Search Results: Titles starting with H from Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Stated first edition. Bound in green cloth with black lettering spine and front cover. A very good+ copy with slight fading spine, owner name ffep, bookplaate front paste down. 282 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1944. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Good+. Octavo. 148pp., bound in dark blue cloth, spine lettering white, a very nice, clean copy. Good+ Dust jacket with chips and closed tears. Small pieces missing spine tips of Dust Jacket. Some of these stories had been published before Virginia's death and some had not. Her husband Leonard compiled and published this work as they had talked about publishing a book of "collected works" prior to her death. Five of the stories are published here for the first time.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1879. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. From the English Men of Letters series edited by John Morley, 183pp, (4)pp ads listing Hawthorne as "in preparation", bound in beige cloth, paper spine label rubbed, minor light chipping of cloth to spine tips, covers mild foxing, internally clean and bright. A very good copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo. 177pp., (6)pp. catalog at rear. Edited by John Morley as part of the English Men of Letters series. Bound in brown cloth lettered in red; a straight, tight, near fine copy.

London: Strahan & Co, 1869. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. First Edition in book form. With 64 illustrations by Marcus Stone. 384, 384pp. Finely bound (without half-titles) in 3/4 crimson crushed red levant over red cloth by Brian Frost of Bath; raised bands with compartments beautifully stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. A fine set.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1896. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Printed from the American plates, Bound in dark blue cloth over beveled boards lettered in gilt, black endpapers; internally clean and bright without foxing, spine faded to tan; a very good+ copy. 347 pp., + publisher's ads. Frontispiece with tissue guard. All illustrations present.

London: Trubner and Co, 1872. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Half-Leather. Very Good. Quarto. 405(1)pp., illustrated with 5 black and white lithographs; bound in half brown straight grained morocco over brown cloth, raised bands, two compartments with leather labels gilt; spine faded to tan; ghost of small sticker left near foot, no other markings except small book binder's ticket on rear pastedown. An important work concerning the religious and social activities of the many tribes existing in Benares. Internally very clean; the binding is very good.

London: For A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. uncut; containing two very nice large folding Asian maps, half-title, 364pp., [11]pp.index, [1]pp. errata, bound in original paper covered boards, paper spine label printed in black; light foxing to end leaves; internally very bright; early owner's bookplate. Concerns the progress of trade with country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, with an appendix containing observations on the civil policy, the laws and judical proceedings, the arts, the sciences and religious institutions of the indians. A very good copy.

London; 1721, 1728 & 1734: For John Sharpe. Hard Cover. Being a geographical and historical account of the several places, countries, or people mentioned in the bible. Illustrated with numerous excellent maps and copper engravings, and chronological tables. In four volumes , the first 3 volumes are the 2nd edition of the Historical Geography of the "Old Testament" while the last volume is the 4th edition titled The Historical Geography of the "New Testament", all published and dated separately. Vol. 1; (22)pp., 390pp., (2)pp. publisher's ads, 6 maps(5 folding) 1 plate. Vol. 2, (20)pp., xxxvii, 308pp., containing 3 maps(2 folding) 8 engravings (1folding with plate 3 & V not bound in). Vol. 3. (21)pp., 332pp., (4)p. publisher's ads, 2 maps (folding) 11 engraved plates. Volume 4 (New Testament) in two parts, 2 title pages, part 1- (20)pp., 154pp, part. 2- (10)pp., 173pp., (3)pp. publisher's ads. containing 16 engraved plates, 2 maps (one folding). All uniformly bound in contemporary Cambridge style… Read More

Leeds; (nd But Ca.1860): D. Banks. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. Four volumes in eight (lacking vol. 8) 155 hand-colored plates in total, bound in green blind stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow coated endpapers. Neat owner's stamped name and name plate on FEP of each volume; text and plates are all free from foxing. An interesting set as we cannot locate any other copies from this publisher nor place of publication, no auction records, none located OCLC, etc. Birds are beautifully colored and the text makes note of the various years in which particular birds were located and in what country or area of the world. Volume numbers on spine, do not match those in the text, but all 7 volumes are present. The text runs from volume to volume. Sold as is.

