Titles starting with H from John Lord's Books

pp: 79. Illustrated with engravings. Both free end papers are fold-outs and show engraved views of Boston and Wall St. when closed and when opened show a drawn modern view of the same place. Bound in khaki linen with leather lettering pieces to front and to spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo. Privately Printed. Business, USA.. ... more information

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[ Toronto ].: Thomas Allen Ltd., 1969. pp: 141. Twenty-nine pages of introduction with the balance of the book being dedicated to Milne's fine b&w photographs, with captions. Dust jacket has a one-inch closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, with a slightly longer tear to the top of the rear panel.. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Good - Very Good. Illus. by Gilbert Milne.. 4to. Canada, History, Military, Naval, RCN, WW II.. ... more information

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London: Hollis and Carter, Ltd., 1946. pp: 180. Frontispiece plus twelve other pages of b&w photographs. Bound in light blue cloth, titled in black to the spine; small splash to top board; spine a little sunned; three-inch by half-inch stain to top fore-edge of rear board. A friendly description ( rather than an official record ), of life and times on board the Rodney during WW II. She was damaged on the Norway campaign, did convoy duty in the Atlantic, joined in the chase for Bismarck, was part of Forc... more information

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Cantabrigiae.: Excusum Per Joannem Field, Typographum Academicum., 1665. pp: [iv, blank], [ii, title page+ blank]; 755, [4, blank]; [iv, blank], 516, 273, [4, blank]. The second book of Vol. II being the Apocrypha. Bound in full leather with decorated raised bands, titled in gilt directly onto panels 2,3, and 4. Both top and lower boards blind ruled and with very ornately decorated panel ( 4 1/4" x 2 3/4") to centre. I suspect that this is a rebind , probably early nineteenth century. This is subs... more information

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New York: William R. Scott. Inc., 1969. pp: 304. Frontispice plus other small drawings as chapter headers. Reinforced binding. Dust jacket has assorted nicks and tears and is missing a two-inch by one-inch piece from the lower edge of the front panel. The story of a young boy who can exchange extrasensory communications with his dog.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by Sandy Huffaker.. Tall 8vo. Fiction, Young Adult.. ... more information

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London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. pp: 159. Fully illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. Photographic endpapers. The book is based on extracts from : In Search of England; The Call of England; I Saw Two Englands. . ISBN: 0413312801. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tall 8vo. England, Travel, History, Geography.. ... more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company.. pp: 368. Frontispiece. Introductory essays by: J.L.Hammond, H.N.Brailsford, H.M.Tomlinson, H.W.Nevinson, Vaughan Nash, G. Bernard Shaw. No date, probably mid 1920s. US edition using the British sheets. Owner's name to front free endpaper.. U.S. Edition.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Essays, Massingham, Literature.. ... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. pp: [viii], 166. A fine copy of the eighth Ralston mystery.. ISBN: 0312069901. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/As New. 8vo. Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Police.. ... more information

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London: B. T. Batsford, 1973. pp: xii, 324. Twenty-nine b&w illustrations, primarily photographs, sixteen maps. Abbreviations. Chronological table; authorities consulted; references; index. A little soiling to the binding. The author served on Haig's Intelligence Staff during 1916 and 1917, so is well situated to write on the Field-Marshall as a commander.. ISBN: 0713412143. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipped. 8vo. History, Military, Britain, Biography.. ... more information

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London: William Heinemann,, 1947. pp: xiv, 283; [iv], 277; [iv], 259. All three volumes have glue residue to front pastedown following removal of bookplates. All texts are fine but all dust jackets , whilst they are essentially complete, do have flaws mostly by way of chips and small tears to the edges with vol. II missing a half-inch square to the head of the spine, and vol I having the front flap-fold re-inforced internally with tape, spines of all three are toned. Overall a very presentable set.. Reprint... more information

