Search Results: Authors starting with H from Furrowed Brow Books

Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. paperback. Hackel, Sergei [ed] : The Byzantine Saint: University of Birmingham Fourteenth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. London : Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1981. A Special Number of Sobornost incorporating Eastern Churches Review [Studies Supplementary to Sobornost 5]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/2m h. Bound in publisher's b&w glossy wrappers. Unusual for a pb, illus to 'endpapers' (inside covers and adjacent p)- "Company of the Saints" icon by the hand of a member of the school of Theophanes the Greek, late 14th cent, located in Moscow. X pp prelim material, 245 numbered pp, plus one lacking no. List of illus, abbrev, acknowl, editor's intro, symposium overview by Anthony Bryer, sections on: Origins, Saint and Society, Life as Genre, Saint in Cult and Art, contributors, index. Notes, b&w photos/maps/illus. Condition notes: nice, solid copy, former owner's name in pen to top of title page, else unmarked. Fascinating collection of papers… Read More

Newcastle Publishing Co, North Hollywood. paperback. Haggard, H. Rider : Heart of the World. North Hollywood (CA) : Newcastle Publishing Co, 1976. Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library, Volume X. First edition/printing by this publisher. Edited by R. Reginald and Douglas Menville; cover art by T. Yamada; interior illus by Amy Sawyer. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Vi pp prelim material, 347 numbered pp, plus one w/o pagination, ads for other volumes by the publisher; 14 pp b&w illus. Condition notes: moderate wear to wrappers with rubbing, staining and price inked out; crease to spine. Interior clean but for price notation in pencil to half title page. We personally inspect every book we offer.

HPI, 2010. Hahn, Rob : Robbob for Governor: Unfiltered (A Novel). St. Paul (MN) : HPI, 2010. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. [Xiv] pp prelim material, 205 numbered pp, [5] blank. Author's note, prologue. Condition notes: Excellent condition, light wear to covers, light sun-fading to spine. Author signature to half-title page, else unmarked. Though this is a novel, author Hahn did seek the Minnesota Independence Party's nomination for governor of Minnesota in 2010. A bit of Minnesota political memorabilia. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St. Martin's Press. hardcover. Haining, Peter [editor] : The Fantastic Pulps: Selections from the magazines, popular for over half a century, in which appeared stories - fantasy, horror, adventure - that were the predecessors of today's SF. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1976. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.125"/20.5cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 418 numbered pp, [419] bibliography, [420] blank. Acknowl, editor's intro, 21 stories in two section, plus a section of illus; from Stephen Crane's "Manacled" (which appeared in 1900) through Ray Bradbury's "Sea Shell" (1944). Along the way, contributions from a score of others: Robert Bloch, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, et al. Condition notes: this is an ex-library copy; as such is has numerous library stamp; rear free endpaper has had a pocket removed from it, roiling the smooth face of the paper; small closed tear to head of… Read More

