Search Results: Titles starting with H from Lux Libri

London: Dennis Dobson, (1962.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Also signed by him on the front free endpaper with a lively inscription to a friend. A "comedy of involvement" by Ian Norrie, author, editor, and noted English bookseller. His first novel. VG in VG dust jacket with clear protective cover.

[Bloomington, IN] : Xlibris Corp., 2012. 1st paperbound edition. Signed on the title page. A memoir of the author's girlhood in Germany in the years during and after World War II. 506 pp. Thick trade paperback. 9 x 6 inches. Fine, unread condition.

West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 1st edition. Limited to 550 copies. Review copy with slip laid in. Five short stories (one paragraph each.) Illustrations by the author on the facing pages. A lively little collection by Tom Clark, 1941-2018, prolific American poet, former editor of The Paris Review, and biographer of Jack Kerouac, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, etc. 14 pp. Printed from hand-set type on Masa paper. Bound in Japanese style into handmade Bengal covers from India. Approx, 5 x 5 inches. VG with modest signs of age, partial browning to the review slip.

Paris: Arthaud, (1991.) French language edition. Early work by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004.) 88 full-page plates, including frontispiece. 151, [1] pp. Oblong clothbound hardcover. Approx. 10 x 10.5 inches. Fine in dust jacket.

[Hanover, NH]: Westholm Publications, 1965. 1st edition. Limited to 200 copies; this is number 19. Signed on the colophon by Herb West and the illustrator James W. Hamilton. Also inscribed by Hamilton on the colored front endpaper and signed again by him on a laid-in slip from the Quixote Collection at Dartmouth. The full text of West's farewell address at Dartmouth after teaching comparative literature from 1925-1964. Dartmouth censored portions of the address when it was broadcast later on the campus radio station. West responded by using his own publishing house to produce this book, with the omitted passages printed in red. 8vo hardcover. Vignette drawings in the text. 44 pages + colophon. Printed on cream wove paper at The Prairie Press in Iowa City. Fine in a Near Fine jacket with clear archival cover. An uncommon book by West, a popular professor at Dartmouth who was also an author, publisher, bookseller and collector. His other books include Modern Book Collecting for the Impecunious Amateur.

NY: Knopf, (1965.) Unstated but presumed 1st edition. SIGNED by Wilson. The fifth book in the Herbert Yadon series. A humorous tale of interplanetary canine hijinks, in which resourceful Herbert foils a plot and saves the day after landing on the "dog-gonedest planet this side of Mars." Signed by the author in ink on the orange, front free endpaper. With a brief inscription: "For the / Haases / Best wishes, / Herbert's mother, Hazel Wilson." 160 pages. Hardcover, 5.5 by 8.5 inches. Pictorial library binding, but not an ex-library book. Good condition, but some kind of critter has chewed at the upper corners and front fore-edge. No owner signatures, markings or other problems. Sound, tight binding. Scarce with Hazel Wilson's signature, but priced accordingly to reflect condition.

Leipzig: L. Staackmann, 1922. 27.-31 Auflage. Verse by Anton Wildgans (1881-1932), Austrian poet and playwright. 93, (2) pages. 12mo. Cloth-backed paper boards. Good condition. Some wear and rubbing; 1941 inscription to front free endpaper; old bookseller ticket (Hermann Roth / Breslau) to front pastedown. Sound binding. Text bright and unmarked.

[Bombay: University of Bombay] 1951. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. First published 1939. VG hardcover; no dust jacket. Includes material on the evolution of Indian music; the physical laws of musical sound; the progression from oral tradition to folk and classical music; the unities and aesthetics of Indian music, etc. 12mo, 7.5 by 5 inches. ix, 204 pp., with bibliography and index. Sound binding. Text pages clean and unmarked.

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. Presumed 1st edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. As New in the original shrink wrap. A comic, satiric look at the American university scene, as told by a female interloper on hallowed male ground.

Montreal: Les Amis de l'Histoire, 1969. Vol. I only of this standard history of French Canada. Covering the discovery and early history of the continent, from 1492 to 1689. All text is in French. Red leather binding with maple leaf and fleur-de-lys decoration. Gilt lettering and top edge. Red ribbon page marker. 402 pp. Illustrated with portraits and facsimiles. An attractive volume in VG condition, as shown. Clean and securely bound.

