Search Results: Authors starting with H from YJS BOXES OF BOOKS

Name your problem, and you name your possibility! That's the message in Dr. Robert H. Schuller's new bestseller, Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do! Dr. Schuller shows you how to build a positive self-image, no matter what your problem. Whether it's unemployment, poor health, loneliness, fear or anything else that blocks your success, you can turn your negative into a positive. No matter how tough times get, you have the potential to achieve the best of life. Through Dr. Schuller's dynamic principles, you can learn: (Good Reads) Very inspirational, a gift that will be treasured...Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983. Near Mint, beautifully put together, quality paper ,full bonded leather binding, gold gilt all sides, gold designs and lettering, silk ribbon. No DJ as issued. A beautiful gift for someone very special.

The Heritage Press, 1972. The Heritage Press. 1972. With SANDGLASS. Cloth/green pattern over boards, green pattern/gold lettering. Very Good+/Very Good/Slip Case. A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson's novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela. There, in the 'green mansions' of the title, Abel encounters the wood-nymph Rima, the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. The love that flowers between them is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow... One of the acknowledged masters of natural history writing, W. H. Hudson forms an important link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and the twentieth-century ecological movement..First published in 1904 and a bestseller after its reissue a dozen years later, Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man..The Heritage Press. 1972. With SANDGLASS.… Read More

The Pulitzer prize-winning newsman's analysis of Kennedy's ideological journey toward increasing radicalism and a personal account of his subsequent successes (and single major defeat) along the campaign trail. Halberstam shows how Kennedy in his role as leader of the honorable opposition in the Democratic party became the caustic critic of the administration's ghetto policies as well as a more cautious critic of its Vietnam policy, placing himself at the exact median point of American idealism and American power. It is a fascinating story of realpolitik (the Kennedy staff wanted Mayor Daley's...Random House,1969. Very Good, solid, clean test , head and tail shows slight . Black paperboards, silver lettering. DJ Very good, slight shelf wear at top and bottom, small closed tear at top right. not clipped, front flap $4.95, )back flap 1/69. Name and date on front paper/marker, small 'I Love You' on last page.

Random House, 1969. Random House,1969. Black paperober boards, silver lettering. Very Good/Very Good. The Pulitzer prize-winning newsman's analysis of Kennedy's ideological journey toward increasing radicalism and a personal account of his subsequent successes (and single major defeat) along the campaign trail. Halberstam shows how Kennedy in his role as leader of the honorable opposition in the Democratic party became the caustic critic of the administration's ghetto policies as well as a more cautious critic of its Vietnam policy, placing himself at the exact median point of American idealism and American power. It is a fascinating story of realpolitik (the Kennedy staff wanted Mayor Daley's...Random House,1969. Very Good, solid, clean test , head and tail shows slight . Black paperboards, silver lettering. DJ Very good, slight shelf wear at top and bottom, small closed tear at top right. not clipped, front flap $4.95, )back flap 1/69. Name and date on front paper/marker, small 'I Love You'… Read More

HarperCollins, 1987. Harper Collins, First Edition , First Printing 08/1987. SIGNED by autror,/Fair. The author, editor-in-chief of Yankee magazine, recounts his Boston childhood, education, experiences in the Army, and involvement with the family-owned magazine Also editor and did most of the research for the Yankees favorite information sources "The Farmers Almanac" is very well done, very funny, many, many Yankee quotes and sayings,as in 'To cure the hiccup run around the church three times without thinking of a fox" " The best time to castrate a bull is when he is sleeping", 'Why is there an interstate in Hawaii? A must read book for every Yankee and friends, and relatives and others. Harper Collins, SIGNED by author, "To Andrew and Woody-neighbor's at the lake. all the best always" Stated First Edition , First Printing July, 1987. Full #'s line. book in very good condition, boards and text very clean, many pictures. DJ not so great a lot of… Read More

The author, editor-in-chief of Yankee magazine, recounts his Boston childhood, education, experiences in the Army, and involvement with the family-owned magazine. Also editor and did most of the research for the Yankees favorite information sources "The Farmers Almanac"It is very well done, very funny, many, many Yankee quotes and sayings,as in 'To cure the hiccup run around the church three times without thinking of a fox" " The best time to castrate a bull is when he is sleeping", 'Why is there an interstate in Hawaii? A must read book for every Yankee and friends, and relatives and others.

