Search Results: Authors starting with H from Peter Harrington

The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical. John Tallis & Company., 1850. A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border. Engraved by J H Kernot (Illustrations) J Rapkin (Map). Steel engraving. Original colour. In fine condition. Wash line mount size: 40 x 51 cm. Size: 25 x 35 cm. (10 x 14 inches).

The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World Geograohical, Political, Commercial & Statistical. John Tallis & Company., 1850. A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border. Engraved by G R Manwaring (Illustrations) J Rapkin (Map). Steel engraving. Original colour. In fine condition. Wash line mount size: 49 x 42 cm. Size: 33 x 26 cm. (13 x 10 inches).

Paris: Librairie Plon,, 1927. First edition, first impression, limited issue, number 447 of 500. Inscribed in French to an unnamed recipient by Jean Pendrell Waddington as "Waddy" on front blank, dated 15 March 1931. Waddington was a member of La Croisière Jaune, a Citroën automotive expedition travelling from Beirut to Beijing in 1931-2. The inscription reads: "This is the story of the second expedition, we are off for the third... and I hope that when like Ulysses we have made a beautiful journey you can leave for a fourth expedition and that this one will pass through your homeland". The intrepid duo of Georges-Marie Haardt (1884-1932) and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (1887-1960) were pioneers of motor exploration, and this attractive work documents their automotive north-to-south crossing of Africa in 1924-5 to promote the Citroën brand. The crossing of Africa was followed by a similarly impressive feat, La Croisière Jaune. Aside from the advertising aspect, the expedition was also significant… Read More

London, Toronto, Wellington, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd,, 1969. First edition, first printing. Originally from Hamburg, Habicht documents London through street photography during the Swinging Sixties. Quarto. Original navy blue boards, lettering to spine in silver. With photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with 91 full page photographs on gloss art paper. Dust jacket with light wear to corners and spine tips, price clipped, small owner's name to front free endpaper otherwise book fine.

London: Royal Asiatic Society,, 1924. A scarce monograph by the ornithologist Masauji Hachisuka, nephew of the last Tokugawa shogun, addressing a key issue in Chinese mythography: the identity of the legendary fenghuang bird first referenced in ancient Chinese manuscripts. According to the Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian), the fenghuang first appeared in China in 2647 BCE, contemporaneous to references to the benu in the Pyramid Texts of ancient Egypt. In successive dynasties, the fenghuang became a key motive of Chinese culture, being referenced in received texts such as the Analects, on bronze vessels and stone stelae, in paintings, and on clothing. In this work, Masauji Hachisuka (1903-1953) dismisses attempts, begun with the translations of James Legge (1815-1897), to equate the fenghuang with the phoenix of Western mythology. He argues instead that the bird actually existed in nature as the ocellated pheasant (Reinardius ocellatus), a reclusive species still found in parts of Asia in the early 20th… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, Limited,, 1885. The most amazing book ever written First edition, first impression, a scarce book in the correct state, with all the textual misprints: p. 10, "Bamamgwato"; p. 122 3rd line up "let twins to live"; and p. 307 footnote, last line, "Wrod." Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, single rule to boards gilt, raised bands, pictorial block of the shield and spear to the front lower board after the original, twin rule to turn-in gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. With a folding map. Frontis map discretely repaired across the back panel, the occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy in a fine binding.

London: Macmillan & Co.; St Martin's Press, New York,, 1958. First edition, first impression, of this collection of papers delivered at the IEA's first congress, by such figures as Sir Dennis Robertson, Jacob Viner, François Perroux, Gottfried Haberler, and Erik Lundberg. The International Economic Association was formed in 1950. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Very light bumping, minor marks to covers, faint browning to endpapers: a near-fine copy.

[c.1993]. Original watercolour by American illustrator and author Michael Hague, signed by him in the lower left hand corner. Produced for one of Hague's calendars for the month of February, featuring the Snow Queen in a snow storm carrying a basket of children. A beautiful example of Hague's detailed illustrations. Watercolour and ink on artist board. Image size: 400 x 450 mm. Presented in a silver frame with conservation mount and glass.

Paris: Librairie militaire J. Dumaine,, 1863. When we have carried out the offensive, we must support it to the last extremity" - Douglas Haig's marked up copy of Napoleon's Maximes Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's copy, inscribed by him on the half-title, "Douglas Haig. 7th Queens Own Hussars, from General Keith Fraser, Insp[ecto]r General of Cavalry". A superb provenance: "Haig took the first important steps in his career through his association with Keith Fraser as his aide de camp for the 1894 manoeuvres" (Badsey, p. 71). Books owned by Haig rarely appear on the open market. This was most likely presented to Haig between the autumn of 1894 and early 1895, when Fraser moved on from the post of Inspector General, and while Haig was still serving with the 7th Hussars, before joining the Staff College at Camberley in 1896 and relinquishing regimental duties. Haig had failed at his first attempt to get into the Staff College due to a combination of colour blindness and a poor performance in the newly… Read More

[c.1910]. One of a series of photos taken by William Amos Haines (1877-1953). Mission San Fernando Rey de España was founded in 1797 by Father Fermín Lasuén. The buildings were restored in the 1940s and the mission is now the final resting place of Bob Hope. Haines travelled through the United States in the first decades of the 20th century making early panoramas with a rotating Kodak Cirkut camera. He was particularly interested in California's Spanish missions, and took photographs of a number of these sites around 1910. Photograph (202 x 480 mm). 2 ink stamps of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library, red pen mark, and partial Haines blind stamp to verso. Minor creases from handling and a few faint spots, adhesive residue to verso. Excellent condition.

