Search Results: Authors starting with H from D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA

The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings - The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society 1950 - 2000 by John L. H. Bate (RailRomances, 1st edition (2001)).
A detailed account, well illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 264pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 11 x 9 inches approx. (280mm x 225mm).
Light sunning to dustwrapper at foot of spine, front panel, and bottom edges.
Nonetheless, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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The Taxonomy and Identification of Pipits (genus Anthus) by B. P. Hall (The British Museum, 1st edition 1961). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) - Zoology Volume 7, Number 5. Card covers. pp [2], 245-289, plus b/w plates. Size: 9.75 x 7.25 inches approx. (246mm x 183mm). Some wear and fading to covers; spine creased and slightly cocked/twisted, some wear to head and tail; previous owner's rubber stamp to front cover. A little corner curling to pages. Overall, showing some wear from use but otherwise a reasonably nice copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Military Aviation in Malta G.C. 1915-1993 by John F. Hamlin (GMS Enterprises, 1st edition 1994. A detailed study, well illustrated throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. 254pp including b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 inches approx. (252mm x 177mm). Dustwrapper slightly sunned/faded especially to spine; some light wear and creasing to top edge. Pages with occasional handling mark or crease but otherwise clean. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Boot and Show Industry by J. S. Harding (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1st edition [1918] (ref. British Library))A volume in Pitman's "Common Commodities and Industries" series. Hardback – publisher's cloth with titling in black to spine and front board. pp. frontispiece, vi, 130, 16 (publisher's catalogue) including b/w illustrations. 7.25 x 5 inches approx. (185mm x 125mm). Offsetting to endpapers and title page; occasional foxing or grubby mark to pages; spotting to page edges. Overall, light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Swaledale - Portrait of a North Yorkshire Mining Community by John Hardy (Frank Peters, 1st edition 1998). Well illustrated study. Hardback - pictorial boards. pp [4], 139, including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 12 x 8.5 inches approx. (303mm x 217mm).A nice, clean copy.*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Winter Words - In Various Moods and Metres by Thomas Hardy (Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1st pocket edition 1930).
A work originally published in 1928, this copy being the first publication in the 'Pocket Edition' series.
Hardback. Publisher's red cloth with title and decoration in gilt to spine, blind rules and monogram to front board; gilt to top edge of page-block. pp xi, 202, [1] colophon. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 111mm).
Cloth lightly rubbed to extremities; a touch grubby and marked in places. Offsetting and foxed to endpapers, a previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper; pages a touch dusty in places but generally clean throughout.
Overall, light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy - attractive.
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Hindle Wakes by Harold Brighouse (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, 1st edition [1927]), based on the play by Stanley Houghton. The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork. A novelisation written for The Readers Library by Harold Brighouse (Hobson's Choice) and based on the Stanley Houghton play (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1912) of two lovers in the fictional Lancashire town of Hindle. Hardback in dustwrapper. 252pp. Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches approx. (169mm x 106mm). Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper with minor loss to corner tips; a few short edge tears and creasing to bottom edge of rear panel; nibble to bottom edge of front panel; light moisture marking to verso from boards. Boards a little marked and faded to lower corners from moisture; gilt to spine a little dulled. Pages age-toned throughout but generally very clean. Overall, showing some light wear but… Read More

