Search Results: Authors starting with H from Mike's Library

Bern: Herbert Lang / Peter Lang. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 3261009446 . Library REBIND with original paperback wraps laminated on, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language. A slighly revised version of the author's thesis, Kiel, 1964. Contents: Einleitung; I. Die turmgesellschaft in ihrem verhältnis zu freimaurerei und geheimbundroman; II. Der turm und Goethes romantheorie; III. Die trumgesellschaft als sozietät; IV. Das geheimnis des turms; Anmerkungen; Literaturverzeichnis. ; Regensburger Beiträge zur deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft : Reihe B: Untersuchungen ; Ex-Library; Vol. 7; 178 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, bookstore stamp, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket rubbed, light tone, light soil, light edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; San Francisco poetry professor resists technology, then his son turns into a math prodigy. First Edition, First Printing of this satirical spoof that later became the movie Dear Brigitte starring Jimmy Stewart. ; 160 pages .

Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Trade Paperback. 3540536809 . Light tone, bump, light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Manuscripts from 1990 symposium held in Heidelberg "to summarize and discuss the pathophysiological background for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke and the recent experimental and clinical experience with the new generation of thrombolytic agents."; 271 pages .

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1914. 1st English Language Edition. Hardcover. Light tone to endpapers, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 2" chip spine tail, 3" tear with chipping, smaller tears and edge chips, soiled, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Heinrich Hackmann was a German pastor in Shanghai from 1894-1901, then traveled through Korea, Japan, China and Burma studying Buddhism. "The present volume is the fruit of a long tour throughout Mongolia, China, Japan, Cambodia, Siam, taken in 1910-1911." Trip was just before the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China (and also a few years before the outbreak of World War One, although published on its eve). Translation of Welt des Ostens (1912). Fascinating Asian travel account by well-regarded German expert in Buddhism, uncommon in dust jacket. ; xi, 223 pages .

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 9024722993 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, light cover curl, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover.; "They have reviewed the literature and presented their own, new observations on the developmental, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and pathological aspects of the descended and cryptoorchid testis." - Preface. ; Clinics in Andrology; Ex-Library; Vol. 3; (ix), 190 pages .

Deventer: Kluwer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 9026809395 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. DJ front and rear flaps glued to rear endpaper. Solid hardcover.; Written by members of the Committee on Maritime and Transport Law of the Section on Business Law of the International Bar Association. "This handbook will provide the foreign lawyer with a first survey of the legal requirements for enforced sales of vessels in the main maritime countries. Its purpose is to assist the practising lawyer to get an overall view which will prepare him for the requirements of whatever lawyer he may decide to consult in a foreign country." ; Maritime Law; Ex-Library; 98 pages .

Stuttgart: Schwabenverlag. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, rear hinges creak in volumes I and II, light cloth soil, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.; German language. Three of three volumes, complete. Band I (1956); Band II (1958); Band III (1960). History of the German diocese of Rottenburg, established in 1821 in the Kingdom of Württemberg.; Ex-Library; 601; 384; 656 in 3v pages .

Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 9022106624 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of the 1625 edition printed for N. Butter and N. Bourne, London. "S.T.C. no. 12603." Maritime History: A Preliminary Hand-List of the Collection in the John Carter Brown Library, 464. "Unusually, John Hagthorpe's tract encouraged migration and investment in Virginia, New England and Newfoundland, comparing and contrasting the economic opportunities in each." - Catherine Armstrong, Writing North America in the Seventeenth Century, page 27. An uncommon contemporary treatise on the advantages to England of American colonization. ; The English Experience : Its record in early printed books published in facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 662; 49 pages .

Göppingen: Kümmerle Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Trade Paperback. 3874529789 . Library markings on copyright page, otherwise slight wear. Crisp trade paperback.; Text in Middle High German; introduction and notes in German.; Göppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik; Vol. 726; 183 pages .

Christchurch NZ: The Edge Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Creased and wrinkled leaves, light soil, otherwise light wear. Unbound leaves. ; Limited edition of 100 copies printed at The Green Leaf Press by The Edge Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. 5 loose-leaf leaves. Undated 1970's, circa 1972. Contents: Dusk of the revolutionaries; The whale in the blue washing machine; The mirror. His "experience hunting, trapping and surviving as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness fueled his outpouring of haunting poetry of endless cold nights, howling wolves and deep, primitive dreams ..." - Douglas Martin, NYT obituary. An uncommon fine press edition of three classic John Haines poems. ; 5 pages .

