Search Results: Authors starting with H from Knickerbocker Books

London: Fountain Press, 1970. 1970 First Edition. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. Fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in orange-red hardcover, gilt titled on front and spine. Pages fine. Slight shelf rub to cover edges (a few tiny white marks, likely from a bookcase). Unclipped jacket is clean and colorful, very slightly toned and rubbed at edges and a two-inch crease to bottom corner of rear flap - no tears or chips. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges tight, intact and straight. The antics of voluptuous young Sunday Sue are artfully captured in Karl de Haan's luscious B&W photographs. 10-1/2 x 13-7/8". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963 1963 American Edition. VERY GOOD in GOOD+ dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper "To M.Z. / Yvonne / March 1968" A clean, otherwise unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages and plates clean and near fine. Cover of light blue/white cloth over boards with dark blue green spine, gilt stamped front and spine, is toned and moderately rubbed along bottom edge, otherwise very good. Dust jacket is moderately rubbed, with vertical scratch down the center of the front. some cracking along spine folds. Binding and hinges firm. 200 B&W photographic plates. 9 x 12"; xxx + 96 text pages. A heavy volume, will require additional postage for priority or international mailing. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to.

Dallas, Texas: Air Review Publishing Corporation NEAR FINE bound set of the scarce periodical 'Southern Flight' (1949, Volume XXXI) with its short supplement 'Modern Airports' (1949, Volume X). 12 issues of each, January through December 1949 bound complete with covers and all advertising pages into a heavy hardcover of light blue buckram cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. This copy deaccessioned from State University of Iowa Library. It was an uncirculated copy and other than a small library label pasted to front endpaper and rubber stampings (mostly to covers) and a few light pencil ID markings, the set is clean and in fine condition - bright and crisp with no damage to the pages. The hardcover has light surface soiling but is otherwise in excellent condition - boards and spine straight, hinges tight and intact, binding firm. It provides a comprehensive and generously illustrated view of aviation in 1949 - technological developments affecting military, commercial and private aircraft are… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Company, Ltd, 1972. 1972 First Edition, Hutchinson & Co. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket and in VERY GOOD display box. A look back at art and culture of the early 1920s, including a reprint of Elizabeth Taylor's short story 'The Blossoming' illustrated by Reginald Brill. Copiously illustrated with black and white vintage photographs, drawings reproductions. plus 15 color pages. Clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in lovely, fresh hardcover of light blue cloth with maroon panels lettered in gilt on front and spine. Unclipped color pictorial jacket has British price intact, unclipped with no tears or chips; both front and rear jacket flaps have vertical creases, otherwise the jacket is fine. In display box with matching design to jacket. Box is clean and intact with light edge rubs. 6 x 9"; 240 text pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ and in Box. 8vo.

