Search Results: Authors starting with H from Whitmore Rare Books

London: Darton, Harvey and Darton, 1815. First edition. Original publisher's drab boards with paper label to upper cover. Measuring 140 x 90mm and collating complete with all four plates present: 101, [1, blank], [4, adverts]. Gentle rubbing to boards, but tight, square and pleasing. Faint ownership signature to front endpaper. Some offsetting to endpapers and title page; light scattered foxing throughout. Three inch tear to pages 21-22 archivally closed with all affected words remaining legible; marginal stain to plate at page 82. In all, a pleasing copy of a scarce work which OCLC reports at 12 libraries worldwide. This is the only first edition on the market. Old enough to be sent for daily visits to their Aunt, little Ellen and Rachel discover the joys of spending time with a generous and knowledgeable woman. Day by day, the two girls learn about the structure of flowers, the origin of Chinaware, and the caretaking of cats and pet birds. Over time, their aunt increases the complexity of her… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1885. First Edition. Near Fine. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red calf, gilt rules on the boards, raised bands on the spine, morocco spine labels, marbled end papers and all edges gilt, cloth covers bound in at the rear. A very handsome production, likely mid-20th century. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. Map with a short tear professionally closed. First issue with the following points: p.10 - "Bamamgwato"; p.122 3rd line up - "let twins to live"; p. 307 footnote, second to last line - "wrod." Ads dated 5 G. 8.85. One of approximately 1000 first issue copies. H. Rider Haggard's influential Victorian adventure tale. King Solomon's Mines follows the adventure of Sir Allan Quatermain, who ends up discovering the lost civilization of Kukuanaland. (Indeed, the book is thought to have been the inspiration for the entire genre of "Lost World" science fiction -- and influenced writers as diverse as HP Lovecraft and Michael Crichton.) Even though… Read More

London: John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Fine. Recent blue paper wraps. 61 pages with half and full titles present. Pages hand numbered in pencil on upper right corners, else unmarked. Scarce in institutions and on the market, the present copy is the only one on the market, and OCLC reports that of the 9 known copies only 2 are held in the U.S. "The public mind is at length fully awakened to the necessity of educating the people...Ignorance is no longer considered safe or creditable." On this premise, educational activist Hamilton argued that while England had firmly established the important of education for citizens, it had not yet succeeded in fully enacting it. "His Practical Remarks on Popular Education (1847) pointed to the inadequate provision of elementary education in England. He advocated additional state support for the existing school societies, an enlarged curriculum, more attention to teaching girls...and improvements in the training, status, and stipends of teachers" (ODNB).… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Near Fine. A solid Nearly Fine copy of Hammett's masterpiece, lacking the original dust jacket. Spine just minutely toned, otherwise very bright and fresh. Hammett's classic hard-boiled detective tale, which would go on to influence countless others in the genre. The story features the first appearance of Sam Spade - a character Hammett referred to as a man with "no original" - and was initially serialized in the classic pulp magazine Black Mask before it was published in book form. Hammett was inspired by his own work as a detective, which is thought to have contributed to Hammett's lauded realism. Famed mystery author, Raymond Chandler, said of the work: "If you can show me 20 books written approximately 20 years back that have as much guts and life now, I'll eat them between slices of Edmund Wilson's head." The Maltese Falcon also inspired numerous films, including the 1941 noir classic of the same name, (which Variety called "one of the best… Read More

London: Burns & Oates, Ltd, 1908. First edition. Publishers red cloth, front cover ruled and lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, plain endpapers. Spine ends a little worn, slight staining to upper cover . Quarto (9 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches; 240 x 171 mm.). Collating xiv, 78. Including monotone frontispiece and ten full- page monotone plates. Light marginal foxing, otherwise an excellent copy of this extremely unusual Louis Wain title. This is a fascinating little book with very unusual and atypical drawings by Louis Wain. The frontispiece The Wise Old Woman of the Wicklow Hills depicts a witch looking over her cauldron whilst two cats, one black and one white, look on... is at first glance more in the style of the Victorian artist, Sidney Sime. In fact throughout this volume only one of the eleven illustrations Little Fiss and the Wicked Enchanted Bull (facing page 40) is remotely similar to the Louis Wain that we all love, admire and enjoy. Dale, 93.

