Search Results: Authors starting with H from Dividing Line Books

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo. 127pp. First British edition. Patterned paper boards with cloth backstrip and paper spine label. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Light shelfwear at spine ends and tips, with a small portion of board exposed at the bottom front tip. Spine label shows light rubbing/darkening, but remains bright and legible. Textblock lightly toned, especially to edges. Some dust soiling to top of textblock. Offsetting to endpapers. A few leaves roughly opened; many of thee leaves remain yet unopened. A pleasantly well preserved copy.

Santa Fe: Synergetic Press, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A profusely illustrated book about the Swiss chemist responsible for accidentally discovering LSD. Half a biography of Hofmann, half a social history of LSD (and other psychedelics) and its impact as one of the watershed discoveries of the 20th century.Translated by William Geuss and Linda Sperling.With a foreword by pioneering LSD researcher Stanislav Grof. Quarto (8.25 x 10.5 in.);xxiii,383pp.,with bibliography and index of names; pictorial papered boards, in dust jacket. Near fine, with light bumping to spine ends and board corners. In a near fine jacket, lightly crumpled at extremities. Out of print in hardcover; paperback still available from publisher.

NY: Pelham Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. NY: Pelham Press, 1985. 4to. Perfect-bound in red illustrated wraps. [144]pp.; illus. Very good, with surface scratches along fore-edge of front cover. Cover drawing by Mark Kostabi. A heavily illustrated guide to the mid-80s avant-art scene in New York's East Village. With five essays elucidating various aspects of the scene, a section of headshots of notable figures, and (the bulk of the book) full-page profiles of the neighborhood's many art galleries, including lists of their represented artists and a map at rear of their locations. Panned by the Village Voice on its release as a "high school yearbook with pictures of the cool kids," Hagenberg's guide now offers a revealing window into a vibrant cultural moment in the city's history. A second guide followed in 1986-apparently the only two produced. Scarce; OCLC locates only six holdings, including at SFMOMA and The Tate, though we also find holdings at MOMA… Read More

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Association copy of the third of five volumes in the "Western Esoteric Tradition" subdivision of Hall's ambitious Adepts series, inscribed by him to printmaker, bookbinder, and astrologer Paul Grell (1906-1997).Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1949. First edition (stated first printing). 102pp. 8vo. Signature-bound in matte peach wraps printed in taupe on front cover and spine. Very good or better, with light wear to corners and hinges, dust-dulling to spine and top of front cover, light toning to textblock edges. Signed and inscribed by Hall on the half-title: "Very best wishes to Paul Grell from Manly P. Hall."

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Inscribed association copy of the first of five volumes in the "Western Esoteric Tradition" subdivision of Hall's ambitious Adepts series, inscribed by him to printmaker, bookbinder, and astrologer Paul Grell (1906-1997). Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1949. First edition (stated first printing). 101pp. 8vo. Signature-bound in matte peach wraps printed in green on front cover and spine. Very good or better, with light wear to corners and hinges, dust-dulling to spine, light toning to textblock edges. Signed and inscribed by Hall on the half-title: "To Paul Grell with deepest regards Manly P. Hall."

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1953. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Association copy of the second of five volumes in the "Eastern Esoteric Tradition" subdivision of the ambitious Adepts series by Canadian occultist and Philosophical Research Society- founder Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990). Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1953. First edition (stated first printing). 112pp. 8vo. Signature-bound in matte amber wraps printed in red orange front cover and spine. Very good or better, with light wear to corners and hinges, dust-dulling to spine, toning to textblock edges. Signed and inscribed by Hall on the half-title: "To Paul [Grell] with warm regards & appreciation Manly." Hall's inscribee, Paul Grell (1906-1997), was an American printmaker, bookbinder, and astrologer, who served as executive secretary of the American Federation of Astrologers from 1959 to 1970.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. First edition (stated first printing). 8vo. Black boards backed with tan cloth; black spine titles; red topstain; dust jacket. Light bumping to base of spine, else fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. A particularly sharp copy of this deft translation of Hamsun's masterpiece, with dust jacket design by Milton Glaser. Translated by Robert Bly, with an introduction by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Translated by Michael Roloff. Octavo; 148pp.; yellow cloth, in dust jacket. Very good: light shelfwear/soiling to board edges, remainder mark to base of textblock/boards. The fore-edge of one leaf has a short creased tear where it appears it was incorrectly cut during manufacturing. In a very good minus, unclipped jacket with a 1/2" tear and related creasing at top of front panel, moderate general toning and scuffing. The second book of Handke's work in English translation, a collection of three experimental plays: "Offending the Audience," "Self-Accusation," and "Kaspar.

