Henley Editors (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Light edge wear to DJ.

As new and bright in like glossy dustjacket with clean bright text. A wide array of talent collected for this anthology dedicated towards Walden Pond and Thoreau. Albert Brooks the actor says "A must read for anyone who is outraged . over the deliberate plundering of our natural resources." Contributors' photographs. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 151 Pp. Red Cloth, Hardcover. Near Fine, Slight Wear At Corners, No Names Or Marks.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, 6th Printing. BRAND NEW Copy. Map to endpapers. Frontispiece: Henry David Thoreau. Anthology of 65 essays written as contributions to the Walden Woods Project, a national non-profit organization founded by recording artist Don Henley, 1990. Thoreau wrote, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately .", that when he comes to die, he would not "discover that I had not lived." Inspiration to countless, it has come to pass that surround lands to Walden Pond, to where Thoreau withdrew for solitude, is near half privately owned and open to development. Royalties and portions of books sales go to supporting preservation; a formidable list of authors/supporters of political or artistic promimence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover; Volume 4 only; fading and shelf wear to exterior; mark on front where label was removed; bookstore stamping on front endpaper; fading to pa ges; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket.

Hard cover. First edition. 151 p. Includes illustrations. Very good. Light shelfwear, near fine, No ownership marks.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Revised edition. Vol. 1. (slang, dictionaries) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 10, No. 1, Spring 1986. 116 pp. Volume 10, No. 1, Spring 1986 only! Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition. No names or markings. Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Standard Book Size; 206 pages.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Revised edition. Volume 1. (reference, dictionary, slang) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

First edition, first printing (with publisher's requisite statement for latter upon copyright page). 380, [4] pages. Paperback: H 23cm x L 15.75cm. Blue paper covers in a white plastic comb-style binder; slight wear at covers' edges; front cover lightly rubbed but strong rubbing to rear cover. A few small stains to text block edges. Bottom fore-edge corner of pages 121-122 creased from past fold-in; a few scattered spots of minor soiling to interior leaves which overall remain quite clean. Binding is firm with plastic teeth all intact. A very good copy. This cookbook had several printings but first printing copies are uncommon. One page Introduction by Beth Henley, winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Three page essay titled A NOTE ABOUT NEW STAGE by Eudora Welty, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Literature as well as many other literary awards and honors. Features sections on beverages, appetizers, salads, soups, breads, vegetables, eggs, cheese, seafood, poultry, meats, pasta, Mexican dishes, desserts, and accompaniments as well as a buying guide and bar stocking advice for a party of fifty guests. Welty served as a board member for the New Stage Theatre for many years and a comic opera based on her novel THE PONDER HEART premiered at the Jackson, Mississippi playhouse in 1982. Welty's lighthearted essay reviews the history and personal reminiscences of the New Stage Theatre and its predecessor known as the Little Theatre. Bibliographer Noel Polk lists Welty's contribution as among her significant short non-fiction works - cited as #C74 in Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK. {Gastronomy-Shelf#2}.…

8vo, 377pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent. 1st Edition. A Lovely Tight Book Signed By Don Henley On Dedication Page. Previous Owner's Name At Top Of Half Title Page. A Few Pages Have A Little Underlining, Mainly In The Preface, But Not Limited To. Cream Hard Cover Boards With Cream Linen Spine Bind. Gilt Title On Spine. Dj Is Complete Not Price Clipped. The Names Of Contributors To The Book. Yellow Border Around Main Title. Price Sticker On Rear. Very Little Shelf Wear. By Author.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 82pp, illustartd, green card covers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

