Half Tones, First Edition (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good copy of the stated first hard cover edition, lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the red cloth binding still quite bright and fresh in appearance, with wear to gilt lettering on the spine. A lovely copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A beautiful book of poetry. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A beautiful book of poetry. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing New and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text. An early title by this poet.

red & blue full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. faint water mark along bottom of front cover near spine. tiny spot on front cover (5mm). wrinkle & ding in rear cover cloth. edges have couple of tiny spots. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. wrinkled, rubbed. soiled on the rear with stain at bottom near spine. missing thin piece along top front, spine chipped at top, not price clipped (no price listed). nice reading copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing ("A~E" code) . high quality book club edition. xxiii+455p. 60 illustrations. xxxi maps. 57 halftone plates. biblio. index. BOMC flyer laid in. ancient history. prehistory. world history. archaeology. ancient art. altamira caves. stone age. halstatt. amber. ivory. tarshish. atlantis. america. bronze age. tartessus. intra~european high roads. odysseus in danzig. punt. land of god. isles of the blessed. hyksos. byblos. solomon. zimbabwe. tyrian purple. greek legends. scythians. thule. erythrean sea. trunk road to urga. holy septumanus in lyons. empress si li shi. hvittramana land . quetzalcoatl. blond incas. blond polynesians. phoenician inscriptions in south america. kensington rune stone. mystery of the greenland vikings. wineland. the vatican knew about vinland. nestor of kiev. miklagard and varangian vikings in baghdad. prester john. the great khan. altai mountains. portugese and africa. centurione bank. cabo tormentoso. ~There is no story in the annals of man more fascinating and dramatic, more filled with wonder, than that which tells how man, driven on by curiosity, greed, accident and ingenuity, discovered the lands and seas around him. It starts ages before Columbus and, surprisingly, has never before been told to the general public~although it has long been a source of amazement and excitement to scholars. History itself is here surveyed from a fresh and entertaining point of view. The reader discovers the real reasons for the Trojan War, the importance of the Chinese silkworm, and what was perhaps the only wholesome by~product of the slave trade. What is the mystery behind the famous Kensington Stone, found by a Minnesota farmer? Why did the Portuguese believe, centuries ago, that an Earthly Paradise was hidden in the jungles of Equatorial Africa~a conviction that had enormous consequences for posterity? How were the Chinese, five hundred years ago, able to build junks that could accommodate twelve hundred persons, with first~class cabins, bathrooms and lavatories? What was the passion that led Queen Hatshepsut to send an expedition to the distant Land of Punt~and what fabulous cargo did she take away? Besides exploring these and a thousand other byways of history, Paul Herrmann has made Conquest by Man a powerful narrative of heroism, courage, and endurance, whether the hero is Marco Polo, facing the incredible dangers of unknown Asia, or the nameless wanderer who became Quetzalcoatl, the Bright God of the Aztecs. Seemingly fantastic legends are shown to be founded on even more fantastic fact~evidence of what the mind and will of man are capable of in order to blaze new trails across the globe. A monument of learning and wit, this saga of man's quest for his own world will absorb every kind of reader. In its original German edition, it held thousands spellbound, and now it has been published in France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Brazil, Finland and England. A unique and vastly entertaining book. Profusely illustrated with 32 pages of half. tones, 60 in~text pictures and drawings and 31 maps.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First edition. Signed on title by Author. Inscribed on ffep to previous owner.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 222 p. : ill.,plates, port. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subject; Saltwater fishing. Fishing Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. Attractive publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of church surrounded by trees and lawn on front cover. 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Chapters on the following churches: First Church, Boston; Old North Church, Boston; King's Chapel, Boston; Old South Church, Boston; Concord Church, Concord; Quincy Church, Quincy; Old Slip Church, Hingham; First Church, Lexington; First Church, Dedham; Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth; First Church, Dorchester, MA; Brookfield Church, Bookfirld; St. Michael's Church, Marblehead, MA; First Congrefational Church, Salem; First Church, Dover, NH; First Church, Concord, NH; Church of Christ, Hanover, NH; Church of Christ, Bennington VT; First Church, Newbury, VT. 442 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Containing nearly 400 illustrations with 32 in full color. DJ nicely placed in archival wraps with significant tears and chips taken. Interior clean. Of note two 8 x 10-inch photographic prints of two Remington half-tones laid in. Two scenes of Indian buffalo hunting. They are both wrapped in tissue guards and marked as if they were intended to be part of a book lay out. Each could be framed on their own. Nice little addition for the Remington collector.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 222 p. : ill.,plates, port. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subject; Saltwater fishing. Fishing Great Britain. 1 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp222. B/w photographs, line drawings by the author. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. 21s. Good-plus in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Publisher's review slip loosely laid in. A good, if slightly dated, introduction to UK sea angling. "Certain parts of this book originally appeared in abbreviated form as articles in Angling Times. [Also], it might perhaps be advisable to mention that I have no particular interest in any items of tackle described in this book. They have been chosen because they seemed most suitable for illustrating a certain point raised in the text, or were of a make and design that I have used for many years and found satisfactory." Chapters include:- For beginner's only; Making up the tackle; Baits; Pier and jetty fishing; Shore fishing; Rock fishing; Boat fishing; Boat-fishing techniques; Sea fish worth catching - and how to catch them; Night fishing; The fish's world; Sea-angling holidays; The sea-angler's workshop; Buying a boat; Boat maintenance; Cooking the catch. An appendix gives a list of British rod-caught record sea fish, compiled November 1957. .

