Search Results: Titles starting with H from Harrison-Hiett Rare Books

France: N/A, 1875. A beautiful example of a mid to late Nineteenth Century hand painted fan. The frame is in pierced and gilded mother-of-pearl. The leaf is in either very thin vellum or paper. It is painted in gouache to each side. One one side is a female sat upon a gild throne surrounded by hand maidens and cherubs. To the other is an alpine scene of a village and villagers. Both are edged by gilt and decoration. The frame shows evidence of repair to the two outside pieces (see photographs). Steel and Rhinestone rivet to the frame. A lovely example of Nineteenth Century ladies attire. Length 27 cm. Open width is approximately 45 cm. There are a couple of small tears to the paper of the fan, but not affecting the images. The fan comes in its original cardboard and green velvet covered box. This is a little split to the edges and with some edgewear, but still a scarce item to find alongside the fan. . Bel exemple d'éventail peint à la main du milieu à la fin du XIXe siècle. Le cadre est en… Read More

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. First Thus of this cookery edition. To the dedication page, it is stated that this is the second edition, but in the forward, it makes it clear that this is a major revision of the first "Handbook of dining." and indeed, even the title is changed to reflect the different priorities. Other copies of this work are shown as 1865 second edition - so we are describing this as a 'first thus' Original blind stamped buckram, with slightly faded gilt titles to the spine. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Clean and tidy throughout with fractional fading to the pages. Based upon Brillat-Savarin's work "physiologie du Gout" not so much a cookery book as a "brilliant treatise.... on gastronomy,,, in all its branches" (introduction). X, 170, 32 (ads) pp. 180 by 110mm (7 by 4¼ inches).

London: George Bell and Sons, 1885. Second edition. A sound copy of this edition. Ex-library copy. Rebound in brown library cloth with gilt titles to spine. Complete, including neatly folded frontispiece, and all woodcut plates, including one other folding. A little bumping to binding. Internally clean, with just a little darkening to some page edges. Usual library stamps - including to title page. Overall an good copy. ix [iii] 288 LXXXVII plates pp. 250 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).

Düsseldorf: Editions GS, 1994. First edition of this index / Register of the six volumes of this handbook. Limited to 600 (unnumbered) copies. Clean grey linen with black titles. No wrapper. Internally clean and tidy throughout. Glossy paper. 42pp with a handful of black and white illustrations to the final pages. 285 by 215mm (11¼ by 8½ inches).

Amsterdam: Johann Jacob Schipper , 1657. Single sheet from 'Historia Naturalis' published 1657 and engraved by Matthaus [Matthew] Merian. Beautifully hand-coloured, in excellent condition, under cream passe partout. This would look great framed. 295 x 180 mm (11½ x 7 inches).

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First Edition. In hardback publisher's blue binding with flower design. Gilt title to front board and spine.Complete with 81 fine colour plates, each with captioned tissue guard. B/w frontis portrait of Allingham. Top page edges gilt. Boards lightly bumped to corners. Foxing to front and rear endpapers, otherwise a very clean and tidy book. xi., 204 pp. 230 x 175 mm (9 x 7 inches).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. First British edition. Hardback brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard. Nicely illustrated throughout with photographs by the author. Kermit was Theodore Roosevelt's son. This book is a collection of hunting stories, some of which recount the expeditions Kermit took with his father. 182 pages. 195 x 135 mm (7¾ x 5¼ inches).

London / New York : Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton & Co, 1910. First Edition. Hardback. Circa 1910. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 3644317. Colour illustrated card boards, with green linen spine. Twenty-four charming stories / verses. Nine unnumbered leaves of plates, some in colour; plus many charming illustrations in text. Boards are slightly rubbed and soiled. Inside is clean, but has some sporadic foxing and a few finger marks. Overall good. 72 pages. 240 x 195 mm (9½ x 7¾ inches). Première édition. Livre relié. Vers 1910. Numéro OCLC / Identificateur unique : 3644317. Carton illustré en couleur, dos en lin vert. Vingt-quatre charmantes histoires / vers. Neuf feuilles de planches non numérotées, dont certaines en couleur, et de nombreuses illustrations charmantes dans le texte. Les cartons sont légèrement frottés et salis. L'intérieur est propre, mais présente quelques rousseurs sporadiques et quelques traces de doigts. Bon état général. 72 pages. 240 x 195 mm