New York: G. W Dillingham Company, 1900. First Edition; 1900 copyright and MDCCCC printed on title page. VERY GOOD+. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages toned along outer edges but are otherwise fresh and fine. Bound in green cloth hardcover with title gilt-stamped on spine; title and artwork stamped in red, black and white on front. Cover is attractive with only minor soiling and light edge rub, spine a bit darkened. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Countess Helena has many troubles, for she has been taught that marry she must but to expect little from man in the line of fidelity. She is betrothed to an officer who behaves so badly that the marriage is called off. She then marries Count Eugene von Rodan (when he is tipsy) who comes from a family known to be as mad as March hares. A turn of the twentieth century romp - now very scarce in the original edition. 5 x 7-1/2". 317 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 2000. SIGNED 2000 First Edition, First printing, FINE in FINE dust jacket. Signed by Michael Hague on the half-title page. Eight classic fairy stories, selected and brilliantly illustrated by Hague. Beautifully illustrated in both color and black & white. An "as new" copy, fresh and unmarked, tightly bound hardcover in fine, price-intact jacket. Jadket is in a clear archival protector. 8-3/8 x 10-1/4"; 125 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Hague, Michael. 4to.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2004. 2004 Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number line. INSCRIBED by AUTHOR, on title page, in black felt-tip: "For Lauren, Who has a fantastic mother! (followed by sketch of flower and, possibly, cake w candles on top.) Ro H. Nov. '04." No other markings. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fresh, bound in hardcover of dark green boards with black spine, gilt lettered. Unclipped jacket very slightly rubbed on rear panel, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges tight. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 246 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2007 2007 First Printing with full number line. FINE in FINE, price-intact, dust jacket. A fresh, totally unmarked, unworn and tightly bound hardcover in New condition. Unclipped dust jacket is in a clear archival protector. A title in Joy Hakim's much-praised series, 'A Story of Science.' Generously illustrated in color and suitable for young teen readers through adult. 7-1/2 x 9-1/4"; xi + 468 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894 1894 Houghton Mifflin. VERY GOOD+ copy - clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound. Slight marginal toning to pages, but otherwise text is in fine condition. Red cloth hardcover has gilt lettering and cross on front. Gilt lettering on spine is dulled and faded and spine cloth is darkened. Spine ends and corners rubbed with slight cloth fray but otherwise cover is clean and very good. Binding is firm, hinges tight. 5 x 7-3/4"; 93 pages. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1942. 1942 Edition with 1942 printed on title page. VERY GOOD hardcover, lacking dust jacket. A clean. well-bound copy. Previous owner custom bookplate (Verner R. Willemson) affixed to front pasted endpaper. No other markings. Pages clean and near fine. Light blue cloth hardcover is titled in black on front and spine (including small line drawing of palm tree on front). Cover is lightly color toned along edges and spine; some crimping and a small tear to cloth at spine ends. Hinges have a slight wobble but are intact and straight; book block is firm. Color illustrated two-page title spread.5-3/4 x 8-1/2". [xii] + 228 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1957. 1957 copyright. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. A collection of remarkable black and white images by dozens of the era's top photographers. Text pages are in fine condition. Front free endpaper has one area of light toning, otherwise internally a fine copy in fine cover of light gray cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover is clean with almost no sign of wear. Dust jacket is also clean but has a large chip from upper left corner of front panel with loss of "19" from 1958. Chipping also at head of spine and other small tears and chips along edges. Dust jacket has price of $6.95. Binding is very good - hinges intact all pages securely held. 8 x 10-3/4". xi + 190 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. Small 4to.

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1986. 1986 First Edition Inscribed by Haller. GOOD+ in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Haller inscribed in blue ink on the front free endpaper, "Per Anna Bianchini, con una (surbetia?) e cordialite - Hermann W. Haller - New York, 17 Ottobre 1991." A tightly bound copy in beige cloth hardcover, titled in violet on spine. Pages are overall very good although there are a few inked underlinings and some of the poems (about 25) have inked annotations, several which appear to be edits. Cover is clean and fresh, one bump to bottom edge of rear board. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Jacket lightly shelf worn, small nicks and creases to edges but otherwise fine. A bilingual edition of some of the best Italian dialect poetry written from the late 18th to the late 20th centuries. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"; 548 pages including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Very Good.

New York: A Torquil Book, 1962. 1962 Edition, printing unstated. GOOD+ in GOOD price intact-dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Text pages are clean and bright though page edges and endpapers are moderately foxed and there is an occasional corner crease. Bound in bright yellow paper over board with black type on spine. The cover has a damp stain along bottom edge about 1/4" high - about 1" high at spine. Bottom corners lightly bumped - otherwise the cover is clean and bright. Unclipped jacket has $3.50 price on front flap. Jacket is edgeworn with creasing, tears along folds and chipping particularly at spine ends. Author photo on rear panel. Jacket is in a clear protective cover. Distributed by Dodd, Mead & Company. 5-1/2 x 8". 184 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Small 8vo.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1995 First Edition, First Printing with full number line. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE, price intact, dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. A couple of leaves with small, light, finger dents. Slight rubbing to bottom cover edges. Dust jacket slightly edge rubbed. All else fine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Sheila Hamanaka beautifully illustrates a 'really long walk' from China Town to Central Park in New York City. 7-3/4 x 10-3/4"; 32 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Hamanaka, Sheila.

