Search Results: Titles starting with H from TristanBooks

Harpist in the Wind
(Riddle-Master Trilogy Book Three, preceded by Riddle-Master of Hed and
Heir of Sea and Fire) by Patricia McKillip (author Forgotten Beasts of
Eld) Dust Jacket artwork by Michael Mariano. Hardcover First Edition - First Printing - Argo State
Atheneum 1979. States "First Edition" on the title page indicating a
first printing with $8.95 cover price on dust jacket flap and "An Argo
Book" on the spine. SIGNED by McKillip on the title page without
inscription.Fine
in Fine- dust jacket. A near-perfect copy with only slight edge-wear
to the jacket, mostly near the corners and spine, and tiny hairline
abrasion on the rear, else a nearly-perfect, almost impossible to find
signed.NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.)IMPORTANT NOTE:
All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of
buyer's remorse, "it was a gift but the recipient already… Read More

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (HP and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.) Hardcover Edition London: Bloomsbury UK 2014. Dust jacket artwork by Jonny Duddle. Pictorial dust jacket colored boards and end-papers, 636 pages.
Fine in Fine dust jacket as NEW. Will come with a dust jacket cover over the jacket.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (HP and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.) First UK Hardcover Edition - First Printing - Omnia State
London: Bloomsbury UK 2000 printed by Omnia. States "First Edition" on the copyright
page, indicating both a first edition and first printing. Dust jacket artwork
by Giles Greenfield. Pictorial dust jacket replicated by the boards, 636 pages. Contains the following first state errors: Page 503: "'Dumbledore, come!' said
Crouch angrily", later changed to "Fudge". Page 579 at the beginning of
paragraph 2, "the smokey shadow of a tall man" implies Harry's father appears
to be coming, contradicted by the statement "Your mother's coming" in paragraph
3. The mother should be coming through first, not the father, which was changed
in later printings. Page 594 "'The Imperious curse',
Moody said", later changed to "Crouch said". All first edition/first printing copies contain the three errors.Fine in… Read More

Seven-volume hardcover first printing adult edition set Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First UK Adult Edition - First Printing London: Bloomsbury, 2004. £11.99 cover price.Photographic dust jacket cover image by Michael Wildsmith and photograph of the author on the back. Black boards with title in gold on spine. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, a nearly perfect copy which may be unread with a hint of toning to the text-block, and just a tiny nick to the upper left-hand corner of the jacket, almost imperceptible. A beautiful near-perfect copy. Only 17,500 copies issued. (true first edition Bloomsbury, 1997) SPECIAL NOTE on Edition: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling was first released in 1997 by Bloomsbury UK in a print-run for the hardcover trade edition in only 500 copies and 5150 trade paperbacks. A copy of the hardcover issue sold recently for nearly $500,000. The first adult hardcover printing is a nice… Read More

Complete Harry Potter Set UK Hardcovers in Dust Jackets with artwork by Johnny Duddle and published by Bloomsbury UK, 2014-2015, later printings of this edition. In my humble opinion the best uniform cover artwork for HP. Includes HP and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. All just about fine unread condition. Only shortcomings, tiny hint of tenderness to the lower corners of HP and the Goblet of Fire, almost unnoticeable, and tiniest hint of a crimp to the inner text block upper corner, again almost imperceptible. Else a nearly perfect set. NOT Raincoast/Canadian, and NOT Australian.
ALSO: The picture is of the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of buyer's remorse, "it was a gift but the recipient already had it", or "I found the same book at a better price". I… Read More

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone, Prisoner Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, etc.) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing - First State Scholastic US 1998. $17.95 cover price. Diamond design dark blue boards with green cloth spine, raised lettering on dust jacket. States "First Edition" on copyright page followed by full printing line beginning with "1" to indicate a first printing. This copy has the following first-state errors: on the page flanking the title page indicating Rowling's previous books, "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" instead of "Sorcerer's Stone" and on page 332, the last word "ancestor" should be "descendant".
Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. A beautiful near-perfect copy which appears UNREAD. One of the best first printing copies I've seen of this book since its publication now 20 years ago. Boards are clean, corners straight, pages very clean and white. Appears UNREAD. Tiny hint of shelf-wear to… Read More

