Search Results: Titles starting with H from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Los Angeles, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975.First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 inches: pp. 13. Tan papers wraps with black type. Tanning to cover and pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Two Hadidan Aharam tales : The Light, and The Saint. Some offset/sunning to front cover. Hadidan Aharam is the archetypal country oaf, who, despite his simplicity and seeming poor fortune, always manages to prevail. He is rather a folk hero, known in many cultures by names such as Jack, for instance, in the Anglo-American tradition.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1908. Hardcover. GOOD. Hardy, Paul; Harper, Charles G.. London: Chapman & Hall, 1908. 9 x 6 inches: pp. [I] xiv, 397; [II] x, 396. Brown lettering on spine and fronts of illustrated brown cloth - covered boards. Top edge gold gilt on both volumes. 51 illustrations including frontispieces. With index. Moderate scuffing, soiling and wear to both volumes. Sunning to spines, a few nudged corners. Binding cloth is torn and frayed. Top gilt edges are scratched and scurffed. Foxing to endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Vol. I wear - Bumped lower corner worn through to cardboard; hinges started on both front and back. Vol. II wear - spine cloth is torn, showing an illustrated spine underneath with the letters TLL and painting of a young man from that era. Additional postage may be required. These are the stories of the highwaymen who robbed and murdered the travellers of a bygone age -- who preyed upon the weary souls who sought rest in the old inns of England. Stories now told for the… Read More

New York: Golden Press, 1972. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Golden Press, 1972. Second printing, with publisher's code on inside back cover. 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches: unpaginated. White illustrated boards with red and black type. Light bumping and rubbing wear to corners, but very clean. Lovely pictorial endpapers. Giftgiver's inscription to top of front pastedown. Text is unmarked. Tight and bright copy. Children's tale about a duck facing the fact that Winter has arrived.

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2009. First edition. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 432, [2]. Tan photographic paper jacket with blue, white and brown type. Blue cloth quarter bound over tan boards. With genealogical tree, appendix, notes, bibliography. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Crisp, clean, unmarked. Looks like a new copy. Michael Gray is an esteemed music writer, author of the legendary volume Song and Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan. "A superb meditation on a rare American figure, one who grows more mysterious and iconic the more Gray reveals of his facts and context; a brilliant exhibition of how musical study becomes cultural study; and an elegant and passionate book that expands until its subjects seem to be time and memory themselves". - Jonathan Lethem (review taken from back of DJ). 434 pp.

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1962. First edition (NAP). 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 104 plus 48 plates. Green cloth with gold gilt decoration on front board and gold gilt type on spine. 34 black and white illustrations and 48 black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear to boards. Light sun fading on spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Whitney Darrow, Jr.. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1965. 6 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches: unpaginated (approximately 64 pages). Red photographic and illustrated boards with black and white type. Wear and rubbing at edges and corners of boards. Some light foxing inside front cover. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. Hardcover. Fair. Huge compendium, 11 1/4 x 9 inches -- 50 issues bound together -- of this weekly youth's magazine. Hardcover. Very worn. Front board loose, but still holding. Stories, poetry, plays, cartoons, photos, adventure, exploration, etc. Heavy. Book itself weighs 6 lbs without packaging. Extra shipping may be required.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1942. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Good. Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1942. Fourth printing. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches: pp. 66. Red photographic and illustrated wraps with white type. Revised. Large folio style paperback loaded with photographs and descriptions of the (then-fresh-in-memory) attack upon the United States at Pearl Harbor. Includes event-by-event chronology, color maps and diagrams, many seldom-seen photographs of everyday life in the weeks surrounding and after the infamous attack upon the U.S., chart of civilian defense emblems. Previous owner's name written in cursive, lightly, to front cover. Some wear, discoloration to spine and adjacent areas. Light corner creasing. Text is unmarked. Binding solid, sound. Original $1.00 price marker.

New York: Theodore Audel & Co, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Theodore Audel & Co., 1909. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. 681. White paste-on label with black lettering on spine of brown cloth-covered boards. ALL EDGES GILT. Ex-library, though the only library marking seems to be the blindstamp emboss mentioned further in the description. Scuffing and wear to gilt, some rubbed edges on fore edge. Mild wear to extremities. Blindstamp emboss to half-title. A few smudges on page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Words and definitions necessary for anyone headed towards this line of work. "An extended "definition" of Applied Grammar will be found in the back part of the book, under the section marked Additional Aids. There is gold in this part of the book to some who will apply their energies to the task of extracting its treasures," (preface).

