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

London: Jonathan Cape , 1969. First Edition. In hardback illustrated boards with matching original dust jacket. Very tight and neat, appears almost unread. Siblings Jack and Nancy live near the seaside, and can see ships sailing by from their bedroom window. Sailors tell them tales of tropical foreign lands, and they dream of visiting them some day. On a cliff walk one windy day, their father's green umbrella carries them off for an unbelievable adventure! Absolutely lovely story 270 x 215 mm (10¾ x 8½ inches).

Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1937. First Edition. Extremely scarce. A humorous colour illustrated book about a young boy called Jacky who loves boxing. Illustrations by Armand Rapeño. Softback covers with colour illustration of Jacky in the boxing ring. Covers a little age toned. Contents are very good / fine. An excellent example of a hard to find book. [12] pp. 270 x 180 mm (10¾ x 7 inches) . Première édition. Extrêmement rare. Un livre humoristique illustré en couleur sur un jeune garçon appelé Jacky qui aime la boxe. Illustrations d'Armand Rapeño. Couvertures souples avec illustration en couleur de Jacky sur le ring de boxe. Couvre un peu d'âge tonique. Le contenu est très bon / fin. Un excellent exemple d'un livre difficile à trouver. [12] pp. 270 x 180 mm

Nice: EDQ, 1973. First edition. Hardback in red cloth, inside original unclipped dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are both in very good / fine condition. 285 x 225 mm (11¼ x 8¾ inches). With an introduction by Samuel Beckett, this fascinating collection of Edward Quinn's mostly b/w photography uses the same reportage style as Joyce himself often adopted. Rambling around Dublin from dawn to dusk Quinn found himself collecting what Joyce referred to as epiphanies. Not the literary kind, but photographic incidents of daily life and atmospheric places in Ireland's capital city.

Amsterdam : H.J.W. Becht, 1910. First edition. Colour pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine, colour illustrated endpapers. Cover, title and ten full-page colour plates printed on thick card paper by Marie Hildebrandt. The boards are a little rubbed but still presentable. Inside, The front end paper has a closed tear and some creasing. There is a child's name written to the title page. The binding is rather loose, and each page has been reinforced with archival tape. A little darkening, but still presentable. Overall an acceptable used, but complete copy of this very scarce item. Large oblong. 230 x 310 mm (9 by 12¼ inches). 22 pages. . Planches couvertes de papier illustré en couleurs, dos en tissu, pages de garde illustrées en couleurs. Couverture, titre et dix planches en couleurs à pleine page imprimées sur du papier cartonné épais par Marie Hildebrandt. Les planches sont un peu frottées mais restent présentables. A l'intérieur, la première page de garde présente une déchirure… Read More

Amsterdam: H.J.W. Becht, 1910. First Edition. Large oblong 4to. 23cm x 31cm. 22 pages. Colour pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine, plain paper endpapers. Cover, title and nine of ten full-page color plates printed on thick card paper by Marie Hildebrandt. The boards are a little rubbed but still presentable. Inside, The binding is rather loose, and each page has been reinforced with archival tape. A little darkening, but still presentable. We are selling this as an incomplete copy of this very scarce item. 230 by 310mm (9 by 12¼ inches). . Première édition. Grand oblong 4to. 23cm x 31cm. 22 pages. Carton recouvert d'une feuille de papier couleur, dos en tissu, pages de garde en papier ordinaire. Couverture, titre et neuf des dix planches en couleur à pleine page imprimées sur du papier cartonné épais par Marie Hildebrandt. Les planches sont un peu frottées mais restent présentables. A l'intérieur, la reliure est assez lâche et chaque page a été renforcée avec du ruban adhésif… Read More

Amsterdam: P. Fouquet Jnr, 1760. Copper engraved etching of old Amsterdam. The Jan Roodenpoortstoren was a building on the corner of Singel and Torensteeg in the centre of Amsterdam. Sadly, the tower was demolished in 1829 due to its neglected state. Image size: 255 x 330 mm (10 x 13 inches). Total item size: 440 x 360 mm. In a very good condition. On heavy watermarked paper. Sold without frame. Nice deep impression, with small rust mark to bottom (not effecting the image). Top of item has been cut quite close (possible to limit a tear). Slight water stain to bottom right (again not effecting the image). A few small closed tears to very edges. Delineator: Jan de Beijer. Engraved by Paul van Liender.

