Search Results: Authors starting with H from BRYAN BUNCH BOOKS

A new interpretation of Greek mathematics, an important departure from received wisdom.

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers, 1910. First edition. Gray cloth covered board with gilt titles and bright four-color depiction of Hudson ships inset. Very Good. The books are big, fat volumes of about 1400 pages each, complete with a full-color frontispiece of The Half Moon in vol. 1 and The Cleremont in vol. 2 along with hudnreds of photographs in an appendix of each volume. Mostly the text concerns the efents of the Celebration, including the dedications of parks. There is in ink on the front endpaper an elegantly handwritten" To Grace E. Scofield, January 1, 1914 from Father" in each volume. Volume 2 has a gray discolored area visible on the edge of some pages, but not really affectng the page itself.

Clinton Hall, NY: Redfield, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Some foxing on early pages and edgewear on cover

This was my textbook in linear algebra and in many ways my favorite textbook ever. I don't write in books, so the pages are all unmarked and the copy is tightly bound--just a little worn at the edges from use.

This was my textbook in linear algebra and in many ways my favorite textbook ever. I don't write in books, so the pages are all unmarked and the copy is tightly bound--just a little worn at the edges from use.

Nobel Conference XVIII

This, his second and best-known novel, is about a young boy who suffers brutal neglect and homosexual exploitation. Hanley, from Liverpool, had gone to sea at age seventeen but jumped ship in Canada in 1917 to join the Canadian army, with which he fought briefly in WWI. When the boy of the book's title goes to sea as a thirteen-year-old stowaway, he is subjugated to homosexual abuse. It caused a sensation when published in England. The 1931 first trade edition was expurgated, and the 1934 second edition was successfully prosecuted for obscenity. This copy shows its age by some yellowing of the paper and there is a stain on the front cover--otherwise in excellent condition.

Although the Chicago is not much of a river, its pivotal place in the history and commerce of Chicago makes it special. The dust jacket is preserved in mylar. All the Rivers of American are collectible books with wonderful illustrations.

New York: Duffield, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bright and clean with former owner's inked name (Redebia Mary Croly, January 1914) on endpaper.

Various National Trust sites related to British authors from Tennyson and Kipling to Du Maurier and Shaw complete with descriptions of how to follow the trails of the authors or their characters. A beautiful copy that is like new.

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2004. First edition. Large paperback. Like New. Hugh A. Harter. Hugh A. Harter is a well-known author and translator. This is a series of poems about a fascinating woman (of the author's imagination), the type who has married occasionally and had many adventures beside. Signed by author on title page A square volume about 8.5 inches on a side. About ten dramatic illustrations are color paintings of the Countess in various costumes and situations (painted by the author) .

History and geography of the six South American nations that include the valley of the Amazon River, second longest (after the Nile) and greatest in volume.

The volume focuses on the life and works of great mathematicians: from Euclid, Archimedes, Diophantus, and Newton through to Kurt Goedel and Alan Turing. Contains excerpts from their works as well as short biographies

New York: William L. Allison Co., 1871. Hardcover. Good. This edition features a heavy leather-like three-quarters binding and mottled gold endpapers as well as gold at top of pages. Binding not very tight and probably never was.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. Hawthorene's Works: Illustrated Library Edition. Harcover library binding. Very Good. woodcut for frontispiece. Hawthorne's early short stories, originally published in magazines, attracted little attention, but eventually were collected in two separate volumes. Gradually their worth was recognized and today Twice-Told Tales is one of the classics of American Renaissnce literature. This edtition, which includes the stories from both volumes, is an excellent way to refresh your recollectio of the tales or to add to your library. Spine has some fading of gold letteringand wear at the top and bottom, bt the book is still tight after all these years. A previous owner signed the contents page of volume one in an old-fashioned script.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. paperback. Like New. Cover by Alain Duchamp. Short aphoristic poems by a mathematician. The first Grooks sold over 120,000 copies.

Facsimile of very first edition the Hemingway classic of 1940. Dust jacket protected by mylar.

London: W. H. Allen & Co. , 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. This is abook of numerology about names. Very few copies known. Spine faded, but otherwise in good condition

Price-clipped DJ with a couple of chips missing on spine, Powell's label on front endpaper.

The Merrimack was the last of the series produced by Rinehart before the series was continued by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. This copy is a bit shelf worn, but otherwise in very good condition.