Search Results: Authors starting with H from Trench Books

New York: John Day, 1967. Black Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Nice copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows light rubbing, a bit of edgewear. "The Great 12 Million Acre Land Swindle". The true story of one of history's greatest scams that pulled in politicians, financiers, and European royalty. Ilus with B&W photos.

Norwalk CT: Longmeadow Press. First American Edition . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No date. Minor shelfwear to book and jacket; clean and unmarked. Hundred of photos and drawings, most in color.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1937. Third Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. A five volume set on the papermaking process. All are in nice shape, a pencil inscription, otherwise clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Numerous fold-out charts; many illus, charts, and diagrams. Included are: 1) "Mathematics, Reading Drawings, Physics"; 2) "Mechanics, Hydraulics, Electricity, Chemistry"; 3) "Preparation and Treatment of Wood Pulp"; 4) "Rags, Waste Papers, Loading, Sizing, Coloring, Mill Equipment"; and 5) "Paper Machines, Paper Coating, Finishing, Testing, Paper-Making Details". If outside the US, please email for shipping charges before ordering.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Amsterdam. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time - An Account of Local Observances, Festival Customs, and Ancient Ceremonies yet Surviving in Great Britain". Published in NY by New Amsterdam, in London by George Redway; printed in England. This copy is not dated but does have an orig owner's inscription (in pencil) on the flyleaf dated 1898. Bumps to spine ends and corners, slight soiling to upper front cover and spine, blue/gray cloth.

Chapel Hill: Univ. Of North Carolina, 1941. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor shelfwear, light soiling/yellowing to covers; unmarked. A 55 pg stapled booklet published to be "The Answer to Anne Morrow Lindbergh's 'The Wave of the Future'." "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness".

Garden City: Doubleday, 1965. Gray Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Leonard Kessler. Small ink spot to top edge, otherwise a nice clean and unmarked copy. Jacket shows light wear/rubbing. "An Introduction for Young Players". Foreward by Stan Musial.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. Second Impression . Blue Cloth. Good+/Good+. Light wear to bottom edges, address stamped on top edge, some underlining and check marks to text, corner of flyleaf clipped. Jacket shows edgewear, light soiling.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Light wear to corners, clean and unmarked. Price clipped jacket shows some wear to edges, spine a bit faded. Adventures on a small island inhabited by super-civilized beings.

New York: McClure Phillips, 1901. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Moderate soiling to covers; a nice sound unmarked copy. An informative adventure story set in the North Woods.

Doric Books, 1950. Reprint . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Alan Tompkins. Light edgewear, name on flyleaf, otherwise a nice sound copy. Jacket shows edgewear, 2" closed tear to top of spine. A "fantasy of the future", by the author of "Green Mansions".

Racine WI: Whitman, 1950. Tan Cloth. Good+/Good. Andrew Bensen. Bookplate on flyleaf, otherwise a real nice clean copy showing little wear. Jacket shows edgewear, 1" chip to top back. Gene goes after cattle rustlers.

Wilmette, IL: Frederick J. Drake, 1950. Burgundy Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Minor wear at one corner; clean, bright and unmarked. Jacket shows light soiling/shelfwear. "A Helpful Guide for Those Who Plan to Build or Modernize, Many Sketches and Plans".

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1957. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. Detailed textbook (400+ pgs) telling everything you need to know about opening up a store. Why anyone would want to do that, I don't know! Eighth printing of the second edition.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. Illustrated Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase. Tod Dwiggins. Very minimal wear at corners of spine; clean, bright and unmarked. Green cloth with multi-color artwork of two young children, plus decorations; protective 'glassine' jacket. Slipcase is actually a two piece box in VG shape, shelfwear and light soiling, split on one side, artwork of two young children sitting on a wall sharing candy. Scans on request. Fairly common title, but the first we've seen in a box.

New York: Macmillan, 1954. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Light wear/soiling, name on flyleaf; sound copy. Jacket shows edgewear, rubbing. The story of Teddy Roosevelt and his family. Illustrated, indexed.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993. Green Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. Light rubbing to covers, flyleaf MISSING, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows a bit of rubbing. Short stories by William Trevor, James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen, Sean O'Faolin, others.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1997. Black Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Faint stain on spine, inscription on flyleaf. Jacket shows just light rubbing. A collection of fourteen vampire stories, by various authors.

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1975. Trade Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Light soiling to covers, bookstore stamp on flyleaf. Born in Wallingford, CT, the author writes of growing up in a farming area one hundred years ago. B&W photos by Alice Moulton.

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Green Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Ezra Jack Keats. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn at edges, tears and creases to top front edge.

New York: Globe Book Co, 1953. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Wear and bumps to spine ends and corners, prev. owner's name and date inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. This is a young people's version, edited by Florence Doerr Jones (Berkeley High School), probably geared towards middle school age. Illus with B&W photos from the film.