King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvi, 476p. Cloth-backed boards. dj. 23cm. Bookplate. Jacket shows some wear. INSCRIBED by Haygood. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvi, 476p. Cloth-backed boards. dj. 23cm. Bookplate. Jacket shows some wear. INSCRIBED by Haygood. More
Hamden: Archon Books, (1974). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis and other illustrations,xii, 103p. Original red cloth. dj. 23cm. Inscribed on endpaper by Hegel (using a black marker and signing as "Dick"). More
New York: Random House, (c. 1960). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 116p. Original pictorial cloth backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Jacket has some soiling. SIGNED in green ink by Hellman on the front free endpaper (which also has the name of a former owner in the lower right corner). More
Columbus: 1915. 1st ed. Hardcover. 54p. Original dark red cloth . 20 cm. Covers spotted & soiled. No Jacket (probably as issued). INSCRIBED by Henderson (on May 7, 1917) on a Dedication leaf which appears intended for such inscriptions. Poetry, mostly in dialect, by this African American author. More
Madrid: EDISOL, 1951. Hardcover. 310p. 18cm. Covers dull. Spine lettering moderately chipped. Text lightly browned. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on half-title. Spanish text. His Episodios Dominicanos,; IV. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (c. 1967). 1st ed. Hardcover. 320p. Brown cloth. Worn dj (chipping and edge-tears). 21 cm. Modest stain on fore-edge. INSCRIBED by Hercules on first white page ("For Marion, a lovely friend whom Dellora [his second wife] and I deeply cherish, with much love, Frank Hercules..... More
Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (c. 1962). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (by Geraldine Spence). 230p. dj (minor edgewear). 21cm. Light foxing on page edges. Gift inscription ("from the author" on endpaper. SIGNED (by "William Herschell") on title-page in a different hand from the endpaper inscription. A children's book. OCLC..... More
New York: Knopf, 1990. 1st ed. Hardcover. dj. INSCRIBED by Hersey ("...for auld lang syne! John"). Laid in is a brief, chatty letter from Hersey (signed "John" and dated June 17, 1989). More
New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1974. 1st ed. photos, 131p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Modest cover scuffing and wear. INSCRIBED on half-title to Charles [Vernon] Hamilton ("To Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton -- Thanks a lot for your time, advice and counsel -- Chester 5-25-74"). More
New York: HarperCollins, (c. 1995). 1st ed. Hardcover. 248p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Hijuelos. A novel. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (c. 2007). 1st American ed. Hardcover. 486p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Hill ("Larry Hill March 28/08"). Third novel by this Canadian author (with some African ancestry).. First published in Canada as "The Book of Negroes." More
Absecon, New Jersey: McDaniel and Hill Press, (c. 1969). 1st ed. Paperback. 48p. Wrapper (some brownspotting; staple holes on back)). 22cm. SIGNED by Hill. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. 1st edition [preceded UK edition by a year]. Hardcover. frontis, color photos, index, ix, 254p. Original grey cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket has some edge-wear, including a closed short tears and some creasing. SIGNED on title-page by Hillary. Invitation (some spotting) laid in for the..... More
London: John Bale Sons & Danielsson, 1920. Paperback. text illustrations, 29p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Moderately browned. A couple of small chips. Recent label mounted on front identifying this as coming from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. SIGNED on cover ("With kind regards") by Hilton-Simpson. Reprinted from the Proceedings..... More
North Sydney: Odama Editions, (c. 1978). 1st trade ed. Hardcover. illustrations (mostly black & white), 156p. Original cloth. dj. 29 cm. SIGNED by Hinder on title page ("Frank Hinderer 18/8/78"). More
Cluj: Editura Dacia, 1970. Paperback. 252p. Original wrapper. 21cm. INSCRIBED by co-editor Hitchins to Harvard professor Robert Lee Wolff. More
Boston: Arakelyan Press, n.d. (Preface dated 1907). Hardcover. frontis, 216p. Original cloth. 19cm. Spine sloped. Minor cover spotting. Foxing on frontis and title-page. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Hiwale ("India for Christ"). Written as a graduation thesis at Bangor Theological Seminary. More
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1960. Paperback. frontis, photos, 96p. Wrapper. 22cm. Author's card mounted on half-title with a holograph inscription ("autor's courtesy"). French text. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., (c. 1935). Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard Holberg. dj. 23cm. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. No Jacket. More
Rydalmere, New South Wales: Hodder Headline Australia Pty Limited, (1995). 1st ed. Paperback. color illustrations, vii, [1], 9-167p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. INSCRIBED neatly by Holden on title-page ("To ray smith, a great advocate of Australian Art. from the author Robert V. Holden"). Ray, 1942-2021, was our friend..... More
Sydney: 1985. Robert Holden. Paperback. illustrations, (18)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. INSCRIBED by Holden. More
London: Alston Rivers, n.d. (1906). Hardcover. frontis, maps, photos, index, ix, 356p. Green cloth. 23cm. Lacks the colored folding map of Tibet at end of volume. Hinge-paper cracked. Front joint partially split (and now reglued). Minor fraying at ends of backstrip. No Jacket. Author's(?) gift inscription ("Douglas Carruthers from THH..... More
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, (c. 1995). Hardcover. illustrations, index, xii, 380p. Original turquoise cloth. dj. 26 cm. INSCRIBED by Hollander to friends on title-page. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (c. 1986). 1st paper ed. Paperback. 101p. 23cm. Minor edge wear. INSCRIBED (by "Tom"). From the library of Thomas and Liliane Greene. More