Search Results: Titles starting with H from Monroe Bridge Books

Londini: Johannes Nichols, 1794 IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. iv, 359pp, [1], in a leather binding, front cover nearly detached, lacking ffp, binding is tight, text in Greek. Occasional notation.

Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1988 Leather Bound Nautical Library. Bound in gilt decorated navy blue leather, still in unopened Publisher's shrink wrap, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon page marker intact, with Publisher's slips laid-in. NEW.

France: Louis-Jean This circa 1950, hard cover is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. Inscribed in French with SIGNATURE, BY THE AUTHOR, ON THE FRONT FLY PAGE, dated 1960. 339 pages bound in green cloth, with fading to covers and title on spine, with bumped corners. Has round inked stamp on front fly page in lower corner, saying BYE. Slight yellowing on page edges. BINDING AND HINGES ARE STRONG AND TIGHT. This illustrated satire on England and the English cover such subjects as Bureaucracy, sports, womenfolk, justice, humour, gambling, education and more.

1950 Circa 1950's. Hand drawn and colored, original cartoon art reading "HANDS UP !", measuring approx. 19" x 15", with rounded corners. Back side show remnants of black paper, where the cartoon had once been mounted. Perhaps created for the use of risque postcards. Light foxing to upper and lower edges.

D.C.: Washington Government Printing Office, 1908 This oversized FIRST EDITION is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. 426 pages includes an index, bound in original soft wraps, with minimal edge wear/surface soiling. Fold out MAP of The State of Pennsylvania From the Latest Surveys, 1796. MAP IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. The census is delineated by Free White Males of 16 years of age and upward, Free White Males under 16, Free White Females, All Other Free Persons and Slaves. THOMAS JEFFERSON IS LISTED ON PAGE 227, as Secy. of State to U.S. GOOD TIGHT COPY. NO LABELS, MARKINGS OR INSCRIPTIONS. PROTECTED IN A MYLAR SLIP COVER.

1950 Circa 1950's. Hand drawn and colored, original cartoon art reading "HELP!", measuring approx. 19" x 15", with rounded corners. Light foxing to edges. Back side show remnants of black paper, where the cartoon had once been mounted. Perhaps created for the use of risque postcards.

1950 Circa 1950's. Hand drawn and colored, original cartoon art reading "HENRY SMITH ! DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT DREAM !", measuring approx. 19" x 15", with rounded corners. Back side show remnants of black paper, where the cartoon had once been mounted. Perhaps created for the use of risque postcards. Shows staple marks along the top edge.

London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1984 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with light foxing for 1" of top of page edges only. Dust jacket in very good condition, with price clipped, protected in a mylar cover. 294 pages includes an index, giving us a facinating glimpse into early Highland life, through the surviving letters of four generations of a Highland family. CLEAN, TIGHT COPY.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. This hard cover, is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. No date given. Top/bottom of spine worn, with backstrip starting, but still attached. Black & white geometric designed endpapers. Chapters includes London in the Roman Period, Dark Ages, Norman London, Plantagenets, Medieval Times, Tudor Period, Stuart Times, Georgian and Victorian Ages. CLEAN COPY. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT.

Rome, Italy: Jesuit Historical Institute, 1969 These stiff wraps, FIRST EDITIONS, are INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the editor. 2 Volumes. NEAR FINE CONDITION. Has crease on slipcase spine for Vol..2. Insription on title page reads :"To Dr. Robert G. Tompkins, M.D. Tulsa, Nov. 2, 1976 With every token of esteem and best wishes, Ernest J. Burrus, S.J." Volume 2 contains 30 foldout sketches and 10 foldout maps, reproduced in color.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. This early Children's Primer, is an undated, hard cover, IN GOOD CONDITION. Cloth spine with paper over boards for front/back covers. Front cover displays a very nice color illustration of a young girl with apron and bonnet holding chicks in her apron, with floral border. Back cover has blue and white illustration of a young girl reading. Slight edge/corner/spine wear. End pages are also illustrated. B&W frontis, illustrations, alphabet and numbers throughout. Frontis partially loose, all other pages intact. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Pages have normal yellowing for age AND ARE UNPAGINATED. Wonderful stories that go along with the alphabet and numbers - "When I was a very little girl, one of my best friends was Washington Henry. He was one of our servants, who made himself useful inside of the house, and was black as night, as you may see by the picture". NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKINGS. GOOD TIGHT COPY. PROTECTED IN A… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover, is in GOOD CONDITION. Covers have some soil/wear, with spine backstrip loosening due to edge wear. BINDING AND HINGES ARE STRONG AND TIGHT. 252 pages bound in brown cloth with design on cover, and gilt lettering on spine. AUTHOR HAS WRITTEN LONG INSCRIPTION to "Betty"on fly page, and SIGNED and dated it 1937. Evelyn Waugh's first wife left him after less than a year of marriage, for this BBC journalist, John Heygate, in 1929.

1950 Circa 1950's. Hand drawn and colored, original cartoon art reading "HOW DO I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING LATE? YOU COULD HAVE BEEN CHASING AROUND WITH A BLOND !", measuring approx. 19-1/2" x 15", with rounded corners. Back side show remnants of black paper, where the cartoon had once been mounted. Perhaps created for the use of risque postcards. Shows upper/lower edge wear, with staple marks along the upper edge.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981 This FIRST EDITION hard cover, is in AS NEW CONDITION. With a dust jacket, also in new condition, protected in a mylar cover. 138 pages includes an index, and is bound in paper and cloth over boards, with turqoise lettering on spine. This facinating book is the first account of the dramatic experiments conducted over a five year period, confirming the existence of a magnetic sense of direction in humans, navigating the earths magnetic field. VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. VERY GOOD, TIGHT COPY. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKINGS.

Not Indicated, 1938 Oblong format, unpaginated, printed on fine glossy paper, staple bound, with black and white photographs throughout. Covers darkened, occasional foxing.

Peterborough, NH: Modadnock Mountainside Publications, 2004 [14], 50pp, bound in stiff paper covers, with binding and hinges tight, illustrated. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS (other than the Author), NOR MARKINGS. From the personal collection of Author and Anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. POETRY.

Habitat Post & Beam, Inc. Oblong format, 112pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight, color photographic illustrations throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1935 402pp; xii, 484pp, uniformly bound in black cloth with armorial gilt designs, top edges gilt, bindings and hinges tight, illustrated throughout, previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpapers, light foxing to preliminary pages and outer page edges. BIOGRAPHY.

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1998 xiv, [2], 304pp, bound in paper over boards, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. The dust jacket is price-clipped, and is now housed in a protective mylar cover. Small bookstore tracking label on the back free endpaper, light foxing to outer page edges. AFRICAN AMERICAN POET.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1935 xiv, 305pp, bound in blue cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, all illustrations present, with the folding map in back [no tears]. Covers sunned, bumped edges/corners/spine, interior shows a small bookstore label for Foyles in London, occasional foxing, mostly on the fore-edge. From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder (1918-1995), graduate of Harvard College, Harvard School of Public Health, and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas, throughout East Africa and Indonesia.