Authors starting with H from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday & Co., Inc.,, [1966]. Thick 8vo. xiv, [4], 462 pp. Numerous plates, map endpapers. Quarter-blk over blk cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr dustsoilng, shlfwr), w/ d.j. (1 vry sml clsd tear, shlfwr), VG/VG. First edition, 2nd printing of this history of the personal lives of a royal family that made history of six centuries. ... more information

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New York:: G.P. Putnam's Sons,, [1952]. 8vo. vi, [2], 308, [2] pp. Quarter-red cloth over tweed boards, blk lettrng (slght shlfwr, slght bmpng), w/ d.j. (chppng at hd of spine, edgewear), VG/VG-. First edition of this famed and scarce story of the author, suffering from PTSD and diagnosed schizophrenic after returning from War, and his long year recovering in an institution. ... more information

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Beaverton, OR:: Touchstone Press,, [1972]. 8vo. [8], 144, [6] pp. Photo illusts. Blue cloth, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. (couple vry sml clsd tears, mnr scuffng, edgewear), VG/VG-, signed by author on ffep. Early printing of this charming cookbook by the former Oregon governor's wife. ... more information

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London:: Travel Book Club,, [1958]. 8vo. viii, 343, [1] pp. Tan boards, blk lettrng (slght bmpng), w/ d.j. (slght dustsoilng, slght fxng on fore-edges), VG/VG-. First Travel Book Club edition of this travelogue about her two-year trip through Manila, Hong Kong, Macao, Bangkok, Penang, the Nicobar Islands, Ceylon, India, Damascus, and more. ... more information

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Syracuse, NY:: Canal Society of New York State,, 1987. 8vo. 98 pp. Numerous plates, large folding diagrams. Colour-illust. softcvrs, NF. First edition of this scarce work explains the likely design and construction of the earliest river boats, such as the Schenectady and Durham Boats, on the first canals along the Mohawk and upstate New York in the late 1700s and early 1800s. ... more information

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New York:: Doubleday, Page & Co.,, 1905. 8vo. 359, [1] pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp., 7 plates. Red cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr rubbng, shlfwr), VG. First edition of Haggard's great fantasy lost race sequel to She set in central Asia. ... more information

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London:: George G. Harrap & Co.,, [1928]. 8vo. 302 pp. Light red cloth, blk lettrng (slght shlfwr, vry mnr sunng to spine), VG copy. Reprint edition of this work set in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala, about a lost pre-Aztec race. ... more information

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London:: Cassell and Co., Ltd.,, [1926]. 12mo. 305, [1] pp. Tan cloth, blk lettrng & illust on frnt cvr (mnr rubbng, shlfwr), still VG- copy. Reprint edition of this Haggard fantasy novel describing an indestructible spirit named Little Bonsa whose powers to deal riches and death are unchangeable through time. ... more information

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London:: Cassell, , [1930]. 12mo. 301, [1] pp. Gold cloth, blk lettrng & lozenge on frnt cvr (slght rubbng, shlfwr), VG. Reprint edition of this adventure novel about two Crusaders in love with one woman, niece of Saladin, who kidnaps her from England, and the romantic events then work themselves out in Palestine, ending with the capture of Jerusalem. ... more information

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London:: Cassell and Co.,, 1912. 12mo. xii, [4], 346 pp. Illust. title, colour frntsp., plates. Red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt & blk, slight shlfwr, some rubbng, VG. First edition of this Quatermain adventure set against the backdrop of the massacre of the Boer General, Retief at the hands of the Zulu king, Dingaan, son of Chaka. ... more information

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London:: Ward, Lock & Co.,, [1917]. 12mo. 320 pp. Tan cloth, blk lettrng (mnr rubbng, dustsoilng, shlfwr), G copy. Early printing of this third Quatermain Zulu adventure set against the backdrop of the massacre of the Boer General, Retief at the hands of the Zulu king, Dingaan, son of Chaka. ... more information

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London:: Cassell & Co.,, [1935]. 12mo. [6], 312 pp. Tan cloth, blk lettrng, VG. Reprint of this fantasy adventure set in 14th Century Peru, when a shipwrecked sailor became the legendary white god of the Incas. ... more information

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New York:: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie,, [1914]. 8vo. xiii, [1], 336 pp. Frntsp., historiated initials. Burgundy cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt & blk, slight shlfwr, VG. Reprint edition of this fantasy novel set against the backdrop of the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra. ... more information

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New York:: William Morrow & Co.,, [1995]. 4to. 146 pp. Colour frntsp., colour-illust. title, numerous colour plates, text illusts. Half-blue cloth over red boards, w/ d.j. NF/NF. Early printing of this work including the dragons of Perseus, St. George, Sigurd, Grahame, Reluctant Dragon, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Italo Calvino. ... more information

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London:: Scientific Book Guild,, [1961]. 8vo. 214 pp. Numerous plates. Colour-illust. boards, minor bmpng to crnrs, creasng frnt cvr, still G copy. First SBG edition of this famed work on plant physiology first published in 1727, describing the loss of water in plants by evaporation. ... more information

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Fallbrook, CA:: Aero Publishers,, [1978]. 8vo. 384 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght chppng ft of spine), NF/VG. First Aero edition of this incredible account of the 4th fighter group, one of 15 fighter groups in the 8th Air Force, who downed 1016 planes. ... more information

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Los Angeles:: Hall Publishing Co.,, [1931]. 8vo. [4], 384 pp. Illusts. Green cloth, gilt decrtd frnt cvr, gilt lettrng on spine (mnr shlfwr, rubbng, underling to a couple leaves), still good reference copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition, thus, of this volume containing sections on healing, mysticism of Omar, Rasputin, Occultism in America, Tibetan Cabalism, Diogenes, Einstein, the Feathered Serpent, Freemasonry, Gnostic Cults, and much more. ... more information

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New York:: Viking,, 1953. 8vo. [6], 479, [1] pp. Green cloth, yellow lettrng (slght bmpng 1 crnr), w/ d.j. cover art by Bill English (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), VG/VG. First edition, 2nd printing of this California novel set in the period from the Depression through the Korean War. ... more information

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New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,, 1942. Oblong folio. [26 pp (unpaginated)]. Colour-illust. throughout, w/ felt attached to image on first leaf. Colour-illust. boards, spiral bound as issued, w/ pages increasing in size as the story progresses, a very nice copy. First edition of this delightful horse tale. ... more information

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Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill Co.,, [1961]. 8vo. 320 pp. Numerous photos. Blue cloth, blk lettrng (mnr uniform toning), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, edgewear), VG/VG-. First edition, 1st printing, stated. ... more information

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