Search Results: Authors starting with H from Ash Rare Books

Preston (HRT) : Cupid Press, 1950. First edition : limited to 660 numbered copies on mould-made paper. A fine and unnusual selection of 114 seventeenth-century lyrics - Aphra Behn; William Congreve; Sir William Davenant; John Dryden; Thomas D'Urfey; Sir George Etherege; George Farquhar; John Oldmixon; Thomas Otway; Sir Charles Sedley; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - but most impressive for some remarkably fine and little-known poems from lesser and even anonymous poets. With an absorbing introduction and extensive notes by Hadfield. Beautifully produced and with illustrations by Rex Whistler. Medium 8vo (232 x 139mm). xx,(154),[ii]pp. Folding coloured collotype frontispiece and monochrome collotype illustrations by Whistler; bound in a stylish recent half burgundy morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; marbled sides; partially erased stamp to verso of title-page; faint crease to frontispiece, but a very good and most attractive copy.

London : Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition. The title story, set in the period of King Cetywayo, and two other longish tales, "Elissa" (also known as "The Doom of Zimbabwe") and "The Wizard". "Black Heart and White Heart ... is the best story that Mr. H. Rider Haggard has ever written; better, indeed, than anything we had hitherto thought him capable of writing" (The Graphic, 30th June 1900). Crown 8vo (19cm). xii,[2],414pp. Frontispiece and thirty-three full-page illustrations (the latter not included in pagination) by Charles Kerr (1858-1907) and Frederick Henry Townsend (1868-1920). Original dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; some minor wear to extremities, a few faint marks, some spotting to text and plates, but a very good and still bright copy. Scott 34. Whatmore F23.

London : Cassell & Co., (1916). First edition. "One of the strangest of all the adventures which have befallen me in the course of a life that so far can scarcely be called tame or humdrum" - in the Allan Quatermain series, and "is especially welcome on that account. But more than this, it is the best and greatest of the series. It is never less than delightful, and for the greater part is profoundly thrilling" (Western Mail, 15th January 1916). Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],344pp. Coloured frontispiece and three plates by A. C. Michael - Arthur Cadwgan Michael (1881-1965). Original brown cloth, ruled and lettered in blind on upper cover, lettered across spine in gilt; slightly bowed; a touch of rubbing; mild spotting of edges and endpapers, but a very good copy. Contemporary "Royal Naval War Libraries" stamp on front pastedown - although the book has evidently never seen library use.

London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1888. First edition. An unusual Haggard, set in his native Norfolk, but one of his best: "A tale of mystery and complications and hidden treasure" (Daily Telegraph) - "combined with the regulation elements of the marriage which is a failure, a bigamy, and a dash of murder ... there is an ex-housemaid and present music-hall singer, suggestively nicknamed 'The Tiger', of a type much better left to the police reports" (Graphic); "reaching a far higher level than any of Mr. Haggard's previous stories" (Liverpool Mercury); "one of the most powerful novels Mr. Haggard has written" (Sheffield Daily Telegraph); "shows that Mr. Rider Haggard has powers of which even he himself is perhaps scarcely conscious" (United Service Gazette). Three volumes. Crown 8vo (20cm). [viii],(248); [viii],(264); [viii],(262),[ii]pp. Original red cloth, lettered in black; spines a little sunned and lightly worn; faint traces of small… Read More

London : Spencer Blackett, 1889. First edition. The title story and three further Quatermain tales, "Hunter Quatermain's Story", "A Tale of Three Lions" and "Long Odds". "The most notable conception in Mr. Rider Haggard's new volume of stories ... is surely the baboon-woman, Hendrika" (St. James's Gazette, 18th December 1889). Crown 8vo (184 x 128mm). 334,[iv] + (32)pp inserted advertisements dated September 1889. Frontispiece and seven full-page illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862-1931) and Charles Kerr (1858-1907), with numerous further text illustrations, decorative devices and initials. Bound in a stylish later (mid twentieth-century) full tan calf, banded and richly gilt, contrasting red and blue labels, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Bayntun; some mild rubbing to head and joints; a few faint marks and spots, but a very good copy. .