Leicester and London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, 1915. First Thus. First edition with illustrations by Harry Rowntree and René Bull. Thin large quarto (12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 308 x 243 mm.). Original gray linen over boards, front cover lettered in orange and brown. A Fine copy. Original textured tan paper dust- jacket, front panel lettered in black and with an illustration from the book Bred en bawn in a brier-patch, Brer Fox (facing page 20) pasted-on. Jacket price-clipped, otherwise near fine. Collating 110, [1], [1 blank] with twelve magnificent full color plates by Harry Rowntree and eighty-four delightful pen-and-ink drawings in the text by René Bull. First published in 1881, Uncle Remus was a landmark collection of African American fables and oral tradition that was adapted and edited by Joel Chandler Harris. The work includes 185 tales, which are woven together through the character of Uncle Remus, an older formerly enslaved man who tells the stories to a group of children. The stories… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition. Near Fine. First printing with "presumptive" on page 9 and the correct ads in the back. (BAL 7100) A lovely, Near Fine copy of the book with bright gilt and clean boards. Light rubbing at the spine ends, minor separation within the page block and a short 1/4 inch tear at the inner margin of the title page. A total of eight plates, including the frontis, with several other illustrations within the text. First published in 1881, Uncle Remus was a landmark collection of African American fables and oral tradition that was adapted and edited by Joel Chandler Harris. The work includes 185 tales, which are woven together through the character of Uncle Remus, an older formerly enslaved man who tells the stories to a group of children. The stories were actually written in eye dialect and many of them center around the character of Br'er (Brother) Rabbit, a kind of clever trickster. Read widely, the book was extremely popular as many people had not been… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First Thus. Autograph Edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the author and dated "Septem. 1896." Nineteen octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 142 mm). Contemporary full dark blue levant morocco. Covers elaborately paneled in gilt within a double gilt fillet border, spines decoratively paneled in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, red crushed levant morocco doublures ruled in gilt and with gilt cornerpieces, red watered silk liners, top edge gilt, others uncut. Minimal fading to spines. Photogravure frontispieces, vignette titles, and plates after drawings and paintings by Frederic Remington, James Montgomery Flagg, Alice Barber Stephens, W.L. Taylor, E. Boyd Smith, B. West Clinedinst, Mary Hallock Foote, and others, all on India paper mounted. Descriptive tissue guards. Each volume with at least one plate signed by the illustrator (the frontispiece of Volume V signed by Frederic Remington). A wonderful set. Bret Harte (1836-1902) was an… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1988. First American edition. Fine/Fine. A just about Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. Correct first issue with no Table of Contents in the book and with the silver dust jacket (price intact), later switched to a dark blue. The first printing was recalled due to numerous errors with few copies surviving, particularly in this condition. There was also a bookclub edition that was similar to the first state, but for a paragraph on p. 34 and the price and ISBN # on the jacket. Our copy conforms to all correct issue points. Top edge of the boards very faintly sunned and the jacket with a few gentle bends, but no rips or tears. Stephen Hawking is widely regarded as the most important theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein. In this work he presents a succinct history of the most important theories and developments of our universe and then discusses current research and still unanswered questions. A Brief History of Time presents millennia of research about the… Read More

Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1953. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Near Fine book with a bit of toning to closed textblock. Contemporary ownership stamp of "Carlota Frahm, literary agent" to front endpaper with a later stamp lower on page. Corners gently bumped. In a VG+ jacket with rubbing to rear panel and chips and tears to extremities and along panel edges. A collection of four early sci-fi works, loosely related in their speculation about the nature of humanity. The themes of how one defines a human being would carry throughout Heinlein's wriitng and would shape his career. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine first issue book with Scribner's A and seal to copyright page, in a Near Fine jacket retaining $2.50 price to inner flap. Crease to front endpaper and contemporary ownership stamp of "Carlota Frahm, literary agent." Rubbing to jacket along joints of spine and some chipping and loss to spine ends and corners. A pleasing copy overall. The fifth of Heinlein's juvenile series of novels, Between Planets follows the adventures of a young man leaving college who is quickly tangled up into an interplanetary rebellion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Fine first issue book with Scribner's A to copyright page. In a Near Fine jacket with minimal rubbing to extremities and small chip to rear panel near crown of spine. A pleasing copy. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's imperialist novel Kim, Citizen of the Galaxy considers a future in which humans engage in trade with extra terrestrial communities engaged in slavery. Interplanetary laws seek to limit the trading of human slaves, but when a young boy Thorby is purchased at an auction on the planet Jubbul, readers get insight into the grassroots abolition movements that are potentially more effective at fighting for freedom. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. First printing in early issue dust jacket with green bar on rear panel extending through nine lines of the blurb. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Book with spine toned and a faint dampstain to front board. Front inner hinge (now) professionally repaired. Price-clipped dust jacket with spine toned, a large crease running down the front panel, and some chipping and wear at the spine ends and extremities. Inscribed by the author: "For Daisy G. Roe | Wishing her all good luck from her friend Ernest Hemingway. Key West March 18, 1936." The recipient Daisey G. Roe was a Florida neighbor who had recently married up-and-coming politician (and future Jacksonville, Florida mayor) Caulie F. Whitehead. Authentic signed Hemingway material is becoming scarce on the market. Housed in a custom green quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. After publishing Winner Take Nothing in 1933, "Hemingway went to Africa to shoot the bounding… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. about Fine/about Fine. A clean, about Fine copy of the book, tight and square with bright gold labels. One small dull spot on front board and darkening on end-papers (as usual). In a fresh, about Fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a faint crease down spine. Jacket bright and beautiful, without toning, fading, chips or tears and quite rare in this condition. First issue without the legal disclaimer on p. x and with Catherine spelled with a "K" on the front flap. Housed in a custom clamshell case. "Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old, and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from WWI, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front, and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Hemingway… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. A bright, Near Fine copy of the book with the top-stain a bit dulled, otherwise very presentable. In a Very Good dust jacket with spine panel toned, minor chips and tears at the spine ends and corners and scuffing at the bottom of the front panel and on the flap, obscuring the "N" in Sons and the price on the front flap. With all first issue points, including unbroken font for page number 3, no printing on the bands of the dust jacket. The 14 stories in this early collection "are as clear and crisp and perfectly shaped as icicles, as sharp as splinters of glass. It is impossible to read them without realizing that seldom if ever before has a writer been able to cut so deeply into life" (Time). Included are "The Killers," "Ten Indians," "Today is Friday" and "Hills Like White Elephants.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Near Fine. Number 244 of 510 copies of the signed, limited edition, printed on large paper. Available simultaneously with the trade edition. Original half japon, over paper boards, black morocco spine label. Spine head bumped, small skinning to head of spine label, binding faintly toned. Slight rubbing and wear to slipcase. Housed in the publisher's leaf-patterned slipcase, and additionally housed in a custom yellow morocco clamshell. "Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old, and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from WWI, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front, and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to the novel 39 times to get the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. A Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. A very bright, Fine copy of the book with brown top-stain a bit dusty, otherwise in excellent condition overall. First state jacket (with no publisher credit) without fading or toning to the spine. Some chipping at the spine ends and corners, and a few short tears to the panels. A copy that presents well overall. Set near Segovia, Spain in 1937, the novel "tells the story of American teacher Robert Jordan, who has joined the anti-fascist Loyalist army. Jordan has been sent to make contact with a guerilla band and demolish a bridge to advance the Loyalist offensive. Unfolding during Jordan's last 72 hours, in which he falls in love with Maria, who has been assaulted by fascist soldiers, and in which he befriends the shrewd but cowardly guerilla leader Pablo and his courageous wife Pilar" (Britannica). Heartbreaking in every way, it is a novel that speaks to the best and worse in human… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A bright, Near Fine copy of the book with minor scratching to the boards and a bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with a 1.5" tear at the top of the rear panel, and some rubbing and wear at the spine ends. Jacket a bit toned overall. First issue without the legal disclaimer on p. x and with Catherine spelled with a "K" on the front flap. "Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old, and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from WWI, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front, and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to the novel 39 times to get the words right. The result is what the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, second state. Near Fine. Second state, with "stopped" on page 181 corrected. Original black publisher's cloth, retaining the delicate gold paper labels to spine and front board. A Near Fine copy with spine label on the spine a bit dulled and a previous owner's gift inscription on the front end paper, otherwise a clean, attractive copy. Hemingway's classic novel -- a Roman a clef about a group of American and British expats in Spain, centered around the characters of Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. Based on Hemingway's own experiences in Spain in the 1920s, visiting there with his wife and friends and watching bullfighting, it is without question one of the great American novels. Perhaps the most important to depict The Lost Generation, the novel was an immense success - college students began to emulate the dress and manner of the characters and Hemingway was made a household name. Interestingly enough, the first printing of the novel was… Read More

Wyoming, Cincinnati, and College Hill, Ohio; Richmond, Indiana; Covington, Kentucky, 1895. Cloth binding stamped in gilt and black, measuring 4 x 6.5 inches and comprised of 76 handwritten pages and 7 original sketches in a variety of hands. Binding shaken and hinges broken with text being held by cords. Internally, a rich document tracing the social attitudes, friendships, and familial links of a young Ohio woman nearing the turn of the century. Likely a gift from her mother, Jeanie Hendelson's commonplace book has an early entry from "Mama" tenderly calling her "Jennie" and reminding her that "we live by aspiration, hope, and love." It is a departure from many of the period's more demure mother-daughter wishes that tend to focus on ideas of humility, purity or virtue. But for the Hendelsons at least, these and "dignity of being" are central. For more than a decade, Jeanie used this book to capture memories with her friends and family, and to carry their sentiments with her when they were apart.… Read More