Search Results: Titles starting with H from Black Sheep Books

1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. HMCS Discovery is the longest serving Naval Reserve Division in Canada's history. White soft cover with black titling to front and spine, many black and white photographs, unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

Bombay: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/-. Mowgli stories for children, written in Swahili, book has green boards with black titling on front, green cloth spine, illustrated with black and white plates and drawings, 219 pages. Green boards slightly faded and smudged, text block edges darked, end papers foxed, previous owner's name in ink on end paper, otherwise this attractive little book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Oslo: I Kommisjon Hos Gunnar Stenersens, 1942. Hardcover. Good. Written in Norwegian, book is about the art and culture of Northern Norway. Blue cloth with gilt titling and black illustration on front, gilt titling and decoration on spine, top text block edge is blue, yellow end papers, blue illustration on title page, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Edges and corners have light wear, bottom edges have three light pressure marks, spine ends worn, upper spine end has a one-inch by half-inch open tear, spine is sunned but gilt is still bright, edges of boards are lightly sunned, text block is clean and tight. In spite of flaws listed, this is a handsome book. 246 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" -… Read More

Blue Moon Publiscations, 1988. Coil Binding. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Lorence, Janet; Alm, David. A practical instruction booklet on how to build a dulcimer with line drawings and very detailed and clear instructions. Beige card cover with black titling, black plastic coil binding, two colour photographs of a dulcimer to back of front cover, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to title page, line drawings throughout, 27 pages. Light edge wear and age darkening, a few spots of discoloration to cover and some inside pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1852. Leather. Good. Subtitled: "First Course. Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Sound, Optics." Three topics in one volume: Handbook of Mechanics, Handbook of Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Sound, Handbook of Optics. Tan leather with black leather spine label, approximately four hundred wood engravings throughout text, 749 pages plus many pages of publisher's ads front and back. Spine label and book edges are rubbed, bottom of lower front edge has a two-inch length of worn-through leather, several areas of leather darkened, some shelf wear, owner's ink inscription on front endpaper, bookseller's notes in pencil on first free end paper, front endpaper is partially split at hinge, edges of first and last few pages are darkened, occasional foxing spots in text, interior is clean and tight This is a handsome book. . Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

Diana Press, 1974. Card Cover in Wraps. Very Good-/Very Good-. Legato, Ginger. The Hand That Cradles the Rock" is the first published collection of poetry by Rita Mae Brown. She "works out of a tradition of carefully structured language and form. Similarly, recurrent images and themes run throughoutthe book". White unadorned card cover, light grey dust jacket with black illustration and titling to fornt, black titling to spine, illustrations by Ginger Legat, 78 pages. Minor creasing to cover. Dust jacket shows some sunning especially to spine, light edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press. Soft cover. Very Good-. For ten years, Sharon Alderman's collections of fashion fabrics appeared in Handwoven magazine. In this volume, she "shares her design process, tricks of the trade, and specific instructions for more than a hundred of these fabrics." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black and white titling, black and white diagrams and illustrations and colour photographs throughout, 143 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, some light creases near upper rear edge, text block edge and many page edges have a pale stain (tea?) that extends 1 cm. or less, small spot of the same colour on title page, book is otherwise clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over… Read More

London: F. Pitman, 1868. Cloth Covered Boards. Subtitled: "With Instructions in the Use of Sikes's Hydrometer. Also A Chapter on Distillation Describing the Process for Ascertaining the Strengths of Wines." Black cloth covered boards, gilt titling on front, blind stamped border on front and back, coloured end papers, black and white illustrations and diagrams, on last end paper is a book plate of " W.R. Loftus, Manufacturer of Hydrometers, Saccharometers, Gauging Rules, Bottling and Corking Machines, and Every Utensil for the Wine, Spirit, and Brewing Trades, London." 88 pages plus 5 pages of plates. Cover shows shelf and edge wear including rubbing and scratching, pale areas of discoloration to bottom part of front, ffep shows split to top quarter of gutter, some age darkening and rippling to textblock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers,… Read More