Durham:: The Memoir Club, 1999. Hardback in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed to the title page, and inscribed by the author to 'My Mentor Douglas' to the front endpaper. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust jacket. The author's own telling of his thirty four years in the Coldstream Guards, (retiring as Major Quartermaster). Later he became Staff Superintendent at the House of Lords. Full of anecdotes - including some involving Margaret Thatcher, and members of the British Royal Family. With b/w and colour photos, and cartoons by Bill Tidy. 240 pages. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches).

Chicago : Lakeside Press. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1938. Scarce. Privately printed. Includes: Tribute to Harvey S. Firestone, by the Reverend Doctor Walter F. Tunks; The life of Harvey S. Firestone inspired all of us, by John W. Thomas; Harvey S. Firestone, the man and his work, by James C. Young; Mr. Firestone is laid to rest near his old homestead; A few of the tributes to Harvey S. Firestone. No edition stated. Hardback in brown boards, with gilt lettering. Boards are a little grubby and handled. Adhesive tape damage to bottom of spine where library sticker has been removed. Ex-library book with discard label from Sewickley Public Library label to front pastedown. Tissue guarded b/w frontispiece portrait. Page edges are rough cut. Very clean inside. 82 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches). Comes with loosely inserted 6 page pamphlet entitled: Honoring The Memory of Harvey S. Firestone from the Thirty-First Annual Dinner of The Akron Chamber of Commerce, at Mayflower Hotel on December 20, 1938. Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. An attractive Victorian plate book. Full brown leather with gilt decoration to the front and rear boards and gilt titles to the spine. Some rubbing to the spine edges. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers with more recent owner's name to the end paper. Half title, Frontis portrait of a very young looking Queen Victoria with tissue guard. Engraved title page with vignette. Second title page. An additional 12 engraved plates. Full of poetry, stories etc. An attractive copy. viii, 280 pp. 245 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).

Berlin: Kehrer Verlag, 2016. First edition. Christoph Bangert, is a German photojournalist who documents crises for international publications. This photo book is a response to being embedded with the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a documentary of human striving to create something approximating 'normality' in the face of violence and chaos. Decorated cloth. Signed and numbered to the title page. 225 of an unspecified limitation. Unpaginated. 320 by 245 mm (12½ by 9¾ inches). Comes wrapped in a proof page / printer's page from the production, with a camel printed upon it. Excellent condition.

Den Haag: W. Gaade N.V., 1968. First Edition. First edition. Somewhat darkened pictorial dust wrapper, with a touch of nicking / edgewear to it. Internally clean and tidy throughout. Full of black and white photographs of Moore's work

London: Leadlay Ltd, 1931. Portfolio with original quarter vellum over gilt lettered grey boards. Small certificate of limitation pasted to the inside front board. Grey flaps hold loose card inserts. These comprise: a title sheet; a contents sheet; Note by Beerbohm, which is a facsimile hand written note on laid paper, tipped into grey card folder; 5 portraits by Beerbohm tipped into grey card folders. Subjects are Mr. Noel Coward, Miss Peggy Wood, Mr. Georges Metaxa, Miss Ivy St. Helier, and Mr. Charles B. Cochran. The vellum and boards have light markings to them, and a little bumping, but still very presentable. The grey folders have a touch of darkening to them. The tipped in illustrations are immaculate. 410 x 295 mm (16¼ x 11½ inches) Portefeuille avec quart de vélin d'origine sur des planches grises à lettres dorées. Un petit certificat de limitation est collé à l'intérieur de la première planche. Les rabats gris contiennent des encarts cartonnés détachés. Ceux-ci comprennent :… Read More

