Search Results: Titles starting with H from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1969 Atheneum, New York. 1969. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; two small spots on textblock bottom; scratch on front board; scant shelfwear. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); 2" boxcutter cut to front panel; chipping at head; two small closed tears on spine; light edge bumps. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 330 pp 8vo. Wells was a futurist and “visionary” who foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web.Wells in the late 19th century Wells “saw the coming century clearer than anyone else. He anticipated wars in the air, the sexual revolution, motorized transport causing the growth of suburbs and a proto-Wikipedia he called the "world brain". In his novel The World Set Free, he imagined an “atomic bomb” of terrifying… Read more

London, UK: Phoenix Sports Books , 1957 Phoenix Sports Books, London, UK. 1957. Hardcover. Stated First Publishing in 1957. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; sun tanned spine; damp stain on front board top; age browning of text edges. No DJ. H. M. Gilbert & Son Booksellers, Southhampton sticker on front pastedown. Green cloth boards and spine with silver lettering on spine. 240 pp 8vo. A rare book which traces the history of Hampshire Cricket Club from its inception in 1862 to1957. Roy Webber provides a complete individual and team statistical record for the whole period covered by the book. Twenty five pages of photographs add the finishing touch to this quite delightful book. A clean and presentable copy.

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1966 Atheneum, New York. 1966. Hardcover. First Edition; matching date on title page and copyright. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; one bumped tip; browning to FFFP and end papers. No DJ. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine and front board. 448 pp tall 8vo. Harold Nicolson served in the British diplomatic service before becoming an MP in 1935. He married the writer Victoria Sackville-West in 1913, and together they created the famous garden at Sissinghurst. While not an especially remarkable politician in his own right, Nicolson's genius lay in his talents as an observer, and as a journalist and writer. Because of the remarkable relationship with his wife (which was very close yet allowed affairs even with same-sex lovers) and the fact that he moved in high political circles and was intimate with the Bloomsbury Group, he had plenty to observe and write about. A clean and very presentable copy.

Moorhead, MN: New Rivers Press, 2012 New Rivers Press, Moorhead, MN. 2012. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by author on the half title page/Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 227 pp 8vo. A Southern darkly comic gothic novel set in a fictitious Tennessean village. Twists of fate and a haunted past wrack the residents of Lincoln, TN after the biggest tornado they have ever seen rips straight through their 1950s small town, leaving in its wake a naked body, a missing person, and an escaped convict. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1984. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight bumping to head and tail; light crease in spine from opening; light shelfwear. DJ: edge bumping to head and tail; light wear to front tips; small closed tear at head. Black paper over boards with black grained overlay on the spine with black lettering in a gilt shadowbox. Maps as endpapers. 566 pp 8vo. This is a story of Palestinian–Jewish relations before and after Israel's independence that opens windows to the world of Islam and the Arabs, the British, the Israelis, and all who contend for the Middle East. The novel revolves around The Haj- Hag Ibrahim, his son Ishmael, his daughter Nada, and Gideon Asch, a friend, a Jew, and the enemy, as they fight and evolve against Jewish immigration, occupation, and disenfranchisement of the once Palestinian majority. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart… Read more

Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001 Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: Near Fine; slight sunfading to spine and top of rear panel; light rubbing to front flap fold. Red boards with black overlay on the spine with bright red lettering on the spine. 209 pp 8vo. This is the story of the Civil War in the West focusing on the untold story of St. Joseph, MO a bustling outfitting post and fur-trading town occupied mostly by sympathizers to the Confederate Cause. In 1861, the town became an occupied fortress caught between Union soldiers and Southern guerrillas. Torn between ideological ties to the South and its promising trade ties with the North the town was in chaos and it fortunes fell with the war. A clean very presentable copy.

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004 Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA. 2004. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +: two sections of three pages at fore edge have strike indentations else fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($30.00); slight edge bumps. Dark brown boards with light brown overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. An extraordinary man of the American West- a man who lived, fought, and made his mark in both the Indian and White worlds. Born to COL William Bent and Owl Woman, he was raised Cheyenne, educated in White schools, fought for the Confederacy, became a Cheyenne Warrior, survived Sand Creek, became an interpreter and negotiator for Whites and Indians. He told ethnologists all they knew on Cheyenne life and never fit into either world until his death in 1918. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY : Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1955 Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, New York. 1955. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP and signed by the author on a blank page after the copyright page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; exposure lightening of the board tops and bottoms; light sunfading to spine. DJ: Good -; NOT Price Clipped ($3.50); chipping and missing small pieces at head and tail; sunfading and moisture spots on spine; wear to tips. Light blue cloth boards and spine with red lettering and gray lettering in a red shadowbox. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 240 pp 8vo. In this portrait of a Southern town, the author recreates the turn-of-the-century world of his childhood n the Mississippi cotton country- an earthly Eden richly warm and picturesque. Here are the customs and characters that illuminate a lost and undoubtedly lovely way of life. The people, the racism, the sin, the salvation, the Southern Cooking,… Read more

Exira, IA: Self-Published by Author, 1900 Self-Published by Author, Exira, IA. 1900. Hardcover. First Edition. Rebound Boards. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but scattered pencil notations in margins. Book Condition: Very Good; light rubbing to boards; moisture mark on the outer third portion of the first quarter of the book; no warped or stuck pages; during the rebinding pages 5-12 were not bound in (one signature) and are laid in the front of the book. No DJ. Green buckram boards and spine with silver lettering on the spine. 479 pp 4to. Brief mention of the Hamlins is found in various genealogical and historical works. It is believed that no extensive work of the family history has ever been published but for this one. The author traces the name through France and England with the Anglicized form of the name Hamlin most approved. The earliest Hamlin was Capt, Giles Hamlin, a mariner (sea captain) born in England in 1622 and arrived in America in 1655 residing in Hartford and them Middletown,… Read more

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015 W.W. Norton & Co., New York. 2015. Softcover/Trade Paperback. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 221 pp. For anyone who has ever considered changing jobs, this is the story of a young woman who quit her desk job to become a carpenter. A classics scholar who didn't know the difference between a Phillips or a flathead screw- now describes the joys and frustrations of making things by hand. A passionate book about finding meaning in work and life. A clean pristine new book.

