Search Results: Authors starting with H from Harropian Books, IOBA

Amsterdam: Utig. Joh. M. Allis, 1945. Loose Photographs. Fine. Two Dutch credited gelatin silver photographs, developed onto postcard stock (RPPC), each measuring 3.5 x 5.5 wide, with the V1 Rocket having "SAFE FOR TRANSIT" painted on top, and the V2 having "DANGER-GEVAAR DO NOT TOUCH" written in on it's nose in both Dutch and English. Versos w. titles in Dutch and English "Flying bomb V 1" and "Flying bomb V 2", minor finger soil else Fine, postally unused copies. "Germany intended to use all of these weapons in a military campaign against Britain, though only the V-1 and V-2 were so used in a campaign conducted 1944-45." wiki.

Canada: Doubleday Canada, 2002. First Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rust colored paper over boards, quarter cloth spine, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo (8-3/16 inches tall), pp. 226. Volume with a touch of soil to foot of text block edge and faint pencil erasure to ffep; DJ shows occasional light soil and original price of "$29.95" at top of front flap. First Canadian Edition with "advance praise" to rear panel, number line to "1" and "Copyright © 2002 by Mark Haddon" on copyright page.

New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1919. Second Printing of the First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A beautiful copy, in the achingly difficult to find, and very colorful original publisher's jacket. Red cloth over boards with title stamped in blind onto upper board and blocked in gilt onto spine, 12mo size (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. half title, ads, title, [iv], [1]-384, 1 ads, 3 blank, illustrated w. 12 sepia half-tone illustrations - inc. tissue-guarded frontis, all by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Terminal text leaf with "The Quinn & Boden Co. Press / Rahway, N.J." printed at foot. Volume w. text block edges just beginning to show some toning, tissue guard w. a 1/2 inch closed tear to upper corner. Price intact DJ with a short closed tear and crease at upper corner of front panel near spine fold, minor edge wear, and an unobtrusive 1/8 inch wide x 3/4 inch long loss at rear flap fold, starting aprox. two inches from upper edge. Hard to imagine a nicer copy in such a bright, clean… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Frontispiece and plates by F.S. Wilson. Navy cloth over beveled boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7- 1/4 inches tall), pp. x, 420, (24 page catalogue at rear dated July, 1895 - as called for), with 20 illustrations inc. frontis by F.S. Wilson, colored endpapers. Volume with spine slightly rolled, half inch splits to upper joint near spine ends, wear to spine ends and corners with a few air pockets to cloth, contemporary bookseller's tag to front pastedown and a few pages with soil or corner creases, one old ink dot to fore-edge. The first UK edition was printed from the US plates (stated on final text page), but was published two months before the first US edition. Allen, 30.

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd, 1972. Paperback. Near Fine. BC Outdoors : Vol. 28 - No. 3, May/June 1972. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Covers with light wear and an address label on front cover, unmarked inside. Ref. Cave, F 115. Contains articles on the Cariboo Highway, Captain W. Moore and a four page article titled "Moran Dam : Dinosaur in Our Midst " [Part 2] by Roderick Haig-Brown. "Moran Dam, also called High Moran Dam or Moran Canyon Dam, was a 1950s proposal to dam the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC). The structure was planned in the wake of devastating floods in a time of rapidly growing power demand, and if built, would have powered the largest hydroelectric facility in North America. After a protracted environmental battle, Moran Dam was defeated in 1972, mainly over concerns of its adverse impact on salmon populations in the Fraser River basin. The shelving of the project also… Read More

Custer, WA / Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Brown cloth over boards, title printed in gold onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. viii, 215, B&W photos. Small crease to DJ back panel near spine, else fine. An intimate biography of Roderick Haig-Brown, written by his daughter.

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. BC Outdoors : Vol. 25 - No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1969. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Covers lightly worn with a rubber stamp and address label on front cover, unmarked inside. Contains articles on the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), Glacier House and a six page article titled "Thoughts on Conservation" by Roderick Haig-Brown. Ref. Cave F 50.

Toronto, ON: William Collins Sons and Company, 1968. Second Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Only. De Pol - DJ artwork. R. H-B was happier with Collins' second Canadian edition of 'Measure of the Year' than he was with their first Canadian edition "They [Collins Canada] were disgracefully slow in getting 'Measure' on the market and their edition up here is a pretty disgraceful job." R. H-B referencing the Collins first Canadian edition [pub. 1950] in 'Deep Currents'. Red paper over boards, title printed in black onto spine, 8vo (8-5/16 inches tall), pp. [i]-260. Volume with a few small stains to text block edges, ffep with pencil erasure at top and a small stain to bottom corner which also modestly affects the foot of the next few leaves. Unclipped DJ with edge wear and tear, creasing and shallow chips to spine ends and flap folds. Credited DJ artwork showing the Haig-Brown farm on Campbell River by "DE POL". Ref. Cave A 111.

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd, 1973. Paperback. Near Fine. BC Outdoors : Vol. 29 - No. 4, July/Aug.1973. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with drawings and B&W photos. Covers with light wear and an address label on front cover, unmarked inside. Contains articles on the Indians of Canada, Ootsa Lake, the Laird River and a six page article titled "Fish Hatcheries... No Substitute for Stream Protection" by Roderick Haig-Brown. Ref. Cave F 43.

