Search Results: Authors starting with A from Mount Hope Books

Alfred A. Knopf. 1976. First American Edition. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Plus 12 separate Nicola Bayley illustrations printed on cards. Crisp clean book with mild wear to corner tips. In About Fine jacket with yellowing on flaps; hint of shelf rubbing. Original price of $6/95 intact on flap. Also includes 12 separate illustrations printed on cards: 12 of the 17 illustrations painted by Nicola Bayley for The Tiger Voyage, printed on 6" x 8" cards in Italy by Mondadori. Cards bright & clean with a hint of handling. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Little, Brown & Company. 1928. Reprint. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pp bound in blue silk moire. 3 color plates, including frontis. Near Fine book; bright, clean, square, tight. Gilt lettering bright and intact. Previous owner's bookplate loosely affixed to blank flypage. Faint foxing on fore-edge of text block. Pages bright, crisp, clean. Jacket absent. .

Charles C. Thomas Publisher. 1973. Near Fine in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 120 pages, bound in gray cloth; 115 b & w illustrations. Near Fine book (crisp, clean, tight, unmarked) in Good dust jacket (light smudging, a few taped tears). .

International Universities Press. 1984. Reprint. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pp, bound in light green/gray cloth. Fine book, clean, bright; tightly bound, sharp corners. Pages crisp, unmarked. In Near Fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket. .

Hartford Architecture Conservancy. 1983. Very Good; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 77 pages. A well-written history of the origins of Hartford's superlative park system, including Colt, Elizabeth, Goodwin, Keney, Bushnell, Pope, and Riverside Park with mention of the influences of Frederick Law Olmsted, Horace Bushnell, John Olmsted, Rev. Francis Goodwin, Charles Eliot, Samuel Colt, Charles Pond, and more. Fold-out maps, sketches, photographs. Near Very Good book, bright, clean, tightly bound; some minor smudging, tarnishing on gold cover.. Pages crisp, unmarked. Light rubbing on spine. Includes BONUS BOOK : Elizabeth Park; A Century of Beauty by Alicia Cornelio, photos by William Shepherd. 96 page softcover, Published by the Donning Co., 2003. In Fine condition. .

Citizens' Project/ Columbus House. 2000. Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; New Haven; 189 pages in wraps. Crisp, clean, unmarked. Appears as new & unread. .

Press of the Down Printing Company. 1956. Very Good+; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Published for the North Haven Board of Education. 246 pages bound in blue gray cloth. Illustrated with black and white photos. Map of North Haven affixed to rear endpaper. Clean, bright cloth cover, tightly bound. Modest rubbing on edges. Pages crisp, unmarked. Issued without dust jacket. .

E. Grant Richards. 1906. Revised Edition. Very Good; Hardcover; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 301 pp., bound in green flexible cloth cover, gilt lettering. Not illustrated. Linen bookmark detached from binding. Solid binding; light edge wear. Light spotting on front cover. Previous owner's name, date (1907) on front endpaper. Interior pages very clean, bright, unmarked. .

A. LaPlace, Sanchez et Cie. 1882. Very Good; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Paris; Two volumes complete; 803, 823 pages, respectively. Bound in quarter leather (4 raised bands, gilt rules, gilt lettering) and black & white marbled paper over boards. Marbled edges. 10 hand-colored plates. Text in French. Moderate wear to edges of cover; corner tips worn and rounded; sides of spine rubbed. Firm bindings. Interiors bright; free of names or markings. Light soil on endpapers; minimal presence of foxing. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Roy . N. Bohlander. 1980. Good+; Softcover; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Mystic, CT; 194 pages in wraps. Clean cover; firmly bound. Short corner crease on back cover. Crisp, clean, unmarked interior. History of the Swamp Yankees, the hardworking immigrants who settled Southern Rhode Island & Southeastern Connecticut, with family names from Abbott & Allyn, to Hinkley & Hislop, to Walling & Whipple. .

Florence Griswold Museum. 2002. Fine; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 143 pages, in pictorial wraps; 52 plates. Crisp, tight, unmarked. Features the works of artists such as: J. Alden Weir, Mary Way, John Henry Twachtman, Edward F. Rook, Charles Adams Platt, Harlan Page, Dorothy Ochtman, William L. Metcalf, John F. Kensett, Childe Hassam, Lillian Westcott Hale, Dawson Dawson-Watson, Thomas Cole, Frederic E. Church, Matilda Browne, Milton Avery, and more. .