Paris: Éditions Vade Retro, 2003. First French edition. Hardback in unclipped dust jacket. Full of b/w and colour images - most full-page - of jazz musicians. Text in French. Captions / quotes in English. Boards, dust jacket and inside of book all in very good condition. 310 x 310 mm (12¼ x 12¼ inches).

Liège: Imp. Bénard S.A,, 1930. A paper game of 63 numbered squares, spiral, anti-clockwise, centripetal, advertising margarine produced by the company 'Solo' founded in 1929 in Belgium. French version. On the left the rules of the game. In the centre the inscription: 'To the fruits of our colony'. There are quite a few nicks and closed tears to the edges, most are now repaired with archival tape. A touch of darkening to the paper. Jeu de L'oie or Het Gasspel, a kind of goose game, but a colourful piece of Belgian advertising for Sola Margarine. Circa 1930. 460 by 640mm (18 by 25¼ inches). The Game of the Goose or Jeu de l'oie is a type of board game where two or more players move pieces around a track by rolling a die or two dice. The aim of the game is to reach square number sixty-three before any of the other players, while avoiding obstacles. Large colour printed sheet, has a little light creasing, blank to verso.

Paris: Confédération des oeuvres laïques de vacances d'enfants et d'adolescents / Jean Grou-Radenez, 1951. Scarce. Original vintage poster from the Confédération des oeuvres laïques de vacances d'enfants et d'adolescents announcing the sale of stamps for the benefit of their summer holiday camps. These camps were very popular in the 1950s. Edge wear and very small closed tears to creases where poster has been folded. Slight darkening to verso. 845 x 640 mm (33¼ x 25¼ inches). . Rare. Affiche originale de la Confédération des oeuvres laïques de vacances d'enfants et d'adolescents annonçant la vente de timbres au profit de leurs colonies de vacances. Ces camps étaient très populaires dans les années 1950. Usure des bords et très petites déchirures aux plis où l'affiche a été pliée. Léger assombrissement au verso. 845 x 640 mm

Oxford: Phaidon Press , 1978. Two volumes of this Catalogue Raisonné of Crome's work. Both volumes First Edition. Cream cloth in dust wrappers. Both of the wrappers are in good, sound condition, with a little fading to the top edge only. Slight water staining to the bottom part of the spine. No chips or tears. Cream cloth is in good, clean condition. Internally clean and tidy throughout - nice copies. xxv, 1-321,. 166 pages. Vol I. includes 16 full page colour plates. Vol II gives 242 images of Crome's work, portrayed in sepia. 290 x 220 mm (11½ x 8¾ inches).

Witham, Essex: Dilke Press, 1979. First edition. Hardback with dust jacket. Signed copy with dedication to title page (dated 1979). Also an accompanying ALS from the author loosely laid in. Nicely illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. 140 pages. 310 x 220 mm (12¼ x 8¾ inches). Fine, in a fine (unclipped) dust jacket.

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, red cloth covered bevelled boards. Artistically dedicated with elaborate hand painted inscription to front end paper. Very well preserved overall. All page edges gilt. 286 pages. 310 x 255 mm (12¼ x 10 inches). Très bon exemplaire dans les planches biseautées d'origine, couvertes de tissu rouge et dorées. Dédié artistiquement avec une inscription peinte à la main sur le papier de garde. Très bien conservé dans l'ensemble. Toutes les tranches des pages sont dorées. 286 pages. 310 x 255 mm (12¼ x 10 pouces).

Paris: Fernand Nathan, Editeur, 1935. First Edition Thus (French edition). Cream boards, with laid down illustration to the front board. 8 further colour illustrations by Appleton and numerous black and white illustrations. A touch of marking / foxing to the boards, but overall a very nice copy. Internally clean and tidy, with fractional browning. 255 by 190mm (10 by 7½ inches). 64 pages. Edition originale Ainsi (édition française). Plats crème, avec illustration marouflée sur le premier plat. 8 autres illustrations en couleurs par Appleton et de nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc. Une pointe de marquage/rousseur aux plats, mais dans l'ensemble très bel exemplaire. Intérieurement propre et bien rangé. 64 pages. 255 × 190 mm

