Search Results: Authors starting with H from Rachel Smith Books

HOLBERG, LudvigNicolai Klimii iter Subterraneum Novem Telluris Theoriam (The Subterranean Voyage of Nicolas Klim).Copenhagen and Leipzig, 1741. First edition, 380 pages, Complete with three plates counting the Frontispiece. Text is clear with no signatures or markings except for slight spotting on the plates (see photos). Contemporary 3/4 calf with marbled boards. The top board hinge is starting but still solid and holding. A good + collectible copy of this early science fiction journey into a fifth underground continent.

Samuel Howitt"The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the proficient in the delightful recreation of angling will not despise, and the learner will find the advantage of practising, containing useful instruction of every approved method of angling, and particularly on the management of the hand and rod in each method. Embellished with twelve plates, designed and etched by S. Howitt."
Liverpool, G. G. Harris for Samuel Bagster, 1808. Octavo, Pp. iv, 28: First edition, 12 engraved plates of various fish and plates depicting fishing scenes. Original printed boards with printed label on re-backed spine. Damp stains on boards and several plates (see photos). Text and plates are clean without spotting. A short tear expertely closed on one plate. An inscription gifting to " W. Wilcox from Mr. Woods April 16 1832". Corner pin holes on 4 of the plates. A good copy of a classic work on fishing with very attractive plates of fishing scenes.

The Ascent of Everest.Hunt, John. Published by Hodder & Stoughton. London, 1953, First edition, Pp. 300.. SIGNED by 4 Expedition Members on the title page: John Hunt (Author and Expedition Leader), George Lowe (Photographer), George Band ( Diet), Michael Westmacott ( Ascent Party). A Very Good+ Copy. The text is clean and without any markings, and the publisher's blue cloth binding has no fading, and there is slight shelf wear. The dust jacket is clean, not priced clipped, with only minimal fading on the spine and a few light spots on the front wrap. Overall a very nice item with signatures of four expedition members.

HUTTON, WILLIAM, "VOYAGE to AFRICA including a Narrative of an Embassy to One of the Interior Kingdoms, in the year 1820; with remarks on the course and termination of the Niger and other Principal Rivers in the country".London, Longman, 1821. First edition, 8vo. pp. 488, 2 folding maps, 4 aquatint plates, slight offsetting and browning to the hand-colored plates and the 2 foldout maps. Otherwise text is without markings or inscriptions and is clean with a tight text block. Modern full calf with green Morocco labels and bright gilding.Hutton, spent 11 years serving as an officer in the British African Company of Merchants. He made four voyages to the Gold Coast, and for a time served as acting consul for Ashantee. Along with his experiences encountered in the Gold Coast, he describes the fauna and flora, the medicines used by the natives, and the diseases of the area. Also he mentions weather data and various minerals and fossils that he collected. There is a chapter devoted to the Fantee… Read More