Search Results: Authors starting with H from RC Books

London: The Crime Club, 1992. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by author Margaret Haffner. Hit and run, or murder in Cathryn's inner circle? 221 pages. Light shelfware with light rubbing to bottom board edge. Bright, price-cut dust-jacket has an old original price sticker. An uncommon title.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth and Paper. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As told to Gwen Morgan and Arthur Veysey." Stories, anecdotes, and remembrances from one of the most important figures in NFL history. Inscribed and SIGNED by George Halas to a previous owner. 351 pages with about 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Spine fading to unclipped dustjacket.

New York: D. Appleton & Co. , 1858. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Probable first edition. "From its earliest settlement to the close of the eighteenth century." 799 pages, including a biographical chapter and appendices. Previous owner's names in neat script. Black leather and paper covered boards with matching end leaves. Leather and gilt remarkably fresh. Raised hubs on spine. Some wear to spine head from pulling. Some scattered foxing as would be expected, but very readable. Some small illustrations. Tightly bound.

London: John Murray, 1881. Second Edition . Leather and Cloth. Very Good -/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume I only of a two volume set. Biography of Lord Campbell, High Chancellor of Great Britain. Edited, with a preface, by his daughter, Mrs. Hardcastle. 528 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Lord Campbell. A beautifully bound book with five hubbed spines, gilt titles and designs, with marbled endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name and date of Dec. 1881 on title page. Wear to head of spine as well as board edges and corners. There is also wear on the front and rear board. Despite the flaws, the book remains a very handsome, firmly bound, addition to one's library shelf.

Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, Ltd., 1982. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately printed facsimile of the classic work from 1802. Part of the publisher's "The Classics of Medicine Library." Full green, genuine cowhide binding with decorartive endleaves. Cover stampings and all edges gilded in 22-karat gold. Attached ribbon pagemarker. 483 pp. Included is the publisher's 31 page introductory booklet.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the First Edition of the classic novel. Mild shelf wear to book. Some light edge wear to dust jacket. Handsome slipcase has a slight scrap and a small chip, otherwise very sound. Tight and clean with no names or marks. 443 pages.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. Decorative Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scholarly biography of Morris. Foreword by Allan Temko. 388 indexed pages with 84 black and white illustrations and eight color plates. Beautifully printed covers in the Morris/Kelmscott style. Fine, unclipped dust jacket protected in an archival plastic cover.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Betty Maxey. A plethora of fine stories from O.Henry (William Sydney Porter). Handsome navy leather binding with hubbed spine, gilt titles and designs, and quality paper. All edges gilt. Moire fabric end sheets. Very mild rubbing to gilt page edges. 467 pages.

New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Off the wall or point on musings-stories, poems, and music from Abbie Hoffman. 153 well illustrated pages. Original price on cover. First Printing. Clean with no names or marks.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1987. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Definitive biography of 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885. Part of the publisher's "The Library of the Presidents" series. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" included. 307 indexed pages with 11 additional pages of preliminaries. Genuine leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All page edges gilt. Satin ribbon book mark.

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn from 1920 to 1965 in the Grabhorn Press and of Robert Grabhorn form 1966 to 1973 in the press of Grabhorn-Hoyem. Exhibition sponsored by the Grolier Club of New York. Andrew Hoyem, curator and Dr. Simran Thadani, associate curator. 76 pages with some illustrations. A fine copy celebrating two big names from the book publishing world.