Search Results: Titles starting with H from Bunyip Books

London: The British Library, 1983. 4to, 446 pages. Buckram with red leather spine label. First edition. Covers English, Irish, Scottish, Netherlandish, German, Austrian and Danish bindings. (368 illustrated bindings in all) With bibliographical notes on each binding and the binders who executed them. Each entry has an accompanying illustration, many occupying a full-page. Index of binders. Index of owners. Printed and bound at the Stinehour Press. Edition of 750 copies. Excellent copy. Cloth. Fine.

Carbondale [Illinois]: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. xx, [2], 276, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume. Truman's background notwithstanding, the author shows that it was Harry Truman--not Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or John F. Kennedy--who energized the modern civil rights movement, a movement that basically had stalled since Abraham Lincoln had freed the slaves. Gardner recounts Truman's public and private actions regarding black Americans. He analyzes speeches, private conversations with colleagues, the executive orders that shattered federal segregation policies, and the appointments of like-minded civil rights activists to important positions. Among those appointments was the first black federal judge in the continental United States. Gardner characterizes Truman's evolution from a man who grew up in a racist household into a president willing to put his political career at mortal risk by actively… Read More

London: The British Library, 2010. 4to. (28 cm) 527 pages. In publisher's tan linen, red leather spine. Contents: French, Swiss, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese and Miscellaneous Bindings, as well as 11 additions, Index of Binders. Index of Owners. Some slight discoloration to the gutters of the pastedowns and fly leaves. Otherwise Fine. Hardcover. Near Fine.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1986. Red cloth with title in gilt on spine. 8vo; 255 pages. Limited Edition, one of 250 numbered copies, this being number 72. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Without dustjacket, as issued. Book and red cloth slipcase in Fine Condition. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine.

London: Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. 400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 x 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary: Looks back at the history of the Crime Club and its authors, showing the jackets of every book published by the imprint over seven decades, and the descriptive "blurbs" of every book, running to more than 350,000 words. With facts, figures and lists, and drawing on rare archival photos, correspondence and marketing materials, it is the first time that anyone has attempted to chronicle the publishing of the Crime Club - the ultimate book for fans of crime fiction and also of twentieth century book jacket design. As New in like dustjacket. Hard Cover.

Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2003. viii, 297 p. : black and white illustrations. ; 24 cm. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine condition in like dustjacket. Cloth.