Ringing Rocks Press. Soft cover. As New/-. Nickerson, Kern L.. 'Profiles of Healing' series is dedicated to helping the world's most revered healers, shamans, medicine people, and leaders of complementary medicine tell their stories. The series is a project of the Ringing Rocks Foundation, an organization that supports the survival and future development of global healing wisdom through education, research, and special project. New soft cover still in publisher's shrink wrap with an audio CD enclosed. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani De Barcelona, 2004. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/-. Subtitled: "The Synergistic Promise of Modern Art and Urban Architecture". Book documents the collaboration between Hans Hofmann and Josep Lluis Sert Introduction to the Chimbote Project by Xavier Costa, articles by Tina Dickey, Eric Mumford, Marti Peran, and Maurici Pla; translation by Paul Hammond. Black titling on red spine, white titling on colourful front cover, white text on black and white back cover, coloured end papers, illustrated with colour and black and white plates, bibliography and list of works. 137 pages. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Verdi, Nevada: International Artist Publication, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brown, Harley. In his trademark no-nonsense style, harley offers four hundred separate thoughts, observations and gems of teaching insight gleaned from his lifetime as an artist." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated throughout with colour plates and black and white drawings, 128 pages. This extremely handsome book appears to be without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good-. Taped and translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. A collection of short stories featuring a well-known Moroccan character, Hadidan Abraham. Some are variations on existing legends, some are of the author's own invention. Yellow soft cover with green titling on spine and front, green illustration and orange decoration on front, orange end papers, small black and white illustrations, 100 pages. Spine and adjacent edges are sunned, other edges slightly sunned, some tiny spots of discolouration to cover and text block edge, small pressure to leading text block edge, interior clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York, NY: The Vendome Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. The art of the Lesage family, Albert and Marie-Louise and their son Francois, transformed the traditional French craft into an 'incomparable international art'. Black boards with red titling to spine, full colour illustrations throughout, 171 pages. Minor shelf wear, two pressure marks to back board. Light shelf wear to dust jacket.

Canada: Summit Studios. Soft cover. Very Good-. Duncan, Randy. A book of hockey humour. Colourfully illustrated white soft cover with dark blue titling, illustrated throughout with black and white as well as colour cartoons, 160 pages. Cover has negligible edge wear, minor shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong

Pog Press, 2008. Soft cover. As New/-. This is an account of one Canadian's service in the British and Canadian merchant navies from mid-1937 until the end of 1945". Glossy soft cover with red titling to front and red spine with white titling, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page, several black and white photographs, 259 pages. The book is unread. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, B. C.: UBC Press. Soft cover. Very Good-. Biography of Caroline Macdonald (1874-1931), a Canadian who spent almost her entire working life in Japan, performing a significant role there both in the establishment of the YWCA and in prison reform. Illustrated soft cover with black and off-white titling on front, off-white titling on spine, illustrated with several pages of black and white photographs, 347 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Dresden: VEB Verlag Der Kunst. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Written in German. The art and sculpture of Heinrich Drake. Grey cloth with dark grey titling on spine and front, black and white tipped-in frontispiece, illustrated with tipped-in plates and black and white photographic plates. 205 pages. Light edge wear, pale foxing on end papers. Dust jacket shows edge and shelf wear especially to top edge. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

PigeonBike Press, 2011. Card Cover. Imagine spending two star-filled nights between the paws of the Sphinx . Experiencing ancient Egypt. A sound opera. Card cover with staple binding, signed and inscribed by author to Phyllis (poet Phyllis Webb), inscription dated April 2017, 9 pages. Light shelf wear, faint oil-like stain one to front and one to rear cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Norway: Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder, 1955. Hardcover. Good+. Written in Norwegian, book has gilt titling on black spine, decorated boards, white ships on blue endpapers, top text block edge is speckled, brown and white illustrations and illuminations, black and white photographs, 262 pages. Corners have wear, text block edges slightly darkened, small pale stain on bottom edge, otherwise this is a very handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Saint John, N.B.: Tyson Corporation, 1984. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Butler, Ray. This book, signed by both authors and the artist, is an "artistic tour of the city of Saint John. The historical points of interest presented . are depicted in ink sketches by Saint John artist Ray Butler, [and] accompanied by a brief description." Black soft cover with wrap-around silver illustration, silver titling, attractive black and white illustrations throughout, 56 pages. Cover has edge wear, shelf wear, but is otherwise clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall