Search Results: Authors starting with H from Rarities etc.

R.A. Everett, London, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HAYES, M.C. Among Horses in Russia, London: R. A. Everett & Co., 1900.Octavo, first edition, pp. xiv, 214, 7 (ads), maroon cloth boards with beveled edges, gilt lettering on spine and front, gilt illustration of cavalry mount on front, halftone photo plates. Horse trainer and writer tours and works in Russia, showing how to break difficult mounts to an impressed imperial audience. He takes time out to discuss various aspects of life in Russia, with attention paid to eating and drinking, baths, train travel etc.Condition of this book:Front board scuffed, light wear at edges.Front hinge cracked, leaves age toned but little foxing. Overall sound. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.… Read More

David Nutt, London, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. EMERSON, P.H. Birds Beasts and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland, London: David Nutt, 1895.Octavo, first edition, pp. xix, 396, 3 (Opinions of the Press), blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, green lettering and labeling on upper panel with image of three swimming ducks, halftone photos by T.A. Cotton. Former owners' names and bookseller ticket on pastedowns. It is sad to note that Emerson, one of the greatest photographers of the 19th century, did not take the pictures, as he had given up on photography as an art by this time. See the Eastman House's Imagining Paradise, p. 194: "Depicts the Norfolk coastal landscape as a holistic ecosystem and in a sense parallels Emerson's first book about the region, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads. ... He constantly cites his own observations as a basis of contradicting expert… Read More

Hokuseido, Japan. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. BLYTH, R.H. Haiku, four volumes, Japan: Hokuseido Press, various dates. 12mo, beige cloth boards with black stamped lettering (kanji and roman) on spine and front, black stamped stars on front and spine to indicate which volume you are holding, halftone and color plates with tissue overlays that are printed with haiku, so that you see the illustration as you read the poem. Authors are Eastern and Western writers, some of whom will be immediately recognizable worldwide (Dickens and Confucius, for instance).  1. Eastern Culture, pp. xviii, 422, 26 plates, ticket of the Japanophile, publisher and bookseller Charles Tuttle on front paste-down, fine in a good jacket with a chip at the head of the spine and a short tear and wrinkles in the rear panel. Undated, no additional printings indicated, so presumed 1949 first edition.  2. Spring, pp. v, 382, 7 plates, fine in a near fine dust jacket with minor losses… Read More

Shakespeare Head, Oxford, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. R.H. CLAPPERTON. Paper, An Historical Account of Its Making by Hand From the Earliest Times..., Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934.Large folio, No. 164 of an edition of 250, pp. xvi, 158, occasional tissue interleaving, brown cloth boards half-bound in blue morocco with gilt lettering to spine, gilt rules on front, collotype illustration, inscribed on the half-title page by Clapperton.Begins with the origin of paper in China and progresses around the world, predating the researches of Dard Hunter. Printed on handmade paper, this is a beautiful presentation befitting its subject. With two blank leaves that can be held up to light to display watermarks.Condition of this book:Bumped corners, wear at edges, else fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free… Read More

Government Printing Office, Washington, 1919. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. W.H. HOLMES. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities, Part 1, Lithic Industries, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919.Tall octavo, pp. xvii, 380, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, halftone photos. Stone Age America as it was perceived in the early 20th century.Condition of this book:Discoloration to covers, stain at fore edge, overall very good, clean inside. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Archaeology; United States; Indigenous Cultures. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55315. .

Wendell and Van Benthuysen, New York, 1848. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. EMORY, LT. W.H. Notes of a Military Reconnoisance [sic] From Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, New York: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848.Octavo, Senate edition, pp. 416, 43 plates, brown cloth boards with paper label to spine. Howes E145 calls for a folding map in a rear pocket, but the present copy has neither map nor pocket. Howes believed the House version of Emory's report was released before this Senate version, which is shorter and supposedly has the folding map. The horticultural plates here are by Endicott, and all the others are by Weber.Condition of this book:Fair with inexpertly repaired binding, backstrip worn and chipped, paper label almost completely faded away, one plate loose. Clean. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.… Read More

Leslie-Judge, New York, 1926. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SLAUSON, H.W., and GREENE, HOWARD. Everyman's Guide to Motor Efficiency, New York: Leslie-Judge Co., 1926.Small octavo, pp. 450, flexible leather olive covers with embossed decoration and gilt lettering, halftone photos and line drawings. Everything you need to know to fix a 1920s Ford.Condition of this bookCovers worn at extremities, minor slant to spine, interior very good, images fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Automobiles & Vehicles; United States; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52620. .

Scholar, Japan, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. About 100 color plates, some double-page, using a Japanese model. Size: Quarto. unpaginated. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Japan; 1980s; Erotica. ISBN: 4061749382. ISBN/EAN: 9784061749382. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50784. . 9784061749382

William Morrow, New York, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Good. HAMILTON, DAVID. Dreams of a Young Girl, New York: William Morrow and Co., 1971.Quarto, first American edition (original edition was German), pp. 143, black cloth boards with blue lettering on spine, color, duotone, sepia nudes of teenage girls, accompanied by poetry by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Done in Hamilton's usual demure style, with soft-focus, gauzy shots of young girls.Condition of this book:Dust jacket worn with chips, tears, peeling laminate.All else near fine to fine. Leaves clean and tight. This is the first USA edition. Size: Quarto. 143. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Germany; 1970s; Erotica. Pictures of this item not already… Read More

