Titles starting with H from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Paris:: Au Pont des Arts,, 1955.. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, about 12.75 inches (32.5 cm) wide, in green cloth lettered in white. Unpaginated but about 110 pages of reproductions of drawings, or more accurately, multiple spontaneous sketches on each page. There is also a paperbound oblong folio with the introductory material and publication information. Limited edition, #202 of an undisclosed number of copies. The paperbound introductory material is clean inside but the covers have some i... more information

No place:: The Alpha Phi International Fraternity,, 1943.. First Edition. Hardback. Hardback octavo in red cloth. 334 pages illustrated by photographs. A well produced book telling the early history of the sorority. A clean, sound copy with a bookplate on the front pastedown and an owner name on the front free endpaper. Covers are lightly edgeworn. ... more information

Ramsey NJ:: Penn Publications,, 1956.. No Edition Indicated. Softcover. Although a different publisher, this is an early Hal Carstens modeling item. It consists of heavy card stock cut-out models of a signal tower, old brick station, freight terminal, water tower, section house, flagstop, gas station, 2 houses, frame building, hotel, 8 stores and 3 other buildings. The entire book is in unused condition but for one piece of the first model which is cleanly and appropriately detached. A bit of corner and... more information

No place (Denver):: National Association of the 10th Mountain Div.,, 2007.. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in stiff white wraps, spiral binding. 369 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, some color art. Not a formal unit history, but this book has extensive photographs of training at Camp Hale and several other places, and also photographs of the unit in action in Italy. Uncommon. There is reference to the book being produced for the "last" national reunion of m... more information

New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,, 1900.. Early printing. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, 'Sixth Thousand' on title page. Edge and extremity wear; paste down color illustration on cover clean and attractive with a very minor chip at top edge. Spine slightly darkened. Gift inscription front endpaper. A couple of pages have light soiling but interior otherwise clean and bright. Glossy b&w frontis. ... more information

London:: Longmans, Green & Co. ,, 1867.. Second revised. Hardcover. Hardback 16mo in full brown morocco, gilt stamped device on cover (V.R.), otherwise stamped decoratively in blind. All edges gilt, marbled end papers. Five raised spine bands with gilt title and simple blind stamp in each compartment. A presentation copy awarded to a student at Cheltenham in the year of publication. A nice, clean, soundly bound copy with light edge wear and a few small surface abrasions to back cover. ... more information

New York:: McGraw Hill,, 1983.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Squarish folio, about 13.25 inches tall, in beige cloth stamped in black. Unpaginated, but 119 full page plates plus a few pages of introductory text. SIGNED BY YVONNE HALSMAN with an impersonal inscription dated 1984. A beautifully produced monograph collecting some of the photographer's most iconic portraits. The book is clean, bright and sound, without wear. Jacket is price clipped (secondary price still present) but otherwise crisp and br... more information

Bowie MD:: Heritage Books, Inc.,, 1991.. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in light blue wraps decorated in dark blue. 433 pages. Clean, bright, sound and unworn. ... more information

Cincinnati:: Hamilty County Chapter / Ohio Genealogical Soc.,, 1984.. No Edition Indicated. Softcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in white wraps lettered in red. 254 pages. Although this set runs to at least 14 volumes, each volume is self contained either geographically, or, as in this case, limited to a single cemetery. Clean, bright and sound inside, but with light edge wear. ... more information

[Denver]:: Nolie Mumey,, 1949.. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. Thick guidebook, string bound, in green wraps. Facsimile of the 1859 guide to Colorado, the fourth in a series published by Nolie Mumey. Flawless copy in a lightly rubbed faux wood grain box with a a paper spine label. ... more information

New York:: Mystery League Publishing,, 1930.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Octavo, about 7.75 inches tall, in black cloth lettered in green. 319 pages. Mild toning to the text; a light abrasion on the front endpaper, probably from an erasure or removal of a tag. Inside is otherwise clean and sound. The covers show minor extremity wear. The jacket is complete but for shallow chips at head of spine and a piece a bit more than a square inch missing from the foot of spine. Spine is somewhat darkened. ... more information

New York:: D. Van Nostrand,, 1861.. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, about 7.5 inches tall, in red cloth decorated in gilt and blind, a gilt vignette on the cover depicting a Zuave in front of a tent and stacked rifles and drums. 252 pages with a few drawings. Library labels of the Colorado Commandery on the cover, and their bookplate covering that of the donor, Col. A.W. Corliss on the front endpaper. Corliss remained in the Army from the Civil War through the Spanish American War including serving as t... more information

New York:: Dover,, 1969.. First Edition thus. Softcover quarto, about 11 inches tall.. A reprint of portfolios first published in 1878 and 1880, this edition with a new introduction and captions along with a new index. Design motifs from Renaissance books including woodcuts and captials. Gray wraps illustrated in black and olive. 231 pages. Light edge wear with a bump to head of spine and a crease to lower back cover corner. ... more information

Dobbs Ferry NY:: Sheridan House,, 1988.. Second Printing 1995. Hardcover. Small quarto in blue cloth. 468 pages illustrated by drawings. Includes sections on buying and building boats; systems discussion; the voyage; and time in port. The book and jacket are bright, clean and sound except for a touch of wear at the jacket spine ends. ... more information

Philadelphia:: P. Blakiston,, 1896.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex university library with spine number; pocket and due date sheet at rear, and the institution's bookplate on front pastedown. 112 pages plus 37 photographic plates on rectos with extensive captioning opposite; fold out color map of Cape Province, South Africa. Author was the Medical Superintendent of the Robben Island Infirmary. The book acknowledges that it is a... more information

Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution,, 1986.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in gray cloth decorated in red. 852 pages. Part of a lengthy, well produced series on the Indians of the United States and Canada. Nice copy with light extremity wear, but clean, bright and sound inside. ... more information

Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution,, 1990.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in gray cloth decorated in red. 777 pages. Part of a lengthy, well produced series on the Indians of the United States and Canada. Nice copy with a hint of extremity wear but bright and sound inside. Previous owner name on front pastedown, that of Hollis Williford, notable artist and sculptor of the American West. ... more information

Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution,, 1984.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in gray cloth decorated in red. 777 pages. Part of a lengthy, well produced series on the Indians of the United States and Canada. Nice copy with a hint of extremity wear but bright and sound inside. Previous owner name on front pastedown, that of Hollis Williford, notable artist and sculptor of the American West. ... more information

Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution,, 1979.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in gray cloth decorated in red. 777 pages. Part of a lengthy, well produced series on the Indians of the United States and Canada. Nice copy with a hint of extremity wear and a spot of soiling on the front cover, but bright and sound inside. About 18 leaves near the center show evidence of the impact of something dropped on the top of the textblock. Nothing but cosmetic damage. Previous owner embos... more information

Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution,, 1983.. 1st edition. Hardcover. Quarto in gray cloth with red band. 866 pages. Part of a very well produced series. Nice copy, but very lightly ex library with stamp at top of textblock, stamp on copyright page, and tags on rear endpaper. No spine marks but for the lightest shadow where a tag may have been taped. The book is otherwise clean, bright and sound inside, but there is very light extremity wear to the covers. ... more information