Search Results: Titles starting with H from Abbey Bookshop

Paris: Editions Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo., original red and white wrappers. Inscribed by the author, "Bien ingénuement, 27 juin 72. Gilles Canette". Most scarce some small areas of very light staining to the wrappers

London: Ward Lock and Co., 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio, original red cloth spine, illustrated boards, with 9 plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Scarce extremities a little worn, boards scuffed

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph and Co., 1889. Third American edition. Near Fine. Third American edition from the sixth London edition with the author's final revisions. 3 vols, 8vo., original brown cloth, complete with 18 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. I. The Foundation - The Coronations - The Royal Tombs; II. The Monuments; III. Before and Since the Reformation. A thorough history of Westminster Abbey compiled by a Dean of the Abbey.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo., contemporary green calf, red morocco title piece to the spine, all edges gilt, spine richly decorated in gilt. Edited by John Aitken Carlyle. A thorough and erudite history of Scottish poetry from its infancy up to the beginning of the 18th century. binding lightly spotted, extremities rubbed in places, neat contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 8vo., original purple cloth, green dust jacket, eight plates of illustrations, four maps. A classic work on the British Special Operations Executive with interesting annotations from a contemporary, critical reader, who has crossed out the first word of the half title and replaced it to read "'Propagand' of the Second World War". The first edition, which was the subject of a number of libel suits, two of which were successful. annotated by a critical reader who had apparently himself published a clarification of De Benouville's work on the same subject; news clippings and notes relating to the book and its subject matter loosely inserted. Dust jacket a little worn at edges

London and Glasgow: Gowans and Gray, 1925. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo., original pictorial wrappers. Scarce wrappers worn at extremities