Authors starting with H from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1972. Small 4to. Tan cloth. ix, 182pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice. ... more information

Edited and translated by Anselm Hollo. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968. Small 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 75pp). Near fine. First edition of this collection of Finnish poems in English translation. ... more information

Volume III: 1957-1978. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1986. Small 4to. Tan cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 824pp. Near fine/fine. First edition of this mammoth reference. ... more information

Sons of King Charles VII of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the last Austrian Kaiser, forced to abdicate. Pair of choice signatures, each on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, Mexico City (for Felixís), 1979 March 23 and 1979 March 16 respectively. Both fine and with original envelopes. Unusual. ... more information

New York: Sagamore PRess Inc., 1957. Five volumes. Small 8vo. Stiff wrappers, slipcase. 157pp; xii, 244pp; xii, 337pp; x, 198pp; x, 341pp. Near fine/very good. Slipcase repaired, but quite sturdy and attractive. Handsome set of this eclectic classics. ... more information

Illustrations by Gahan Wilson. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1968. Oblong small 8vo. Green paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 124pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive early (not first) printing. ... more information

Wacky American television and nightclub comedian whose films include "God's Little Acre" (1958), "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) and "The Love Bug" (1968). AQS, 1p, 5¼" X 6", n.p., 1962 November 4. Very good. Original comic verse composed for an admirer and boldly penned in bright blue fountain pen: "I have a fan named / Don Burnell / It makes me feel really / swell / It makes me want to / sing and yell . And all my foes can / go to blaze... more information

Opera singer who made his New York debut in 1919. IPS [Campbell], 8" X 10", n.p., 1925 September 18. Inscribed to pianist John Leiser. Fine. Huge bold inscription vertically along the right side of this handsome formal head-and-shoulders portrait. Part of the inscription falls within a dark area, with resulting poor contrast, but signature and date are large, bold and strong. ... more information

Irish-born writer of books such as "Story of the Irish Nation" (1922), "Francis the First" (1935) and more. TLS, 1p, 5½" X 8½", Bethel, CT, 1949 April 10. Addressed to "N. MacN." (Neil MacNeill of the "New York Times"). Curious: "On returning from North Carolina, I found the enclosed note from my Toynbee 'contact'. Very sorry it comes to nothing." Also notes MacNeill's election as an officer in the Dutch Treat Club ("... more information

Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, 1911. Small 8vo. Red pictorial cloth. (Ca. 75pp). Very good. Edition not ascertainable. Clean, tight, handsome copy. ... more information

London: The Falcon Press, 1950. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Near fine/near fine. Slight offsetting to endpapers as usual. Tight, handsome first edition of this mini-anthology. ... more information

Chicago: The Tower Press, 1929. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. xii, 385pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. First edition of this unusual, flag-waving, paranoid anti-Communist exposÈ, a real product of its time. Inscribed on the front flyleaf to Frank O. Lowden (1861-1943), governor of Illinois: "For an American whom I / am proud to call my friend / Frank O. Lowden / with my best wishes / Yours in --kai-- [sic] / Edwin Marshall Hadley / October 9, 1929 / see Chapter XIV page #200 / 'Let there be light'... more information

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1973. Small 4to. Green cloth, mylar cover. 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map. Very good. First edition. Delightful memoir by this husband-and-wife writing pair. ... more information

Edited by Bell Irwin Wiley. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1954. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 55pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Forty-three letters from this sergeant in the 29th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, who participated in the Battle of Atlanta before being taken prisoner. Wiley's introduction is illuminating as usual. DORNBUSCH II, 284. NEVINS I, 98. ... more information

Illustrations by Frank Godwin. Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1930. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and color pictorial plate tipped on. xv, 408pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, maps, 1 color plate, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Frontispiece gutter reinforced with book tape. Clean, tight copy of these essays on heroic historical figures ranging from Socrates and Joan of Arc to Theodore Roosevelt and the hero of the moment (at that time), Charles Lindbergh. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvii, 159pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Ownership signature on front pastedown; pencil underlining. First edition. History of the first American painters. ... more information

Prolific music writer, author of "Civilization and Music" and "Musical Novels" and editor of "Musical Gazette." ALS, 1p, 5" X 8", New York, NY, 1864 December 16. Addressed to J.P. Snell. Very good. Minor binding traces along left edge. Gracious attempt to help an early collector of music autographs: "I will see what I can do for you with regard to the matter you mention; but you must give me time and have patience...." Adds a postscript: "I just came a... more information

The German-born actress and noted drama coach became legendary (and won a Tony Award) for her portrayal of Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1963); she also won a Tony for "The Country Girl" (1951). Bold signature and date (24 February 1980) on a specially-prepared heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. Near fine. With original envelope. Accompanied by a fine 8" X 10" glossy publicity photograph showing her in a later-life television role. ... more information

President Eisenhower's White House press secretary (1952-60). Signed and inscribed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 6 August 1970 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 6-cent "Eisenhower" stamp at upper right. Fine. At left center, Hagerty inscribes and signs large and bold in black fineline: "To: Paul Johnston / With best wishes / Jim Hagerty." Small portion of original transmittal envelope also present. Acc... more information

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. Small 8vo. Green cloth with pictorial gilt. vii, 329pp, (16pp ads). Illustrations. Very good. First edition, tight and handsome. ... more information