Search Results: Authors starting with H from Black Paw Books

Latimer House, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Memoirs and thoughts of Anglican Christian bishop and author. Octavo, 96 pp. Blue cloth binding. From the Frederick A. Hagar collection. Previous owner's name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. No dust jacket, if issued. Scarce.

Albany, CA: Mountain Travel, 1976. Very Good. Work by the Medical Research Director of the Himalayan Rescue Association on acute mountain sickness. Scarce. Octavo, 34 pp. Stapled wraps. Wraps show minor soiling with sticker scuff on back.

Boston: Victoria Munroe Fine Art, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue presents the works of Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006), an American sculptor, painter, and printmaker best remembered for his large-scale abstract works that blended classical and modernist forms. He was born in New York City to Greek immigrant parents and studied at Harvard University. Exhibition catalog. Quarto, 25 pp. Illustrated in color. Stapled wraps. Pages are clean and bright. Wraps show a few smudges on upper wrap.

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. Very Good. Document concerns claims of the state of Georgia for services of its militia in 1793 and 1794 to fight the Cherokee and Creeks. 8.5" tall. 41 pp. Disbound (self-wraps). Pages are yellowed with faint foxing to title page.

Boston: J. Stillman Smith, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. This landmark work of American short fiction is set during the American Civil War and tells the tale of Philip Nolan, a young man who renounces his loyalty to the United States and is subsequently sentenced to spend the rest of his life on a naval ship without ever hearing news of his country or setting foot on land again. The story is notable for its meditation on patriotism, duty, and love of country, as well as its poignant portrayal of the isolation and loneliness of Nolan's punishment. 12mo, 45 pp. Tan cloth with title and image of American flag on front board. From private collection. Small closed tear along top edge of ffep.

University of York, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 34 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

Feltham, Middlesex, United Kingsom: Browcom Publishing Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good+. World Airline Fleets News (1987-2011) was a respected source of information for aviation professionals, enthusiasts, and researchers. The magazine provided detailed information on the fleets of airlines worldwide, including aircraft types, configurations, and orders. It also covered news related to airline mergers and acquisitions, new airline start-ups, aircraft deliveries and retirements, and developments in the aviation industry such as new technologies and industry trends. Four bound volumes containing the first 48 issues of World Airline Fleets News. Volumes are approximately 12" tall x 8.5" wide and bound in custom yellow buckram bindings. From private collection. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedowns. Mailing label affixed to upper wrap of each issues. Issues remain clean and unmarked. Bindings show some minor soiling. Scarce.

Danforth Museum of Art, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong octavo, 48 pp. Illustrated in color and black & white. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Scarce.

Paris: de l'imprimerie de fain jeune et compagnie, 1805. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume II Only. Octavo, 468 pp. Quarter bound in leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Binding shows rubbing and scuffs. Pages remain clean and unmarked. No bookplates or ownership ink.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1916. Hardcover. Good+. Inscribed by author to previous owner in 1916. Corners gently bumped. Light wear to cloth along spine ends. Front hinge starting.

London: The Everyday Press, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good+. The Egyptian Postures is a guide to the most advanced Mazdaznan exercises that Johannes Itten taught his students at the Bauhaus. Often performed while singing or humming the postures were intended to activate glands and re-channel internal energies, stirring the blood in ways that contributed to the perpetual evolution of humanity. They were also said to induce auto-illumination, the participant's body generating an intense light from within. This edition of Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish's original instructions has been newly edited and illustrated by Ian Whittlesea with images of actor Ery Nzaramba demonstrating the postures and an in-depth essay by Pádraic E. Moore that explores the relationships between esoteric movements, their racial theories and early modernism's embrace and eventual dismissal of the occult, Mazdaznan and Itten." -Ian Whittlesea. Part of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm). 133 pp. Black & white… Read More

London: George Allen, 1895. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo (7 3/4" tall). Volume I: x, 343 pp.; Volume II: viii, 352 pp. Black cloth. From private collection. Slight spine slant evident.

London: George Allen, 1893. Hardcover. Good+. Illustrated biography of biography of two sisters, Charlotte Canning and Louisa Beresford, both of whom were both artists. Complete in three volumes. 8vo (7 3/4" tall). Bound in black cloth. From private collection. Cloth shows some discoloration and soiling, with wear to spine ends and corners. Hinges starting. Spines slightly cocked. Offered here as a solid reading set.

Shrewsbury: Wilding and Son Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Good+. Octavo, 201 pp. Green cloth. Front free endpaper excised. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Faint foxing to prelims.

John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall octavo. xi, 388 pp. Blue cloth binding. From the private collection of Boston historian Frederick A. Hagar. Cloth binding shows some rubbing and minor wear to spine ends. Light spotting to edges of book block. Names printed on endpapers. A few pages of text and the index show light underlining and a few editorial corrections; text is otherwise clean and unmarked; binding, tight.

University of York, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 41 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

KEIMENA, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Originally published in 1953, this collection of seven connected stories explores life in a provincial town in north-western Greece between the wars. Greek language title. Octavo, 225 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Some leaves remain unopened.

Boston: Otis Clap, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Religious work by the minister of the New Jerusalem Church in Portland, Maine. Scarce. 12mo (18 cm tall x 12 cm wide), 156 pp. Brown cloth. Remains of paper label along spine. Cloth is a little faded. Previous owners' names on ffep and front flyleaf. A number of pages show lines and check-marks in pencil in margins.

Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume in the official history of the Medical Department of the US Army in World War II. Book covers the prevention and treatment of communicable diseases in the US armed forces during wartime. Octavo (26 cm), xxi, 544 pp. Maroon cloth binding. From private collection. Cover shows some scuffs. No ownership ink. Endpapers are a little browned and show faint spotting. Text remains clean and unmarked.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Fair. 8vo, 86 pp. In green wraps. From private collection. Spine is chipped and heavily warn; wraps are tattered. Front hinge cracked.