Hebble by Keith Healey and Nicholas Harris (Venture Publications, 1st edition 2004) Number Four in the Super Prestige Collection of Transport History Albums. Well illustrated throughout. Card covers. 96pp including b/w and colour illustrations. 9.5 x 6.5 inches approx. (238mm x 170mm). Slight crease to upper corner of front cover and first few pages but otherwise a nice, clean copy in near new condition. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Morocco That Was by Walter Harris (Eland, [reprint] 2002). Card covers. 245pp. 8.5 x 5.5 inches approx. (216mm x 138mm). A little sunned/faded to spine but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Saul Leiter - Early Color introduction by Martin Harrison (Steidl, fifth edition 2014). A collection of superb photographs by Saul Leiter (1923-2013). Originally published by Steidl in 2006 with several subsequent editions and all now being long out-of-print, this copy a 2014 fifth edition. Hardback. Red coth with title in black to spine, in a dustwrapper. [176]pp including colour illustrations. Size: 8.25 x 8 inches approx. (209mm x 205mm). A small chip to top edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Overall, a lovely, clean copy - appears unread. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of European Birds with North Africa and the Middle East by Colin Harrison (Collins, 1st edition 1975). Excellent study, well illustrated throughout.Hardback in price-clipped (and with over-printed price) dustwrapper. 432pp including b/w and colour illustrations. 7.75 x 5.25 inches approx. (199mm x 130mm). Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper; sunned and tanned to spine; a touch dusty in places. Cloth clean and bright; lightly knocked to lower corner of boards. Offsetting and spotting to endpapers; pages clean; light tanning to edges of page-block. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Nelson Mandela – A Life in Cartoons edited by Harry Dugmore, Stephen Francis and Rico Schacherl (David Philip Publishers, 1st edition 1999). A collection of cartoons depicting Nelson Mandela. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS. Hardback in dustwrapper, with slipcase. 191pp including b/w illustrations. 11.5 x 11 inches approx. (296mm x 280mm). A nice, clean copy - uncommon with slipcase. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Water in England by Dorothy Hartley (Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, [second edition] 1978). An interesting study. Hardback in dustwrapper. 399pp including b/w line drawings plus b/w plates. 9.5 x 6.5 inches approx. (241mm x 162mm). Dustwrapper lightly sunned/faded however not as badly as this book is apt to. Page edges spotted/foxed; age toning to margins. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The English Gypsy Caravan - Its Origins, Builders, Technology and Conservation by C. H. Ward-Jackson and Denis E. Harvey (David & Charles, reprint 1973). The standard work on the gypsy caravan. Hardback in dustwrapper. 215pp including b/w illustrations plus colour frontispiece. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 142mm). Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper, a little marked and creased in places; sunned/faded to spine; some foxing/spotting to edges, mainly visible to verso. Light wear to covers; spine ends a lightly knocked; bumped to fore-edge of rear board. Light offsetting and spotting to endpapers, a name in ink to front free endpaper; spotting and dustiness to edges of page-block but generally pages clean throughout. Overall, showing some wear but otherwise remaining a reasonably nice, clean copy in a complete and untorn dustwrapper.*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed… Read More

The English Gypsy Caravan : Its Origins, Builders, Technology and Conservation by C. H. Ward-Jackson and Denis E. Harvey (David & Charles, third impression 1978). The standard work on the gypsy caravan. Hardback in dustwrapper. 215pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 143mm). Some age-toning/offsetting to endpapers. Overall, a nice, clean and fresh copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

The English Gypsy Caravan – Its Origins, Builders, Technology and Conservation by C. H. Ward-Jackson and Denis E. Harvey (David & Charles, 2nd impression 1989 (of 1986 revised 2nd edition)). The standard work revised and updated for the 1986 second edition – well illustrated and with the addition of colour plates. Hardback in dustwrapper. 221pp including b/w illustrations plus colour plates. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 144mm). A touch sunned/faded to dustwrapper spine. Pages tanned/browned to margins (several titles were published by David & Charles in the mid to late 1980s using poor paper stock, all are liable to show significant age tanning). Nonetheless, a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The English Gypsy Caravan - Its Origins, Builders, Technology and Conservation by C. H. Ward-Jackson and Denis E. Harvey (David & Charles, reprint 1973). The standard work on the gypsy caravan. Hardback in dustwrapper. 215pp including b/w illustrations plus colour frontispiece. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 142mm). Dustwrapper showing light wear; a little tanned and marked; some age tanning and spotting to reverse side. Light wear to covers; edges of page-block tanned and spotted with some slight encroachment onto page margins; occasional foxing or dustiness but pages generally clean. Overall, showing some light wear otherwise a reasonably nice copy in a complete and untorn dustwrapper. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Michael Cardew - Ceramics of the Winchcombe Period 1926-39 by Dr Kathy Haslam (Bowness-on-Windermere: Blackwell, 1st edition 2008).
The dustwrapper blurb: An illustrated essay researched and written to support the Michael Cardew exhibition at Blackwell, February 5 - June 8, 2008.
Stapled booklet with grey card covers, in a stiff card dustwrapper. [36]pp including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 6 x 6 inches approx. (147mm x 147mm).
Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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The Lilies of the Field: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Hastings Turner (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1st edition 1923). The British Drama League Library of Modern British Drama No. 8 | The Lilies of the Field This copy number 33 of 50 copies printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, signed by John Hastings Turner. Appears to have been rebound though tastefully and neatly done. Hardback. Paper spine mimicking vellum over grey papered boards; title label to front board; rough paper edges. pp [8], 166, [1] colphon, [3] blank. Size: 8 x 5.5 inches approx. (202mm x 136mm). Some dustiness and occasional grubbiness to pages but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Richmondshire Architecture by Jane Hatcher (C. J. Hatcher, 1st edition 1990).
Well illustrated throughout.
Signed and dated by the author to the title page.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp viii, 271, including b/w illustrations. Size: 11.25 x 9 inches approx. (285mm x 225mm).
Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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