Titles starting with H from Interesting Books

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 257 pages plus a ten page Bird Index at the back, slightly oversize hardcover in an attractive/durable illustrated full-cloth binding. The book includes an illustrated frontispiece/title page and a lot of Mr. Kalmenoff's very attractive interior illustrations. "The increasingly popular activity of birding and the accompanying need for bird identification are enormously simplified for both novice and expert in this, the first guide to be arranged by habitat. With the new a... more information

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NY: Bantam Books, 1992. SIGNED by Sterling on the title page. Includes a Chronology (1865[!] to 1991) and an Index. New, unread copy: I bought it new in 1992, never read it, stored it carefully over the years, only took it out to have Mr Sterling sign it. NOT a remainder, dj NOT price-clipped ("$23.00"). Fine in Fine dj.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. ... more information

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NY: Paperback Library, 1971. Paperback Library #63-591 ($.60), 124 pages. "Socorro is a tough town for any man to run. For Elfego O'Reilly it's a tinderbox. O'Reilly is at the storm center of the town's racial hatreds. To the Mexicans he is the gringo law. To the Texans he is a half-breed who favors his own. But O'Reilly is his own man, as lawbreakers of all races soon discover. The old tensions begin to disappear. Socorro starts to grow up. Then a convict with a long-standing grudg... more information

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NY: Mallard Press/An M & M Book, 1990. 176 pages, oversize hardcover with a color photo-illustrated frontispiece/title page, includes a ton of pictures (the modern ones are all in color). "...in HALLOWED GROUND...gifted photographer Alan Briere takes readers to 17 of the most significant sites of the war, including Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg. His images...encompass the terrain, the structures, the artifacts, and the commemorative statuary at... more information

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NY: Tor, November, 1991.. 1st edition. 1st printing. HC. Dj: David Mattingly. SIGNED by Maddox, his 1st novel. New, unread copy. NOT a remainder. VF in VF dj.. New/New. ... more information

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NY: McGraw-Hill, 1954. The book states "1943" on the title page but the latest date on the copyright page is 1954 so this is probably a later printing of the 4th edition. 547 pages in a flexible binding, includes a photo-illustrated frontispiece, a lot of pictures/illustrations/tables and an Index. Excellent copy: very slight browning at gutters of endpapers, pages very faintily toned else the book is as new with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NO... more information

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San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1977. 319 pages, slightly oversize hardcover in an attractive/durable full-cloth binding. The book has a photo-illustrated frontispiece, a lot of interior pictures (one group in color)/illustrations/couple graphs/tables and an Index. "This authoritative handbook is designed to assist both scientists and science students in the production of publication-grade still photographs. It can be used by anyone with minimal background in photography. The author emphasizes techniques ... more information

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Pico Rivera, CA: Gem Guides/A Gembook, 1968. 47 pages, stapled booklet with nice color photo-illustrated covers, includes a lot of pictures and a few illustrations. "The purpose of this book is threefold: 1. To create more interest in and understanding of gemstone carving and to promote the active participation of those who desire to start carving as a hobby. 2. To assist in the selection of suitable equipment, tools and material. 3. To present a workable plan with which to start and to acquaint you wi... more information

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NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947. At least I think it's a 1st edition; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 48 pages plus 12 full-page pictures of the tapestries at the back of the book. The chapters are chronological; from "Paris, XIV Century" to "Modern Tapestries". Very nice copy: spine a little worn/tiny tear at head, tiny bit of edgewear on the front cover, back cover slightly browned else the book is excellent with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlig... more information

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Garden City, NY: SFBC/Science Fiction, 1998.. 1st hardcover edition. 1st printing. HC. Dj: Bruce Jensen. ONLY hardcover ed of both novels. Prospectus (SFBC booklet) included. New, unread copy. VF in VF dj.. New/New. ... more information

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NY: Ace Books, 1971. Ace #31620 ($.60), 126 pages with an illustrated frontispiece. "Jonas Bailey had never seen Geronimo. He only saw what Geronimo had left behind: the overturned stage, the bloody bodies, the frightful evidence of terror... Miraculously, Elizabeth had survived. And three-year-old Jimmy? Well, he'd be alive as long as he caused no trouble to the Apache family who adopted him. Now Geronimo's renegades were clawing their way through Mexico, toward their stronghold in the Sierra ... more information

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NY: Bantam Books/Louis L'Amour Hardcover Collection, 1983. Nice hardcover edition with brown padded leatherette binding, gold stamping, gilt-edged pages. As new, obviously unread.. 1st US Hardcover Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Dj Issued. Illus. by Map: Alan McKnight. ... more information

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Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1979. At least I think it's a 1st; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 297 pages, quality trade paperback. Very nice copy: just a little cover rubbing, light reading crease on front else the book is excellent with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder. Near Fine.. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Cover Art: Doug Klein. ... more information

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Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1971.. 1st edition. 1st printing. Hardcover. Novel about Mennonites in Pennsylvania in the Sixties. Nearly as new, dj just slightly marked, NOT price-clipped ("$3.95"). Fine in Near Fine dj.. ... more information

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NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994.. 1st edition. 1st printing. Hardcover. Dj art: Will van Overbeek. New, unread copy. NOT a remainder. Very Fine in Very Fine dj.. New/New. ... more information

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NY: Stoll & Edwards, 1924. At least I think it's a 1st; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 152 pages, full of Perkins' excellent illustrations (about 1/3 have color) with a bunch of familiar and unfamiliar fairy tales. For example: "The Three Bears": in this version her name is Golden Locks rather than Goldilocks. Has "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse" but also has "The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse". Like that. Decent copy: binding somewhat marked and sl... more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Ms Grau's 1st novel, 2nd book, 466 pages in an attractive "two-tone" full-cloth binding. "Now in her first novel an exciting experience awaits the reader, for Miss Grau opens up a new and little-known world. She penetrates the heart of a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast and in a work of sustained lyrical beauty captures the mood and rhythm of life of the people who have for generations hung on to this narrow strip of land on the edge of a maligna... more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1958. Pocket #1197 ($.25), 169 pages. "'Deputy Sheriff Steve Burden was out to get the lawless Rice Martin. But to reach him, Steve would have to blast a bloody path through the big boy's henchmen - a gang of waddies whose guns were notched like picket fences. One by one Steve knocked them off. In panic, Martin called on John Rodman, the slickest trigger on his team. His orders: 'Kill Steve Burden.' They met in the Jewel Saloon and Rodman died, suckered into making a p... more information

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NY: New American Library/A Signet Book, 1955. Signet #1232 ($.25), 126 pages. "Bob Keegan was a courageous giant of a man, a fast-drawing rawhide cowboy who went out with guns blazing to stop a ruthless big-time cattle baron and his crew of gunslingers from running the small men off the range. The bark of six-guns set the valley aflame as Keegan led the two-bit ranchers into a rocky canyon for a last ditch stand to keep the land and cattle for which they had sweated and toiled. The most coveted prize f... more information

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NY: Diamond Books, 1992. True 1st: no hardcover edition of this was published. New, unread copy: I bought it new in 1992, never read it, stored it carefully over the years. NO stamps or alien writing. Fine.. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. New. ... more information

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