Search Results: Titles starting with H from Quaker Hill Books

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1967. A lovely copy of an early Sendak work. Original brown cloth with Jennie illustration and gold lettering on the spine. Very good pictorial dust wrapper with $4.95. Jacket shows some rubbing and a few small tears along the edges; remant of a small bookshop price sticker on inside front flap; bottom right corner clipped. Otherwise a clean and strong copy of a wonderful children's book.. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Sendak.. 8vo..

Springfield,: Regimental Reunion Association,, 1890. Front board embossed in gilt "The Preacher Regiment, 1862-65". Frontis portrait of Col. James Jacques; contents very clean, binding a bit bumped but otherwise a clean and solid copy of a very hard to find regimental history. "Written jointly by three veterans; the narrative, presented in diary form, gives a good account of campaigning in Tennessee." Nevins I-110.. First Edition. Publisher's Brown Cloth Gilt. Very Good. 8vo..

Boston:: The Arakelyan Press,, 1909. xii p.,2 ,400p, frontispiece. A beautiful copy that Nevins describes as: "Among the top dozen unit histories pertaining to the Civil War; Billings uses his own diary, some 300 letters, and a comrade's manuscript as a basis for this book.". First Edition. Original Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. 8vo..

New York:: Van Nostrand,, 1861. Orig. Red Cloth. First Edition. Small 8vo. "Containing Practical Instructions in Campaign Duties. For the Use of Volunteers." Gilt spine lettering and front cover vignette of Zouave soldier before tent and stack of rifles, yellow endpapers, 252 pages, 10 line-engraved plates and diagrams. Covers firm, minor wear, some fraying at spine ends, text very good, light aging and foxing. Contemporary pencil ownership signature dated April 25, 1861 at front blank.. Very Good.

Five bound volumes of the complete issues for the years 1861-1865. Contents in excellent condition. The bindings show some light to moderate wear to the exterior boards but remain sturdy and tight. Harper's Weekly was the most widely read journal in the United States throughout the period of the Civil War. So as not to upset its wide readership in The South, Harper's took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery prior to the outbreak of the war. The Weekly had supported the candidacy of Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln, but as the American Civil War broke out, it fully supported Lincoln and the Union. A July 1863 article on the escaped slave Gordon included a photograph of his back, severely scarred from whippings; this provided many readers in the North their first visual evidence of the brutality of slavery. The photograph inspired many free blacks in the North to enlist. Some of the most important articles and illustrations of the time were… Read More

Virtue, Hall, Virtue London, First Edition 3/4 morocco Excellent - lightly rubbed,contents lightly soiled. Originl plates. 8vo., Beautifully bound in 3/4 crushed red morocco, tooled in gold with raised spine, t.e.g..

London,London,: I.H. And R.Y. 1629 Contemporary Boards. Very Good. Second Edition. 4to. Engraved title-page within ornate architectural border interlaced with vines, decorative woodcut head and tail-pieces and initials.248pp with additional 10pp index. Lacks frontispiece, rebacked. Light toning and aging but a lovely copy of this important historical work based on contemporary documentary evidence..

Holyoke, Mass & New York:: Clark W. Bryan & Co., 1884. "The detailed history of a unit that campaigned from Fredericksburg to Appomattox." Nevins. In excellent condition with some minor rubbing and soiling. Contents very slightly age toned. Small, previous owner's ink stamp on front pastedown and ffep.. First Edition. Dark Blue Cloth. Excellent. 8vo..

Boston:, 1907. This wonderful narrative Includes a complete roster with enlistment and muster out dates. Photgraphic frontis of Plummer and most interestingly there are fifteen black and white photographic illustrations of the regimental officers and of the State House in Baton Rouge, LA, burned in 1862. Some minor wear and soiling but still a very bright and clean copy.. 8vo..

London:: Cassel & Company, 1956. Churchill's great classic beautifully bound by Asprey & Co. in 3/4 crushed, red morocco. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt; aeg... First Edition. 3/4 Red Morocco. Fine. 8vo.. 4 Volumes.

Concord, 1898. Original blue cloth, 325 pages, illustrated with photographs and rosters. A very interesting regimental history with a thorough chronological list of engagements. In excellent condition, tight and sound with only some very light shelf wear.. First Edition. 8vo..

London:: J. Okes,, 1639. Translated from the original Italian manuscript by Robert Gentilis. 3ff., 90pp./ with the imprimatur leaf. Bottom of A4 and B4 trimmed slightly affecting catchword and last line of A4 whidh remains legible. Armorial bookplate. As a result of a dispute between the Venetian government and the Inquisition respecting the prohibition of a book in 1615, Paolo Sarpi decided to write this history of the Venetian Inquisition. The printer states: "this book, like to a great Treasure was alwayes much Esteemed by the best Politicians, but it lay hidden because it went not abroad, but in manuscript, and came onely to the hands of the Governours of the Venetian state...but now every good Statesman may participate of it.:" Hazlitt Suppl. III, 92; STC 21765. A lovely copy bound in 18th calf backed marble boards.. First Edition in English. Very Good. Small 4to..

Salem, 1906. First edition. cloth. A bright and clean copy in excellent condition..

London:: Stockdale,, 1794. Considered the best edition because of the inclusion of many more maps, plans and plates. Contains: portrait, 11 maps (3 folding), and 10 plates (1 by Bartolozzi). Errata page at the end of Volume II. Lacks the 1/2 titles. Edwards was a plantation owner and during his life he compiled a comprehensive account of the natural history, slave trade, agriculture and politics of the West Indies. An excellent set professionally rebacked with morocco spines preserving the original leather spine labels.. Second Edition. Contemporary Brown Calf. Excellent. 4to.. 3 Volumes.

Boston,: E. P. Dutton & Co.,, 1868. Thick 8vo, original green cloth with gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers, 670pp.l. Engraved frontispiece, One volume only.. First Edition. Original Green Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

LondonLondon: Richard Phillips, 1896 Full calf. Excellent. A beautiful elegant set. 8vo., 12 volumes., Full diced tan calf, spines rulded, decorated in gilt,edges marbled. Tops lightly pulled and light rubbing to spines..

Boston:: Brookside Press,, 1908. vi p., 1 l., 562, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Nevins describes this work as: "A contributory work with a natural imbalance of material; as part of the XVII Corps, this regiment campaigned principally in North Carolina." A fine copy.. First Edition. Black Cloth Gilt. Fine. 8vo..

London, 1684. First edition. full morocco. Near Fine. Copperplate frontis. 8vo., Beautifully bound in full brown morocco by The Club Binder. Raised bands, gilt spine and lettering, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

Philadelphia, 1906. 787pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, rosters, maps etc.. Folding map of principle campaigns laid in pouch in rear. A pristine copy of a rare and excellent regimental history full of highly interesting materia from wartime correspondence and personal recollections.. First Edition. Original Green Cloth. Fine. 8vo..

LondonLondon: , 1849 Near Fine. Mixed Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This famous history of Greece is beautifully bound in 1/2 navy morocco over navy boards with five spine compartments and 4 gilt raised bands. There is some very scattered, minor underscoring under less than a dozen lines of text in the first 3 volumes. Otherwise this is a clean and beautiful set..