Search Results: Authors starting with H from Carpe Diem Fine Books

London: Privately Printed, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition #219 of 300 copies SIGNED by the author. Small 8vo. 25 pp. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering to spine & front board; TEG. Decorative bookplate of Paul Heymann. A very good copy (darkening to spine, less so to covers). A previous owner has made a salmon color dustjacket with blue, yellow and black lettering & ruling to spine & front cover (short closed tears; chipping).

(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps in original glassine. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate in and encourage the educational, cultural and social growth of the diverse Los Angeles community; and to conserve and protect our historic Clubhouse, collections and Wilshire Ebell Theatre.' (Ebell website) 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is a women's club housed in a complex in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles, California. It includes a clubhouse building and the 1,270-seat Wilshire Ebell Theatre. 'The complex has been owned and operated since 1927 by the Ebell of Los Angeles women's club, which was formed in Los Angeles in 1894 or 1897. Since 1927, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre has hosted musical performances and lectures by world leaders and top artists. Among… Read More

Glendale CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. Reprint. Paperback. Center leaf (pp 111-114) loose o/w a Very Good copy. (INSCRIBED by author - from the library of historian Ralph Bieber). 12mo; pages 103-121.

Carmel: The Seven Arts, 1927. 1st. Paperback. SIGNED by the author to the first page. First edition. 18mo. [30]pp; unpaginated. Staple bound rose colored wrappers; titles to paper label on front cover. Light wear to extremities, more so to spine and corners; fading & small spotting to covers; a very good copy. Dora Hagemeyer was a respected poet during the early years of the 20th century. Her work appeared in various periodicals and in several published books, as well as several volumes of children's verse.

Lesnae: Ernest Guenther, 1966. Revised edition. Half cloth and paper covered boards. Very Good to Near Fine (label to spine, extremity wear, owner name to ffep and name to title page), still a sound copy.. Octavo; (vii), 464 pages plus index and fold-out of apparatus at rear. Manuale pharmaceuticum seu Promptuarium Volume 2 (text in Latin).

Paris: De L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1805. First Edition. Large paper copy. 4to. xiv, [2], 188 pp. Text in French. Fold-out map depicting the Silk road trade route; engraved plate. With Chinese characters in text. Contemporary black cloth spine over marbled paper covered boards; partial paper title label to spine. Wear to spine and boards with small loss of cloth at spine ends and paper loss to boards; dampstaining to pages in last third of the book; light foxing; still a very good copy. Joseph Hager (1757 - 1819) was an Austrian- born Italian historian, Arabist and professor of oriental languages at Pavia, Italy. Hager published the first Chinese dictionary in 1800 in London 'Proposal for publishing by subscription..., a dictionary of Chinese language' and then his most important work on the Chinese language 'An explanation of the elementary characters of the Chinese.' In this title, he provides a description of the Chinese medals of the Imperial Cabinet of France, preceded by an essay of Chinese… Read More

New York: J. Fischer & Bro, 1922. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 23pp; 2pp advertisements. Stiff brown staple-bound wrappers with black illustration & lettering to front cover; advertisements to rfep & rear cover; color illustration to title page. A near fine copy (light wear; owner name; music store stamp; some musical notations to chords). Five songs (with music, lyrics, and English translation) titled: Yo no se si me queres (I know not if you love me); Serenata (Under the Gothic Arches); Nadie me quiere (Old Maid's Song); Carmela; and Un pajarito (A fickle Maiden). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Lahore: Pakistan Study Center, 2008. 1st. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Near Fine copy (corners lightly bumped).. Quarto; v, 426 pages.

El Paso, TX: Mutual Federal Savngs & Loan Assn, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Limited #84 of 200 copies of this Adobe Edition. SIGNED by the designer, artist & author. Square 8vo. 16 pp. Fold-out illustration of El Paso Del Norte; illustrations by Carl J. Young. Tan cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition.

