Search Results: Authors starting with H from Cleveland Book Company

Erie, PA: H. L. Harvey & O. Spafford, 1836. First Edition. Sewn binding. Fair. 32mo (7cm x 11cm), 18pp., illustrated. In fair condition only in the publisher's printed wrappers, with hand-stitched string binding, possibly a later repair. Bottom half of the rear wrapper perished, and significant marginal loss to two leaves, though no contents are affected. Some tearing. Generally rubbed and soiled, but legible. Despite its rather sorry state, a vanishingly scarce western Pennsylvania imprint, published when Erie had a populaton of about 2,500. The verso of the title page contains four sets of the alphabet, in four different typefaces, along with a series of numbers (1-23), ostensibly to help children learn their letters and numbers. The woodcut vignettes of animals are quaint; examples include the kangaroo, raccoon, nyl-ghau, and fox. OCLC records just one separately listed holding, at the Free Library of Philadelphia (that copy dated 1838). Missed by the Checklist of American Imprints. We found just… Read More

New York: Scribner Poetry, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. 5.875 x 8.75 in. 287 pp. Fine in fine pictorial dust jacket.

Doylestaun [Doylestown, PA]: J. Jung, 1839. Hardcover. Fair-good. 16mo, 128pp. Ex-library with the usual markings. In fair to good condition in contemporary marbled boards with muslin cloth spine. Covers rubbed, and partly pulling from the spine. Quite scarce 1830s Doylestown, PA imprint. OCLC records perhaps a dozen holdings, heavily concentrated in Amish country in southeastern Pennsylvania. American Imprints 56078.

(no place given): MediaMix Productions, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Octavo, 183pp., illustrated. Whole book with a very dull curl, still about fine in the publisher's printed wraps. This copy SIGNED by the author on the title page, with a small notation in the "hobo code

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Very good +. Quarto, 210pp. A very good or better copy, crisp and clean, in the publisher's stapled binding in perfectbound wraps. Mild fading to extremities and a few forgiveable creases, as well as two pencilled owner's names on the front wrap. Extremely scarce advance copy of this first English language edition of Dr. Michihiko Hachiya's diary from August 6, 1945 through September 30, 1945. Hachiya was a doctor at the Hiroshima Communications Hospital, and he was on duty during the atomic bomb blast on August 6th. He and his wife were badly burned during the detotation, but then returned to the hospital to care for patients. This diary was first published in Japan in a small medical journal soon after the war, where it came to the attention of Wells, who translated it and prepared it for publication at UNC. We are unsure whether there are any notable textual differences between the advance issue and the published… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 314pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and uncommon thus.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good -. Octavo, 334pp., illustrated. A fine, crisp copy in a rubbed dust jacket, about very good with shallow creases and scuffs at the extremities. Despite noted wear, a comparatively clean and bright copy of this uncommon title.

Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait, by James Ballantyne and Co, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 173pp., illustrated. A good copy only in contemporary plain boards with an inartful, if satisfactory reback in brown calf with endpapers strengthened with cloth tape. Attractive spooky bookplate of Waldo Dean Rich to the front paste-down. General age-toning internally, but no notable foxing, retaining half-title, with some discoloration to the endpapers. Rear free endpaper seemingly lost. This narrative is especially valued for its contribution to lexicography, written with many Scottish slang words. Per his entry in the DNB, "Twelve days before the trial he was visited in prison by George Combe [q. v.], the phrenologist, and between the trial and his execution he partly wrote, partly dictated, an autobiography, which was published by his agent, with Combe's phrenological notes as an appendix, and Haggart's own comments. It is a curious picture of criminal life, the best, and seemingly… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small octavo, 169pp. A fine, crisp copy in like price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper. Old price sticker on that same leaf, else an unblemished copy.

New York: Clarion Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 182pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket.

London: John Russell Smith, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 178pp. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, in original brown cloth. Very good, with some wear at the extremities. Overall a tight, sound copy.

London: Remington, 1884. Eleventh edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 407pp., illustrated with portrait and two foldout maps. Overall just a good copy in the publisher's decorative cloth. Spine a bit cocked, spine ends rather worn, and the front free endpaper has been excised, due to a previous owner's unscrupulous gluing of that leaf to the next leaf, which has a contemporary gift inscription. The gift inscription leaf has old, dried paste as a result. While this is a rather ugly defect, the rest of the volume is clean and bright internally, with both maps appearing unopened. A regrettable, but still serviceable copy.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 587pp. A crisp, clean, very good copy, with some isolated foxing to the top edge, some ink notations on the rear free endpaper (only), otherwise a nice example. In a very good dust jacket, with some shallow chips at the spine ends. SIGNED by Haley on the front free endpaper.

New York: Ballantine Bookd, 1992. Second printing (thus). Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 500pp. Second printing of this hardcover edition, which was published in the same year as the film adaptation directed by Spike Lee. About fine in like dust jacket. Spike Lee has SIGNED and INSCRIBED this copy on the half-title page: "To Verna. Stay Black. Stay Strong. Spike Lee." Most uncommon signed by the director, whose adaptation starring Denzel Washington as Malcolm X was and remains highly praised by critics and audiences alike. A unique example; we found no other copies of any edition of this book signed by Lee.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 688pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket. Later printing, in smaller format than the first edition, but still a trade edition, with a printed price on the dust jacket. SIGNED and lengthily INSCRIBED by Haley on the front free endpaper: "November 15, 1989 For Dr. Jim and Patricia Costanza - Brotherly Love from Kunta Kinte's family! Alex Haley.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Very good +. Octavo, 569pp. Very good or better in the publisher's grey printed wraps. Spine mildly cupped and age-toned, with a few tiny creases to the wraps. Contents clean and unmarked. Stamp of Crane's Duplicating Service in Barnstable, Mass. to the interior rear wrapper. Extremely uncommon uncorrected proof copy of one of the most celebrated and influential novels of the 20th century, which spent nearly a year at number 1 on the New York Times Best-Seller List, won the Pulitzer Prize, and was adapted into a very popular miniseries the next year. Some differences we note between the proof and the first trade printing are the blank "Acknowledgements" page, a full sentence later removed from the Dedication (in the proof, it reads: "Just by chance [Roots] is being published in the Bicentennial Year of the United States." Spot-checking did not reveal any obvious differences in the narrative text between the two formats. However, the proof… Read More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Large octavo, 595pp., illustrated, plus folding map. A nice, clean copy, very good or better, in the publisher's 3/4 black morocco and marbled boards. Raised bands, spine gilt, and marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved title page. Front board a tinge warped, else really a nice copy with contemporary bookplate on the front free endpaper. A hint of edgewear, but really a handsome copy in the attractive publisher's binding.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Near fine. Octavo, 360pp. A near fine copy in printed wraps. Pages a bit stiff, but overall a crisp, clean copy. Labeled both as an advance reading copy and an uncorrected galley proof. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Hall "For Bryan" and dated in the year of publication on the title page.

Harrisburg, PA: Meyers Printing House, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 269pp. A very good copy in the publisher's maroon cloth. Discolored and slightly worn along the extremities, but internally crisp, bright, and clean. Scarce 19th century Pennsylvania memoir.

New York: Orange Judd, 1889. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo, 235pp., illustrated. A few internal signatures sprung, thus a rather shaken, but sound and complete copy. Contents clean; overall better than good. Uncommon and profusely illustrated guide to planning and constructing farm buildings. Includes full-page engravings of completed buildings, as well as many dozens of inset illustrations of cutaways, and vignettes of farm scenes.