Search Results: Authors starting with H from Roger Middleton

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1953.. LIMITED EDITION 1953, 485 COPIES ONLY, this copy numbered 182. 4to, approximately 285 x 220 mm, 11¼ x 8¾ inches, 11 plates in colour, 11 black and white plates, 35 drawings in the text, pages: xvi, 1-250 including index, bound in original publisher's blue buckram, small gilt vignette of Dodo to upper cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, top edge gilt, in dustwrapper. Tiny shallow crease to upper cover of book and dustwrapper next to spine, (see attached image), small faint crease affecting all pages at top inner corner, price cut out of front flap, otherwise a very good plus copy. The author deals with the different species of Dodo and Solitaire, reviewing the historical and pictorial evidences, detailing the remains of specimens, recounting the story of extermination, and describing in detail the appearance and habits of these amazing birds. Some 36 other species of extinct bird are also described including the Great Water Hen, The Almost Flightless… Read More

London, Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton (1912).. FIRST EDITION (1912), written and illustrated by Hacker, bound in Japanese style. Slim 4to, 285 x 230 mm, 11¼ x 9 inches, cream boards illustrated grey, green, pink and gilt, titled on gilt panel, colour illustrated endpapers, brown silk binding ribbon through spine, no pagination, 26 leaves including the colour plates. Colour illustrated title page and 12 very pretty plates printed in very delicate colours. Each shows Susan alone engaged on a different activity, sewing, studying etc. or in a different attitude, sneering, scowling etc. Each is preceded by a page of verse, the whole printed 1 side only. Cream boards have pale foxing and pale browning, pale browning to first free endpaper and a narrow vertical strip of pale browning to last free endpaper. Very good copy in the scarce ORIGINAL BOX, slightly dusty and slightly worn, with same printing as upper cover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1986.. FIRST UK EDITION 1986, 4to, 260 x 210 mm, 10¼ x 8¼ inches, blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 26 pages. Wonderful dressed bears living in charming surroundings with tiled fireplaces, rustic furniture and cupboards full of toys. Simple verse text. No inscriptions, minute bump to top corner of upper cover, a Fine as new copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped but later printed price label pasted over the original. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1987.. FIRST UK EDITION 1987, oblong 4to, 235 x 295 mm, 9¼ x 11½ inches, blue boards, blindstamped vignette to upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 27 pages. 12 full page coloured illustrations of children's dream world fantasies with Teddy Bears, flying elephants, fairies, dinosaurs, talking toys. No inscriptions, a Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, slightly wrinkled at top of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1985.. FIRST EDITION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL HAGUE 1985, small 4to, 260 x 210 mm, 10¼ x 8¼ inches, brown boards gilt lettered spine, 28 pages. 13 well known fables starting with The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. 14 full page coloured illustrations in Hague's subdued autumnal tones. A few smaller coloured tail-pieces. No inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1986.. FIRST UK EDITION 1986, 4to, 260 x 210 mm, 10¼ x 8¼ inches, blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 26 pages. Wonderful dressed bears living in charming surroundings with tiled fireplaces, rustic furniture and cupboards full of toys. Simple verse text. No inscriptions, minute bump to top corners of boards, otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped but small blank sticker over price, tiny wrinkle to top corners. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1985.. FIRST EDITION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL HAGUE 1985, small 4to, 260 x 210 mm, 10¼ x 8¼ inches, brown boards gilt lettered spine, 28 pages. 13 well known fables starting with The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. 14 full page coloured illustrations in Hague's subdued autumnal tones. A few smaller coloured tailpieces. No inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1987.. FIRST UK EDITION 1987, oblong 4to, 235 x 295 mm, 9¼ x 11½ inches, blue boards, blindstamped vignette to upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 27 pages. 12 full page coloured illustrations of children's dream world fantasies with Teddy Bears, flying elephants, fairies, dinosaurs, talking toys etc. No inscriptions, tiniest bump to head and tail of spine, 5 mm (¼") graze to upper cover. A near Fine clean crisp copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, a touch of rubbing showing on dark areas of upper panel. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Methuen, 1986.. FIRST UK EDITION 1986, 4to, 260 x 210 mm, 10¼ x 8¼ inches, blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 26 pages. Wonderful dressed bears living in charming surroundings with tiled fireplaces, rustic furniture and cupboards full of toys. Simple verse text. No inscriptions, a Fine as new copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped but later printed price label pasted over the original. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, New English Library, 1979.. FIRST EDITION 1979, 4to, 305 x 325 mm, 12 x 12¾ inches, black boards lettered silver, 141 pages including 5 fold-outs. A wonderful book superbly illustrated in colour on every page, progressing from Harlequins through Click Tablets, Fancy Paper Dolls and Panoramas to the main subject of movable books from Dean's productions of the 1850s through the Nisters and Meggendorfers and ending with Beatrix Potter's panoramas and the Speaking Picture Book. Faint browning to edges of endpapers, no inscriptions. A Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which will require extra postage.

