Search Results: Titles starting with H from Keel Row Books

Hong Kong; Victoria Printing Press, 1935., 1935. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 142 pp, [22] lists of Ship's Company and Officers. Illustrated throughout with photographs, cartoons and maps. Book Condition: Very Good. Original midnight blue full calf with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Spine tips rubbed & minor wear to corners; a couple of small stains to lower board. Endpapers toned and a few minor fingermarks in text otherwise a clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. A record of the Third Commission of H M S Suffolk during 1933-35 by Instructor Lieut. -Commander R G Howard, with accounts of visits to numerous locations including Bali, Borneo and Nagasaki and events such as "Crossing the Line" and a Japanese tea ceremony. The Suffolk was built in Portsmouth in 1924, commissioned in 1928 and served on the China Station until the outbreak of World War II; during the War she was part of the Norwegian Campaign which included her tracking the Bismarck through the Denmark Strait. Scarce.

Hong Kong; Consul-General of Switzerland/ Urban Council, 1993., 1993. Softcover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. 83 pp. 13 colour plates from Tempera Paintings & 13 from Lithographs. Book Condition: Very Good.Textured white card wraps with raised running figure to front. Covers lightly surface soiled. Loosely inserted is an invitation with printed envelope to the Opening Reception of the Kowloon Exhibition, with cover matching that of the book and colour illustration inside "High Jumpers Practising". Catalogue of an Exhibition of oil paintings and lithographs in Hong Kong with bilingual Chinese and English text, celebrating the cultural relations between Switzerland and Hong Kong and a scarce example of work by the major Swiss sporting artist.

London; Mathew & Son Ltd, 2005., 2005. Hardcover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION limited to 500 copies only. Octavo, pp 344. 8 colour plates plus black-and-white illustrations within text. Original pictorial hardcover issued without dust-jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Very minor creasing to extreme head of spine only. Title page double signed by both authors on 17th March 2005 and lined "Shlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth...". A Near Fine copy.

London; Waterlow Brothers & Layton Ltd, 1919., 1919. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Number 695 of 1600 copies printed for private circulation to members of the regiment. Quarto. 118 pp. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard plus numerous illustrations including tipped-in colour plates onto art paper and 6 fold-outs; line drawings in text. Copy of Col. Hutchinson letter & reply. Book Condition: Very Good. Original light brown cloth with printed paper title label; black stamped spine titles. Damp staining to boards (heavy to lower board with small holes to cover cloth) and rubbing/wear to extremities otherwise very good. No inscriptions.

Rotterdam; Wm Ruys & Zonen, 1940., 1940. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 42 pp,30p of plates and literary quotations. Book Condition: Very Good. Original buff linen-type cloth with black titles on gilt ground to front. Some fading/staining due to texture of cloth, but a good clean copy. Contains original compliments slip from the publishers. History of Ruys & Sons, the Rotterdam shipping company, from 1839-1940.

Blyth; John Robinson, 1862., 1862. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Book Condition: Very Good. Later green cloth gilt with marbled paper boards and replacement plain endpapers. Pp 15-20 have approx 1-inch cropped from lower margin (text unaffected) ; a few fingermarks throughout and minor inkstain to dedication. Scarce particularly in hardcover.

Oxford; Pitt Rivers Museum, 1976., 1976. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST THUS. Softcover quarto, pp. 83, [1]. Full-page photographic frontispiece, plus 16 multi-image monochrome photographic plates to rear; 26 figures within text; 2 full-page maps. Publishers' printed grey card wraps. Covers very slightly surface soiled; front cover and up to pp. 14 lightly corner creased. Contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Occasional Papers on Technology, 7, with Preface by the Editors.

London; Panther 1959., 1959. Mass Market Paperback. Second edition, pp. 188, [4]. Vibrant kitsch pictorial covers. Text block cracked. A superb work of Beat Generation pulp fiction with lashings of jazz, dope, and sex.

London; Cobden-Sanderson, 1932., 1932. Hard Cover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, Number 12 of 70 copies only. Tall octavo, pp x, [2], 94, [2]. Original tan buckram with gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine sunned and boards partially sunned with a few minor stains. Free endpapers lightly toned. Signature of the Author in ink, below limitation to verso half-title. Minor foxing mainly to prelims otherwise contents clean. A Very Good copy. Collection of new work by prolific English poet Blunden (1896-1974).

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; Longmans, Green, & Co., 1885., 1885. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Softcover octavo, pp. vi, [2], 272. 17 plates including photographic frontispiece of the Author, plans and etchings, of which 2 double-page; numerous in-text illustrations throughout; large panoramic map of the wall to rear, printed on linen. Green cloth with gilt angel motif to upper board and gilt titles to spine. Cloth slightly rubbed and creased to spine tips; map shows minor staining to 2 panels; a Very Good copy. The popular guide to Hadrian's Wall, brought up-to-date to 1885 (the first printing was 1863) with additional plans and illustrations and an account of the Roman citizenship diploma found at the Chesters.

1869-1915, 1869. Hard Cover. Quarto, unpaginated but 93 manuscript leaves, 32 blank, 6 further inscribed then 8 blank apart from a small pencil diagram to single leaf. Modern olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine. [With] 36 page unpaginated disbound manuscript notebook loosely inserted. Bookplate of noted cookery collector Irene Dunn to front pastedown with printed weighing scales motif. Some leaves soiled and/or inkstained, with several newspaper article recipes pasted inside. Disbound notebook a little soiled and corner creased with 6-inch tear across 3 leaves and some leaves partially detached, but still completely readable. English country house recipe book covering Swiss Roll to Christmas Cake, featuring mainly sweets and puddings but also including substantial medicinal notes and recipes for invalids, and a few household hints. Mostly written in the same hand, a few later recipes have been added. The disbound insert (in the same hand as the bound volume) is headed "Heaton Hall August… Read More

Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1960., 1960. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. 87 pp. 31 black-and-white illustrations in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarter bottle-green cloth with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper-covered boards, in rust-red dust-jacket with embossed gold paper title label. Rust-red endpapers. Edges a little rubbed and slight musty odour otherwise a clean copy. No annotation or inscriptions. Jacket lightly sunned to spine with creases to edge and minor wear head of spine. Title label creased and surface scuffed. A guide to the collection of Lillian Pratt, held at the Museum of Fine Arts, which includes many examples by Carl Faberge and other imperial artists. Features examples of Easter eggs, animal figures, photograph frames and other exquisite novelties produced for the Romanovs.

Birmingham; Edward Baker, 1893., 1893. Hard Cover. 12 mo, pp. 128 with original pictorial paper wrappers bound-in to fore. Quarter pebbled bottle-green cloth with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Cloth a little rubbed at spine tips and edges worn. First blank inscribed with notes on "specially interesting local items" to verso and second blank inscribed "Local Railways: A List of Books Relating to Railways including many of the North-Country Guides, Handbooks, Plans &c, &c compiled by Stanley J G Cotterrell formerly resident at Summerville, Rothbury". Stamp dated July 93 to original wraps, which have minor loss to edge; marginal crosses in text. A good copy. Scarce bibliographical reference work listing early railway related material in detail, arranged chronologically by publication date within themed chapters covering lines, locomotion and reference books. Each publication is reviewed by the informed author in his own inimitable fashion, he has obviously handled and read the… Read More

London; Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1880., 1880. Hard Cover. Six volume matching set, undated but circa 1880. Octavo, pp viii,[2], 550; x, 265; viii, [2], 408; x, [2], 412; viii, [2], 406; viii, [2], 405. Six hand-coloured vignettes to title pages and 87 hand-coloured steel engravings by John Leech, plus numerous wood engravings in text.Red half morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt titles and sporting motifs to spines and gilt ruling to to marbled boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers to match boards. Edges a little scuffed. Retailer's ticket to front pastedown and ownership inscription to first blank of each; minor scattered foxing, mainly to margins. Inner rear hinge of "Plain or Ringlets" cracked. Overall a handsome set of Surtees' comic novels.

London; London's Underground, 1928., 1928. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. vii, [3], 237. Frontispiece plan; 145 figures including 7 folding tables & diagrams and numerous monochrome photographs. Publishers' yellow cloth with brown titles to spine and upper board, in unclipped grey dust-jacket. Cover cloth and spine toned and surface soiled with repair at head of spine/lower joint. Free endpapers toned; ownership inscription to half-title dated 1930. Jacket toned & soiled with minor loss at head of spine and corners, 2-inch tear at upper front joint and a couple of small closed tears with associated creasing to lower edge. Overall a Good copy in like jacket. Very well illustrated & comprehensive overview of London's railway system. Scarce, particularly in the original 1928 dust-jacket.

Nottingham; Hodder and Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, [1935], 1935. Hard Cover. Undated circa 1935. Quarto. 320 pp. 16 colour plates including frontispiece, tipped-in to captioned and bordered mounts; pictorial title page; line drawings in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Fair. Publishers' dark red boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and black border with gilt vignette to upper board. Unclipped pictorial dark red dust-jacket with colour onlay. Lower corner of upper board bruised and spine tips lightly creased; a bright copy. Scattered foxing mainly to prelims and textblock edge; some line drawings tidily coloured-in by hand. Small red stain from cloth to rfep; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket torn with loss top edge front (approx 3 inches x 1), and repaired to verso with transparent adhesive tape; minor loss to corners. Scarce in the original dust-jacket.

London; Folio Society, 2007., 2007. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. xv, [5], 277, [1]. 4 original illustrations by Fred Walker. Publishers' maroon quarter calf with black label & gilt titles to spine; maroon cloth boards with gilt fillet. Top edge gilt; maroon silk placemarker. Housed in plain maroon paper-covered slipcase. Tiny glue-mark to upper corner of ffep otherwise a clean copy, which appears unread; no annotation or inscriptions. Slipcase lightly surface scuffed; Near Fine copy in like slipcase. Introduction by D. J. Taylor. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Kendal; Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 1998., 1998. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover quarto, pp. viii, [2], 134. 56 figures throughout text, including fold-out survey. Publishers' pictorial card wraps. Upper corners a little creased, and spine moderately sunned; contents clean and crisp. A Very Good copy. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Research Series Number 9, a detailed study of the site with contributions from numerous experts in the field.

London; T Fisher Unwin, 1915., 1915. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 309 pp, [3] advertisements. 32 photographic plates including frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine & upper board and gilt vignette to upper board. Spine sunned with minor wear head & tail and 1-inch split at rear joint; boards sunned top edge otherwise bright. A little toning to endpapers but contents clean & tight; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Scarce title written by a woman about the experiences of other women in cultures in the far East. The prolific American author (1877-1945) travelled extensively with her diplomat husband, and highlighted the very different lifestyles of especially Asian and Islamic women and the culture of the time.