Amsterdam: Uitgevers Maatschappy "Elsevier", 1916. Original portfolio, with 7 volumes, each containing 12 monochrome illustrations on 6 leaves and an original lithograph wrapper by L. RAEMAEKERS. The portfolio is stained and the burgundy cloth to the spine is splitting. Foxing inside. The bottom flap is also splitting but holding. The seven volumes are of differing edition and the covers in differing condition. Captions in English, German and Dutch. Eerste serie = Negende druk. 1916 A little darkening to the covers, but internally sound. Tweede serie = Zesde druk. 1916 A little darkening to the covers, but internally sound. Vierde serie = vierde druk. 1916 A little darkening to the covers, some staining to the bottom edge, but internally sound. Viefde serie = derde druk. 1916 Significant darkening and foxing to the covers. chipping to the bottom edge. Inside, first leaf detached but present. Chipping to the edge of this. The other leaves are sound. Zesde serie = derde druk. 1916 A little… Read More

Amsterdam: Andries Van Damme Damme, 1726. A view of the Lutheran orphanage, taken from Kaspar Commelin's work "Beschryvinge van Amsterdam." (from the 1726 edition). Attractive, clean engraving, with a crease / fold to the middle of the plate, otherwise in excellent condition. Nice clean engraving. No significant damage. Engraved area is 25cm x 34cm. Sheet is 43cm x 51cm. This is also a lovely example of children's games in the early 18th Century, with at least six different games being pictured. A lovely print. This is an original engraving from 1726, not a reproduction . Vue de l'orphelinat luthérien, tirée de l'ouvrage de Kaspar Commelin "Beschryvinge van Amsterdam". Gravure attrayante et propre, avec un pli au milieu de la plaque, autrement en excellente condition. Belle gravure propre. Pas de dommages significatifs. La surface gravée est de 25cm x 34cm. La feuille mesure 43 cm x 51 cm. Il s'agit également d'un bel exemple de jeux d'enfants au début du XVIIIe siècle, avec au moins six… Read More

Amsterdam: J. Vlieger, 1880. First edition. Hardback in later rebind. Original cover illustration retained and pasted to front. Twelve unnumbered pages, each with two colour plates showing two letters of the alphabet. In very good condition. Text in Dutch. Undated, but WorldCat indicates 1880. 12 pages. 170 x 250 mm (6¾ x 9¾ inches).

Gouda: G.B. van Goor Zonen, 1928. Scarce. Hardback. Beautifully rebound in marbled red and gold boards, with cloth spine. There is an colour image from the original cover design laid on to the front board. Poems in Dutch about a little girl and her three brothers. Lovely colour illustrations. Double-page centre illustration of a festive spring parade, with poetry surround. A few light spots of foxing throughout. Overall very good and interesting piece. 23 pages. 225 x 270 mm (8¾ x 10¾ inches). Schaars. Prachtig gebonden in gemarmerde rode en gouden platten, met linnen rug. Gedichten in het Nederlands over een klein meisje en haar drie broers. Illustraties in kleur. Jugendstil-kenmerken. Afbeelding in het midden van een dubbele pagina van een feestelijke lenteparade, met poëzie eromheen. Overal een paar lichte foxing plekjes. Al met al een heel goed en interessant stuk. 23 pagina's.

Tours: Alfred Mame et fils, 1884. A beautiful copy of this book of hours. Original dark green full morocco with onlaid metal (dulled silver?) monogram initials to the front board. All edges gilt. Beautiful green moire silk free endpapers, with profuse gilt dentelles to the inside boards. Gilt date of 12 Fevrier 1889 to the inside front board. To the verso of the front end paper is a small binder's label marking this as the work of E & A Lesort of Paris. The binding is in near perfect condition, with just a hint of rubbing to the edges of the spine. Title within wood engraved border, wood engraved illustrations and border decoration throughout by A. GUSMAN after A. QUEYROY, 516 pages, Book is 16cm x 13cm. This copy is dated from the foreword by the Archbishop of Tours (1884). The book is held within a green silk and velvet lined wooden box. The inside of the box is in excellent clean condition. The padded silk lid has the gilt crest of E. & A. Lesort to the inside. Green silk internal hinges are… Read More

Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1890.. A fairy tale in verse. Publisher's cloth hardback boards, with gilt and colour design on the front in an Art Nouveau / Jugendstil style. Boards a little rubbed on corners. Internally in good condition. 24 pages, with 6 full-page colour plates, each page of text also within a delightful colour floral border. 255 x 195 mm (10 x 7¾ inches).