Harper Collins, First Edition , First Printing, 1987. Harper Collins, First Edition , First Printing. Aqua cloth over boards, text very clean. Near Mint/DJ Very Good, some yellowing to edge of front and back covers, slight soiling, small area at top back Price $17.95.. show more ↓ The author,Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee magazine, recounts his Boston childhood, education, experiences in the Army, and involvement with the family-owned magazine. Also editor and did most of the research for the Yankees favorite information sources "The Farmers Almanac" Yankee Magazine is still in full productio and has a wide distribution. Business is located in Dublin NH. It is very well done, very funny, many, many Yankee quotes and sayings, as in "To cure the hiccup run around the church three times without thinking of a fox" " The best time to castrate a bull is when he. Harper Collins, SIGNED by author, Stated First Edition , First Printing July, 1987. Full #'s line. 1-10. Near Mint , aqua cloth over… Read More

Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York, 1898. Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York (1898). Green Cloth over boards. Gold and red designs of swords on front cover and spine and gold lettering. NO DJ. VERY GOOD/NO DJ. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York, 1898. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. VERY Good, solid, clean, text bright. Owner's, name on frontend paper. Green Cloth over boards. Gold and red designs of swords on front cover and spine and gold lettering. NO DJ.

New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Publisher New York: Harper Collins Date Published 1999 - 2006. Bookseller Catalogs Childre. Very Good/No DJ as issued. illustrations by Helquist. This is a wonderful and imaginative collection It is one of the greatest gift a child can receive It usually becomes an heirloom and is read and treasured for many years. The tales chronicle the unrelenting misfortunes of the three Baudelaire siblings, who become orphans when their parents perish in a terrible fire..." 1: The Bad Beginning; 2: The Reptile Room; 3: The Wide Window; 4: The Miserable Mill; 5: The Austere Academy; 6: The Ersatz Elevator; 7: The Vile Village; 8: The Hostile Hospital; 9: The Carnivorous Carnival; 10: The Slippery Slope; 11: The Grim Grotto; 1 By Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) All First Editions in very good conditions. A few have owner's labels. All books clean, vibrant, solid. All 13 volumes in collection. Extra postage needed.

This is a wonderful and imaginative collection. It is one of the greatest gift a child can receive. It usuallly becomes an heiroom and is read and treasured for many years.

Henry Adams, special publication of the History of the United States, 1801-1909. A Library of Congress Publicationarl N. Harbert wrote the notes for this voume. This book is set in 10 point Linotron Galliard, a face designed for by Matthew Carter,and based on the sixtennth-century face Granjon. Tthe paper is acid-free Ecusta Nyalite and meets the requirements for permanence of the American National Standards Institute. The binding material is Brilllianta, a 100% woven rayon cloth made by Van Heek-Scholco Textielfabricken, Holland. Tthe composition is by Haddon CraftsmenmInc., and The Clarinda company. Printing and Binding by R.R .Donnelley & Sonscompany, sesigned by Bruce Campbell. Now if all that does not sell this book, nothing will !!!

Gossett & Dunlap, New York 1909, 1909. Gossett & Dunlap, New York 1909, Copyright, 1897 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Red cloth over boards, picture on front cover, white lettering. VERY GOOD/NO DJ. A romance of America's nascent imperial power, Richard Harding Davis's Soldiers of Fortune recounts the adventures of Robert Clay, a mining engineer and sometime mercenary, and Hope Langham, the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist, as they become caught up in a coup in Olancho, a fictional Latin American republic. When the coup, organized by corrupt politicians and generals, threatens the American-owned Valencia Mining Company, Clay organizes his workers and the handful of Americans visiting the mine into a counter-coup force. Written on the eve of the Spanish-American War, Soldiers of Fortune casts the young American as the dashing, hypermasculine hero of the new military and economic. A huge best-seller, the novel did its part to push the nation into war against Spain, and stands as one of the… Read More

