Search Results: Titles starting with H from Voewood Rare Books

n.p. n.p. 1794, 1794. Unpublished manuscript translation into English of Huetiana ou Pensees Diverses de M. Huet, Evesque d'Avranches. 257x190mm. pp. [1], lxviii, 376, [8, Table of the Articles], [1, Approbation]. Contents: An Historical Eulogium on the Author by the Abbé Olivet; Life of Huet from Bayle; Huet's Life from the New and General Biographical Dictionary 1761; A Tour to Stockholm translated from the Latin of M. Huet by J. Duncombe; Anecdotes from the Latin of M. Huet. The Historical Eulogium and the Huetiana themselves are translations from the French published in 1722 as Huetiana ou Pensees Diverses de M. Huet, Evesque d'Avranches. The other preliminary material is taken from other sources so this is not merely a translation of an earlier book. It is a unique work and the only complete translation of the Huetiana in English. In excellent condition in the original marble paper covered boards, spine bound in grey paper with title "Huetiana" in manuscript. Some… Read More

Dusseldorf: Selbstverlag (self-published) 1917, 1917. 226 x 150 mm. pp. [viii], 124. Illustrated with 130 (in fact 131) images mostly showing tatting patterns. Text in German. Original grey/brown paper over boards, spine in brown leather. Upper cover lettered in black and white with tatting illustration attached. Some slight scuffing to lower cover and bumping to foot of spine but overall a very good copy, internally near fine. Tatting seems to involve knotting together pieces of thread to make allegedly eye-like patterns which, together produce moderately pretty but completely useless items of decoration. Indulging in this as a hobby is, it would seem, an example of "demonstrative idleness". Apparently it is popular again. This is a nice copy of a book on an unfathomable subject.

London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers 1636, 1636. Third edition. Folio. 340x225mm. pp. [40], 30, 29-30, 29-402, 373-1630, [48]. [72]. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Engraved title page by John Payne. Bound by C. Kalthoeber (label on verso of front free endpaper) in "russia extra" with a border of continuous "drawer-handle" design in blind. Inside this is a gilt double fillet enclosing a further, smaller "drawer-handle" design. At the corners of the outer border are the Beckford and Hamilton crests, this book having been in the collection of William Beckford who used two crests, a heron's head with a fish in its beak (the Beckford crest) and an oak tree with a saw which was the Hamilton crest, his younger daughter having married the Duke of Hamilton. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt to the second compartment. Turn-ins decorated with a Greek key pattern in gilt. All edges gilt. Front pastedown has armorial… Read More

Munchen: Franz Eber Rachs 1940, 1940. 8vo. 391pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering and decoration on upper cover and spine. Dust-jacket, chipped on rear panel. Contemporary German ownership stamps, with 3rd Reich insignia. A very good copy.

Fontainebleau: L'imprimerie Gosswiller 1961, 1961. Limited edition, exemplaire numéro 11 of 100. Eight folded sheets of Rives paper (250x400mm), the engravings on separate sheets (250x200mm). One further folded sheet which is a prospectus for Heroics. All housed in a folder with the title on the upper cover. The folder is a little soiled and there is slight foxing elsewhere but overall this is a very good copy of a scarce work. In addition, there are twelve loose typescript sheets (270x210mm) with poems by Hine. Two of them "Don Juan in Amsterdam" and "Patroclus putting on the armour of Achilles" are in Heroics, the latter in altered form so it seems probable that these typescripts were Hine's. The other poems are by Hine and some contain modest manuscript amendments. The engravings by Virgil Burnett compliment Hine's clear, structured and classical verse. In the early 1960s, Burnett was living in Paris where he met Maurice Darantière, the printer… Read More

Oxford: H.Hall. Impensis Ric: Davis, 1663. First edition thus in the Arabic edition and Latin translation by Edward Pococke. 4to. 203x155mm. pp. [12], 368, [90], 66, [5bl], 565, [2]. The final part (565, [2]) in Arabic paginates from the rear of the book. The two blanks are present. Three parts in one volume (i.e. the Latin translation, the Supplementum and the Arabic edition), each with its own title page. Bound in twentieth century brown full calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, lettered in gilt to spine. Contemporary manuscript title to fore-edge. Some light fading to the spine, slight toning to edges of first and last leaves and a small hole to foot of the final leaf (not affecting the text) but overall in very good condition throughout. Front pastedown has the bookplate of the Middle East scholar R.M.Burrell. His important library of books on the Middle East was sold by Sotheby's in 1999 (this was lot 319). On 17th October 1630, Edward Pococke (1604-1691) arrived in Aleppo as Chaplain of the Levant… Read More

