Search Results: Authors starting with H from The Last Word

London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1919. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas Wrenn. CLAUDY, C. H. (CARL HARRY) (1879-1957) Green cloth covered boards - light green image on front of a lion and rhinoceros. Spine has a picture too but a bit rubbed. Owner and gift inscription to FFEP. 303 pages

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1915. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 463 pages with 6 pages at rear including rear end papers . Last page has a tear missing but not affecting the text. Very Good. Brick red cloth boards with gilt title and leaf decoration to spine. First edition. The Rainbow, by D. H. Lawrence author of 'Sons and Lovers'. Top edges only trimmed; bottom and side edges untrimmed. Copyright page states 'First Published in 1915'. Front end papers show Methuen's Colonial Library titles. Bookseller stamp - Smith's Book Shop Wellington 34 Mercer Street. Traces of a book plate on fixed front end paper. Front board a bit loose with a split in the end paper. Apparently only 821 copies were distributed in England including file and review copies. It is not clear how many were sent for colonial distribution. out of the 500 planned. Lawrence's frank treatment of sexual desire and the power it plays within relationships as a natural and even spiritual force of life, though perhaps tame… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1909. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. owner signature "Euphemius G R Cadzour Dec 1909" . Spine sunned corners rubbed, Rear spine joint cracked on exrterior. 2 maps in rear pocket plus double panorama . Grey cloth covered boards with silver embossed picture and title to front. 419 pages

London: Harrap, 1911. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Hardcover Publisher: London: Harrap., 1911 238p green cloth boards with brown leather spine, gilt lettering and decoration on cover, corners bumped, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w plates, fraying to top/bottom of spine, overall, very good condition Riverside Press ltd Edinburgh illus Ther Ballantyne Press, London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Masterton, New Zealand: Aratoi - Masterton Museum of Art, 2005. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Catalogue for an exhibition in Masterton, New zealand. $8 page colour illustrated catalogue of top ratted New Zealand artists Such as : Toss Woollaston, Colin McCahon, Evelyn Page, Ralph Hotere

Auckland, New Zealand: Godwit, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. National Library of New Zealand 255 mm tall. 143 pages William H T Partington b&w photo illus, captioned at rear, flexi-card covers - Covers have been laminated in clear plastic - library stamp to top pages edges only - no other markings. Introduction by Sharon Dell of the Whanganui Museum. In excellent condition. No foxing, no fingerprints. no creases

Auckland, New Zealand: Godwit, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. National Library of New Zealand - true author? as new unread 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 143 pages William H T Partington

Auckland, New Zealand: Godwit, 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. National Library of New Zealand. as new unread 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 143 pages William H T Partington. Erratum glued in on page 143

London: Virtue & Company, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Non Fiction - 1st Ed, , NonFiction Vol I & II , 2 Volumes , Hardback in brown embossed leathercloth , Vol.1:viii , 256 pp., Frontis of Midland region 462 loco , 4 colour / colored and folding plates , many black and white figures .Volume 2 , same binding , vii , pagination continues to page 562 , frontis of Three cylinder converted Royal Scot locomotive , 7 colour / colored and folding plates, and many black and white figures, Both Volumes in Very Good condition." Please check on actual postage if you live out of New Zealand

Military Service Publishing Company, 1948. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. American, British, Russian, German, Italian, Japanese and all other important nations Illustrated throughout, 500 pages, green cloth. Large impressive volume. Fourth revised and enlarged edition March 1948 ( First printed in 1943) xii preface, title etc. Corners bumped some wear at top and bottom of spine.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1894. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; xiv & 237 pp. + title page, contents and some text from author's "Compound Riveted Girders" and additional ads. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Covers a bit loose at hinge joints with a 3 inch split at rear hinge.

Praha: Melantrich, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Josef Lada. 324 pages. In czech?

Wellington, New Zealand: L T Watkins, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 96 pages. Re leather hard bound with gilt titles to spine.

London: John Murray. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1829 fifth edition. some light pencil lines down side of text and some lines underlined. Octavos. Vol.1: (xix) 549 pp. Vol.2: (viii) 483 pp. Vol.3: (vii) 634 pp. Full tan calf binding. Spine with gilt lettering over black labels, with gilt decoration and raised bands. All edges and end papers marbled. The work is a comprehensive historical survey of the Middle Ages in three volumes, by Hallam the notable English historian. The publication is seen as one of his major works. Shelf wear and spine on vol. 1 part detached at base. Interior with some light foxing to the end papers, title pages and initial pages of the volume Henry Hallam (July 9, 1777 - January 21, 1859) was an English historian. Hallam, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and a trustee of the British Museum. In 1830 he received the gold medal for history, founded by George IV. This set of three volumes is heaver than the standard single book quoted in the standard shipping so… Read More

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1950. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 328 pp. With rare dustjacket..

London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. [publisher: Adlard Coles Limited,] Hardcover 1955. 207 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends.

Nelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton Publishing, 2003. Second printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 496 pages Slight foxing to end papers and bottom of text block/

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1877. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark red cloth covered boards. Some variation in colour Black ruled lines with gilt title to spine. viii, 418pp plus 4pp publishers catalogue. Dark green endpapers. Owner name C Stuart (Rev Dr Charles Stuart of Dunearn (Dunnairn) MD FRSE (1745–1826) was an 18th/19th century Scottish minister who went on to co-found the Royal Society of Edinburgh and to be President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.)

New Plymouth, New Zealand: Taranaki Herald, 1936. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 50 pages. In library binding. Birth date: 1861 Death: 1954 (aged 92-93) . Bagnall, D306: 50 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Has a General Assembly library NZ monogramme to front cover and withdrawn plate inside on FEPs.

Cards. Very Good. Stapled withcard covers over. Foxing spots over front cover. 43 pages. B & W illustrations and photos