Search Results: Titles starting with H from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Washington, D. C: U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, black titles on front board & spine, 226 pp. Spine & boards lightly sunned, else fine. The 1964 reprint leaves the main tables unchanged, but there are some differences in text and minor tables. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . Near Fine/No dj. 26½ X 19½ cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with green foil titles, green foil publisher's device and ISBN on rear board, [xi], 256 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In the eighth Kinsey Millhone mystery, Kinsey is working undercover on an insurance fraud investigation when she is kidnapped by a violent felon at the center of the scheme. Read how she survives to go on to "I". Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.

Washington, D. C: National Academy Press, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white laminated boards, grey titles & red decoration, xiii, 334 pp, glossary, index. Bottom corners bumped, a few pages bookmarked with paper clips, else fine. According to the blurb, the book "focuses on the critical decisions made as information about the danger to the blood supply emerged, drawing conclusions about what was done and recommending what should be done to produce better outcomes in the face of future threats to blood safety. The book analyzes product treatment and whether effective methods for inactivating HIV in blood could have been introduced sooner. It examines donor screening and referral, looks at regulations and recall of contaminated blood, and questions whether many infections could have been averted by better risk communication." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, Inc., 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue pebble-grained paper-covered boards, gilt titles on front board & spine, [x], I-376, II-5, III-4, IV-2, V-55, VI-8. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm.

Copenhagen: H. Hagerups Forlag, 1924 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue buckram, gilt titles on leather labels on spines. Vol. 1: Boghistorie -- Bogfremstillingens Teknik; [vii], 527, [1] pp; fep separating at gutter although binding still feels solid, about a 3 X 4 cm bubble under cloth on front board, else VG. Vol. 2: Bibliotekshistorie -- Biblioteksteknik; publication date 1927; [vii], 572 pp, index; VG. Vol. 1 contains history of manuscripts, printing, bookbinding, and current technology, all with special emphasis on the Scandinavian countries. Vol. 2 contains world & Scandinavian library history, and articles on library operations. Both volumes in Danish. Shipping weight 7 lbs. (International 6 lbs., 8 oz.). 3rd Ed. . VG-/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards backed with dark grey simulated cloth, foil titles on spine, blind titles on front board, violet endpapers, xx, 361, [1] pp, 6 pp family trees, map, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The story of two interwoven Southern families--slaveholders, their slaves, and the descendants of both, in North Carolina, Virginia, and Mississippi. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles on spine, 198, [1] pp. Extremities rubbed, small stain on bottom edge, owner's name on recto of ffep. DJ spine slightly faded, light edge-wear; in Brodart archival cover. According to the Glasgow Herald, this is "marvelously exact and evocative . . . A book full of the spirit, scent and landscape of Scotland in the uneasy 'thirties'." From the DJ: "Iain Hamilton has surrendered to his 'Highland half' in this memorable recapturing of his earliest years in Glasgow from the age of about four until he became seventeen. Using the most ordinary details of daily living--'a good, Scotch rose,' rambles and discussions with his beloved grandfather, trips to the farms where his cousins lived, youthful battles in the school playground, the onset of adolescence and the first terrifying encounters with 'women'--the… Read More

Phildelphia: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles and logo on front board, xiii, 198 pp, index. No date on title page, but preface & foreword are both dated May, 1965. Corners and head & tail of spine bumped, extremities rubbed, small ink smudge at bottom of rear paste-down. Printed presentation card from author laid in. From the Foreword: "This study is based almost entirely on the minutes of the meetings of the various policymaking bodies. The author's aim is an objective presentation of the principal views of the policymakers as they evolved in the course of a somewhat turbulent first fifty years." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter white cloth, magenta paper-covered boards & titles on spine, blind device on front board, pictorial endpapers, [iv], 150 pp, map, 6 ff b & w plates. DJ has a 1 cm tear, small chip to top of front joint, head of spine rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. This historical profile of the British colony (decidedly from the British perspective) is written by a grandson of Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor from 1877-1882. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on spine, 237 pp. DJ has a bit of rubbing at tail of spine & bottom corners, tiny nick to top edge; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Hamburg: Verlag das Topogrphikon Rolf Müller, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full natural linen, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, elaborate black-on-gold pictorial endpapers, [xxxii], 33 pp, 33 color photos, 28 prints. Contains color photos of Hamburg in about 1958, and cityscapes from earlier centuries reproduced from lithographs held mostly by the Hamburg History Museum. All text is included in German, English, Spanish, and French. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 20½ X 24 cm (oblong).

