath.
    TB00299  $35.00



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    Howard, Daniel:  Glimpses of Ancient Windsor From 1633 to 1933.  Windsor, Conn.: Windsor Tercentenary Committee, 1933. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in brown-green paper covered boards with gilt embossed text and decorations on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with very light wear to the paper at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Laid-in is a one page reprint of Barbara B. Kennelly's address to the House of Representatives of Sept. 15, 1982 announcing the 350th anniversary of the town of Windsor, Connecticut. 104 pages including an index, text and illustrated with reproductions of early art work and images from photographs.
    TB32551  $30.00



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    Howarth, David:  Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch.  New York: Atheneum, 1969. First Edition. Fine with 1/4 navy blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. . This English author draws on a host of contemporary sources, paintings and sketches to provide a thorough account of the Battle of Trafalgar. 254 pages with illustrations from earlier works of art throughout.
    TB32158  $30.00




  • Howarth, William L.:  The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau.  Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in cream and light brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap. One of the volumes in the Calendars of American Literary Manuscripts "which provide the scholar and critic with readily accessible lists of the available and pre- and post-publication manuscript inscriptions of selected American authors." 408 pages of text, index and appendices which together provide a bibliographic evaluation of Thoreau's manuscripts.
    TB16882  $24.50




  • Howe, Octavius Thorndike:  Argonauts of '49 History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts 1849-1850.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 dark blue cloth and blue-gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The exterior areas of the boards are slightly faded and there is a prior owner's name written in pencil with a date of "1923" on the first free end paper. Without a dust jacket. 221 pages including a bibliography, appendix, text and illustrated with photographs of ship models and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB19069  $75.00




  • Howe, Henry F.:  Massachusetts There she is - behold her..  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Fine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 3/8" chip at the upper corner of the front panel and with light wear at the spine area. Signed by the author on the fly title page. One of the volumes in the Regions of America Series.
    TB02374  $50.00



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    Howells, W. D.:  My Mark Twain Reminiscences and Criticisms.  New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with red and gilt text on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with slight tanning to the cloth on the spine, a small dent to the fore edge of the front board impacted on the preliminaries to the first page of text in the form of a very small, barely noticeable dent and with a faint dampness stain at the top margins of pages 98 and the plate which faces that page. Without a dust jacket. 187 pages illustrated with a double frontispiece portrait of Twain from a photograph and a portrait of the author also from a photograph and six plates from engravings and photographs.
    TB30881  $20.00



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    Howes, Wright:  U.S.Iana (1650-1950).  New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1963. Reprint of 1963, Revised and Enlarged Edition. Very near fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth rubbed through over the tips of the boards. The last free end page is marked with two columns of figures in pencil. Without a dust jacket. 652 pages of text. From the title page: "A Selective Bibliography In Which Are Described 11,620 Uncommon And Significant Books Relating To The Continental Portion Of The United States".
    TB32828  $20.00



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    Howse, Derek and Norman J. W. Thrower (Editors):  A Buccaneer's Atlas Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner.  Berkeley: University of California Press, (1992). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A quarto measuring 12 by 9 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 314 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of earlier handmade maps. "A sea atlas and sailing directions of the Pacific coast of the Americas 1682". With a foreword by David B. Quinn and with special contributions by Tony A. Cimolino. A very clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28463  $100.00




  • Hoyt, Elizabeth Josephine Bruce: Canta Claus' Dolls.  Boston and Chicago: W. A. Wilde Company, (1911). First Edition. Good in its original paper and cloth covered boards with a large pasted on, color illustration of Santa entering a chimney with his sleigh and reindeer behind him with floral end sheets and cloth hinges. A 12mo of 7 1/2 by 6 inches with heavy wear to the lower fore edges of the boards, the boards are quite soiled. The contents are all present, but lightly soiled with occasional child's names and markings. 96 pages of text illustrated with color plates by Josephine Bruce and vignettes in black and white.
    TB33445  $80.00