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part of the HP series including HP and the Philosopher's Stone, HP and the
Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Bloomsbury, 2007 Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. (NOTE: This is NOT the Ted Smart
edition) Issue
points: First printing indicated by the printing number-line going down
to "1" on the copyright page. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, a near-perfect copy save just a touch of aging to the text-block.NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The picture is of the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)IMPORTANT NOTE:
All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of
buyer's remorse, "it was a gift but the recipient already had it", or "I
found the same book(s) at a better price". I am not selling new items
to compete with other retailers. Returns are only accepted because of
significant discrepancies… Read More

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (HP and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire etc.) Hardcover Adult Edition - Fourth Printing London: Bloomsbury UK 2003 (but copies from this printing probably released in 2004). £16.99. Splendid dust jacket artwork by Michael Wildsmith (Not a first printing of this edition. The true first edition issued by Bloomsbury in 2003.)

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket A near perfect copy with some natural aging and toning to the text-block.

NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (a.k.a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, followed by HP and the Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First Edition - Fourteenth (14th) Printing London: Bloomsbury UK 1997 £10.99 cover price (but most likely printed in 1998).
Issue Points: Printing number-line down to "14". "Joanne Rowling" listed as the copyright holder and Clays Ltd. indicated as the printer. Retains the young wizard on the back and spine. The main difference between this edition and the true first is the mention of HP and the Chamber of Secrets and corrected error on page 53, the "one wand" duplication error fixed.
Fine- in Fine Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy with only a hint of tiny dings to the top and bottom back corners. slight toning to the pages but less than what I've seen with other copies, (common with UK books prior to circa 2000). The dust jacket is exceptionally nice, very bright and clean NO tears and NO chips. Still an exceptional copy… Read More

Complete Harry Potter First Signature UK Hardcover Edition Set published by Bloomsbury in 2011! Seven first printing copies. Comes with original cardboard laminated slipcase in very good condition (not fine), generally intact but with slits repaired with binders tape and fraying. NOT Raincoast/Canadian, and NOT Australian.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (black boards, aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), HP and the Chamber of Secrets (red boards), HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban (green boards), HP and the Goblet of Fire (orange boards), HP and the Order of the Phoenix (purple boards), HP and the Half-Blood Prince (magenta/red boards), HP and the Deathly Hallows (dark blue boards) by J.K. Rowling, cover artwork on front and back of the dust jackets by Clair Melinsky. Hardcover First UK Signature Edition - First Printings London: Bloomsbury, 2011. Unpriced copies, probably for the export market. All copies essentially Fine in Fine Dust Jackets, a nearly perfect unread copies save a hint… Read More

Seven-volume hardcover printing adult edition set
Beautiful set of the HP titles. Please read ALL the details before buying or asking questions. Most likely your answer is in here. NOTE: These are all the children's issue.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), HP and the Chamber of Secrets, HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban, HP and the Goblet of Fire, HP and the Order of the Phoenix, HP and the Half-Blood Prince, HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Hardcover Second Adult Editions - Second Printings London: Bloomsbury UK, 2015. Printing number-line ending with "2" as the lowest number. All fine in fine dust jackets, all unread. Near perfect copies save HP Order and the Phoenix with a tiny slit to the back upper corner of its jacket. (first adult editions issued in hardcover in 2003-4)
SPECIAL NOTE In 1997, only 500 hardcover copies of the true first UK printing of HP and the Philosopher's Stone (the balance in trade paperback in 5150… Read More