London : W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1831. First edition. An extended catechism, with a supplementary table of biblical texts pointing out various duties, sins to be avoided, threatenings to the wicked, blessings to the righteous, etc., compiled for the use of the Harewood Sunday School in Yorkshire, and prepared for publication by the local vicar, Richard Hale (1773-1854), evidently in memory of the compiler, his late wife, Mary Ann Hale, née Loft, and their short marriage of just five years. Post 12mo (18cm). (96)pp. Original sheep-backed boards; a little rubbed and worn; some staining to boards; stitching slack and a few leaves loose; a serviceable copy of a very uncommon book. Contemporary (1833) pencilled ownership inscription of a member of the Pulford family. Only a single copy (Roderic Bowen Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Edward Arnold, 1897. First edition. The barrister and artist Sir Francis Newbolt, brother of the poet, with tales of fishing - in Scotland, on the Thames, and especially in the salmon rivers of Norway - with a concluding piece on "The Angler's Library". "There is a freshness and a certain refined choice of language in these three-and-twenty chats on angling topics which raise them above the usual level of fishermen's stories" (St. James's Gazette, 26th April 1897). "Some capital reading of an unhackneyed kind" (Morning Post, 13th April 1897). Crown 8vo (20cm). (256)pp. Frontispiece - a signed original etching by the author - and twelve atmospheric plates by Thomas Hope McLachlan (1845-1897). Original blue cloth, ruled and blocked in blind and silver; just a hint of rubbing; a few edge spots; mild tanning of endpapers; one leaf slightly creased, but a very good copy of a most attractive production.

London : Peter Lunn, 1947. First edition. A study of Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) - among the Tuaregs, etc. Illustrated by William Stobbs. Crown 8vo (20cm). 180pp. Illustrations. Maps. Original cloth; a very good and bright copy in the Stobbs dust-jacket - just faintly tanned.

New York, Los Angeles & London : Maurice Hall Publications, [ca. 1950]. First edition. Stories from Robert Kingston (2), Anne Frazer, Janice Temple, Lester Kearns and Frederick Foden. The New York and Los Angeles of the imprint appear to represent wishful thinking. Crown 4to (25cm). 32pp. Illustrations and glamour photographs. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a design by "Brab" - Oliver Gilmore Brabbins (1912-1973); minor rubbing and one slight crease; small mark and "2/6" price-stamp on upper wrapper; overall a very good copy. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

London : Chapman & Hall, [1859]. A set of hand-coloured maps of the English counties, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Wight, with general maps of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The maps were originally published serially between January 1830 and July 1832 and are here reissued in lithographic form with the railways, etc., brought right up to date - showing, for example, the Lewes-Uckfield line opened in 1858. The original engraver, Sidney Hall, died in January 1831. A number of plates were already completed, but from September 1831 the remaining counties (from Rutland onwards) are signed not with his characteristic "Sidy. Hall", but with the plainer "S. Hall", the style adopted by his widow Selina, who was quietly and successfully to carry on the business in this quasi-anonymous way until her own death in 1853. Demy 8vo (21cm). Forty-six folding maps, with four of the maps of larger size, all with original outline hand colour. Original black roan wallet style binding, with ribbon and flap,… Read More

New York : Dell Publishing Co., (1959). Third Dell edition - but the first with this stylish artwork by Robert McGinnis. "Tim, who'd always said he would die with a smile on his face - and a blonde in his arms" - Mike Shayne investigates. First published in 1945 and as a Dell mapback in 1948 - and here reissued as Dell D291. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 192pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a McGinnis blonde goes teapot; all edges green; light rubbing, wear and creasing; a good copy.

London : Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First edition. Stories, poems and occasional pieces by the gifted members of the Savage Club, assembled to finance their charitable work. Contributors include Dion Boucicault, George Manville Fenn, George Grossmith, Andrew Halliday himself, Arthur Locker, John Oxenford, J. R. Planché, George Augustus Sala, Walter Thornbury, etc. With illustrations by Frederick Barnard, George Cruikshank, Gustave Doré, Gordon Thompson, Harrison Weir and many others, all engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. Crown 8vo (20cm). 352pp. Additional decorative title (dated 1868). Plates and decorations. Music, etc. Original red cloth decorated in gilt and blind; spine a touch darkened and slightly nicked at head; some minor wear and a few slight marks, but a good and sound copy. With the contemporary armorial bookplate of Holroyd Chaplin (1840-1917), a well-to-do solicitor educated at Tonbridge School and London University.