Franklin Library Edition, 1980. Franklin Library Edition 1980. Near Mint, Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together, gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, a silk page marker sewn into the binding, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look. Very Good ++/no dj as issued. The Return of the Native - this is known as one of Hardy's most powerful novels, once again set in Wessex, but this time set on the wild and moody Egdon Heath Clym Yeobright, comes home from a cosmopolitan life in Paris And so Hardy spins a tale of love and passion, and ruthlessly examines the role of Lady Luck in the fortunes of the people of the village. Franklin Library Edition 1980, Near Mint, Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together, gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, a silk page marker sewn into the binding,… Read More

Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1981-1991. Very Good condition, Gold gilt has one small bump at bottom, small imperfection on top gilt./No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Sir Hubert vov Herkomer,R. A. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in book form in 1892 Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England Illustrated by Sir Hubert vov Herkomer,R A Very Good condition, Gold gilt has one small bump at bottom, small imperfection on top gilt High quality paper acid free paper is 60 pound Franklin Library 1854 Cream Pages that are… Read More

The Return of the Native - this is known as one of Hardy's most powerful novels, once again set in Wessex, but this time set on the wild and moody Egdon Heath. Clym Yeobright, comes home from a cosmopolitan life in Paris. And so Hardy spins a tale of love and passion, and ruthlessly examines the role of Lady Luck in the fortunes of the people of the village

Marshall Cavendish Ltd, London, 1992. Marshall Cavendish Ltd, London (1992). Moroon boards, with extensive gold lettering and design, beautiful picture to front cover. Near Mint/NO DJ as issued. This is a facsimile reproduction of the 1908 edition published by MacMillan and Company Ltd. Beautifully presentation, a quality gift to give. Marshall Cavendish Ltd, London, 01/01//1992. Published in 1992 for The Great Writers Liibrary. Near Mint, bound in moroon boards, with extensive gold lettering and design, beautiful picture to front cover, marbled end papers, quallity paper. NO DJ as issued.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in book form in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardy's fictional masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England.
Illustrated by Sir Hubert vov Herkomer,R. A. Very Good condition, Gold gilt has one small bump at bottom, small imperfection on top gilt. High quality paper. acid free paper is 60 pound Franklin Library 1854 Cream. Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding. Gold gilded page edges on all three sides. Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. A very good copy

Jewish Publication Society of America, 1965. Very Good-/very good. First edition, hard cover, good dust jacket Book in very fine condition, there are four attractive and professional stamps, Inside front page, and next page and inside back cover and preceding page, about 1" by 1", 'From The Library of Alfred Feldman' "Covers the years 1880 to 1920"it is a great biography of the struggles of the Jewish population that applies very much to what is happening in society today It is a fabulous history of a people as they move through centuries.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.s.a.: Conservatory Press, 1989. Conservatory Pr, First Edition, 03,1989. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Black boards/Silver lettering. Very Good/Very Good. High Treason is a work begun before its copyright date of 1980 and claims to be a search for truth. Without the truth, writes its author, Livingstone, "we are lost." But rather than a diligent search for truth, the authors appear, to me at least, more like lawyers in a high profile court case, making complicated arguments in a spirit of partisanship. It would have been a better book if they had included good representations of counter arguments. In suggesting that Oswald was recruited for the CIA after only a little more than a year in the Marine Corps, they could have included some information. Conservatory Press, First Edition, 03,1989. SIGNED BY AUTHOR-Livingstone. Very good condition, clean, bright, solid. some brown spot at head. DJ Very Good, clean, colors vibrant, some yellowing on front and black flap. shelf wear at top and… Read More

High Treason is a work begun before its copyright date of 1980 and claims to be a search for truth. Without the truth, writes its author, Livingstone, "we are lost." But rather than a diligent search for truth, the authors appear, to me at least, more like lawyers in a high profile court case, making complicated arguments in a spirit of partisanship. It would have been a better book if they had included good representations of counter arguments. In suggesting that Oswald was recruited for the CIA after only a little more than a year in the Marine Corps, they could have included some information...Conservatory Press, First Edition, 03,1989. SIGNED BY AUTHOR-Livingstone. Very good condition, clean, bright, solid. some brown spot at head. DJ Very Good, clean, colors vibrant, some yellowing on front and black flap. shelf wear at top and bottom, spine. Not clipped $21.95