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Toronto: Childe Thursday., 1986. pp: 80. Illustrated with b&w photographs. The authors autobiography.....not a book on travel, yet much of it involves travelling as well as the "getting there" part of growing up. Areas in which the stories take place : Bay of Quinte; Toronto; Scugog Island; Knee High Valley; Corning, Saskatchewan; Cockburn Island.. ISBN: 0920459072. Second Printing. Cerlox Binding.. Near Fine. 8vo. Canada, Biography, Local History.. ... more information

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Erin, ON, Canada: The Boston Mills Press, 1984. pp: 152. Illustrated with b&w photographs, cartoons, flick-pix to the bottom corners. Colour photograph endpapers. The author is one of twelve children, seven of whom were directly involved with boxing. Written in a style vaguely reminiscent of Damon Runyon , and certainly with such characters as Quack Quack, Weasel, Gorevale Rat, and the Friendly One the author would certainly feel at home with Runyon as he relates his years in the boxing field in Toronto... more information

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New York: McBride, Nast & Co., 1912. pp: xviii, 115. Illustrated with colour frontice-piece and sixty-five b&w photographs, plus numerous sketches, including floor plans, to the text. Bound in olive-green cloth decorated to the top board with an illustration of a house executed in black, white and red, titled in white to top board and to spine. Light shelf wear some light sunning to the spine. Owner's name to front free endpaper. Text printed on very heavy stock . First Edition. Decorative Cloth... more information

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N.p.: Windsor Publications., 1985. pp: 222. Fully illustrated with b&e and colour photographs, reproductions of art works, maps etc. Patrons, bibliography, index. Engraved pictorial endpapers. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. . ISBN: 0897811496. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Local History.. ... more information

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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1978. pp: 173. Well illustrated with contemporary photographs. Light to moderate wear to edges of covers. Bookplate removed from front free endpaper. A description of the Halifax disaster compiled from contemporary documents and Archibald MacMechan's account of the explosion and its aftermath.. ISBN: 0070827982. First Trade Paperback Edition.. Pictorial Card Covers.. Good-Very Good. 4to. Canada, Maritime, Halifax, Disaster.. ... more information

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Sheffield: Turntable Publications, 1977. pp: 44. Four pages of text, single page map, double-page map to centre, balance composed of historical b&w photographs.. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers, Stapled.. Fine. 8vo. Transportation, Trams, England, Halifax.. ... more information

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London: Reeves and Turner., 1896. pp: xliv, 302. " Illustrated with revised tables of annual date letters employed in the Assay Offices of England, Scotland , and Ireland, and a fac-simile of a copper-plate of maker's marks at Goldsmith's Hall. To which is now added, a history of L'Orfevrerie Francaise, with extracts from the statutes, ordinances, &c., and twelve plates of French Hall Marks." Introductory essay by Christopher A. Markham. Bound in brown cloth titled, with coat of a... more information

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Milton / Erin Mills, ON.: The Halton Conservation Foundation / Boston Mills Press., 1999. pp: 144. Fully illutrated with colour photographs and maps. Photographic endpapers. A paean to the beauties of the Halton region of Ontario.. ISBN: 1550462865. Second Impression.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/Fine. 9 " x 11 1/2". Canada, Ontario, Halton, Local History, Pictorial.. ... more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1979. pp: [iv], 457. Profusely illustrated with 268 drawings, paintings, photographs, documents, etc, in b&w and colour. Genealogical tables to both sets of endpapers. Bibliography, index. Handsomely bound in scarlet cloth titled in gilt on a black ground to the spine. Top edge dyed red.Very light edge wear to the dust jacket.A fascinating history of the Hambro Family, from their start in 1779 as merchants in Copenhagen to the present day status as London-based merchant bankers: ... more information

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Hamilton, Ontario: City of Hamilton., 1965. pp: 10. Illustrated with small b&w photographs. A very brief history of Hamilton from its founding in 1776.. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers, Stapled.. Fine. 8vo. Canada, Ontario, Local History.. ... more information

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