Search Results: Titles starting with H from Aardvark Rare Books

Los Angeles, California: Western Lithograph Co, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Slim duodecimo, 7 1/2" x 5." pp. 24. Brown leather covers, title blind stamped to front. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Interior pages very clean. One must "teach the bowel to move at a definite time..." "An authoritative study of bowel conditions and action written for the medical profession at the request of the Deshell Laboratories, Inc." (2). Habit Time encourages the view that patients must make bowel movements at the same time every day to avoid constipation, thus "habit time". The study discusses fecal consistency, medication, mode of life, physiology of the bowel, among other factors. Deshell Laboratories produced and sold Petrolagar, a medication used to induce bowel movements at regular intervals (See advert in The Modern Hospital, Jan 1926 for reference).

Portland, OR: Triangular Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Quarto, 10.6 in. x 7.6 in., pp. 47. Limited edition: #161/1000. Blue cloth spine over natural paper boards. Black title with green design on paper label to front. Light fingerprint stain to front and to back boards. Unmarked interior. Barbara Tetenbaum has been creating limited edition artist books under the imprint Triangular Press since 1979. She is Professor and Department Head of Book Arts at Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland, Oregon. This book was published to accompany an exhibition at the Portland Public Library, December 2005.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.1 in., pp. x, [2], 207. Signed the the author four times: Long personal inscription and signature, dated 2014, sharing the loss of a team member with a friend to the half title page. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid in: two copies of a color-photocopied hand-drawn map (8.5 in. x 11 in.) of the climbing route of Mt. McKinley by Howard Snyder, with his signature to the bottom left corner. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Gray cloth boards with metallic blue title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Endpaper maps. Previous owner's name (to whom the inscription is written) to the front free endpaper. Three inch closed tear to base of dustjacket spine. Gentle wear to dustjacket flaps. Prpotected in mylar. The true story of the 1967 Mt. McKinley expedition which claimed the lives of seven people, with a touching inscription by one of the survivors of the… Read More

Saint Louis, Missouri: Concordia House, 1975. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Near Fine. The Lutheran Hymnal consists of 644 hymns, 16 spiritual songs, and besides those included in the orders of matins and vespers, 8 canticles and chants. This scarce companion volume, in Part I, offers notes on the hymns. Part II is the Biographical and Historical Notes on the Authors and Composers, and a bibliography. Part III begins a reference section with the Table of Hymns for Feasts, Festivals, and Sundays of the Church-Year, First Lines of Original Hymns, First Lines of Stanzas, Alphabetical Index of Tunes, authors, composers, and translators. Also included is a Metrical Index of Tunes. Just a hint of shelf-rubbing to edges and corners, and really, hardly noticeable. Previous owner's name and date to front free pastedown endpaper and no other markings at all.

Belfast, Northern Ireland: British Medical Association, Annual Meeting Belfast 1909 / Mayne & Boyd), 1909. Flexible Hardcover. Good Only. 6 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. Green cloth with faded gilt lettering. Two-inch separation of cloth from spine, but book holding well.132 pp. of text, plus 30 pp. of advertisements at rear, and color fold-out map of Belfast and North-East Ireland. Spine lean. A little guide for the gathering (convention) of British doctors, meeting in the summer of 1909. More than fifty illustrations, a number of them medically-specific, such as hospitals (including Municipal Fever Hospital in Purdysburn, and a ward in the Royal Victoria Hospital), medical institutes, pathology classrooms) as well as more traditional tourist fare. Distances from point to point, advertisements (though of a decidedly more expensive set of goods and services, such as car rental for £155, furs (for mommy back home, while daddy plays), custom tailors, pianos, etc. A little loosey-goosey in the binding, but… Read More

London, England: John Murray, 1866. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 12mo, 7.1 in. x 4.7 in., pp. lxx, 358 , 64 (advertising). Pages 1-358 are double column. Illustrated with two detailed road maps maps, each 21.5 in. x 29 in., of Northern and Southern Ireland; maps in pastedown pockets. Burgundy cloth boards with triple frame stamped in blind and gilt title to front. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Sunning to spine. Three nudged corners. Advertising pages printed on lilac-colored paper. Front hinges a touch tender. Very light spotting to title page. Maps in very good plus condition.