New York: Te Neues Publishing Company, 2001. 2001 Edition; no printing stated. FINE hardcover (a jacket was not issued). A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in pictorial boards. A fresh, 'as new' copy. 66 black and white photos by Horst Hamann reveal New York City in striking vertical perspective, each photo accompanied by a brief quote about the city. Preface by Volker Skierka. 6-1/4 x 13". 166 pages. Hardcover. Fine/Not Issued.

Marburg, Germany: Verlag des kunstgeschichtlichen. , 1923. 1923 Edition. VERY GOOD softcover: clean, no writing or bookplates, binding intact. Light marginal spotting to a few leaves, otherwise internally near fine. Illustrated black and white paper wrapper is lightly toned and worn along edges, some chipping at top of spine, spotting to rear corners. Binding intact, no splits or loose pages. Contains 60 black and white plates, nicely reproduced photographs of heads sculpted in the thirteenth-fourteenth early fifteenth centuries. Three page introductory text (in German). Subtitled: Auswahl nach Aufnahmen des kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars mit einer Einleitung von Richard Hamann.. II. Ausflage (19.-30. Tausend). 7-1/4 x 10-1/4". Wrapper. Very Good. Small 4to.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1909. 1909 Edition, printing unstated. VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked copy. Pages near fine. Hardcover of tan cloth is titled with dark-brown stamping on spine and front, with an oval printed pastedown on front featuring a portrait of a lovely woman. The cover is clean, lightly edgeworn, pastedown lightly rubbed. Binding and hinges intact and straight. The book is illustrated with black and white drawings as well as several full-page photographic plates of actors and actresses (unnamed), posed and in costume. Elocution basics with poems and prose pieces suitable for recitation practice. "A manual of vocal and physical culture, elocution and Delsarte based upon scientific and rational principles." 5 x 7-1/2". 269 pages plus plates.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued.

New York: Camera Graphic Press, 1977. Stated First American Edition, August 1977. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked copy in black cloth hardcover lettered in white on spine. Pages and cover are fresh and unworn. Unclipped color pictorial jacket lightly edge rubbed, tiny chip at top of front flap fold, light toning along edges (shows on unprinted side), no tears or significant wear. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Hinges and binding intact, no splits or cracks. A souvenir of David Hamilton's movie "Bilitis" - color and B&W photographs. 9 x 11-1/2"; 111 pages . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Geological Society of America, 1956. March 1956 First Edition. NEAR FINE hardcover, complete with 4 folding maps (bathymetric charts). Pages fresh and clean, the only mark to the book is owner's name and a number penned to upper corner of front free endpaper. The maps are in a pocket affixed to the rear pasted endpaper. One folded map has a soft corner crease, all else fine. Bound in a burgundy cloth cover, gilt-titled on spine. Cloth at spine ends crimped, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. This is Memoir 64 of the Geological Society of America. It contains a preface, abstract and the 53-page article encompassing the subjects of geology, paleontology, lithology and sediments, geomorphology and more. There are also 5 Appendices and an Index. Illustrated with several tables, diagrams and profiles and with 4 pages of black and white photos. 6-1/2 x 10". X + 97 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Not Issued.

New York: Newsweek (Distributed by Harper & Row), 1973. 1973 Edition, printing unstated. NEAR FINE hardcover in GOOD price-intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages and printed endpapers pristine. Dark blue cloth hardcover, title stamped in silver on spine, has bit of rubbing to bottom corner edges and top rear corner is bumped, otherwise cover is fine. Hinges and binding firm and straight. Unclipped jacket is clean, the color portrait of Hamilton bright. Jacket edges and flap folds are moderately rubbed with some short tears and chips. There is 5" closed tear and crease to top of the rear panel which has had a judiciously placed thin piece of tape applied which isn't really holding now. The jacket is in a clear archival protector to prevent further damage. A generously illustrated complete biography (with dozens of black & white reproductions as well as 32 pages of color) meticulously compiled from the 19-volumes "Papers of Alexander Hamilton." Introduction by Harold… Read More