Search Results: Authors starting with H from Trolls Treasure

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996. Paperback. Very Good +. Originally published as Een Nieuwer Testament in 1964. A novel set in 414 AD, when the Roman Empire is in its death throes. The uncertainty of life at the Emperor's court is reflected in the drama which enfolds the powerful Prefect Hadrian; a Christian convert; Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat; and the Jew, Eliezar ben Elijah."The cusps of the past are further explored in another of the prolific Haasse's historical sagas -- a 1964 novel newly translated from the Dutch in which the clash of religions and codes of honor comes vividly to the fore in Christianized fifth-century Rome. Hadrian, haughty Prefect of Rome and a Christian zealot but acutely aware of the taint of his Egyptian heritage in higher circles of ethnically pure Romans, finds himself on the horns of a dilemma when forced to decide the fate of a man brought before him for conducting forbidden pagan practices. The man is familiar, although his name is not, but when… Read More

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Horizontal Folio -12"; Brown boards with gilt lettering to spine and cover; unpaginated; 26 water color plates on heavy stock art paper. First Trade Edition after similar printing of Signed, Limited Numbered Edition. David Hagerbaumer's beautiful water color plates of American game birds accompanied by Sam Lehman's calligraphy. On the inside of the front cover is printed, "These original paintings and calligraphy were executed solely for this book and will never be otherwise reproduced." Book is near fine, cover has some surface scuffing and there is a small indentation on the back cover. No dust jacket. The picture is a scan of the actual book (as much as would fit on… Read More

New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1970. First Harper Torchbook Edition. Soft Cover. New Introduction to the Torchbook Edition by Eric Hobsbrawm. This is a repint of the original 1911 book. Book is in very good condition, but it belonged to the University of Delaware's Anthropology Department and has a sticker on the cover and is stamped on the first page as well as on the leading page block. There is also a name written on the first page. Other wise, it has normal shelf wear and rubbing along the spine. Pages clean and binding is tight.

New York: Crown, 1998. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Both the book and jacket are fine with little edge wear.

New York: Signet, 2007. First Signet Printing. Paperback. Fine. Fans of quality historical suspense who mourn the end of the late Kate Ross's Julian Kestrel mysteries and the late Bruce Alexander's Sir John Fielding novels should find solace in the work of promising newcomer Harris, whose series (beginning with 2005's What Angels Fear) is set in Regency England. The ability of Harris's detective, Sebastian St. Cyr, the Viscount Devlin, to mingle freely with the cream of society leads to his receiving a highly sensitive commission. Given the perilous state of the English monarchy in 1811, the discovery of the dissolute Prince Regent with a murder victim in his arms makes the death of the beautiful young wife of an aristocrat even more scandalous. St. Cyr is charged by the powers that be with solving the crime and absolving the royal suspect. The author deftly combines political intrigue, cleverly concealed clues and vivid characters for a fast-moving story that will have readers… Read More

Ramsy, NY: Paulist Press, 1984. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 193 p. David Hassel at the time this book was published was an associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University of Chicago. Book is in very good condition, light edge wear, cover beginning to tan along spine. Interior clean and binding tight. Previous owner name written in neat script on the 1/2 title page.

New York: Penguin Books, 1980. Paperback. Near Fine. His life had come to this: save a few deer from the jaws of dogs. He was a small man sent to perform a small task. Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New Hampshire birches mingle with a bullet-riddled washer, abandoned bathroom fixtures, and several junk cars. Howard, anti-hero of this first novel in Ernest Hebert's highly acclaimed Darby series, is a mixture too. Howard's battle against encroaching change symbolizes the class conflict between indigenous Granite Staters scratching out a living and citified immigrants with "college degrees and big bank accounts." Like the winter-weakened deer threatened by the dogs of March -- the normally docile house pets whose instincts arouse them to chase and kill for sport -- Howard, too, is sorely beset.… Read More

New York: Harper Perennial, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in ver y good condition, very light edge wear and slight toning to upper page block. Pages clean and binding tight.

New York: Feiwel & Friends, 2007. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First novel by this Irish born-writer. Cover is not the same as the hard cover edition that came out in October of 2007. The title page is a black & white illustration that may have been intended as the original art work for the hard back edition. "A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch, and he is running from a most terrible past. In this village is the life he has dreamed of: a safe place to live and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who buys people’s deepest, darkest secrets. Ludlow transcribes the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: the Black Book of Secrets. He yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. But what the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be… Read More

New York: Berkley Large-Type Edition, 1975. Paperback. Fair. A Berkley Medallion Book. Miss Gillian Spencer was faced with quite a challenge. Impossible was the word she gave it, but her ever-hopeful employer, the Viscount Shebourne, would hear none of that. The facts were that the Viscount hadn't a farthing at his command, and his London house was a ruin. If his two charming and beautiful daughters were to rescue the family's standing by marrying wealth-"making advantageous connections" the doggedly euphemistic Viscount would have it -- Miss Spencer's work was certainly cut out for her. At the advanced age of 27, Gillian herself had dismissed the possibility of marriage for herself, of course - but who can predict where her talent of romantic intrigue on others' behalf might lead her? Book is in Fair… Read More

Macmillan, 1969. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 11" to 13" tall; 243 p. Red patterned boards w/white, red and black lettering. Dense with information on yarns, fibers, fabric construction and finishes. With an Index, a Fabric Glossary and numerous black & white photographs and drawings. An introductory course on textiles. Book is in very good condition with little edge wear, corners lightly bumped, and tanning to page edges. Owner name on the inside of the front cover, but no other marks. Binding is tight.

Williston, VT: Heron Dance Press, 2007. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine.  Book is fine, like new except for being lightly bumped at the spine ends. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

New York: Random House, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 276 p. Illustrated by Dimitry Schidlovsky. Includes bibliography and index. In thirteen warm, graceful and witty essays, Hubbell explores different orders of insects.  Book is in very good condition with minor edge wear, corners bumped and lower front corner has a crease.Science