Search Results: Titles starting with H from Downtown Books & News

Chapel Hill, NC: North Caroliniana Society, Inc, 1987. Limited edition, 98 out of 500. Softcover. VG. 8vo. 55pp. Staple bound. Grey wraps slightly soiled. Signed by author on title page. Number 15 of the North Caroliniana Society Imprints series. "As a prelude to 'An evening with David Stick,' the North Caroliana Society invited David to give a public address in renovated Wilson Library on Thursday afternoon, 15 October 1987. His subject, 'A half Century in Coastal History,' provided a review of what in fact has been nearly sixty years in coastal history.".

Brookline, Mass: Paradigm Publications, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to (11"x9"). 484pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Textblock edges lightly soiled. B&W diagrams throughout. Out of print. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar.

Waynesville, NC: W. Clark Medford, 1971. First edition, no additional printings indicated. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 112pp. Blue and grey wraps lightly scuffed and soiled with foxing to joints of spine. Signed on title page by Medford. W. Clark Medford, appointed historian for Haywood county, presents the highlights from 1786 to the 1970's. Copies of this book are becoming increasingly scarce. Placed in protective mylar sleeve.

Waynesville, NC: W. Clark Medford/ Miller Printing Co, 1979. 1st ed. No add'tl ptg. Softcover. VG-. VG-/-. 8vo. 112pp. Blue & white wraps are scuffed, soiled, rubbed at folds and bumped at the tail. Binding is tight and clean. W. Clark Medford, appointed historian for Haywood county, presents the highlights from 1786 to the 1970's. Copies of this book are becoming increasingly scarce.

Albany, NY: SUNY / State University of New York Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dj. as issued. 8vo. 259pp. Paper covered boards lightly scuffed. Former owner's blind stamp on ffep. Text clean.

NC: Black Mountain Printery, 1921. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. Small 8vo. 31pp. Sewn binding. Brown illustrated covers slightly worn at corners. Text block lightly foxed. Prose/poetry with beautiful B&W photos of our mountainous region throughout.

Technomic Publishing Company, 2000. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No dj. as issued. 8vo. 416pp. Green and yellow paper-covered boards lighty scuffed. B&W diagrams throughout.

New York: Feminist Invention Group, 1973. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo. Unpaginated (8 pages). Stapled B&W paper wraps. Toned. Light soiling to covers. Scarce. 7-15-19.

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company/Walt Disney Enterprises, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo (10.5"x9.5"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, pink and white illustrated endpapers. Color illustrations throughout. Paper cracked over spine and at spine extremes. Edges rubbed, top corners bumped, tail corners soft. Slight creasing to board visible under front pdep. previous owner's name in pen to ffep verso and two small blue crayon marks to title page. Pages toned. In scarce dust jacket, covered in mylar: faint blue on blue marks to upper panel, heavy edgewear, large chips missing at all corners and spine.

Los Angeles, CA: Classic Publications, 1969. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Very Good +. Mass market. 188pp. Pictorial wraps lightly scuffed. From back cover, "The boat sat low in the water--weighted by the insatiable sex lusts of its owner -- and the guests who were his erotic plaything!" 18+ please.

Charleston, SC: E. Thayer, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (9"x5"). 1/2 leather & marbled paper covered boards, red spine label with giltstamped title. Heavily creased spine, several dents to leather, soft endcaps. Heavy edgewear. Corners rubbed with board exposed. Heavily rubbed marbled paper, chipped foreedges. Dampstain to upper joint. Names in ink and bookplate to frontpdep. Missing fep. Cracks to endpapers over hinges (binding otherwise sound). Foxed and toned. Scarce first edition. Subtitled: to which are added; the Laws Relating to Religious Worship; the Journals and Rules of the Convention of South Carolina; the Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Course of Ecclesiastical Studies with an Index, and List of Subscribers.

Richmond, VA: The Central Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo (7"x5"). 79pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title. B&W frontis, B&W photo plates throughout. Lightly rubbed edges to covers. Lightly toned pages. No dust jacket.

Haverhill, NH: J.F.C. Hayes, 1841. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo (7.5"x5"). 240pp. Full leather with leather, giltstamped spine label, binding sewn. Light spine slant & warp. Light cracking to spine, 1" crack to head of upper joint. Boards rubbed, heavy edgewear, corners rubbed. Paint stain to upper cover. Previous owner's name in pen to ffep.Crack to hinge at title page. Pages toned & foxed. Inscription in pencil to rear pdep. All leather treated with conditioner.

Chestertown, MD: The Historical Society of Kent County, Inc, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. 4to (11.5"x9.5"). Black paper-covered boards with giltstamped title & decoration. Corners slightly bumped. B&W photos throughout. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar.

New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. Reprint edition, facsimile. Hardcover. VG+/VG+/VG+. 8vo (9"x6"). 591+705pp. Red cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title. Vol1. very slightly cocked. Light tone to textblock edges. No dust jackets. Facsimile edition of the original 1765 title: The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World. From the series, Myth & Romanticism: A Collection of the Major Mythographic Sources Used by the English Romantic Poets edited by Burton Feldman and Robert D. Richardson, Jr.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 4tos (9.5"x6"). 527/547pp. Brown, ribbed cloth-covered boards with blindstamped decorations & giltstamped title to spines. B&W frontis with tissue (toned). Lightly chipped spine extremes. Fabric starting to crack over the upper joint of vol 1. Heavily soiled endpapers. Foxing throughout. Previous owner's name to ffep of vol 1.

Gardiner, ME: William Palmer, 1852. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (7.5"x5"). 343pp. +business register. Green cloth-covered boards with blindstamped decoration to upper cover & giltstamped title to spine. Spine slant. Covers rubbed, small stains to lower cover. Cloth cracking over joints: glue repair to joints, linen tape repair to upper hinge. Spine extremes frayed, corners rubbed. Dampstain to textblock foredge, visible to interior margin. Pages toned, foxing throughout. Pencil marks to endpapers. Newspaper clipping taped to first page: darkening paper from acid damage. B&W frontis. Covered in seller's protective mylar.

Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press, 1964. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Signed by author. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. 8vo. 361pp. Green bds. Gilt to cover and spine. Author examines the role of the Muslim influence on Classical scholarship, it's own unique additions and its impact on the West's reintroduction to Classical learning. Edgewear to dj. extremities. Light bumping to spine.

Huntington, WV: David E. Johnston, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (9"x6.25"). 500pp. +index. Tan/dark brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. Heavily rubbed, heavily soiled boards, tail edges heavily rubbed. Areas of color/cloth loss to spine extremes. Interior foxed and toned. Paper repair to front pdep. 3" crack to rear hinge with mull exposed, crack to gutter at page 30 of the index. B&W frontis, B&W plates. Previous owner's name and family history notes to ffep. (family tree and application for membership to the Daughters of the Confederacy application filled out and dated 1935, laid in). Covered in seller's mylar (no dj. as issued).

Newcastle, England: Bewick/Longman & Co, 1847. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9"x5.5"). 406pp. & 374pp. +appendices. Both volumes unbound in black cloth-covered solander boxes & slipcovers with giltstamped titles to spines. Pages are single leaves (not signatures), stabbed as if for sewing along the left edge. Volume I is missing its title page: first leaf is an advertisement, followed by the preface & introduction. B&W engraved cuts throughout both volumes.