London : Jarrolds Publishers (London), [ca.1952]. First British paperback edition. Later published in French as "Gin et Laudanum" - a Mike Shayne mystery: frightened little man at Miami airport pays Shayne over the odds for a ticket to New Orleans, and then there is the blonde who inspired the French title. Originally published in hardback in the USA in 1947, with a UK hardback from Jarrold's in 1950. Crown 8vo (19cm). 176pp. Original pictorial wrappers - blonde, gun, man, hat, telephone; all edges red; just a hint of rubbing and slight wear; slight cover crease; a few spots, but a very good copy. No copy of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Tinsley Brothers, 1867. First edition. A collection of stories, poems and occasional pieces by the gifted members of the Savage Club, assembled to afford some charitable relief to the young widow of one of their former members. Contributors include E. L. Blanchard, Andrew Halliday himself, W. S. Gilbert, Tom Hood, Arthur Locker, J. R. Planché, Clement W. Scott, Arthur Sketchley with one of his Mrs Brown stories, G. L. M. Strauss, Walter Thornbury, Artemus Ward, etc. With illustrations by a string of well-known artists, including Frederick Barnard, George Cruikshank, Gustave Doré, George Du Maurier, W. S. Gilbert, Ernest Griset, Arthur Boyd Houghton, Harrison Weir, etc. - engraved apparently free of charge by some of the best engravers in London. Post 8vo (21cm). (344)pp. Plates. Illustrations. Head and tailpieces. Music, etc. Original red decorative cloth, heavily worked in gilt and blind, over bevelled boards; all edges gilt; spine a little worn and dulled, some marks to boards; slight… Read More

New York : Dell Publishing Co., (1962). First paperback edition. "Sloe Burn was her name - if you can believe it". A Mike Shayne mystery, set in Miami. Dell 4476. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 159,[i]pp. Original wrappers - a design by Robert McGinnis; all edges green; spine a little sunned; lightly rubbed and slightly creased, but otherwise a very good copy.

London : Enitharmon Press, 1998. First edition : one of 185 regular copies (of a total limitation of 250 numbered copies). Loosely inserted is a 1999 signed autograph note, on an Enitharmon compliments slip, from the publisher, Stephen Stuart-Smith. Crown 4to (27cm). (80)pp. Portrait frontispiece. Tipped-in facsimiles. Original blue cloth, with printed paper labels; very good.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Galloping Dog Press, 1985. First edition. A collection of eighteen poems and text sequences. Post 4to (27cm). [30]pp. Original cream wrappers, ruled, lettered and with two Halsey designs in black; very slightly dusty and bruised, but still a very good copy.

London : A. & C. Black, 1895. First complete edition : originally published in three separate instalments 1894-1895. A weighty survey, with a lengthy introduction covering collecting, preservation, German book-plates, French book-plates, English book-plates and their ten basic styles, American book-plates, early references, eighteenth-century engravers and styles, nineteenth-century design, etc., followed by detailed chronological tables of known examples from 1516 to 1895. Post 4to (28cm). [viii],124,(226),[xx]pp. Numerous plates and illustrations. Original cloth gilt; lightly sunned; a few minor marks; a touch shaken, but a very good copy of a handsome production.

Manchester : T. A. & E. Pemberton, [ca.1948]. A fresh edition in the Pembertons' "Thrilling Love" series of a book which first appeared as a newspaper serial in 1909. "Mrs. Ponsonby emphasised the remark with a nod of her pretty grey head. A woman of fortune, of good birth, she was a despot in her particular circle, and, like most despots, continually broke her own rules". Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; very slightly chipped at extremities; text lightly tanned, with a few spots; just a touch of rust to the staples, but overall a very good copy. No copy of this edition located in major libraries worldwide - and only a single example of each of two earlier editions (both British Library).

New York : Dell Publishing Co., [1946]. Second edition. A collection of four stories, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Originally published by Lawrence E. Spivak the previous year - but here enlivened with some fine cover art by Gerald Gregg (1907-1985) in his distinctive airbrush style and the Dell "mapback" of the streets of downtown San Francisco. Dell Mapback 129. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 192pp. Original pictorial wrappers in a design by Gerald Gregg; some minor wear and slight creasing; tiny nick to upper wrapper and opening leaves; a good copy.