Search Results: Titles starting with H from Brillig Books

New York: Tudor Publishing, 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong quaro, beige cloth covered boards. Unpaginated (approx. 250pp.) Page after page in serried rows of black and white mon (family crests) of Japan. 1.5" x 1.5" with 20 crests per page. Every conceivable motif is represented from lines and geometrical figures to floral, animal, mythological, religious and animal based figures. A feast of the purest traditional Japanese graphic design in its elemental forms. A very fine, tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright interior. Discreet prior owner signature on ffep. In a dust jacket with a few edge tears and touches of light soi. Fine in a very good dust jacket.l.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Books/Doubleday, 1960. Book. Illus. by Helen S. Hamilton. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition stated. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge stained yellow. 184 pp. Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. First Edition with all points. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with a nice solid top stain, in a dust jacket with original $1.00 price intact, tight, clean, fresh, unmarked. Just a touch of minimal rubbing at spine ends and a small shadow of superficial soil on the white rear panel, else fine. A remarkabley well-preserved collector's copy. Fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE in this condition..

Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. Neunte auflage neu bearbeitet. Dekorativer Leinenband. XI, 672 S. Mit 386 Abb., 5 Beil. u. 1 Karte. OLwd mit goldgepr. Rücken u. Deckel. Perfekt erhalten..

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1972. Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First American Edition. Octavo, yellow cloth spine over brown cloth covered boards. 103pp. Translated from the French by Antony Macnabb and Harry Scott. Miller reminisces about ".writing, his life, his women and his thoughts about death and dying." Fine in fine dust jacket. A pristine and unread copy. MINT. AS NEW..

Marseille, France: Michel Aveline Editeur, 1990. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Tall quarto, black cloth covered boards with blindstamped initials at top forecorner of front board. 160 pp. including colophon and biographical note on the artist. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color (many full page) reproductions and photographs of the artist's paintings, photograph, design sketches for fashion, objets, furniture, interior decor, cinema etc. A panorama of bold designs in brilliant colors. Introduction by Susan Slesin in FRENCH and ENGLISH. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished volume in s crisp, sharp, bright, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon..

New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries. A very tight, clean, fresh, internally unmarked and apparently unread volume with a solid top stain, in a crisp sharp, very tight, clean fresh remarkably well preserved dust jacket. A couple of small white spots to fron board, else fine. Near fine in a very fine dust jacket..

Stanfod, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, white and green printed stiff wraps (paperback). 194 pp. including index, bibliography and notes. A very tight, clean, fresh, square, crisp, stiff, unmarked and apparently unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Very slight hint of yellowing at extreme top edge of wraps, else fine. Very near fine and virtually as new..

Jerusalem: Massada Press/Alumoth, 1980. Book. Illus. by Arthur Szyk. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Small square quarto, royal blue velvet covered boards with gilt spine titles. Unpaginated. (ca.110 pp.) Generously illustrated throughout with the famous Szyk illustrations in full color. Text in English and Hebrew. Pages of heavy double folded bond. A tight, clean, volume with nice fresh velvet cloth, spine tille shows a bit of loss to part of the gilt but still clear and legible. Gift inscirption on endpaper. In a clean, bright, glossy crisp dust jacket with couple of edge nicks. Very good plus to near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very attractive copy..

New York: Doubleday, 1987. Book. As New. Original Cloth.

Pittsburgh, PA: Self-published, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, white printed stiff wraps (paperback). 68 pp. including bibliography and acknowledgments plus biographical note on the author. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, facsimile documents and a map. The story of Dr. Buchanan's experiences doing relief work at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti. With a lengthy INSRCIPTION and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A tight, clean, fresh, crisp, square, unmarked and apparently unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Uncommon..

London: Ward Lock, (1970). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, blue cloth covered boards. 160pp. with index. Color frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of the halls and the masterpieces of 14 of the ancient craft guilds of London. Fine in fine dust jacket. A perfect fresh crisp copy..

Calcutta: Tea Districts Labour Association, 1924. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Large octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles and gilt spine titles. 360pp. including index. This is a fascinating insight into the sociology and ethnology as well as the management and government of English managed Tea Estates in North-East India at the turn of the century. Many Englishmen and Britons who were younger sons or adventurers with limited opportunities it the staid British economy nearing the end of the Victorian period, went to become Tea planters. It was really just another business opportunity and many of them had absolutely no knowledge, skills or experience at planting, manufacturing or wholesaling tea. Of particular difficulty for the novice tea planter in the Raj, was the fact that the tea areas provided only a small work force compared to the many hands that were needed to plant, prune and harvest tea. Consequently the tea plantations became a center of inter-ethnic exchange… Read More

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Edition. Thick octavo, green cloth covered boards. 931pp. including extensive index. A fundamental reference work for gerontologists as well as psychologists working with the elderly. A tight, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Discreet prior owner signature on ffep. Near fine in fine dust jacket..

Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo, gold and grey flexible plastic covers. 368 pp. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume. FINE..

Seoul: Ministry of Culture South Korea, 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, red stiff wraps (paperback). 168pp. A history and analysis of the creation and development of the Korean national script in Korean culture, literature and daily life. Text in Korean and English. A very tight, square, fresh, bright, crisp, sharp, unread and umarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Scarce..

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers,, 1869. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt titles and portrait in gilt inside double gilt rules (on both front and rear panel). Gilt spine titles and all edges gilt. 118pp. Two volumes in one with this being the first clothbound issuer of volume one and the first edition first issue of volume two. A very tight, fresh and clean volume with sparkling gilt decoration, rules, titles and page edges. The merest hint of rubbing at spine tips but a really remarkably fresh, fine and well-preserved volume. Fine..

London: Country Life, 1936. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, sky blue cloth covered boards. 144pp. Illustrated with 16 full page drawings by Roy Beddington and in text line drawings and decorations. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with a touch of faint foxing on title page and a bit of offsetting to ffep, else fine in a dust jacket with edgewear and short tears and some wear at spine. Near fine in about very good dust jacket..

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards and gilt titles. 172pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine volume in fine dust jacket. A remarkably fresh, clean volume in a very crisp and sharp dust jacket. A beautiful copy..

New York: Doubleday, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, pale grey cloth spine over white cloth covered boards. 404 pp. plus list of poems and list of stories and one page biographical note on author. A linked series of poems and stories interspersed. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume ini a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

NY/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Kapa, (1975). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 150pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with color photographs and map. Fine in near fine dust jacket with 1/2" tape repair to rear upper edge of dust jacket, else fine..