Search Results: Authors starting with H from Keel Row Books

[Long Crendon]; Seven Acres Press, 1930., 1930. Hard Cover. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of 120 copies only, this copy without limitation number. Octavo, pp. [4], 210, [14] Index etc, printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Green laurel wreath motif to dedication leaf; selected initial letters printed in green or red. Tan quarter calf with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to maroon label to spine and decoration in blind to compartments, with floral paper-covered boards. Very minor stain to spine otherwise clean and bright. with no annotation or inscriptions. A Near Fine copy. Haberly (1896-1981), the American poet, teacher and printer, founded Seven Acres Press which produced a small number of exquisitely produced publications, the majority by Loyd himself. Loyd also briefly controlled the highly regarded Gregynog press in Wales in the 1930s. Scarce.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Prentice Hall, 1989., 1989. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiv, [2], 287. Map frontispiece; numerous illustrations within text. Green faux leather binding with gilt titles to spine and upper board in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Lower corners bumped otherwise a clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket lightly surface soiled to white background and lightly creased. A Very Good copy in like jacket. "This fascinating new volume provides both a synthesis and an interpretation of the major political, economic, and cultural developments in Ireland from the Celtic twilight to the current unrest in Ulster" (From jacket front flap).

London; Putnam, 1969., 1969. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION, revised. Quarto, pp. ix, [1], 310. Illustrated throughout with plans, diagrams and photographs. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket lightly spine sunned with a few minor nicks & creases to edge. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket. "First complete account of an extraordinary episode in aeronautical history" - the story of the development and service history of the R-planes with full details of every one built, plus descriptions of incomplete construction and unfulfilled projects. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894, 1894. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, first state. Octavo, pp. viii, 343, [1], 24 catalogue. 16 plates including frontispiece. Publishers' dark blue cloth with bevelled boards, and gilt titles to spine and upper board. Cover cloth slightly rubbed with minor wear at corners; a slightly shaken copy. Scattered foxing; bold ownership inscription to reverse of frontispiece. Overall Very Good. Classic "lost race" fantasy adventure, originally published serially in magazine "Tit Bits". Scarce. McKay, A Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Rider Haggard pp., 37-38.

London; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896., 1896. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION with prophecy mis-spelled as "phophecy" to p. 271. Crown octavo, pp. [6], 347, [1]. 15 plates including frontispiece with tissue guard. Publishers' bevelled blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board; glossy black endpapers. Spine sunned; cloth rubbed to edge with bruised corners (also affecting leaves at lower corner). A little scattered light foxing, and several leaves creased at upper corner; no annotation or inscriptions. A very good copy. First published in America the previous year the first British edition contains four plates not present in the American. Haggard's novel of a lost Mayan city, set in Mexico. McKay, pp., 38- 40.

London; Grab-Joint Productions, 1990., 1990. Softcover. Quarto. 30 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial stapled card wraps. Minor surface soiling to covers and original price sticker to front. Very clean internally with no annotation or inscriptions. Issue 3 of the run of 4 periodicals celebrating pulp fiction, sleaze and counter culture. Scarce.

London; Grab-Joint Productions, 1990., 1990. Softcover. Quarto. 30 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial stapled card wraps. Minor surface soiling to covers and original price sticker to front. A little scuffing to spine; very clean internally with no annotation or inscriptions. Issue 2 of the run of 4 periodicals celebrating pulp fiction, sleaze and counter culture. Scarce.

London; Methuen Children's Books, 1984., 1984. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. [32] unpaginated. Colourfully illustrated throughout by Michael Hague. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial jacket; peach endpapers. Jacket spine is very lightly sunned. A neat, bright copy; Fine book in Near Fine jacket. Gloriously illustrated children's alphabet book.

London; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1910., 1910. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Xiii, 554pp, 24 (publishers catalogue). Portrait frontispiece and seven plates, all with tissue guards. Pole pedigree to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original red cloth gilt with Pole's coat of arms and cardinal's hat gilt-stamped to upper board. T.e.g. School prize plate to front paste-down dated 1919 and name handwritten to ffep. Scarce, particularly in hardcover.

Edinburgh; Talbot Rice Gallery, 1993., 1993. Softcover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. Exhibition catalogue, illustrated throughout (frontispiece plus 68 photographic illustrations, of which 7 are in colour). Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial card wraps, lightly edge-rubbed to spine. No annotation or inscriptions.

Bishop Auckland; Bryson and Hope, 1920., 1920. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [82]. Illustrated decorative border to title-page and decorative borders in green and numerous photographic illustrations throughout. Pebbled red cloth with gilt titles to upper board and foliate patterned endpapers. Binding a touch sunned in patches, a little rubbed at spine tips and corners. Contents clean and crisp, with no annotation or inscriptions. Attractive book produced to mark the unveiling of the War Memorial at Eldon Lane and District Workmen's Club and Institute in Bishop Auckland in 1919. Numerous illustrations of the memorial itself, Club officials and the soldiers featured on the Roll of Honour, and an account of the unveiling ceremony. Rare, not in COPAC or WorldCat.