  • Hoyt, Henry F.:  A Frontier Doctor.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1979. First thus. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. Without a dust jacket as issued. Originally published in 1929 by Houghton-Mifflin. The Lakeside Classic release of 1979. 518 pages including an index and list of previous titles published in the Lakeside Classic series.
    TB31435  $25.00



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    Hubbard, Gurdon:  The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1911. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt borders and the gilt logo of the publisher on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine are rubbed and worn and with several short closed tears to the cloth. There is a narrow 2 inch long white scuff mark to the right of the logo on the front board. The gilt text on the spine is tarnished. The contents are clean and free of any prior ownership markings. The ninth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1911. The book is a reprinting of the author's original diary which first appeared in print in 1888 for only the immediate friends and family of Hubbard. It provides a unique history of the Northwest.
    TB32703  $350.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Vol. VI Numbers 1 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1900. . All six volumes are in very near fine to very good condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include William Morris, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns, John Milton and Samuel Johnson.
    TB24178  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Vol. VII Numbers 1 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1900. . All six volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Thomas B. Macaulay, Lord Byron, Joseph Addison, Robert Southey, S. T. Coleridge and Benjamin Disraeli.
    TB24179  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Vol. X Numbers 1 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1902. . All six volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Raphael, Leonardo, Botticelli, Thorwaldsen, Gainsborough and Velasquez.
    TB24182  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Vol. XI Numbers 1 thru 5.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1902. . All five volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Corot, Correggio, Bellini, Cellini and Abbey.
    TB24183  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Oritors Vol. XII Numbers 1 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1903. . All six volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Pericles, Mark Antony, Savonarola, Martin Luther, Edmund Burke and William Pitt.
    TB24184  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Oritors Vol. XIII Numbers 1 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1903. . All six volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Marat, Ingersoll, Henry, Starr King, Beecher and Phillips.
    TB24185  $90.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  The Roycroft Books A Catalog And Some Remarks.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1902. . Very near fine in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. A small octavo measuring 8 by 6 inches. There is a slight crease of the lower quarter of the front panel. The contents are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. 29 numbered pages followed by three printed, un-numbered pages. Illustrated with nine tipped-in photographs.
    TB24177  $80.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Vol. VIII Numbers 2 thru 6.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1901. . All five volumes are in very near fine condition in heavy printed, paper wraps with a sewn thread binding. All are small octavos measuring 8 by 6 inches. The contents of each are fine with no foxing, tanning or notations. These volumes include Nicola Paganini, Frederick Chopin, Wolfgang Mozart, Sebastgian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn.
    TB24180  $75.00



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    Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys To Homes Of Great Musicians Volume Eight and Nine New Series.  East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1901. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good- conditions in 1/4 leather and paper covered boards with a gilt paper label on the spines and a printed brown title on the front board. Both are small octavos measuring 8" by 5 3/4" with gilt top edges to the text block and deckled edges to the fore and lower edges. The leather on volume 1 is chipped and worn at the head and heel of the spine and at the center of the spine is a missing section of the surface leather. Tthe placement ribbons in both have completely deteriorated. Volume 1 contains 147 pages of text illustrated with portraits of the musicians. Volume 2 contains 137 pages of text illustrated with portraits of the musicians.
    TB24175  $60.00




  • Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys To The Homes of Great Reformers Vol. XX.  East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1907. First Edition, First printing. An ex-library copy with a book plate from the Seymour School of New York City on the front paste down and with the leather back strip missing. Despite the loss the binding remains firm with the hinges tight and sound. Without a dust jacket. With an early prior owner's name (Marshall Bartholomew) and date of 1910 on the second free end page. (191) pages of text. With biographical contents for John Wesley, Henry George, Gaibaldi, Richard Cobden, Thomas Paine and John Knox.
    TB23771  $20.00



