Search Results: Titles starting with H from Books of the World

New York: The Viking Press, A Studio Book. Hardcover. 1971. First Edition. Sewn binding. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright with light rubbing, two short tears, and dog ear to the lower front flap. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 272 pages. Contents: The foundation of a dynasty : Rudolph I, Frederick III; The Burgundian inheritance : Maximilian I; Habsburg over Europe : Charles V and Martin Luther; The Spanish apotheosis : Philip II and the Austrian cousins; War and Counter-Reformation : Ferdinand II; Vienna besieged and the challenge of Louis XIV : Leopold I, Joseph I, Charles VI; The making of modern Austria : Maria Theresa; Reforming despot : Joseph II; Victory, reaction, collapse : Francis I, II, Ferdinand I and Metternich; Recovery and the long last act : Francis Joseph and Charles I; Genealogical tables; Map of Habsburg territories in Europe.

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin / Pelican Books, 1978. Revised Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight with light crease. Light reading / shelf wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 324 pages, 8 leaves of plates.

Maplewood, New Jersey: C. S. Hammond & Co. 1964. Paperback. Color pictorial stapled wrap. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Cover and interior pages tightly bound with three clean staples. Light shelfwear to cover. Not from a library. 48 pages; 12.125 inches x 9.375 inches. A collection of maps illustrating geographically the most significant periods and events in the development of western civilization.

Rare! Freetown, Sierra Leone: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, March 1980. Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Cover clear and bright. Light shelfwear. 4to. 47 pages.

New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1945. Hardcover. Decorated cloth over boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Ten color plates and many B&W illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Sewn binding. Very Good book / No jacket. Bookplate to verso of FFEP, otherwise interior pristine. Spine faded, but straight and tight, ends bumped. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xv+289 pages. When a new friend gives Hans and his sister Gretel enough money for one pair of ice skates, Hans insists that Gretel enter the grand skating competition, while he approaches the great Doctor who consents to try to restore their father's memory.

Santa Monica, California: Clover Park Press, 1995. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Perfect condition. 289 pages. In the first months of 1964, five female Peace Corps Volunteers went on a journey. They moved a step at a time, from the last place to the next, 4,000 miles from Liberia across the continent and the great Sahara Desert to Algiers. This book is the story of the somewhat random intrusion of the transient selves upon each other and upon the people among whom they passed. Like the Harmattan winds that accompanied them, they moved through each place, stirring it a little, taking a part of it, and leaving a part of ourselves behind. It was a period of hopefulness for them and for the young African nations they visitied. Colonialism was passing, everything was possible. They lived in the present, intensely, learning, testing, improvising their way. In the crucible of Africa they faced the unknown and met themselves. It was a wonderful time.

New York: William Morrow. Hardcover. 1973. Good+. Good+ book / No jacket. A nice reading copy. Prior owner's note on front free endpaper. Text block unmarked. Foxing to top edge. Spine straight and tight. Not from a library. 602 pages.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Armstrong's Department Store. Date unknown, probably early 1970s. Staple-bound pamphlet. Fine. Cover and internal pages are tightly secured by two staples. Interior is clean and unmarked. 45 pages. A cookbook assembled by the Handbags and Hosiery Associates of Armstrong's Department Store. Contents include Appetizers, Soup, Salad, Main Dishes, Breads, Desserts, Cookies, Coffee Treats, and Miscellaneous.

New York: Random House, 2016. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright with slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 234 pages. A riveting novel about the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Toronto: Vintage Canada. March 13, 2001. Paperback. 2nd printing. Near Fine. Mild reading wear to corners, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No tears, no creases, no folds. 359 pp.

New York: Pantheon. Trade Paperbac. 1982. 1st Edition. Very Good. February 1982. First Pantheon Paperback Edition. Very Good. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Rubbing to covers. Foxing to edges. N ot from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 342 pages. Authors: Thomas Ferguson (ed); Joel Rogers (ed) Contents: The Reagan victory / Thomas Ferguson and Joel Rogers -- The world of appearance / Alexander Cockburn and James Ridgeway -- The 1980 earthquake / Walter Dean Burnham -- Domestic stagflation and monetary policy / Gerald Epstein -- Chinatown / Bruce Cumings -- State and market / Alan Stone -- By force of reason / David Dickson and David Noble / A radical departure? / Ira Katznelson. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover. c.1948 printing of the second book in the Nancy Drew series. Blue sand-grain cloth boards with dark blue lettering adjacent to blue silhouette. Blue silhouette endpapers. No jacket. Plain paper frontispiece. No internal illustrations. No interior listings. Very Good book with no jacket. Prior owner's name and "Oct 1, 1948" penciled to FFEP. Text blocked tanned, but unmarked. Spine cocked, but tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. iv + 206 pages. 25 chapters. Manuscript by Mildred Wirt based on an outline by Edward Stratemeyer. Not from a library. No remainder mark.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. October-November 1971. 1st Edition. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Half-inch tear on upper front hinge (Oct), else Near Fine. John T. Phillifent's novel Hierarchies first appeared in print when it was serialized in the October-November 1971 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact with a cover illustration and four interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. A surprisingly entertaining romp featuring a couple of likeable wisecracking partners pitted against the private army if a disgruntled alien royal.

