Search Results: Titles starting with H from Boojum and Snark Books

G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1994 An exceptional copy of the first edition/first printing: book and dustcover as new --- a pristine, unread copy. Blue paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches, 698 pp., index, b/w photo illustrations. (1722RO004). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1970 Second edition. Red and gray cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, red front board lettering, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 262 pp. index, numerous illustrations. "Withdrawn" library stamp on front free endpaper (no other library markings). Very good plus. (3214003). 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Churchill Livingstone; New York, 1984 Second edition. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt and black spine and front board lettering, 10 x 7 3/4 inches, 389 pp., index, numerous b/w illustrations (568 figures). Very good plus (previous institutional owner's label affixed to title page, no other library markings; name in ink, half-title page; modest amount of yellow highlighting in first chapter; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). From the preface to the second edition: "As I reluctantly reviewed the first edition, which with groundless conceit I had believed to be carved in stone I found more than sufficient cause to kindle embarrassment --- and enthusiasm. Thus the second edition contains a chapter on congenital anomalies, that most complex of therapeutic decisions, and new or expanded sections on quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, compartment syndromes, fractures new and old, frostbite and other topics previously sidestepped or only lightly brushed. Other portions of the first edition were… Read More

W. B. Saunders; Philadelphia; 1974., 1974 The second printing of the 1974 first edition. Red and black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (moderately faded), 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches, 588 pp., index, illustrated with numerous radiograms. Very good. (3214005). Hardcover. Very Good.

University of Texas, Austin, 1954 Soft cover, printed front cover, 10 x 7 inches, 232 pp., index, b/w illustrations, fold-out table. Good (wear and sunning, covers and spine; pages clean anD binding tight). (3214052). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

R. S. Styles, Printer; Burlington, Vermont; 1882. First edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by Jo H. Linsley on the front free endpaper. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering, 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches, 40 pp., index. About good. Rare. (3214004). Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.

August Hirschwald; Berlin; 1907. Neunte Auflage des Casper-Liman'schen Handbuches. Zweiter Band. Half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches, marbled endpapers, 608 pp., index, 63 b/w illustrations in text. Bottom half of spine strip detached and laid in; upper half of spine strip loose at rear hinge, still attached at front hinge; substantial wear externally, with focal erosion of leather and paper; otherwise, binding intact and pages clean. Keywords: Medicine, Forensic, Law, Legal, Jurisprudence, Pathology, Death, Trauma, Asphyxiation, Children, Murder. (3214059). Hardcover.

Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger; Berlin; 1925, 1926. Scarce. Two issues bound together, green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, 264 pp. with index and 73 figures (1925 issue), 114 pp. with index and 42 figures (1926 issue). Ex-library with usual internal markings (no external markings), else very good. 1925 issue: Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie / unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachmanner herausgegeben von / K. Linsbauer / Professor der Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen und / Vorstand des pflanzenphysiolog. Inst. d. Universitat Graz / Allgemeiner Teil: Cytologie / Band III/2 / Die Zellmembran / von / C. van Wisselingh / Professor der Pharmazie an der Universitat Groningen (Holland). 1926 issue: Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie / unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachmanner herausgegeben von / K. Linsbauer / Professor der Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen und / Vorstand des pflanzenphysiolog. Inst. d. Universitat Graz / 1. Abteilung 2. Teil: Histologie / Band IV / Meristeme /… Read More

Jos. A. Kienreich, Graz, 1855., 1855 Rare (one OCLC library holding). Half leather and brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 338 pp., index, tables, four folded/pull-out plates of engineering drawings. Text in German. Good (substantial wear to leather, with erosion at tips and spine ends; binding modestly shaken, but still intact; on the title page there is a brown stain at and near the gutter, not interferring with text; two ink stamps and a pencilled word, probably a previous owner, on the title page; otherwise, pages clean). Building laws and regulations, Austria, mid-19th century. (3214010). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Dial Books/Penguin, New York, 2012 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, boldly SIGNED by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, dated 2012, the year of publication. Glossy color-illustrated boards (with the dustcover recapitulating the board illustrations), 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches, unpaginated, great full-page color illustrations. Book as new, with no markings except the author's signature (no inscription). Dustcover very near fine. Scarce signed. (K077). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine.

