Search Results: Titles starting with H from David Ford Books

London: H. Blake & Co. , (1916) Modern facsimile of the 1916 edition, no. 1297 in an edition of 2000. (No date given for new printing). Paperback book , small oblong, pictorial card wrappers, in colour printed card slipcase. 144pp. With b&w photos and drawings of the yachts, illustrations and adverts. Folding map of the Norfolk Broads attached inside back wrapper. Fine in very Good slipcase, which has light rubbing to edges. Pictures available.

Cromer, Self Published, 1989. Soft cover book , First edition, 48 pages with illustrations. The Story of the Town's Namesake ships in the Royal Navy and the destruction of HMS Cromer during the second world war. A Very Good copy, pictures available.

London, Folio, 2009. First Edition. Hard cover book , Folio , First Edition Thus 325 pages Full Buckram binding.Illustrated. A Fine copy in a Fine slipcase,As new still shrink wrapped. Opened only to confirm edition. Pictures available.

London: William Kimber 1977 A Sailor's Memoir 1914-18. Hardcover book , 1st Edition, 190pp, 12 illustrations, 6 maps, 2 illustrations in the text. with an interesting letter from the publishers )Kimber) to the previous owner concerning the death of the author and other information. A near Fine copy in a near Fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions. Pictures available.

London: Conway Maritime Press 2011 Restoring the World's First Iron hulled warship. Hardcover book, 22x27cm, 224pp, Many colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Originally published in 1987 , this is the completely revised and updated edition, on this the world's first ocean going, iron hulled warship. A Fine copy in a Fine dw. No inscription, Pictures available.

Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999 First edition. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 128pp. With over 200 b&w photos in text from Hackney Borough archives, where the author is Archivist. Detailed history of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington in the 20th century. Fine in Fine jacket.

London; William Heinemann Ltd. 1925 Hardcover Two volume set , Signed Limited Edition . this is number 599 of 780 sets. Signed by the author to book volume 1. White paper spines with gilt titles with grey paper boards. with stiff grey paper dustjackets. A Very good set in Very good jackets. Previous owners name to endpaper of both volumes, very light handling wear to boards with small bumps to corners slight stretch to binding but all pages still tight. Both volumes have the usual rough cut edges to Van Gelder hand -made paper , book Volume two is mostly unopened so pages have not been seperated along top edge- obviously unread!. Pictures available.

Hertford: The Haileybury Society, 1961 First edition. HB. Maroon cloth with gilt titles, and dustjacket. 219pp. With 21 b&w photos in plates (some of which feature Clement Atlee on visits to the school). Very Good in Good+ jacket, now in clear sleeve. A few marks and spots to pages, lightly foxed closed edges, a few marginal notes relevant to the school (names added) & small corrections to text. Jacket browned and aged with rubbed spine and edges.

London: Third Millenium Publishing, 2012 First edition. Hardcover book . Blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine and with gilt winged heart motifs to front, in colour photo-illustratedl dustjacket., large quarto format. 208pp. Linen page marker. Very well illustrated throughout in the text with colour and b&w photo and illustrations, some whole page. Designed to be 'a cabinet of curiosities' and to give a flavour of Haileybury life, rather than an exhaustive history. Two of the authors taught at this Hertfordshire public school. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Pictures available.

Hertford: Haileybury College, 1968 First edition. Paperback book : pictorial card wrappers, stapled, large oblong format. 80pp. With b&w photos and illustrations in text throughout. Feature on 100 Years of The Hailburyan. Includes obituary of Clement (Lord) Atlee, an old boy of the school. Very Good copy. Clean pages and wrappers, which have some rubbing to edges and some light fade around spine. . Pictures available.

Cambs: Fern House 1999 Recollections of post-war Vintage Motoring. Hardcover book, 1st ED, 147pp, 120 illustrations. A Fine copy in a Fine DJ. Pictures available.