London: Seeley, Burnside & Seeley, 1843. First Edition. First edition - complete. '...To which is prefixed, a geographical memoir of Abyssinia and South-Eastern Africa by James McQueen esq. grounded on the missionaries' journals, and the expedition of the Pacha of Egypt up the Nile.' Original brown blind stamped buckram with gilt titles to spine. Yellow end papers. Small bookseller's embossed stamp to the half title. (George Gardham of Beverley). Two folding hand coloured maps of the relevant parts of Africa.. The buckram is a little faded and rubbed to the edge. There is a little chipping to the head and tail of the spine with slight loss. A split to the board has been repaired. A closed tear to the half title page has been neatly repaired. The maps are in very nice clean condition. xxvii, 529. pp

London: Printed For Wilkie and Robinson;...And J. Johnson and Co., 1811. Later edition. Half leather hardback binding. Gilt titles to spine. Complete with six plates - five portraits (including frontis) and one view. Boards are very worn, and the front board is almost detached. Previous owner's name to half title. Only very light foxing. A reasonable copy. [1], viii, 622 pp. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

Pairs: Dubochet, Le Chevalier, 1846. First edition in original cloth. A very nice example of this work, with 32 full page illustrations by Grandville and numerous (200) vignettes in the text. Cloth decorated with gilt detail, titles and decoration. Front design (an armourial crest) is also coloured in red and blue. Good condition, with just a little handing and fading to the boards. No significant damage. Yellow end papers. Pages a clean, with a little foxing / darkening only. Overall a very nice example. All edges gilt. Tissue guards over the full page engravings. Louis Reybaud (1799-1879), a French economist, journalist, man of letters and politician. This work is a satirical novel, "One of the best productions of Grandville" (Carteret). [vi], 460. pp. 280 by 195mm (11 by 7¾ inches). . Première édition en toile d'origine. Un très bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage, avec 32 illustrations à pleine page de Grandville et de nombreuses (200) vignettes dans le texte. La toile est décorée de… Read More

London: James Nisbet, 1828. First Edition. First edition. A disbound sermon. Was once bound, and has nicks to the spine where the gathers were. Very clean and tidy. No significant marks. 15 [i] pp. 210 x 130 mm (8¼ x 5 inches). 'Millennial Marsh' as he was known to his congregations, was a Church of England vicar, who leaned heavily towards Evangelism. He was concerned in many of his works and sermons with the conversion of the Jews..

Paris: Emile-Paul Frères , 1931. First edition. Represented for the first time on stage at the Théâtre Pigalle in Paris in November 1931. Illustrated with six engravings by J. E. Laboureur (cover, title, one inset and three chapter headings). One of 200 on vélin d'Arches. Original paperback bound now within a full leather burgundy binding, retaining its covers. Binding signed by E. Kustner. Spine with four raised bands; author and title in gilt. Top edge gilt. A slipcase has been custom made in marbled paper. With a red ribbon bookmark. The leather on the spine has faded. Some offsetting. Overall very good, in a lovely binding. 174 pages. 245 x 200 mm (9¾ x 7¾ inches). From the bookplate, we can see that this book belonged to Helge Loewenberg-Domp. She was a German musician and music (piano) seller of Jewish parents who escaped to the Netherlands before the war. She later went into hiding with her family, and survived the war. (Her brother died in the camps). She was one of the first to… Read More

London: Dennis Dobson Ltd, 1946. One of only 700 copies produced. With illustrations by the author. Original hardback pictorial paper covered boards are now a little rubbed and age toned. Reproductions of illustrations by Richard Ziegler, some full-page and other in-text. Text in English, in a calligraphy style. Very clean inside. 42 unnumbered pages. 330 x 265 mm (13 x 10½ inches). Un des 700 exemplaires produits. Avec des illustrations de l'auteur. Les planches originales couvertes de papier pictural sont maintenant un peu frottées et vieillies. Reproductions d'illustrations de Richard Ziegler, certaines en pleine page et d'autres dans le texte. Texte en anglais, dans un style calligraphié. Intérieur très propre. 42 pages non numérotées. 330 x 265 mm

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. First Edition. Brown cloth hardback books with gilt decorations to from and title to spine. These both in original dust jackets. In an orange slipcase, with laid-on illustration to front. Translated by Lore Segal with pictures by Maurice Sendak. The books are very good / fine copies in near fine dust jackets. The slipcase is also in a very good condition, with just minor handling. [viii], 168; [viii], 169-332 pp. 190 x 150 mm (7½ x 6 inches).