Search Results: Authors starting with H from Sparkle Books

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1967 This Is A Very Good Plus Whitman Big Tell-A-Tale Number 2043, Illustrated By R.O. Fry. Only Date Is Copyright 1967. The Glossy Board Covers Have Very Slight Rubbing To Corners And Spine Ends. The Interior Is Like New, With Crisp Bright Pages And No Writing Or Marks Of Any Kind.

New York: Doubleday, 1943 This is a very nicely designed war-time book (1943) in extremely good condition. Red boards with blindstamped Chinese character and spine with black gold and red panels. Scarlet dyed top page edge. Illustrated with eight black and white photographs. The dust jacket was also partiicularly attractive, with photo of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in red against beige faux buckram background with gold trim and white and black lettering, but it looks its age now, and is missing large pieces from spine top and smaller pieces from bottom front and bottom back panels. All four corners are priceclipped. Bottom front inner panel bears number 3150-41. Lightly age toned pages, bookstore stamp on back endpaper. Fos in fountain pen dated Nov 1, 1944 on ffep. Some wear to spine ends and dustsoil to page edge. There is a faded sooty smear to bottom page edge. Good solid binding.

U.S.A.: Jonathan Cape, 1982 Wonderfully bizarre book about a far away country with a thicket that keeps time out, home of groundsel, the gardener. 1982 first edition. Very good interior, no marks, corners and spine are bumped and there are a few bubbles in the laminate on front cover. Still very goodlooking and very unusual book.

London UK: Corgi Books, 1974 A very nice copy,somewhat toned. No writing or marks and may be unread. Pink paperback with black and red device. 1974 Corgi Paperback.The classic novel of lesbian love.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Fawcett Books, 1980 Fawcett 1975 Later Printing, 140350 Coverprice $1.75 Very Good, No Writing Or Marks, May Be Unread, Yellow Edgetint, Slight Spine Slant.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 Bce Copyright 1964, Print Date Not Specified. In Very Good Condition, Cloth Bound With Unclipped Dust Jacket. Gift Inscription On Ffep.This Is A Kind Of Diary That Hammarskjold Left With His Papers Which Was Published Posthumously And Translated From The Swedish Jointly By Leif Sjoberg & W. H. Auden (Auden Spoke No Swedish, So It Was An Interesting Collaboration). The Book Is A Collection Of Poems And Essays Largely Concerned With The Spiritual Challenges That Hammarskjold Faced As Secretary General Of The United Nations.

Oslo: Manedens Bok For Den Norske Bokklubben, 1982 A Very Lovely Volume, Designed And Illustrated By Norway's Award Winning Romantic Modernist Painter, Jens Johannessen, In The Original Norwegian. Print Details State: Nr 1262 Juli 1982. It Is A Book Club Edition (Represents A 1963 Amalgam Of Four Publishers Whose Output Is Not Limited To The Club). This Edition Is Certainly Of Literary Merit In A High Quality Edition. There Is No Rubbing, No Writing Or Marks, No Page Toning. The Dustjacket Is Unclipped With Some Slight Edgewear. Hamsun (1859-1952) Won The Nobel Prize For Literature In 1920 And Is Credited As An Important Influence On Many 20Th Century Writers Including Hemingway And Singer.

Belgium: Casteran, 1960 Casterman Series 1, Vol 7 In French. This Is An Interesting Series, Well Covered In Wikipedia And On The Senscritique Website (Owner Claims To Have Rewritten The Wikipedia Article). Originally Rasmus Klump In 1950'S Denmark, This Series Was Such An Institution That A 50Th Anniversary Commemorative Stamp Was Issued In Denmark In 2002. Casterman Began Its French Language Series In 1958. This Copy Is Worn And Undated, With Copyright 1960, However The Back Cover (See Scan) Lists Some Later Titles So Presume Reprint After 1967.

U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1991 Third Printing, May Be Unread, But Front Cover Edges Are Scraped And There Is A Horizontal Crack To Spine. No Writing Or Marks, A Few Dog Ears, Light To Moderate Wear.

