Search Results: Titles starting with H from Wykeham Books

H. Hagerup, København, first edition, 1942. Plain wrappers, paper spine-label, small 4to,. 462, [1] pp. Minor wear to wrappers, otherwise a Very Good unopened copy.

H. Hagerup, København, first edition, 1942. Plain wrappers, paper spine-label, small 4to,. 462, [1] pp. Top edge duststained, wrappers slightly fingersoiled, otherwise a Very Good unopened copy.

H. Hagerup, København, first edition, 1942. Cloth, paper spine-label, small 4to,. 462 pp. An ex-library copy, rebound in library cloth, with a large label on the front pastedown endpaper and others on the rear pastedown endpaper, spine a little darkened, Good.

St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo,. xvi, 224 pp, facs. Approximately 660 entries. Eads provides detailed descriptions for British and American first editions of Bates's books, plays, and pamphlets (126 entries); short stories and novellas; essays, articles, commentaries (including broadcasts), and introductions; and poems and Christmas cards. Entries for books give title page transcriptions, collations, binding descriptions, and publication notes. Coverage extends from 1921 to 1989 and includes both published and unpublished materials, excluding certain reviews by Bates. Near Fine in very slightly faded dustwrapper.

John Hopkins Press for the Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, first edition, 1961. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 367 pp. Approximately 7,500 entries. The best bibliography of Mencken, covering both primary and secondary materials. Adler gives brief bibliographic information with summaries of contents and notes on reprintings for Mencken's books and pamphlets; contributions to books and pamphlets; newspaper work; magazine articles; book reviews; speeches, talks, and radio addresses; and correspondence. Coverage of works about Mencken includes books and pamphlets; parts of books; articles; portraits and caricatures; and miscellaneous items such as musical settings of Mencken's works, works dedicated to Mencken, and works inspired by Mencken. Top edge of textblock smokestained, otherwise Near Very good in price-clipped dustwrapper with somewhat darkened rear panel.

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1978. Cloth, gilt horse illustration on cover, oblong 4to, 27 x 29 cm,. 64 pp, plates, ills. From the blurb: Haddelsey's Horses is the first collection of Vincent Haddelsey's paintings to be published. Although exhibitions of his work have been held in Britain, Haddelsey is probably not as widely known as his talent deserves. However, in this country, his work is to be found in the Royal Collection, in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum; and in the United States, in the Paul Mellon Collection. His reputation in Europe has been well established for many years and in 1969 he won the International Grand Prix for naif painters at Lugano in Switzerland. Haddelsey was brought up in the Lincolnshire countryside and throughout his life horses have always been important both in work and play. This love and knowledge of horses comes through all the time in his paintings, whether they are reflecting the rural hunting scene or the town ceremonial… Read More

John Haddon & Co., London, trade catalogue, n.d. But possibly circa 1912. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 67, [1] pp, ills. No copy on Jisc Discover hub or otherwise traced. A priced and illustrated trade catalogue including images of numerous tools and some copperplate presses. An ex-library copy with a label taped around the spine, a barcode sticker on the front free endpaper , and stamps and accession marks on the verso of the title-page. Spine pulled from text-block and front free endpaper and title-page separated from textblock, staples rusted.

Library of Congress, Washington, first edition, 1984. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxv, [4], 555 pp, ill s. Chip to head of spine, top edge dust-stained, otherwise Good.

Christie's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 3rd March, 2004. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 291 pp, plates, ills. 360 lots. From the preface: "Where to begin? Perhaps the nucleus of this remarkably personal collection groups itself round the name 'Browning'. The 73 letters from Robert Browning and Julia Wedgwood to each other are in themselves a significant memorial, they lead on to books, to the copy of Browning's Poetical Works that the poet gave Wedgwood on 17 April 1865, as well as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Last Poems the year before. There are copies of Aurora Leigh, the first edition of 1857 with the autograph dedication bound in as well as the Tauchnitz edition given to Mrs. Fitzgerald. Sordello was given to W.C Macready, Two Poems (1854) by both Brownings belonged to Thomas Carlyle (did he buy it at Arabel Browning's charity bazaar for which the book was printed?). But best of all, perhaps, is the first edition of 7he Ring and the… Read More

