Search Results: Authors starting with H from Lorne Bair Rare Books

La Habana: Imprenta de la Universidad de la Habana, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's green pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],30pp. Light toning and wrinkling to wrappers, occasional ink underlining, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon promotional brochure issued by the University of Havana, opening with the 1960 manifesto of the Federación Estudiantil Universitaria (FEU). IISH only in OCLC as of June, 2020.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1962]. First Edition. Folio (33cm.); original blue and red pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; chiefly illus. About Fine. Satirical cartoon collection of Caroline Kennedy's doll collection, namely political and popular figures depicted as wind-up dolls, including the Jackie Kennedy doll: "You wind it up and invites all the other dolls to the White House"; the Marlon Brando doll: "You wind it up and it turns MGM into a parking lot"; and the Medicare doll: "You wind it up and you can't afford to be sick until you're 65.

New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1966. Second Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; xvi,341,[3]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with light wear to extremities and a few pinpoint rubbed spots. Collection of essays examining how the contributing factors of living standards, poverty, affluence, class-consciousness, technology, and automation affect the American wage earner and the trade union movement.

New York: Ichud Habonim Labor Zionist Group, [1980?]. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; 151pp.; illus. Wrappers soiled, small loss to top fore-edge corner of upper wrapper not affecting text, else About Very Good.

Leiden: Brill, 2003. Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards; xi, 834pp. Publisher's slip laid in. Mild foxing to top edge of textblock, trivial shelf wear to boards, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Near Fine. Volume 16 in publisher's series "History of Warfare.

New York: Norton, 1994. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain pinkish wrappers, with publicity newsletter laid in. Published simultaneously with her Selected Poems. Here Hacker deals with AIDS, her battle with breast cancer , while continuing to explore her most common themes of sexuality - especially sex and ageing, her Jewish identity, place, and death. One tiny pinhole like mark near the bottom of the spine, otherwise very fine.

New York: Norton, 1994. First edition. First printing. 95 pp. Fine copy in like dust jacket. Published simultaneously with her Selected Poems. Here Hacker deals with AIDS, her battle with breast cancer , while continuing to explore her most common themes of sexuality - especially sex and ageing, her Jewishness, place, and death. (in a removable protective cover - usually Brodart or Gaylord).

New York: Knopf, 1976. Second Printing. Printed six months later, the binding differs only in that the top edge is not stained; the jacket is the same as the first edition with the same 4/76 date on flap. Published, also, in trade paper the hardcover in either printing is difficult to find. Excess glue has caused tears to endpapers front and back.

New York: Viking, 1974. First edition. Cloth-backed baords in dust jacket; 8vo. 116 pp. Hacker's first regularly published book; the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1973 and National Book Award winner for 1975. Beginning with this book Hacker has proven to be as adept as any poet working in the last quarter of the century in the classic forms. Eros has been a consistent theme. A very near fine copy with the Lamont card laid in.

New York: Knopf, 1985. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in red wrappers. A tiny tear at the tail of the spine, otherwise a perfect unmarked copy.

New York: Norton, 2000. First edition. First hardcover printing; 8vo. Fine copy in like dust jacket, clearly never read. (In a removable archival protective cover.).

New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition. First edition, cloth issue. A Review Copy with slip laid in. This copy is signed by Hacker on the title page. Her third collection, her daughter Iva appearing regularly for the first time in her volumes, otherwise sex, sonnets and sestinas as usual. Two short closed tears to jacket, otherwise about fine.

New York: Norton, 1994. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in green wraps, with folded publicity sheet laid in. Published simultaneously with the collection Winter Numbers, this has poems from her first five books. Fine in wraps.

New York: Norton, 1994. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain pinkish wrappers, with publicity newsletter laid in. Published simultaneously with her Selected Poems. Here Hacker deals with AIDS, her battle with breast cancer, while continuing to explore her most common themes of sexuality - especially sex and ageing, her Jewish identity, place, and death. Top edge of the spine bumped, otherwise very fine.

New York: Knopf, 1976. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in tall red printed wrappers of the poet's second book. Title and publication information is taped to the front covers, a publisher information sheet is stapled to the inside cover. The author's misspelled name is corrected in green ink. A number of the poems are bracketed or marked in the borders in ink, likely by a reviewer. A few pages turned down, and the covers are creased at the spine in several places.

New York: Viking, 1974. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in orange and black wrappers. Lightly worn at the edges, a small stain on the bottom edge, the pub date inked in (as is common) and (not so common) an unfortunate inked in price (10c) on the front cover. Scarce.

Trenton: Africa World Press, [1987]. First Edition. First Printing, Wrapper Issue. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's orange and pink decorative card wrappers; xv,[1],164pp. A hint of wear, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "Blanche - When you finish reading this, I will come to visit Marcus Bookstore! / Kofi, 14/7/89." Marcus Bookstore in San Francisco, founded in 1960, is the oldest bookstore devoted entirely to black history. Blanche Richardson is the store manager and daughter of the store's founders, Drs. Raye and Julian Richardson.

Pittsfield, MA: Press of the Sun Printing Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo (18cm); pea green cloth, stamped in gilt; top edge stained (red), moire-printed endpapers; 141pp. Boards soiled and rubbed; wear and pinholes about the hinges; top edge slightly chapped; gilt dulled. Textblock shows slightly foxed edges and interiors; bindings shaken, first signature pulled (up to frontispiece); errata page has (ironically) corrected errata tipped-in, with additional errata tipped-in pg. 24, most likely by publisher. Overall just Very Good. C.A.C. Chapman was a known author, elocutionist and teacher in the Pittsfield area, having frequently contributed her stories, travel articles, and poems to local newspapers and magazines. She was also a SPCA advocate, personally responsible for the installation and upkeep of a dog drinking fountain in downtown Pittsfield. Within this book is an assortment of her short stories and poems, new and previously published, and many with a humorous or folk bent.

Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1895. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; xx,660pp. Ex-library, from the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, with stamp to t.p., labels to spine, withdrawn stamp and marks to f.f.e.p., and empty card pocket at rear. Straight and sound, cloth rubbed, paper lightly toned: Good. Haeckel was a notable German zoologist, who discovered thousands of new species. He is now well known for his artwork, published in Kunstformen der Natur.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Reprint. Octavo (21cm). Brick red cloth, stamped in black, top edge black; xxii,475,[1]pp. Edges rubbed, spine sunned, minor superficial wear to front board, slight toning to paper: Very Good. The Riverside Library. [62038].