New York: Street & Smith Publications. July - September 1960. Digest-size Magazines. First Edition. Good. Interior lightly tanned but unmarked. "-20" marked on front covers. Spine ends chipped and torn. Edgewear. Poul Anderson's novel High Crusade first appeared in print when it was serialized in the July, August, and September 1960 issues of Astounding Science Fact & Fiction with cover art (July) and 14 interior illustrations by H. R. Van Dongen. Finalist for the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. An alien starship lands in medieval England, and carries a group of knights off into space. These rough-and-ready chaps eventually succeed in conquering the interstellar empire. A romp which celebrates the human spirit. Adapted into a wargame by TSR in 1983 and into a Monty Pythonesque motion picture starring John Rhys-Davies in in 1994.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Borzoi Book. Hardcover. 1946 Book Club printing. Blue textured cloth lettered in burgundy. Very Good book in a Poor jacket. Unmarked, clean, lightly tanned pages. Clean boards with shelf and reading wear. Binding is tight. No tape, tears, creases, or folds to book. Jacket is falling apart. Not from a library. Original owner's name and "1946" penned on front pastedown along with a bookplate. 118 pages. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. This book describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.

Guild Press, 1986. Mass market paperback. Rare first paperback printing of Christopher G. Moore's first novel. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight with two light creases. Edgewear to covers. Dog-ear to rear cover. 227 pages. Guild Press was a Washington, D.C. publishing house that catered almost exclusively to a gay male audience and played a major role in expanding the legal protections for gay publications against obscenity laws in the United States. Content: Matthew Burlock is a brilliant, eccentric judge, faced with the facts of a bizarre ritual murder. In the run-down Delorse Hotel, two men are found half-eaten by flames: one tied to a cross, the other tied up on the bed, with African lioness masks laid next to him. The police say it is a homosexual murder but Burlock disagrees. Slowly; a strange connection between Burlock's exotic past and the murder is revealed. Somewhere in the family history of the international gun trade, his father's mysterious identity and his… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1854. Bound in brown leather with marbled edges. Numerous b&w engravings. Good. Front cover cracked. Front and rear hinges cracked. Corners bumped and worn. Edges worn. Ex-library (Coe College) with the usual stamps and marks. Name label from second owner on front paste-down. Tanning and foxing throughout. Text is complete and unmarked. 366 pages.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Hardcover. January 2006 / full number line. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Black remainder dot to top edge. Light shelfwear to the boards. Interior is pristine. Spine is very tight. 240 pages, 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 inches. Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the antiquated systems in use today are a legacy of the industrial revolution and the early computer revolution of the 1950s.

Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1884. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards. Sewn binding. Good book / No jacket. Binding cracked at front hinge, otherwise straight and tight. Prior owner's name inked to first page along with the date "April 6th 1889". Text block appears to be unmarked, but I did not check every page. Cover frayed at spine ends, corners, and bottom edges. Not from a library. 688 pages. 8 B&W plates. Full title: A History of Methodism: Comprising A View of the Rise of This Revival of Spiritual Religion in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century, and of the Principal Agents by Whom It Was Promoted in Europe and America; with Some Account of The Doctrine and Policy of Episcopal Methodism In the United States, and the Means and Manner of its Extension Down to A.D. 1884.

Twelve 30-minute lectures on six Fine Audio CDs in original clamshell case along with an As New paperback Course Guidebook (58 pages). CDs show only minor signs of prior use. Not from a library. Suitable for a gift. These twelve lectures are designed to answer two questions that have nagged generations ever since Hitler and Nazism were destroyed: How could a man like Adolf Hitler and a movement like Nazism come to power in 20th-century Germany, an industrially developed country with a highly educated population? How were the Nazis able to establish the foundations of a totalitarian regime in such a short time and hurl the whole world into a devastating war that would consume millions of lives? As you travel back in time to answer these questions, you'll gain fascinating (and sometimes troubling) insights into the historical nightmare sparked by Hitler and his beliefs. You'll discover who voted for the Nazis and why; how the Nazis campaigned, and what they appeared to stand for; why there was… Read more