Search Results: Authors starting with H from B Street Books, ABAA

Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Good. small tear top and bottom of spine.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Darling, Louis. 8.5"x5.5". The second in Haig-Brown's classic series. From the dust jacket: 'An acute observer of nature and of people, Haig-Brown provides another dimension to this splendid account of his fishing adventures with his descriptions of life in Chile and in the more remote parts of Argentina. He also provides abundant technical information about tackle and other practical details, and there is a valuable appendix on the birds, trees, and plants of the area.' Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Minor wear to the edges of the clipped dust jacket, particularly the upper edge of the spine. The blue cloth binding with images of fish and mountains has minor fading to the upper edge. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, small bookseller's sticker on back fixed endpaper. 288 clean and unmarked pages.

Springer-Verlag Telos, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Post-its from a previous owner, but no underlining or highlighting. Some wear to the covers.

London: I.H. for Ed. Brewster, 1628. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8" x 13" 'Joseph Hall, was born July 1 in 1574, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England and died Sept. 8, 1656 in Higham, Norfolk. He was an English bishop, moral philosopher, and satirist, remarkable for his literary versatility and innovations.' Bookplate on pastedown. Minor scuffing to leather covers. Gilt decoration still brilliant on covers and edges of textblock. Joints of spine are creased but sound. Sound binding. Due to the size of this volume, additional shipping fees may apply.

Michael Wiese Productions, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and umarked. Almost like new.

Zondervan, 2016. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean and unmarked. Almost like new.

Pluto Press, 2015. Paperback. Like New. Clean and unmarked.

The MIT Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean and unmarked. Includes dust jacket with minimal shelfwear.

Naval Institute Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Text is bright, clean, and unmarked. Front covers and dust jacket have some light shelfwear. Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper.

Stanford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Some underlining, pages are otherwise in very good condition. Covers and dust jacket have light shelfwear.

London: S. and E. Harding, 1793. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A lavishly illustrated English translation of Anthony Hamilton's MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT. First published in 1713, Hamilton's memoirs of his brother-in-law's time in the court of Charles the second offer a vivid account of the Restoration court. Full crimson straight-grain morocco by F. Bedford, with minor wear to joints and extremities. Varying degrees of foxing to and offsetting from the plates. Photographs show more severe examples. The marbled endpapers bear the heraldic bookplate of "C.L.F. Robinson, Newport, R.I." with the motto "Virtute non Verbis" - the President of the Colt Firearms Company who was found dead on his yacht on his way to Newport in 1916. The sale catalog of his library noted the late Robinson " was well known as a liberal and discriminating collector of rare books. Many volumes from the Hoe and Huth collections were secured by him and his library became exceedingly interesting and important" (Catalogue of… Read More

Clark Art Institute, 2003. Hardcover. New. In shrinkwrap direct from publisher.

MillerBrown, 2014. Hardcover. Like New. A little shelf wear to covers.

-, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1965 Ltd. ed. ($7.50), Book is near fine w/ 2 loose signature sheets. DJ is also VG+ w/small stains on back corner.

Nicolai, 2000. Hardcover. Like New. New condition.

Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas. 1958. 1st edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Playful ode to poker, smoking, and drinking, lavishly illustrated and printed in blue and orange. Includes a tongue-in-cheek history, rules of the game, 'gratuitous advice', 'smoke quotes', recipes (mostly sandwiches), and mixed drinks, all mixed up with aphorisms, puns, and verse. 'Designed by W.M. Rhoads, Fun by Percy Hammond and George C. Wharton, Abetted, In Pictures, by Albert Olson.' Red cloth with large illustrated paper label. Wear and very faint stain to paper label, bumping to the corners. Interior bright. See photos. Unpaginated. 14 x 20 cm.

Arrowhead Press, 1993. Hardcover. Like New. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies. Autographed by the author. First edition.

R.M. McBride & Company, 1927. Unknown Binding. Very Good. Mcbride. 1927. First edition. No dust jacket. Corners sharp and hinges sound. Minimal wear.

See Description, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth boards with gilt stamped titles on front and spine. Text is clean and unmarked. Not ex-library.