Search Results: Authors starting with A from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE SIGNED COPY of the second edition of A. W. BURTON'S classic, detailing of the military colonization of eastern South Africa--THE HIGHLANDS OF KAFFRARIA. VERY GOOD PLUS/NEAR FINE. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Subtitled: "A review of outstanding incidents in Kaffirland and British Kaffraria leading up to the rise of King William's Town, Keiskama Hoek, and East London, with special reference to the history and situation of Fort Stokes--Illustrated with maps and road routes." 6 1/2" x 8 5/8", 67 pages (including index, maps, photos and illustrations), dust jacket included. Overall Book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = VERY GOOD: former library book with accoutrements thereof, former pricing on front map fep, inscription by descendant of an original regiment member opposite second title page, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, no internal marks, tight, square, clear. Cover (grey boards with quarter bound red cloth, particulars and battle… Read More

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1938. First American 1938 revised edition thus, First Printing thus . Hardcover. Fine. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1938. First American 1938 revised edition thus, First Printing thus . Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the 1938 American edition of PARIS FOR EVERYMAN. The original and all previous revised editions of this pocket guide (4 3/4" x 6 3/8") for the middle class were published by Dent (for England) and Dutton (for America), making this MCKAY EDITION a RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM. 238 pages, including 48 color maps and extensive index. Overall book is FINE, with no dust jacket. Pages = Near Fine: light tanning to most, heavier tanning to reverse covers, else tight, sharp, clear, no marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with particulars in black on spine) = fine: light fading, else square, tight, sharp, clear.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a 5-star seller, presents the stated "authorized" First Edition of Warner Bros. Cartoons' TWEETY. Racine: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (a Whitman Tell-a-Tale book). 4 7/8" x 5 5/8" with no jacket as published, unpaginated (@ 25 pages). NEAR FINE: Cover corners crimped slightly, else tight, sharp, not tanned. Noted appraiser James Beattie has valued this copy at $60.00.

London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE solo copy of Volume 2 of THE SPECTATOR by Eighteenth Century entrepreneur and social scientist JOSEPH ADDISON. At this printing, only complete sets or solo Volume 4 are available for this reprint of the third edition. VOLUME THE SECOND of his daily newspaper covers the dates June 2, 1711 through September 13, 1711. Miniature size (4" x 6 5/8"). GOOD MINUS condition: pages are rippled from moisture, some pages nearly white, some moderately tanned, some heavily tanned, but all fully readable, tight to spine, rounded corners as designed. Cover (heavy leather with outline design in gold gilt, originally gilt particulars (all rubbed out), 5 raised bands on spine): corners worn down, but whole, tight to spine and square. Noted book appraiser… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the American STATED FIRST EDITION of Australian ALAN MARSHALL'S coming of age autobiography, I CAN JUMP PUDDLES. Retaining the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET,this book measures 5 11/16" x 8 3/8" and has 243 pages, while exhibiting a condition of VERY GOOD/GOOD. Former library book with the accoutrements therefrom, synopsis from front flap cut out and pasted on fep, jacket preserved in plastic cover, staining from scotch tape on feps, light tanning, occasional foxing, else no internal marks, tight, sharp, rest of jacket whole and unclipped. The illustrator, ALISON FORBES, was the first full-time book designer in Australia, and I CAN JUMP PUDDLES was awarded BOOK OF THE YEAR by the Australian Book Publishers' Association.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. later printing. VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY RARE textbook by early Twentieth Century education and innovator ALICE WOODWORTH COOLEY: LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE GRADES. In this Riverside Educational Monograph, captured in small book form by Houghton Mifflin, Ms. Cooley argues for the teaching of grammar through the use of quality literature examples. Printed only two times (1905 and 1913), this VERY RARE hardback is 4 3/4" x 7" with 88 pages, and no dust jacket. Overall condition is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages (all edges are tinted red) = Very Good: 2 owner names penned on first fep, lightly tanned, foxing and staining to early pages, foxing to last couple of pages, tinting on edges faded, else very tight, sharp, clear, with no additional marks. Cover (reddish-brown cloth boards with embossed emblem and debossed particulars front, gold gilt particulars on spine) = Near Fine: light rubbing to corners and… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1957?. FOURTH EDITION REVISED STATED. VERY GOOD +. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the "gold standard" for theatre history over many, many decades: ALLARDYCE NICOLL'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEATRE. 319 photos and illustrations fill the 318 pages (including index) of this Fourth revised edition (stated). This may well be a first U S printing of this edition since all dates are missing. Worldcat indicates this edition was either 1957 or 1958. Not published since the early 70's, this fascinating history of the theatre is HARD TO FIND. 7 7/8" x 10 1/2", 318 pages, with no dust jacket. Overall book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = Very Good Plus: pen underlining on 10 of the 318 pages, owners name and addy on both reverse front and reverse back cover, pages slightly yellowed, else clear, tight, sharp, no additional marks. Cover (green buckram boards with particulars in gold gilt) = Very Good Plus: light to moderate rubbing, indentation… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1960's. Eleventh Printing via alphabet line. Paperback. FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents FOUR VERSE PLAYS BY MAXWELL ANDERSON. "High Tor" and "Winterset" each won the N.Y. Drama Critics' Circle Award, and all 4 Broadway triumphs by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright have achieved permanent places in our literature. Not available in print since 1970, this 5 3/8" x 8" paperback has 560 pages plus a new Forward by the playwright. Overall condition is FINE. Pages = Like New, with owner name and addy on first fep. Cover (green and gold designs on black and white base, with particulars in green, gold, yellow and black) = Near Fine: 2 short creases front, one full and one short crease to spine, several tiny rub marks back, else shiny, clear, colorful, tight, sharp and square.

Munich: Suddeutsches Verlags-Institut, 1922. "2 volumes in 1" reprint. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents DIE FRAU ALS HAUSARZTIN (THE WOMAN AS FAMILY PHYSICIAN). This monumental tome, written in German, fearlessly and expertly covers EVERY aspect of human health and disease at the time, using over 150 illustrations, 42 full-page color plates, and Dr. Fischer-Duckelmann's prose in 1039 pages. The author (1856-1917) was herself a pioneering Austrian doctor, author and reformer. 6 3/4" x 9 5/8" and 2 3/8" deep (oversized, may require additional postage) hardcover with no dust jacket (most likely as designed). Overall condition is VERY GOOD. Pages (beautifully decorative endpapers, all edges colored blue) = Near Fine: mild tanning from age, foxing on Forward and Table of Contents, else very tight, sharp, clear, colorful, with NO MARKS! Cover (Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and designs and paste-on color plate of a woman taking care of her… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a FIRST PRINTING of the I CAN READ BOOK, OLD ENOUGH FOR MAGIC by Anola Pickett. "'Eight is not old enough for magic,' said Arlene. 'You think you are so smart just because you are ten,' said Peter." And the sibling rivalry is off! 6" x 8 3/4", this FIRST PRINTING (via number line) children's classic has 64 pages, and includes the plastic protected UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Book is NEAR FINE: owner's name on front fep, small, light penciling top right corner of title page, else tight, white, clear, square, with no additional markings. Plastic (which contains library accoutrements) protects a VERY GOOD dust jacket.

New York: Clarkson N Potter, Inc, 1978. STATED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Very Good. Anthony S Mercatante.Very Good. Anthony S Mercatante. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents WHO'S WHO IN EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY, An Alphabetical reference guide to the people, places and gods in Ancient Egypt. This is the best known work by mythologist ANTHONY MERCATANTE. 6" x 9" soft cover, 239 pages including bibliography. STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Overall book is VERY GOOD.Pages = GOOD PLUS: owner name and phone number on reverse front cover, long list of names in pen on first fep, underlining on a few pages, moderately tanned, else tight, clear, square. Cover (glossy stiff black paper, with color illustration and particulars in white, light blue and yellow) = Very Good Plus: folding to corners, creases to spine, light rubbing to corners, else tight, clear, square.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1967. Only Edition. Very Good +. Wayne R Westphal and John E Dallman. When Roger Tory Peterson began developing hIs Field Guides in 1934, little did he know there would be competition from Professors Emlen and Archbald at the University of Wisconsin. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents QUICK KEY GUIDE TO BIRDS. This new system of identification starts with 8 unnumbered pages listing the species which are illustrated on the following 6 double pages, followed by 53 swivel-out punch cards representing the bird's characteristics. Peterson was obviously the winner of the Bird Guide competition, making this "other" guide a RARE COLLECTOR'S ITEM. The overall condition is Very Good Plus. Pages = Very Good Plus: foxing to the first few pages only, else white, clear, tight, sharp, no markings. Cover (heavy blue glossy card stock with black and white illustrations of 4 birds on white, yellow and black backgrounds, with particulars in white and… Read More

New York: Thomas Y Crowell Co., 1956. First edition, as stated; First Printing thus. Very Good. Aldren A Watson. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents ALL FOR A FRIEND a VERY RARE second children's book by KAY AVERY, who wrote a great many in the genre. Includes Dust Jacket (flaps only) pasted to reverse front cover and first fep. Illustrated by ALDREN WATSON (died in 2013), who was a professional artist, author, book illustrator, printmaker, hand book binder, and master woodworker. Mr. Watson illustrated over 75 books. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, FIRST PRINTING THUS. 5 1/2" x 8 1/8", 183 pages, with DUST JACKET flaps pasted in(in perfect condition). Overall book is Very Good Minus. Pages = slight folding of upper corner, pages 43/44 chipped outer edge, former library with all accoutrements thereto, else clear, tight, sharp, no internal marks. Cover (salmon cloth boards, with black particulars on spine) = Very Good: spine frayed at top, bottom and middle, well worn along… Read More