Search Results: Titles starting with H from E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]

Full calf. Bound in recent full calf, small loss of corner to last leaf not affecting the text. Old inscription to old front fly leaf left in after the new endpapers as part of the books original provenance.New edition corrected and greatly improved by Thomas Keith, 1809. William Hawney (flourished 1730) was an English schoolmaster. He wrote several texts on mathematics. His Hawney's Complete Measurer was first published in the early part of the 18th century. It was extremely popular and went through at least eighteen English language editions, the fifth being in 1745. The mathematician Thomas Keith (1759-1824) revised and corrected the extended work. 1809. good.

L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane pis a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated several times into English, most notably as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, by Tobias Smollett in 1748.
Gil Blas is born in misery to a stable hand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. He becomes a valet and, over the course of several years, is able to observe many different classes of society, both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation, he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations, thanks to his adaptability and quick wit. He finally finds himself at the royal court as a favorite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up through hard work and… Read More

Paris, Nyon, 1730. 8: o. (16), + 385, + (4); (2), + 346 p. Two volumes. Bound in Full calf, expertly rebacked into original boards, original marble endpapers. Clean throughout, very good condition.
Warmholtz 3048. Réne-Auber de Vertot (1655-1735) was a French historian. The first edition of this very influential work abroad on social transformations in Swedish history. This work was published as early as 1695 and was then printed in a number of editions, new editions were published as late as 1850. It deals almost exclusively with Gustav Vasa's takeover and reformation, and extends to Gustav Vasa's death.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1875. First Edition. Cloth. History of England in six volumes. Complete six volume set. Octavo-sized volumes bound in brick red cloth. Very good condition in original publishers cloth.v. 1. The chief crises in the earlier history of England. Attempts to consolidate the kingdom independently in its temporal and spiritual relations. Queen Elizabeth. Close connexion of English and Scottish affairs. Foundation of the kingdom of Great Britain. First disturbances under the Stuarts. Disputes with Parliament during the later years of the reign of James I and the earlier years of the reign of Charles I --v. 2. Governments in England without the parliament. Troubles in Scotland. Connexion between troubles in Scotland and those in England and elsewhere. The long Parliament and the king, down to the outbreak of the Civil War. The English Civil War, 1642 --1646. Independents and Presbyterians. Fate of the king --v. 3. The commonwealth in England, 1649 --1653. The protectorate of… Read More

Ackermann, Rudolph and William Combe (text)

HISTORY OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER'S WESTMINSTER; ITS ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS

London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First Edition. 1/2 Calf. THE HISTORY OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. PETER'S WESTMINSTER; ITS ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTSAckermann, Rudolph and William Combe (text)Published by R. Ackermann, London, 1812First Edition. Volume I. xviii, 330, [6 Index at rear of vol I.], Volume II. [4], 275 [276 blank], [4 Index] pages. Collated and complete with all eighty-three aquatint plates. Frontispiece portrait of William Vincent and plan of Westminster are uncolored as indicated in Abbey #213. Illustrated [by F. Mackenzie, A. Pugin, J. Bluck, T. Uwins, G. Shepherd, J. Hamble, T. Sutherland and others]. 13.5 inches tall by 11 inches. Frontispiece is uncolored engraving of William Vincent. Missing ½ titles and frontice of Aymer De Valance, with slight remains of off setting from that plate.
Bound in ½ calf recent re-back and corners onto old boards. Paper repair… Read More

The Hawaii I Remember Pratt Jr., John Scott Published by Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu (1965) Self Published, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 1965. Illustrated by b/w photographs throughout text. 2 maps at the back - one of Honolulu 1900 and one of Nuuanu Avenue 1900. 126 pages. Beige card covers with black illustration on front and black titles on front and spine. Very Fine Copy . Signed by Author. There is a small portion of the surface lifted of the front cover from a possible previous price label.

Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1926. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition (Stated). Original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Fading of gilt to spine some browning to endpapers and mild foxing to prelims. In very good condition with light wear. Map endpapers of Territory of Hawaii. Photo frontispiece of Lieut. R. C. Wriston and his observer, Sergeant Richard Agnew, just after the first volcano flight. As the Commanding Officer of the 11th Photo Section, Air Service, the author made extensive flights over the islands, including the first flight to Kilauea Volcano 147 pages with 69 additional illustrations.

London. 1898. xiv,332pp. plus plates. Original red publisher's cloth, gilt. A bright clean book with very miner bumping to the lower corners and no wear to head or tail. Internally clean. With 8 photographic plates including the frontice piece Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown of Society of Writers to Her Majesty s Signet Solicitors in Scotland were previously known as "writers"; Writers to the Signet were the solicitors entitled to supervise use of the King's Signet, the private seal of the early Kings of Scots. Records of that use date back to 1369. In 1532, the Writers to the Signet were included as Members in the newly established College of Justice, along with the Faculty of Advocates and the Clerks of the Court of Session. The Society was established in 1594, when the King's Secretary, as Keeper of the Signet, gave commissions to a Deputy Keeper and 18 other writers. In civil actions in the Court of Session, a pursuer is required to have his writ stamped with the Signet to give him… Read More

The Historical Romances Of Louisa Muhlbach Twenty Volumes Muhlbach , Louisa Published by D. Appleton And Company, New York 18 volume edition of the works of Louisa Muhlbach (1814 - 1873) Twenty books in ½ red Morocco extra gilt spines in a lovely layout, TEG. Marbled paper endpapers and sides Rough cut pages. Published by D. Appleton from 1899 1901, English translations by various scholars. Frontispiece with tissue guard in each book. Illustrated by various artists throughout. approx. four illustrations including frontice per vol. Titles include, ………… Andreas Hofer Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends (damaged Head) The Daughter of an Empress Empress Josephine Frederick the Great and His Court Frederick the Great and His Family Goethe & Schiller, (English edition, 1902, P.F. Collier & Son) Henry VIII and His Court Joseph II and His Court Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Marie Antoinette and Her Son The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel Mohammed Ali and His House… Read More

A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Printed for F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse: London. 1791. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white plates. 'Goldsmith's Natural Histories'. Eight volumes. Original calf bindings. Text block in excellent condition. Tattered spines but good hinges. Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 - 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He is best known for his novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766), his pastoral poem 'The Deserted Village' (1770), and his plays 'The Good-Natur'd Man' (1768) and 'She Stoops to Conquer' (1771, first performed in 1773). He is also thought to have written the classic children's tale 'The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes' (1765).

HISTORY COMES TO LIFE: COLLECTING HISTORICAL LETTERS. Kenneth W. Rendell. University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1995. First edition. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto, (viii), 279pp. A guide to all aspects of collecting letters, manuscripts, and documents in virtually all subject areas; from ancient times through to the twentieth century. With chapters on forgeries, how to determine value, and care and preservation of collections. Extensively illustrated, including many facsimiles of signatures. As new in its unopened plastic wrapper.