Titles starting with H from Town's End Books

First Edition by Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio: 2002. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 284 pages of text including an index, glossary of names and text. "H. L. Mencken was one of the most respected - and feared - literary critics of the early twentieth century." Here the editor of his collected book reviews provides a poignant summary of Menchen's opinions of the writings of such greats as Theodore Drei... more information

First Edition by William Morrow & Co., New York: 1962. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and 1/8" chips across the upper edge of the spine area. A true account of the famous mutiny of 1789. Published in the UK under the name of "The Truth About the Mutiny on the Bounty." ... more information

First Edition by E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., New York: 1946. Near fine in illustrated cloth covered boards with illustrated end sheets. There is light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed by the author on the fly title page. Illustrated with both color and black and white drawings by Fritz Kredel. 96 pages of text, illustrations and sheet music. ... more information

First Edition by Century, London: 2005. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with illustrated end sheets. In a fine unclipped dust jacket with wrap-around art by Geoff Hunt. 402 pages of text. The first volume in the HMS Expedient series and the author's first novel. ... more information

First Edition by Playboy Press, n.p. (Chicago): 1982. Very good+ in 1/4 dark blue cloth and peach colored paper covered boards. The paper covering to the front board is quite faded. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket where the price has been lined out with a single ink line. Signed and inscribed by General Haig on the fly title page. 450 pages including an index. ... more information

First Edition by Jonathan Cape, London: 1923. Good in light blue cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. The spine is tanned as well as lightly soiled with rubbing and wear to the head and heel and the cloth is torn at the rear edge near the rear joint. Without a dust jacket. A collection of three plays including the Hairy Ape, Anna Christie and The First Man. 111 pages of text. ... more information

First Edition by Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1984. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge. In a very near fine dust jacket , spine bumped at head & 1/4" nick on face. ... more information

First Edition by St. Martin's Press, New York: 1992. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with top of spine creased and modest flecking of color. The 15th volume in the Halfhyde series. ... more information

First Edition by St. Martin's Press, New York: 1988. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with flecking of the colors at the corners and top of spine and with two small areas of the front panel which are scratched. ... more information

First Edition by Lyme Historical Society, Old Lyme, Conn.: no date (circa 1990). Fine in illustrated, heavy paper wraps over a perfect bound binding. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket. 162 pages of text including an index, illustrated reproductions of earlier photographs and works of art all highlighting the history of Hamburg Cove in Lyme, Connecticut. One of the volumes in the Lyme's Heritage Series. ... more information

First Edition by JICC, Inc., Tokyo: 1986. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" tall by 8" deep. In a near fine but price clipped dust jacket. 80 pages heavily illustrated with line drawings, black and white and many color photographs. ... more information

Fourth Impression and second impression by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: 1912. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in their original green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both are small quartos measuring 9 1/4" by 5 1/2". Part 1 has a prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page, the cloth at the ends of the spine for both volumes is rubbed and worn and both have areas of red paint to the lower edges of the text blo... more information

First Edition by Little Brown & Co., Boston: 1964. Fine in full yellow cloth covered boards with red and brown text on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped flap, small nicks at the corners of the front panel and very light spine end wear. Well illustrated by the author throughout. The author's fifth book which takes place in Mexico in the 16th century. A very clean and presentable book in a collectable bright jacket. ... more information

Reprint of 1935 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1915, 1935. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with an illustrated paper plate affixed to the front board. There is only minor rubbing to the lower edges of the boards and moderate rubbing to the head of the spine. The paste-on label has no wear loss, or rubbing. A prior owner has placed two rubber stamps on the fly title page and an attractive small book plate on the front end paper. There are no... more information

Limited First Edition of 1939 by The Derrydale Press, New York: 1939. Near fine in 1/4 off-white buckram and blue-gray cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black leather title box on the spine and with gilt text stamped on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the "original" Derrydale printings of which only 1,250 copies were produced. This copy is identified as number 609 on the copyright page. 240 pages with black and white illustrations by Churchill Ettinger. A coll... more information

First Edition by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York: 1992. Fine In a fine dust jacket. ... more information

First Edition by Coward-McCann, Inc., New York: 1943. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with red banding and text on the spine with a prior owner's label on the first free end paper. In a very good dust jacket with 1/4" chips at the base of the spine area, a 1/8" nick at the upper edge of the front panel and at the upper edge of the spine area and with several creases and a closed tear to the front panel. One of the more uncommon titles by MacKinlay Kantor. ... more information

First Edition by Atheneum, New York: 1982. Near Fine, gift inscription on FFEP, else fine. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Author's first book. ... more information

Reprint by The Folio Society, London: 1983. Fine in 1/4 dark green cloth and printed paper covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine with gild decorations. Without a dust jacket but contained within a fine paper covered slip case. 244 pages of text illustrated with drawings by Charles Keeping and with an introduction by Christopher Hibbert. ... more information

First Edition by Farrar, Straus & Gir, New York: 1987. Fine In a fine dust jacket. ... more information