Search Results: Titles starting with H from Bygone Books

New York: Columbia University, 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG. 0-231-07176-0. 2nd printing, 8vo, 266 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: very minor wear. A collection that explores feminism in literary studies during the last three decades.

New York: House of Books, Ltd., 1951. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Robert Frost. Hard not to be King. New York: House of Books, 1951. 1st edition limited to 300 numbered copies Signed by the Author: this is number 73, and signed by Frost. A crown octavo, blue cloth with gilt titles, unpaginated. Number 11 of the Crown Octavos published by The House of Books and made by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon, New York. Condition: VERY GOOD book / no jacket: there is typical sunning the blue cloth on the spine and around the edges of the front and back boards, a penciled owner name on front eps has been erased. Internally clean and tight.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 3/4 black leather, raised bands, marbled boards, blue-paper endpapers, 864p. b/w illustrations and engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD: light rubbing to edges and spine extremities, sm. tear to front cover paper; light scattered foxing - does not affect reading pleasure. Includes such articles as: Aboard a Sperm Whaler; Accession of the Emperor Nicholas; Bit of life in Oregon; Capital idea for cold weather; Case of Lady Macbeth medically considered; Cotton and its Cultivation, by T. B. Thorpe of Louisiana (p. 447) with illustrations of working slaves; Memoirs of the Holy Land, by Jacob Abbott, with many engravings; Life and Times of Madame de Stael (p. 340); etc. Literature includes: Herman Melville's anonymously published short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" (p. 77); Charles Dickens's "Schoolboy Story" (p. 365); W. M. Thackeray's serialized "The… Read More

New York: Newson & Co., 1928. Soft cover. VG-. Wraps. 48p. stapled pamphlet. 4 1/2 x 6". VERY GOOD - with light edgewear, soiling,a few creases; child's name in pencil inside front cover. Delightful illustrations in black & turquoise.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 068481093X 1st ed., 8vo, hardcover, 333 pp, b&w illustrations, bibliography. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: new except for remainder mark on bottom page edge.

Haverfordwest, Dyfed, UK: Shire Publications, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd printing (first published in 1983), 8vo, illustrated stapled wraps, 32 pages, b/w photographs and drawings, list of suppliers and places to visit. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with slight rubbing to edges, mild crease to rear cover at bottom corner.

Preoria, IL: The Manual Arts Press, 1925. Hardcover. G. McAfee, Ila.. No edition statement. 8vo, olive green cloth, 244 pp, b&w illustrations, color frontispiece, bibliography. Condition is GOOD / no jacket: a water stain to rear board, stain to fore edge that leaves a faint stain on margin throughout the book, a very sl. ripple to the pages, NO odor or any markings (excepting owner name on fep,) lt. sunning to covers.

Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. William E. Degarthe. Will R. Bird. Historic Nova Scotia. Drawings by William E. Degarthe. Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, no date. [Originally published in 1935]. 8vo, stapled wraps, 115 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, color illus on front and rear covers (lithographed in Nova Scotia). Condition: VERY GOOD with small chip at spine tail, slight edgewear, staples on title page slight rusty. A terrific piece of Canadian memorabilia. On the cover: "Nova Scotia has the proud distinction of being the only Province of the Dominion of Canada and the first Colony of Great Britain to possess a flag of its own. The Flag of Nova Scotia traces its origins to the Charter of New Scotland granted in 1621 to Sir William Alexander (afterwards the Earl of Stirling) by King James VI of Scotland and I of England.

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo, stapled wraps, 78 pages. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with a crease to rear cover. The entire issues comprises a list of family names as found in NH town histories, beginning with Abbe and ending in Zuill.

NY: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2 volumes [ ISBN for volume 2: 0060158999 ] 1st edition of both volumes [ stated, number line ], 8vo, blue cloth , 591, 572 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography and notes in each volume. Condition is VERY GOOD+ books / VERY GOOD+ jackets: both volumes are in very nice condition with some light spotting to the top page edge and slight edgewear to the jackets (spine head crease to vol. 2, slight edgewear to vol. 1...).

Southampton, NY: Cracker Barrel Press, 1970. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Undated reprint, circa 1970s, of the original edition published for the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut Committee on Historical Publications (Yale University Press, 1933). 8vo, stapled wraps, [16] Pages, b/w photographs of chairs. Condition: VERY GOOD, with some toning to edges of front cover, internally clean and tight. Nothing better in the world than a Connecticut-made Hitchcock Chair.

NY: Home Insurance Company of New York [1891 ], 1891. Soft cover. VG. 8vo, stapled wraps, color illlustration on front cover, [ 34 ] pages, b&w illustrations throughout, advertisements. Condition is VERY GOOD : lt. edgewear, rubbing along spine, lt. tanning to covers. Includes essays on "Angling" and "Falconry"; engraved illustrations by " Merrill, " W.L. Taylor, " Copeland " and many others.

New York: NY: Coward-McCann, 1928. Hardcover. VG. A.B. Read.. 8vo, green cloth, 302p. b/w illus. VERY GOOD / no jacket: lite soiling to covers, sl. yellowing. owner name in pencil.