Christie's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 3rd March, 2004. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 291 pp, plates, ills. 360 lots. From the preface: "Where to begin? Perhaps the nucleus of this remarkably personal collection groups itself round the name 'Browning'. The 73 letters from Robert Browning and Julia Wedgwood to each other are in themselves a significant memorial, they lead on to books, to the copy of Browning's Poetical Works that the poet gave Wedgwood on 17 April 1865, as well as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Last Poems the year before. There are copies of Aurora Leigh, the first edition of 1857 with the autograph dedication bound in as well as the Tauchnitz edition given to Mrs. Fitzgerald. Sordello was given to W.C Macready, Two Poems (1854) by both Brownings belonged to Thomas Carlyle (did he buy it at Arabel Browning's charity bazaar for which the book was printed?). But best of all, perhaps, is the first edition of 7he Ring and the… Read More

John Camden Hotten, London, bookseller's catalogue [1863]. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. viii, 368 pp, double-column format. 7,659 entries. An astonishing compilation, with each entry priced for sale. Blindstamp on front wrapper and name on front inside wrapper, a Good copy.

Walton and Maberly, London, fourth edition, revised and enlarged, 1860. Blindstamped cloth, 8vo,. xxiv, 442 pp, [2], 8 pp publisher's ads. Circular armorial booklabel of Lord Eldon on front free endpaper, signed "Eldon 1864" on the same page and signed "Eldon 1862" on the title-page. (John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon (1845-1926). Boards heavily rubbed from old dampstaining, minor marks to top edge of front endpapers, top edge duststained, contents Good.

John Camden Hotten, London, bookseller's catalogue [1863]. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. viii, 368 pp, double-column format. 7,659 entries. An astonishing compilation, with each entry priced for sale. Front wrapper detached, "1863" written boldly on front wrapper, otherwise a reasonable and sound copy.

Bowes and Bowes, London, first edition, 1952. . Printed wrappers, 8vo,. vii, [1], 30, [1] pp. Wrappers a little browned and marked, otherwise Good.

Bowes and Bowes, London, first edition, 1960. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 35 pp. 132 entries. Monograph (Cambridge Bibliographical Society) no. 4 Booklabel on front inside wrapper, wrappers slightly yellowed and slightly creased, otherwise Very Good.

John Rylands Library, Manchester, first edition, 1976. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 26 cm,. [1],138 pp. Very Good.

John Russell Smith, London, reprint of first edition, 1868. Cloth, 8vo,. [2] pp advertisement, xiv, [1], 235, [1] pp, 56 pp publisher's catalogue. Front board with vertical ripple in cloth at centre, slightly bumped, Good.

Oxford University Press, first edition, 1931. Edition limited to 754 numbered copies. Cloth, 8vo,. [xxiv], 336 pp, plates. 873 entries. A much enlarged, revised and rearranged work based on Williams' 1924 bibliography of Carroll. The contents comprise : Part I. A list, with notes, of all pieces and editions printed or issued by Dodgson, during his lifetime (1845-98), in order of date. Part II. A similar list, with notes, of all pieces and editions issued after his death (1898-1931) or at any date in America, in order of date, in two sections A. Alice and Through the Looking-Glass . B. Editions of other pieces . Part III. Selected short pieces by him, printed for the first time or reprinted; and notes on unpublished matter. Supplements: (A). An essay on the early issues of (I) Alice and (II) Through the Looking-Glass. (B) Memoirs, Reminiscences, Memorials, Bibliographies. (C) Portraits (D) Dramatizations and Musical Settings. (E) Abridgements, Adaptations, Re-tellings, &c. (F) Parodies,… Read More

Adams and Dart, Bath, 1970 reprint of 1876 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm. [8], 795, [1] pp, 36 plates. From the blurb: "This book was first published in 1876 and, according to the author, it 'contains an account -written in every instance from personal examination and inquiry - of every town and village, and all places of historical, antiquarian, and artistic interest, within a circuit of twenty miles round London, and of the more important places lying four or five miles beyond that boundary... These limits comprise the whole of Middlesex outside the capital, a large part of Surrey, Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire, and smaller portions of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire'. As Thorne rightly claims, the area is 'probably unrivalled in scenes of historical interest and personal and literary associations', and his remarkable achievement was to describe not only the history and architectural details of each place, but also to recall the literary and other artistic figures associated… Read More

Alfred Russell Smith, London, first edition, 1904. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Contemporary half-morocco and boards, gilt spine-title, top edge gilt, 8vo, 23 cm. 133 pp. From the foreword - "This Index is limited to the Characters, or Persons, who have speaking parts assigned to them in the First Folio, and records the first occasion on which they speak, not necessarily always their first appearance in the drama. The spaces between the entries are for the purpose of inserting the previous or subsequent appearance of the dramatis personas, thus rendering the Index adaptable to any edition of Shakespeare s Plays. Copy No. 40. Spine worn with loss at the head, contents Good.