Titles starting with H from Bartlebys Books

Caldwell, TX:: The Club,, 1897.. Advertising circular. Printed invitation, 6 1/2 x 4 inches, printed on light card stock, issued by the Hunting, Fishing, and Mounted Gun Club of Caldwell, Texas, for its annual hunt; below the invitation are listed members of various club committees,"arrangement," "invitation," and "boat and fishing tackle," two camp managers, and "Chaperons" to include the wives of five members. Horizontal fold, rubbed, some foxing, including one dim... more information

(Hackett, AR:: H.W. Fannin,, 1894).. First edition (?). 8vo. 1 p. A handbill describing and promoting Hackett in five paragraphs, printed on the verso of Fannin's letterhead, which bears a signed receipt by Fannin on the recto. Not recorded on OCLC. Folded, but very good. ... more information

NY:: Farrar & Rinehart,, 1929.. First edition. 8vo.; 55pp. Frontis. & illustrated. No. 133 of 175 copies of the large paper edition, signed by Heyward and designer Joseph E. Sandford. Unopened pages. Gilt stamped black cloth-backed patterned boards. A very good copy in a dust jacket (three closed tears and a bit of rubbing to jacket). ... more information

NP [Steubenville, OH?]:, 1815.. Printed broadside, 15 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, including display types for the headline (1 1/2 inches tall) and "Town-Lots" (3/4 inch tall). Wright and Goodenow were both lawyers, practicing in Steubenville, Ohio, at the time this broadside was printed; they both later became judges and both served in the United States House of Representatives. Handlin was authorized to build a toll-bridge over the Big Sandy on the road leadi... more information

Columbia:: State Co,, 1907.. 8vo. 7pp. 1pp. illus. Promotional pamphlet. Very good. ... more information

St. Louis, MO:: Riedner, Menning & Co.,, 1873.. Black lettered light blue paperwraps. 8vo.; 15pp. Blank library pocket on inside of rear wrap; faint remains of a bookplate (?) neatly removed from inside front wrap. Two small chips to rear wrap, else a very good copy. (Not in Eberstadt). ... more information

NY:: Russell Sage Foundation,, 1937.. Second printing. 8vo. 370 pp. Plates. Inscribed by the author in 1941. Gilt-stamped navy cloth. Very good ... more information

NY:: McDowell, Obolensky,, (c1959).. 8vo. 305 pp. Original green cloth, silver-stamped title on spine, printed dust jacket. Very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by the author to his biographer Stuart Wright. The dust jacket is a trial issue not mentioned in Wright's bibliography; it is a quarter inch taller than the book and only the front and spine panels are printed (the rear panel and flaps remain white). ... more information

Berlin, MD:: The company,, (1925).. Narrow 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated, unused order blank. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good. Trade catalogue offering fruit trees, berry bushes, shade trees, flowers and vegetables, shrubbery, etc. Quite scarce; OCLC locates only a single copy of a 1914 trade catalogue for this company. ... more information

NY:: Simon & Schuster,, 1924.. 8vo.; 271pp. Gilt stamped blue cloth. Binding slightly cocked, light edgewear, else very good in a moderately soiled dustjacket (small spot on front panel; head of jacket spine shows some creasing and short tears). First edition. Author's second book. Wills was the co-author, with Allen Tate, of THE GOLDEN MEAN. ... more information

Havana, Cuba:: The Company,, 1851.. Printed broadside, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, with autograph letter, signed by Burnham 30 August 1851, to "Mess. Th. Warren & W.W. Woodbury" in Portland, Maine, on a blank integral leaf. Addressed on the verso of the broadside, folded for mailing; tape repair at seal break, else very good. Both the printed broadside and the letter are detailed commercial notices, but they also contain information concerning the collapsing filibustering expedition of Narcisco Lo... more information

New York City:: Boult Bros.,, [1865].. Small broadside, measuring 8 x 9 1/2 inches. Printed in various typefaces. A bit rumpled, but very good. A reconstruction era broadside. These lottery scams were very popular forms for parting people from their money. ... more information

(Havana:: Times of Cuba Press,, 1927).. 9 by 4 in. (8)pp. Beige printed wraps slightly spotty. Proposal for the establishment of a social club for "any English-speaking white man or woman, of the Foreign Colony, living in Cuba"--with a lunch room, library, dancing, dancing, games, sports, lectures: "a place for good-hearted, wholesome, satisfying entertainment." No listings in OCLC. ... more information

N.P.:: n.p,, n.d... Pale green folder, printed on stiff paper, measuring 5 1/2 x 3 in.; 3pp. of text, with illustration on fourth page. A promotional brochure for Hawks Park, Florida, produced by the Hawks Park Company. This town, 127 miles south of Jacksonville, sports a first class boarding house, now open, H.W. Dunklee, proprietor. Lots for winter cottages are being offered on terms to suit purchasers. Not in SERVIES. No listings on OCLC. Very good. ... more information

New York:: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,, (1972).. 4to. Two volumes. 356; 365 pp. White cloth boards. In red cloth slipcase. Illustrated. Contains 234 illustrations, 76 in color in volume 1 and 307, 79 in color in volume 2. Dust jackets somewhat chipped and worn along tops. Internally clean and tight. Very good in very good dust jackets. ... more information

Savannah, GA:: The society,, 1844.. First edition. 8vo. 21 pp. Covering the history of Georgia and touching on relationships with the Cherokees, including their removal from the state. Later tan cloth, marbled endpapers, gilt title on spine; foxed, ink number on title page. ... more information

Pittsburgh, (PA):: Patterson & Lambdin,, 1821.. 16mo. 119, (1) pp. Contemporary leather-backed boards (worn, front board detached). Good solid copy. Early American edition and the first printed in Pittsburgh (first edition published London 1819; first American in New York, 1820). This edition is quite scarce; NUC locates two copies, OCLC adds two more. ... more information

Philadelphia [PA]:: William Brown, Printer,, 1838.. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 22pp. Contemporary ownership signature on title page. The anonymous author's essay is "solely prompted...by a desire to impress his fellow citizens with the danger to their health as well as to the health of posterity by the present mode of interment" within the city. ... more information

(Barbados:: Advocate Co., printers, book-binders, & stationers for the) Imperial Department of Agriculture for West Indies,, 1915.. 12mo. 28 pp. Illustrated, plates, map. Original printed wrappers (rubbed, spine a little worn). Very good. New and enlarged edition, "issued by the commissioner 1916." Description includes climate, government, utilities, recreational, agricultural, and commercial opportunities. Not recorded on OCLC. ... more information

Amsterdam:: chez Thomas Lombrail,, 1707.. 12mo.; (6), 432, (16)pp. Extra engraved title page, folding table, 14 plates. Recent panelled calf, raised bands on spine, leather spine label; first two leaves with some worming, but an attractive copy. Second edition in French (following a Paris issue the same year). HOWES B410: "After John Smith, the first account of this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary record of its aboriginal tribes and of the life of its early settlers.... more information