Search Results: Titles starting with H from Antique Mall Books, LLC

Image Books / Doubleday, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Signed and inscribed by author - 14th Printing - VERY GOOD+ Gently read.

Graphic Arts Press, 1973. Paperback. Good/No. 3rd Enlarged Edition. Name on inside cover. Address label of previous owner on title page. Wear on cover. Some marginalia. By the author of "Baldness: Is It Necessary?" Illustrated with a few photos.

Promar Publishing, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. 4th Printing (1995) with updated bibliography - VERY GOOD with no marks and minimal evidence of use. ix, 88 pages : illustrations. . . . . . . An introduction to vintage talking machines, records and accessories, the most asked questions and a section on troubleshooting. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) It all started with Edison -- 2.) A basic primer -- 3.) Edison's cylinder phonographs -- 4.) Berliner/Victor Company -- 5.) The Columbia Graphophone Company -- 6.) Edison disc phonographs -- 7.) Other brands of phonographs -- 8.) Language phonographs and school models -- 9.) Portable phonographs and novelty phonographs -- 10.) Coin-in-the-slot phonographs -- 11.) Children's phonographs, novelties & accessories -- 12.) Identifying records -- 13.) Reproducers, recorders and needles -- 14.) Phonograph horns and horn supports ------ * APPENDICES: a.) What did it cost? -- b.) Nipper: the dog & gramophone -- c.) Most commonly asked questions -- d.)… Read More

Out West Printing, 1945. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. VERY Good in very good dust jacket. 8th Edition, 3rd Printing (1945). No marks in text. Binding is tight and square. . . . . . This text comprises a detailed and expansive handbook for crafting in a variety of common mediums, including the following: 1.) metal -- 2.) leather -- 3.) wood -- 4.) rope -- 5.) yarn -- 6.) pottery -- 7.) stone. . . . . . This is the perfect book for anyone with an interest in crafting, but will particularly appeal to those who like to use a number of different materials in their creations. Many antique books such as this are increasingly costly and hard to come by, and this test is republished here in the hope that its lessons can continue to be of use to those interested for years to come. This antique book has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on the subject.

Harper & Brothers, 1870. Magazine / Periodical. Very Good. Original Edition of June 25, 1870. VERY GOOD condition with only obviious defect is 5 x 1 inch of bottom margin on cover page. Beethoven portrait on cover with short article on p407. Wood hand etching is taken from a steel engraving. Center Panels show a portrait of Charles Dickens and a Reception of Indians at the White House hosted by President Grant./full issue pp 401 - 416 (16 pages total)

Harper & Brothers, 1866. Magazine / Periodical. Good. Original 16-page edition dtd May 26, 1866 in good condition with light creasing and light toning Pare edges are chipped. Small thread and notches at spine. Two wood etchings on front cover from sketch's by Mr. A. R. Waud (Shooting down Negros on the morning of May 2, 1866 and Burning a Freedman's school house) The double center pages show a panorama of paddle boats on the Arkansas river and wagons waiting on a ferry. also a 2nd page showing flooding of the Mississippi in West Batton Rouge. Lasty there is a large portrait of Edwin M. Stanton etched from a Brady photograph and an accompanying article. portrait to Edwin Stanton

Viking Press, 1995. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x9. 1st Edition / 1st Printing (Viking - 1995) VERY GOOD in very good DJ. Binding is tight and square. Light wear on dust jacket. No marks in text. . . . . . Gathered together here - in one volume - is the best of bad behavior: more than 700 of the most irate, emphatic, amusing condemnations of impropriety, culled from nearly 200 etiquette books, ranging from the fourteenth century to the present. If you thought that books of decorum contained only dull, dry rules of good behavior, think again. The business of etiquette has as much to do with the wrong as with the right. Now a procession of characters -- from etiquette's grande dames to its flustered beginners teetering on the brink of misbehavior -- has been brought to rollicking life in thirty-five drawings by one of the great artistic wits of our century, Ronald Searle -- Dust jacket flap

The Viking Press, 1966. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition / 1st Printing (Viking 1966). VERY GOOD. Dust jacket is very good. Binding is tight and square. No marks in text. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.0) About Germany and my grandfather, by Heinz Huber -- 1.1) Difficulties of beginning -- 1.2) Beethovenstrasse -- 1.3) German frontier problems -- 1.4) People who lived in the house -- 1.5) German infrastructures -- 1.6) The front parlour -- 1.7) German provincial life -- 1.8) The little flag -- 1.9) German studies -- 1.10) The Kaiser -- 1.11) German myths - 1.12) Squirrels -- 1.13) German nature -- 1.14) The midsommer bonfire -- 1.15) The German soul -- 1.16) Inflation -- 1.17) Prussia -- 1.18) The burial -- 1.19) The German Federal Republic -- 1.20) The throughway -- 2.0) Germany : some vital statistics -- 3.0) Searle sees Germany -- 4.0) People, places and things . . . . The pics are classic, the personal history revealing, but the explanation of the origins of Germany's… Read More

Presidio Press, 1977. Hardback. Very Good. 2nd Printing (Presidio - 1979) VERY GOOD in very good dust jacket. No marks in text. Light foxing on edges. Binding is tight and square. xxii, 466 pages : illustrations, maps. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Creating an idea -- 2.) The Fort Benning era -- 3.) The Tennessee maneuvers -- 4.) The Louisiana maneuvers -- 5.) The Carolina maneuvers -- 6.) Preparation for war -- 7.) Operation TORCH -- 8.) North African interlude -- 9.) Operation HUSKY -- 10.) The Sicilian-English intermission -- 11.) The Contentin peninsula -- 12.) Inch by inch -- 13.) Mile after mile -- 14.) Breaching the Siegfried line -- 15.) Operation QUEEN -- 16.) The Battle of the Bulge: Blunting the German spearhead -- 17.) The Battles of the Bulge: Reducing the salient -- 18.) The near miss -- 19.) The race for Berlin -- 20.) A backward glance ----- * AFTERWORD: Gen George S. Patton, IV -- * APPENDICES: a.) Division Commanders -- b.) Division Award -- c.) Division Statistics -- Biographical… Read More

Stephen Greene, 1970. Hardback. Very Good/Good. 11x8x0. VERY GOOD in good dust jacket. English Edition of *Tiens ! Il n'y a personne?*. CLEAN in text. Binding is tight and square. DJ is good; has wear at top edge. With small repaired tears.

