Search Results: Titles starting with H from Camphor Bookstore

Hard Times by Charles DickensLeipzig, Tauchnitz, 1854. First German publication (same year as true first); text in English; 8vo., viii, 376 pages. 3/4 Leather over marbled boards, tooled on the spine. Marbled endpprs. The book is in VG, unmarked condition with a few small nicks to the leather on the spine (see photos.)About Hard Times: Hard Times, first published in 1854, is the tenth novel written by Charles Dickens. Set in the fictional industrial town of Coketown during the mid-19th century, the novel explores the social and economic challenges faced by the working class during the Industrial Revolution.

Harry Callahan: New Color - Photographs, 1978-1987With text by Keith F. Davis
University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Hardcover, oblong format, grey cloth w title embossed in silver. Illustrated with 72 color plates, and 13 black & white figures in the text. With an introductory essay, bibliography etc. In excellent, as new condition without the jacket. "At the age of seventy-five, Callahan is one of our most prolific photographers. This unique catalogue is produced for a traveling exhibition surveying Callahan's color work since 1978. Included are photographs made in Egypt, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, Mexico, Japan, Spain, and the American cities of Providence, New York, and Atlanta. Most of the work is published here for the first time."
About Harry Callahan: One of the foremost American photographers of the 20th century, Harry Callahan began his photographic career as an untrained amateur while working for the Chrysler Motor Parts Corporation in 1938.Following a workshop by Ansel Adams at the Detroit… Read More

Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965. Hardcover Signed First Edition 8to. 64 pp. full and double page illustrations throughout.In good condition, some wear on the cover boards, with an inscription by Siné on the copyright page. (please see photos) Maurice Sinet (1928 – 2016), known professionally as Siné, was a French political cartoonist. His work, which provoked many controversies, is noted for its anti-capitalism, anti-clericalism, anti-colonialism and anarchism.

Henson and Stringfellow Their Work in Aeronautics
The History of a Stage in the Development of Mechanical Flight 1840 - 1868
by M. J. B. Davy

H.M.S.O., London, Great Britain, 1931. First edition. Large 8vo. 115 pages with good bibliography and index. Contains splendid text, 25 excellent plates, one of which is the frontis in color and 6 fold-out blueprints together at the rear. An important book on the history of aeronautics. In excellent unmarked condition.

High on the Wild with Hemingway - A Pictorial Recollectionby Lloyd R. Arnold
Publisher: Caldwell, ID, The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1968. Hardcover in the Dustjacket. Folio-sized. 343 pages, quarto. Illustrated with many black and white photo reproductions of Hemingway hunting, fishing in Ketchum, Idaho. Color endpapers. SIGNED / Inscribed by the author, Lloyd R. Arnold, on the title page. Book and jacket in VG condition - jacket protected in plastic.
About the book: More than one hundred previously unpublished photographs and the author's personal recollections offer a glimpse of the autumns and winters that Hemingway spent exploring and enjoying the mountains, meadows, and streams of Sun Valley, Idaho

Hiking the Appalachian Trail - Two VolumesEdited by James R. Hare. Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, Pa, 1977. Third Printing. Two octavo volumes. Pp.xvi,1023; xii, 1024-2009; plus 66ff. photographs. Stated first edition. A collection of first-hand accounts of the experience of hiking the trail. Illustrated with 132 mostly color photographs. Bound in cream linen. Condition - The books are unmarked and in VG condition - Only Vol 1 has a jacket (as pictured) and it's missing the front flap. Note: These books will require extra postage due to their weight and size. The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the inland east coast of the United States from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers.

Histoire civile et commerciale des colonies anglaises dans les Indes occidentales depuis leur découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jour, suivie d'un tableau historique et politique de L'ile de Saint-Domingue avant et depuis la Revolution Francaise
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the English Colonies in the West Indies...from their discovery by Christopher Columbus to the present day, followed by a historical and political picture of the island of Santo Domingo before and since the French Revolution
by Bryan Edwards, and translated into French
Published by Dentu, 1801 (Year 9). An antiquarian book with an antique litho map of the West Indies folded and attached at the front. The first edition of the book (originally published in 1793) in French. Translated by François Soulés. The book is in the original hardcover binding - calfskin spine over marble paper covered boards. The titles and bands on the spine are almost entirely faded. 490 pp. The book is in VG condition, lightly foxed and… Read More

The House of God: A History of Religious Architecture and Symbolismby Ernest H. ShortMacmillan, New York, 1926. First edition. Nearly 100 full-page black-and-white plates. x + 342 pages. Heavy 8vo hardcover in burgundy cloth. Gilt titles on the spine. A comprehensive exploration of the evolution of religious architecture throughout history. Unmarked and in very good condition with a little wear and tear to the top of the spine cover cloth (please see photos.)

New York: Harper & Row Publishers. 1963. First Edition stated on the copyright page - (first library edition) Oblong hardcover. (This is a very funny book and should not be read while drinking orange juice, or you will spill it!) 1 v. (unpaged) col. illus. 14 x 20 cm. An early illustrated Maurice Sendak book - in very good condition. Library stamps on the front eppr otherwise unmarked, without the jacket.