Osprey Publishing, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Haldon, John : Byzantium at War: AD 600-1453 (Essential HIstories Series). Botley (Oxford UK) : Osprey Publishing, 2002. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. 95 numbered pp plus one wo numbers, plus tear-out ad insert. Text, b&w maps/photos/illus, color plates. Condition notes: a clean copy in very nice shape, small stain to title page. A nicely illustrated summary of almost a thousand years of history in less than 100 pp; provides some consideration of the neglected post-1204 period. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Tempus Pub Ltd, 2001. paperback. Haldon, John F. : The Byzantine Wars: Battles and campaigns of the Byzantine Era. Stroud (Gloucestershire UK) : Tempus, 2001. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h. Bound in publisher's semi-glossy color pictorial wrappers. 160 coated numbered pp, plus 16 glossy color plates to center. Notes on transliteration, lists of maps/plans/photos, intro, the geography of Byzantine warfare, chapters from Justinian through the Arab conquests, the Macedonian expansion and collapse, and ending with Manuel I's Myriokephalon. Condition notes: light wear to wrappers, clean, tight, unmarked, a very nice copy. A well-illustrated consideration of the vast sweep of medieval Roman ("Byzantine") military context, lacking only treatment of the 1204-1453 period. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of New Mexico Press, 2000. hardcover. Hall, Martin Hardwick; Thompson, Jerry [Foreword] : Sibley's New Mexico Campaign. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2000. First edition of the UNM Press edition; originally published 1960. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's gray cloth, blue lettering to spine. Matte color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Xvi pp prelim matesrial, 232 numbered pp. Foreword, intro, 10 chps, muster rolls of the army of NM, notes, bibliogrphy, index. Condition notes: a very nice copy indeed, unmarked, tight and square. Light sunning notes to top edge of boards, else excellent. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Mike Hall, 2012. Paperback. Hall, Mike : The American World War: Tsunami. [Pennsylvania?] : Mike Hall, [2012?]. Book 4 of the series. Size is quarto (4vo), 11"/28cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated - approximately 80 leaves/160 pp. Condition notes: No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. hardcover. Halliburton, Richard : The Royal Adventures of Richard Halliburton. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1947]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt ornamentation to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Ochre top-stain, deckle fore- and tail-edges. Glossy color pictorial dust jacket. Identical endpapers of ornamental world map with bold red lines indicating routes of travel. [xiv] pp prelim material, dd1-571, [572] blank; plus frontispiece (author photo) and three sections of eight coated, unpaginated leaves of b&w photos. Condition notes: a worn but still very good plus collectible copy: binding slightly loose but quite sound; spine ends rolled, lower corners bumped; excellent color retention to boards, gilding and dust jacket; edges show tanning, occasional soiling. Unclipped dust jacket, now mylar-protected, battered, with verso repaired with tape in years past, numerous chips and tears and even a chunk from head front.… Read More

Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. hardcover. Halliburton, Richard : New Worlds to Conquer. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co, (1929). Early (but not first) printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark olive cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, with an ornamental debossed frame to latter. Endpapers show decorative map-like illus in pink and white, Mexico/Caribbean/Central America/northern end of South America to front; balance of South America to rear. [i-xiv] prelim material, 1-368, [369-370]; additionally, 32 coated sheets with photos (recto and verso) scattered throughout, not paginated. Prologue, 33 chaps. Condition notes: a sound and handsome copy, with an engaging author inscription to ffep ("My compliments to...a good boy from Dick Halliburton - another one/April 16/1930."). Binding loose but sound; boards worn with some spotting, but with generally excellent color retention. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Interior generally tanned but unmarked (except… Read More

Regina Orthodox Press, 2003. paperback. Michalopulos, George C. and Hamm, Herb : The American Orthodox Church: A History of Its Beginnings. Salisbury (MA) : Regina Orthodox Press, 2003. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Xviii pp prelim material, 234 numbered pp, [235-237] bibliography, [238] blank. Contents, list of bishops, prologue, Part I: Church United: Archdiocese of the Aleutians and North America, 1794-1918; Part II: Church as Ghetto: Creation of the Exarchates, 1918-1960; Part III: First Steps towards Unity: SCOBA, Ligonier, and the Emerging Orthodox Consciousness, 1960-1994 (twelve chaps total); epilogue, notes, bibliography. Condition notes: light wear to wrappers, interior unmarked. A very nice copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Hankinson, Alan : Vicksburg 1863: Grant clears the Mississippi (Campaign). London : Osprey, 1993. First edition. Series general editor David G. Chandler. Birds' eye illustrations by Cilla Eurich. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography. Note that this is the first edition, WITH wargaming Vicksburg (by Paul Stevenson) but w/o index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting, light wear to wrappers, inventory sticker to back. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Hanson, Jeanne K. : The Beastly Book: 100 Of the World's Most Dangerous Creatures. New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993. Illustrated by Glenn Wolff. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Viii pp prelim material, 232 numbered pp. About these creatures; 100 creature illus/entries from the Blue-ringed Octopus to the Flying Squid ("not really airborne"); bibliography. B&w illus. Condition notes: No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover, with a crease and a bit of curling to the front wrapper. This copy is warmly inscribed by illustrator to former owner, a friend, on the half title page. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Light and Life Publishing Co, 1978. Paperback. Harakas, Stanley : Something is Stirring in World Orthodoxy: An Introduction to the Forthcoming Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church. Minneapolis : Light and Life, 1978. Foreword by Archbbishop Iakovos of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America. Small octavo size (8vo), 6.75"/17.2cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [1-3], 4-71, [72] acknowledgements. 13 chaps. "Forthcoming" admits something of the notion of time in Orthodoxy - the Great and Holy Council convened in...2016. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2004. Paperback. Harakas, Stanley S. : Wholeness of Faith and Life: Orthodox Christian Ethics: Part Two - Church Life Ethics (Wholeness of Faith & Life Series : Church Life Ethics). Brookline (MA) : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999 (stated). Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Glossy color wrappers glued to textblock, featuring icon of the Transfiguration, from Dionysiou Monastery, Mt. Athos. xiv pp prelim material, 148 numbered pp plus six blank. Endnotes attached to each chapter. Condition notes: Light shelfwear, no notes or highlighting.

Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2004. Paperback. Harakas, Stanley S. : Wholeness of Faith and Life: Orthodox Christian Ethics: Part One - Patristic Ethics . Brookline (MA) : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999 (stated). Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H.Glossy color wrappers glued to textblock, featuring icon of the Transfiguration, from Dionysiou Monastery, Mt. Athos. xiv pp prelim material, 161 numbered pp plus one blank. Endnotes attached to each chapter. Condition notes: Light shelfwear, no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Light & Life Pub, 1996. Paperback. Harakas, Stanley S. : Of life and salvation: Reflections on living the Christian life. Minneapolis : Light and Life Publishing, 1996. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Glossy color wrappers glued to textblock, featuring an unidentified icon of the Theotokos and Christ. "A-N" pp prelim material, 140 numbered pp plus six blank. Condition notes: Light shelfwear, no notes or highlighting.

Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Harakas, Stanley S. : Wholeness of Faith and Life: Orthodox Christian Ethics: Part Three - Orthodox Social Issues (Wholeness of Faith & Life Series: Orthodox Christian Ethics). Brookline (MA) : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers, featuring detail of Transfiguration (1547) from the Dionysiou Monastery, Mt. Athos. xiv pp prelim material, 140 numbered pp. Introduction plus five chapters on topics from the First Amendment to bioethics, each with endnotes. Condition notes: a solid unmarked copy with light wear to the cover, spine very slightly cocked.

Naval Institute Press, 1984. First American Edition. hardcover. Harland, John : Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources. Illus by Mark Meyers. Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 1984. First American edition. Size is quarto (4vo), 12"/30.5cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Identical endpapers: b&w photo of French corvette Galatee at Brest. 320 numbered pp. Author's and illustrator's acknowl; author's intro; 22 chaps (from "Some Words and Phrases used in Shiphandling Under Sail" through inter alia "Reefing" and "Steering" to "Accidents"); bibliography, index. Replete with photos, drawings, charts and tables - there appears to be at least one of these on each page. Condition notes: a very good copy of a handsome copy: dj shows moderate wear and tear, rubbing, several closed tears to folds and one to center rear at spine. Good color retention to boards,… Read More

McGraw-Hill, 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Harper, Robert S. : Lincoln and the Press. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1951. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [i-x], xi-xii, [xiii-xiv], [1], 2-418; frontispiece plus several individual glossy sheets b&w photos/images inserted, unpaginated. Note of gratitude, preface, contents; 40 chaps. Notes, bibliography, index. Lists of quoted and source newspapers. Photos. Condition notes: corners bumped, spine ends rolled, edges ever so lightly tanned/soiled; dust jacket, unclipped, rather tattered and worn with fading esp to spine and numerous chips and even chunks missing. Interior tanned but unmarked; slight rough patch to ffep from previous removal of tape. We personally inspect every book we offer.