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    Hubbard, Charles D.:  Old Guilford Including The Land Now Constituting The Towns of Guilford and Madison.  Guilford, Conn.: Guilford Bicentennial Committee, 1939, 1975-1976. Reprint of 1975-76. Near fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7". Without a dust jacket as issued. (52) pages of hand lettered text by the author and illustrated throughout with woodcuts also by the author.
    TB25905  $20.00




  • Hubbard, Elbert:  Little Journeys To The Homes of Eminent Painters.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1900). Reprint of June, 1900. Very good in highly decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and blind embossed decorations on the spine and the same with gilt borders on the front board. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4" by 4 1/4" with a presentation inscription in ink and a date of June 13th, 1901 on the first free page. 497 pages followed by several pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art and photographs.
    TB24363  $12.00



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    Hubbell, William:  Good Fences A Pictorial History of New England's Stone Walls.  no city stated: Down East Publishing, (2006). Third Printing. Fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An oblong small quarto of 9 1/2 by 12 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 120 pages including photographic credits, acknowledgments, suggested readings and text. Illustrated throughout with images from color photographs. A very handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32052  $35.00



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    Hudson, Derek:  Arthur Rackham His Life and Work.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1960, 1974. Reprint of 1973. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with a black title block with gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with printed end sheets with a purple ink mark on the lower edge of the text block. (This is not a remainder mark.) In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch chip from the upper rear corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area. 181 pages of text including a bibliography, appendices and a listing of "Books illustrated wholly by Arthur Rackham". Illustrated with a color, tipped on frontispiece of Rackham and 33 color tipped-on plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout.
    TB32405  $25.00



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    Hufeland, Otto:  Westchester County During The American Revolution 1775-1783.  n.p.: Self-Published, 1926. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in its original dark green, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. In its original glassine dust jacket which is only in very good- condition with multiple chips and wear. One of only 250 copies printed and signed by the author with this copy identified as number 167 on the limitation page. The errata page is tipped in opposite the limitation page. 473 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a fold-out, frontispiece map and three additional fold-out maps. An extremely clean, handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This is the author's original edition. (Note: Ronald M. Gephart's bibliography: Revolutionary America 1763-1789 in item #1875 (page 178) refers to this same title but a later edition which was published by the Westchester County Historical Society, 1926 Vol. 3, issue xxvii)
    TB32854  $200.00



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    Hughes, Therle:  Prints For The Collector British Prints from 1500 to 1900.  New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in royal blue cloth covered boards wilth gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. The cloth on the boards and spine is speckled with white spots producing on this blue background an effect similar to bright stars on a cloudless night. The top edge of the text block shows minor foxing. The contents are otherwise fine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and over the tips of the boards and with a 1" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. 216 pages including an index, a glossary of engravers and text. Illustrated with four color plates and 48 black and white plates.
    TB22737  $20.00



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    Hugo, Victor:  The Novels of Victor Hugo.  Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1894). Holland Paper Edition, Limited Edition. All fourteen volumes of this complete set are in very good+ or better condition in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and with gilt text in three of the compartments and with gilt rules separating the leather from the marbled paper. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each volumes is quarto of 11 5/8 by 8 1/2 inches. The spines are all uniformly darkened some chipping and wear to the leather at the heels of the spines and the leather is worn through on several volumes over the tips of the boards. The hinges and joints for all the volumes are tight and strong. The contents are in near perfect condition with few marks of foxing or tanning. The images are nearly all protected with tissue guards. One of only 1,000 sets printed with this set identified as number 414 and subscribed for by Mrs. Mary E. Drummond as noted on the verso of the fly title page of volume III. The set includes the following novels: Han of Iceland; Bug-Jargal; Last Day of A Condemned; Claude Gueux; Notre- Dame Of Paris in two volumes; Les Miserables in five volumes; Laughing Man in two volumes; and, Ninety-Three. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings by various artists. This is an extremely large and heavy set weighing 48 pounds. Please contact Town's End Books prior to ordering for a quote on estimated shipping costs.
    TB30669  $1200.00