John Murray, London, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. WALTER HAMILTON, ESQ. Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries, in 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1820.Quartos, first editions, pp. xlii, large folding map, 766; iv, 830, 1 (addendum), gray cloth boards half-bound in brown sheep with black morocco labels on spines, folding map measuring about 31x25 inches or 79x64cm, drafted and engraved by Sid. Hall for John Murray. Covers what we know as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan.As author of this work and the East-India Gazetteer, Hamilton created for the British reader a detailed view of distant parts of the Empire.Condition of these books:Overall very good and clean, short tears in preliminary leaves and in lower center of map, hinges cracked in V1, V2 has been rebacked with neat tape repairs to hinges. Moderate wear and bumping to covers. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body… Read More

Kodansha, Tokyo, 1981. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. TAIJI HARADA. Home Town Sketches From Shinshu, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981.Tall folio, pp. 104, printed yellow cloth boards, slipcased, color illustration, text in Japanese. Folk paintings that celebrate family and community in Japan.Condition of this book:Light sunning to spine, else fine. Slipcase shows evidence of a coffee spill, book escaped damage. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Japan; 1980s; Japanese Language; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54633. .

Country Life Ltd, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. H.F.H. HARDY. Good Gun Dogs, London: Country Life Ltd., 1930.Quarto, first edition, pp. viii, 92, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black and gilt label on front, 16 drypoint plates by G. Vernon Stokes. Covers many kinds of hunting dogs including springers, labs, spaniels.Condition of this book:Edge wear and soiling to covers, leaves age-toned, overall good to very good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Animals & Birds; Britain/UK; 1930s; Fishing & Hunting. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53957. .

Belknap, Cambridge, Mass, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ROBERT HART. The I.G. in Peking, Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907 in 2 volumes, Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1975.Quartos, first edition, pp. xxix, 825; vi, 826-1625, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Primary source on the administration of British imperial Asia, edited by John Fairbank, Katherine Bruner and Elizabeth Matheson.Condition of these books:Very good with minor soiling at edges, short tear in the dust jacket of V.2, inside clean. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; China; Business, Finance & Marketing. ISBN: 0674443209. ISBN/EAN: 9780674443204. Pictures of… Read More

Towne & Bacon, San Francisco, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. The Lost Galleon and Other Tales, San Francisco, Towne & Bacon, 1867.12mo, first edition, pp. 108, 1 (notes), green cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt mast and sail outlining title on front, label on free front endpaper identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions after she died in 1988. Doheny acquired the book from Frederick W. Skiff, another voracious collector, based in Portland, Ore. His bookplate, an elaborate sporting pictorial, is on the front pastedown (see below). This plate was designed by W.H. Hopson and is a small gem of American graphic art. Frank Weitenkampf, in "American Graphic Art," called Hopson's bookplates "that… Read More

Osgood, Boston, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. East and West Poems, Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871.12mo, first edition, pp. 171, green cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering and Osgood colophon on spine, gilt Harte signature on front, label on free front endpaper identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions after she died in 1988. Doheny acquired the book from Frederick W. Skiff, another voracious collector, based in Portland, Ore. His bookplate, an elaborate sporting pictorial, is on the front pastedown (see below). This plate was designed by W.F. Hopson and is a small gem of American graphic art. Frank Weitenkampf, in "American Graphic Art," called Hopson's bookplates "that combination of… Read More

Fields, Osgood, Boston, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. Poems, Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1871.12mo, first edition (first printing with "S.T.K." typo on p. 136), pp. vi, 7-152, green cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering and F&O colophon on spine, gilt Harte signature on front, label on free front endpaper identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions after she died in 1988. Doheny acquired the book from Frederick W. Skiff, another voracious collector, based in Portland, Ore. His bookplate, an elaborate sporting pictorial, is on the front pastedown (see below). This plate was designed by W.F. Hopson and is a small gem of American graphic art. Frank Weitenkampf, in "American Graphic Art,"… Read More

Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, Boston. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. Clarence, Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, n.d.12mo, early printing but priority is unknown, pp. [vi], 270, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule, lettering and floral decoration to front, label on front pastedown identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions in the 1980s after she died.Condition of this book:Near fine with faint wear to boards' edges, a couple minor marks at fore edge. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1… Read More

Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, Boston, 1896. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. The Bell Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories, Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1896.12mo, early printing (first was in 1894), pp. [viii], 334, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule, lettering and floral decoration to front, label on front pastedown identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions in the 1980s after she died.Condition of this bookFine, no flaws -- an exceptional copy. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More

Fields, Osgood, Boston, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. Poems, Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1871.12mo, first edition (first printing with "S.T.K." typo on p. 136), pp. vi, 7-152, purple cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering and F&O colophon on spine, gilt Harte signature on front, label on free front endpaper identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions after she died in 1988. Doheny acquired the book from Frederick W. Skiff, another voracious collector, based in Portland, Ore. His bookplate, an elaborate sporting pictorial, is on the front pastedown (see below). This plate was designed by W.F. Hopson and is a small gem of American graphic art. Frank Weitenkampf, in "American Graphic Art,"… Read More

Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, Boston, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. Trent's Trust and Other Stories, Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1903.12mo, first edition, pp. [viii], 264, 4 (ads) brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule, lettering and floral decoration to front, label on front pastedown identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions in the 1980s after she died. See BAL 7404.Condition of this book:Near fine with minor staining at fore edge. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More