A very well illustrated Sacramento history. Near fine, no dust jacket. Numerous historical photos and drawings. Library of Congress #76-82046 4to.,29x22.7 cm. 230 pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt architectural design on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, Volume 10 only; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; r eference number taped to spine; fading, scuffing, and edge wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Paged as [2], 1-264, [4], 265-532. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 15.25cm. Contemporary patterned paper boards with leather spine margins and leather corners; front board shaken with rear board only tenuously attached; slender wear along board edges; spine's surface leather missing (save for abraded 8cm portion now laid-in) with underlying paper back-strip exposed lengthwise; book now presented in a trimmed Dura-Lar mylar sheet forming a dj which aids in securing the boards and modestly enhances compromised shelf presence. Text block is firm. Foxing throughout with some toning. Paper label "John B. Leefe" affixed to front pastedown (which may well be New Orleans slave trader John Bentham Leefe, 1805-1876); old colored wax pencil note on front free endpaper; unpaged title leaf has volume# abraded but Charleston imprint of 1842 which, of course, does not correspond to the two 1844 issues bound within. Number IX does not have a "Contents" leaf although one is present for Number X. ***** NUMBER IX, JANUARY 1844. Comprised of articles, excerpts, essays, commentary, etc. from/on various authors' works: Article I "French Revolution" ("Histoire de la Revolution Francaise" by F.A. Mignet; "History of the French Revolution" by M.A. Thiers and translated by Fred Shoberl; "History of Europe" by Archibald Alison) as pages 1-103; Article II "Mathews' Poems on Man . . ." by Cornelius Mathews as pages 103-118; Article III "Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Pub. Doc. No. 2, pp. 370-528. Dec 7th, 1842." as pages 118-156; Article IV "Relations of the Ancient World" as pages 156-187; Article V "The Dream of a Day, and other Poems" by James G. Percival as pages 187-222; Article VI regarding Socrates ("'Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates, with English Notes.' By Alpheus S. Packard;" "'The Clouds of Aristophanes, with Notes.' By C.C. Felton;" "'The Gorgias of Plato, with Notes.' By Theodore D. Woolsey.") as pages 223-257; and concluded with Article VII "Critical Notices" as pages 257-264. ***** NUMBER X, APRIL 1844. Comprised of articles, excerpts, essays, commentary, etc. from/on various authors' works: Article I "'Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man . . .' By T. Churchill." as pages 265-311; Article II "The Reformed Israelites . . ." as pages 312-360; Article III "American Oratory" ('Speeches of John C. Calhoun' and 'The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay') as pages 361-391; Article IV "History of Florida" as pages 391-419; Article V "Milton's Genius - Imitation and Use of the Moderns" as pages 420-458; Article VI "Life and Character of M. de Malesherbes, First Councillor of Louis XVI" as pages 458-469; Article VII "Puseyism no Popery etc." as pages 469-497; Article VIII "'The Mysteries of Paris, A Novel.' By Eugene Sue. Translated from the French by Charles H. Toune, Esq." as pages 497-516; Article IX "Critical Notices" as pages 517-532.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. lower fore corner bumped, otherwise clean and sound, no creasing to wrappers, mild usage, octavo paperback, 545 pages.