  • Hugo, Richard:  Death and the Good Life.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the spine very slightly rolled. In a near fine dust jacket with small creases at the spine ends and two small creases on the front panel. Hugo, an eminent poet and essayist, reportedly wrote this novel at the urging of his friend James Crumley. This was his first and only novel.
    TB06070  $110.00



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    Hunsaker, Joyce Badgley:  Sacagawea Speaks Beyond the Shining Mountains With Lewis & Clark.  Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot Books/ The Globe Pequot Press, 2001. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the front board. An oblong small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 9 1/2" deep. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 151 pages including an index, photo credits, author's notes, bibliography, Shosoni Vocabulary, a roster of the Corps of Discovery and text. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, color photographs and drawings.
    TB22629  $25.00



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    Hunt, Leigh:  The Town; Its Memorable Characters And Events.  London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,, 1848. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text and decorations between six compartments on the spine. The front and rear covers are decorated with gilt bands at the edges of the leather. Both volumes are small octavos measuring 7 5/8" by 4 3/4 with marbled paper end sheets. The leather at the forward joints and at the tips of the boards is rubbed and worn and there is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste downs. Volume I contains 300 pages followed by four pages of ads. Volume II has 311 pages followed by 16 pages of ads. Both volumes are illustrated with 45 steel engravings.
    TB26065  $100.00



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    Hunt, Aurora:  Major General James Henry Carleton 1814-1873 Western Frontier Dragoon.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's name and book plate on the front paste down with the same on the rear paste down and with the same name at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without its plain, unprinted dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Frontier Military Series, II. 390 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Carlton from a photograph and with 17 images from maps (one of which folds out), photographs and facsimile reproductions. "Carleton saw wide-ranging service in the West,...His life story helps round out our knowledge of the contribution made by the regular army to the development of the West." (from Clark & Brunet, 152)(Rittenhouse, 314)
    TB33334  $95.00



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    Hunt, Peter, Editor:  Children's Literature An Illustrated History.  Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and logo stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 3/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 378 pages including an index, a list of illustration sources, bibliography, chronology and text. Illustrated throughout from earlier works of art and images from photographs. A splendid copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32385  $30.00



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    Hunt, Aurora:  Kirby Benedict Frontier Federal Judge.  Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in red, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6 1/4". Without a dust jacket. The title goes on to read: "An Account of Legal and Judicial Development in the Southwest, 1853 - 1874, with Special Reference to the Indian, Slavery, Social and Political Affairs, Journalism, and a Chapter on the Circuit Riding with Abraham Lincoln in Illinois". 268 rough cut pages including an index, bibliography, an appendix and text. Illustrated with a fold-out map of the Territories of New Mexico and Utah at the rear of the text, a frontispiece portrait of Kirby Benedick and reproductions of earlier works of art. A very fine unread copy with the pages remaining uncut.
    TB27148  $20.00




  • Hunt, Christine:  Speaking a Silence.  Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in light green paper covered boards which have faded around the edges and on the spine which also has a 3/4” bump to the lower edge of the rear board causing a closed tear to the rear fixed end paper and with a gift inscription on the first page of the text. In a very good+ dust jacket with a small 1/4” closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. A collection of “fifteen views of rural heritage”. 146 pages of text with illustrations by David Cowe.
    TB16150  $14.00



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    Hunter, John D.:  Memoirs Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America From Childhood To The Age of Nineteen With Anecdotes Descriptive Of Their Manners And Customs..  London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First Edition. Very good+ in a contemporary 1/2 brown leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text over a black leather spine label and gilt tooling on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with the leather rubbed through at the upper and lower tips of the boards and a stamped royal seal on the title page. 447 pages of text. (Howes, H-813; Ayer/Narratives, 142)
    TB27578  $200.00



