Search Results: Authors starting with H from Scraps of American History

Toronto, Canada: Ortoprint, 1969. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 100 pages with index. A collection of poetry in Estonian. Green illustrated wraps with black titles on front cover, green titles on spine. Chip in leading edge of front cover, some edge wear to cover, corner and spine ends bumped, spotting and stains, tanning of back cover, gift inscriptions on half title, some tanning of interior pages, binding tight.

Galax, Virginia: The Senior Class of 1948, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings and advertising section. Freshman through Senior classes of 1948, including clubs, sports, students' choice, commencement speakers and more. Maroon padded boards with embossed design and titles on front cover. Some wear to cover, especially at spine edges, may smell a bit musty, corners and spine ends bumped, some fading of cover, interior pages a little tanned, neat signatures and small comments throughout, binding tight.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 473 pages with index. Covers the principles of administration and supervision of study in various elementary subjects. Black cloth binding with gilt titles and bands on spine, brown end papers. A little fading and spotting of cover, light edge wear, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, some gilt rubbed from spine, small notations on front free end paper, some foxing of interior pages, which are otherwise bright, binding tight. Measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

221 pages. Retired sheriff Hack Bohannon can't figure out how to turn people down who come asking for his help in this collection of mystery stories. Speckled tan boards with brown cloth spine, gilt titles on spine, A little wear to gilt, light edge wear, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, a little fading at top of spine, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white and tan titles shows very light edge wear, not price clipped.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1982. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Unnumbered pages, bright color illustrations throughout text. A naughty mouse finally gets what he deserves from his long suffering friends. Illustrated binding with white and black titles. Very light edge wear, front cover lightly spotted and in good condition with lightly bumped corners and spine ends, small crease at base of spine, back cover slightly soiled and scratched with remains of old sticker on back. Interior pages clean and bright, with no markings or tanning; one page torn at bottom edge, binding tight. Measures 8 x 9 3/4 inches.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 391 pages plus advertisments. A collection of stories, "Two," "The Heart of John Stewart," "Wall-Flowers," "Abigail's Waiting," "How 'Mad Marcy' Was Tamed," "Lois Grant and Her Reward," "One Old Maid," and "Nurse Brown's Story." Brown boards with darker brown flower decoration and gilt and brown titles on front cover and gilt block and decoration on spine, decorative end papers. Some spotting of cover, edge wear, especially at spine, bumped corners and spine ends, gilt still bright on front cover and a little faded on spine, minor scratches and scuffs on back cover, interior pages lightly tanned with a little spotting, binding tight. Average size, measures 5 x 7 3/4 inches

New York: Covici, Friede: Publishers, 1930. Revised. Hardcover. Good. 479 pages with index and appendix. Black and white frontispiece portrait of Wilde and Lord Douglas. Includes a description of Wilde's death bed as described by his companion Reggie Turner and other corrections. Black cloth binding with very faded lettering on spine. Edge wear with corners bumped and bared, spotting and scratches, hinges weak, interior pages lightly tanned and binding otherwise secure. Good reading copy.

Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1995. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 342 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs, figures and maps. An indepth review of the development of British military ideas on armoured forces, following Great Britain's development of the tank, its use in war and the results in action. War, Armed Forces and Society series. White illustrated wraps with black and green titles on front cover and white titles on spine. Minor spotting of cover, reading crease near spine, light edge wear with minor crease in bottom leading corner of back cover, light staining on page edges, interior pages bright, binding tight.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. 69 pages. A fictional collection of a soldier's memories and letters from World War I. Blue cloth binding with gilt title border and titles on front cover and gilt titles and bands on spine. Spine gilt faded, light edge wear, a little spotting, former owner's name "Eugenia S. Bumgardner, May, 1928" on front free end paper, some pages not cut at bottom, interior pages bright, binding tight.

