Search Results: Titles starting with H from Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

Racine WI: Golden Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Inscribed by Getz and dated by him Christmas 1973. First edition, second printing.

Racine WI: Golden Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine. Inscribed by Getz and dated by him 1974. First edition, first printing.

John Wiley & Sons, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Elek Books, 1956. First English-language Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review copy, with review slip laid-in.

(London): Malayan Information Agency, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Very good copy, all around. Sound binding, black cloth stamped in red, 233p, profusley illustrated with photos and maps. Bookplate on pastedown, as well as notice that "A poisonous inecticidal solution has been used in binding this book". Both foldout map and folded map in rear pastedown in as new condition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Very Good. Special edition, printed at The Riverside Press, limited to 375 copies, this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded, else near fine.

various: various, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Contempary binding of half leather over marbleized covers of three "bestsellers" of mid-19thC. First, Samuel Lever, Handy Andy, NY: Appleton 1845.380. Second, (Joseph Holt Ingraham) Montezuma, the Serf; Or, the Revolt of the Mexitili: The Tale of the Last Days of the Aztec Dynasty, Volumes 1-2 Boston: H. L. Williams, 1945 122; 116. Third. Charles Dickens (Boz.) Martin Chuzzlewit. Phialdelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1844, 320, double-column, illustrated by Phiz, 10 plates, 2 of which are unbound (should be 11). Binding split down middle, front cover loose. Lightly foxed. Nice artifact of rebinding of popular novels of the period, including the first American printing of Martin Chuzzlewit.

Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in fine dw. No ownership markings.

NY: Kurt Volk, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Book conceived by typographer and publisher Kurt Vol, designed by Meyer Wegman, edited by Charles Brodie. Printed on Okawara, handmade paper. Bound in moire silk, stamped in gold. As new in black, glossy-paper backed box, which is slightly rubbed. THE collectible copy.

NY: Harper's, 1876. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Pages 545 - 568. Cover story is campaign platform of Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican candidate for President, portrayed in sketch by Thomas Nast. Other features include: scenes of St. Louis, MO; double-page drawing of the interior of the Main Building of the Centenniel Exhibition; another political cartoon by Nast lampooning Democratic legislative policy; and, a supplement that has a double-page facsimile of Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence. Very good condition.

Salem (MA): Whipple and Lawrence, 1827. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Second American from the 4th Edinburgh edition. Original printed paper over boards, quarter leather. Leather over spine partly half perished, still firmly bound, internals quite nice despite soem foxing here and there. 166, (1). Woodcut frontispiece of Glenvarlow.

NY: Harcourt Brace, 1956. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. First book of published plays - these for television, including "Trip to Bountiful" in its early days - from the prolific playwright (Pulitzer Prize for"The Young Man from Atllanta") and screenwriter (two Oscars for "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "Tender Mercies"). Rare association copy inscribed to actress and acting coach Tamara Daykarhanova, a Russian emigre and student of Stanislovski: "For Tamara and (unidentifiable Russian name, likely husband or partner) with my love, Horton. Jan 5, 1956" A Texas native, Foote studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse before moving to NYC where he studied at Tamara Daykarhanova Theatre School, where he was indoctrinated into technique learned by Tamara at Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre. Before writing drama for television, Foote had ana early acting career. Foote acknowledges Tamara in his memoirs written decades later. An uncommon association. Laid-in is advance copy slip form Harcourt Brace.

Kansas City: Hallmark Cards Inc, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy in near fine dustjacket with a short, closed tear bottom edge front panel.

Cambridge MA: Harvard University, 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Brochure for class week for Harvard graduates 1934. 12mo, crimson suede covers, cross-tied ribbons, tissue guards front and rear, unpaginated (40 pages). Beautifully preserved. Printed by E.A. Wright, Phildelphia.

Okinawa: Headquarters Special Troops US Army, 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to, self-wrappers, illustrated, pp 20. First edition of a souvenir compiled by Headquarters Special Troops, and reproduced by 3020th Engr. Top. Co. Corp. An account of the surrender of the Ryukus islands to General Joe Stillwell. Mimeographed, four photos, two maps, a list of the 10th Army Staff, etc. Wrappers a tad browned. else near fine.

London: Penguin/Puffin, 1951. 1st reprint edition. Soft cover. Good. The 1951 reprint, after the original 1946 and before the late, 1955 version. Covers heavily soiled, with small knicks in the spine. Internals all there and functioning in humorous (dis)order. Baby Puffin Book No. 7.

NY: Community Press Publication/ Horizon Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Lacking Dustwrapper. Lacking dustjacket, near fine copy - no names, inscriptions, bookplates (NOT ex-lib).

NY: Derrydale Press, 1928. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. #116 of 350 copies. Mustard-colored paperbacked boards, with title label, over quarter vellum. Some fading top part of front and rear boards. Vellum toned a tad. Internals fine.

Privately published, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ole (original illustration). First edition, presentation copy. Two copies with printed wrappers bound- in of HELLZAPOPPIN - one copyrighted 1938, the other copyrighted 1940 - custom-bound in full, crushed moroccan leather, gilt ruled, dentelles, heavy marbelized endpapers, with gilt titles front cover - First Copy of the First Edition of HELLZAPOPPIN Winter Garden Theatre Sept 22, 1938 - Dec 17, 1941 1404 Performances Presented to Lambs Club by The Authors and Producers Olsen and Johnson. On flyleaf is a full page original illustration in black ink signed Ole with two cartoon figures flanking the inscription: "To The Lambs/ Lest You Forget/ The Maniacs Olsen (signed) and Johnson (signed)/ March 14, 1943" with one figure proclaiming "sons of fun", the other bearing a placard "Hellzapoppin" The musical revue, a vaudevillian romp with risque humor, had songs by music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias. The revue was a hit, running… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, fine in near fine dw, signed by Johnson on half title in black felt pen with original sketch of Henry sitting on the mountain top.