New York: Atheneum, 1968 This Is A Very Attractive Children's Book Published By Atheneum In 1968 And Written By Christie Harris, Of The Mouse Woman Stories. It Is Illustrated By E. Carey Kenney. Stated First Edition. Lightly Toned At Page Edges, Former Owner Stamp, Ffep And Title Page, Dust Jacket Is Clipped And Has One Chip From Back Panel Lower Edge.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1984 Signed And Inscribed By Author Christie Harris. Stained And Damaged Rear Lower Corner And Some Page Edges. No Reading Creases. Beautifully Illustrated By Douglas Tait. Mouse Woman Stories From The North West Coast First Nations People. Scarce When Signed.

New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930 Good To Very Good Paperback From 1930, Designed By Rockwell Kent And Illustrated By William Gropper. Decorative Endpapers, A Nice Looking Book, Of Which This Copy Is Showing Some Wear: Spine Cover Is Rolling Up At The Bottom, Some Corners Show Creases, Toning To Pages And Former Owner Signature, Dated March, 1930, On Title Page. Presumed First.

London: The Antique Collector's Club, 1969 Very Good For Age, 1969 First Edition In Good To Very Good Dj, Unclipped (But With Increased Price Of Pounds 7.50 Placed Over Original Price. Slight Cant To Spine And Fos On Ffep, Gilt Edges Tarnished, But Solid With Good Binding. Dj Has Some Damage To Corners And There Is A Dark Line Around Top Edge, Presumably From A Taped Protective Cover ? Laid In Is A 1978 Price Revision Booklet. This Is A Very Heavy Book And Will Incur Additional Postage.

Uk: Notreallybooks, 2007 The Geat: Story Of Beowulf And Grendel. Near Fine Paperback Inscribed By The Author, John Harris, On Title Page: 'For Ella (Don't Read It In The Dark!)' Very Light Wear, Apparent First (2007). Card Covers, Colourfully Illustrated And Lightly Told.

U.K.: Arrow Books, 1980 Very Good Copy Of Cotton's War, A Novel Of The Aegean Campaign, Written By The Author Of Covenant With Death. No Writing Or Marks. Arrow Books 1980

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Candlewick Pr, 1999 First printing, full number line in near fine condition with near fine- unclipped dj which has one worn corner. very little writing or marks, but someone has "x"'d out a few private parts with a ball point pen. good binding, very slight rub to corners, oversize. This book is fairly explicit, but casual, with a good humoured approach, and very inclusive: there are white people and black people and brown people, homosexuals and heterosexuals, old people, people in wheelchairs, etc. Decorative endpapers with a pattern composed of eggs and sperm!

Canada: Black Rose Books, 2005 In Reasonable Condition, With Some Edge Curl And Slight Water Damage, This Trade Paperback Examines The Governance Of Ralph Klein, A Man Who Won The Order Of Canada Posthumously For His Controversial Time In Office As Premier Of Alberta.

U.S.A.: Essandess Special Edition, 1969 This Is A Book Along The Lines Of "Kids Say The Darndest Things," Published In 1969 By Essandess Special Editions. Second Printing In Very Good Plus Condition, Safe Remainder Mark And Illustrated By Much Loved Hilde Hoffman, Whose Work Was Often Seen In Little Golden Books.

Toronto Canada: Kids Can Press, 1992 First Printing, Very Good In Unclipped Very Good Dust Jacket. No Writing Or Marks. Iconic Book By This British Immigrant, Illustrating In His Unique Style The Words To O Canada And His Commentary, Province By Province And Territory By Territory.

U.S.A.: Penguin Studio, 1998 First Printing, Penguin Studios 1998 Edition In Very Good Minus Dust Wrapper And Very Good Minus State. Wrapper Is Unclipped, Slight Soiling, Small Chip To Rear Edge. The Book, While In Near New Condition Inside Has Some Slight Soiling. The Lower Rear Corner Of Both Dj And Book Show Some Indentations (See Scans).