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First US Edition - Fourth (4th) Printing - Second State Dust Jacket Scholastic 1998 $16.95 cover price with "JK ROWLING" on the top of the spine with Publishers Weekly blurb on back with red cloth spine and diamond etching design purple boards. Fine- in Fine Dust Jacket, a nearly perfect copy, slight shelf-wear and rubbing to the bottom of the boards, tiniest hint of a pinprick the upper edge of the back flap, else an exceptional copy.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling Hardcover First US Edition - First (1st) Printing Scholastic 1999 (true first edition released by Bloomsbury UK in 1998) $17.95 cover price. Issue points: printing number-line down to "1" indicating a first printing with 9/9 indicating the year 1999. "ROWLING" on the top spine no year badge, and blue diamond design boards and green cloth spine. "Sorceror's Stone" error flanking title page. Fine in Fine Dust… Read More

Illustrated but notoriously difficult book to find with all five plates engravings. Two of the plates are present but not attached to the book. Most copies are missing at least two plates.The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III King of England and France and Lord of IrelandTogether with Edward sirnamed The Black Prince by Joshua Barnes. Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes for the Author, MDCLXXXVIII (1688) Contains the frontispiece of King Edward III in ceremonial garb, a plate of Edward III in armor, Plate of Don Pedro. Unattached by present are the plate of the Black Prince in ceremonial armor, and a portrait of the author Joshua Barnes.A huge folio, 911-page history of the Hundred Years War between England and France focusing on King Edward III and his son Edward the Black Prince during the 14th century. Truth the history began when William Duke of Normandy became the Conqueror by taking England. For about the next 300 to 400 years, there was intermittent war between England and France… Read More

The History of the Rebellion and the Civil War in England,
Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward (Hyde) the Earl of Clarendon. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1731-1732. Three Volumes/Parts in 12 Books in Six separate bound volumes. First Octavo Illustrated Edition (first edition was un-illustrated and printed in 1702-04)
Profusely Illustrated: Contains three maps (two of Great Britain, south and north, and one of Ireland), one battle map of the Battle of Fairfax (foldout), three other scenes as fold out plate engravings, and 90 portraits, 84 different portraits with 6 of the Earl of Clarendon (5 as frontispieces; what should have been the frontispiece portrait of Clarendon in Volume I was bound in the middle of the volume towards the end). Also an extra cropped portrait of Charles I (18th century) in volume I probably inserted later on 19th-century/early 20th century paper, possibly when the set was rebound in marble. Includes portraits of Oliver Cromwell, another of King Charles I, Francis… Read More

First Edition Set of the Hyperion Cantos and Endymion Duologies. These are Not x-libs, and not book clubs. Hyperion (first book of the Hyperion Cantos series) by Dan Simmons (author of Carrion Comfort, Phases of Gravity, Summer of Night, etc) Trade Paperback First Edition - First Printing Doubleday US 1989 8.95 cover price. (issued simultaneously in trade paperback and hardcover, the latter in reportedly only 2000 copies) Winner of the Hugo Award and Locus Award for Best Novel. (Published also by Headline UK in 1990 in hardcover and trade paperback, and later by Subterranean Press.) Stand-Alone Simmon's Signature on title page. Fine- copy. A nearly-perfect copy with NO creasing to the spine. Only very light foxing to the edges of the text-block. Outwardly a very nice trade paperback copy, a much more economic alternative to the first hardcover edition which runs about $1000+. The Fall of Hyperion (second book of the Hyperion Cantos series) Trade Paperback First Edition - First Printing NY: Doubleday… Read More

Hyperion (first book of the Endymion Duology) by Dan Simmons First Edition - First Printing Doubleday, 1989. Winner of the Hugo Award and the Locus Award for Best Novel. Trade paperback first edition rebound into a hardcover. Please read ALL that follows below before buying this book! If you need further explanation please feel free to send me a message so you know what exactly you're buying. You're not buying the original trade hardcover as issued by Doubleday but something close to it.This is a special example of Hyperion in which a first edition trade paperback had been rebound into a hardcover. Dark blue cloth material was used to create the covers and the title Hyperion, author Dan Simmons, and publisher Doubleday are embossed on the spine in a similar design to the original hardcover trade edition (without the Doubleday logo). A facsimile dust jacket made of glossy paper is present replicating as closely as possible the jacket of the original hardcover edition with artwork by Gary Ruddell,… Read More