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    Hunter, Evan:  The Blackboard Jungle.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/2 cloth and red paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine and on the front board and with a black top stain to the text block. There is a prior owner's name and date of "Dec. 25, 1954" on the front end paper behind the dust jacket flap. In a very good- dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap, a 1/4" deep chip from the lower edge of the spine area, 1/8" deep chipping across most of the upper edge of the spine area and with rubbing to the folds and minor chips from the upper corners of the panels at the fold to the flaps. The author's first book which although fiction is based on his personal experiences following his enlistment in the Navy during World War II. The book formed the basis of a movie of the same name filmed in 1955 staring Glen Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow and Anne Francis.
    TB17668  $100.00




  • Hunter, Stephen:  Havana.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Another volume in the author's series of Earl Swagger.
    TB18870  $20.00




  • Hunter, Bonnie:  These Americans in Moccasins.  New York: Vintage Press, 1959. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in orange paper covered boards with a prior owner's name on the 1st FEP and a review of the book taped to the 1st FEP. In a very good+ dust jacket although rubbed on the front panel and with a faded spine area. A collection of stories of Native Americans who visited the author's trading post located on a reservation in Wyoming.
    TB09390  $7.00




  • Huntley, Chet:  The Generous Years: Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood.  New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with very modest soiling on this beige background jacket. The author was part of the famous "Huntly Brinkley" team of news broadcasters of the 1960's and 70's. Mr. Huntly recounts his boyhood years before World War I growing up on the last frontier of America: Montana.
    TB04776  $45.00




  • Hurd, Peter:  Marauders of the Sea: Being a Compilation of Stories Both Historical & Fictional of Various Exploits of the Most Notorious Corsairs, Buccaneers, Pirates, Mutineers, Privateers, Marooners &c.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1935). First Edition. Very near fine in black cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine and a large, illustrated paper label on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 inches with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 319 pages of text illustrated throughout with ten full page wood cuts and numerous vignettes all by Peter Hurd. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33461  $60.00



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    Hurlburt, Mabel S.:  Farmington Town Clerks and Their Times.  Farmington, Conn.: Self published, 1943. Limited first edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with two paper paste-downs on the front board and on the spine, deckled fore edges to the text block and with very slight foxing to the end papers. The paper label on the spine shows a bit staining and the first and last free end pages show light staining. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 1/4 inches with a dampness stain to the top edge of the text block which did not penetrate to the pages themselves except for the end sheets as noted above. Without a dust jacket which may not have been issued. Identified as copy number 277 of only four hundred copies printed and signed and dated in Farmington on January 25, 1944 by the author on the first free end page. 404 pages including an index, 22 pages of biographical sketches of the original settlers of Farmington, other addendum and 347 pages of text describing the history of the towns of Farmington and Unionville, Connecticut. Illustrated with a photographic reproduction of the 1650 agreement with the Tunxis Indians for the distribution of land, a map showing the homes of the original settlers from 1643 to approximately 1700 (followed by a key list of original settlers) together with 27 other photographs and maps. Several pages are devoted to the famous Farmington Canal which traversed the town from north to south the location of which is shown in one of the included maps. A definitive source for genealogists and historians.
    TB30628  $125.00




  • Hurlimann, Bettina:  Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe.  Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1969. First Edition, First printing. Fine in burnt orange cloth covered boards with gilt decorations on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with hints of rubbing at the ends of the spine area. 297 pages including index, text, illustrations and photographs.
    TB09887  $15.00



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    Hurst, Alexander Anthony:  The Medley of Mast And Sail II A Camera Record.  Brighton: Teredo Books Ltd, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 7" deep. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with only hints of rubbing at the ends of the spine area. 473 pages including an index and text. Extensively illustrated with 525 black and white photographs.
    TB23078  $20.00




  • Hurst, Ronald:  The Golden Rock An Episode of the American War of Independence 1775-1783.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author chronicles the invasion of the small, but important Dutch owned Island, St. Eustatius, in November, 1781 in an effort to thwart further trade of arms and ammunition with the American colonies. 254 pages including an index, text and illustrated with maps and two sections of photographic reproductions of contemporary art work.
    TB16732  $14.00




