Search Results: Authors starting with H from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

New York: The Federal Book Company, 1881. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 193, 188 pages. Hardback bound in red cloth and with cover designs in black. Moderate wear to the binding. The inner hinges are secure, and the text is generally clean. Color frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text. Two titles in one book. This could be an early 20th century reprint, but the latest date on the copyright page is 1881.

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 322 pages. First edition Hardcover in tan dust jacket. DJ is lightly rubbed, with some light soiling on spine. Text is clean.

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 148 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a whitel dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. The book has some foxing on the top and fore edges of the text block but otherwise is sound and clean.

North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 288 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a burgundy and tan pictorial dust jacket. Light to moderate wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with historical artwork and photographs. Book is clean and sound.

North Carolina: The Author, 1958. Soft cover. Fair. 4to. 7 pages. Soft cover bound in blue stapled wrappers. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. The text looks like it was mimeographed. The first page of text and inside front cover have some browning from off-setting from a clipping no longer with the item. This small work focuses on the Jacob Weaver & John Weaver line, which founded Weaverville in North Carolina in the late 1700s.

Cambridge: Parker Library Publications, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 160 pages. Soft cover bound in burgundy wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Nocosia, Cyprus: N.p., 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. 55 pages. Soft cover bound in tan wrappers. Light wear to the binding. Prior owner's ink inscription and blind stamp on the half title, affecting a map on the verso. A sound copy with clean text. Folding map at the rear. Illustrated with several black and white photos.

N.p.: UNESCO / Printco Ltd.. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. 19 pages. Soft cover bound in brown stapled wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's name, 1993 date, and blind embossed stamp are on the title page. Text is sound and clean. Illustrated with color photos.

New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1945. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 82 pages. Blue hardcover with a clear mylar cover. Moderate wear to the binding. The lower corner of the binding are bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean.

New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longman's Green, and Co., 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 299 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt and lettering in black. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding with some pale spotting. Early owner's inscription on the front paste down reads, "Fred Nash, Jr. / June 1913." A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text has sporadic foxing. Illustrated throughout with photos.

Bloomington: Corn Belt Printing and Stationary Co., 1899. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Octavo. [136] pages. Hardcover bound in original black cloth. The binding is heavily worn, and the front inner hinge is completely open, showing the sewing of the spine beneath. The front cover and part of the rear cover is heavily abraded or showing the surface effects of pests. The text block is shaken, and the spine sewing is loosening so that the gatherings are not all secure. An old newspaper article has been laid in loosely, but there does not appear to be any browning from this. Text is mostly clean. A reference or reading copy only. Contains several illustrations.

Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto. 193 pages. Softcover in colour illustrated wrappers. Light wear to the binding. The lower corner is just a little bumped. The interior is sound and clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white and with color photos. Folly Island has also been known as Coffin Land and Morris Island and is on the coast of South Carolina.

Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 124 pages. Hardcover with a white and blue dust jacket. Lilght wear to the jacket. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. The book has a prior owner's name inkstamped on the endpapers, the title page, and on the bottom edge of the textblock. The text itself is sound and clean. Haines as a pastor of the First Methodist Church in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania.

North Carolina: Privately Printed, 2005. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 72 pages. Hardback in black dust jacket. The jacket is bumped and worn and has some edge creases. Light wear to the book itself. Map endpapers show a reprint of the Jefferson-Fry map of Virginia. Illustrated with photos. Berry Hill is in south central Virginia, outside of Danville. The Hairston family is a popular family in the area, and many moved south into North Carolina.

Winston-Salem, N.C.: Hunter Publishing Company, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 154 pages, indexed. Hardcover in beige dust jacket, now in modern removable mylar. The jacket is rubbed and worn and has some edge tears and smudges from handling. Top edge of the jacket's rear panel has a rough closed tear. Foxing to outer edges of the text block. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Singed by the author on copyright page. This is number 999 of 1,000 signed and numbered copies. Text is toned but clean and sound.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair, Publisher, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. 119 pages. Hardcover with a tan dust jacket, now in mylar. An ex-library copy with full markings. A sound copy. The text itself is clean.

Boston: Pearson, 2014. Fourth Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Quarto. 124 pages. Soft cover bound in black wrappers with a black wire spine. A nice, clean copy. Illustrated with drawings and photos.

Boston, Columbus: Pearson, 2015. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 1652 pages, indexed. Hardcover in grey glossy color boards. No dust jacket. The binding shows light wear and as a couple of shallow dents or dings on the rear board. A sound copy with clean text.

Lincoln, Nebraska: Writers Club Press, 2000. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. 90 pages. Soft cover bound in blue wrappers. A nice, clean copy.

London: London: Ernest Benn Limited (T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.), 1929, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 440 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with lettering and designs in gilt. Covers are lightly worn and rubbed with slight bumps to the corners and spine; spine is lightly creased; binding is cocked. Contents are clean and bright with an ownership signature on the front endpaper.