NEW YORK: Theodore Audel & Company, 1917. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Theodore Audel & Company, 1917. Revised second edition. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches: Cumulative numbering begins on p. 697, running through p. 996, with one page ad for other Audel publications, at rear. In rugged, black, flexible iron-cloth with gold gilt type. All edges gilt. Drawings, diagrams, and a few photos. Shelf wear, some spotting on boards, rubbing wear and faded gilt titling to spine. Previous owner's names in ink to front free endpaper. Small tears to front endpapers. Light toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Covers distribution systems, wires and wire calculation, inside, outside, underground, and building wiring, sign flashers, lightning protection, storage batteries and systems,

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1968. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1968. 7 x 4 1/4 inches: pp.448. Illustrated cardboard covers with light green, white and black type. 1970's reprint. Edge and corner wear, some creasing, rubbing at spine edges on cover. Corners of spine have small tears, splits. General handling wear. Pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. A late addition to the Falconhurst saga carried on after Kyle Onstott's death by frequent writing partner, Lance Horner. Drum Maxwell, the Falconhurst heir and product of interracial breeding, attempts to turn the fortunes of the plantation around.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. 3/4 Leather Binding. Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches: pp. xliv, 427. 3/4 leather over marbled boards, leather corners. Four raised bands, black spine label with titles in gilt. Spine title bright, corners bumped, with some rubbing and light general wear. Bookplate, foxing to endpapers. Text clean, unmarked and bright in tight binding. With a memoir of the author written by Walter K. Kelly. Margaret [1492-1549 Along with her brother, King Francis I, was the major force in the cultural renaissance in France during his reign. The Heptameron loosely followed the model of Boccacio's in being a series of short stories. "Their conversations and debates are more meaningful than the stories on which they are based because they reflect Marguerite's preoccupation with ethics and her analytical interest in topics such as love and friendship, marriage, faithfulness, and the conflict between faith and religion." [Poetry Foundation].

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. First edition. 10 1/4 x 8 inches: pp. xxii, 429. White and brown illustrated dust jacket with black, brown, purple and white type. Brown cloth with black type. With references, index. Illustrated. Forward by F.S. Nathalie and Richard B. Woodbury. Light wear, creasing, sun fading to dust jacket. Light rubbing to board edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "Essays in this book, which grew out of the landmark conference known as Daughters of the Desert, help to rectify the appropriation, erasure, disparagement, and invisibility that many women anthropologists have suffered." [dust jacket flap].

New York: Pageant Press, 1965. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Pageant Press, 1965. Stated first edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [12], 244. Green dust jacket, with illustration of a U.S. Mail airplane, and white type. Bound in green boards with black lettering to spine. Some minor foxing to front and rear endpapers. DJ has a half inch closed tear to front top edge, and some minor rubbing to back side of DJ. "Henry Ladd Smith was born in Cleveland, Ohio. As a boy he saw the Cleveland-Chicago segment of the pioneer air-mail route grow from coast to coast. He was graduated from Yale in 1929. After six years of newspaper work in Cleveland and Tacoma, he returned to college and earned a Ph. D in history at the University of Wisconsin". (Taken from about the author section on rear part dust jacket). 244 pp.

Portland, Oregon: Self-Published, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Portland, OR: Self-Published, 1910. First edition. 10 x 7 inches: pp. 36, [16], unpaginated. Red cloth with cover titles in black type. 13 pages of architectural drawings, nine pages of tables, 16 blank pages at end. Light edge wear, rubbing to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Author's preface states that these are plates and tables to aid the "structural draftsman."

New York: George Sully, 1914. Hardcover. GOOD. New York: George Sully, 1914. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. vi, 308, [4]. Illustrated light yellow cloth with black type. Frontispiece illustration by Boehm. 1 page catalog of publisher's books at end. Boards are spotted, corners and edges worn, spinecaps frayed. Slight spine lean. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper, in pencil. Age-Tanned but unmarked. Solid. "Well, after all, the country isn't such a bad place as some city folk think," thus begins the tale.

Japan: Times Mirror Books, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Japan: Times Mirror Books, 1987. 12 x 9 1/4 inches: pp. 364. White photographic paper dust jacket with red and blue type. Dark blue cloth boards with engraved titles on front panel and engraved titles in white on spine. Illustrated with numerous pictures of beads, people wearing beads, maps related to beads, and a foldout illustration visually depicting the history of beads on a timeline. Dust jacket has some very minor wear to top front corner, and some minor staining. Previous owners book plate to front free endpaper. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: Bryan, Tayor & Company, 1895. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good+. New York: Bryan, Taylor & Company, 1895. 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. xvi,604. Dark blue cloth, with paper label with brown tyoe. Sixty full page illustrations including frontis of Lincoln. Text maps. Corners bumped, edgewear, label has some minor chips and soiled. Back hinge is just starting to crack, threads are visible. Previous owner's signature on free facing end page. Age toning, light foxing. Text clean, and unmarked. binding sound. Solid copy. With the preface to the second editon, which was published in 1894.

St. Louis: S.F. Junkin & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Good. St. Louis, MO: S. F. Junkin & Co., 1892. 9 x 7 inches: pp. 672. Pictorial maroon cloth with titles in gold gilt on cover and spine, bevelled edges. Numerous plates and text illustrations. 1892 reprint of the 1884 volume. Titles and decoration bright, some fading along the top. Scuffing, light soiling on boardsd. Textblock square, unmarked. Binding starting to crack on title page, but solid and tight overall.

Surrey, England: Fab Press, 2016. First edition, Third printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Surrey, England: Fab Press, 2016. First edition, third printing. 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches: pp. 357. Black, photographic cardboard covers with white type. With 32 page full color image gallery, appendix: compendium of female neuroses (which are capsule reviews of the movies mentioned throughout or that bear relevance to the main text), index. 3 page catalog of other Fab Press titles. Light handling and edge and corner wear. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.