Brookline, Massachusetts: Handwritten Document, 1902. Leather-bound. Very Good. Small, black leather (gilt stamped "Standard 211") diary (4 in. x 2 1/2 in.) with leather tongue and loop for closing. Opens with approximately 32 pp. calendar, postage rates, antidotes for poisons, population, legal holidays, eclipses, festivals and fasts, tide table. This followed by the largest section, the day by day record, most two entries per page. This followed by a Memorandum section (left blank); Cash Account section, more memorandum (blank); an address book with three pages filled-in; a record of Calls; and finally, a record of Letters with three columns: Date Received, Correspondent's Name, and Date answered. This is well-filled-in. (Here the hinge splits a bit, but the little book is still holding well. Book bears the name and address, at the beginning, of the previous owner: "Margaret Burbank; 1880 Beacon Street; Brookline Mass."but it would seem that this young woman lives in New York, perhaps, on her own… Read More

Hazenmore, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1935. Handwritten Diary or Journal. Good Plus. Black, softcover lined composition book with gilt lettering ("Minute Book"), measuring 10- x 7 ½ in. 60 pages with writing. Wear to edges. Saskatchewan Farmers banded together in attempts to receive fair prices for their wheat, and began exploring other marketing outlets - including the Co-Op system. This is the Minutes book of nine successive annual meetings of the Hazenmore Wheat-Pool, in Hazenmore, Saskatchewan a town roughly 2 ½ hours SW of Saskatchewan's capitol of Regina, having a population of around 70 people. "The weather was extremely cold, and there was only a small attendance, about twelve members being present..." "...The subject of overgrading at this point was discussed. Then the following resolution was passed, that in the opinion of this Committee, the fault of overgrading lies with the Inspection Department..." "...Owing to coop conditions in this district we do not think it advisable to build a… Read More

London, England: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1897. Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised. Hardcover. Good Only. 8vo. Maroon, cloth-covered boards (app. 7 1/8" x 5 1/2"). Boards are stained, and discolored, but book is very solidly bound. Recent strengthening and new endpapers by conservator. NOTE: The very bottom corner of pages have chipped off (no text affected) of a thirty-page section. Underlining, and marginal bracketing, to one or two chapters, and occasionally, throughout. Many in-text illustrations. An entire, detailed, and amply-illustrated introductory course in the science and actuation of a brewery, from the nature of the raw product, to the building and outfitting of the production and storage facilities. Chapters include: Outline of the Process of Brewing; Barley, Malting and Malt; Water for Brewing; Hops and Sugars; The Brewing Room; Chemistry as Applied to Brewing; The Laboratory; Mashing, Sparging, and Boiling; Ferments in General; Fermentation with Commercial Yeast --Its Science and… Read More

Chicago, IL: Reilly & Lee Co, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Very Good (supplied dustjacket). John R. Neill. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 246. Illustrated with black and white ink drawings. Spine illustration of Mandy's face. Sixteen page gatherings. (Bienvenue 119; Hanff 102). Supplied dustjacket (c. 1941) . Blue cloth boards with full color pastedown illustration of Handy Mandy and hands to front. Black title and Mandy's face to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Very light scuffing to pictorial cover, with chip to top right corner. Bottom front corner just showing. Sunning to spine. Touch of spine lean. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Unmarked interior. Protected in mylar. Supplied dustjacket from later printing: dustjacket rear flap lists to #34 (Scalawagons in Oz, 1941). Chips to dustjacket's corners and bottom of spine. Age-toning to dustjacket.

New York: The Viking Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Plus. Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.2 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings by the author. Pictorial paper boards to front and back over blue cloth spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Corners lightly nudged. Small ink deaccension stamp from university library to front pastedown; otherwise, interior unmarked and bright. Rubbing to edges of dustjacke. Chips to top edge; one inch chip to bottom of spine. Light sunning to dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. "An enchanting picture story book about a small boy who goes from Innsbruch up to the high mountains of the Tyrol for his Christmas holidays, and of his adventures there with his uncle and aunt and small cousin and the dachshund who went for a ski ride."

Dublin, Ireland: Hardy and Sons, 1860. Flexible hardcover. Very Good. 12mo., 6.5 in. x 4.2 in., pp. iv, 65-183, [14] (advertising). Illustrated with engraved frontis, fourteen additional engravings, and one fold-out color map. Green "field" cloth (tightly woven and thus suitable to outdoor use), textured with elaborate frame in blind to front and back, with gilt harp design and title to front. A couple scuffs and stains to boards. Endpaper advertising. Light spotting to preliminary pages. Unmarked interior. Vertical creases to map.

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. Stated First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6 in., pp. 341. Blue paper boards with blindstamped diamond design over green cloth-covered spine. Silver title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Red endpapers. Unmarked interior. Spine and hinges are tight. Very light edgewear to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. True First American Edition/First Printing. "Year 2" does not appear on either the jacket or cloth spine; "$17.95" on the jacket flap. "First American edition, June 1999" stated on copyright page. Complete number lines: "10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4 / Printed in the U.S.A. 37". On page 332, "ancestor" rather than "descendent" as last word appearing on page. Raised name on dustjacket. "51795" to right side of dustjacket barcode.

