Search Results: Authors starting with H from Hessay Books

Oxford, 1961. Corrected reprint of the first edition. 246 pp and chronological table. Blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to edges of spine. B + w illustrations. Original owner's name to flyleaf, a little biro underlining, otherwse a good 'working copy'. The history, social conditions and religion of Israel, and introduction and notes to selected passages, from Kings to Jeremiah.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Macmillan, 2002. 319pp, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. Crime with humour - journalist Jack Tagger and the death of a rock star.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Leicester University Press , 1971. 110pp, including Notes. Brown cloth covered boards. A very clean copy. Pre-industrial population change, the demographic revolution, the decline in fertility, and western population patterns and the undeveloped areas.. First Edition. Fine/No Jacket.

Gall and Inglis Circa 1900. B + w illustrations. Blue cloth covered boards with several light marks and a little wear to edge of spine, one mark to the foredge, otherwise internally clean.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wallis Mackay.

Gall and Inglis Circa 1890. B + w illustrations. Illustrated red cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to ends of spine. Owner's name and date 1897 to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wallis Mackay.

Reprint Society, 1946. 503pp, black cloth covered boards with leather label. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, a little wear to gutter, otherwise internally clean. The story of King Henry VIII.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Reprint Society, 1946. Reprint of the 1929 edition. 503pp, black cloth covered boards, a little marked. B + w illustrations. A little wear to inner front hinge, otherwise internally clean. Henry VIII and his 6 wives.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Faber, 1947. 4th impression of 1st edition. 254pp, brown cloth covered boards. Initials on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Chatto & Windus, 1955. 176pp, including Index. Complete dustjacket, sun darkened to the spine, in a removeable plastic sleeve. Internally very clean. A pioneering book on the poetry of George Crabbe, the poet who wrote Peter Grimes, his narrative methods. the experience which underlies his verse and his skill as a psychologist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Nelson, 1111. A reprint, probably circa 1950 of the 1910 first edition. 288pp, brown cloth covered boards, a little worn to the base of the spine, with gilt title. 24 colour illustrations by Byam Shaw. Gift inscription dated 1953 to the flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. The plots, history and music of operas from Mozart's Don Giovanni to Strauss's Electra.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Byam Shaw.

Hutchinson, 1963. 320pp, green cloth covered boards with red label, faded to the spine. The illustrated dustjacket is priceclipped and and now lacks the spine. Gift inscription to the endpaper, otherwise internally clean. Illustrations by John Nash, Rex Whistler and Faith Jacques, includes articles on Amy Robsart, taxidermy, pantomime dames, the Cheapside Hoard, Peter Quennel on Hogarth's Marriage A La Mode, Bill Brandt on Cezanne, the Picturesque, vintage cars, articles by Kenneth Tynan, Olive Cook, Nancy Spain on Little Mo, Jonathan Mayne on The Great McGonagall, short stories, the year's literature etc. The year of publication was Coronation Year.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Faith Jacques and John Nash and Rex Whistler.

Penguin Pelican, 1969. 286pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers a little rubbed to edges. Previous owner's name to title page, otherwise internally clean and tight. The development of the child through adolescence and avoidance of conflict between discipline and freedom.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Hulton Press, 1954. A heavy book of 256pp. Decorated blue paper covered boards, a little worn to the edges, with cream spine with gilt title. Full page colour and b + w illustrations. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Poetry, songs with music and short prose extracts to please and console.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Geo Books, 1984. 218pp, illustrated soft covers, faded to the spine. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. 8 essays by different contibutors on the processes of erosion, transport and deposition of either weathered rock or soil.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Teheran, 1983. The Divan of Hafiz, edited by Nazir Ahmad and S M Reza Jalali Na'ini. Text entirely in Persian. A very large, heavy book in yellow cloth covered boards. Internally very clean. Said on a card found in the book to be based on a manuscript of AD 1421, containing 435 ghazals. A rare book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Methuen, 1961. 80 pp, cloth boards, dustjacket. Flyleaf removed. Library stamps of York Technical College on title page and foredge, otherwise clean. One of the Methuen's Outlines series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by H G Haggar. Ex-Library.

Penguin, 1964. 205pp, the edges browning a little with age. Illustrated green softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. Thriller - who leaked secret information to a foreign power?. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Collins, 1968. Introduction by Roger Lancelyn Green. 256pp, marroon cloth covered boards. Dustjacket with a little loss to the top of the spine. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Classic adventure - Allan Quatermain searches for the lost diamond mines in Africa.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Will Nickless.

Penguin, 1964. 205pp, the edges browning a little with age. Illustrated green softback covers. A clean, tight copy. Thriller - who leaked secret information to a foreign power?. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

University of Minnesota Press, 1952. 212pp. Dustjacket with a little wear to the ends of the spine, now in a removeable protective plastic jacket. Internally very clean. An analysis and exposition of Dr Johnson's criticism, leading to an understanding of his basic philosophy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.