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-illustrated boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 11-475 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm. Subject; Aeronautics. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. xiv, 408p., frontis-portrait of Chambliss, dedication, preface, thanks and advance press notices, on the attempt at suppression by Crocker & Huntington, photos and humorous drawings, very good first edition and printing in somewhat dust-soiled and shelfworn blue cloth with a couple small stains; find an unusual gilt & silver foil vignette on cover. A good copy. The plates are numerous and clever, if a little confused. On power and corruption in San Francisco in the 1880s-90s. Along with complaining of "parvenues," the reader will find a touch of anti-semitism (text & plate, pp228/9, parodying wealthy Jews) and seriously racist remarks (Civil War, African Americans, pernicious abolitionism, pp302/3).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Light tan cloth hardcover with title and red, blue and tan patriotic illustrated front cover. Restored. Front and rear hinges repaired with tissue. Tan cloth binding is soiled along the edges with a few spots on the rear cover.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-illustrated boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, 11-475 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm. Subject; Aeronautics. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light foxing side edge , darkened endpapers; Index.1.25kg weight ; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 342 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Henry Papale and Marcia Dente. Slim octavo. 48pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Prints the 29 winning poems from a New Jersey poetry competition; in the Acknowledgments, Poetry Coordinator Joan Stahl writes that over 500 poems were submitted.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is a good hardcover folio size first edition done in 1901in black cloth binding, red tinted edges, 350 pages. The double page maps are tabbed, so you can easily remove them for framing. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.

Publisher's black cloth with colour illustration by Kandinsky, without dustwrapper as issued. Neat ownership inscription dated 1950. Faint stain to lower cover, else fine. New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1946. 8vo. 154 pp. including plates, some in colour. Edited by Hilla Rebay. First American edition (and first edition in English), following its initial publication in 1911.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth HC with gilt stamping on spines; clean, tight and unmarked contents. No bookplate; no library stamps; no ownership name or writing. Four volume set. 660pp; 655pp; 673pp; 515pp; Index.

Hard Cover. Laura E. Foster (illustrator). First Edition. "Including Twenty-Five Society Pictures by Laura E. Foster." First and apparently the only edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "The Quill Club Wheelmen of America. Compliments of the Author. Aug. 29, 1895." Blue cloth with gold and silver gilt decorated cover. PLEASE NOTE: Some rubbing and soiling to covers, front hinge and spine strip separated from textblock. Needs minor conservation. Internally clean and very good. Scarce. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong, durable green cloth with silver lettering and decorations on the front. Gilt to all page ends. Decorated endpapers. (39) pages, each with full page photograph. Mostly of northeast Florida, but a few further south. Light shelf wear to boards. Very sound binding and clean interior. Previous owners bookplate affixed to front endpaper. A beautiful copy of a scarce title!

Hardcover. 1st editions. NEAR FINE books, no DJs. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. First trade after a limited edition. 9"x7", ea about 60pp. 9"x7", ea about 600pp. Scuffed cover extrems but no bumped tips or frayed spine ends. Tight. Books tend to stay closed when stood on their spines. Tan tinted clean top edges. Deckled fore edges with just a bit of aging. NEAR FINE set. FINE inside. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc.

First edition. Sm.4to., orig. red cloth with a flag in red and white in the corner of the upper cover, 438pp. Bookplate o/w an about fine copy.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Deluxe limited edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, signed by Carl Sandburg. (illustrator). Deluxe Limited Edition. Octavo, [four volumes], xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Brown cloth, gilt title over maroon print on spine, signature of A. Lincoln in gilt on cover. Top edge gilt, uncut edges. This set appears unread. Offsetting to front endpapers of Volume I, others in fine condition. Housed in custom brown morocco slipcase. Signed by the author, Carl Sandburg, on limitation page, this being number 418 of 525. Limitation reads: "The First Edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years is limited to 525 copies on all rag paper, numbered and signed by the author, of which 500 are for sale. This is number 418." (Howes S82) (Monaghan, 3711). An attractive example of this deluxe signed limited edition. The War Years were the best-selling volumes of Carl Sandburg's landmark series on President Abraham Lincoln. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1940 for The War Years. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, signed by the author, Carl Sandburg. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [four volumes], xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Stated "First Edition / After Printing 525 De Luxe Copies" on copyright page. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed yellow. Faint offsetting to endpapers. In the publisher's slipcase, shelf worn at edges, solid binding. (Howes S82) (Monaghan, 3711). Includes the publisher's scarce dust jackets, all with light sunning to the spines, chipping along edges, scarce in any condition. Signed by the author on the half title of Volume I. The War Years were the best-selling volumes of Carl Sandburg's landmark series on President Abraham Lincoln. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History for The War Years in 1940. Signed.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 280. Bibliography, appendix, index. Cover lilttle scuffed and faded, o/w a VG tight copy. This is an update of the author's first book, "Pyrotechnics: the History and the Art of Firework Making." It is still the best book on the History of pyrotechnics.

First Edition. Softcover, about good with slight dampstaining to rear pages, one page torn. Illustrated, 66 pp. Scarce early catalogue.