Search Results: Authors starting with H from Quiet Friends

Chicago: Jamieson Higgins. GOOD-VG book, no DJ. Clean book. NEAR FINE text.. (1902). REPRINT.. Hardcover. GOOD to VG book, no D/J. Coarse green cloth with gilt author title lettering. Pictorial cover & spine of two little children. . "Dec 25, 1902" neatly inked inside cover. Edges & extrems with minor wear. There is no half title page. The title page reads: "A ROUND ROBIN STORIES for CHILDREN by Mary Hartwell Catherwood Alfred Henry Lewis - Kate Upson Clark - Garrett Newkirk - Peter Dunne, etc. etc. Chicago Jamieson Higgins Co". There is no mention of Habberton or Helen's Babies anywhere inside the book. There are 15 separate stories, each with a full page b/w plate, an engraved initial and tailpiece. .

NY: Coward McCann. FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). DJ spine sunned.. 1966. 1st Am ed. Hardcover.

Rizzolit. MINT book.. c1995. Hardcover. MINT book. Hardcover in DJ. Still in publisher's original shrink wrap. 12" X 9". .

NY: Horace Liveright. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart).. 1929. 1st Am ed. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ. Bright book & DJ. DJ edges chipped & worn. Book spine ends rubbed. FINE inside but inked note. 8vo, xi,452pp. .

NY: Macmillan. (1939). 1st edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. FINE but for minor flaws: (1) extrems rubbed, (2) neatly inked 1939 Christmas gift note. 10"x8". .

NY & L: Harper & Bros. VG book, no DJ. Hagedorn SIGNED & inscribed. Gilt on green cover. 1918. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book, no D/J. Oval TR photo glued to front cover. Tight. Corners worn. Spine faded to illegibilty. Both hinges started .

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. GOOD book, no DJ. Tight binding, FINE inside. Many illustrations. 1933. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book, no DJ. Several b/w in text illus. Gilt lettered red cloth front & spine. Very weak hinges. 7"x5",192pp. .

Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publ. VG book, VG D/J.. 1974. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED by Sam J Solomon, "Mr Sam" on fep. D/J bright but lightly worn. 8vo, 184pp. .

Washington, DC: Robert B. Luce. VG book, VG DJ. SIGNED.. (1974). Ed. Not Stated. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED & inscribed fep. Bright book & DJ. FINE inside. 8vo, 354pp. .

Prague: Artia. VG book, VG DJ.. nd c 1958. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). FINE inside. In the original plain cardboard slipcase. Folio, 281pp. . With the 31 page recipe supplement laid in. Many neatly inked gift inscriptions on fep & half tp, all to same person. The book was a going away present to this person. .

London: Spring Books. FINE book, GOOD DJ. With laid in errata slip re the 6 color plts. [1964]. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). Bowed upper board. DJ bright & clean, but w many 1" chips & tears, and one 6" tear. . With nearly 250 photographic plates, six in color, by Werner Forman. The six color plates are glued to a heavier stock than the other b/w. All these b/w plates are printed directly on both sides of the leaves. The errata slip reads: "The Publishers have decided not to include one of the original colour plates as doubts were raised at the last minute as to the authenticity of the object depicted." The deleted color plate was of a unicorn. The replacement, "Mandarin square, Embroidery, 19th century" was placed at the end of the book. The color plates are numbered in Roman numerals from I to VI. Arabic for all the b/w. When the replacement color plate was inserted the location of 4 of the color plates was moved. The problem is that… Read More

Brooklyn: Theo Gaus' Sons. VG book, VG DJ.. 1969. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J. SIGNED Bright book, DJ. DJ edgeworn, 1/2" chip lower rear. Few tiny white spots on book @ extreme bottom edge. .

Springfield, MA: Hampden. VG book, no DJ. Illustrated with many full page & in text photos. (1898). 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ likely as issued. Gray boards. Black spine lettering. Ornate front cover decoration in gilt, black & white. . Both inner hinges broken, repaired with Japanese tissue. Binding otherwise tight. FINE text & illustrations. Fore & top edges with minor stains. .

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. AS NEW book, GOOD DJ. Book stays closed when stood on spine.. (1981). 1st ltd ed.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED tp. DJ bright & clean w overall light edgewear & 2" chip in DJ front top. 12"x8", 283pp. . Colophon page states 3000 copies printed, the first 5 in full leather. AS NEW means that. Not a single flaw, no matter how minute. A FINE book might have a slightly dust stained top edge, spine ends creased a bit, or some other tiny flaw. Which would have to noted. This book is truly AS NEW. .

Toronto: Thamas Allen. FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED on fep.. 1959. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Knopf. FINE book, VG DJ. SIGNED.. 1965. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED half tp, dated 1965. DJ w edgewear. 8vo, 497pp. .

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). 1st ed TEG. DJ has minor edgewear. 1925. 1st trade ed.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). TEG. Tips scuffed & TP margins faintly foxed. DJ complete with $15 price. 10"x7",xxvi,302pp. . DJ with few up to 1/2" closed tears & 1/4" chips in top edge. Immaculate book save for faint TP margin foxing. Top edge gilt bright as new, other edges deckled. All edges pristine, particularly unusual in deckled edges. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. A sign of having been read with care, if at all. 20 full page color plates and 217 full page b/w plates. "Peabody Book Shop Baltimore" ticket inside front cover. The full name was "Peabody Book Shop and Beer Stube", a Baltimore landmark for over 50 years, where you could buy a book and drink a beer. H.L. Mencken was a regular. This book seller wasn't a regular, but he did have a few beers there back in the 60s. .

New Haven: Yale U Press. FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Bright, tight. DJ extrems creased.. 1961 (1961cp). 2nd prionting. Hardcover.

NY: Doubleday & Page. VG book, no DJ. Half cloth. Green paper boards.. 1925. 1st stated. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Tight. VG++ text & illus. Spine rubbed & faded. All corners worn some. 4to, (xvi),162pp. .

U of California Press: Berkeley. NEAR FINE book, NEAR FINE DJ(in Brodart). DJ p/c, rubbed.. (1979). 1st edition.. Hardcover.