Dial Press, New York, 1980 A beautiful hardcopy of the first edition (first printing), book fine, dustcover very near fine (now with mylar cover). Great full color illustrations by Susan Jeffers. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches, unpaginated. "Susan Jeffers has reinterpreted this dark, thrilling tale, adding new depth and dimension in a series of hauntingly beautiful illustrations that celebrate the triumph of Hansel and Gretel's strength and spirit over the malevolence of the world around them. Never has the cake house seemed so tempting; never have the woods seemed so bewitched and mysterious; never has the witch seemed so frighteningly evil. And never has an artist captured the purity and innocence of childhood with such breath-taking radiance." (1722RO121). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1915 June 1915 reprint edition (first edition was October 1913). Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, 274 pp., dictionary, index, numerous b/w illustrations (diagrams, circuits and photos). Good (substantial fading, spine; moderate edgewear, especially lower spine end; gift inscription, dated 1916, and previous owner's signatures, front endpapers; modest foxing and mild soiling focally). Binding still tight. No dustcover. A very well done and interesting book about electricity for young people, with numerous projects and experiments supported by good diagrams and illustrations. (K034). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Angus & Robertson, London, 1984 First edition hardcover, with dustjacket. The first novel of Sydney journalist John Yeomans. Book as new. In a very good plus dustcover (mild rubbing and wear). Brown paper-covered boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 80 pp. ISBN 0207148864 (3214009). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good.

Angus & Robertson, London, 1984 An exceptional copy of the first edition: book and dustcover fine. The first novel of Sydney journalist John Yeomans. Brown paper-covered boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 80 pp. (K031). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1970 First edition/first printing. Black cloth-covered boards with red lettering and decoration (raised fist), 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 381 pp., index, b/w photo illustrations, map-illustrated endpapers. Book very good minus (modest spotting to front board; mild spine slant; pages clean and binding tight). Dustcover very good (moderate rubbing and edgewear). "It couldn't happen here, almost everyone said about the oldest and most renowned university in the country. Then on April 9, 1969, a band of students led by the radical wing of SDS seized University Hall." (1722RO081). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

University of Houston; Houston, Texas, 1956 The twentieth annual anthology of student writing at the University of Houston. Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 132 pp., b/w illustrations. Near fine. (K071). Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Department of Cell Biiology, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, Texas, 1996 Plastic comb binding, 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, 234 pp., index, numerous b/w illustrations of human anatomy. Very near fine. (K062). Soft cover. Near Fine.

Ventilating & Air Conditioning Contractors Association of Chicago; Chicago; 1957., 1957 First edition. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (moderately faded), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, various pagination (about 296 pp.), figures, tables. Very good. Scarce. Contents: Preface; Hazardous Materials and Their Physiological Action; Principles of Supply and Exhaust Ventilation; Threshold Limit Values; Characteristics of Individual Gases, Vapors and Dusts; Conversion Factors; Index. (3214023). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Year Book Medical Publishers; Chicago; 1968. First edition. Dark green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches, 380 pp., index, 174 figures. Very good plus - near fine. Contents: Nasopharynx; Oropharynx, Hypopharynx, Cervical Esophagus and Thyroid Gland; Vocal Cords, Subglottic Region and Trachea; Supraglottic Region; Paranasal Sinuses and Nasal Cavity; Mandible, Nerve Sheath Involvement, Orbit, Miscellaneous. (3214049). F. Hardcover.

University of Queensland Press, 1992 An excellent hardcover copy of the FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING, with dustcover: book and dustcover fine. Yellow paper-covered boards, 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches, b/w photo-illustrated endpapers, 306 pp. "Hugh Lunn's high-octane, girl-chasing scoop of a '60s sequel to Over the top with Jim". (K081). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.