Search Results: Titles starting with H from Pacific Coast Books

Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing Company, 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition Number 897, signed by editor Gordon Newell in blue ink on title page, This volume bound expressly for and registered in the name of Captain C.J. Galloway, Jr. in title block on title page, hardbound folio almost 14 inches in height by 9.75 inches in width and almost 2.25 inches thick, 706 pages, "An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry from 1895, the date of publication of the last such comprehensive history, "Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest." to present time with sketches and portraits of a number of well known marine men." most heavily illustrated with numerous black and white historical photographs including many portraits of important maritime leaders. Brown buckram over boards with titles and devices stamped in gilt on spine and covers. Near Fine, a trace of very light staining to bottom edge. Map end papers free… Read More

University of Santa Clara Press, 1947. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing 1947 stated, Comprehensive and detailed history of the Catholic Church in early California, excellent history divided into chapters that focus on a specific county, complete with 18 illustrations and 5 maps. Book is Fine, ultra clean green publisher's cloth, with bright gilt titles to spine, tight and square with sharp corners, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket is Fine, great illustration of traveling man with burro and cross on front cover with title. sharp in new mylar sleeve. Ultra clean and most presentable Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1994. Slipcase with Pamphlets. near Fine/none. near FINE, 1994, The Book Club of California, keepsake edition, 12 total individual 2 page folders. Introduction with illustrations. approximately 8.5" by 10", folders in paper folder, blue chemise is fine as well as slipcase, quarter bound dark blue spine with light blue cloth case, 5 raised bands on spine with gilt title label, Case is near Fine, light foxing to boards, Contents Fine. Bargain Priced.

Albuqerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1943, Very Good Plus or Better, publisher's green pebble hardback with gilt title to spine, tight and square, sharp corners, No previous owner bookplate or writing, 269 pages including index, plus errata page, heavily illustrated with black and white photographs, some toning to end papers, Very nice copy at a Bargain price. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition with correct number line, comprehensive reference work devoted to human intelligence. divided into 3 sections: Theories and conceptual issues, rationale and limitations, Clinical and educational applications. 985 pages in never read condition. Book and Jacket are in near Fine condition, a small chip at the heel of the spine in the cloth and a tiny chip in jacket are the only flaws, else Fine and as new. Book is 9.5 inches in height by 6.75 inches in width. No previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, 1926. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1926, 3 volumes, soft cover booklets with 3 staple binding, 8.75 inches in height by 6.75 inches in width, tan paper covers with black title block to front cover, 16 pages or so of Broad Edge Pen examples and exercises with many blank pages for practice, previous owner did not make any marks, Volume 1 has a slit on the spine but holding, also bottom corner is clipped, Volumes 2 and 3 are near Fine. All lightly toned. Vintage handwriting examples. Text near Fine. Very clean and most presentable. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition with correct number line 13579108642 on copyright page, Boldly SIGNED Hillary in blue ink on second free page, 600 pages plus index and photo credits, 48 pages of color photographs, also photographs on end papers and rear panel of jacket. Book is Fine, ultra clean and bright edition, No bookplate or writing, never read condition, Publishers quarter bound grey paper over boards, black cloth spine with bright gilt title, Dust jacket is near Fine a 1.5 inch slit on front panel near spine in middle of panel not affecting the portrait of Hillary, two autograph copy stickers on front board, original $35.00 price intact, protected in a new mylar sleeve, An ultra clean and most presentable signed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1990. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Third Revised Edition, Two Volume set, complete, Books are over sized 11.75 inches in height, excellent high quality Timber Press publication, comprehensive look at perennials with more than 800 genera, 4,200 species, 3,600 cultivators. Heavily illustrated with 690 color photographs plus 352 black and white photographs. unequaled book in scope and magnitude. Books are ultra clean teal hardback with bright gilt titles to spine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, tight and square with sharp corners. Jackets are near Fine, full color photographs on front panel. Both jackets protected in new mylar sleeves. An ultra clean and most presentable 2 volume set. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Two volumes in Fine minus condition, Quality Harvard University Press publication, Books are 11.75 inches in height by 9 inches in width, very comprehensive look at 16th Century Italian books, heavily illustrated with hundreds of plates, title pages and detailed information on hundreds of titles, total 840 pages with index and chronology. Vol 1: Aaron to Lusitano, 265 books. Volume 2: Maggi to Zuallart 293 books, 558 titles in total with detailed bibliographic information. Books are ultra clean rust brown cloth with black titles blocks to spines with gilt titles, just the very lightest sunning to spine else Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Original slipcase present in at least Very Good Plus condition with one bruised corner else near Fine. Ultra clean and most presentable set in never read condition.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The colorful story of a vanished wrld-San Francisco's China town in the days of the Tong Wars. First edition, 1962, 375 pages illustrated with vintage photographs by Arnold Genthe and others, INSCRICBED and dated by Richard Dillon in black ink on second end page, Also a hand typed and signed letter from Dillon laid in, Book is near Fine, previous owner tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, very clean red cloth with bright gilt titles to spine and Chinese symbols on front board. Jacket is Very Good minus, some rubbing and wear to extremities, original $5.95 price intact. A unique inscribed First Edition with personal letter from Richard Dillon. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The colorful story of a vanished wrld-San Francisco's China town in the days of the Tong Wars. First edition, 1962, 375 pages illustrated with vintage photographs by Arnold Genthe and others, Book is near Fine, little rub and small black mark on very bottom edge of text near fore edge, very clean red cloth with bright gilt titles to spine and Chinese symbols on front board. Jacket is Very Good minus , some rubbing and wear to extremities including light loss to corners. A solid First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Honolulu: The University of Hawaii Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rick Golt. First Edition, inscribed by both authors and photographer in black felt pen on the half title page, Quality University of Hawaii publication almost 12 inches in height, 267 pages including index, more than 100 Hawaiian tropical plants are featured, full page color plates, Book is at least Very Good Plus, light foxing on top edge else Fine, two tone green and white boards with bright gilt titles to spine, tight and square with sharp corners, No previous owner bookplate or writing. Jacket is Very Good Plus some edge wear, a few minor tears and some rubbing to rear panel, shows well in new mylar sleeve. A very clean and most presentable inscribed First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Anaheim Hills, California: Centerstream Publishing, 1996. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and its Great Hawaiian Musicians, complied by Lorene Ruymar, foreward by Jerry Byrd, sponsored by the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, Signed on first free page "Aloha to Robert from Lorene", 200 pages including index, this publication is the comprehensive history and resource on the Hawaiian Steel Guitar, covers origin, travels, heavily illustrated with guitars and musicians. Book is Fine, one light corner bump, never read condtion, very clean covers and text, a most presentable copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Honolulu: The Printshop Company, 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Hawaiian Annual for 1936, Sixty-Second Issue, The Reference Book of Information and Statistics, Relating to the Territory of Hawaii, of Value to Merchants, Tourists and Others, 140 pages Soft cover booklet with paper covers and 2 staple binding holding firm, Book is Very Good, no previous owner bookplate or writing, typical light periodic foxing, one worm hole through the entire text and cover, loaded with vintage business advertisements, facts and figures about business and the state of the Territory of Hawaii, some vintage black and white photographs, registry and directory of Territorial officers. Cover much better than usually found, spine is very strong with Lewers & Cooke Ltd. advertisement. Very Clean, most presentable, original Hawaiiana published in Honolulu. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company. Later Printing. Publisher's Yellow Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Ms. Bazore, a chairperson of the Hoe Economics Department at the University of Hawaii, has done a wonderful job presenting Hawaiian and and Asian traditional cuisine, as well as providing recipes which were assembled for the average American home using "mainland ingredients" available at any local grocery store. Later printing of the 1940 classic, 290 pages, comprehensive cookbook with customs, recipes and techniques for major groups of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Octavo, 8 inches by 5.5 in width, spotless publisher's mustard cloth, bright black title to spine, NO previous owner bookplate or writing FINE. Beautiful original bright and colorful decorated dustjacket in new mylar. Fine book in a near Fine jacket.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Co, 1926. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Early Hawaiian history, Captain Cook. introduction by Sanford Dole.Fourth Printing, 1926, 218 pages plus 2 pages of ads, 8 full page illustrations, Book is near Fine, only because of typical end paper toning, ultra clean publisher's decorated yellow cloth with bold illustration on front board, No previous owner bookplate or writing, free pages are unevenly toned (publisher's paper issue). Jacket is near Fine, looks sharp in new mylar jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Pamaemon Pres Limited, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition Number One of 475, Boldly signed by James Dickey in black ink on limitation page, 1979, 26 pages, Interesting book of Poetry by Poet Laureate James Dickey, Book is 11.25 inches in height by 8.25 inches in width. Book is Fine, No previous owner name or bookplate, very clean publisher's grey cloth with off white title block affixed to front board, high quality paper and lovely presentation, No jacket as isued, Very Clean and Most Presentable Limited Edition at a bargain price. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York: Newsweek Books, 1979. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Marilena Pistoia. Third Edition, Book is 12 inches in height by 8.45 inches in width. Books is Fine, never read with No previous owner bookplate or writing, ultra clean yellow cloth boards with black title to spine. 242 pages including appendix, glossaries, bibliographies and index. Books gives descriptions of plants used by old herbalists as well as their present day function in medicine. Their role in history, mythology, sorcery and also the kitchen. Extensively illustrated with dozens of fantastic color illustrations. Jacket is near Fine and shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. Valuable information for many disciplines. Ultra clean and most presentable. ME. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Healthy Cuisine of India, Recipes from the Bengal Region, inscribed by author in maroon felt pen on first free page, First Edition, 286 pages with index, nicely designed book and jacket, both in Fine Condition, un clipped jacket. Tight and square, very clean, most presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Kurt Wise. Beautifully illustrated First Edition printed in 1945, 32 pages, Book is 9.5 inches in height by 7.5 inches in width, 26 beautiful color, black and white illustrations by Kurt Wise on 32 pages. Book is Fine, tan cloth with clean black titles to spine, very colorful illustration of native Alaskan with a Salmon in his net. Colorful map end papers showing Alaska in relationship to Canada and USSR, No previous owner bookplate or writing, very clean. Jacket is Very Good Plus and shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve, original $1.25 price intact, same beautiful full color illustration on front panel wrapping to rear panel, one 1 1/2 inch piece missing from top corner of rear panel else near Fine. Very colorful jacket and most presentable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.