Search Results: Titles starting with H from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Washington D.C.: Counterpoint; A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book, 1995. xvii, 318 pages, [32] leaves of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "H.G. Wells, British writer, social critic, futurist, and celebrated author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, witnessed the great events of two centuries and played a major role in many controversies of his turbulent age. With extraordinary foresight, he predicted such developments as the atomic bomb and space flight. He was a leading voice for society's have-nots, a staunch supporter of women's and worker's rights, a passionate champion of equality among races and classes, and one of socialism's leading proponents. In tracking the life of Wells, Michael Foot--former leader of Britain's labor party and esteemed literary biographer--traces the growth of these major social movements and Wells's commitment to them. What results is the story of a… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Cloth, xvi, 487 pages, illustrations 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Downstairs persons; The burden of Atlas House; False starts; The vision of science; Grub Street; Isabel or Catherine?; Writing away for dear life; Tales of space and time; Friendships; Treasure house on the sea shore; The discovery of the future; Faults of the Fabian; Storm in a Fabian teacup; Taking liberties; Lost orientations; Jane or Amber?; A tangle of moods and impulses; The frame and the picture; The war that will end war; Salvation by history; Beginning again; Vexatious litigation; The burden of Atlas; Education or catastrophe; Hammering away; The last judgement.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

St. Louis, MO, and New York: Washington University Gallery of Art; Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2002. Pictorial boards, 115 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, March 12 to April 6, 2002, and at Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, August 30 to December 6, 2002. A good reading copy with notes on the endpapers & a few light marks in the text. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 8vo.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 244 pages, 18 plates, illustrations, map; 22 cm. First published, 1969. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. First edition thus. Fine DJ. "Hadrian's Wall is the most important surviving memorial to the military might of Rome--much admired and emulated as a model of frontier management. Yet the author's provocative study vigorously attacks tradition, calling the wall a military triumph but a political disaster. The failure of the Romans to pacify the Caledones produced a military situation that compelled the establishment of a strongly defended frontier, the maintenance of which upset the economic balance of the province. This book is an impressive study of a province militarily uncertain, economically unviable, and politically unstable. It is also a clear, thoughtful, and eminently readable history of the Roman occupation of Britain through four centuries of existence." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover.… Read More

London: English Heritage, 1987. 48 pages, colour illustrations, maps, plans; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated with detailed descriptions. . Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Guidebook.

Vienna and Munich: Belvedere; Hirmer, 2014. Pictorial boards, 447 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plan, portraits; 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Hagenbund: A European Network of Modernism, 1900 to 1938": from October 11, 2014 to February 1, 2015 at the Lower Belvedere, Vienna. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corners lightly bumped. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

Stockton, CA: Haggin Museum, 1991. 201 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corner crease/back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. .The Haggin Museum opened in 1931. Chiefly late-19th-century European and American paintings, especially landscapes.. 1st.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Istanbul: Net Turistik Yayinlar A.S., 1996. 60 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, Byzantine mosaics, architecture).. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Ankara: Donmet Offset, 1996. 109 pages, colour illustrations, map; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

New York: Newsweek; Wonders of Man Ser., 1982. Cloth, 172 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. xii, 212 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "From the age of Washington on, voting our presidents in has been a quintessential American ritual. Hail to the Candidate details two hundred years of presidential campaigns, a tradition one observer has called the 'longest folk festival in the world.' As a chronicle of the changing character of American electioneering, the book captures the intensity and popularity of campaigns past and displays the array of devices candidates have used to project a positive image." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction. Hurrah for the campaign!; Imagery of campaigning and campaign devices; Origins: Emblems of honor and glory; Mobilizing the multitudes; Partisan campaigning, 1860-1896; Personal campaigning; Rally 'round the candidate; Be a party… Read More

Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004. 64 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, October 3, 2003 to January 4, 2004, at Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries, February 1 to April 10, 2004 and at Chicago Cultural Center, May 4 to July 3, 2004. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Black hair and art, by Kim Curry-Evans; Hair today, yesterday, and beyond, by Neal A. Lester.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York, Berlin, London: Bloomsbury Press, 2009. 329 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corners lightly bumped. Stated First U.S. Edition. Fine DJ.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

New York and London: Liveright Publishing Corporation; W. W. Norton & Company, 2016. 259 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In doing so, Wilson describes how our species, in only a mere blink of… Read More

London: Hali Publications Ltd., 1991. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. On front cover: Romano-Egyptian Embroidery, Mamluk Carpets. Spine: Afshar Tribal Rugs, Donegal Carpets. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Serial.

Osaka: Osaka Shiritsu Toyo Toji Bijutsukan, 2000. 179 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Text in Japanese. Introduction, captions and list of exhibited items also in English. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Osaka Shiritsu Toyo Toji Bijutsukan, October 3, 2000 to January 28, 2001.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1949. 194 pages; 19 cm. A31. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning. A Classic Study in the Psychoanalysis of Literature.. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. 544 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Expected browning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Business tycoon; founder of the Armand Hammer Museum in L.A. "The autobiography of an extraordinary man--statesman, envoy, industrialist, entrepreneur, physician, philanthropist, collector extraordinaire, citizen of the world--whose influence and knowledge have spanned decades and continents." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Hammer Galleries, 1969. 16 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held May 5 to 17, 1969. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

London: Historic Royal Palaces, 2002. 70 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, architecture, scenery). Tudor royal palace.. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.