Search Results: Authors starting with H from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

WINDOW DISPLAY FOR OUTFITTERS & TAILORS, Blanford Press, Ltd., 1935, some light wear and tear to the head of the spine, some light dust-soil to the covers, some faint foxing to the pre and postlims, else a vg copy with fine contents in stiff boards and printed on slick paper. Profusely illustrated with actual photo displays of dressed windows on virtually every page. Quite scarce.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated March 29, 1955, about 55 words, very good.

THE ECONOMY WHERE IS IT GOING?, Council of Jewish Federations And Welfare Funds, 1966,first edition, fine in wraps. INSCRIBED by the author to the former premier Walt Whitman collector and noted philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

PICTURE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE, Coward-McCann, 1930, first edition, light wear to the lower fore edge corner tips, outer hinges exhibit just a scattered bit of cloth loss, else a vg copy of this marvelous book in pictorial binding with illustrations on every page, most of which are in full color.

THE BOMB THAT FELL ON AMERICA, Blandford Press, 1946, first English edition, near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some light inner reinforcement.

13 GOLF MAGAZINES FROM 1923 THRU 1928 being 2 issues of THE AMERICAN GOLFER, 1 issue of GOLF ILLUSTRATED & 10 issues GOLFERS MAGAZINE, Centurion Publishers Incorporated, Golf Illustrated, Inc. & Golfers Magazine respectively, first editions, some soiling and wear and tear, but overall vg issues with just about fine contents, most being in color pictorial wraps. Contributions by: Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Francis Ouimet, Ring Lardner, Chester G. Horton, Chick Evans, James Warner Bellah, James Montgomery Flagg, et.al. with marvelous photographs of just about anyone you can name during this era of golfing history as well as photos of famous places, courses & holes not to mention those marvelous advertisements.

*** LARGE PAPER EDITION ***ALLAN QUATERMAIN, Longmans, Green & Company, 1887, first edition., spine panel professionally restored, corners worn, inner hinges reinforced with black binder's tape, else a very good, tight copy. 1/112 copies of this, the large paper edition. Quite scarce thus.

MAIWA'S REVENGE in Harper's Magazine for July & August, 1888, first edition., 2 vols., spine extremeties chipped on the August issue, else a vg+ set in wraps of this, the true first edition of this book. Scarce thus.

HEART OF THE WORLD, Longmans Green & Co., 1896, first English edition, spine a little faded, f.e.p. clipped, else a vg copy in bevelled boards. Illustrated.

QUEEN OF THE DAWN, Doubleday, 1925, first edition, a good to very good copy.

ALLAN QUATERMAIN, Longmans, Green, 1887, first edition., some light wear to corner tips, wear also to the spine extremities which has resulted in 3 nicks with subsequent loss of little pieces of cloth missing from the base of the spine and a couple of small nicks to the head of the spine which in this instance has lost a section of cloth across the top edge which measures about 3/4" long by 1/8" deep, small cloth loss (3/8") also at upper edge of front board, inner front hinge a little weak, else a near vg copy of this, the second Quatermain novel. Illustrated with 20 plates by C.M.H. Kerr.

MORNING STAR, Cassell, 1910, light foxing to page edges, else a near fine copy in a bright vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and a modest chip missing from the upper left corner of the front dust-wrapper panel. Very nice. Illustrated in color. INSCRIBED by the author in 1911. Scarce thus.

QUEEN SHEBA'S RING, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910, first edition, a bright very good to very good+ copy of an attractive book. Illustrated.

A FARMER'S YEAR, Longmans, Green & Co., 1899, first edition., a bright very good to very good+ copy with unbroken inner hinges. Illustrated. 1/3,000 copies.

PEARL MAIDEN, Longmans, Green, 1903, first American edition, a good to very good copy with unbroken inner hinges. Illustrated.

MAIWA'S REVENGE, Harpers, 1888, first edition, binding slightly askew, partial hairline cracks to inner hinges, bookplate on front paste-down, private owner's ink-stamp on f.e.p., else a very good, bright copy.

LYSBETH, Longmans, 1901, first edition., a solid vg copy.

THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE, Longmans, Green, 1911, first edition., spine a bit faded, else just about a vg copy.

THE SPIRIT OF BAMBATSE, Longmans Green & Co., 1906, first edition., a bright solid vg+/near fine copy. Published in the U.K. as BENITA.

DAWN, Hurst & Blackett, 1884, first edition., 3 volumes, glue stains on front paste-downs, shallow fraying to fore edges of several free end-papers, inner hinges cracked, some shelf wear at head and tail of spine panels and corners, spine panels lightly age-darkened, some minor scattered foxing to the text blocks. Overall, a good or slightly better set. Rare.