Search Results: Authors starting with H from ReadInk

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1962). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [light wear to extremities, a little browning to page edges; jacket shows a little wear along top and bottom edges, a few tiny nicks and tears, one itty-bitty chip at top of front panel, fading to spine]. "A challenging social critique of our times," couched as a tale of an American newspaperman who is sent to a small (fictional) Pacific island ruled by the eponymous dictator. Hitro, an "inspiring orator with the eyes of a saint," promises his people that their island nation will become "a model of kindness in action" -- but at the same time, he uses the threat of "Redheadism" to throw all the red-haired people into internment camps, while secretly developing a bio-weapon (caused by laser beams) called "Rabid Amnesia," with which he plots to -- wait for it -- conquer the world! Nothing about the author's jacket bio or his photo suggests… Read More

Commerce TX: Post Script. Very Good+. 1996. (Vol. 15, No. 2). Journal. [mild vertical bend affecting the entire journal, tiny bump/tear at bottom of spine, a little wear along spine]. (B&W photographs) A special issue of this critical journal (80 pages) devoted entirely to the work of Canadian director Cronenberg. Includes seven articles, including essays on on DEAD RINGERS and THE DEAD ZONE, and a filmography (through his then most-recent film, M. BUTTERFLY). .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [minor shelfwear to bottom edge of book, one-time owner's name and source annotation on ffep; jacket lightly soiled, a little tanned at spine, with a few small closed tears at top and bottom of front panel]. Comic novel about "an unorthodox poet and professor of poetry" whose self-created Utopia (on a ferryboat moored in San Francisco Bay, with his wife, his five chidren, and "a merry band of nymphs and bearded poet-disciples") is turned upside-down and inside-out when his eight-year-old son Erasmus (who plays the French horn and is utterly devoted to Brigitte Bardot, to whom he writes regular proposals of marriage) turns out to be a mathematical genius, "a human computer. IBM with freckles." The good professor, "holding fast against the Philistines" (which include the Bank of America, the Defense Department, IBM and the Russians, all of… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [1924] (c.1908). PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, a nice solid book; jacket has tiny tears and minor paper loss at spine ends, one small chip at bottom of front panel]. (8 B&W film stills, pen & ink drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the ffep by Diana Serra Cary, "Baby Peggy," star of the 1924 silent film for which this edition of the book was a tie-in. Ms. Cary, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 101, signed the book in 2000 -- 76 years after the original release of the film, in which she starred as one of the two mischievous children (a sister and brother in the story, but both girls in the film) who are placed in the care of their young bachelor uncle when their parents go off to spend the weekend with friends. The book was originally published with no author attribution in 1876, but by the early 1900s it was known to be the work of Habberton (1842-1921), an American writer and… Read More

Chicago: The Tower Press, Inc.. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with only light shelfwear; jacket is heavily edgeworn, with various small nicks and tears, minor paper loss at a couple of corners]. Anti-communist novel that "takes the reader through a social, political and educational intrigue that winds through the halls of America's leading educational institutions. Many of the leading characters are nationally known figures, some disguised for the story's purpose -- others are introduced by name and alias -- all woven into a gripping story of mystery and dramatic action faithfully portraying a condition that will amaze the reading public." This was the first of several similarly sensationalistic and alarmist novels by this author (1872-1953), a World War I veteran who was also a prominent American Legionnaire, and was EXTREMELY exercised about radicals -- socialists! -- communists!! (or maybe all three!) plotting to take over… Read More

New York: The John Day Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1940). First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear to book, a little dust-soiling to top edge; the jacket shows minor wear at edges and extremities, a couple of tiny nicks at the top edge of the rear panel, a couple of tiny closed tears at the top edge of the front panel, and some light age-toning to the rear panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author-poet, who has also written three lines of verse (presumably his own) beneath his inscription. In addition to his poetry, Hagedorn (1882-1964) was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and wrote several books about him and his family, in addition to serving as Secretary and Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association from 1919 to 1957. Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light dampstain to bottom exterior, surrounding spine (no effect at all to pages or interior of book), light foxing to top edge; jacket similarly dampstained (almost invisible on front panel, noticeable but not obnoxious at bottom of rear panel), general edgwear and light soiling, a couple of tiny edge-tears]. Novel of "true love that does not run smooth," about a girl, born to British colonists in Africa, who is sent to England for schooling after the death of her mother. The author, an actor/composer (and great-nephew of H. Rider Haggard), was killed in battle in the Middle East in World War II. .

Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [book is slightly faded at spine, otherwise solid and clean with light age-toning to page edges; jacket has a somewhat jagged rip in spine (with a bit of paper loss, not affecting any text), and is split about halfway down the front fold, with several associated diagonal creases in the top right section of the front panel] Hahn's fourth book and second novel, drawing on her experiences living with a pygmy tribe in the Belgian Congo for two years in the early 1930s. She had previously published "Congo Solo," a nonfiction account of her time there, but here she spins the tale of a native woman, Mawa, and her relationships with four successive white "husbands" (for whom she served as a combination housekeeper and mistress), one of whom is the father of the mixed-race son to whom she is most devoted. Of the four men, it's ironically… Read More

Cambridge (UK): D.S. Brewer. Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [a nice clean, as-new book]. Revised versions of 22 papers that were presented at a conference entitled "Playing with Transgression: Cultural Transformations of Robin Hood," held at the University of Rochester (New York) in 1997. The editor states in his introductory essay: "The essays that make up the present volume confirm that, despite the charisma, familiarity, and historical veneer that surround the legend, there is no single truth that stands behind Robin Hood, nor any strictlly delimitable field of study that surrounds him. Robin Hood is not so much the name of a single, coherent figure as the cue for a story waiting to happen, a plot open to the appropriations of writers, artists, and impresarios of all sorts who draft him to work in their own interests. Yet even in the often sober, rarefied world of academia the elements of playfulness and transgression remain central… Read More

New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1978. 3rd printing. Hardcover. [a nice tight clean book, with no discernible wear; the jacket has the teensiest bit of edgewear, and some very slight age-toning, but remains bright and attractive with no notable flaws]. SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the front endpaper. The author's debut novel, an epistolary tale spanning more than half century, about a woman (based on her own grandmother), who was "born liberated" and whose letters, sharing "her triumphs and follies in love and marriage, in child-bearing and child-rearing, in travel, business, society" are "a dynamic expression of her invincible spirit." A best-seller at the time of its original publication, it was later adapted by the author as an award-winning one-woman stage show; it also served as the basis of a well-regarded 1986 NBC miniseries starring Sally Field. Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1938). 3rd impression. Hardcover. [light wear to spine extremities, front hinge a little weak; jacket is clean and bright, with modest wear and a few tiny nicks along top and bottom edges, a bit of horizontal creasing at bottom of front panel]. (endpaper maps) Very scarce historical novel centering around the relationship between Margaret "Peggy" Shippen, aka Mrs. Benedict Arnold (his wife #2), and British Army Major John André, who served in America during the Revolutionary War. Major André was quite the popular guy in colonial circles (in the places occupied by the British, of course): fluent in four languages, he drew, painted, sang, wrote comic verse, and was by most accounts a most charming fellow. He was also, as of April 1779, the head of the British Army's Secret Service in America -- i.e. the Brits' number one spy -- and in that role got deeply involved in clandestine… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, light shelfwear, a trace of foxing on fore-edge, bookplate on front pastedown; the jacket is remarkably clean and well-preserved, with some minor wear along the top and bottom edges, slight browning to spine, and one tiny nick mid-spine]. A beautiful copy of the author's first book, SIGNED by him directly beneath his printed signature on the title page, and just above one of illustrator Robert Lawson's drawings of the title character. Haines began working as a telephone lineman during summer vacations while in college (University of Pennsylvania), and took on the work full-time upon his graduation in 1931. His experiences on that job provided fodder for his literary efforts, including his first published short stories and two novels, this one and the subsequent "High Tension" in 1937. Time Magazine said of this novel that "in celebrating his craft and the… Read More

Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine. 2004 (c.2001). 2nd paperback printing. Softcover. [a very nice copy, essentially as-new with just the teensiest bit of handling wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "Rather than examining Third Reich cinema through overdetermined categories such as propaganda, ideology, or fascist aesthetics, [the author] concentrates on the constituent elements shared by most popular cinemas: famous stars, directors, and studios; movie audiences and exhibition practices; popular genres and new trends in set design; the reception of foreign films; the role of film criticism; and the representation of women. She pays special attention to the forced coordination of the industry in 1933, the changing demands on cinema during the war years, and the various ways of coming to terms with these filmic legacies after the war." .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine. (c.1926). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [light bumping at top rear corner and top of spine, otherwise a nice clean copy with no significant wear; vintage bookseller's label (Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco) at bottom corner of rear pastedown]. A novel of the theatre, centering around a small-town troupe in the fictional Midwestern town of High Platte and the dreams of some of its younger members for the greater glories of the big-city footlights. The author was a successful actress herself, who settled in Hollywood after leaving the stage and enjoyed an extremely active late-in-life career as a character player in early talkies, including small roles in SHANGHAI EXPRESS, DINNER AT EIGHT and numerous other films. She also authored about half a dozen novels, plus a handful of travel books that were illustrated by her husband, artist Walter Hale (1869-1917); the latter books are relatively easy to find, her novels… Read More

New York: Dick and Fitzgerald. Good. [1857]. Later Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [bumped and worn at corners, but still quite a decent copy; one-time owner's name and date (1867) written lightly on the ffep, and a short column of figures (added up) in pencil on the second ffep]. (Library of Sam Slick's Works) Series Corny 19th-century humor, the first-person narrative of a Yankee yokel abroad in the land, lookin' fer a women he kin marry and settle down with. The "anonymous" author, Thomas Chandler Halilburton, was a Nova Scotian judge who became a best-selling author on the basis of his "Sam Slick" stories, which became very popular light reading in England and America. Several collections of these satirical tales were issued during his lifetime; the first was "The Clockmaker," published in 1836. The town of Windsor, NS, where Haliburton resided (his house there is a museum), still celebrates Sam Slick as part of their annual festival. .

London/New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. [foxing to edges of text block and on the first few and last few pages, spine slightly turned; jacket shows a bit of wear at corners]. A British aviator, pushing forty and recovering from a bad accident -- and contemplating the end of his flying days -- faints at the controls of his plane and crashes in the Pacific. Rescued by a passing ship, he meets a woman on board. Includes wrap-around promotional band (not pictured), bearing an endorsement from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith]. .

New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. (c.1968). First Edition. Hardcover. [a bit of wear to extremities, but generally a solid clean book; jacket has small bits of paper loss at spine corners, light soiling to rear panel, diagonal tear (internally repaired) and associated creasing at bottom right corner of rear panel]. Juvie fiction about a young college student blessed with "remarkable beauty," but who's determined to make her own way in the world rather than relying on her father's name and wealth, or on her good looks. She gets involved in a political campaign, but "rebels at the dull routine work that she is given. Then the party's handsome candidate, Richard Teller [fresh from modeling for the Ken Doll, judging from the jacket illustration] arrives from Washington to wage his campaign for the state legislature, and she begins to find the excitement she had anticipated." (Here's a little historical perspective for you: this… Read More

London: Mayflower Books. Very Good+. 1969 (c.1967). First Paperback Edition. Softcover. [a nice tight copy with light external wear, primarily along spine]. Mass Market PB Novel about a "lapsed Irishman, successful London business executive [and] ardent womaniser [who] returns to Ireland where his father is dying after a pub brawl [and] finds himself challenged and tested, as a lover and as a man." This is a tie-in with the 1969 British movie adaptation (THE RECKONING being the film title), in which the protagonist returns not to Ireland but to Liverpool; the film's stars, Nicol Williamson and Rachel Roberts, are pictured on the book's front cover. Unaccountably scarce. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Near Fine dj. (c.1977). First Edition. Hardcover. [spine slightly turned, minor soiling to top edge, previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase and brief comment in ink on front endpaper; jacket shows some light surface wear, vertical surface-scratch at bottom of rear panel, minor wrinkling along top edge]. "This volume brings to light one of the most sensational secrets in the history of crime. Almost half a century ago, Dr. John H. Watson, lying close to death in a London hospital, composed what appears to be the final account of the career of Sherlock Holmes. Sealed in a tin dispatch box for the ensuing decades, it has been uncovered at last only as the result of an extraordinary bequest. And what a revelation it is!" Gotta love the conceit here: The author "claims to be the only surviving grandson and heir of the late Emily Percy Hall, goddaughter of Violet Watson, Dr. John H. Watson's second… Read More

New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1988). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, apparently unread, with no discernible wear; the jacket shows just a touch of surface wear]. The author's debut novel, "the most original, funny, moving, and beautifully written golf novel ever to come down the fairway [it sez here] -- recalls the mordant imagination of John Updike." .