Budapest: Archaeolingua Foundation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Trade Paperback. Slight rub, sticker residue, gift inscription on title page, otherwise slight wear. Crisp trade paperback.; English language. ISBN 9638046112. "The volume is a guide to Roman relics, exhibitions and lapidaries to be found in Hungary. ... The description of each site and monument accessible to visitors is accompanied by some imporatant pieces of information, regarding the excavations and the monument reconstruction work. For those interested in details, a bibliogrpahy of special literature is also annexed. Each of the descriptions of the sites themselves, which form the core of the book, is preceded by a topographical and historical outline. The volume includes a glossary as well. The rich illustrative material consists of ground plans, reconstruction drawings and colour photographs." ; Itinerarium Hungaricum; Vol. 1 .

Beaver PA: A Studio Publication. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Light wear. Solid hardcover.; Anthology of lyric poems from students at Penn State. ; 144 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 082400129X . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Reprint of 21 works originally published in various publications from 1929-1983. Contents: Theme v. reality in American legal history / Randall Bridwell; Legal realism and historical method: J. Willard Hurst and American legal history / Stephen Diamond; An approach to American history: Willard Hurst as Legal Historian / David H. Flaherty; American legal history: the Hurst approach / John P. Frank; Heart against head: Perry Miller and the legal mind / Lawrence M. Friedman; Notes toward a history of American justice / Lawrence M. Friedman; Constitutional history and Constitutional law / Julius Goebel, Jr; Introduction: J. Willard Hurst and the common law tradition in American legal historiography / Robert W. Gordon; Morton Horwitz and the transformation of American legal history / Wythe Holt; Legal elements in United States… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine darkened, chipping to spine head and tail, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First Edition, First Printing of this juvenile historical novel of the early settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts. ; viii, 315 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1904. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Shelfwear, tone, 1904 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Classic reference work on international law, updated 5th edition covering treaties and changes through the turn of the century. Ownership signature of US Consul General in Ottawa, John G Foster, who served in that capacity for 23 years. ; xxiv, 764, 8ad pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0815309643 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, cloth stains, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Lessons From History; Ch Two: The Bank as Portfolio Manager; Ch Three: American Banks Abroad; Ch Four: A Framework for Foreign Lending; Ch Five: Finding the Foreign Lenders; Ch Six: A Summing Up; Bibliography; Index. ; The Financial Sector of the American Economy; Ex-Library; 224 pages .

[Paris]: Philippe Reichenbach. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ light rub. Crisp oblong oversize hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by Marek Halter on half-title page! French language text. Polish-born artist's drawings, mostly of street riots, les événements (of May 1968), prefaced by a discourse between Clavel, Morin, and Halter on Halter's work and revolutionary art.; [50] pages; Signed by Illustrator .

London: Chatto & Windus. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels, creasing and wear to tissue guards, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover.; Limited Edition, No. 92 of 250 copies printed for sale in England, from French sheets. Illustrations by Madeleine Lemaire. Original front wrapper bound in. Likely the first illustrated English-language edition. ; Ex-Library; 140 pages .

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1886. Hardcover. Cloth sun and dampstain, front free endpaper REMOVED, dampstains to text top and fore-edge margins, toned, underlining and pencil margin notes, notes on rear flyleaves, shelfwear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Hamilton offers his metaphysical philosophy of Perceptionalism. "For some such term may properly designate a form of philosophy which maintains, from an analytical and theoretical point of view, that mankind are not deluded in claiming that they perceive fact and truth, and that what they call their perceptions are true perceptions of those very things which they say that they perceive. ... The word "perception: is sometimes limited in its application: we now use it in its most unrestricted meaning. For we have perceptions of simple fact and perceptions of necessary relations; presentational perceptions and inferential perceptions; the perceptions of sense and of consciousness,… Read More

London: Argonaut Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Spine darkening, 1/8" tear at spine tail in both vols, light tone, random endpapers foxing, light wear. Owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcovers. ; Two of two volumes, complete. Cloth boards with linen back; printed on Japan Vellum paper. Eighth publication of the Argonaut Press. Limited Edition of 975, copy not numbered. "a general account of the ports of the sea- coasts of Africa and Asia, from the Cape of Good Hope to China, together with the Malay Archipelago and Japan; and ostensibly his sole object was to give information, derived from his own experiences, which would be of service both to merchants and to mariners." ; 259+225pp 2v pages .