Search Results: Titles starting with H from Gilt Edge Books

Chicago: New Directions Publishing House, 1987. HT = HT (high tech, high touch), terms used in J. Naisbett's book 'Megatrends' to represent a need for appropriate human response to modern technology's demands, is a darkly comic novel, with surreal overtones, covering several days of crisis in the personal and corporate life of the protagonist, as the dark side of the Information Age suddenly leaves him twisting in the wind. A bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-9606510-1-2. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Dark Humour + The Tidy Bowl Man Lives + Jiffy John + Comic Novel. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.

Here is the complete story of an unfathomable murder-suicide that shocked the country - and a groundbreaking expose of one of America's most distinguished universities.An immaculate book. The condition promises to please.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1947. A brilliant and suspense-laden mystery for the discriminating crime addict. Here is a real baffler that will keep the reader guessing to the last exciting page. Darkened text block. Dust jacket design by Ava Morgan. A well-illustrated pictorial dust jacket. An inexpensive respectable reprint.. Tower Books Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. In 'Halifax Warden of the North', the author revises and updates his own earlier account of the city. It is an authoritative book about a city blessed and cursed by her location, a city gravely important to the British, French and Americans, through wars and peace, but one that also holds the world's record for sailors' pleasures. The contents include a preface by the author dated January 1, 1971, 42 chapters, bibliography and index. A list of illustrations show 14 plates...all present on heavier semi-gloss paper. Map endpapers reveal a two-page spread of "A View of Halifax 1750". Emerald green cloth boards with bright gilt title print to spine. Bottom edge of boards show minor cloth bubble. Brief gift inscription to half-title page. Wrap-around jacket painting of Halifax harbour by John O'Brien, circa 1850, photographed by MacAskills Studios. An extremely bright, clean copy in a price-intact dust jacket.. Revised Edition.… Read More

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Limited, 1990. Oblong format. Sherman Hines, generally considered to be one of North America's outstanding photographers, captures the scenes and seasons of this unique seaport that will become an integral part of the memory albums of residents and visitors alike. Foreword by Sherman Hines. Introduction by Dr. John F. Godfrey....President & Vice Chancellor,University of King's College. A generous 'list of plates' provided (78), all in colour and many in full-page. The joy and affection Sherman Hines has for the city of Halifax shines through in the work he has provided within these covers. A most impressive body of work! An immaculate book in a photo illustrated dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-920852-12-2. First Edition Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Halifax + Canadian Photographer + Nova Scotia + Canadiana + Art + Maritime Provinces + Seaports + Dr John F Godfrey. Catalogs: Photography.

Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe Ltd., 1973. . 66 pp.. Introduction by the author. A handbook intended mainly for professional translators. "The original glossary on which this handbook is based included entries in French, Spanish, Portuguese. German, Swedish and Russian; but since French is by far the most important language from which English-speaking translators have to work in the international organizations, and since the principals discussed under the more general headings apply to translation from any language, the entries relating to the other languages have been omitted from the present edition." Since the bulk of the material collected deals with the problems of immediate concern to the growing army of international conference translators rather than to the translator of technical treatises or of fiction or biography or poetry, it occured to the author that it might be useful to publish it with the conference translator particularly in mind. Red Boards with blue title… Read More

