Search Results: Titles starting with H from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in German. 2 vols. Quarto, 10" tall, vol. 1: pages 430 with 134 illustrations; vol. 2: pages 431 to 752 with 85 illustrations and 2 fold-out charts, brown cloth. Volume two is fine with light shelf wear, volume one very good with light shelf wear, but a light exterior moisture stain to the spine, hinges, and binding of both sold, paper just slightly yellowed interiors fine. Note: Overseas shipping is quite expensive at present and likely more than the cost of the book.

Paris, France: P.-C Lehuby, circa 1829?. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. Text in French. Government approval for publication 1829 but no other date. Quarto, 416 pages + 10 color plates, intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, fore-edges and endpapers marbled, gilt titles leather spine with red cloth boards. A good copy only, internally generally clean, color plates bright, internal binding solid, paper lightly foxed, but a small dampstain to the corner margin (not text), BUT both hinges broken, and marbled endpaper detached and edge chipped, exterior spine worn with top 2" chipped away and another 2" section coming loose, fore-corner tips worn through to boards. Note: overseas postage rates are currently very high.

Paris, France: P.-C Lehuby, n.d., circa 1829?. Early printing. Hardcover. Good +. Text in French. Government approval for publication 1829. No other date. Quarto, 416 pages + 10 color plates, intertextual black and white illustrations throughout, fore-edges gilt, gilt titles leather spine with brown cloth boards. A good copy, internally very good, clean, internal binding solid, paper lightly yellowed primarily from the margins and lightly foxed, color plates bright with some light foxing, but back strip leather significantly chipped, fore-corner tips worn through to boards, hinges cracked--frontispiece, front flyleaf and endpaper detached. Note: overseas postage rates are currently very high.

Scribner; NY, 2009-10-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 272 pages, red and black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with light shelf wear and the original price clipped.

Thomas Allen, 2011-01-01. 3rd printing. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 311 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, generally clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper white.

Peter Randall / Town of Hampton, 1988. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/without dust jacket. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, viii + 681 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover overall with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white, with a small area of glue remains from a book plate on the front endpaper. Without a dust jacket.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990-04-21. First Edition. hardcover. very good/very good. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xii + 261 pages, black quarter-cloth. A near fine, generally clean and neat hard cover over all with minor shelf wear; gently read, binding tight, paper cream white with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

London, England: John Murray, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Single volume--complete. Octavo, 6" tall, 327 pages, fold out maps (including Bank of England!; Houses of Parliament, etc) endpaper ads from Murray dated February 1868; gilt spine titles, embossed brick-red cloth. A good + copy with exterior shelf wear, back strip starting to fray at top and bottom edges of the spine; internally very good, hinges and binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed.

Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus. German text. Single volume. Quarto, 10" tall, viii + pages 475 - 832 + 2 ads and 4 page publishers insert, brown cloth. A very good minus copy overall, with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper just lightly yellowed, BUT a damp stain to cover, which is also visible at some page margins, though text area is clear. Part of series "Handbuch der Astrophysik". Note: Overseas shipping is quite expensive at present and likely more than the cost of the book.

New York, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Not a common edition with these larger plates but the condition makes this volume uncollectible. Octavo, 9" tall, 380 pages + 22 illustration plates, three-quarter leather over marbled boards. A good copy overall, boards worn at fore-corner tips, back strip chipped with hinges broken and covers loose, internal binding solid, paper light to moderately ly yellowed, with light scattered foxing throughout.

New York, New York: Century, 1926. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/originan glassine wrapper. Edition limited to 350 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page; gilt title on vellum spine; previous owner's bookplate on the front end paper. But, binding broken. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, xiii + 466 pages, three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. A very good minus, generally clean, hardcover first edition overall, BUT the hinges are both broken; internal binding solid, paper lightly yellowed. Lacking dust jacket (if issued for this edition), but does include a cellophane wrap which has shrunken to less than the size of the book.

New York, New York: Random House, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 265 pages, blue-quarter cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine dust jacket with minor edge wear, with original price. Not exactly Richard Hannay, or written with the skill of a John Buchan, but an entertainment.

John C. Winston; Philadelphia, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, 325 pages, color cover vignette on green cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear and slight cover soiling, binding solid, paper cream white with light foxing to the fore-edges. Without dust jacket.

Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy; Chicago, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Without dust jacket (if issue. A rare copy of this original publication of "The Birthday Song." Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xvi + 79 pages, gilt titles on black cloth. A good plus, sturdy hard cover overall with moderate shelf wear, corners rubbed, bottom fore-corner tips worn through to boards, spine cloth frayed at top and bottom edges, cloth lightly finger soiled, interior very good, hinges and binding solid, paper clean and moderately yellowed. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper and additional notations penned on a rear flyleaf dated June 1, 1894. Includes many other children's songs including 'As I walked over the hills one day', 'Bye baby! night is come', 'Do you hear the sound of rain', 'Merry little snow flakes', 'Rub, scrub, rub-a-dub-dub', etc. The 1893 first edition with the all-time most popular tune for 'Happy Birthday',… Read More

Purdue University, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 122 pages, white cloth. A near fine, clean, hardcover edition with hinges and binding tight, paper white, with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. In a very good, clean edge worn dust jacket, with a short tear and the bottom edge, and with original price present.

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Good. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 313 pages, decorative endpapers, decorative green cloth. A very good minus, clean, neat hard cover over all with light shelf wear, slight signs of damp staining to the exterior cloth at the spine; cover remains quite bright; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed with just a small touch of foxing at the decorative end papers. In a good only, edge worn dust jacket, chipping at the folds and backstrip, with the damp staining at the spine darkening the back panel, with the original price present.

New York, New York: Atheneum, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 132 pages, red quarter cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, and a slight hint of color fading to the cover margins; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1960. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. Originally published by George M. Smith: Boston, 1888. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, xxv + 483 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, 1947 . First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 438 pages, blue cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper just lightly yellowed, with some foxing at the top fore-edge. In a good, clean, edge worn dust jacket with chipping at the fold edges, some darkening to the backstrip, with the original price.

Geo C. Rand & Avery/For the Author, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. A scarce volume sold despite the condition. 16mo, 6 1/2" x 4", 144 pages, gilt titles of embossed red cloth. A good copy only, moderately worn and soiled, pages showing a damp stain from the fore-edges throughout, paper lightly yellowed with foxing to the fore-edges and endpapers. ,