NY: Paperback Library, 1968. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition. Mass market paperback; 159pp. Light rubbing and one spot of soiling to textblock fore-edge, else near fine with sharp corners and an uncreased spine. "A sizzling inside novel of the death of the hippies.

NY: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo, 84pp. First edition. A "Torchbook Library Edition" sturdily bound in handsome grey cloth. Near fine book shows a touch of shelfwear, and black remainder mark on the bottom of textblock. Unclipped jacket in very good condition, with a 1" closed tear along the top of the front fore-edge, a price sticker on the front panel, and a short closed puncture tear near the spine. Presents handsomely in a new archival dust jacket protector.

NY: Random House, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 8vo. 151pp. Full maroon cloth with silver titles. Gift inscription on front pastedown, short tear at head of front interior gutter, light bumping to spine ends. In a price-clipped jacket with a couple of short closed tears, light fading to spine, and a short diagonal crease to front flap. A very good copy in like jacket of this late Hardwick masterpiece.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 61pp. First thus. A facsimile reproduction of Hardy's private 942 pamphlet defending Russell's wartime pacifism. VG/VG. Bound in maroon papered boards with gilt spine titles. Light bump to front boards, foxing to top of text block, with a few spots on the front end papers as well. Unclipped "$2.95" jacket shows rubbing, light edge wear, and moderate soiling/foxing to the rear panel and the tops and bottoms of the panels.

NY: Soho Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 325pp. First printing, full number line. Title page signed and inscribed "Blessings" by Harper. Blue papered boards with dark blue cloth backing and gilt spine titles. A fine, collector's grade copy in a fine, unclipped jacket.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A history of slavery and the abolitionist movement in the home-state of Abraham Lincoln. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904. Octavo, 7-7/8 x 5-3/8 in. Green publisher's cloth stamped in gilt on spine. X, 276pp., with index. Frontispiece. Moderate shelfwear, some fraying to cloth at bottom tips and head of spine. Dust soiling to textblock top. Gift inscription on ffep partially struck through in black ink. Two leaves partially loose at front. Good to very good.

Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Research Collective [BARC], 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Research Collective [BARC], 1976. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in illustrated yellow card wraps. 38pp.; illus. Strip of dust soiling to fore-edge of front cover and textblock; a touch of foxing to spine and first page; soft diagonal crease to rear cover. Very good. An oral history of the Symbionese Liberation Army, intended to correct "distorted and misrepresented" accounts in the mainstream media; as told by four of the founding members of the left-wing guerilla organization, all of whom were incarcerated at the time of publication. With detailed discussions of the SLA's Marcus Foster murder, bank robberies, Patty Hearst kidnapping, etc. OCLC locates 15 institutional holdings.

Tokyo: Aaaka Art Publishing, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon Japanese edition of this photobook documenting drag queens in Osaka's gay nightlife scene from the 1990s to present. Essay by Eric C. Shiner. All text in Japanese. Tokyo: Aaaka Art Publishing, 2010. [108]pp.; color illus. 8vo. Signature-bound in glossy photo- illustrated wraps; belly band. Very near fine, with light edge wear and bookseller stamp on first page. Belly band folded flat and laid in, with creasing, wear, and short closed tears.

Orono, ME: The National Poetry Foundation / University of Maine at Orono, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Uncommon hardcover issue of this hefty collection of essays exploring Oppen's milieu, method, and oeuvre, along with a bibliography of commentary on Oppen's work. Edited with an introduction by Burton Hatlen. Contributors include Harvey Shapiro, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Marjorie Perloff, and Theodore Enslin. First edition. Octavo (6.25 x 9.25 in.); 514pp., indexed; green cloth boards. Short closed tear to cloth at head of spine. Else fine in a very good (+) unclipped jacket with several short closed tears at spine ends.

Grafton, VT: Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 12mo. 37pp. Perfect-bound softcover in glossy black and white wraps. First edition, hand numbered 74 out of 150 total copies. Fine condition. Poetry.

Toronto/East Haven, CT: The Coach House Press/LongRiver Books, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Toronto/East Haven, CT: The Coach House Press/LongRiver Books, 1982. 172pp. 8vo. Perfect-bound in printed glossy wraps. Some fading along spine edge of front cover, toning to rear, moderate creasing and edge wear; good. This copy from the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022); inscribed to him on front leaf: "For Kenward - It's a delight m'dear to have you here - love - Bobbie Nov 10, 1983.

Boulder, CO: Bijou Books, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Boulder, CO: Bijou Books, 1995. First edition. 100pp. Perfect- bound in pink printed wraps, 4-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Near fine, with light toning to spine, one dog-eared page corner. This copy from the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022); inscribed to him on front endpaper: "For Kenward, with love - Bobbie 1-30-97 Boulder." One hundred poems selected by Lucia Berlin, with a blurb from her on rear cover.