Redlands, California: Roland C. Hartman, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 181 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Industrial methods of keeping egg laying chickens that led to factory farming of eggs. Olive green cloth binding with bolt black titles on front cover and spine. Spine a little cocked, some fading to edges of cover and spine, a little spotting of cover, light shelf wear with bumped corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 1434 pages with index. Senate Executive Document No 47, Forty-eighth Congress, second session. A huge table of contents directs the reader to the treaties by country and then by date. Black cloth binding with darker titles on spine that might once have been gilt. Cover faded with spotting, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, crease in spine, a little spotting of end papers, small tear in bottom of front end papers at hinge, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding tight. Measures 6 x 9 1/4 x3 1/4 inches.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916. Third printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 649 pages, with preface and introduction. Contains Before Dawn (Vor Sonnensufgang) translated by Ludwig Lewisohn, The Weavers (Die Weber) translated by Mary Morison, The Beaver Coat (Der Biberpelz) and The Conflagration (Der rote Haln), both translated by Ludwig Lewisohn. Black coth binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine and blindstamped decoration on front cover. Spotting of cover, light edge wear, bottom of spine scuffed, corners and spine ends a little bumped, gilt bright, interior pages clean and very lightly tanned, binding tight. Average size, measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, c. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 246 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Hawthorne's lovely collection of myths. Red cloth binding with black border on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine. Light edge wear, titles and color bright with a little darkening at edges, minor spotting of back cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanned, binding tight. Green dust jacket illustrated with Pegasus in colors and blue titles on front cover and spine, publisher advertising on back and inside folds. Some chipping along edges, short tears at spine top and bottom and bottom folds, small hole in back fold, spotting, short tears along back bottom edge, colors bright, clipped corners.

New York: National Dairy Products Corporation, 1931. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 67 pages. The transcript of an interesting radio presentation of a trail of Napoleon Bonaparte for the murder of the Duc d'Enghien. White and brown wraps with brown titles on front cover, two staple binding. Cover a little pulled at staples, soiling and spotting of cover, some edge wear, interior pages lightly tanned with a few stains and spots, worming at the bottom of one or two pages, binding tight.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 138 pages plus advertising. A travel book of word sketches of the Alps and along the Rhine River. Three quarter leather, marbled boards. gilt decoration on spine. Boards and leather heavily worn, much edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, missing front and back end papers, binding a little tender, gilt faded, interior pages spotted, some pencil marks and drawings on blank pages. Small, measures 5 x 7 1/4 inches.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1902. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 384 pages, with tissue protected frontispiece plus advertising. The Headley Biographies. The story of Josephine de Beauharnais, who married Napoleon I after her husband was killed during the Reign of Terror. Mint green cloth binding with black titles on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Gilt a bit faded on spine, stain at spine back, spotting, titles bright on front cover, light edge wear, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean. Average size, measures 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1999. Not stated. Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 128 pages with index, illustrated with color photographs. A guide to the wealth of creative possibilities that polymer clay has to offer. White wraps with colorful titles on front cover and white titles on spine. Light edge wear, minor scratches, interior pages bright, binding tight. Trade paperback. Measures 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 224 pages with index and glossary, generously illustrated with black and white and color photographs. Taking better portraits of people with many different types of cameras and techniques. Red cloth binding with silver titles on spine, illustrated end papers. Light edge wear to cover, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, remainder mark on bottom edge, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated white jacket with red and black titles is spotted, shows a little edge wear, stain on back jacket, remains of old price sticker on back jacket, not price clipped.

Hesston, Kansas: Hesston College and Bible School, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 72 pages with advertising section, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. The yearbook of a Mennonite bible college with sections about classes, societies and athletics. Black textured boards with raised titles on gilt title blocks and decorations, black end papers. Some edge wear to cover, some soiling of cover with scuffs, gilt a bit rubbed and faded, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, a little spotting of end papers, interior pages bright and clean with no writing, binding tight. Measures 8 x 10 3/4 inches.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 324 pages, indexed. Biography of the popular novelist and poet. Quarter green cloth over olive boards, gilt titles on leather title block on spine. Title block leather chipped, titles still bright, some edge wear to cover, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanning a little, gift inscription on front free end paper, binding tight.