London, England: John Long, Limited, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. 12mo, pp. 7.4 in. x 5 in., pp. 232. Dedication page indicates book has been created in accordance with the "War Economy Standard." Blue-green cloth board with black title to spine. Sunning to boards and spine, and spine lean. Rubbing to extremities; three corners nudged. Spine lean. Spotting to edges. Light foxing throughout. Unmarked interior. No dustjacket. "A thrilling spy story of a Nazi conspiracy." Dorothy Grace Waring (1891 - 1977) was an English fascist campaigner in Northern Ireland and England and under the pseudonym D. Gainsborough Waring, the author of 12 novels from 1936 onwards. During the Irish War of Independence, her father was an Ulster Special Constabulary (USC or "B-Specials") commander, and they lived at Lisnacree House near Kilkeel, County Down, which doubled as a USC post. In September 1920, Lisnacree House was raided by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), looking for guns, and they were held… Read More

Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Quarto. Off white and mustard yellow boards 9 1/2 inches x 7 3/4 inches. Top edge a little shelf-dusty,and some darkening (sunning?) to top edge of boards, but all in all, very tight and clean. 543 pp., including index. "...The book is organized like an encyclopedia, with about 200 entries in alphabetical order. They include biographies of musicians from every period of Hawaiian musical history -- from Henry Berger, David Kalakaua, Queen Lili'uokalani, and others of their time, to the great names of the first half of the twentieth century, and on to the performers and composers of today's Hawaiian renaissance..." "There are major articles on chant, slack key, steel guitar, ukelele, himeni, Hawaiian orchestras, falsetto, humor in Hawaiian music, radio, television, and the recording industry...Much of the material is new or original...Some myths are dispelled, long-standing controversies discussed, if not… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good Plus Dustjacket. Small Quarto. Brick red cloth over boards. Publisher's (Paste-on) label to front board and spine. Robin's Egg Blue endpapers Dustjacket shows miled fading, edgewear, a 1/2 in.closed tear and one quarter-sized chip to dustjacket. Dr. Hay's theories of food mixing and compatibility, and many recipes.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Minus Dustjacket. Octavo, 7 1/2" x 5 1/4." pp. 334. Bright red publishers cloth, titled in gilt. Blind-tooling to front cover. Some minor shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, letters in gilt. Original hunter green dust jacket with white checkered border, white script and red lettering. Some wear to its edges, with small closed tears on top of spine. Creases rubbed, but intact. Gift inscription to front free end paper "To John from Inez Christmas 1915." Internal Pages very clean. "Whether he told tales of Manhattan or of Texas, O. Henry was above all a storyteller. The present volume contains his droll stories of life in Texas and the Western States, in which he has caught the very spirit of the West." (Front cover).

New York: Random House, 1967. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Joseph del Gaudio (Jacket Design). Octavo, 8.6 in. x 57 in., pp. 278, [1]. Stated first printing. Black cloth boards with stamped silver motorcycle design to front and red and silver title to spine. Publisher's black topstain. Dustjacket price: $4.95. Very light wear along edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Beautiful copy of one of the archetypal cornerstones of the 1960s and the often bizarre and iconoclastic gifts this era bestowed upon the general consciousness of that (now this) generation. How much we then gained. How much we've since lost!

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1899. Hardcover. GOOD PLUS. Gilt lettering to spine and front of cranberry-red, cloth-covered boards. Front hinges started. Moderate wear to extremities. Worn corners nudged and/or bumped. Mild scuffing. There is a 1" scratch to front cover and a very thin crease the full width of rear cover about .75" down from top edge. Light acid transfer to endpapers, text lightly age-tanned. Sixteen portraits of influencial men including frontispiece portrait of George Dewey with tissue guard. 439 pp. Unmarked and tightly bound. "He that sips of many arts drinks of none" is written in gilt and framed in same to front board. "In this volume the author has endeavored to give practical assistance to young men in selecting the mark and fixing their gaze upon it. He must have assistance in selecting the high mark which is to be the object of his constancy to purpose, " (introduction).

New York: Books, Inc, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. [37], 10-867, [24] (index). Orange-red boards with frame stamped in blind and gilt title in frame in to front. Black title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Bookseller's price in ink to top of front free endpaper. A few creases to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Dustjacket bright; hinges and spine tight.