Emperor's Pearl
by Van Gulik
London: Heinemann, 1963. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Octavo, 206; pp., plus [2] postscript. With eight illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's blue textured paper over boards lettered in gilt to spine, sketch-map to endpapers, Light foxing to the endpapers, Hong King bookseller stamp on the rear free endpaper margin. Two ownership signatures on the upper margin of the front pastedown, else a near fine copy. The pictorial dust-wrapper designed by... Read More
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The Willow Pattern
by Van Gulik
London: Heinemann, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Octavo, 183, (1). With fifteen illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's purple textured paper over boards lettered in gilt to spine, decorated endpapers, Hong King bookseller stamp on the rear free endpaper margin. Two ownership signatures on the upper margin of the front pastedown, else a near fine copy. The pictorial dust-wrapper designed by the author is not price-clipped and is in fine... Read More
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Bruce Rogers: A Bibliography
by Haas, Irving
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 72, (2) pp. Rust colored cloth, printed title label. A fine copy. One of 425 copies. Index. Errata slip laid in. .
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Old Spanish Trail; Journals of Forty-Niners; To the Rockies and Oregon
by Hafen, LeRoy R., and Ann W. Hafen
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1955. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Fine. Volumes 1 to 3 of the Far West and Rockies Series. Green cloth, gilt spine titles. Fine, bright copies. Volumes 1 and 2 have been inscribed by LeRoy Hafen on the front free endpapers. Laid in is a prospectus for the Far West and Rockies Series, which was proposed to reach fifteen volumes. The prospectus is also inscribed by LeRoy Hafen. . ... Read More
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Wa-Na-Ta, Grand Chief of the Sioux
by McKenney and Hall
Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1837. First edition. Fine. Hand-colored lithograph from the first folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Image size approximately 14-1/8 by 20 inches, matted in an 18 x 24 inch mat. Trace of binding adhesive along one edge and a lower corner rough, a few light spots in the background with some offset from the text , else a fine copy with rich vibrant colors. This image... Read More
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Makarony Fables:Fables for Grown Gentlement
by Cosmo (John Hall-Stevenson)
London: Printed for Circulation Amongst Private Subscribers Only, 1897. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 258pp. Half red leather, spine in six compartments, gilt; marbled paper sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Trace of rubbing else a near fine copy. One of three hundred numbered copies; this is number 18. .
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Sermons Preached by that Eminent, Famous & Great Divine, Henry Hammond, D. D.; Published According to the Authors Own Copies
by Hammond, Henry
London: Printed for Timothy Garthwait, 1664. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (4),108;113-320pp. Title page printed in red and black. Bound to style in quarter leather; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Imprimatur on leaf [A]2v: Imprimatur, Geo: Stradling, S.T.P. Rev. in Christo Patr. Dom. Gilb. Episc. Lond. à Sac. domest. Ex Æd. Sabaud. Apr. 24. 1663. This copy without the frontispiece sometimes seen. Small piece from the corner of leaf B1 lacking (no loss) else... Read More
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Dryad Handicraft Leaflets
by Dryad Handicrafts
Leicester: Druad Handicrafts, 1920. Hardcover. Very good. Bound volume containing 34 Dryad leaflets, numbers 3 to 36 inclusive. Publisher's green cloth, gilt spine title. Ownership name on front free endpaper, and an ownership stamp in the base of the title page. A near fine copy. The leaflets cover a great number of crafts, beginning with basketmaking, re-caning, papier-maché, alabaster carving, carving, etc. Some of the lealfets have color illustrations. Scarce. .
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The Love Affairs of Some Famous Men
by (Hardy, E. J.), Will Bradley
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xx,341,(1)pp. Bound in purple T-grain cloth ands locked intricately with gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by Will Bradley. Top edge gilt. A few marginal pencil notes else a fine copy. Bambace, Will H. Bradley, A20. .
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Poems of The Past and Present
by Hardy, Thomas
London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 260pp. + ads. Publisher's green ribbed cloth, gilt titles and device on the upper board. Top edge gilt. There is a very tiny closed tear at the top of the spine and the beginnings of a split between pages 159 and 160. Very minor bumping to corners, but an unusually fine, bright copy. Ex-Doheny, with the oval leather 'Ex libris Estelle Doheny' bookplate on the front paste... Read More
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The Duke's Reappearance; The Chap-Book, Vol. VI., No. 3
by Hardy, Thomas
Chicago: The Chap-Book, 1896. First US edition. Wraps. Very good. 12mo. Original printed wraps. xx,(97)-144,xxi-xxx pp. Vol. VI., No. 3 of The Chap-Book which contains the first printed appearance in the United States of 'The Duke's Reappearance' and only its second appearance overall, having appeared the previous day in England in The Saturday Review, Christmas Supplement. The Saturday Review was published 14 December, 1896, whereas The Chap-Book was issued December 15, 1896. (See Ray, The Collected Short Stories... Read More
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The Floricultural Cabinet
by Harrison, Joseph., ed
London: Whittaker & Co, 1840. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 288pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1840, comprising Volume VIII , No. 82, through No. 94. Each issue is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for April, which has three, for a total of 14 plates. With an engraved title page added. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Neat ownership name stamp. Binding lightly rubbed... Read More
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The Floricultural Cabinet
by Harrison, Joseph., ed
London: Whittaker & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 296pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1839, comprising Volume VII , No. 71, through No. 82. Each issue but December is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for July and August, which each have two, plus there is a frontispiece, for a total of 14 plates. With an engraved title page, a typeset title and preface added. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised... Read More
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Pung Chow: The Game of a Hundred Intelligences, also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jongg, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling
by Harr, L. L., Jr.
