Search Results: Authors starting with H from NEXUS BOOKS

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. First edition; softcover. Remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise a Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.

London & Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, 1920 Fourth printing. With twenty-one tipped-in b.& w. illustrations from photographs of the composers, singers, etc. Spine quite heavily sunned else a clean, tight, unworn copy, VG+, in original red cloth. Neat bookplate on first free endpaper. One of the excellent, quality productions from the publisher T.N. Foulis..

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1987. First edition. A history, including the personal experiences of the author and other ex-whalers, of whaling off the west coast of British Columbia, 1905-1972. During that period, over 30,000 whales were killed in those waters and the business of capturing and processing them created its own mythology. As well as hard history of the whaling companies, the ships and their crews, the author also includes sailors' tales of sea monsters, giant octopuses, freaks of enormous size, etc. A Fine hardcover in a Fine dustwrapper, an excellent copy..

Garden City: Doubleday, 1922. First American edition. With a b.& w. frontispiece illustration by A. C. Michael. A very clean, tight, bright copy in original dark blue cloth which is slightly age-darkened along spine strip. A very pleasing copy, close to Near Fine condition..

London: Longmans Green, and Co., 1901. First British edition (the U.S. edition preceded the British edition by two days). Hardcover, 496 pages plus four pages of undated ads. With twenty-six illustrations by G.P. Jacomb Hood. Name on flyleaf, edges age-dusty, top edge lightly sprinkled with foxing, miniscule bumping to one corner tip, but overall a very pleasing VG+ (close to Near Fine) copy in original dark blue-green cloth. Gilt lettering is bright, and internally a very sound and tight copy. Scarce. Scott 36, Whatmore F24.. Illus. by G.P. Jacomb Hood.

New York: Longmans Green, 1919. First American edition. With a tissue-covered colour frontispiece illustration by Enos B. Comstock and a b.& w. double plate in text. A very clean, tight copy in original red cloth which is slightly age-faded along spine strip. Endpapers and edges moderately age-browned and a small amount of foxing in text. A pleasing Very Good copy..

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1980. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. The VG Jacket is price-clipped, has a little light edge wear, and the spine panel is gently sunned from brown to gray-green. Book itself is clean, bright and unmarked, VG+ or better. "A new collection of stories, many never before published, and is a fascinating excursion into the rugged coastland of British Columbia in the company of the colourful people who settled there." 192 pages..

New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Reprint; softcover. A Fine copy in new condition.. New.

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2013. First printing; hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in brand new condition, in a fine flawless jacket.. New.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Reprint; softcover. A new copy in Fine condition: no flaws at all.. New.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984. First edition; hardcover bound in full cloth, in dustjacket. A Fine copy in new condition, no markings of any kind. In a Near Fine jacket which has very slight rubbing wear along folds and edges (no tears or chips). Jacket is now in protective mylar. A lovely copy..

Hanover, Ontario, Canada: John R. Hardy, 1999. First edition; large hardcover in colour pictorial dustjacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. No inscription or book-plate, no textual markings, a clean, bright, unworn copy in Near Fine (i.e. nearly new) condition. In a very nice Near Fine dustjacket. An excellent copy..

New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition; softcover. A Fine copy in new condition, no markings or other flaws. A lovely copy.. New.

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1966. First edition; hardcover in dustjacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page: "With every good wish for the future. 'Peace on thy walls & prosperity within thy palaces.' Ken Harrison, Sept. 1967." A Near Fine copy: clean, bright and firmly bound; in a VG+ dustjacket which is slightly faded on the spine. Scarce signed/inscribed..

Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1995. First edition, hardcover, 351 pages. A Fine, brand new copy, no flaws at all, in a Fine dustjacket..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Reprint. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Near Fine (nearly new condition) copy, clean and bright, with no previous ownership or textual markings.. New.

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2012. First printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. A Near Fine copy i.e. in "nearly new" condition: no textual markings, no inscription or bookplate, edges and pages clean and bright. A super copy in like jacket.. As New.

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1972. First edition, hardcover in full dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered. Signed by the author on the front endpaper: 'Walter M. Hayes, S.J.' A VG+ or better copy, clean and unworn, with no textual markings. Scarce..

New York, N.Y.: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 2005. Reprint; softcover. A Fine copy in new condition.. New.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First edition. A Fine "as new" copy in a price-clipped Near Fine dustwrapper..