Search Results: Titles starting with H from Goodbar Books

In lovely shape: Tight, square spine. Former owner name to front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Very light wear to the jacket. Jacket and frontispiece by Tim Kirk. 212 pp. Fiction.

Inscribed by Carey and Hoy to the title page: 'Our best to Jim–/Margaret Standish Carey/Patricia Hoy Hainline'. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Former seller label to inside back cover. Only very gentle shelf-wear. Includes bibliography and B&W illustrations. 60 pp. History.

Book and jacket are both in lovely shape. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Jacket is price-clipped and has only very light wear. Beautiful design by Sochichi Toyoshima, featuring full-color and monochrome figures and illustrations. 94 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Tight, square spine. Former owner stamp to the half-title, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some areas of creasing, edge-wear, and toning to the covers. Cover illustration by John Smith. Lots of great B&W figures and illustrations by Holden. 423 pp. Esoterica.

Clean, unmarked pages besides some markings to the first few pages and former library markings to the front matter and edge of text block. Tight, square spine. Minor edge-wear. Library binding with green buckram over boards. Lots of B&W illustrations. 505 pp. Natural History.

Tight, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner name to the inside front cover. Minor shelf-wear. Wraps protected by a clear plastic cover. Includes lots of beautiful B&W illustrations. 394 pp. Natural History.

Clean, unmarked pages besides former owner name and stamp to front flyleaf. Tight, square spine. Minor edge-wear and some light foxing to the fore-edge. Library binding with green buckram over boards. Lots of B&W illustrations. 505 pp. Natural History.

Cover is beginning to tear away from saddle-stitched binding at the staples, but book remains sound and readable overall. Unmarked interior. A few areas of light soiling to areas of the covers.Fantastic collaged cover design by Nancy Azara. 82 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Tight, square spine. Former owner name to the title page, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some areas of very light edge-wear and creasing to the covers. Includes B&W maps, figures, and illustrations. Cover illustration by Laura Beckett. 285 pp. PNW Field Guides.

Clean, unmarked pages besides former library markings to the front matter and edge of text block. Square spine. Minor shelf-wear. Library binding with turquoise buckram over boards. Lots of B&W illustrations. 507 pp. Natural History.

Very good. No dust jacket. Clean, unmarked pages besides former owner name to front pastedown. Tight, square spine. Only very light shelf-wear. Library binding with turquoise buckram over boards. Lots of B&W illustrations. 507 pp. Natural History.

Spine is tight and square. Interior is unmarked. There is a subtle dampstain affecting the front matter and first few pages of text along the top quarter-inch of the top edge. This dampstain also affects the top edge of the jacket, which also has some edge-wear, one small chip, and some light soiling affecting the back. Lovely blue and green buckram case with bright black stamping to spine and front board. Design by Frederick Mitchell and Judith Whipple. Art.

Spine is tight, although there is a slight lean which does not affect the readability or soundness of the book. Clean, unmarked interior except for two small former owner labels and a former owner inscription to the front flyleaf. Very little shelf-wear. No dust jacket. Lovely blue and green buckram case with bright black stamping to spine and front board. Design by Frederick Mitchell and Judith Whipple. Art.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Former owner name to the title page, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some edge-wear and other light wear to the covers. Jam-packed qith fascinating info and B&W figures and illustrations. Bibliography: p. 191. 192 pp. Homesteading.

Tight, square spine. A small patch of adhesive remainder to the title page, but interior is clean and unmarked. Some areas of heavy edge-wear and light soiling to the covers. Marked as DRAFT, with 'Comments must be received by: August 31 1992'. Features B&W figures and photos. Jam-packed with two-color foldout maps. 221 pp. Natural History.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is a two-inch dampstain cosmetically affecting areas of the text block at the fore-edge foot, but no other notable wear. Includes monochrome plates. 191 pp. Esoterica.

V865. Tight spine has some subtle creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some moderate to heavy edge-wear and bumped corners. First published in Paris in 1971 by Éditions Gallimard as La mort heureuse. Afterword and notes by Jean Sarocchi. Cover photo by R. Corbineau. 'And stone among the stones,' ends this novel, often seen as a prototype of The Stranger (its protagonist's name, Mersault, is just one vowel short of Meursault), 'he returned in the joy of his heart to the truth of the motionless worlds.' A Happy Death was written between 1936 and 1938, but didn't see print until more than 30 years later, when Galllimard posthumously released it as the first in a series of the French absurdist's previously unpublished cahiers. The Grove edition's English translator Richard Howard, who shared his New York apartment with a large stuffed gorilla named Mildred, became more openly gay as he aged, once causing W. H. Auden to remark upon hearing Howard take offense at another poet's use of gay and Jewish slurs,… Read More

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Light to moderate wear to the covers, including some gentle edge-wear and a two-inch crease to the back cover at the fore-edge head. Design by Marsha Gold. Photos by Paul Levin and Steven Mays. 'It seems so natural,' writes Levine in the intro to this innovative monograph, 'that the work of craftspeople who constantly deal with sensual materials should reflect our society's sexual freedom. So . . . it came as quite a shock that while crafts and sex may be a natural combination, the results remain unnaturally underground.' She goes on to describe the circuitous correspondence chains she engaged in and the often wild-goose expeditions she embarked on ('with the nuggets much harder to find than they were in gold-rush days') in her efforts to capture images of the pieces collected here. Covering a wide range of erogenous bits and bobs, and by turns bawdy, yearning, and rapturous, the monograph includes works in wood, metal, clay, and fiber by Helen… Read More

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. There are some instances of highlighting and some light soiling to the wraps, but book is in decent shape over all. Includes B&W illustrations and figures. 33 pp. Crafts/Skills Trades.

Appears unread and is in lovely shape: tight, square spine and clean, unmarked interior. Very little shelf-wear. Nicely designed book with end-sheets printed in two colors, lime-green ribbon marker, and black full-cloth case with full-color inset labels and silver stamping. Lots of full-color plates by Hood, each protected by a leaf of glassine. Introduction by Dave Eggers. Afterword by Michael Ray. 99 pp. Text+Image.