Édition nouvelle, adaptée à l'usage de la jeunesse, par M. l'abbé Millault. Paris: Plon Frères, 1850. 1st edition thus in a later binding. Original wraps bound in. A history of Spain's discovery, conquest, and settlement of the Americas. Based on a 1777 work by Scottish historian William Robertson. Includes material on the great age of exploration, the voyages of Columbus, the conquests of Mexico by Cortés and Peru by Pizarro. All text is in French. 379 pp. 8vo hardcover. Rebound in cloth and marbled paper boards. Applied spine label, lettered in gilt. Ribbon page marker. VG with light external wear, light to moderate intermittent foxing of the text. Old ink stamp of a French bookseller on the free endpaper (adhered to the front wrap.) Sound binding.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions in conjunction with Triquarterly Books (1993). 1st edition. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. A fictional, metaphysical meditation on the American character and experience. Fine/Fine. Crisp, clean, and unmarked. Never read. DJ protected by a clear archival cover.

Translated by Prof. W.E. Walz. London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., (1929.) 1st edition in the scarce slipcase. Printed in Germany. Text is in English. A big, beautiful book containing 80 color plates of interior views of German castles and private houses. Six-page introduction by the German art historian Adolf Feulner (1884-1945.) The remainder of the book consists of views of "interiors such as were found in former centuries in the castles, manor-houses and mansions of noblemen and patricians." The plates were reproduced from original paintings and printed one side only on thick, glossy paper. Each plate is captioned with the location, artist name, and brief explanatory notes. A superbly produced book that provides a rich visual representation of European interior design and ornamentation from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in styles that include Baroque, Rococo, and Neo-Classical. xii pages + the 80 leaves of plates. Large clothbound hardcover, 11.75 by 9.25 inches. Green cloth with black title panels… Read More

Bononiae: G. Luchesinii, 1810. First and only edition of Testa's scarce address on Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694.) The Italian biologist and physician founded the science of microscopic anatomy and allowed for great advances in physiology and embryology. 45 pp. Latin text. Original binding of one-quarter leather and marbled boards. 21 x 14 cm. Sound and complete. Wear at the head of the spine and along the joints. Moderate foxing of the text. Provenance: Brief ink notations dated 1811 indicate this copy was presented by Testa (Italian physician, 1756-1814), but we're unsure whether some or all of the writing is in his hand. Later ownership signature in pencil of Howard B. Adelmann (1898-1988), American zoologist, embryologist, and historian of science who taught at Cornell from 1921-1963. He wrote the authoritative five-volume work, Marcello Malpighi and the Evolution of Embryology (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1966.)

NY: Gargoyle Alumni Association, (1988.) 4th edition. A history of the Gargoyle Society at Williams College. First published in 1921 and previously revised in 1940 and 1955. This edition with directory of members from 1895 to 1989. Purple clothbound hardcover, gilt title lettering and seal. 8vo. 9.25 by 6 inches. 130 pp. B&W photos. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1997.) 3rd printing. Six humorous Christmas stories by David Sedaris. Signed by him on the title page. 134 pp. 12mo hardcover. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket with a few small nicks but no tears or other flaws. A nice copy that appears to be unread. Jacket protected by a clear archival cover.

Montreal: Sitting Duck Press, (2010.) 1st edition poetry. Signed by the author, a pastor, poet, and founder of the Lawn Chair Soiree literary series. 34 pp. Paperbound 8vo. Green wraps with cut-out title window. Printed on Krypton Parchment and bound by Kate Battle. Signed on the title page: "Blessings! Jan Jorgensen." Fine.

London: Fortune Press, [1952.] 1st edition. Signed by Ferrini vertically on the front free endpaper with a brief inscription. Poetry by the Italian-American author, artist, and former poet laureate of Gloucester, Mass. 12mo clothbound hardcover. 7.5 by 5 inches. 67 pp. VG/VG in dust jacket with artwork by Ferrini. Jacket is intact with some rubbing, a couple of small, closed tears. Endpapers browned, but text pages clean and unmarked. Sound, tight binding. A nice copy of an uncommon early title by Ferrini (1913-2007.)

NY: New Directions, (2001.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Ferlinghetti on the title page "for Archie Stone." Signed in full, rather than his usual practice of last name only. Poems by the late poet, publisher, and leading voice of the Beat Generation. ix, 94 pp. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Jacket protected by a clear archival cover.

Boston: Moses King, 1895. Complete with large folding map. A guide for visitors to Boston in the late 19th century. With 250 illustrations, maps and plans, including the colored folding map of the city. Numerous B&W photos of architecture and streetscapes. Detailed text on Boston's history, its businesses, parks, public buildings, landmarks, principal attractions, and much more. 288 pp. Paperbound, 6 x 5 inches. Good condition. Original paper covers fragile with creases and old tape repairs/reinforcements. Text block sound and tight. Some creased corners, but pages clean and unmarked. Map is in nice condition.