Search Results: Authors starting with H from Aardvark Rare Books

New York: J.H. Colton, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good Plus Map and Fair Map Folder. 24mo. Greenish=Blue stamped cloth hardcover (5 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in.) with Gilt vignette to front cover featuring a mini-map of Manhattan Island with the Hudson River spelled out within a circle, surrounded by the text "Thirty Three Miles Around The City of New York", in gilt. Design repeated on rear cover, in blind. Wear and cracking and seam tears to spine. For protection and study, lovely, multi-colored MAP (1946, 26 in. x 23 3/4 in.) HAS BEEN UNFOLDED AND REMOVED and securely placed within a transparent, archival, mylar sleeve. Refolding is not recommended.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto, 10.4 in. x 8.5 in. Unpaginated. Coral red cloth boards with black title and town scene stamoped to front. Black title to spine. Ex-library with usual markings; modest de-accension stamp from university library to verso of front free endpaper. Rubbing to extremities, with light soiling to boards. Tape scar to rear pastedown. Light age-toning to pages. Berta Hoerner Hader (1890 - 1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (1889 - 1973) were an American couple who jointly illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948) and received the Caldecott Honor Book Award for Cock-a-doodle-doo (1940) and The Mighty Hunter (1944).

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Only. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 6.7 in., pp. 160. Illustrated with eight color plates and many black and white ik drawings by the authors. Red cloth boatrds with decorated color paper label with title affixed to front. Black title to spine. Rubbing to extremities; front bottom corner lightly nudged. Decorated endpapers. Unmarked interior. Light soiling and significant edgewear to dustjacket, with chips to top and bottom of spine, back edges and to all corners. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Berta Hader (1891-1976) & Elmer Hader (1889-1973): "American husband and wife authors and illustrators who wrote and/or illustrated a large number of children's books. Berta was born in Mexico, although moved to the USA when very young. She showed artistic and literary talent from an early age, winning prizes for both disciplines. She studied both journalism and design and worked for a time in the fashion industry. Elmer was born in… Read More

Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.5 in., pp. xii, 315. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Bottom front corner nudged. Light rubbing and slight age-toning to dustjacket. A critical anthology of English, Scottish, and Welsh colonists' and travellers' accounts of Ireland from the 16th to the 19th Centuries, from the Reformation the the Famine.

Rosamund, CA: Bill Huth Publishers, 2009. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Volume I only. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.2 in., pp. xix, [1], 374, [3] (advertising). Illustrated with frontispiece, two additional full-page plates, and seven figures. Forest green boards with elaborate frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century. Haeckel looks at Darwin's reform of Descent Theory and its establishment through the doctrine of selection. He introduces Descent Theory into the systematic classification of animals and plants and finds a "natural system" on the basis of genealogy - that is, to construct hypothetical pedigrees for the various species of organisms. The book will be of interest to those studying natural history and the origins of modern scientific thought,… Read More

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Vinegar Tom Press, 1991. Numbered, Limited Edition (20/125). Stitched Pamphlet. Very Good Plus. Octavo. White handsewn wrappers (8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.) with black lettering to front panel. Number 2 of a limited printing of 125. After being asked "..."did the Mormon colonization contribute to a better West or a worse West?", Abbey answered: "I'd feel pretty silly trying to rewrite history. All these things have already happened. It's foolish to regret this or deplore that. It happened. If all the Indians were as smart as I am, they would have forbidden all immigration from Europe from the very beginning. I think we still have some control over our future. By reason and common sense and some charity towards one another we can still make this a better country instead of a worse one. If we so choose, if enough of us feel strongly enough about it..." (p. 31).

New York: The John Day Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Plus. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.75 in., pp. 102. SIgned by author on title page. Black cloth boards with white title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Age-toning to endpapers. Rubbing, small creases, and several small closed tears to edges of dustjacket. 2 x 1/4 inch open tear to top of dustjacket spine.