TCU Press, 2003. Paperback. Like New. LIKE NEW!! No marks. Appears unread. . . . . . . Carla Kelly wants to tell the truth, to discard myths about the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. This collection of nine stories set in the era of the frontier army gives an entertaining and educational glimpse into a world not often explored in fiction. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * Introduction -- 1.) Such Brave Men -- 2.) We Shall Meet -- 3.) But We Shall Miss Him -- 4.) Fille De Joie -- 5.) Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter -- 6.) The Gift -- 7.) Casually At Post -- 8.) Mary Murphy -- 9.) A Season For Heroes -- 10.) Jesse Macgregor

PublicAffairs, 2021. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1st Edition / 1st Printing (PublicAffairs - 2021) VERY GOOD+ Gently read if at all. . . . . . “Engrossing… Duncan effectively balances Lafayette the man with Lafayette the public figure and helps delineate the relationship between the United States and France….His impressive biography provides an insightful look at the American Revolution that can be appreciated by history lovers and general readers alike.”?BookPage

His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1945. Pamphlet. Good/No. CLEAN in text. Wear on cover with Crease down the center of pages. Price stamp on cover. Many B&W photo's of submarine action in WWII.

HPN Books / Lammert Inc, 2012. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good/No, as issued. VERY good. Very light wear oncover. Appears unread. No dust jacket as issued. A publication of the City of Kennesaw Historic Preservation Commission. . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Pre Civil War -- 2.) Big Shanty and the Civil War -- 3.) 1870-1900 -- 4.) 1900-1950 -- 5.) 1950-2000 -- 6.) The twenty-first century ------ * Sources * APPENDICES: a.) The Mayuors of Kennesaw -- b.) Sharing the Heritage: Historic profiles of businesses, organizations, and families that have contributed to the development and economic base of Kennesaw

Library Board of Sumter County, 1954. Hardback. Good/No dust jacket as issued. CLEAN in text, no marks. Binding is lightly shaken. . . . . . This 514-page book contains a detailed and comprehensive history of Sumter County, South Carolina. This book includes Sumter County's history regarding its early native peoples and settlers, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the slave trade, succession, and the American Civil War. The book reports the achievements of both famous and lesser-known Sumter residents while discussing county, government, economic development, and artistic contributions. This is a a great book and an essential resource for anyone wanting to learn more about South Carolina history.

Harper and Brothers, 1843. Hardback. Good. 1st Edition (Harper Bros - 1943) 3 Volume set. Vol One binding is shaken and joint edges are cracked and top of spine cloth is loose. Pages are all secure. Vol's 2 & 3 bindings are tight and square with light fraying at corners and edges. Original owners name and date on each volumes ffep. Light foxing on end papers.

The Franklin Library / Oxford University Press, 1984. Leather. Collectible: Very Good. Special Edition (1984) prepared for subscribers of The Oxford Library of the World's Great Books. VERY GOOD+ GIFT QUALITY - Unread. Has previous owners bookplate on inside cover. Usual Franklin Library features with genuine quarter-leather binding, high quality paper, pages that are sewn not glued into the binding, gilt page edges, and Three raised bands. Sewn in satin ribbon book mark tucked into pages in the original new position.

Bantam, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. VERY GOOD+ All four Volumes appear unread - spines are uncreased. 1963 Bantam Paperback edition 11th - 13th printings. Slipcase is also Very Good+. Absolutely remarkable condition. At worst there is a scintilla of wear on the covers. This set is GIFT QUALITY

The S. J. Clarke Publishing co, 1926. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good. 4 Volume Set (Complete). VERY GOOD. No dust jackets as issued. The covers on all volumes have some wear. Volume 3 has some more apparent aging of the cloth on the spine and back cover. The bindings are very solid; tight and square. There are no marks noted in the text nor on the endpapers. The gilt titles on the spines is bright and there edges are marbled. There are a large number of b7w illustrations throughout all volumes, and most remail covered with the original tissue guard. . . . . . . . It is the purpose of the author to tell the story of Georgia from the earliest period of historical records of the aboriginal life, in the territory confined within the present boundaries of this great commonwealth, down through the ages and the decades and the years to the present time. . . . . . . VOLUME ONE (In 9 Parts): PART I: deals with the prehistoric, aboriginal and precolonial periods, and will take the reader through the… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, 1973. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing (Tempo Books #5577 - 1973) VERY GOOD - No marks noted in text. Previous owner's name on 1st inside page. Light wear on cover. Binding is tight and square and spine is NOT creased. Gently read, if at all. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) How it all Began -- 2.) Hockey Players - Old Style -- 3.) The Growing Years -- 4.) The Expansion Drama -- 5.0) The Seventies Superstars: 5.1) Bobby Hull -- 5.2) Bobby Orr -- 5.3) Phil Esposito -- 5.4) Ken Dryden -- 5.5) Frank Mahovlich -- 5.6) Stan Mikita -- 5.7) The French Connection -- 5.8) The GAG Line -- 5.9) Centers in the Wings: Guy Lafaleauar, Marcel Dionne, Bobby Clarke -- 6.) The International Game