Search Results: Authors starting with H from Tannery Books

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Caroline A. Halsted, Richard III, as Duke of Gloucester and King of England. Complete in one volume. Philadelphia, Carey and Hart, 1844, First American edition. Brick cloth hc with blind-stamped floral design and bookbinder's name (Russell), 8vo, viii, [17]-472 pp with appendices (pages appear misnumbered, not missing). Good-/no DJ: ex-library with old bookplate and no-to-minimal markings, covers worn with parts of spine missing, light foxing.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. Second printing. Hardcover. Good +/good. James E. Harris, Kent R. Weeks. X-Raying the Pharaohs : The most important breakthrough in Egyptology since the discovery of Tutankhamon's tomb. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973, second printing. Early work of Dr. Kent R. Weeks, two decades before he rediscovered tomb KV5 as the tomb of Ramses II's sons (Theban Mapping Project). Includes background stories of pharoahs and tomb robbers written in easy prose. Black cloth hc with green metallic ankh on front and lettering on spine, green eps, 196 pp with index and kinship (dynasty) charts, 4 pp of color plates, 33 pp of bw photos including x-rays; black and green DJ with author photos on back flap. G+/G-: corners bumped, pages crisp, no markings; DJ bumped and scuffed with tears on the edges, creases on the back, unclipped with no price.

Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859. First printing. Hardcover. Good. G. G. White. Cecil B. Hartley, Life of Major General Henry Lee, Commander of Lee's Legion in the Revolutionary War, and Subsequently Governor of Virginia; to Which is Added the Life of General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina. Illustrated with engravings, from original designs, by G. G. White. Philadelphia, G. G. Evans, 1859, First printing. Blind-stamped decorative brown cloth hc with elaborately gilt "Live of Heroes and Hunters" design on spine, 8vo (19 cm), light yellow endpapers, 352 pp, double frontispiece plus three illustrated plates. Good: corners worn and spine chipped with small holes in design, po bookplate on front pastedown and pencil marking on ffep, one plate corner-creased, light smudging/foxing but no internal markings.

1930. Hardcover. Good. The Senior Class (1928), The Pyramid, published by The Senior Class of the Panzer Normal School for Physical Education and Hygiene, [1930]. Red leather covered boards, stamped block design with gilt lettering and fill on front, red laid paper endpapers, 100 pp with decorative borders, plus 4 color plates to divide sections. SIGNED by Henry Panzer on his appreciation page, p. 9. Undated alumni list of the Class of 1928 with addresses and married names laid in, one leaf. Originally the Newark Normal School for Physical Education and Hygiene [New Jersey], later named for Henry Panzer, president from 1918 until his death in 1932, the school merged with Montclair State College in 1958. Panzer, born in Switzerland in 1868, was involved with the international Olympic Games and authored a text on physical education (Journal of Health and Physcial Education, 1932). Yearbook owned by Audrey "Bobby" Hatfield [Pierson], a member of the Pyramid staff who wrote the school history; also a… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Seamus Heaney, translator and former Nobel prize winner in literature, Beowulf, A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney, Bilingual Edition, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, eleventh printing. Black boards with quarter black cloth and silver lettering on spine, xxxii, 214 pp, [viii including family tree]; black dustjacket with chain mail illustration. Bilingual edition with Old English on versos and modern English on rectos, subtitle notes in margins. Very Good/Good: spine bumped, light scuffing on rear cover, first few pages very light creasing, otherwise crisp and bright, no markings; DJ lightly bumped, scratch on front cover, unclipped. Printed in USA

1980. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Helen G. Huttenhauer, ed. by Betsy Lindau, Young Southern Pines, copyright 1980 by the author. Rust or dark orange cloth with black lettering on spine, 8vo, 162 pp, bw photos and illustrations throughout; illustrated DJ has interior panoramic photos from 1900 with buildings labeled. Includes two newspaper clippings (one about historic homes and the other a map), a program for the 1987 centennial, and leaflet about four historic houses with attached 1992 letter. VG/G: light bumping, po name in ink on ffep, underlining in sections (heavy in the Shaws chapter), pages bright, crisp; DJ bumped, 1-inch tear on back and tears on spine with tape inside-no content loss, lightly faded, unclipped.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. George Morrow. A. P. Herbert, illustrated by George Morrow, Laughing Ann and Other Poems, London, Ernest Benn Ltd., 1929, third printing. Benn's Essex Library series No. 20. Brown cloth hc with black floral design, 12mo (17 cm), 24 pp including ad for H.G. Wells' works, line drawings; blue paper dustjacket with celtic-style border, price incorporated into spine design. Contemporary poetry, including a too-platonic courtship in "It May Be Life—": "I wish I hadn't broke that dish, / I wish I was a movie-star, / I wish a lot of things, I wish / That life was like the movies are...." Good+/Fair: lightly worn and faded, small tear on ffep, first few pages bumped on edge, no markings; DJ bumped and creased, 2-inch tear on spine, stain spot inside spine. Printed in Great Britain.

