Search Results: Authors starting with H from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1994. First edition thus, First printing per number line. Hardcover. Fine. Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1994. First edition thus, First printing per number line. Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents DREAMS OF CHILDHOOD. This RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM was published only once. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" (oversize, extra postage), unpaginated, no dust jacket (as designed?). Contains 32 beautiful prints by such artists as Jessie Willcox Smith and Ida Waugh, perforated for easy removal, as well as comprehensive information about matting, framing and displaying these whimsical color prints of children and childhood. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. The prints are untouched, never removed, and have no markings. The book is FINE with no DJ as designed. Pages = As New, tight, clear, no fading, sharp, no marks. Cover (red & white quarter cloth/glossy boards, with miniature images of 5 of the prints on the front, particulars in red and… Read More

n/a: L M Palmer, 1896 FIRST AND ONLY EDITION THUS. GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the two-in-one book, FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY by JULIA MCNAIR WRIGHT together with BILLS OF FARE FOR ALL SEASONS by MARION HARLAND. VERY RARE. Only three things are certain: 1) This is a joining of 2 separate books, one my Ms Wright, and one by Ms Harland; 2) it was copyrighted in 1896; 3) this is the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Check out the table etiquette hints on p 215 such as "Don't use your fork as if it were a pitchfork." Marian Harland, aka Mary Virginia Terhune, was a spunky woman who recovered from tuberculosis, learned to type after breaking her wrist, and dictated her writing to a secretary after becoming blind in her in old age She authored over 25 books on such diverse subjects as "botany" and "the mission work of the Russians in Alaska." Marion Harland's novels were written over the course of more than sixty-five years, including the turbulent period before, during, and… Read More

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION STATED of Mark Helprin's very first novel, REFINER'S FIRE. "A wonderful writer. He moves from character to character and from culture to culture, as if he's been born and raised everywhere." (John Gardner) Over the past 3 1/2 decades, HELPRIN has been awarded the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix de Rome from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. A fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a former Guggenheim Fellow, Helprin is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. This attractive FIRST EDITION measures 6 3/8" x 9 1/2", contains 373 action packed pages, and includes the ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.Overall book condition is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges are tinted red) = Fine: light bumps to outer edges, else As New. Cover (black quarter cloth binding over medium blue boards,… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Slipcased. FINE/VERY GOOD. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TREASURY OF GRAND OPERA (edited by HENRY W SIMON), in its Very Good ORIGINAL DECORATED SLIPCASE. A short history and story of each opera accompanies the piano vocal score of selected famous arias from DON GIOVANNI, LOHENGRIN, LA TRAVIATA, FAUST, AIDA, CARMEN and PAGLIACCI. Piano arrangements are by Albert Sirmay, translations by George Mead, while the music supervisor is William Steinberg. Editor Henry W. Simon was a prominent New York music critic for many years. Illustrator RAFAELO BUSONI(the son of famous composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni) fled WWII persecution by emigrating to New York, subsequently illustrating dozens of books and musical scores. 9" x 11 7/8", 403 page softcover (oversized, may require additional postage). Overall book is FINE, with a VERY GOOD ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Pages =… Read More

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1910. First American edition thus, first printing thus. Good. M L Kirk. New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1910 First American edition thus, first printing thus Good M L Kirk HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents 1910 Winston Stokes edition of Longfellow's THE STORY OF HIAWATHA, arguably the first American edition of HIAWATHA to use the celebrated illustrations of Maria Kirk, who had illustrated a 1904 edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and who later illustrated a PINOCCHIO There are 12 full page color illustrations, including those on the cover and the ffep 7 1/8" x 9 1/2', 313 pages, no DJ Overall book in GOOD condition FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Pages = Good + : ffep illustration and pp 107/108 separated from binding and laid in, first ffep has owner's name in pencil, light tanning to all, else tight, clear, sharp, full color to illustrations Cover (black cloth boards with full page color Kirk illustration and… Read More

Philadelphia: Camino Books, 1991. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER LINE. AS NEW. Alan B Silverman et al. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents GOING UNDERGROUND by SHARON HERNES SILVERMAN,a book which proves that "New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia are as beautiful below ground as above." As of this writing, this is the only NEW copy of GOING UNDERGROUND from the FIRST PRINTING run of the book (all others are based on the 1994 printing), making this copy QUITE RARE. The entire soft bound book is AS NEW, 5 3/8" x 8 1/4", 119 pages, including detailed definitions of terms and dozens of black and white photos of the underground wonders. Cover is salmon glossy stiff paper, with a photo of major stalactites and particulars in red and green.

Guilford, CT: TwoDot/Globe Pequot Press, 2003. FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING STATED. AS NEW HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents MORE THAN PETTICOATS: REMARKABLE VIRGINIA WOMEN in a SIGNED AND DEDICATED, AS NEW, FIRST PRINTING! Here we find short vibrant biographies of Pocahontas, Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Edith Bolling Wilson, Lucy Randolph Mason, and many more outstanding Virginia women. 6" x 9", 163 page paperback, including bibliography and index. Overall book is AS NEW, with a glossy cover featuring a turn-of-the-century sepia photo of seven women of one family on a Virginia porch, lace border design, particulars in red, green, and black. Noted appraiser James Beattie has assigned a value of $100 to this book.

New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, September, 1905. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS ("Published September, 1905"). Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS. H. M. Pettit. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE by MARIETTA HOLLEY, an American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Fictionally, the author often put herself out as "Josiah Allen's wife," and wrote several works in that guise, including a 1910 play called "Josiah's Secret." Holley's writing was frequently compared to that of Mark Twain! Illustrator H. M. Pettit was well known in the late Nineteenth Century for his magazine illustrations in Leslie's Weekly and Munsey's Magazine. 5 7'8" x 8 1/2", 471 pages, 12 full page b & w illustrations and 9 pages of fascinating ads for other Dillingham books. No dust jacket. Overall book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = Very Good Plus: few creased corners, non-author inscription penned on first fep, both sides of… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First Pola Negri edition, first printing thus, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Paramount Pictures (photogravures). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First Pola Negri edition, first printing thus, 1923. Very Good. Paramount Pictures (photogravures). HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE CHEAT--a RARE FIND, connecting the original novel to the second of three movies. 1915 = first film version, directed by Cecil B Demille; 1923 = second version starring Pola Negri and Jack Holt (from which photogravures were obtained for this book); 1931 = third version, directed by George Abbott, and starring Tallulah Bankhead. 310 pages, 5 x 7 1/2". Red cloth boards with black particulars. 6 page advertisement of Grosset & Dunlap books at back, including novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Booth Tarkington! No DJ. FIRST POLA NEGRI EDITION. VERY GOOD MINUS. 1923 inscription to owner on first ffep + former price, pages moderately tanned w/ occasional… Read More

Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1899. Ten Cent Classic Edition. Paperback. Good +. Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1899. Ten Cent Classic Edition. Good +. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE EDITION of HOMER'S THE ILIAD as translated by ALEXANDER POPE. This mini paperback (4 1/2" x 6 1/4", 170 pages) of the abridged THE ILIAD is actually the August, 1899 circulated edition of the TEN CENT CLASSICS (Vol. II, No. 35) and includes an 8 page preface by MARGARET A EATON. Overall paperback is Good Plus. Pages = Good + : tanning to all, marks on about 8 widely separated pages, edges discolored, else tight, clear, quite sharp corners. Cover (green paper with design and particulars in black) = Good +: chips from top, side and bottom, 2 pieces of scotch tape hold spine in place, else complete and fully readable. NOTED appraiser James Beattie has valued this copy at $50.