Black and white photographic plates, x + 195pp, appendix, index, inscribed to Professor Anthony Reid by the author, very good hardback copy. "This title covers topics that range from the inscriptions of ninth-century Java to the first global financial crisis in 1930, and from Islamic laws against the charging of interest to the role of Chinese temples and Dutch church charities as credit providers. Attention is paid to parallels and contrasts with more recent developments, including the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and Indonesia's rise to fame as a pioneer of the current global microfinance revolution." (Publisher's description).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. A nice, bright copy. ; 6.22 X 1.09 X 9.08 inches; 323 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4 Volumes in green embossed cloth with gilt titles and image of Burns. Some wear to spines and a few marks to covers, but a very nice complete set. Heavy set will require additional postage depending on destination, please contact me direct for more information and accurate shipping costs.…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 4th printing of First edition. Longmeadow Press, Stamford CT, 1991, 292+ pages. 4th Printing in Near Fine/Very Good+ condition. Boards evidence a bit of edge soiling but otherwise are tight & square. The dj has a bit of shelfwear, a tear to front top flap, and bottom rear flap, but is unclipped (please review photos). Editors Don Henley & Dave Marsh have Signed and warmly inscribed on dedication page to Kashmir, and dated in year of publication. A collection of essays of support for Walden Woods and environmental issues by a notable whose who of writers, musicians, politicians, actors, sports figures, etc. The Walden Woods Project was founded by Don Henley. The organization has been very successful in their environmental efforts to preserve Thoreau's Walden Woods.All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Cream and tan boards with gold lettering.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by Henley on the dedication page. Later printing. The book is clean and bright with no signs of wear or aging. Minor sunning along the spine. Overall a bright and attractive copy. 292 pp. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Heaven is Under Our Feet. Signed by editor Don Henley (w/ Dave Marsh). [1991] third printing; Longmeadow Press; near fine jacketed hardcover. Inscribed on dedication page by Eagle's founder and frontman Don Henley. A collection of essays by musicians, writers, and other celebrities about nature. Beige and ivory binding with crisp gold text on spine; tight/square and unmarked other than inscription; sharp corners and clean boards. Perhaps a touch of edgewear. Dust jacket is generally glossy and tidy, with very light sunning to the spine and some light general handling wear. Very good or better. A very cool item for the book collector and/or classic rock fan. Inscribed by Author(s).…

New and cheaper Issue. Pp.16/396/40(ads), endpapers toned. Blue cloth, gilt armorial roundel to front,gilt title to spine, top and tail of spine rubbed. G+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Not Issued. 1st Edition. Complete in four (4) volumes, uniformly bound in dark rust cloth with paper title labels mounted on upper spine panels, deckled text block edges (excepting IV). 1st ed., issued 1896 (I, II), 1897 (III, IV). Set shows darkened top edges and some darkening to top text block edges, likely smoke damage; the spine panels and labels are also somewhat darkened (but a replacement label, original to issue, is tipped in at the rear of each volume). Vol. I shows mild staining to a few early leaves along binding gutter. Technically Good thus, but with firm bindings, otherwise clean interiors, Near Fine excepting the cosmetic issue. xviii,464 + xxii,475 + xxii,519 + xv,348 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Second edition hard back binding recently rebound in quarter tawny brown leather, the spine divided into seven panels, dark green lettered label to the second, decorated with gilt fillets, marble paper sides, untrimmed page edges, new end sheets. Folio. 16½'' x 10½''. Contains red and black printed title, blank, (xxviii), 331 pp. 22 vignettes engraved in intaglio and 5 vignettes engraved on wood in the text. Second edition of John Henley's English translation of the Diarium italicum by the famous French Benedictine Bernard de Montfaucon, published in Latin in 1702. This edition is augmented by corrections communicated to Henley by Montfaucon himself. The introductory material includes extracts from the correspondence between Montfaucon and Henley regarding this work. The Diarium italicum was never translated into French. This is the account of his archaeological journey through Italy, with erudite descriptions of the curiosities he was able to observe. Pages 296-293 mis-placed after page 292. Dusty closed page edges, the text block without any foxing or age toning to the paper. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ITALY (History & Culture).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fifth printing. Signed by singer Don Henley on the dedication page, warmly inscribed to the recipient with date 12-'91. [vi], 292, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's cream paper-covered boards over white flecked spine cloth lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers. Near Fine with small stains to front free endpaper and fore edge of textblock, printers crease to lower corner of four leaves. In a Near Fine dust jacket, a little sunned. The Eagles dummer and vocalist Don Henley founded the Walden Woods Project in 1990. The nonprofit aimed to buy up land in the Walden Woods to prevent it from being developed, and this collection of essays was published to raise funds to purchase Bear Garden Hill. Cesar Chavez, Louise Erdrich, Carrie Fisher, Gregory Peck, and Sting are just a handful of names from the star-studded list of over sixty celebrities sharing personal stories and essays testifying to the importance of nature and environmental preservation. The Walden Woods Project is still actively involved in the preservation of Concord woodlands today. Signed. …