New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Co C. S. Hammond & Co, New York. 1960s. Folded paper. Space Map. Map Condition: Good+; small closed tear on title section; on extreme edges of the map when unfolded are tape residue and thumbtack holes; light wear along crease lines. This map unfolds to 1 sheet. In its folded state it measures 10" x 7" and open it is 27" x 39-1/2". 15 illustrations in full color, with explanatory text and charts. A clean very presentable copy.

West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, 1976 Parker Publishing Company, West Nyack, NY. 1976. Hardcover. Stated Third Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for distributer rubber stamp on the title page. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Good+; NOT price clipped; closed tears on bottom edge; chipping at head and tail covers. Brown cloth boards and spine with white lettering on spine. 257 pp 8vo. Hand Reflexology is the simple, natural way of maintaining the body in a condition of glowing health and vitality. Virtually any illness, allergy or injury can be relieved by Hand Relfexology, if not totally cured. A clean and very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000 Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN. 2000. Hardcover. 7th Printing by Line Number of the 10th Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Near Fine; slight edge and tip bumps. Teal cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 352 pp 8vo. Completely revised, this book is recognized as the most accurate, objective, and comprehensive source of information about America's more than 200 religious denominations. This book gives their historical background, doctrines or main teachings, and governmental organization. Included are statistics on the number of churches and church members and information about church related schools and institutions. A clean very presentable copy.

Baltimore, MD : The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1961 The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, MD. 1961. Softcover/Plastic Comb Binding. Stated 5th Edition/reprinted 1961 (2nd Printing). Book is tight, square, basically unmarked but does have scattered marginal notes and underlining from F/O. Book Condition: Good; toning of plastic comb; light edge and tip wear; light soiling to wraps. No DJ. Printed card stock flexible wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; comb is intact and not broken; text is secure in binding. 441 pp 8vo. This is a handbook and a guide to the orderly and consecutive display/dissection of the structures of the human body, and it is not sense a textbook. A clean presentable copy.

St. Louis, MO: Blackwell Wienlandy Co. , 1930 Blackwell Wienlandy Co., St. Louis, MO. 1930. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner names on front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; wear to spine sides, tail, head, tips, and bottom boards from shelving; interior toning. Internally Fine condition. No DJ. Black grained boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on the spine and front board with tilt blocking. 141 pp 8vo. The unitization movement is the child of necessity for economical development and operation of American oil pools in light of competition from foreign sources and contributes ot lower costs of production. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: Callaghan and Company, 1951 Callaghan and Company, Chicago, IL. 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; 4 small moisture spots on textblock top. No DJ as Issued. Red grained boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and front board. 583 pp 8vo. This revised edition with a greater number of decisions covered and inclusion of decisions by the JAG of the Navy and Air Force have made readily available a wealth of learning to all of the Armed Services. A book that compliments the Manual for Courts-Martial and valuable in every aspect of trial by court-martial. A clean very presentable copy.

Washington, DC: Department of State, Agency for International Development, 1966 Department of State, Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. 1966. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Reprint of the 1964 edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; suntanning of spine. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; securely stapled and glued. 260 pp 4to. U.S. Agencies having responsibility in foreign assistance programs have long recognized the need for a hand book on horticultural crops in the Tropics. The book is written in layman's terms to be understood by the non-specialist involved in rural development. A clean presentable copy.

Seoul, ROK: Samhaw Printing, 1993 Samhaw Printing, Seoul. 1993. Hardcover. 9th Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shaken hinge from mailing handling. No DJ. Pictorial Boards with Korean maps as endpapers. Former owners name stamp on front pastedown. A very heavy volume. 592 pp. This book will take the reader into the nation's misty past to provide a context to understand the dynamism of the present its vision of the future- a future in which a peacefully unified country is able to play an even greater and more constructive global role. This book is published with the help of the Korea Press Center to promote international understanding and knowledge of the Republic of Korea. A very presentable and clean copy.

New York, NY: Boy Scouts of America, 1929 Boy Scouts of America, New York. 1929. Hardcover/Flexible Boards. Stated Second Handbook/14th Impression. Book is loose with partially separated front and rear internal hinges (held by mull cloth), square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fair; creased boards; FFFP cut off; wear to boards; internally clean. No DJ. Maroon flexible boards and spine with dulled lettering on spine and front board. 676 pp 12mo. This book was printed in honor of the 19th Birthday of the Boy Scout Movement. This book was written with "Alternative Methods" which means that experiences and successful means from those actively engaged in Scouting contributed and those ideas were pooled to better Boy Welfare. A capacious box of tools for work with boys. A clean representative copy.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948 McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1948. Hardcover. 7th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to top tips and head; minimal shelfwear. No DJ. Black cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine. 272 pp 4to. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a busy engineer with a ready source of information about the circuits he needs for a particular industrial electronic application. The significant work of other engineers here has been collected in one handy reference volume to save hours of searching through technical literature. A clean very presentable copy.