Search Results: Titles starting with H from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Washington, D. C.: Structural Clay Products Institute. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Softcover. From residential and commercial walls (interior and exterior) to fireplaces and dairy barns, practically every major use of brick and tile is illustrated. Also, there are Comparative Wall Cost Studies, Estimating Forms, up-to-the-minute information on the Modular Coordination of Building Materials, latest data on Cavity Wall, a special chapter on "Construction Principles" and a full color section dramatizing the many opportunities ahead for the skilled mason. Stiff red wraps with cover illustrations, red cloth spine, includes many detailed drawings of architectural details, photo section includes some b&w, some in full color. Title from cover. Undated, postwar 1940s or early 1950s. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 144 pp; Light wear to covers, light corner wear, clean and unmarked within. .

Juneau, Alaska: Juneau Centennial Committee, City & Borough of Juneau. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Softcover. Stiff black wraps, perfect bound. ; Oblong, 11" x 8-1/4"; 108 pp; Covers with significant internal closed tears and creasing; tears repaired with Japanese tissue to rear. Otherwise little wear, clean and unmarked. .

City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1910-1914. Hardcover. Included are Volume IV - Geology and Paleontology, Volume V - Cryptogamic Botany, Volume VIII - Insects Part 1, Volume IX - Insects Part 2, Volume X - Crustaceans, Volume XI - Nemerteans, Bryozoans, Volume XIII - Land and Fresh Water Mollusks, Hydroids and Volume XIV - Monograph of the Shallow-Water Starfishes of the North Pacific Coast from the Arctic Ocean to California, Part 1. Text. Smithsonian Institution reprints uniformly bound in publishers green cloth, Smithsonlan logo to front covers, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, most with dual title pages, many illustrations - some in color. Various publication dates between 1910 and 1914. The first six of these volumes are 1910 reprints with dual title pages of series initially published by Doubleday, Page & Co. in 1904 (Vol. XIII initially published 1905). The latter volume is the first publication in 1914. ; 7-/4" x 1/4";… Read More

Hallmark Cards. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1981. Softcover. 0-87529-606-8 . One from an edition of 4,500 copies. White stapled wraps, front cover with b&w photo, essay and b&w photographs, on plates. Pages not numbered. ; 10-3/4" square; Light cover soiling, light wear to corners of covers, pages are clean and unmarked. .

Anchorage, Alaska: the United Methodist Church. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Softcover. 0-9616802-0-2 . Stiff blue and white wraps, perfect bound, front cover with conference logo, illlustrated with photographs. This copy signed by both authors next to their names on the title page. ; 9" x 11"; 206 pp; Signed by All Authors; Covers lightly worn along edges and with faint scratches, inside clean and unmarked apart from noted signatures. .

Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0-935180-03-6 . Brown leatherette boards, gilt lettering front and spine with cover photograph pastedown, endpapers are panorama photographs, well-illustrated with many b&w and color photographs. Red dust jacket illustrated with four color photographs. No edition or printing noted. This copy with an inked note on the title page "Inscribed with aloha and best wishes, Robert E. Van Dyke, December 3, 1982." Oversized book may incur additional shipping charges. ; 10-1/4" x 13"; xii, 243 pp; Signed by Editor; Binding slightly cocked, short gift inscription on reverse of FFEP. Jacket is edgeworn, spine and front panel lightly sunned, price clipped. .

[Cambridge, Mass.?]: Harvard College. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1973). Hardcover. Crimson burlap covers with black lettering. Photos of campus activities and life. Willard Mitt Romney is pictured within, as are the rest of the graduating class. . ; 8-3/4" x 11-1/4"; Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. .

New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Blue cloth, blindstamped Foundation logo on front, gilt spine lettering. Contains 16 papers by various authors including one on Medicine and Politics in a Mexican Village by Oscar Lewis. Uncommon in hardcover.; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; viii, 493 pp; MacKay family bookplate tipped in on FFEP, otherwise clean. Almost no cover wear, tight binding, pages are clean and bright, without tears or writing. .

Juneau, Alaska: Fairweather Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1986). Stated First Edition. Softcover. 0-9608226-3-1 . Alaska Native Sport and Dance Traditions (cover). Stiff wraps, perfect bound, illustrated in b&w, This copy signed on the title page by the writer: Best wishes Annabel Lund and photographer: Mark Kelley.; 8-1/4" x 10-3/4"; 120 pp; Signed by Author; Slight wear at corners, clean and unmarked apart from noted signature. Lund's signature bleeds through to next leaf (as though carbon paper were used). .

Juneau, Alaska: Fairweather Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1986). Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0-9608226-2-3 . Alaska Native Sport and Dance Traditions (jacket front). Black cloth with silver spine lettering, many b&w photographs. Red dust jacket with cover photograph of Eskimo. This copy inscribed and signed by writer on FFEP and by photographer on title page, both dated in year of publication. ; 8-3/4" x 11-1/4"; 120 pp; Signed by Author; Book with little wear, unmarked apart from noted inscriptions. Jacket lightly rubbed esp. to rear panel, only slight edgewear, in clear protective cover. .