[c.1910]. THE MISSION FROM VERTIGO One of a series of photos taken by William Amos Haines (1877-1953), who travelled through the United States in the first decades of the 20th century making early panoramas with a rotating Kodak Cirkut camera. He was particularly interested in California's Spanish missions, and took photographs of a number of these sites around 1910. Mission San Juan Bautista was founded in 1797 by Father Fermín Lasuén. It is the largest of the California missions and was featured prominantly in the film Vertigo, with Hitchcock adding a bell tower by using scale models and trick photography. Photograph. Sheet size: 20.2 x 49.5 cm. 2 ink stamps of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library and red pen mark to verso. A few minor pinholes and creases and short closed tears from handling, vertical crease from folding on the far left side of the photo, adhesive residue to verso. Very good condition. Presented in hand finished stained oak frame with UV glass.

[c.1910]. One of a series of photos taken by William Amos Haines (1877-1953). Mission San Luis Obispo de Tulsa was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1772. The wooden clapboard and cupola visible in this photo were added during modernisation efforts in the 1880s, but were removed when the building was restored to its original appearance in the 1930s. Haines travelled through the United States in the first decades of the 20th century making early panoramas with a rotating Kodak Cirkut camera. He was particularly interested in California's Spanish missions, and took photographs of a number of these sites around 1910. Photograph. Sheet size: 20.2 x 50 cm. Ink stamp of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library, red pen mark, and Haines blind stamp to verso. 2 short closed tears and a crease, pin holes, tip of lower left corner cleanly broken off otherwise in very good condition. Presented in a hand finished stained oak frame with UV glass.

[c.1910]. One of a series of photos taken by William Amos Haines (1877-1953), with his subtle blindstamp to the foot of the image. Founded in 1823, Mission San Francisco de Solano was the 21st and final Californian mission, erected as a bulwark against Russian encroachment into Alta California. Restoration was completed in 1913 and today it is part of the Sonoma State Historic Park. Haines travelled through the United States in the first decades of the 20th century making early panoramas with a rotating Kodak Cirkut camera. He was particularly interested in California's Spanish missions, and took photographs of a number of these sites around 1910. Photograph. Sheet size: 20.2 x 50 cm. Ink stamp of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library and red pen mark to verso. Some minor creasing and pinholes at upper corners. Very good condition. Presented in hand finished stained oak frame with UV glass.

[c.1910]. One of a series of photos taken by William Amos Haines (1877-1953), who travelled through the United States in the first decades of the 20th century making early panoramas with a rotating Kodak Cirkut camera. He was particularly interested in California's Spanish missions, and took photographs of a number of these sites around 1910. Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 and is home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782. It is well known for its beautiful architecture, picturesque ruins, and the swallows that nest there in spring. Photograph. Sheet size: 20.2 x 50 cm. Ink stamp of the Santa Barbara Free Public Library, red pen mark, and Haines blind stamp to verso. A few small marks, crease to lower left corner. Very good condition. Presented in hand finished stained oak frame with UV glass.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company,, 1972. Tales to keep Dracula up at night - a presentation copy for Christopher Lee First US edition, first printing, inscribed by the editor to the renowned fiend of films on the front free endpaper, "To Christopher Lee, whose work has, in the best possible way, inspired many of my collections. With warmest regards, Peter H. 11/1/73". The year after this presentation, the horror anthologist Peter Haining published another collection, Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors. Haining (1940-2007) received the British Fantasy Awards's Karl Edward Wagner prize in 2001. This ghoulish collection was inspired by the opening story, "Man Overboard" by Winston Churchill. The transatlantic line-up of authors also includes Agatha Christie, J. B. Priestley, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, William Burroughs, and many more. It was published in the UK the same year. Octavo. Original light grey quarter cloth, spine lettered in blue, dark grey board sides.… Read More

London: Bernard Quaritch., 1886.. Attractive multi-image of lithograph printed by Wyman & Sons from Plant Studies. Photo-Lithograph. Hand coloured. Image size: 37 x 25 cm. Mounted size: 59 x 46 cm Very good condition.

London: Bernard Quaritch., 1886.. Attractive multi-image of lithograph printed by Wyman & Sons from Plant Studies. Photo-Lithograph. Hand coloured. Image size: 37 x 25 cm. Mounted size: 59 x 46 cm Very good condition.

London: Bernard Quaritch., 1886.. Attractive multi-image of lithograph printed by Wyman & Sons from Plant Studies. Photo-Lithograph. Hand coloured. Image size: 37 x 25 cm. Mounted size: 59 x 46 cm Very good condition.

London: Bernard Quaritch., 1886.. Attractive multi-image of lithograph printed by Wyman & Sons from Plant Studies. Photo-Lithograph. Hand coloured. Image size: 37 x 25 cm. Mounted size: 59 x 46 cm Very good condition.

London: Bernard Quaritch., 1886.. Attractive multi-image of lithograph printed by Wyman & Sons from Plant Studies. Photo-Lithograph. Hand coloured. Image size: 37 x 25 cm. Mounted size: 59 x 46 cm Very good condition.