Search Results: Authors starting with H from Blacket Books

London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Carol Barker. 4to. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a few internally repaired edge tears and some edge wear. Ownership inscription. Attractive colour illustrations throughout.

London: The Globe Encyclopedia, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. Large thick 4to. Full brown leather lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Some scuffing to the leather. Front board almost detached. Gift inscription. 931 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout including colour. A comprehensive and fascinating study of Japan in the early part of the 20th century. [Please note this is a very heavy book which will require additional postage].

Edinburgh University Press, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good, bright, copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.x,227.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in decorated brown cloth lettered in gilt. A little wear to board edges. Now protected in a clear removable sleeve. No ownership inscription. A little edge foxing. 333 pages + 32 pages publisher's adverts dated April 1876. Numerous black and white illustrations. Apparently lacking frontispiece although no sign one was present.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good plus copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Spine a little marked towards the foot. Top edge gilt. Ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. Lacks blank front free end-paper. Pp.xiv,333 +16pp publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece and 32 plates. Fulton was an American marine engineer who develpoped a commercially successful steamboat, the first practical submarine and the world's earliest naval torpedoes.

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Partially unopened. Pp.lv,383.

Edinburgh: T & A Constable for the Scottish History Society, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. Some edge foxing. Unopened. Pp.lv,383.

London: Day & Son, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. 4to. A good copy. Re-backed with new end-papers. Gift inscription dated 1851 from Rev. Donald MacVean of Iona. Two page list of subscribers headed by Prince Albert. Some foxing/ soiling although plates fairly clean. Some wear to board tips. 28 pages of text + 52 full-page plates of the abbey, carved stones etc. Map of Iona. Photographs available on request.

London: The General Steam Navigation Co., 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Pp.xv,140. Many illustrations. This is "an account of the Services of the ships and men of the General Steam Navigation Company, Limited, in peace and war throughout the period 1924-1948.

Manchester University Press, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. Pp.ix,206. 4 plates. 4 maps, including folding map at rear. Shows how non-combatants were involved by the war between England and France during the years 1338-1362.

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1870. A good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 116pp. Frontispiece and one other illustration. Gift inscription dated 1870. An uplifting story for boys.

London: Macdonald & Janes, 1975. First Edition . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 340pp. Illustrated. A serious study with reference notes and sources and a bibliography.

Edinburgh University Press, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.viii,[2],196. 10 illustrations. Private letters and unpublished reminiscences of the 19th century Edinburgh author and publisher.

London: Putnam, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A verry good copy in a good plus dustwrapper with fairly minor edge tears. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to Lily MacSween (who was to become Compton Mackenzie's third wife). Pp.vi,303. A Scotsman's take on England and the English.

Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson, 1971. Fifth (Metric) Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Pp.x,173. 85 figures. Two folding diagrams at rear.

London: Wm. S. Orr & Co. A New Edition Much Enlarged . Hardcover. Very Good. W. Oldham and Harrison Weir. Hardback. Nd. but ownership inscription is dated 1901. A very good copy which has been rebound in red pebbled cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. 148 pages. Frontispiece and 15 illustrations in text. (This edition does not have the title page vignette).

Cambridge: Printed for Private Circulation at the Cambridge University Press, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A near very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Boards a little marked. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 50 pages. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. This is a biography of Philip Scott by (I think) his father with extracts from his letters. He died while serving with the KRRC in the North African Campaign.

Cambridge University Press, 1948. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in brown cloth which shows some fading to the spine. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and very little foxing. 160 pages. Illustrations. Maps.

London: Hollis & Carter, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in silver. Lacks dustwrapper. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 167 pages. Illustrations. Charts. This is the story of the loss of the author's boat "Mischief" and of the first two voyages of its successor "Sea Breeze.

Cambridge University Press, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Fading to spine but lettering clear. Lacks dustwrapper. Some spotting to end-papers but otherwise a decent copy internally. Pp.viii,185. 16 plates. 2 maps. An account of the author's 10,000 miles voyage in the yacht "Mischief" to Patagonia and his traverse of a glacier there. Tilman was a noted mountaineer who took to the sea in later life.