Woodland Hills, Calif.: Windsor Publications, 1983. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Greensboro: A Chosen Center, An Illustrated History by Gayle Hicks Fripp, ed. by William J. Moore, et al. Woodland Hills, Calif., Windsor Publications, 1983, Second edition. Brown cloth hc with gold lettering on spine, 4to (28 cm), 224 glossy pp with index, bw illustrations throughout, 16 pp color plates plus frontispiece; glossy color dustjacket. Illustrated history from colonial times to 1980. Very Good/Very Good: light wear on corners, front ffep missing, no markings; DJ price-clipped, lightly scuffed and bumped. Printed in USA

New York: Macmillan, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Charles Higham, Bette: The Life of Bette Davis, New York, Macmillan, 1981, First Printing. White cloth spine with red metallic lettering over orange paper boards, 8vo, xx, 316 pp with index, 32 pp bw photos; glossy color dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good: corners bumped, small stains or foxing on spine cloth, crisp, tight, no markings; DJ bumped with light crease on front, unclipped. printed in USA

Charlotte: Lassiter Corporation, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Good. the 1953 Yackety Yack : Universitat Carol Septent Sigillum - University of North Carolina yearbook, Charlotte, Lassiter Corporation, 1953. First year with head coach Frank Maguire, who would later lead the Tarheels to a record undefeated season and NCAA championship. Gray hardcover with color photo on front and gold stamped lettering, 4to (30 cm), white on black illustrated endpapers, 424 pp. Good: corners and edges rubbed, title page and free endpapers foxed, po name on ffep verso.

Charlotte: Lassiter Corporation, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 1952 Yackety Yack - University of North Carolina yearbook, Charlotte, Lassiter Corporation, 1952. Black cloth and leatherette hardcover with embossed year and title, 4to (30 cm), 382 pp. Good: corners rubbed and spine creased, title page lightly foxed, no markings.

Greensboro: North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1987. Paperback. New. Hiram H. Hilty, Greensboro Monthly Meeting of Friends, A New Meeting for a New Age, Greensboro, 1987. Light tan paper cover with single-color photo of meetinghouse on front. 8vo, 142 pp with index and appendices, illustrated with bw photos. New: Direct from the publisher to our store, but light bumping on front corner. Greensboro Monthly Meeting is also known as First Friends Meeting.

Greensboro: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Ex-Library. Seth B. Hinshaw, Walk Cheerfully, Friends, The Essential Optimism of the Quaker Faith, Greensboro, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. Green trade pb with woods illustration on front, viii, 152 pp plus author bio inside back cover, line drawing chapter headings, frontispiece bw photo of path in woods. Ex-lib (G): ex-library with stickers and lamination, minimal markings, clean.

Greensboro: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Seth B. Hinshaw, Walk Cheerfully, Friends, The Essential Optimism of the Quaker Faith, Greensboro, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. Green trade pb with woods illustration on front, viii, 152 pp plus author bio inside back cover, line drawing chapter headings illustrated by Mary Edith Hinshaw, frontispiece bw photo of path in woods. Very good: covers lightly bumped and scuff, rubbed around spine, light foxing on edges, tight, crisp, no markings.

Greensboro: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Seth B. Hinshaw, Walk Cheerfully, Friends, The Essential Optimism of the Quaker Faith, Greensboro, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. Green trade pb with woods illustration on front, viii, 152 pp plus author bio inside back cover, line drawing chapter headings, frontispiece bw photo of path in woods. Very Good: light scuffing on covers, crisp, no markings.

Greensboro: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1982. Paperback. Good. Seth B. Hinshaw, Questions Quakers Are Asking: A Discussion Guide for Inquiring Friends, Greensboro, N.C., North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1982. Yellow and white stapled paper covers, 8vo, 60 pp. Written for Young Adults with useful discussion for all adults. Good: covers scuffed and tanned especially at spine, some underlining.

Greensboro: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Good. Seth B. Hinshaw, Walk Cheerfully, Friends, The Essential Optimism of the Quaker Faith, Greensboro, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1978. Green trade pb with woods illustration on front, viii, 152 pp plus author bio inside back cover, line drawing chapter headings, frontispiece bw photo of path in woods. Good: white paint/stain on front cover, interior crisp, no markings.

North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Seth Bennett Hinshaw, Friends Worship Today: Contemporary Concepts and Practices, North Carolina Yearly Meeting and North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1991. Glossy blue paper covers with white lettering, 8vo, 124 pp. Very Good: lightly bumped, light crease on back cover, crisp, no markings.

North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1992. First edition. Paperback. New. David O. Stanfield. Seth B. Hinshaw, illustrated by David O. Stanfield, Quaker Quimericks, North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1992, First edition. Stapled yellow paper covers, 8vo, 52 pp, limericks and line drawings. New (from publisher) with light shelfwear - one copy has tiny tear on spine, bright, no markings.

Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1926. First edition. Paperback. Good. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Marking the Historic Sites of Early Pennsylvania - Fourth Report of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Harrisburg, Penn., 1926, First Edition. Glossy cream paper covers, 8vo, 88 pp, fold-out map, illustrated with bw photos. Good: covers bumped with half-inch tear at spine, light foxing/soiling on covers and title page, no markings.