New York: Brewer and Warren, Inc, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading Copy. Small octavo, 7.5 in. x 4.5 in., pp. xxv, [1], 198. Peach cloth boards with blue title to spine. Soiling to boards with moisture stain to rear board. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Front hinge exposed, but holding, at title page, Chips to front edge and deteriotrated top corners to several pages, but no loss of text. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Emily Hahn (1905-1997) was the author of fifty-two books, as well as 181 articles and short stories for the New Yorker from 1929 to 1996. She was a staff writer for the magazine for forty-seven years. She wrote novels, short stories, personal essays, reportage, poetry, history and biography, natural history and zoology, cookbooks, humor, travel, children's books, and four autobiographical narratives. A revolutionary for her time, Hahn broke many of the rules of the 1920s, traveling the country dressed as a boy, working for the Red Cross in Belgium,… Read More

New York: Willliam Morrow & Company, 1943. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good / Good Only. Charles De Feo. Octavo, 8.1 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 310. "Victory" wartime edition. Illustrated with five full-page ink drawings. Orange-brown cloth covers with forest green howling wolf to front; forest green title tio spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Top back corner lightly nudged. Clean, unmarked interior. Creases and small closed tears to dustjacket edges. Chips to top/bottom of spine and to corners of dustjacket. Small moisture stain to top of dustjacket spine.

Vancouver, BC Canada: Douglas & McIntyre in association with the British Columbia Wildlife Federation, 1980. Limited, Numbered Edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. Various. 4to. 11" x 8.5". This is number 629 out of 1100 copies of this limited edition. Printed by Evergreen Press, bound in leather by Holger Rasmussen, and enclosed in a slipcase of Bayside Linen. Small stain to front board, and a few small stains to blank rear pages. 142 pp. Includes numerous color photos throughout. Protected in near fine slipcase, with some very minimal wear to corners.

New York: The Century Company, 1906. Leather-bound. Very Good. 113 pages. Small 12mo (5 1/4 in. x 3 in.) tan leather bound copy, intricately tooled with nautical motifs. Cover bright with some general wear and rubbing, all edges gilt, binding tight. Interior clean and bright, tear to rear endpaper. Note: 15 pages bound in at end [xxi-x which xxvi] which refer to Philip Nolan upon whom the story is based.

New York: Dutton, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.1 in., pp. xiii, [3], 252, [1] (advertising). Inscribed with a personal reflection to a friend, and signed, by the author on the title page. Illustrated with eight pages of color photographs. Beige designer paper covers over white spine. Silver title to spine. Protected in mylar. "Denali's Howl is the white-knuckle account of one of the most deadly climbing disasters of all time. In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley--known to the locals as Denali--one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. At an elevation of nearly 20,000 feet, these young men endured an "arctic super blizzard," with howling winds of up to 300 miles an hour and wind chill that freezes flesh solid in minutes. All this without the high-tech gear and equipment climbers use today." (from the publisher).

Edinburgh, Scotland: William and Robert Chambers, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 6.25 x 9.75 in., pp. 102. Dark brown half-calf over marbled boards. Sevin gilt bars to spine. Two-column text. Rubbing to extremities. Light staining to cover. 1 x .5 in. surface tear to front board; two small surarface tears to rear board. Corners are nudged. Previous owner's signature in pencil on title page and p. 59. Occasional light spotting throughout, but overall, clean and bright. Rare. Only four copyies listed in WorldCat, and only one first edition. Some of the chapters include: "Too Early Wed"; "It's Only a Drop!"; "Do You Think I'd Inform?"; "It's Only the Bit and the Sup"; "The Follower of the Family"; "The Crock of Gold"; "The Wrecker, a Sea-Side Story"; "It's Only My Time"; "Going to Law"; "Union is Strength"; "Debt and Danger". Anna Marie Hall was born in Dublin on 6 January 1800. She lived with her mother, a widow named Sarah Elizabeth Fielding, and stepfather, George Carr of Graigie,… Read More

