Search Results: Authors starting with H from Blum and Rosen Books

New York: New York: Little Brown & Co. 2004, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 281 pp. The newspaper reporter's "journey through the city he loves," a memoir and "passionate history.".

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Selous, Henry Courtenay. 196 pp. 8vo. index, illustrated. Blue gilt decorated cloth over boards. Gilt text edges. Spine panel detached and laid in, corners bumped, edge wear to boards, hinges partially broken but still attached, scattered foxing, text block securely bound. Contains 11 plates of printed engravings by Selous.

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rust cloth over boards. 11"x9" . Stated first edition. Taped tears to spine cloth, wear to board edges, front hinge cracked, spotting, light soiling to covers, prior owner's name on title and end papers, isolated minor pencil marks on a few pages. Collection of 30 annotated African-American religious folk songs with lyrics and music, about events of the old and new testaments, life of Christ. Author Roland Wiltse Hayes (1887-1977) was an internationally noted composer and tenor and son of slaves.

New York: Little Brown & Co., 1971. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 854 pp. Red cloth over boards in illustrated dust jacket. Short closed tear to lower edge of dust jacket, edge nicks & wear; text fore edge sunned, binding tight, spine square, clean cloth and interior. Contains 12 plays.

Garden City NY: Garden City Books, 1940. A Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 410 pp. Grey cloth over boards in dust jacket. Former library with stamps to text edges and remnants of pocket at back, brodart protective cover over dust jacket. Flaps glued to pastedowns. Clean, tight, spine square. Early reprint edition printed with plates form original edition.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth over boards. Light wear to board edges. Interior age toned with scattered foxing. Bibliography, annotated list of animals names, classification of animals, phonetic key.

Lyons, France: Syndicat des Fabricants, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/Fair. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Emmanuel Cocard. 15 pp. Folio 12.5"x9.5". 4 illustrated color plates plus full-page duotone portrait of Herriot by M.Buchman. 4-page introduction and summary in English laid in. Ivory wrappers with black titles. Original glassine dust cover has several small open tears and chips and light pencil writing. Covers separated from stapled text block but securely attached at spine; 2 inch closed tear to upper front joint; wrappers and interior clean, color plates by surreal artist Cocard, each representing a type of silk, are bright with all 4 tissue guards present. Herriot, as Mayor of Lyons, had this work published to promote the city's silk industry at the 1939 World's Fair.

Aperture, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Eagle, Arnold, Photographer. 60 pp. A crisp book of magnificent black and white photographs by the distinguished documentary photographer of lower east side street scenes and home and synagogue life of observant Jews in the 1930's and 40s. Accompanied by a modern essay by scholar Hertzberg.

Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248 pp. Three quarter red Moroccan leather and marbled paper over boards, raised spine bands, decorated endpapers. Bound over original illustrated wrappers. Hinges cracked, wear to cover extremities, corners rubbed, 1" closed tears to spine, free end papers loose, otherwise text securely bound, interior age toned. French text.

Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 76 pp. Small 4to. Green cloth over boards, illustrated with photographic plates, map, fold out Panoramic view of the Northern Wall of the El Rito De Los Frijoles Canyon.Age toning and scattered foxing, mild edge wear to boards, clean.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1969, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 301 pp. Dust jacket has several small open and closed tears and chips, and edge-wear. Cloth boards a bit rubbed at spine ends. Binding square and tight. Text block tight with foxing to a few pages. An anthology of literature and documents produced by and about East European Jewish writers who lived in the lower east side of New York City in the period 1880-1924: Henry Roth, Lillian Wald, Anzia Yezierska, Morris Raphael Cohen, Abraham Cahan, Henry James, Jacob Riis, and others.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Martha Alexander. Unpaginated, illustrated. 8vo square, 8x8 inches. Brown cloth over boards in price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket worn, soiling to front panel, nicks, short tears to edges, 1" open tear to heel of spine, closed 2" tear to rear panel; cloth is clean except for one soil spot to front, interior clean, rear hinge slightly cracked at upper end, binding secure. Front board mildly curved.

Rochester, NY: New York Council on Deliberation, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 332 pp. Illustrated. Original grey paper wrappers. Front cover detached, rear cover partially detached, paper loss to spine, text block securely bound, spine square. Presentation slip tipped on to front free end paper boldly signed by William Homan, Commander, 450 Water Street, New York City. Illustrated with original engraved portraits with tissue guards of George Washington, John L.Lewis, others; also photographs of presiding officers.

Albany NY: Argus Company, 1874. Hardcover. Good. 142 pp.index. 8vo. 9 x6 inches. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt titles. Wear to board extremities, 2" area of cloth missing from lower spine, soil spots to front cover, interior clean, uniformly age toned, secure binding. Laid in is a 10-page "Communication" from the Governor John Dix officially transmitting the Comptroller's report to the Assembly "in regard to the sinking funds."

New York: Golden Press, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Elizabeth Webbe. Unpaginated. First printing "A" issue. Age toned but clean interior, near fine condition with no marks, tears, tightly bound. Young boys find ways to play with a green wagon.

New York: Haskell House, 1965. A Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 76 pp. illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth. Light rubbing to board edges, corners bumped, tiny scattered spots to rear board. Reprint of original 1925 first edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and plates.

Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 180 pp. Green cloth over boards. Photographic plates (29) and map showing location of Munsee cemetery. Age toned with scattered foxing, corners bumped, wear to board edges, a few light soil spots to covers, binding tight, interior clean.

Dallas, Texas: Mathis, Van Nort & Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 131 pp. Silver dusjacket worn with open tears at front lower edge, creasing, soiling, chips at top edge. Blue cloth casing clean, binding tight, interior of author's home. Presentation copy. Inscribed to radio announcer Vic Roby by "the author". Collection of Huddleston's poetry.

White Plains: Westchester County Historical Society, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Index of authors. Blue cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Former historical society copy with spine call label and bookplate on front paste down. Minor wear to spine ends, brief pencil notes on rear endpaper, interior uniformly age toned, binding secure, spine square.

White Plains: Westchester County Historical Society, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Index of authors. Blue cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Mild discoloration areas of lower portion of front cover and spine, one corner bumped, interior uniformly age toned, binding secure, spine square.