Search Results: Authors starting with H from Rock River Books

Hardcover in dust jacket, NF/VG condition, First printing with numberline. Dust jacket is not price-clipped

Hardcover navy blue cloth with gilt, no dust jacket as issued. A historical account of the Sioux uprising of 1862-3 in southern Minnesota and nearby Dakota Territory. Published as part of the Lakeside Press Centennial series of the Civil War. The author was a teacher at a mission school in a Sioux village. The book was originally published in 1863.

Hardcover in dust jacket, First Edition so stated. Introduction by Garry Wills, illustrated with black and white photographs. Dust jacket is VG with creases on the front flap, not price-clipped, has slight edge wear, spine is lightly sunned. Previous owner name lightly written at top for front free end paper.

Illustrated board book of folk tales originating in the area of Northumberland and Newcastle in Britain. Former library in lightly read very good condition with the usual marks and stamps on the endpapers. Otherwise the interior is clean with no tears. Binding is tight.

Hardcover in dust jacket, VG/VG. First printing with complete numberline, has a letter B written on ffep. Binding is tight, solid and square to the text block. Interior is clean. Dust jacket unclipped, has some edge wear.

Clean copy with no writing, marks, tears or creases. From a nonsmoking home, ships with Tracking number.

Trade paperback in VG condition. From a nonsmoking home. Ships with tracking number

Hardcover, box set of seven volumes, illustrated. Very Good condition, clean, tight books with no writing, marks or tears. Slight shelf wear on the box edges.
The books were authored by William Holmes McGuffey, (1800-1873) a nineteenth century American educator, original copyright entered in Ohio in 1849, first published by Truman and Smith, Cincinnatti, Ohio. The 1982 edition is mostly a facsimile of the original books, updated by the publisher. The books reflect the Christian beliefs of Mr. McGuffey and the school curriculum of the era. The contents include poetry, stories, fiction and nonfiction.
The volumes included in this set include Eclectic Primer, Eclectic Pictorial Primer, Eclectic First Reader, Eclectic Second Reader, Eclectic Third Reader, Eclectic Fourth Reader, and Eclectic Speller.

Clean, tight book in very good lightly read condition has a crease on the front cover panel near the top corner. Otherwise interior is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover board book, no dust jacket. Very Good condition, cover has some rubbing, previous owner gift inscription on ffep. Describes how various baby animals are nurtured after birth, when they gain their independence, why play is important to their development, other aspects of their daily lives. 95 pages, indexed. from a nonsmoking home