Search Results: Titles starting with H from DuBois Rare Books

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. 307pp. 8vo. Hardcover.

Helsinki: Helsinki White Guard Working Committee of 1918, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking. 207pp. illus. 28cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, black lettering to spine and cover, shiny silver decoration to upper cover. Book Condition: wear to extremities, at tips, spine ends along external joint of upper cover; interior with discrete PO inscription on ffep but otherwise pristine. Dust Jacket Condition: lacking. Filled with a profuse assortment of in-text illustrations, mostly portraits, but also maps, group photographs and illustrations. Also includes many full page advertisements for enterprises and products of the day. Contains writings in both Finnish and Swedish.

New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition, First Printing.(so stated). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 437 p. ; 25 cm. Rare in this condition. Narratives of Empire Series #5.

København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag & KBH, 1927. First Edition, First Printings. 120 p. illus. (color and b&w). & 95 s., 2 tav. : ill. Two books, originally published in 1926 and 1927 in wraps bound-in together (with original covers tipped in). Half leather and marbled paper over boards. 8vo. The first book: The Handbook of Advertising: Theory and Practice, the second book: Advertising Technical Handbook. Both books are copiously illustrated in both color and black and white with many in-text illustrations and a number of color plates. In Danish. A fantastic resource for Danish Advertising practices and commercial art of the 1920's. Book Condition is near fine with some mild wear to the extremities and an occasional lightly penciled marginalia. Both original volumes are quite scarce with Worldcat showing few holdings and none in North America. Examples of both bound-in are not be found offered by the trade anywhere else.

San Francisco: Woodford Publishing, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good +. 56 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 28 cm. Oblong 4to. Softcover. Photo illustrated glossy wraps. Book Condition: Very Good+ with superficial wear to covers and the slightest bit of toning. A nice copy.

New York: New York Public Library & Rizzoli, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. x, 358 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards. Book Condition: virtually untouched, fine. Dust Jacket Condition: pristine, fine. A sharp copy. New York Public Library . Based on an enormously successful exhibition at The New York Public Library, drawing from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The Hand of the Poet draws the reader into the real world of the poet - ink spots, tobacco stains, and all - by presenting a wide range of working drafts, letters, diary entries, photographs, and memorabilia. One hundred writers from the seventeenth century to the present day are represented. Biographies and portraits of each poet -.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 486 pages ; 25 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities. A sharp copy.

New York: Delta, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps. 199 pp. illus. 8to Black wrappers printed in red and yellow. Some wear to extremities with a crease here and there. Published simultaneously with the hardcover edition. "Wanda June" was Vonnegut's only play, and the basis for the film starring Rod Steiger and Susannah York.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 190 pp. Octavo. A sharp copy almost certainly unread. The author's second book.

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine price clipped dust jacket.

Scranton, PA: Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1925. 2nd Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 220pp, xiii (index). illust, charts, tables, color plate (color theory chart). Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards. Book Condition: frazzling to spine ends, corners, spine lettering dulled, upper cover with small abraded swoosh, else fine; binding very sound, interior unmarked. Scarce. Topics covered include: Beautiful Clothes/ Corsets and Dress Foundations/ Silhouettes, Colors, Fabrics/ Good Taste in Dress/ Millinery, and Accessories/ The Dressmaker and Tailor Shop/ European Shops.

New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 326pp. 21cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: grain of sand sized abrading to very end of tips, else fine. A sharp copy.

New York: Harpercollins, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 304pp. 25cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original paper over boards, lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A sharp copy signed by author.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 170pp. Hardcover. Publisher's original black cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine and upper cover. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: light wear to the extremities, edges show mild crinkling else fine. Almost certainly unread. Winner of the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected that year by Richard Ford: a first collection of ten stories.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 55 pages ; 22 cm.

Milano: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1987. Ristampa. Wraps. Near Fine. 64 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm. 4to. Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book Condition: trivial wear to extremities, else fine.

Paris: F. Hazan, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good+. [6] pages, 42 planches : illustrations ; 18 cm.; 16mo. Softcover. Sewn binding in perfectbound French wraps. Book Condition: salt and pepper edge wear pretty much round upper and lower covers; dusty covers with a splash to the upper cover just at the tail edge; text block and plates all bright and unmarked. Number 37 in the Bibliothèque aldine des arts Series.

London: Bodley Head, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 406 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original red paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Spine faded, with superficial rubbing to panels else fine. A solid copy.

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America;, 1961. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/Very Good-. xi, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: about fine with sound binding, glittery gilt lettering to spine and biright orange topstain looking fresh. Dust Jacket Condition: very good for this notoriously fragile jacket; wholly intact for the most part, unclipped, with toned spine, general chipping, creasing, closed tears; some loss to corners, abraded generally at all extremities. Still, in emminently collectible condition and very rare signed, as this copy is by the great man himself, Harry Lurie (at first free endpaper). Series: Jacob R. Schiff library of Jewish contributions to American democracy.

New York: Fordham University Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. xxi, 402 pages (chiefly illustrations, maps) 26 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. Over 175 different New York City landmarks, each with their own full page plates: one page for the Plaque with explicatory text with a photograph of the landmark itself on the facing page. "Walking-guide to The heritage of New York" (22 p.) inserted in pocket.