Search Results: Titles starting with H from Lighthousebooks, ABAA

New York: Twayne, [1972]. Twayne’s World Author Series No. 220. First Edition. Octavo, cloth (hardcover), 197 pp. Fine in dust jacket.

New York: The Viking Press, A Studio Book, (1971). Royal octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 272 pp. Fine, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: The story of the Habsburgs is no less than the story of Ausria and the formation of all Europe as we know it. For nearly 650 years this extraordinary family contrived to back their considerable territorial power with the quasi-mystical authority of the Imperial crown; at times they came close to dominating half the world. There was a brooding quality about many of the Habsburgs which distinguished them as monarchs and enhanced the image of their power, an image compounded largely of Catholic bigotry and Imperial reaction. The absence of great outward show only made the power embodied in a single ruler seem all the more terrible. While these qaualities were most obvious in Charles V, the least ostentatious Habsburg but also the mightiest -- he presided over all Central… Read More

Oxford, Eng.: Clio Press, (1994). World Bibliographical Series, Volume 39. Revised and Expanded edition. Octavo, slick orange boards with world map silhouette (hardcover), xxiv, 270 pp. Map of the island. Fine.

Rochester, VT: Schenkkman Books, (1992). First Edition. Octavo, softbound, xxvii, 261 pp. Photos. Fine.

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Manatee Books, 1982. Quarto, white cloth (hardcover), photo. illus. endpapers, xiii + 255 pp. Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. From dust jacket: In 1925 August Burghard set out from Macon, Georgia to make his fortune in Florida. He grew up with the century -- and with the state -- settling in Fort Lauderdale as a newspaperman. Burghard witnessed killer hurricanes, booms and busts, presidential visits and World War II sub scares. As a report, and later as a Chamber of Commerce and advertising executive, he was acquainted with governors and Seminoles, gangsters and J. D. Rockefeller, Sr. He not only observed history-in-the-making but helped shape the state and community he loved, leaving his stamp on state and national parks, aviation, city government and the Swimming Hall of Fame. In Half a Century in Florida, this venerable Southern gentleman has recorded events as he experienced them, in many cases drawing from unique source… Read More

Frankfurt a. M.: Gerhard Blumlein & Co., n.d. [ca. 1910]. Oblong octavo, red wrappers. Title and 24 views, with captions in French, German and English. Near-Fine.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, 154 pp. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. From dust jacket: Hamlet: Poem Unlimited is Bloom’s attempt to uncover the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, to make us question the very nature of theatrical illusion. In twenty-five brief chapters, Bloom takes us through the major soliloquies, scenes, characters, and action of the play, to explore the enigma at the heart of the drama, which is central to its universal appeal. Bloom also gives a warmly personal and full account of the play’s history and discusses how it has become an extraordinary part of human consciousness.

London: Ian Allen Ltd., (1976). Quarto, full-color photo. illus. boards (hardcover), 64 pp. Former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Fine. From Introduction: In September 1939 RAF Bomber Command was in a transitional stage of development. Though merely three years old as an entity, the command was already seeking a massive bomber potential. Existing first-line aircraft in its squadrons were all twin-engined, medium range bombers awaiting eventual replacement by promised four-engined heavy bombers, such as the Short Stirling and Handley Page Halifax. Three major designs represented the RAF’s bomber spearhead then -- the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Vickers Armstrong Wellington, and the subject of this book, the Handley Page Hampden. All were at least six years old in concept; none was fully capable of delivering a sifnificant bomb load over any worthwile range of operations across Europe. And each was conceived originally in a contemporary climate of higher Service opinion that defensively-armed… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1874. First Edition. Octavo, terra cotta cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, fold-out plate, 255 pp. Very Good, with edgewear. Illustrated.

Flint, Michigan: Clifford J. Schlegelmilch, (1973). Octavo, paperbound (stiff, full-color illus. white wrappers), full-color illustrations, 44 pp. Very Good, with light wear to wrappers.

St. Petersburg, Florida: Great Outdoors Association, (1957). Octavo, paperbound (stiff, stapled, full-color illus. wrappers), 48 pp. Very Good, with light sunning and wear to edges.

Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1957. Octavo, paperbound (stiff white, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 157 pp. Very Good, with title inked to spine, former-owner stamp. Contents: Introduction; Spraying and Dusting; Citrus Diseases in Florida; Index.

New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1939. Second Edition. Octavo, navy blue textured boards (hardcover), silver letters and decorations to covers, 431 pp + pages for notes. Fine, with worn original dust wrapper. Contents: The Vision of Sea Scouting; The Psychology underlying Sea Scouting; The Organization of Sea Scouting; Ship Management; Sea Scout Program Construction; Sea Scout Recreation Methods and Requirements; Sea Scout Advancement; Sea Scout Ship Equipment; Ship Meeting place; Ship Ceremony; Courtesy; The Boatswain’s Call; Ship’s Papers; Uniforms and Badges; Cruising; Customs and Traditions as Inspirational Topics for the Skipper’s Minutes; Dauntless; Standards for Sea Scout Cruises; Index.

New York: Published for the American Association for State and Local History by Watson-Gptill, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo, cloth (hardcover), xii, 136 pp. Illustrated. Very Good in a chipped dust jacket.

New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1939. Second Edition. Octavo, navy blue textured boards (hardcover), silver letters and decorations to covers, 431 pp + pages for notes. Fine, with worn original dust wrapper. Contents: The Vision of Sea Scouting; The Psychology underlying Sea Scouting; The Organization of Sea Scouting; Ship Management; Sea Scout Program Construction; Sea Scout Recreation Methods and Requirements; Sea Scout Advancement; Sea Scout Ship Equipment; Ship Meeting place; Ship Ceremony; Courtesy; The Boatswain’s Call; Ship’s Papers; Uniforms and Badges; Cruising; Customs and Traditions as Inspirational Topics for the Skipper’s Minutes; Dauntless; Standards for Sea Scout Cruises; Index.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. Handbook of Latin American Studies, No. 12. Octavo, silver stamped navy blue cloth, [v], 167 pp. Illus., map endpapers. Former-owner signature; otherwise Near-Fine in dust jacket with mylar protector.

St. Petersburg, FL: Walter Freeman Webb, [1948]. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 236 pp. Illustrated with b&w photographic plates. Very Good, with light speckling to cover edges and former-owner signature, in a chipped dust jacket. “This splendid work is the first of its kind in this country. It covers 14000 kinds of land shells outside of the United States, including some 262 different genera. There are 73 full page plates and every species illustrated is adequately described. Size is given of all the larger forms and locality where found...”

Cleveland: White Sewing Machine Company, (1929). First edition. Octavo, dark flexible boards with embossed lettering (hardcover), 181 pp. Illustrated. Very Good with small quarter-inch gouge near foot of front cover.

Staten Island, NY: H & D Press, Inc., (1986). Quarto, black cloth (hardcover), ribbon marker, 254 pp. Very Good+, with light edgewear and speckling to endpapers; in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: The fifty years spanning the turn of the 20th century witnessed unprecedented attention to the development of the decorative arts, employing the romantic ideas of the 19th century and the resources of the machine age. No medium better illustrates the successful combination of artistic design with technological advancement than decorative lighting. Today’s art historians recognize two names as the forerunners in this branch of artistic manufacutre: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Phillip Julius Handel.Tiffany focused his attention on the leaded glass shades with which his name is now synonomous, and Handel his art on the painted lamp shades which have, in turn, become generically known as “Handel Lamps.” The Handel lamp tradition began exactly a century ago this year, in 1885, when… Read More

Louisville, Kentucky: Touchstone Publishing Company, (1970). Signed by the Author. Octavo, hunter green leatherette (hardcover), gilt letters, 315 pp. Near-Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: A coal miner in the damp and dark thinking of God in His heavens -- with His sun and moon and a myriad of stars -- reaches out for a share of happiness, tries to bargain with God. God if You wish for our love/Fling us a handful of stars. A Handful of Stars is the story of Appalachia -- its people, their fueds, their poverty, their pride, their family loyalty, their pitifully stripmined land, their sense of history, their folkways and superstitions. More importantly, it is the story of a young man from the hills who discovers himself while reconstructing his past.