St. Paul: Hamline University Alumni Association, 1939 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Purple textured cloth, gilt titles on front board, 147 pp, 4 ff b & w plates. There is a 1½ cm tear in the margin of one leaf, otherwise very good, spine slightly sunned, original owner's signature on ffep. This is the 85th anniversary history of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. A mimeographed card presenting the book to 1940 graduates is laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: C. S. Hammond & Co., 1905 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles & black decorations on front board, 144 pp. Boards quite soiled, else good, corners & spine ends fraying, 2 cm tear to margin of contents page. Shows the preoccupations of Americans of the time, with 44 full-page maps of the 48 US states, city maps of Boston, New York harbor, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, & San Francisco, full-page maps of Mexico, Central America, Panama, the West Indies, Cuba, Japan, Korea, the Balkan States & Palestine, fairly good maps of Europe, South America, Africa, Persia, & China, but no map of the Ottoman Empire, and only one page for the rest of Asia. Highways were not yet much of a factor in transportation, which leads to railroads and ocean shipping lanes being highlighted. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 33 X 25 cm.

New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, black titles on spine, pictorial endpapers, 93 pp, 225 illustrations by the author. DJ shows slight rubbing at extremities; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 1lb., 12 oz.). Reprint. . Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by the Author. 26½ X 20 cm.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1918 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth, handmade sage green paper-covered boards & endpapers, title on paper label on spine, titles in black or perhaps very dark green on front boards, 209 pp. Externally quite soiled & beat up, but sound & internally very good. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition, later issue. . Fair/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

Boston: D. C. Heath and Company, 1908 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon textured cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 239 pp, index. Rear board bent, which shows on rear paste-down but not on cloth, otherwise very good, extremities slightly rubbed. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Early printing. . Good/No dj. 17 X 11½ cm.

London: Oxford University Press, 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by M. D. Calvocoressi. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 243, [1] pp. Corners bumped, extremities sunned, owner's signature dated in 1946 on fpd. Contents: the teachable technique of conducting; idiosyncrasies of conducting, orchestral playing & conducting; the bow instruments; the woodwind; the brass; the percussion; the harp; technique of conducting; applied technique, or practice of conducting; practical examples. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 4th ptg. . VG/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Organizational Library. Brown buckram, gilt-on-black titles on spine, xi, 656 pp, many figures, footnotes, chapter references, index. Markings of multiple former owners, boards heavily rubbed, corners & spine ends fraying, internally clean. Contents: drying; crushing & grinding; sampling; screening; classification, concentration, flotation; dewatering, filtration; metallurgical fuels; pyrometry; roasting & sintering; refractories; separation of solids & liquids from gasses; briquetting applied to metallurgy; power plant & accessories; materials of metallurgical construction; plant layout; the electric furnace in nonferrous metallurgy; applied electrochemistry. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ed. . G-/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York, London & Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black pebble-grained cloth, chapters individually paginated, 4 cm thick, index. Slight shelf wear, original owner's name & address stamped on endpapers, else fine. This copy printed 1971 but copyright 1961. Subtitle: A practical design and applications manual for the mechanical services covering steam plants, power plants, heating systems, air-conditioning systems, ventilation systems, Diesel plants, refrigeration, and water treatment. Contents: instrumentation & control fundamentals; measurement of pressure & draft; temperature measurement; measurement of flow; measurement & control of liquid level; final control elements; measurement & control of pH & conductivity; boiler instrumentation & control systems; steam-pressure reducing & desuperheating; steam-turbine instrumentation & control; Diesel-engine governing;… Read More

Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Company, Inc. (Prentice-Hall), 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark green boards, foil & green titles, ix, 274 pp, index. A few tiny spots on top edge, else fine. DJ spine sunned, corners & spine ends very lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: fundamental units, terms & basic equations; series parallel combinations; transistors & tubes; transmission lines & antennas; tables & related data; miscellaneous data; basic circuitry; meter ranges, color codes & symbols; vectors & phase factors. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.