London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited No Date. Fourteenth Edition...Revised. With Large Plan of the City, Plans of the Bois De Boulogne, Versailles, The Louvre and Numerious Illustrations. This book contains a fund of knowledge and delightful reading. A list of illustrations provided...photo plates and plans. Three fold-out maps are present (one of which shows an internally mended tear). Bright cherry-red cloth boards. Gilt title print to front board and spine. Ribbon bookmark. Photo illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Dust jacket shows wear to extremities and rubbing. A sound, firm copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Pelham Book, 1988. Illustrated heavy card covers.The essence of this book has been to use both words and pictures to help people to absorb the principles of sailing. The contents cover: Basic sailing, Advanced sailing. Cruising, Navigation, Meteorology, Maintenance & safety and Appendix. Very well illustrated. (over 1250). Name to inside front cover. An invaluable source of reference. . Later Print. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: MacMillan Publishing Co.,Inc., 1970. The Adult Education Association of the USA last issued this Handbook in 1960. The two previous editions came a dozen years apart. The present Handbook may be the last one to appear at so long an interval and the last to appear in hard covers. Like its predecessors this handbook is directed to several audiences - to any interested person seeking information about adult education; to the part-time worker, the paraprofessional or the volunteer leader; and to the professional worker, scholar, and the graduate student in training. The varied chapters attempt to reflect the totality of the field. Some underlining. A most serviceable copy.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Allan Lane, 1983. Written with predictable insight, irony and humor, the author shows us an 'ordinary' woman challenged by what, to her, are extraordinary events. No one else writes with such devastating honesty about the treacheries of daily life, the complexities of family relationships, the bitter and often funny truth behind appearances. This is a novel that adds a little to our experience of life... Golden-brown boards, silver title print to spine. No previous owner name or gift inscription. A lovely clean copy. Dust jacket shows a sunned spine with title print still bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. A novel by the author of Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris takes us once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil - a tour de force of psychological suspense. Hannibal is a feast for the imagination! Gift inscription to prelim. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket. A clean, respectable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins, 1961. The American author has given the authentic ring of reality to this story - a simple tale about ordinary folk in a small village in Holland - and Pelagie Doane has illustrated it both in colour and b/w with deep feeling and immense charm. A list of illustrations provided.... a beautiful colour frontispiece and three black and white illustrations. Light soil to a few leaves that does not affect readability. This copy remains sound, square and most respectable.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Deneau & Greenberg, 1980. This is a work that cannot be ignored by parliamentarian, historian, student, or casual reader, combining as it does a valuable reference source with a parade of human interest stories culled from the pages of early colonial days right through to the elections of 1979 and 1980. A generous list of illustrations provided. Two appendices follow the main contents. Appendix One...Hansard Roll of Honour...Appendix Two..Report on conditions in York Jail, 1880. Bibliography and index present. A handsomely bound book with bold gilt print to front board as well as gilt to spine. A yellow ribbon marker adds a nice touch to this binding. No ownership markings. A spot of color-lift to front of dust jacket. The dust jacket remains bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. Another mystery for Father Blackie Ryan to unravel....First: "Happy Are The Meek", then "Happy Are The Clean Of Heart" and now this one. This author has been the recipient of the Mark Twain Award and the Carl Sandberg Award given for distinguished contribution to Midwestern literature. Book carries a remainder mark to bottom edge. No ownership markings. A clean square copy in a price-intact bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Augener, Ltd., 1903. Augener's Edition No. 9182 Forty-Second Impression. The contents include 21 chapters, Appendix A,"The Ecclesiastical Modes", Appendix B, " The Harmonic Series", Analytical Index, Musical Illustrations, index to music illustrations and 4 pages of book ads. A clean tight book with normal bottom edgewear.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Holt,Rinehart and Winston, 1980. The new super-thriller by the author of "34 East" and "The Dragon". The time is in the foreseeable future - next month, next year - when "existing tendencies" have hardened, tell of an accelerating slide toward World war III. Red boards, natural color cloth spine with gilt lettering. Embossed decoration to front board. No ownership markings. Price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Dorset Press, 1991. Joseph Braddock has been a student of physical research and the occult for many years. These are stories of haunted Castles and haunted pubs; of the North Country and West Country ghosts; of Theatre Ghosts, and Evil hauntings, poltergeists and photographs of ghosts. Preface and a generous list of illustrations provided. Chapter-head and full page illustrations by Felix Kelly. Full scenic wrap-around dust jacket. A bright book in it's price-clipped bright dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-88-29-701-8. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Felix Kelly Illustrator + Haunted Houses + Great Britain + Haunted Pubs + Haunted Castles + Poltergeists + Ghosts + Evil Hauntrings + Mrs. Gaskell + Theatre Ghosts + Burghwallis Hall Yorkshire + Brede Place Sussex + Oxenbridge Family England Occult + Supernatural. Catalogs: Supernatural.

New York and London: D.Appleton and Company, 1932. Here Linclon writes of his favorite scene, good old Cape Cod, with it plain-spoken fishermen, sea captains and villagers....the quaint and loveable character types that have endeared the author to so many readers. Immaculate cloth blue boards with gilt print and anchor decoration to front board...gilt print to spine. Ffep and half-title page missing. A sound, very bright clean book in a wrap-around pictorial dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Frederic A. Stokes Company, 1922. Green cloth boards.... black title print to front board and spine. Blind-stamp decoration to front board. Name on paper label attached to ffep. Text toned. 374 pp plus 'publishers' note. A complete and most serviceable book.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983. 'The Healing Heart' addresses itself to the problem of panic and helplessness produced by any serious disease. Norman Cousins describes techniques developed at various medical centers for liberating patients from fears and foreboding that can in fact represent serious intensifying factors in disease. His special field of study has been the biochemistry of the emotions. He is especially interested in the way attitudes and emotions can bring on disease or improve the prospects of recovery. Bibliography provided. No ownership markings. Dust jacket shows front flap crease. A lovely clean bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.