New York: The Schilling Press, Inc, 1922. First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Red embossed cloth blocked with a dragon and title on the upper board in gilt. Illustrated with diagrams of game moves. Gilt lightly darkened, pencil ownership name, else a very good copy. The scarce first edition, much reprinted. Accompanied by Babcock, J. P., Babcock's Rules for Mah-Jongg: The Red Book of Rules, Shanghai, Mah-Jongg Company of Chins, 1923. Second edition, 7th printing. Red cloth with a... Read More
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Autograph Letter, Signed
by Harte, Bret
London: n.p., 1894. Leaf. Near fine. Single sheet folded. The address of Harte's home on Lancaster Gate is embossed in blind. Signed at the end "Bret Harte". An old vertical fold, probably for filing, with the handwritten "1894/Bret Harte/May 2" else in fine conditon. Dated May 2, 1894 and addressed to his publisher. "I have seen a paragraph ... in reference to my picture book, which I recognize as the concluding paragraph of Mr. Davies interview with... Read More
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Essays on Husbandry
by (Harte, Walter)
London: Printed for W. Frederick in Bath, 1764. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xviii,(4),213,(1),232. The five full page plates are present. Essay II has its own pagination. Bound to style in quarter leather, spine tooled in blind with red leather lettering label, gilt. A very good copy. Essay I. A general introduction; Shewing That Agricultre is the Basis and Support of all flourishing Communities;-The antient and present State of that useful Art;-Agriculture, Manufactures, Trade, and Commerce... Read More
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Over Nuts & Wine
by Harvey, James Clarence
Boston and New York: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. Hardcover. Fine. Shape book, cut in the shape of a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket. (136)pp. Printed in green and black. A fine copy in original glassine, and in the publisher's box. The box has light soil, but the book is in fine as new condition. Lovely toasts and pithy verses about drink. .
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Japanese Fairy Tales: Urashima; Japanese Fairy Tales, No. 8
by Hasegawa, T. (Publisher), / Chamberlain, B.H. (Translator)
Tokyo, 1886. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Thin 8vo. Printed wraps and illustrated throughout, in added color. Plain paper version. Silk tie binding. Light rubbing to the covers, and wear to the edges, else a very good copy. .
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Japanese Fairy Tales: Hanasaki Jiji; Japanese Fairy Tales, No. 4
by Hasegawa, T. (Publisher), / Chamberlain, B.H. (Translator)
Tokyo, 1885. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Thin 8vo. Printed wraps and illustrated throughout, in added color. Plain paper version. Silk tie binding. Light rubbing to the covers, wear to the edges, else a very good copy. .
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Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, thirty miles round the British Metropolis..
by Hassell, J.
London: J. Hassell, 1817. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two leather bound volumes with spines in 6 compartments, red labels, gilt titles. Leather rubbed in places, and the upper hinge of volume 2 has been nicely mended, else this is a very good set. As so often happens with early 19th century books the collation of these two volumes matches neither the 'directions for placing the cuts' as found at the end of each volume nor the... Read More
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Zuni: Four Seasons
by Hazelwood, Art
n.p.: Art Hazelwood, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Concertina style, 8½ by 10½ inches expanding to 8½ by 170 inches. Printed on the obverse of the pages only. Four seasons in Zuni Pueblo: Rain Dance, Monsoon, Shalako, and Winter. Each season is presented in three panels plus a panel with the title. The cover illustration, titled "Zuni", is executed in reduction color woodcut on Arches Cover wove. The main illustrations are reduction color linocuts with screenprinted titles.... Read More
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The Life of a Soldier: A Narrative and Descriptive Poem
by Heath, William
London: William Sams, 1823. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. (8), 150, (2) pp. The final (2)pp are the publisher's catalogue. Illustrated by the author with 18 full page hand-colored plates. Full crimson morocco by Andrew Grieve. Spine in six compartments intricately gilt, gilt rules on the boards, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Light offset from the plates to the facing pages else a fine, bright copy, with well detailed coloring. Errata sheet present in rear.... Read More
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Sacajawea
by Hebard, Grace Raymond
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 340pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. A fine, bright copy. Laid-in is a copy of a photograph of the author at the grave of Sacajawea. .
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Sacajawea
by Hebard, Grace Raymond
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 340pp.Red T-grain cloth, gilt spine title. A fine, bright copy. With the publisher's plain dustwrapper, also fine. Laid-in is an original 3 x 5 inch photograph of the author at the grave of Sacajawea with the in inscription along the bottom in the author's hand, signed "G. R. H." With is is a larger photograph, a copy of the original. .
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Marching Through Georgia
by Hedley, F. Y.
Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 490pp. Brown cloth blocked in black, blue and gilt. Black coated endpapers. Illustrated by F. L. Stoddard. Light wear to the spine tips and edges else a very good copy. Long inscription from the author on the first blank: To my dear old friend, Harvey V. Smith, from F. Y. Hedley. With Love, Respect, and Best Wishes for His Happiness and Prosperity. Rare... Read More
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