Search Results: Authors starting with H from Glenn Books

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. Edited and translated by George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby. Full-page photographic illustrations, several in color. Folding map of carpet-making regions. 76pp.. The Third Edition.. Gray Cloth. Nearly Fine./Minor Chipping.. Square Octavo.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Previous owner's book-plate front pastedown, named inked out. Jacket not clipped, but price removed from front blurb. Small brown stain top free edge of first 4 pages only. A clean copy with full-page color illustrations, black and white text drawings. 148pp.. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped. Octavo.

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. Previous owner's western motif book-plate front pastedown. Top edge gilt. Seven full-page plates with tissue-guards and a folding map, all in fine condition. 361pp. Chapters on establishment and early development of postal service, the Ocean Mail, Butterfield Overland Mail, the Pony Express, Indian peril, days of the stage-coach, and more. See Howes H-11 and Rittenhouse 267. . First Edition. Green Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Company., 1904. Evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown. Owner's ink signature behind front free endpaper, note at rear. See Scott 41. 361pp. + 2-page catalogue.. First English Edition.. Dark Blue Cloth. Moderate Edge Wear and Soiling/No Jacket.

Kansas City: Frank Glenn Publishing Co., 1946. In pictorial dust wrapper. With an introduction by Thomas Hart Benton. A fascinating expose about the American art world and the power of experts. A look into the intriguing world of "big time" art. Mr. Hahn examines the authenticity of "La Belle Ferronnierre" or "The Lady In The Red Dress" painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Was it real or a fake? He also looks at Sir Joseph Duveen and his art firm and the immense power they held in the art community. 274pp. We have multiple copies of this title, published by our bookshop in 1946! . First Edition. Black Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Nearly Fine./Nearly Fine.. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges are gilt. Covers and spine are decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about author and book are laid-in. First published in 1972. 688pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Gray-blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. All edged gilt. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. Introduction by James Gunn. Color frontispiece and text illustrations by Bryn Barnard. Nominated for the Locus Award. 300pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Full Crimson Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A copy of Gollector's Notes laid-in. Introdustion by George Zebrowski and color frontispiece illustration by Adrian Chesterman. First published in 1997, this novel won the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.326pp.. Collector's Edition. Full dark Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co 1854., 1854. Spine faded to tyan. Chipping at head and tail of spine. 1"x2" paper loss at top of front free endpaper. Foldout map intact. A very nice copy. According to Dary, this was the first book written about Kansas. The author lived in Worcester, Massachusettsa and wrote the book to encourage the emigration to the Kansas Territory of northerners who were opposed to slavery. See Kanzana 1, Graff 1709, Sabin 29624, Eberstadt 230, Wagner-Camp 239a. 256pp. + adverts.. First Edition. Purple Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Canyon, Texas: Panhandle Plains Historical Society., 1949. Printed by Carl Herzog, El Paso, Texas. Illustrated by H.D. Bugbee. One of Dykes' "High Points of Western Illustrating (Dykes 76). The book and dust jacket are as crisp and clean as you will ever find, essentially as new. 35pp. See also Herd 962.. First Edition.. Brick Cloth. Fine./Fine. Quarto.

New York: John B. Alden, 1888. Four volumes uniformly bound. Front cover lettered and decorated in black. Spine lettered in gilt. Volume 1- France; Volume 2- Italy, Spain, Germany, and Greece; Volume 3- England; and Volume 4- Ecclesiastical and Society. Frontispieces and text illustrations. Total of 1122pp. A bit of browning to some pages but quite a clean and crisp set. . First Edition. Brown Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear Onl/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Dallas, Texas: University Press in Dallas, 1949. One of 1065 copies designed and produced by Carl Herzog. Illustrations and decorations by Jose Cisneros. Two-page map. Title-page in black and red with with illuminated first letters of chapters in red. The author tells of the mystery surrounding the Seven Cities of Cibola, the search for the cities by Marcos. He may or may not have actually found them- and was dubbed "The Lying Monk". Today historians remain uncertain and unclear about the Marcos narrative. 115pp.. First Edition. Brick Cloth. Nearly Fine./Chipped Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

Cincinnati: Sportsmen's Review Pub. Co., 1913. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece. 23 illustrations through the text including 10 full-page portraits. A lifetime of fishing adventures told in 26 chapters. A very clean and crisp copy. 135pp. Charles Hallock (1834-1917) was an American author and publisher, and avid sportsman. He founded "Forest and Stream" in 1873, which later merged with its major competitor, "Field and Stream". He originated the code of uniform game laws, and, with others, started the first great U.S. game preserve in Pennsylvania. . First Edition. Purple Cloth. Minor Cover Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1864. Spine ends frayed. Corners worn. Old water stain rear cover. Front free endpaper and frontispiece are missing, title-page illustration glued to front pastedown. Old tissue-guard remains. A clean copy internally, few random areas of minor foxing. IIllustrated by Mullin with comic illustrations, some full-page and headpieces. Miles O'Reilly was the nom de plume of Charles G. Halpine (1829-1868), an Irish journalist and author who immigrated to the US. He enlisted in the 69th New York Infantry at the onset of the Civil War. He wrote satirical articles on the Civil War under his pseudonym. 237pp. + adverts.. First Edition. Green Embossed Cloth. Moderate Cover and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Creation stories from around the world. Illustrated bu BARRY MOSER. A crisp and clean copy. 161pp.. First Edition. 1/4 Re Cloth Over Boards. Fine/Fine. Royal Octavo.

New York: Arcade Publishing ., 1990. A fine biography of the famed illustrator, with appendices, including books illustrated by Rackham. Packed with illustrations, both in color and black and white. Bibliography and index. A necessary part of a Rackham collector's library. 199pp.. First Edition.. Purple Cloth. Nearly Fine./Nearly Fine.. Quarto.

London: John Murray., 1968. Illustrated with contemporary photographs of London. A nice addition to a Sherlockian library. A crisp, clean copy. 105pp.. First Edition. Nearly Fine./Nearly Fine..

New York: Jonathan Press, 1940. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Publisher, LawrenceE. Spivak.This Hammett character is a private investigator, employed as an operative for the San Francisco office of the Continental Detective Agency. He never gives out his name, is known only by his job description. He made his debut in the October 1923 issue of "Black Mask". 128pp.. Reprint Edition. Green Wrappers. Light Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Square Octavo.

London and Worcester: Chapman and Hall, Hancock , 1890. Undated but circa 1890. Gilt front cover and spine. Two mounted color plates as well as other color and black and white illustrations. Tissue-guard for frontifpiece torn and repaired with archival tape. Chapter heads and tail pieces in black and white. Illustrations of tools, brushes. Extensive appendix. 198pp. + adverts.. Green Cloth. Minor Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Hand Bookbinders, 1989. Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson-Burnham Library, March 13-April 28, 1989 and the Northwestern University Library June 1-July 31, 1989. 26 books are listed, described, and photographed. The photo reside in two flaps inside rear cover. . First Edition. Brown Wrappers. Fine. Thin Octavo.