  • Hutchens, John K.:  One Man's Montana.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 brown cloth and decorated paper covered boards with silver and black text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with very light wear to the upper edge of the spine area and rubbed at the rear fold to the flap. Sub-titled: "An Informal Portrait of a State." The author first arrived in Montana at the age of eleven in 1917 when first hand stories of life on the frontier could still be heard. Long after becoming a reporter in Montana he wrote this collection.
    TB07051  $24.50



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    Hutchings, J. [James] M.:  In The Heart Of The Sierras Thee Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical And Descriptive.  Yo Semite Valley: Old Cabin, 1886. First Edition. Very good- in dark yellow, original cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and brown decorations on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with several small tears and with the cloth worn through at the tips of the boards. Much of the front hinge is cracked. Containing 496 pages and illustrated throughout with plates and engravings within the text as well as well as two maps one of which folds-out. (Cohen, p 299-300)
    TB28745  $300.00



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    Hutchison, Bruce:  The Fraser.  Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1950. First Edition, first Canadian printing. Near fine in gray-brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on dark blue title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with a number of faint dampness stains around the edges of the boards and at the ends of the spine. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area, 1/4 inch chips from the corners of the lower edge of the same, small chips over the tips of the boards and the rear flap was separated from the rear panel, but has been repaired on its verso side with archival tape. Signed without an inscription and dated in the year of publication by the author on the first free end page. The 42nd volume in The Rivers of America Series with illustrations by Richard Bennett. 368 pages including an index and bibliography. Clark, Irwin & Company used the first edition Rinehart plates to create this first Canadian edition copy of this title and was published on the same date as the Rinehart first US edition. (Fitzgerald, F1)
    TB32972  $125.00



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    Hutchison, Bruce:  The Fraser.  Toronto: Clarke Irwin & Co., (1950). Second Clarke Irwin Printing. Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on dark blue title block on the spine. With fading to the head and heel of the spine and a prior owner's name and date on the first free end paper. In a good unclipped dust jacket with 1/2" deep chips at the ends of the spine area and a one inch long but shallow chip at the upper edge of the front panel. The 42nd volume in the Rivers of America series with illustrations by Richard Bennett. 368 pages including an index and bibliography.
    TB20185  $40.00



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    Hutchison, Paul P.:  Five Strenuous Years The McGill Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi During The Great War.  Toronto, Canada: Self-published, n.d. (circa 1921). . Very good in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and borders on the front board with the top edge of the text block gilt. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed as it is at the tips of the boards. An octavo of 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" deep. Without a dust jacket. A presentation copy signed and inscribed to a fellow Alpha Delta Phi by the author on the verso of the second free end page and dated September 2, 1921. 292 pages including an appendix. Illustrated with maps within the text and a frontispiece.
    TB23112  $40.00




  • Hutchison, Colonel Paul P.:  Canada's Black Watch The First Hundred Years 1862-1962.  Bloomfield: Museum Restoration Serv, 1962, 1987. 1987 Reprint. Fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing at the upper edges of the front panel. 340 pages including appendices, text and two sections of photographs.
    TB14672  $24.50



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    Huxley, Aldous:  Brave New World.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1978. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark blue, leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the spine and front and rear boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping and decorations in the compartments, silk end sheets. There is a light orange silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and all edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 1/8 inches with minor spotting to the gilt on the edges of the text block. This is one of the volumes in Easton Press' The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. Illustrated with black and white aguatint etchings by Mara McAfee and a color frontispiece portrait of Huxley by Jeff Cornell. 237 pages of text and illustrations. A fine, bright, handsome copy with no names or dates or book plates.
    TB32711  $75.00



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    Huxtable, Nils:  Classic North American Steam.  New York: Gallery Books, 1990. First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A folio measuring 14" by 10" . In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 128 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Heavily illustrated with crisp, clear black and white photographs of steam engines.
    TB25558  $15.00



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