Surrey, BC: Northwest Digest Ltd, 1970. Paperback. Near Fine. BC Outdoors : Vol. 26 - No. 4 July/August 1970. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated with B&W photos, drawings and maps. Light soil to covers with address label at foot of front cover, unmarked inside. Contains articles on Hazelton, Summer Salmon, Tweedsmuir Park and a six page article titled "The Sportmans Place in a Developing World" by Roderick Haig-Brown, the keynote address given by him to the Alberta Fish and Game Association in 1970. Ref. Cave F 131.

New York, NY: Oscar Haimo, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound card wraps, 16mo size (6 inches tall), pp. 142, [2 - ads], illustrated w. line drawings and poems by Haimo, tables and cyan photo reproductions, index. Volume w. faint vertical crease and minor soil to front cover, fading to spine and edges, ink initials verso front cover, 10 pages trimmed tight along bottom resulting in partial text at top of next page, else clean and unmarked throughout. A nice clean copy of a guide often found in rough shape. First published in 1943 from private notes by Oscar Haimo, the president of the International Bar Managers' Association.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 287, (288). Volume with only minimal wear, foxing to ffep and terminal text leaf. Hamilton was a prolific writer who published works almost every year from 1896-1943. This 1927 first printing of Undelivered Letters is quite uncommon, with only 2 copies located in OCLC, one held at the British Library and the other at the National Library of Scotland.

London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Ten individual issues, Parts 1-10. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 1-416, illustrated throughout. Part 1 with "Programme in Outline" [table of contents] bound in. Volumes w. rubs, some creasing and small closed tears, Part 2 seperated at spine, rust to staples, some issues w. original price sticker, else clean throughout. "Our main concern in this new work is neither with victory nor defeat. Tactics and strategy get little consideration in these pages. Our preoccupation from first to last is with the individual and personal reactions of events upon those who took part in them, from Private to Field-Marshal. "I Was There" is the keynote of every chapter. Nothing that we print here had its origin outside of immediate personal experience." from the editor's foreword.

London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Ten individual issues, Parts 11-20. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 417-816, illustrated throughout. Volumes w. rubs, some minor creasing and small closed tears, rust to staples, original price stickers, else clean throughout. "Our main concern in this new work is neither with victory nor defeat. Tactics and strategy get little consideration in these pages. Our preoccupation from first to last is with the individual and personal reactions of events upon those who took part in them, from Private to Field-Marshal. "I Was There" is the keynote of every chapter. Nothing that we print here had its origin outside of immediate personal experience." from the editor's foreword.

London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd. Paperback. Very Good. Ten individual issues, Parts 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 [lacking part 43]. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 1617-2060, illustrated throughout. Volumes w. rubs, some minor creasing and small closed tears, Part 51 w. small stain near bottom corner effecting last few leaves, original price stickers, else clean throughout. Part 51 contains the General Index to the series. "Our main concern in this new work is neither with victory nor defeat. Tactics and strategy get little consideration in these pages. Our preoccupation from first to last is with the individual and personal reactions of events upon those who took part in them, from Private to Field-Marshal. "I Was There" is the keynote of every chapter. Nothing that we print here had its origin outside of immediate personal experience." from the editor's foreword.

London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. Eight individual issues, Parts 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39 and 40 [lacking parts 35 & 36]. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 1217-1376, 1457-1616, illustrated throughout. Volumes w. rubs, some minor creasing and small closed tears, original price stickers, else clean throughout. "Our main concern in this new work is neither with victory nor defeat. Tactics and strategy get little consideration in these pages. Our preoccupation from first to last is with the individual and personal reactions of events upon those who took part in them, from Private to Field-Marshal. "I Was There" is the keynote of every chapter. Nothing that we print here had its origin outside of immediate personal experience." from the editor's foreword.

London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. Ten individual issues, Parts 21-30. Illustrated stapled wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 817-1216, illustrated throughout. Volumes w. rubs, some minor creasing and small closed tears, rust to some staples, original price stickers, else clean throughout. "Our main concern in this new work is neither with victory nor defeat. Tactics and strategy get little consideration in these pages. Our preoccupation from first to last is with the individual and personal reactions of events upon those who took part in them, from Private to Field-Marshal. "I Was There" is the keynote of every chapter. Nothing that we print here had its origin outside of immediate personal experience." from the editor's foreword.

London: Headline, 1988. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Red cloth over boards with quarter black cloth spine, 8vo, pp. xiii, 96, decorative gilt stamping onto top board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 4 uncredited text illustrations, jacket illustrations by Paul Leith. Volume with light taps to bottom corners, foot of spine softened, faint tone to text. DJ with slight rubbing. WOMAN IN THE DARK was the last of Hammett's book to see print in his lifetime (Liberty Magazine) and appeared in paperback in 1952. This edition includes a new introduction by Robert B. Parker and is the first publication of WOMAN IN THE DARK in the U.K.

New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Olive brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo, pp. 255. Text toned - esp. at edges - with some spotting, gift insc. ffep, water stain to board fore-edge. DJ slightly toned with matching water stain to fore-edge of back flap.

Sandon, BC: Hotel Reco, 1899. Single Sheet. Very Good. A 19th century, weekly payroll sheet (14 x 17 inches wide) from the storied Kootenay mining town of Sandon, British Columbia. This Hotel Reco pay sheet honors the Cook as the most valuable employee, with his .75 / day recorded in the pay column. Pay sheet w. fold lines, hole punch holes at top edge, some soil, stains and faint offset from a once adjoining page also noted. The Hotel Reco burned to the ground on May 4th, 1900 - along with most of the rest of Sandon - while this payroll sheet was safely stored inside a fire-proof safe, making this historical record a very uncommon survivor indeed.