London: John Murray 1835, 1835. First edition. 2 volumes, 4to. Vol 1: [xx], 561, 89pp analytical index w/ 12 line figures. Vol 2: 97 single-leaf engraved plates, each with guard leaves. All edges gilt and textblocks tight with only minimal toning to edges. In contemporary publishers full dark-olive morocco with wide borders of scrolled and foliate gilt-line work to upper and lower boards of both volumes, gilt-ruled outer borders with decorative corners. Pastedowns have triple gilt-ruled dentelles with scrolled detail. Backstrips have 5 raised bands with foliate scrollwork panels in gilt, gilt titles and "London 1835" to the foot of each. The pastedowns have the small armorial bookplates of Charles Rugge-Price, 3rd Baronet Rugge-Price and both volumes retain their royal-blue silk place markers (vol 2's fragile at head end and vol 1's slightly frayed at foot with light fading to the ends of both). The binding is still tight with some moderate rubbing and shelfwear to the edges,… Read More

London: Printed by I[ohn]. D[awson] for Iohn Bellamie 1624, 1624. First edition thus. 8vo. 190x145mm. pp [8 leaves], 243, 246-438, 438-466, 468-770 (i.e. 700). Quarter calf, marbled paper covered boards, although the paper is almost completely lost from the lower board. Corners strengthened, some rubbing to upper cover but overall in nice condition. Internally very good save to some water staining in the first book. A nice copy of a scarce book. Rare in commerce. Published posthumously (Patrick Symson died in 1618 aged 52), The Historie of the Church is a corrected and edited version of A Short Compend of the History of the first Ten Persecutions moved against Christians, (161316) and A Short Compend of the Growth of the Heresies of the Roman Anti-christ (1616). The Historie is divided thematically. The first part sets out the church's relationship with secular rulers from Augustus Caesar to Elizabeth I. The second part deals with Bishops, Popes Patriarchs etc; the third part concerns heresy and… Read More

London: Albion Press 1809, 1809. First edition. 4to, 286x224mm. pp. 288, [4, index]. Engraved frontispiece, dedication leaf and thirteen engraved plates by John Scott after leading equestrian artists including Stubbs, Benjamin Marshall and Sartorius. Eleven wood-engravings in the text, in the manner of Bewick. Tan half calf, recently rebacked, corners worn and boards and edges rubbed. Some foxing, heavier towards the end. Staining to some of the plates. Loosely inserted is a single sheet manuscript "Memorandum" about trotting races. Frontispiece has the ownership inscription "E Landseer" and the original front free endpaper (retained when the book was rebacked) has Landseer's monogram - EL in a circle - and the date 1863. A handwritten note in pencil explains that this book was bought at the sale at Christie's of Landseer's drawings after his death. Sir Edwin Landseer (he was knighted in 1850) was one of the most popular and successful artists in Victorian England.… Read More

Lynn: Printed and sold by W. Whittingham; R. Baldwin; H. Gardner; W. Lane. MDDCLXXVI [1776], 1776. First edition. 8vo (222x125mm). pp. 4, 412. Folding frontispiece engraving of The View of Great Yarmouth. Red, straight-grained full morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments elaborately decorated in gilt. Gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Some very modest rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners but a lovely near contemporary binding in excellent condition. Some browning internally but a nice clean, crisp copy. Dark blue silk ribbon bookmark. Charles Dickens, who stayed in Great Yarmouth when writing David Copperfield, is said to have described the town as "the finest place in the universe". That must surely be a minority view among even the most loyal of residents but Yarmouth is a handsome town with a long and interesting history as this attractive book makes clear.

