Search Results: Authors starting with H from 100 POCKETS

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1972. Reprint of 1973 . Paperback. Good/None as Issued. Text/(2) check marks to Contents Page, else As New, showing faint margin discoloration. Softcover (photo by Elizabeth Novick) Good/sound w/marked edge & surface shelfwear. An absorbing collection 35 short stories, written between 1925 thru' 1961, and personally selected by English writer & author Herbert Ernest Bates CBE (1905 - 1974), better known as H. E. Bates. First published 1963; this is a paperback 1973 reprint. 484 pgs introduced with high praise from writer Henry Miller

Nashville, YN: Thomas Nelson, 1991. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright w/trace spots to last 2 pages. 1991 First Edition. Pocket-sized.Softcover/Fine. NY Times Best Seller from 1991 thru' 1994; its sequel, "Life's Little Instruction Book: Vol 2", was a best seller of 1993. When son, Adam, was readied for college, authors Horace Jackson Brown Jr. (1940 - 2021) spent a few days to "jot down a few observations & words of counsel" he might find useful --- they were presented, in typewritten pages in a dime-store binder, when goodbyes were said on the family arrived at Adam's college of choice. The volume is father's heritage to his son. Unpaginated, w/511 numbered counsels --- Number 2 is "Have a dog", No. 488, "Make someone's day by paying the toll for the person in the care behind you", No. 509, "Marry only for love", and No. 511,"Call your mother".

Hammondsworth, UK: Pelican, 1949. Reprint of 1958 . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing margin discoloration. Softcover/VG; sound w/edge & surface rubs, and trace soiling. 224 pages. First published 1949; this is a reprint of 1958. A socio-political probe into the Roman universe, to whom, despite intervening centuries, modern man is heir to. Reginal Haynes Barrow (1893-1984) considers who the Romans were, what they wrote about, their philosophy and reglion, laws, and response to the rise of Christianity.

Wolfenbuttel, Germany: Jacobi Verlag, 1976. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Gunter Schone (Photographer); Hans Hasse (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Light cream linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Gift inscription to fEP. History, w/photos and illlustrations, of the University of Helmstedt (latin name: Academia Julia) in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Founded by Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1576, and closed 1810 when to newer universities rose. It was the first Protestant university of the northern Holy Roman Empire and a dominant center of higher learning with faculties for theology, law, medicine and philosophy including the seven liberal arts.

San Francisco, CA: Travelers' Tales Inc, 1998. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. 50th Anniversary Edition celebrating Travelers' Tales Guides. Anthology of 31 travel narratives selected from the editors' award-winning books. Narratives in 5 parts: Part I, Essence; II, Some Things to Do; III, Going Your Own Way; IV, In the Shadows; and V, The Last Word.

Basel/Stuttgart: Benno Schwabe, 1957. Printed Russet Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 1/4" Tall. The Kapitel headings of this unfootnoted, unindexed, non-mathematical, philosophical treatise are Das Ratsel des Lebens (Die Aporie; Das organische Geschehen; Die Losung des Ratsels; Der Grund der Aporie); Die menschliche Lebensform (Der archimedische Punkt der Anthropologie; Die psychophysische Dualitat; Das Weltverhaltnis des Menschen; Die interne Problematik); Die Lebensform der Organismen (Die Voraussetzungen; Die Organisationsidee; Struktur und Gestalt; Das Weltverhaltnis; Artwandel?); and Die anorganische Lebensform (Das immaterielle Leben; Materielle Existenz; Die materielle Lebensform). 221 pages, with Inhalt, and Zum Schluss: Lebendige Kausalitat. Ex-Lib: markings include inked over DDSC on backstrap, strikeouts and bookplate on front paste-down, signout sheet shadow on lrEP, and stamp and embossment on title page's recto and verso. Boards otherwise show fading and a bump at front lower… Read More

Cairo, Egypt: General Organization for Gov't Printing Offices, 1967. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Discoloration to pg 132, else bright As New. Softcover/VG; strong & sound w/edge & surface wear, and small losses to upper/lower spine edges. Guide to the Coptic Museum, Cairo, Egypt. 231 pgs with 83 b/w plates. The term "Copts" (Arabic, "gibt") refer to Christian of the Nile Valley who consider St. Mark the Evangelist to be their first Patriarch (AD 61 - 68); their language is Ancient Egyptian written in Greek characters; their outstanding art, an essential link between the Graeco-Roman and the Islamic.

San Francisco, CA: Oxygen, 2000. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated (Karen Larsen, front; DominicMarson, back) soft cover/NF, with faint creasing to mid front/back. Number 20 of a journal dedicated to vivid and meaningful writing. This volume contains some 19 poems, 4 stories/prose, and drawings. Fine copy.