New York: HarperCollins West. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-06-258523-1 . First American edition (initially published in Canada). Light green paper boards, black cloth spine lettered in gold. Cream colored dust jacket with illustrated front panel. ; 6" x 9-1/2"; 197 pp; Book very lightly worn along bottom edge, pages clean and unmarked. Jacket slightly edgeworn, very lightly soiled, not price clipped. .

[New York]: Grolier Club. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1947. Softcover. An important Gazette issue for fans of Henry James. Address on Henry James by W. H. Auden - Address on James by Clifton Fadiman - The Henry James Exhibition. Self-wraps, stapled.; 4.5 x 7"; 207-267 pp; Very slight soiling. .

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Early science fiction with first appearance in book form of The Brick Moon. Rebound in maroon leatherette with stamp of The Dragon Bindery inside rear cover, gilt spine lettering, black endpapers. ; 5" x 7-1/4"; 293 pp; Covers are fine, solid binding, signatures are slightly offset from one another - as when binding was resewn, a few small stains to pages that are otherwise clean and free of tears or writing. .

[Anaheim, California]: Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of California. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Softcover. Stiff red wraps, perfect bound, gilt lettering to front cover. Scarce, with OCLC only showing two holdings - at UC Berkeley and UC Irvine. ; 6" x 9"; 121 pp; Covers lightly rubbed and worn at corners, rear cover with offsetting from another document, faint spotting seen inside each cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. .

Yokahama etc.: Asiatic Society of Japan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, green endpapers, seven fold-out color maps, 4 pp prospectus for next series volume at rear. Printed at the "Japan Chronicle" Office, Kobe, Japan. Heavy, extra for international shipping.; 6-1/2" x 10"; viii, 667, [4] pp; Covers worn at top/bottom of spine and at corners with some fraying, a few spots of soiling including a faint ring on front panel and a faint line on the spine, hinges are quite solid (surprisingly so; the book is quite heavy), prior owner name to front flyleaf, faint toning to paper, text block clean and unmarked, maps also clean but a few short tears are seen. .

Lancaster, PA.: Elias Barr & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1865 (1864). Hardcover. Full leather binding, black spine label with gilt lettering, illustrations include map and guarded portraits, includes Muster-Out Roll by regiment at rear. Unsigned presentaton inscription on front free endpaper reads "Presented to his wife by the author". ; 6 x 9"; 723 pp; Leather worn with thinned area on front board, small strip of leather missing from edge of inside of front board, bottom 1/2" of spine lacking exposing the signatures, headband, etc. Hinges remain strong, the binding remains quite functional. Internally quite nice, with little wear and only occasional light foxing, some foxing and wear to tissue guards.. .

New York: Rogers & Manson Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Softcover. Special number of this publication devoted to the issues of architecture for hospitals, with contributions by several noted architects. Gray wraps, perfect bound, text, illustrations, many advertisements. ; 9-1/4" x 12"; [89]-124, [889]-944, [127]-204 pp; Mild cover soiling, wear to covers along edges, with a slight loss of spine cover at top of spine and a larger loss (1-1/2") at bottom, pages with some creased corners, clean and unmarked within. .

Craig, Alaska: Stone Arts of Alaska. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2008. Stated Third Edition. Softcover. A Collection of Travel Stories, and Personal Narratives from On, Off, and Under Solid Ground. (cover). Stiff red wraps, perfect bound, photographs on covers, contents illustrated with additional photos. ISBN 978-0615-26358-8..Laid in are a bookmark and the author's business card promoting Stone Arts of Alaska. This copy inscribed/signed on title page to the former owner of Observatory Books in Juneau ; 6" x 8-3/4"; 400 pp; Signed by Author; Very slight cover wear, unmarked within apart from noted inscription. .

Los Angeles, California: Peterson Publishing Company / Robert E. Peterson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962-1963. Hardcover. Titles include: (First seven by George Barris) Twenty Top Customs, Custom Car Wheels and Lowering, Custom Dashboards and Detailing, Custom Scoops and Sculpturing, Custom Car Engines, Customizing with Fiberglass, Custom Pickups, Custom Hot Rods (by the Editors of Rod and Custom), Custom Headlights (multiple authors), Hot Rodding the FORD V8 by Bob Russo, Customizing the MODEL A (multiple authors) and Hot Rodding the BUICK by Bob Russo. Individual issues were released during 1962 and 1963 with a cover price of 35 cents. Bound with the original wrappers preserved, in publishers custom blue cloth binding, with gilt listing of titles on front, gilt spine lettering with publisher logo. Each issue with 64 pages, well-illustrated in b&w. Uncommon, especially in this format.; 5-1/2" x 8"; Covers rubbed along edges, small spot of damage on front cover, prior… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard College Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Lavishly illustrated (including some in color) with featured Library holdings, very clear reproductions of important pages, handwriting samples of well-known authors. Black cloth, beveled boards, blindstamped front, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers, colophon at rear.; 11 x 15"; xiv, 255 pp; Ex-library with labels on front cover and spine, pocket removed from rear, otherwise in VG condition. .