Search Results: Titles starting with H from William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine soft cover first edition SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. . No DJ. Mild edgewear to top and bottom of spine and covers. Spine is straight and square. No creases. No markings, creases, or tears. A pristine volume. 127 pages.

Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, First printing. Book condition, Fine. The book is just like new - clean, tight and unmarked. One inch tear in dust jacket at top of spine and 1/4 inch surface scratches on front and side of dust-jacket. Remainder mark on bottom. No price clips or other imperfections.

Virginia: The Dietz Press Incorporated, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition SIGNED and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Beautiful gilt lettering and designs on spine and front cover. DJ in protective mylar cover has chipping and tears to top and bottom edges, mild age toning. Not clipped, not remaindered, not ex-lib. No markings (other than author's signature and inscription), no tears, no creases. 176 pages.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first edition with pink lettering on spine and cover. No DJ. Binding is straight and tight. Light shelf wear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine. All corners sharp. Foxing to end papers in front and back. Glued in sticker from original bookstore at bottom of front free end paper. Uniform age toning throughout commensurate with age. No creases, tears, or markings. Not ex lib, not remaindered. 95 pages.

U.S.A.: Barricade Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine first edition cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ. SIGNED by Steve Allen with inscription. Very close to Fine except for minor wear at top of spine and some creasing to and light wear to top and bottom of front DJ. Otherwise a pristine collectible. No markings, tears, or creases anywhere. Not price clipped. 308 pages.

U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt and black lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Small two inch crease to back of DJ. Otherwise, no markings, creases, or tears. A nearly flawless copy. 608 pages.

Illinois: D.C. Cook Pub. Co, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Very Good DJ. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp. The boards appear to be slightly bowed with front cover convex. DJ shows wear and chipping to edges and closed tear at middle of spine. Handwritten price of $9.95 on inside upper corner of DJ. No markings (except as noted above), creases, or tears. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 212 pages.

Privately printed, 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine privately printed cloth edition with gilt lettering on cover. There is no publication information or date, etc. But it is undoubtedly a first and only edition. All indications point to 1910 as the likely date of publication. Contains thirteen sonnets celebrating the journey of the yacht 'Atlantic,' which set a world record in winning the Kaiser Cup in 1905. That record was not broken until 2005. A black and white picture of the yacht appears on the frontispiece protected by a tissue. The author of these poems, Clay Meredith Greene, was a prolific play and screenwriter who was born and lived his life in San Francisco. Binding and text are in excellent shape. Some soiling of white cloth covers. Moderate tanning to all pages commensurate with age. 10 pages.

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth with dust jacket, very good+. Dust jacket has one small area of discoloration on interior front flap where scotch tape of protective covering came in contact with dust jacket. First two chapters have occasional underlining and circling of key terms in text.