Search Results: Titles starting with H from Warwick Books

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket with original price of $3.95 on jacket flap. First edition, tenth printing. Book is straight and clean, with some white mottling near spine. Dust jacket is fresh and bright, with very light wear at corners and a discreet tape repair at rear. Pictorial endpapers. 8vo. 184 pp. In protective Mylar.

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover in illustrated matte wraps. First edition. Very good condition: tight binding, clean pages, some rubbing along spine edge. Price sticker on reverse of front wrap along with an elegant bookplate (Geoffrey Ashton's) with an ink drawing of two men. Published to accompany a 1981 exhibition that showed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven. Includes many full-page black-and-white plates and some that are smaller. 4to. 282 pp.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Second printing. Softcover. Fine. Softcover in glossy pictorial wraps. Fine condition, looks new. Includes color and black and white plates and an index. 4to. 255 pp.

Germany: Prestel, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Dust jacket is also Fine, fresh and bright. Published to accompany an exhibition mounted in 2006. Illustrated with beautiful color plates and black-and-white illustrations. Massive 4to. 526 pp. The book is very heavy--eight pounds packed--and require substantial additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S. International sales are discouraged.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Hardcover in original red textured boards. First edition. No dust jacket. Book is straight, clean, and tightly bound. Slight wear at top of spine. Frontis photo of the author, a noted Australian bush poet (he wrote "Waltzing Matilda") and a war correspondent during the Boer War and later an ambulance driver in World War I. Bookplate affixed to first free endpage. Laid in are are some folded maps in poor condition (Battle of the Alma, Battle of Balaclava, and one more whose title is obscured) left in in case they are of interest. 8vo. 212 pp. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

San Diego: Joseph J. Bray, 2012. Limited Edition. Softcover. Fine. Small softcover booklet in paste paper binding with beeswax-coated linen thread. Fine condition. One of 175 copies printed for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles by Joseph J. Bray. Design by Nicole De Rosa. Two illustrations. Facsimile of J.S. Harbison's California Adjustable Comb Hive of 1959, taken the original in Bray's possession. Only one other known copy of the original is at the University of Pittsburgh, 24mo. 32 pp.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped jacket are in Fine, unused and unread condition, crisp, clean, and unmarred. Subtitled "An Anecdotal History in Words and Pictures" (also "A Chronicle of Dubiously Acquired Personal History"). A fantastical, dreamlike autobiography that includes wild sketches and drawings. Put together after Jerry's death by his wife, Deborah. Psychedelic-like endpapers. Square 8vo. Unpaginated.

UK: Pottermore, 2005. CD boxed set. Very Good. Unabridged audio CD set of Book 6 in the Harry Potter series, read by Grammy-award-winning actor Jim Dale. Five folders for 17 CDs in a slipcase. Not a new item--the slipcase is a little worn and has a school stamp on it-- but the discs appear to be pristine. Total listening time is 18 1/2 hours.

Minneapolis, MN: L. Coffey, Ltd./The Gifted Line, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as published. Fine, unused condition, no marks or writing. Illustrations on cover and interior pages taken from a Victorian scrapbook from 1890 and from children's books of the same era. A keepsake book for a dog owner, subtitled, "A Smattering of Splendid Events in the Charmed Life of Le Grande Pooch." A great gift for dog lovers. Illustrated endpapers. Large, thing 4to. 24 pp.

New York: The Vendome Press, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First American edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is also As New, fresh and bright. A history and a tribute to the noted Lesage family of embroiderers. Profusely illustrated. Large 4to. 171 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

Surrey, UK: Privately printed, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Slight bump at spine bottom. No fading or foxing. Illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout. Laid in are color photos of pertinent headdresses collected by the book's former owner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire, Donald G. Skinner, from whose estate this book comes. 8vo. 87 pp.

London: Frederick Muller, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in shiny navy boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED by Arthur L. Kipling on a small plate tipped in on title page. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos. Laid in are several color illustrations, clipped from magazines, next to the page of the appropriate head-dress. One such magazine page left some color behind on the edges of the front free endpage, the book's only flaw. 4to. 233 pp. including index. Heavy--five pounds to ship; will require additional postage for shipping priority or outside the U.S.

Mexico City: Museo de Arte Moderno, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/Very good. Softcover with illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Very good condition--no marks or mars, just a touch of tanning to wrap. Catalogue published to accompany Poleo's 1974 exhibition at Mexico's Museo de Arte Moderno. Small black-and-white photos followed full-page color plates of the paintings. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. In Spanish.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and jacket are in Fine, As New condition. Published to accompany a 2013 exhibition of the same name that showed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, co-organized with the Cite de L'architecture & du Patrimoine, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. A comprehensive look at this influential 19th-century architect. The glass-and-iron reading rooms he built in Paris gave form to the idea of the modern library as a collective civic space. Illustrated throughout. Large 4to. 270 pp. including three appendices. A fine copy. Packed weight is seven pounds and will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S.

Los Angeles: Mekler Gallery, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Exhibition catalogue with stapled binding. Stiff illustrated glossy wraps. Fine condition. Published to accompany a 1980 exhibition in Los Angeles at the Mekler Gallery. Includes 36 black-and-white plates. 8vo. [32 pp.].

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Five hardcover volumes in dust jackets, a complete uniform set. Later printings. Books are crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unpriced dust jackets are fresh and bright. One volume has a long closed tear on spine and mild corner edgewear. 8vo. Various number of pages. In protective Mylar. A very nice set. Laid in is a ragged piece of dust jacket from the Modern Library edition of Portrait of a Lady. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S.

Woodbridge. UK: The Boydell Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket. The book recounts the feud with Sir Thomas More's kinsmen and publisher on one side and Thomas Berthelet, the King's printer, on the other. 8vo. 163 pp. including bibliography and index.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is like new, crisp, clean, and unmarked. Binding is solid but there is a whisper of spine slant. Dust jacket is fresh and bright, with no tears, creases, or scrapes. Beautifully illustrated with full-page color plates throughout. Large 4to. 419 pp. including list of abbreviations, notes, glossary, bibliography, and index. Packed weight is seven pounds and will require substantial additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Presumed first (not stated otherwise). SIGNED, inscribed, and dated by Helen Young on front endpage: "With wishes for Collectors' luck, April 1966." Jacket has a touch of rubbing at edges; price is intact on bottom of front flap. Cover of book repeats the picture from the dust jacket. Pages are fresh and clean, binding is sturdy. A nice copy for a young collector. Small 4to. 128 pp. including bibliography and index. In protective Mylar.

London: J.M. Dent, 1963. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Edition of 1963, illustrated with four color plates and line drawings in the text by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Book is crisp and clean, as is dust jacket, with price intact at bottom of front flap. Decorative endpapers are repeated on the cloth boards. Stories about Greek legends concerning Perseus, the Argonauts, Theseus, and others, written in 1856. Small 8vo. 210 pp. plus 4 pages listing other titles in the series. In protective Mylar.