HOSSEINI, KHALED

The Kite Runner

New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. 1573222453. -. 1. Soft Cover. ISBN: 1573222453. Publisher's glossy wraps.. Volume shows mild shelf-wear, spine and edge off front cover lightly creased. VERY GOOD+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, (ii), 371, (1) pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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HOSSEINI, KHALED

The Kite Runner

NY: Riverhead Books, 2003. 1573222453. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1573222453. First Edition, First Printing (Full number line). Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, silver lettering on spine and cover, burgundy endpapers. "The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseini's deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys. Narrated by Amir, a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling. The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion in an American picnic park." . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 324 pp. As New in As New dust jacket .

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Book number: 26801

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Keywords: 1573222453 Literature; Fiction; First Edition; Afghanistan; Male Friendship; Social Classes; Betrayal; Boys; First Edition; Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HOUGH, EMERSON

The Mississippi Bubble: How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauriston

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Henry Hutt. Publisher's full green cloth, silver lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with B&W illustrations by Henry Hutt. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep, front hinge starting, mild foxing, else fine. VERY GOOD . B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 452 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 23142

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Keywords: Mississippi Bubble Mississippi Company John Law Economics Literature; Finance Business History Business, Law & Government

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE

Victoria Regina: A Dramatic Biography

Hamburg, Paris, Bologna: The Albatross Verlag, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. First edition thus, first printing (the list of The Albatross Modern Continental Library at the rear lists all volumes to be published up to December 1935). Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over tan and black printed boards, gilt lettering on olive leather label on spine. Binding by Oscar Brandstetter, Leipzig. Illustrated with full-page B&W drawings and in-text illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. In English.. The volume shows only the slightest signs of light shelf-wear, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, fresh, and clean. NEAR FINE. The Albatross Modern Continental Library Series. Vol. 274. B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 470, (2), (8-adverts) pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 28999

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Keywords: Biography Historical Fiction Queen Victoria Kings and Queens of England Royalty Laurence Housman Illustrated Books Ernest H. Shepard; Historical Fiction Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HOWELL, JAMES

Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters, Domestic and Forren. Divided Into Four Books: Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions.

London: Thomas Guy, 1673. Fourth Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands,gilt lettering on black label in one compartment, blind-stamped tooling in remainder, blind stamped borders on covers, t.e.g, marbled endpapers. James Howell (c1594-1666) was a 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer who is in many ways a representative figure of his age. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol. In 1613 he gained his B.A. from Jesus College, Oxford. He was the first writer to earn his living solely from writing in the English language. He was also the first writer of an epistolary novel, a novel of letters, in English (this book, "Familiar Letters"). Howell's "Proverbs" (1659), contains probably his most famous quote; "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Most of this work was written while Howell was in Fleet Prison during the1640s, and reflects on his earlier travels from 1616 on behalf of a London glass factory. The work was originally published in three volumes over the course of five years, with a fourth volume added in a collected 1655 edition. This edition is all four volumes published as one, with continuous pagination. With an engraved, fold-out frontispiece. This is the fourth edition, the profits of which went towards funding Guy's Hospital, London. Light wear at edges, small separations at front hinge but holding well, otherwise fine; paper supple, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 510, (24) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 25252

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Keywords: Letters; Correspondence; Novels; Leather; Fine Binding; Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN

The Rise of Silas Lapham

Philadelphia: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Mimi Korach. Limited Edition (No. 234 of only 1500 copies) and is signed by the Illustrator on the Limitation Page. Bound in full fine quality buckram printed with a four-color panarama of Boston's Beacon Street, painted by Mimi Korach. Illustrated with 15 full-color full-page illustrations, 24 smaller color illustrations, and a title spread, all by Mimi Korach. Printed on white wove paper specially made by the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, Delaware. Still in original glassine wraps. Leaflet and The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (June 1961, No. 331) laid in. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, seemingly unread, tight, square, and clean. The spine of the slipcase, only, is mildly sunned, else fine. FINE.. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 414 pp. Signed by Illustrator. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 29026

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Keywords: Fiction; Literature; American Literature; Fine Binding; Collectible Books; Limited Edition William Dean Howells MIMI Korach Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HSUEH-CHIN, TSAO; KAO NGO

A Dream of Red Mansions: Volume I

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Tai Tun-Pang. Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue boards, spine separated into seven compartments, gilt lettering on red panels in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, t.e.g. (blue), green and gold endpapers, red ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with color plates by Tai Tun-Pang. Translated by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket, now wrapped in Mylar, are in excellent, unmarked condition, showing only light shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE,. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiv, 599 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19795

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction; Literature; Novels; Chinese Literature Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use

NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1923. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full flexible cloth boards, tied through three holes with ribbon tie; brown endpapers. Date on copyright page not upside down. Boards mildly worn and frayed, text block unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 228, xii, (i) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 24105

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Keywords: Roycrofter's; Literature; Elbert Hubbard; Philosophy & Social Sciences Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use

NY: The Roycrofters / Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1923. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full flexible red cloth boards, black lettering and decoration on spine, black lettering and border on cover, sepia photographic endpapers. Date on copyright page not upside down. Minor soiling on boards, some glue residue on first preliminary pages, small hole rubbed on frintispiece (not affecting the portrait), else near fine; tight, square, and clean. Price-clipped dust jacket now in Mylar. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 228, xii, (i) pp. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27098

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Keywords: Roycrofter's; Literature; Memoirs; Elbert Hubbard; Philosophy & Social Sciences Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use

NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1928. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's full flexible printed card boards, tied through three holes with ribbon tie. Printed by The Roycrofters. This is the 1928 second printing. Illustrated with several B&W photographs, including frontispiece portrait of Hubbard. Former owner's signatures on rep and rfep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 228, xii, (i) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 27106

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Keywords: Roycrofter's; Literature; Inspiration; Philosophy; Memoirs; Philosophy & Social Sciences Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Little Journey to the Home of Robert G. Ingersoll

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1930. Reprint. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over brown japanese paper boards, brown lettering on beige panel on cover. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Ingersoll and numerous drawings, borders, and head and tail-pieces in brown and orange. Backstrap is gone, but the binding is still tight and square, the volume is unmarked except for a former owner's signature, in an extremely elegant hand, on the rep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. GOOD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous People Series. Portrait and decorations. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 54 pp. Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 27927

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Keywords: Literature; Essays; Roycrofters; Robert Ingersoll; Elbert Hubbard;

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers: Bradlaugh

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1907. First Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Little Journeys, Vol. XXI, August, MCMVII, No. 2. Original Roycrofters magazine from August 1907 including several pages of Roycrofters advertising (8 pages each at front and rear) and a separate, bound-in "Little Journey" to the home of Charles Bradlaugh (29 pages, numbered 25-54). Printed paper sewn wraps. The advertising pages, printed on inferior paper, are browned and separated from the sewn binding, but all present. The 29 page "Little Journey" is fresh and clean, and tightly bound. GOOD.. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous People Series. Portrait and decorations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii-ads), 54, (8-ads) pp. Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 27928

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Essays; Roycrofters; Charles Bradlaugh; Elbert Hubbard; Arts and Crafts Movement; Novels, Poetry & Literature Travel & Adventure

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers: Richard Cobden

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1907. First Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Little Journeys, Vol. XX, April, MCMVII, No. 4. Original Roycrofters magazine from April 1907 including several pages of Roycrofters advertising (8 pages each at front and rear) and a separate, bound-in "Little Journey" to the home of Richard Cobden (27 pages, numbered 109-136). Printed paper sewn wraps. The advertising pages, printed on inferior paper, are browned and fragile. The 27 page "Little Journey" is fresh and clean, and tightly bound. VERY GOOD.. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous People Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii-ads), 27, (8-ads) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 27929

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Keywords: Literature; Essays; Roycrofters; Richard Cobden; Elbert Hubbard; Arts and Crafts Movement; Novels, Poetry & Literature Travel & Adventure

HUBBARD, ELBERT

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Friedrich Froebel

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908. First Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Little Journeys, Vol. 22, June, MCMVIII, No. 6. Original Roycrofters magazine from June 1908 including several pages of Roycrofters advertising (8 pages each at front and rear) and a separate, bound-in "Little Journey" to the home of Friedrich Froebel (19 pages, numbered 131-136). Printed paper stitched wraps. (N.B. Friedrich Froebel, Froebel (1782-1852), German educator who was founder of the kindergarten and one of the most influential educational reformers of the 19th century.) . The advertising pages, printed on inferior paper, are browned and fragile. The 19 page "Little Journey" is fresh and clean, and tightly bound. VERY GOOD.. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous People Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii-ads), 19, (8-ads) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 27930

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Keywords: Literature; Essays; Roycrofters; Friedrich Froebel; Elbert Hubbard; Arts and Crafts Movement; Novels, Poetry & Literature Education

HUDSON, W. H.

Green Mansions

New York: The Modern Library, 1944. Second Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. Publisher's full beige boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover, illustrated endpapers . Spine slightly sunned, previous owner's signature on ffep, pages 252-254 heavily annotated, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. GOOD. The Collector's Library of Famous Editions Series. Color drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 254 pp. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 23376

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Fiction; Romance New World Venezuala Love Novel Novels, Poetry & Literature Romance