Search Results: Authors starting with H from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Chicago. Alexander Belford & Co. 1899, 1899. Hardcover. 21.5cm, 170p., text illustrations, colour decorated mustard cloth, a bit dust worn, else a fine copy (klds).

McPherson, Kansas. Press of Ed. Haberlein, Jr. 1917. Soft cover. 16mo. 17cm, 138p., reprint of sixth edition of 1902, frontis portrait (author), 14 photographic dog plates, illustrate wraps, ads on rear cover, light rubbing to edges, very good condition (gar). ~ An American manual in the art of training, handling and correcting of faults of the bird dog. A popular guide first published 1894.

Toronto. The Canadian Bankers' Association. 1945. Soft cover. 23cm, viii,122p., stiff printed wraps, a very good copy (eds).

Dublin. Wolfhound Press. 1999. 8vo, 23.5cm, 448pp., 16 plates of illustrations, appendices, gloassary, bibliography, index, publisher's black blue cloth,a fine copy in fine complete wrapped jacket, as new (gar).

London. Hollis and Carter. 1944, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 18.5cm, with 2 folding maps, war economy standard paper, brown cloth, some cover wear, very good (mt). - A classic account, by a regimental infantry officer, of the retreat of the British Army to Dunkirk.

Naarden, Netherlands. Anton W. Van Bekhoven. 1969. folio. 35cm, reprint on 1898 edition, 46,(1)pp., plus 46 plates (including 206 figures), index, 2p. rear publisher's ads & logo, full fine grain brown cloth, gilt spine titles, fine. (Bks). Text in German. ~ Bookmarks and book plates of Renaissance Spanish and Portuguese booksellers and book printers. 206 marks are illustrated from 1480's to early 160's with biographies of the sellers and printers. A fine reprint of the Strassburg edition of 1898.

Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney. Ure Smith. n.d. (c.1960). Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 22x 22cm., 68p., with 12 plates in colour and 24 in black and white, black cloth, pictorial endpapers, very good to fine in a very good illustrated jacket. (s3.2) "Full catalogue details of all the artist's paintings.

New York. The Macmillan Company. 1936. Hardcover. 22.5cm, xi,334p., index, illustrations, oinscription on front paste-down endpaper, original red cloth with gilt titles, a very good copy (eds).

Kobenhavn. Forlagt Af H. Aschehoug & Co. 1926, 1926. Hardcover. 22.5cm, 184p., frontispiece, illustrations, red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, slightly soiled, spine faded (title clear), edges worn, a good copy (scs).

Percy Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd. 1952, 1952. Hardcover. 25.5cm, xvii,104p., colour plates, illustrations, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, burgundy cloth with gilt titles, a very good copy (s19).

Np. Privately printed. 1935, 1935. Soft cover. 21cm, 222p., frontispiece, printed wraps, light wear along the edges, endpaper inscribed by Mona Johnston, a very good copy (cnds).

Dated January 5th, 1956, 1956. the letter is on Hahn's printed letter-head with a hand-written change to the street address (in Toronto). It is Signed "Mani". 25x 18cm, folded in thirds, fine (n12) A chatty letter, written the year before Emanuel Hahn's passing in 1957, thanking Lawrence Hyde for a book (probably "Land of the Longest Day") by mutual friend, National Film Board film-maker, Doug Wilkinson. He writes of work with the N.F.B., Norman Rockwell, his move, and his wife's work on the sculpture of King George.

Berlin. Springer-Verlag. 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 25cm, ix,400p., with 158 figures, index, green cloth, a fine copy in very good jacket (sgc).

Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 21cm, 222p., grey & beige cloth, one page thumb chipped on the corner, very good to fine in very good (one corner taped internally) complete jacket (gar). ~ A treasury of Haig Brown's essays, articles, biographical sketches and talks selected and edited by his daughter.

Ottawa. Published by the author. 1975. 24.5cm, fifth printing, 289p., numerous illustrations, bound in wine fabrikoid with gilt titles, a fine copy fine jacket. (On).

Ottawa. Published by the author. 1975. 24.5cm, fourth printing, 289p., numerous illustrations, yellow printed wraps, a very good copy. (On).

Vancouver. Douglas & McIntyre. In association with the British Columbia Wildlife Federation. 1980. Hardcover. 4to. 28cm, 143p., This is #100 of a limited edition of 1,100 copies, colour photographic frontis portrait (the Author), extensively illustrated (primarily colour plates), bibliography, in quarter quarter dark brown leather over brown linen boards, gilt decoration & facsimile signature, gilt spine titles, in linen covered slip-case, silk bookmark, in fine as new condition. (spg) ~ Angler, Haig-Brown's principles on fishes, fishing and environmentalism written just a few weeks before his death in 1976. Attractively illustrated with colour photography and fish plates. With Introduction by Andy Russell.

London. Witherby and Co. 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, First Edition, xvi,239p., with 26 plate illustrations, plus illus'd. dedication page, olive green cloth, gilt spine titles and illustrated title label on the cover, spine titles slightly faded, otherwise a very good to fine sound copy. By Haig-Brown's father with the dedication page addressed . my five year old Roddy (Roderick) in the hope that he will be a better sportsman than his father though he will never be a keener". With circular portrait illustration.

Vancouver. Colophon Books. 1980. Hardcover. sm4to. 26cm, 35p., limited numbered edition of 500 copies, this being #183, signed by Alison Haig-Brown at the end of the preface, on Gutenberg laid paper, with tipped-in title-page colour vignette illustrations signed by the artist, and with colour chapter headings showing the five different birds encouter, the Dipper, Kingfisher, Heron, Mergansers and Osprey, and with 6 full page pencil illustrations, in full grey book linen, gilt spine titles, and blind stamped Osprey illustration on the upper cover, bound by Courtland Benson, design composition and presswork by Jim Rimmer of Pi Tree Press, the first issue, in fine condition. With Colophon Books printed prospectus which includes a Rimmer pencil drawing, loosely insertd. "For the pleasures of book collectors & friends of Roderick Haig-Brown, we have published a book entitled "Alison's Fishing Birds, a child's encounter with five birds of the west coast." Colphon reservation card (4p) for this copy laid… Read More

London. Collins. 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 21cm, first London edition, 184p., map and with many plates and illustrations from drawings, green cloth, very good to fine in good jacket (Lt.). ~ "Children's book portraying the life and hunting methods of the Nootka Indians who went out in canoes to hunt whales". Toye.