London, George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 1598-1600.. SECOND EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 3 VOLUMES IN 2, the first 2 volumes bound together, complete set, 1598, 1599, 1600. NOT A MATCHING SET as Volumes 1 & 2 are large paper. LACKS THE MAP, 4 LEAVES IN THE SECOND VOLUME ARE FROM A NORMAL SIZE COPY OF THE SAME DATE. LACKING "A briefe and true report of the honourable voyage vnto Cadiz", suppressed and excised by order of Queen Elizabeth after the disgrace of Essex, the 7 Cadiz leaves were simply removed from the end of Volume 1. Folio, in sixes, the page size of the first 2 volumes 310 x 200 mm, 12¼ x 8 inches, a tall untrimmed copy (as listed in Pforzheimer), quite scarce as most sets are the same size as our Volume 3 (280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7 inches), pages: [24], 1-606; [16], 1-312, 1-204; Volume 3: [16], 1-868, pictorial and decorated initials and ornaments, first 2 volumes bound together in half calf, marbled boards, early gilt lettered red morocco label, raised bands, Volume 3 bound in… Read More

London, Henry Colburn, 1827.. Edited from the original Spanish manuscript, by the author of "Don Esteban" and "Sandoval". FIRST EDITION 1827, 2 volumes, complete set, 8vos, frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume 1, frontispiece portrait of General Yermolow in Volume 2, 2 folding sheets of printed signatures of persons mentioned in the text in Volume 1, another in Volume 2, plus in Volume 2 a folding panoramic view of Teflis, a folding plate of the Installation of Ashan Khan at Kazykoumyk, both aquatints, and a folding map of the Caucasus and Georgia, pages: xx, 1-380; xvi, 1-496, bound in 19th century half calf over marbled sides, raised bands to spine, blind stamped decoration in compartments, lettered gilt, edges marbled. Gilt worn off spines, slight wear to head and tail of spines and corners, very small bump to top corners of Volume 1, spine edges rubbed, marbled sides slightly rubbed, binder's tiny ticket on front pastedowns, faint offsetting to title pages, occasional slight pale foxing,… Read More

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914.. FIRST EDITION, 1914. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. 8vo, approximately 220 x 140 mm, 8¾ x 5½ inches, map and 140 text illustrations, pages: xvi. 1-515 plus 2 pages of adverts, original publisher's russet brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt Cocoa Bean on upper cover, edges stained to match colour of binding. Spine slightly darkened, small indentation to spine, lower corner of upper cover bumped, endpapers and pastedowns have pale age-browning, otherwise a good sturdy clean copy. Included are some loose manuscript notes and letters, one addressed to Sir Daniel Morris to whom the book is presented. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Remington and Co., 1878.. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION 1878, 2 volumes, complete set. The three parts were previously published separately and are now brought together, enlarged and improved (see Preface). Small 8vo, approximately 190 x 125 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, Volume 1: 1-252 pages plus adverts, Volume 2: 1-248 pages plus adverts, original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spines, black lettering and decoration to covers, black endpapers, bookplate of Woburn Abbey on pastedown of each volume. Spines faded, slight wear to head of spines, thin vertical pale mark to lower cover of Volume 1, pencil note on the free endpaper of Volume 1, a little light foxing to title pages and endpapers otherwise a very good clean set. Volume 1: the first 171 pages are on interesting details and recipes for the Oyster, followed by the Lobster. Volume 2 continues with the Lobster, then Game, Woodcock, Duck, Rabbit, Sparrows, Hare, Ruff, Grouse, Woodcock, Bustard, etc. etc., Fish and a chapter on eating… Read More