New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Boris Artzybasheff. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. 165. Illustrated in blue by Boris Artzybasheff. Gray-green cloth boards with dark blue boat design and title to cover. Publisher's paper spine label. Publisher's blue stain to top-edge. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light brown stain to bottom of spine, and to bottom edge. Graphic endpapers in blue by Artzybasheff. Light foxing up to page twenty-eight only. Rubbing and several chips to edges of dustjacket. Age-toning and spots of light brown stain to dustjacket. Some additional notes on "post-its" temorarily affixed to several pages. Protected in mylar. Newberry Honor Book in 1941. This novelized biography tells the adventures of Fridtjof Nansen, a scientist whose Arctic explorations were full of danger and courage. "And when, honored by all the world, he thought to return to his native Norway, there came a call from the League of Nations.… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Good Minus. Matching two volume set: Octavo, 8.2 in. x 4.7 in., Volume I: pp. 322; Volume II: pp. 339. Contemporary publishers blue boards rebacked with gray-tan paper spine with no title. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges. Soiling to well-worn boards. Edges showing. Light, speckled foxing to pages, but text clearly legible. Laid in (both volumes): top two inches of original paper spine label attached to a piece of paper. Volume I: Front free endpaper partially detached and top 1/2 in. has been cut off. Previous owner's name in pencil to front flyleaf. Volume II: Front free endpaper detached but present. Open tear (2 in. x 3 in. to corner of front flyleaf. Tidelines front endpapers and last six leaves plus rear endpapers. Basil Hall (born Dec. 31, 1788, Dunglass, Haddingtonshire, Scot.—died Sept. 11, 1844, Gosport, Hampshire, Eng.) British naval officer and traveler remembered for noteworthy accounts of his visits to the… Read More

New York: Random House, 1930. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Veru Good Plus / Good. Paul Brown. Octavo, 7.7 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 319. Illustrated with frontispiece, eight additional full-page drawings, and black and red illustrated endpapers by Paul Brown. Forest green boards with black circle and a flag labeled "Sierra" to front. Black title to spine. Two inch surface scar to verso of title page. Unmarked interior. Rubbing and age-toning to dustjacket. Several closed tears to top edge; chips to corners. Sunning to dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. The copyright page states 1933, the year of the first printing; this is the stated eleventh printing, from in the late 1930s.

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Green cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's name and address to front pastedown. Slight spine lean, and light age-speckling to all edges. Solid copy.

Early American Industries Association, 1974. Reprint. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good Plus. Stapled paper pamphlet. 11 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 43. Cream cardstock covers with black title and ice-cutting tool to front. Light rubbing to covers. Unmarked interior. Reprint of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior Census Division : Tenth Census, 1880, v. 22 (H.R. Misc. Doc. 42, pt. 22. 47th Cong., 2d Sess.) Washington, Government Printing Office, 1888.

London, England: Virtue & Co, 1860. A New Edition". Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Matching three volumes: Octavo, 10.4 in. x 6.8 in. Volume I: pp. viii, 436, illustrated with fifteen tissue-guarded steel engravings and many line drawings. Volume II: pp. 468, illustrated with seventeen tissue-guarded steel engravings and many line drawings.; Vol III: pp. 512, illustrated with sixteen tissue-guarded steel engravings and many line drawings. Dark green pebblegrain cloth on beveled boards with double frame stamped in blind and gilt harp and clover design outlining "Ireland Illustrated" to front; identical design stamped in blind to back. Gilt title and castle design to spines. Light rubbing to extremities. Hinges and spines tight. Protected in mylar. Anna Maria Hall (1800 - 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland for England at the age of 15. Mrs Hall's first recorded contribution to literature is an Irish sketch… Read More

London, England: Virtue & Co, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. From drawings by T. Creswick, A.R., and W.H. Bartlett. Octavo, 8.4 in. x 6.5 in., pp. 217, [1] (advertising). Richly illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, over one hundred engravings in steel and wood, and two maps, one of which folds out. Richly decorated drop-caps. Contemporary half calf with gilt rule and gilt insignia to front over bugundy moire boards. Gilt title on dark green panel to spine. Five raised bands to spine, with gilt decoration to compartments. LIght rubbing to extremities. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. SpIne and hinges are tight. Bookplate is of James Lamont (1828-1913), 1st Baronet of Knockdow, of Inverchaolain in Argyllshire. Anna Maria Hall (1800 - 1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall". She was born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin, but left Ireland for England at the age of 15. Mrs Hall's first recorded… Read More