Search Results: Titles starting with H from PWK Books

Beige cloth cover with grey lettering and design on front and spin. Black, white & green dust jacket. Charming decorative endpapers and B&W illustrations throughout.Copyright page says "First Edition," but letter lines are "H-G," indicating a later printing.Dust jacket is stained on front and has a sizable tear on the back. It is also chipped, especially at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are age tanned.

Second printing of Farquhar's classic history of the Sierra Nevada mountains. B&W dust jacket over a blue cloth cover with white design on front and gold text on spine. Lavishly illustrated with several B&W photographs and a full-color frontispiece.Dust jacket is stained and chipped. Interior has some stains and inscription dated 1967 on frontpaper.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.

The 1852 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Romulus, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings are intact (five of them plates), including frontispiece.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with significant wear on top. Cracking on both top hinges and fraying near bottom hinge. Bumping and fraying on corners. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Endpapers are stained and have small writing. Cracking at 98-99.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Madame Roland, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eight B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece. (Plate on page 97 has a deckled bottom edge.)Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with slight wear on heel and top. Pages are age tanned and have small stains. Two of the pages are uncut.All four endpapers are significantly discolored with a black waxy substance (see photos), something like crayon.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of Xerxes, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All seven B&W engravings are intact, including frontispiece.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with significant wear on top. Stains on cover and small tear on front top hinge. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.

A historical novel "edited" by Thackeray. Red cloth cover with gilt stamping on front and spine. B&W frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. Deckle-edged pages. All 16 B&W plates are intact.FON on FFEP dated Christmas 1896.Cover is stained and bumped, with wear on corners and top & heel of spine. Protective tissue over frontispiece is chipped and detached. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Some cracking in text block.

The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.