London, printed by E. Edgar, and A. Garbrand, at the Wind-mill in Pauls Church yard, 1611.. FIRST EDITION? 1611, VOLUME 3 ONLY OF 3, IN 2 PARTS. 8vo, approximately 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4¼ inches, pages: title page to each part, [12], 1-124; [2], 1-114. The sixth decade of epistles has special decorated title page with 1610 imprint. Errors in paging: page 32 numbered 8, pages 68 and 70 of Part 1, misnumbered 56 and 60 respectively; pages 77-78 of Part 2, repeated in the numbering, no duplication, head- and tailpieces and decorated initials, text within black rules. Signatures: A6, B-H8, I4, K2; ²A-G8, H4. Bound in full contemporary sheep, double blind rule to edges of covers, all edges red. Binding worn and hinges rubbed, amateur repairs to head and tail of spine, paper label on spine worn and faded, corners worn and some shelf wear to edges, neat narrow repair to outer edge of title page with document repair tape, hardly visible, first title page slightly dusty, lower outer corner page 11 in Part 2… Read More

New York, Helix Press, Garrett Publications, 1963.. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1963, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO ERIC DINGWALL of the MAGIC CIRCLE. 8vo, 220 x 140 mm, 8¾ x 5¾ inches, frontispiece and 6 plates with 2 or 3 illustrations to each plate, pages: xix, 188 including index, original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine, DUSTWRAPPER. Book is in very good clean condition, the dustwrapper has fading to spine and two small closed tears to edges. The presentation reads. " For my old friend Eric with Trevor's best wishes". Presumably this is Eric J. Dingwall Hon. Vice President of the Magic Circle. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1964.. FIRST EDITION 1964, PRESENTATION COPY TO PERCY MUIR PLUS NOTES ALL IN BLUE INK. FULL PAGE AUTHOR'S NOTE IN BLUE INK ABOUT THE BOOK AND SIGNED BY HALL ON LAST BLANK PAGE. TWO LETTERS TO TREVOR HALL, ONE BY HIS SON RICHARD. 8vo, 220 x 140 mm, 8¾ x 5¾ inches, portrait frontispiece of Gurney and 6 plates, some with 2 images, pages: xi, 219 including index, original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, DUSTWRAPPER. Book in very good condition. Dustwrapper has slight wear and small closed tears to head and tail of spine and some dusty marks on back panel. The presentation reads. "For my dear friend Percy with best wishes Trevor". Underneath there is a note from Trevor Hall stating that there is a note of some interest on the rear end-paper. Underneath that there is another note: "N. B. Kindly returned to me by the widow of Percy Muir after his death". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Bodley Head, 1970.. FIRST REISSUE 1970, 8vo, 255 x 160 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, red boards gilt, index, 277 pages. A few decorations by Maureen Roffey. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, tiny area of creasing at top corners and at tail of spine, a touch of fading to spine, bright and clean. First published in 1849. 21 tales occupy one sixth of the book, ten other sections of games and proverb rhymes, alphabet and riddle rhymes, nature songs and nursery songs, supersitition and custom rhymes. 'An extraordinary record of 'vernacular scraps' (dw blurb). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1874.. FOURTH EDITION 1874 (first published in Leeds in 1863), miniature book, approximately 70 x 57 mm, 2¾ x 2¼ inches, finely engraved title page preceding dated letterpress title page, showing nargileh water pipes, tobacco plants, a smoker and scales weighted on one side by a crown and on the other by a smoking pipe, pages: (6), 107, (5), tiny print within double ruled pale green frame, the final 5 pages blank but still with this frame, bound in the original publisher's dark brown cloth, bevelled edges, patterned gilt frame to upper cover (blind stamped on lower cover), circular gilt border encloses gilt title on upper cover, gilt rules and title to spine, all edges gilt, dark brown endpapers. An anthology of prose and verse on tobacco and smoking and the history of the plant. A touch of rubbing to extremities of binding, a few minute marks to lower cover, upper cover bright, front inner paper hinge cracked, binding sound and firm, a couple of faint fox spots on… Read More

Leipzig, J. J. Weber, 1886. THIRD ENLARGED EDITION 1886 (first published in 1865), German text, 8vo, 36 illustrations in the text, 2 full page, pages: xvi, 620, bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt and blind ruled border to upper cover with gilt lettering and inner border of gilt and black vine, gilt and black decoration to spine with gilt bunch of grapes, gilt lettering and small gilt publisher's device at tail of spine, all edges red, brown and buff patterned endpapers. Head and tail of spine and hinges slightly worn, tiny split at foot of upper hinge and another at tail of spine, corners slightly rubbed, tiny binder's ticket to front and rear pastedown, no inscriptions, very small pale mark on 3 lower margins. A very good copy. Chapters on German wines, Austro-Hungarian, Swiss, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Madeira, Russian, Asian, African, American, and Australian. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.