Price & Lee Company. 1896. First Edition. Good+; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; New Haven, CT; Volume II only of 3 volume set. 559 pages, bound in black cloth; gilt lettering on spine.Over 75 illustrations of landmarks or infrastructure; about 45 portraits, including steel engravings. Moderate edge wear and shallow fraying at spine ends. Preliminary pages foxed; most internal pages free of foxing, but scattered foxing increasing toward later pages, especially margins of portraits. Retains a musty odor. Original steel engravings include the following factories: Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing; Holmes, Booth & Haydens; Plume & Atwood; Randolph & Clowes; Rogers & Brother; Scoville Manufacturing; Waterbury Brass; Other illustrations include: Waterbury Watch; Naugatuck River; Southeast View of Waterbury; the Green, Bank St.; West Main Street Bridge; Waterbury from the Abrigador; Cooke St. Reservoir; Naugatuck Railroad Station; Meriden Waterbury &… Read More

Grand Canyon Association. 2005. First American Edition; First Printing. Fine; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 199 pp. Proceedings of the Inaugural Grand Canyon History Symposium, January 2002. Contents include: The 1919 Transcanyon Aerial Tramway Survey; Rails at Both Rims; Kolb Airfield 1926; Toll Roads and Trails; 1898 Diary of Zella Dysart; Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Grand Canyon Architect; Bert Lauzon's Grand Canyon; Buckskin Mountain; Grand Canyon and Colorado River on Postage Stamps; Summer of 1897; Photographs of Robert H. Kuhner --the Park in its Infancy; CCC Role in Tourism; CCC Company 818 -- Building the Colorado River Trail; Historic River Running; The Geological Powell Survey; George Young Bradley-- Chronicler of Powell Expedition; Evolution of Hard-Hulled Rowboats in the Grand Canyon; Hydropolitics-- Carl Hayden and the Fight for the Central Arizona Project. .

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. 2005. First Edition. Fine; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 173 p in card covers; wire spiral binding. Crisp, clean, unmarked; as new. .

Connecticut Historical Society. 1988. Very Good; Softcover; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Hartford, CT; 258 p in wraps. Minor shelfwear; previous owner's name written at top of front cover; partially erased. Tight binding. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. 50 black & white photos of buildings & landmarks with historical descriptions, maps of Hartford. .

Heritage Books. 1995. Facsimile Reprint. Near Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Clean cover; tight binding; modest shelf wear on edges. Interior crisp, clean, unmarked. Production flaw on a few pages (ink dot).; A Heritage Classic Series .

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. 2009. Near Fine; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 75 pages, bound in glossy pictorial cover. Essay, 20 color plates, exhibition chronology; checklist of exhibition. Very Good book, clean, tightly bound, sharp corners. Light shelf rubbingon back cover. Pages crisp, unmarked. Accurate ISBN 1930416474. .

Harcourt, Brace & World. 1969. First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Bound in watermelon colored cloth, black lettering & stamped design on front. First edition stated. Beautiful bright, clean cover, firmly bound, sharp corners. Endpapers show faint yellowing. Interior quite clean, bright. Lovely bright clean dust jacket; price-clipped. Shallow wear at head of spine; a 1/2" closed tear & short crease at bottom edge of front panel. .

Self-Published. 2003. First Edition. Near Fine; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 358 pp, bound in glossy pictorial cover; hundreds of black & white photographs. William Appleyard of Laceby, Circa 1700; The Agricultural Way of Life, Arthur:The Ballad of a Lincolnshire Lad, The Early Boston Years 1884-1894, The Late Boston Years 1895-1907, The Early Ashland Years 1908-1917, Minneapolis 1917-1921, The Letters of Capt. George S. Appleyard to his Family 1917-1919, Fernie, British Columbia 1920-1938, The Late Ashland Years 1924-1949, A Gentleman Farmer 1932-1969, Skippy 1950, Washington Depot, Connecticut Christmas 1951. Appendices include:Timeline Arthur Edward Appleyard 1862-1951, Decendents of William Appleyard of Laceby (150 in number), High Probabilty Lincolnshire Villages in the Vicinity of Laceby for the Birth, Marriage and Death of William Appleyard, Lincolnshire Archives, 1881 English Census - Appleyards, The Jewelry Designs of Arthur Edward Appleyard, Recipes,… Read More

First Congregational Church. 1950. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; [see Bonus Book at end]. 79 pages, bound in navy cloth. Bright and clean cover with light rubbing on edges. Firmly bound. Interior clean, bright; previous owner's name on front endpaper. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. Includes Bonus Book: Lebanon (Images of America), by Alicia Wayland; Arcadia Publishing, 2004; 128 page photographic paperback, in Fine condition. .