Evesham: Printed and Sold by John Agg and T.N.Longman 1794, 1794. First edition. 4to. 263x206mm. pp. viii, 363, [8], [1bl]. Six engraved plates (one folding) and a folding frontispiece engraving of a View of Evesham. This image has been used to create an attractive, charming fore-edge painting. Smartly bound in red morocco, spine decorated in gilt, with black morocco label lettered in gilt. Turn-ins decorated with gilt roll, marbled endpapers. Corners bumped and rubbed, spine a little rubbed and worn and some marks to covers. Some foxing and browning but overall a very good copy in a handsome binding. Front free endpaper has the armorial bookplate of Oswald Greenwaye Knapp. The front pastedown has the book label of T. Beale, M.A. and the burgundy morocco bookplate of W.A.Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

London: Printed for T.Lowndes 1775, 1775. First edition. 4to. 265x210mm. pp. iv, 764, [10, index]. Ten engraved plates (frontispiece portrait of the author and a further nine). The verso of the second leaf of preliminaries is numbered vi. Some foxing in places but otherwise, internally very good with the plates in excellent condition. Handsomely bound in slightly later red straight-grained morocco, upper and lower covers decorated with two double fillet borders in gilt enclosing a continuous "drawer-handle" design in blind and framing a continuous swag and drop border in blind. Spine with five double raised bands, decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt to the second and fifth compartment. Edges of the boards decorated in gilt. Turn-ins decorated in gilt with a wavy dotted line and ears of wheat with a flower motif in the corners. All edges gilt. The binding is of a very high standard. It is unsigned but the tooling and overall design conforms to the work of the German… Read More

London: J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd. [1938], 1938. First edition. 4to. 195x133mm. pp. [x], 48. Frontispiece portrait of Hölderlin. Original grey cloth. Dustjacket with tear to foot of spine, about half an inch missing. Other closed tears repaired. Marking and staining to upper cover of dust jacket. Contents in very good condition. Ownership signature of Kathleen Raine on front free endpaper - it is signed "Kathleen" but checking against other examples of her handwriting, it is clearly Raine's. She was a close friend of Gascoyne (initially through the poet Charles Madge who married Raine in 1938, the year of the publication of this collection). Hölderlin's Madness contains an introductory essay followed by 24 poems. These are loose translations of work by Holderlin but rendered into Gascoyne deceptively simple forms.

Munchen: Albrecht Kraus 1987, 1987. First German Edition. 365 x 260mm. pp. 47. 20 photographs by Michael Montford. Dark brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Original dustjacket illustrated with a photograph of Bukowski. Signed on title page by both author and photographer. First German edition. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. Bukowski's hymn to the glorious desperation of the race course.

Antwerp: Department of Propaganda and Tourism N.D. circa 1950, 1950. First edition. Folio. pp. [viii], 16, recto only. Portrait on title-page and 16 illustrations, loosely inserted in an original red simulated leather folder with gilt crest on upper cover, bevelled edges. A photographic record of Ruben's restored house in Antwerp. The artistic creator and very soul of this commission was Em. Van Averbeke, chief architect to the city. Folder slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine, otherwise a very good copy.

Cambridge (vol. 1) and London (vol.2): Printed by J. Bentham (vol. 1) and J.Bettenham (vol. 2) 1744, 1744. Two volumes. First Zachary Grey edition. 8vo. 220x135mm. pp. Vol. 1: [2], xiv, xxxvi, [42, list of subscribers], 424, [16, index]. Vol. 2: [2], 446, [24, index]. With frontispiece engraved portrait of Butler and sixteen plates engraved by Mynde after William Hogarth. Contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper covered boards. Pages uncut. Rubbing and wear to boards and slight scuffing to spine. Internally very good. A very nice copy of the edition regarded as the best and the most scholarly. Zachary Grey was able to lavish time and attention on his edition by securing a vast number of subscribers, among them "Samuel Johnson of Lyons Inn".

New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1955, 1955. 4to. 270x195mm. pp. [xviii], 95 double page plates of men, 85 double page plates of men and 14 double page plates of children. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Tear of c1cm to top of hinge on upper cover and lacking dust jacket but otherwise a very good copy. Introductory essay by Professor Robert Taft. This copy of the Dover Edition of Muybridge's celebrated and exhaustive study of the movement of the human body was owned by Francis Bacon. Like many artists, Bacon was hugely influenced by Muybridge's detailed images of the human figure as it moves and changes its positions while walking, running, jumping or just sitting. Attached by paperclip to the front free endpaper is a note with the address, written in Bacon's hand, "Chez Peppiatt, 14 Rue de Birague, Tel. 887-35-37". Michael Peppiatt was one of Bacon's best friends and he had bought this flat in Paris for Bacon to use as a studio. This book was given by Bacon to… Read More