New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. Color frontispiece, 239pp., (12)pp. ads at rear.textual illustrations. Bound in publisher's light maroon cloth, spine gilt and evenly sunned to tan extending a bit to rear board; contemporary owner's name in pencil to front free endpaper, and small owner's stamp to next endpaper; internally clean and bright, binding clean with sharp corners. A very good+ copy. Interesting history of the ring, its symbolic uses.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861. Half-Leather. Very Good+. Octavo. A full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish Armada. In two volumes (of 4 volumes), 532pp., 563pp., illustrated, bound in half brown polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, contrasting brown leather labels gilt with four compartments decorated in gilt, all edges marbled with matching endpapers. Previous owner's name dated 1861 and 1864, light scattered foxing to endpapers and frontispiece map; a very good+ set.

London: John Sharpe, 1822. Quarter Leather. Near Fine. 12mo. 184pp. Illustrated with engravings by Richard Westall. Bound in quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled covered boards, raised bands spine, title and top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.

Wellesley Hills, Mass: The Sans Souci Press, 1978. Galley Proofs. Unbound. 1 of 3 uncorrected galley proofs originally copyrighted in 1921, but never published. This work precedes Hemingway's first book by two years, The manuscript was sold in the Jonathan Goodwin sale and documentation of its authenticity is supplied in the introduction. This is 1 of only 3 uncorrected typesetter's proofs run off by the printer William Ferguson for the pubisher William Young. With original mailing label present from the Ferguson press stating with note that corrected galleys will follow. For all purposes, this is the only copy of the galleys for sale as one resides in a library in the South and the other in a private collection. The galley sheets are folded with several printer's notations, and are in fine condition. Housed in a handsome green cloth clamshell with spine label.

New York: ILR Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. An excellent book about the striking miners of Arizona. A time that will always be remembered, generation after generation. 213pp. Bound in beige cloth lettered in blue foil. A fine copy issued without dust jacket.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN DUNNING ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookselller Charles Parkhurst. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IF EVERYBODY HAS A TREASURE-HAUL BOOK INSIDE THEM, THIS HAS BEEN MINE" BY JOHN DUNNING ON AN OLD ALGONQUIN BOOKS BOOKMARK without personalization. Old Algonquin Books is owned by John and Helen Dunning. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 220 pp. This is Dunning's first novel.

London (c. 1880): Cassell, Petter and Galpin. Full Leather. Very Good+. Large Quarto. A very good+ copy bound in full black leather with raised bands spine, gilt lettering and decoration spine, gilt decoration covers, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, three ribbon bookmarks. Illustrated with more than nine hundred highly finished engravings. Family Register, Births, Marriages, and Deaths are blank. Mild fading to gilt covers, Gift inscription ffep. A nice family bible.

Edinburgh: Colin MacFarquhar (printer, Old testatment) William Darling, Printer, ( New Testament), 1776. Half-Leather. Folio. No pagination, bound in contemporary blind stamped calf with early joint repairs; all edges and endpapers marbled, front blank repaired near gutter; some internal soiling, older paper repair to lower corners of the first and last several leaves; 3 leaves with lower fore-corners chipped, one affecting a few words, and one a side note. An early edition, not in Darlow and Moule and quite scarce. An interesting two page manuscript laid in, neatly written and titled "A Novel Calculation" citing the author, notes, calculations of the number of books, chapters, verses, words, letters, etc. in both the new and old testament, dated 8th December 1864.

Brattleboro, VT: J. Holbrook's, 1816. Hard Cover. Very Good. Large Quarto. With Marginal Notes and References. To Which are Added, an Index: an Alphabetical Table of all the Names in the Old and New Testaments, with their Significations: and, what has Never Before been Added, an Account of the Lives and Martyrdom of the Apostles and Evangelists.Third Edition. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Engraved title page dated 1816, printed title page dated 1817. A very good copy bound in three quarter leather and cloth covered boards, raised bands spine, gilt lettering and decoration spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Many maps and engraved illustrations. Dark spot front cover where label was been removed. Mild cover edge wear, Light scattered foxing. Small hole affecting rfep and last few pages. 931 pp. + Concordance.

London: British and Foreign Bible Society, for Spottiswoode, 1840. Full Leather. Very Good. Quarto. Bound in full embossed black leather with marbled edges. Very good with owner inscriptions on endpapers and pastedowns; rear inner hinge cracked, ink stamp lower fore-edge; light wear at extremities. Internally clean and bright. A very good, collectible example of the "family Bible size" King James Version.