Cambridge, UK: W Heffer & Sons, 1973. First Edition, 12th Reprint . Soft Cover/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated cover/NF. Use of string, in its multiple forms, is universal. This marvellous booklet gathers together popular string games from the Cat's Cradle that most of us are familiar with, to ones practiced by Eskimos, the American Indians, in New Guinea, and Australia, to name a few with traceable origens. Instructions are clear and accompanied by illustrations. A sheer delight for agile fingers (trained on keyboards) and a simple strand of string. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, 2004. First Edition, 22nd Printing . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge wear to softcover. Winner of the Whitebread Book of the Year Award. Impressive murder/mystery, set in England, narrated by 15 year old, young detective Christopher Boone. Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome; he has a keen grasp of mathematical reasoning but little understanding of what makes human beings behavior the way they do. For him, lists, descerning repetitive patterns and the underlying truth are paramount, additionally, the colors yellow and brown are disturbing, and he dislikes being touched. Having never ventured beyond the end of the road, his physical world is confined. The murder victim is a neighbor's dog. Solving of the crime propels Christopher into an alien world, and allows the reader a glimpse of the autistic mind.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Quirk Books, 2008. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Chad VanPelt (Photographer). Text/Bright, clean, As New. Illustrated boards/NF w/trace wear to corner tips. 20 unique patterns for creepy, but ever so cute and lovealbe little creatures --- zombies, ninjas, Vikings, vampires, aliens, robots and Death, himself. Lucid instructions supported by diagrams and color photos of finished gouls.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday/Britannica Books, 1980. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/Good. BRAND NEW & Bright w/tattered edges to dustjacket. Dictionary/encylopedia of music. Composers and their works, performing artists, historical periods, musical terms, and instrument. Illustrated with b/w photos & line drawings, text includes articles on ballet & modern dance, jazz, folk music, muscial camedy, ethnic musics. Fine copy in lesser dustjacket.

Frankfurt am Main Bern New York: Peter Lang, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy; no loan pocket. Tex/BRAND NEW w/trace margin discoloration. Laminated boatd/NF. DJ/None (as issued?). Band 877 in the publisher's series Europäische Hochschulshriften. The contents are organized by date: I, 1765-67 und 1772-74; II, 1709-1807; and III, 1812/13 und 1820 - 1827, and are summarized in a final two-part chapter Perspektiven der Literaturkritik Goethes (Subjectivität und Kritik; Urteil und Wertung). 140 typescript pages, with Nachwort. Ex-Library markings are labels on front cover; stamp on front pastedown and front endpaper; and stamps on upper text edge.

Provo, UT: Utah State Poetry Society, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated orange linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Author signed; dated August, 1964. Light discoloration to front cover verso & fEP from once having housed a slip of acidic paper (such as newsprint). Volume 4 of a series (first published 1934) issued at ten intervals. Text in 2 parts: Part I, Poetry by Contemporary Utah Writers; and, II, Biographical Sketches: Who's Who in Utah Poetry.

Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Assn, 1989. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge rubs. History of the old French Legation atop a hill overlooking downtown Austin, TX. Built in 1840 - 1841, when the town of Austin was but a year old, as a residence for Alponse Dubois de Aligny, chargé d'affaires of King Louis Philippe to the Republic of Texas. Since 1956, this oldest extant frame structure is a designated historic site open to the public.

Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, 1967. Third Printing, 1974 . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Green linen boards/NF w/light wear. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. ISBN, subsequently assigned. Number 11 in the publisher's series, "Agronomy." 120 contributors, 62 chapters, more than 1000 pages, this is simply a stupendous compilation of materials on irrigation. The principal sections are Introduction (history and social context); Climatic Environment; Water Sources for Irrigation; Selection of Land for Irrigation; Soil-Water Relations; Plant-Water Relations; Water-Soil-Plant Relations; Evapotranspiration; Predicting Irrigation Needs; Irrigation of Principal Crops; Irrigation Systems; Irrigation Management; and Water Conservation Related to Irrigation. 1180 pages with tables, charts, figures, diagrams, photographs and Index, plus General Foreword, Foreword, Preface, (list of) Contributors, and Contents; notes at the end of each chapter....

Chicago, IL: Univ of Chicago Press, 1961. First Edition, 11th Impression . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Strong, clean & Near New. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasing parallel to spine. 11th Printing of 1974. Classic, in depth, analysis of the collision of world orders between European newcomers with notions of nation states and that of indigenious, highly independent tribes. 6 chapters: I, Colonial Preparation; II Foes & Friends; III, Indian Removal; IV, The Warriors' Last Stand; V, Acculturation Under Duress; and, VI (added chapter to this edition), The Indian New Deal & After.

Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1997. Spring 1999 Issue . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Devendra Shrikhande; Chris Cink; Chris Gimmeson (Photographers). BRAND NEW COPY w/shipping label to back. Quarterly publication. Spring, 1999 issue. COVER ART: 1905 photo by Erwin E. Smith, "Cowboy on mount... " Feature articles include The Cody Garlow House. The Buffalo Bill Museum is also home to the Cody Firearms Museum; McCracken Library; Plains Indian Museum; and Whitney Gallery of Western Art.

Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1997. Fall 1997 Issue . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Devendra Shrikhande; Lucile Warters; Chris Gimmeson (Photographers). BRAND NEW COPY. Quarterly publication. Fall, 1997 issue. COVER ART: "Crow Shield Cover", Northern Plains, c. 1870, from deer & buffalo hides, erimine and feathers. LAID IN: Newspaper clipping (Sept 17, 1997), retirement of long serving Chairman Margaret "Peg" Coe of the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Assoc. This issue features artist chronicles of western migration and the mythic cowboy, and acquistion of Hawken firearms. In addition to the Buffalo Bill Museum, the magazine also serves the Cody Firearms Museum; McCracken Library; Plains Indian Museum; and Whitney Gallery of Western Art.

Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1997. Fall 1998 Issue . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Devendra Shrikhande; Lucilee Warters; Chris Cink (Photographers). BRAND NEW COPY w/shipping label to back. Quarterly publication. Fall, 1998 issue. COVER ART: "Cow Creek", detail, oil on canvas by W.R. Leigh (1866 - 1955).. Leigh painted in the Cody area, with which he was familar. The Buffalo Bill Museum is also home to the Cody Firearms Museum; McCracken Library; Plains Indian Museum; and Whitney Gallery of Western Art.