Lewes; Book Guild, 1986., 1986. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 234 pp. Map. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt titles in price clipped pictorial dust-jacket. Minor edge creasing to jacket and slight toning to white background. Pictorial printed bookplate to ffep. Adventure story set in the West Country, involving drug smuggling, robbery and forensics as well as yachts and lifeboats. A clean copy.

Caernarvon; The Author, 1857., 1857. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 16 mo. iv, 120 pp. Fold-out Humphrey's Map of North Wales approximately 16 inches x 12 to front pastedown. Frontispiece engraving of the Britannia and Menai Bridges plus 13 further engravings to 7 plates, all of views in North Wales. Advertisements to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original blindstamped decorative red cloth with gilt titles to upper board. Green endpapers. A little toning and very minor foxing to plates otherwise very clean internally; no annotation or inscriptions. Cover cloth lightly surface soiled with seven small worm-holes to spine; rubbed at spine tips with corners lightly bumped. A tourist's guide to the area with information on what to visit, transport, accommodation and the best ways to ascend Snowdon. Rare - at time of writing, only two copies were listed on Copac.

London; Hamish Hamilton, 2017., 2017. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [6], 228, [2]. Publishers' scarlet cloth with black titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Clean and bright binding and contents; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket very slightly creased top edge, with small mark at head of spine. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Fourth novel by the award-winning British Pakistani novelist, the story of a young couple in love during civil war with themes of emigration and the problems faced by refugees.

London; Richard Bentley, 1860., 1860. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 155 pp. Frontispiece showing Facsimiles of Collier's pen and pencil corrections to the 1632 text plus two further facsimiles, one of which is double-page. Original blind-stamped red cloth with gilt titles. Cover cloth a little discoloured and showing wear to extremities, with small split across head of spine. Inner front hinge tender but holding, endpapers lightly soiled. Overall a very good copy. An important work in the history of Shakespeare - the Author spotted that Collier's notes in the Perkins Folio were fraudulent and exposed his deception to the public. Scarce.

London; Barrie & Rockliff, 1960., 1960. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp ix, [1], 229. 27 monochrome photographic illustrations to plates. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket; photographic endpapers. Previous owner's name written neatly to half title; light foxing to page block edges and prelims. Jacket shows small areas of loss to spine tips with a 2.5cm (approx.) closed tear to spine head. Very Good book in like jacket. With the ownership signature of 1960s British racing driver Julian Sutton to half title. Autobiography by the Irish born motor-racing "gentleman driver" and his many narrow escapes, with an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. The Earl Howe.

London; Frederick Warne and Co, 1884., 1884. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xii, 205, [1] illustration, [6] catalogue. 3 mounted original Woodburytype photographs as called for, including frontispiece, with captions to mount leaves. 64 engraved figures within text, plus head- and tail-pieces. Publishers' decorative brown cloth with titles in black and gilt to spine and upper board; upper board blocked in gilt with a central pendant light-fitting motif and different designs of light bulb to corners, within double border in gilt and black. Floral grey endpapers. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed with corners of upper board bumped and minor loss to spine tips; top 1-inch of lower joint split. A little minor scattered foxing and 2 leaves corner-creased to margin only, otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Overall a Very Good copy. Scarce, particularly with the full complement of 3 photographs of domestic interiors illuminated by electricity, which must be amongst the earliest… Read More

London; Lawrence and Wishart, 1936., 1936. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. GIFT INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp. xii, 328. 42 illustrations including photographic portrait frontispiece of the Author. Publishers' red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Cover cloth lightly toned to spine and rubbed at tips. Boldly gift inscribed in year of publication to ffep: " To my old Pal and Comrade Geo Hardy who would have been mentioned in this book - but curse Hitler and his spies- he couldn't be. Wal Hannington Nov 4th 1936". Walter "Wal" Hannington (1896�1966) was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and National Organiser of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, from its formation in 1921 to its end in 1939, when he became National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. He was imprisoned for twelve months in 1925 under the Incitement to Mutiny Act. Recipient George Hardy (1884-1966) was an English communist, Secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World and a Comintern… Read More

London; Cosmos Books, 2011., 2011. Mass Market Paperback. SIGNED COPY. Softcover. Octavo, pp 411. Pictorial card wraps. Very minor shelfwear to covers - a Near Fine copy flat signed by Author to title page. Much expanded follow-up to 1992 "Vultures of the Void", bringing up-to-date the research into British Science fiction publishing history.

Newcastle upon Tyne; J G Forster, 1860., 1860. Mass Market Paperback. Quarto. Stitched pamphlet with the titles printed in red and black. Title, [2] pp, 13pp, [1]. Edges uncut and unopened. Central crease throughout (no doubt folded and placed in a pocket at some point) and a little soiling and foxing to title; corner torn from final leaf approx 3-inches square with name of "William" inscribed next to it (surname missing) otherwise condition. Thomas Bell was one of the 4-generation surveying dynasty, working as a valuer for the Dukes of Northumberland as well as the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, and specialising in enclosure awards. Scarce.