London: Royal Animal Medicine Manufactory, 1893. Eleventh edition A book with the aim of enabling stock-owners to employ rational and ready means of cure in all cases of emergency and simple ailments. HB, xiv, 193pp, with advertisements for medicines and veterinary instruments late in volume. B/w illustrations late. Inscription of previous owner to fep. Light foxing early and browning to ffep. Gilt to front board and spine, aeg. A VG+ copy.

Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press. 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. In dust jacket. 274 pages, with illustrations. A full history of this Pennine town. A near Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions , light Spotting to top closed page edges. Pictures available.

London, Cambridge University Press, 1958 Hardcover book, First edition thus,in dustjacket. 169 pages The Text is that of . The New Shakespeare' and the glossary of this is printed at the end of each play. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket , price clipped , no inscriptions. A Lovely copy, pictures available.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1902 First edition. Appears to have been signed in pencil by the author on back endpapers. HB. Attractive grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine, and green printed title to front with block printed scene of trees and sheep in green and black. No dustjacket, probably as issued. 230pp. With colour plate frontispiece from painting, tissue-guarded , and 14 b&w plates reproducing paintings, as well as line engraved vignettes at end of each chapter. The author's account of her move to live in a cottage in a traditional country village in Hampshire, with chapters on her garden, village life and people, and rural labourers. Very Good. Bright clean covers with light wear to edges, tiny crease to to front corner. Pages have occasional light browning and marks, heavier browning to prelims and closed edges.

London: T.V. Boardman, 1960 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth and dustjacket. 235pp. With colour photo frontispice, b&w photos in plates and 3 maps. Good+ in Good+ protected jacket. Clean bright covers; browned top closed edges, other edges lightly foxed. Pages have browned endpapers, foxing at ends and occasional blotchy browning. Jacket has rubbing to edges with asome small losses.

London: Macmillan, 1990 Reissue, Macmillan's New Wessex edition, hardback book . Green cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt TH roundels, and dustjacket lettered in white on green paper. 339pp. White endpapers. With introduction by Robert Gittings, notes on the text at the back, and reprint of the preface to the Wessex edition of 1912, and a map. A near Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Very light foxing to top of closed page edges. No inscriptions. Nice copy. Pictures available.

London, Martin Hopkinson & Company Limited, 1924 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. Signed and dedicated W. E Ledger From the Author ? Writer? to front end-paper. . Enclosed is a signed handwritten letter from Edward Augustus Bowles at Myddelton House to Walter E Ledger? believed to be a plant collector. E.A. Bowles was a British horticulturalist, plantsman and garden writer. He developed an important garden at Myddelton House near Enfield, Middlesex , He was known as 'The Crocus King and his name has been preserved in many varieties of plant . He was the Great Uncle of Andrew Parker-Bowles , Queen Camilla's ex husband. Complete with all plates. The book is in Very Good condition , the dustjacket is complete and clean to the front but withlosses to top of jacket spine and top of rear cover. Three other volumes, My Garden in Summer , My Garden in Autumn and Winter and 'My Garden in Spring'- Signed by Bowles are also available from David Ford Books.… Read More

London, John Murray, 1887 A book providing for young painters, older artists and lovers of art detailing not only artistic techniques but also discussing at length more philosophical matters such as beauty, laws of art and nature, imagination and imitation. Tha material is mostly redrafted from lectures delivered by the author at the Royal Academy. HB, brown cloth boards, stamped with black and gilt geometrical and floral patterns to covers and gilt text to spine. xiv, 315pp. 24 B&W illustrations. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. 1 cm tear to edge of p1. Minor foxing to endpapers and tanning to rear of final page. Two small pencil marks on p1 and rear of final page. Prize-giving label to front pastedown and embossed stamp to title page, both from Department of Science and Art of the Committee of Council on Education. A Very good copy. Pictures available

London: Sunday Times Publications, 1963 First edition by this publisher (perhaps appeared earlier under Olyslager name?) . Paperback book : photo-illustrated card wrappers in blue, white and black. 78pp. With b&w photos and technical diagrams throughout. Good condition overall. Page faces clean, light browning and small mark to closed edges, but wrappers are very rubbed and creased. Pictures available.