Vacaville, CA: Nut Tree, 1970. First Limited Edition of 250 copies for the Fresno County Historical Society printed on the offset press of the Reporter Publishing Co., Vacaville, Calif., through the courtesy of the Nut Tree Restaurant. Narrow 4to. 7 pp. Introductory Epistle by Robert H. Power. Tan staplebound wrappers with red letting in fine condition. "This booklet containing the facsimile reproductions of the title page, a portion of the catalogue and the three Nova Albion pages from Vol. III of the 1600 Hakluyt, is being especially imprinted at this time as a keepsake for the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Fresno County Historical Society, January 17, 1970." Robert Power was the son of the creators of the Nut Tree, Helen and Ed "Bunny" Power.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. 8vo. 183pp. Introduction by A.M. Gibson. INSCRIBED by noted Western artist, Joe Beeler. Fine in very good plus jacket (minor wear to extremities; short closed tear to spine end; spine lightly faded). Reprint of the rare 1904 first edition (only 3 copies are known to exist). The timeframe extends from the Mexican War to the 1880's. Much on the Comanches in Texas, cattle raids and killings on both sides of the Rio Grande by both Mexican and American cowboys, the murder of a Pinkerton detective, the Lincoln County cattle war, and the pursuit of Billy the Kid. Volume 12 of the Western Frontier Library. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 406pp. Black cloth spine over tan paper boards in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities; short closed tear to spine head). "The savage, violent saga of the Mexican Revolution and its long, bitter aftermath ... spanning the years from 1913 to the present." - dustjacket flap. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

New York: William Morrow, 1970. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 250pp. INSCRIBED by the author. Black cloth spine over blue paper boards in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (faint wear to upper edge & spine). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Deerfield Beach FL: VCH, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. As New copy - unread. Octavo; xiv, 351 pages.

Sacramento: State Office, 1888. First Edition. Part I: Irrigation Development: History, Customs, Laws, and Administrative Systems Relating to Irrigation, Water-Courses, and Waters in France, Italy, and Spain: The Introductory Part of the Report of the State Engineer of California, on Irrigation and the Irrigation Question. Large 8vo. 622 pp. Index. Publisher's brown, gilt & blind-stamped cloth boards. Minor wear to extremities; slight creasing to upper corners of first 3 pages else a fine copy. Part II: Irrigation in Southern California: The Field, Water-Supply, and Works, Organization and Operation in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties. [11]-672 pp. Illustrated with 18 plates from photographs including frontispiece; Index. 3 large folding color maps and 12 plates of plans of dams at rear. Publisher's brown, gilt & blind-stamped cloth boards. Minor wear to extremities; professional restoration to spine head; else a near fine copy. Hall's report was originally planned for 4 parts.… Read More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. First Edition. Large 8v0. xxxvi, 484 pp plus 24 pp publisher's catalog. Index. 8 folding lithographed maps, 7 colored. Black & white illustrations. Rebound in brown leatherette with original covers & spine laid down. Front hinge partially cracked; first map has tape reinforcement on verso along fold lines; contemporary gift inscription; still a very good copy. The author describes his journeys in Burma, Siam, and the Shan States, in search of the best path to connect Burmah with China and Siam by railway, were performed partly by boat, and partly on the back of elephants.

Chicago: Published by the author, 1923. First Edition. 8vo. 91 pp. Supplement is titled: The Standard Silver Dollar: With or Without the Aid or the Consent of Congress; 20 pp. Illustrations. Silver Bullion is bound in grey cloth with black lettering; Supplement is grey printed wrappers. Very good copies.

Boston: Branden Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 236 pp. INSCRIBED "To ***, a really neat / lady. Hope you enjoy / reading this book as much / as I did living it. / Sam Halpern." Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; short closed tears; light fading to spine; tape reinforcements to verso). Here, the author remembers his experiences as a Navy doctor serving in the West Pacific in 1964. Much on life aboard ship and the Far Eastern Cities he visited and a chilling account of the Battle of Tonkin Gulf.

San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 1986. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 152pp. Color and black & white illustrations. A fine copy. Catalogue for exhibition held 3 July - 24 August 1986. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Chicago: The Pocahontas Press, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Limited edition to 205 copies. 12mo. 97, [9]pp. 40 hand-colored illustrations of Mexican flora, including title page illustration. Designed by Suzette Hamill and printed by George Domke. Gilt-stamped green buckram. A touch of edgewear else a fine copy. This guide to the exotic flowering trees, shrubs, and vines of Mexico contains handcolored illustrations, descriptions, and an index in Latin, Spanish, English, and local Indian dialects. Alfred and Clarice Hamill of Lake Forest were frequent visitors to Mexico, knowing the land and its culture well. Suzette Morton Hamill was their daughter-in-law, and proprietress of the Pocahontas Press, a notable Chicago-area private press of the day. Mrs. Hamill painstakingly hand-painted the jewel-like illustrations in each copy and one recipient recalls waiting almost a year for her to get around to finishing his copy. Item #19 of the One Hundred Rare and Notable Books, a selection prepared in honor of the 2004… Read More