Search Results: Authors starting with H from Soin2Books

London: Octopus, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octopus, London. 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Binding tight. Content clean and bright. Very minor creasing to jacket edges. Looks unread. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 96 pages. All books are individually described.

Clarksville, TN: Phila Hatch, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good+. Spiral bound with green plastic rings. Pictorial card front cover. Light creasing to covers. Covers and pages firmly held by rings. Content clean and bright with no markings. Cracker barrel price sticker to back cover. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 128 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition, second impression. Publishers brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight with light pushing to spine ends and light bumping to front corners. Front free endpaper removed. Content clean and bright with no markings. Jacket not clipped £4.95 net with light edgewear, 2cm split to top of fold to front flap, small splits to folds, spine sunned. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 219pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

B/w frontispiece and photographs and illustrations in text. Publishers turquoise cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. M of My rubbed on spine. Boards clean. Gutter cracked between frontispiece and title page but binding firm. Content clean and bright. No foxing. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 170 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Three chapters each covering one of the famous three lectures delivered by Professor Haeckel at Berlin: 1. The Controversy about Creation. 2. The Struggle Over Our Genealogical Tree. 3. The Controversy over the Soul. Stapled pamphlet. Beige paper covers with portrait of author and black titles to front. Bottom corners of front and back missing. Surfaces rubbed and soiled. Pages browned. Some dog eared pages. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 64 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Fontana Books, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. First Thus. Light wear to covers. Pages age toned. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 254 pages. All books are individually described. All overseas orders sent airmail.

Small format 16 x 12 cm. Volumes 3502 and 3503. Bound in burgundy half leather with burgundy boards with gilt rules, gilt tile on black spine panel and gilt decoration to spine. Gilt top edges. Marbled endpapers. Binding tight. A little rubbing to spine ends. Content clean and bright. 294 and 288 pages. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. A lovely set. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. Note: see also listed 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn and 'The Brass Bottle' by F. Anstey, both in leather bindings in same series.

Third printing (first published 1952). Amanda was a little Jersey calf called 'Manda', for short. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations. Colour pictorial paper-covered boards. Binding tight with light rubbing to extremities. Brown surface mark to top corner of rear board. Content clean and bright. Slight rippling to front free endpaper. Jacket to match boards, unclipped 10s 6d net with slight chipping to spine ends, small splits to corners, 3cm closed tear to foot of spine, light edgewear, brown patches to back panel and internally. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 30 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition. Black and white illustrated card wraps with white titles to front, black titles to spine. A tight, clean, uncreased book with no markings that looks unread. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 146 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

New Edition. Publishers original grey cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. Boards marked and scuffed, spine sunned. Binding tight. Two previous owners names to front endpapers. Content generally clean and bright with the odd spot and handling marks. Not ex-library. 224pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Robinson Publishing, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Robinson Publishing, London, 1995. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Very slight edge wear to cover. A clean, tight copy. No labels or inscriptions. 336pp.

First edition. Jacket design and b/w illustrations by Norah McGuinness. Publishers blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight, minor pushing to spine ends, boards clean, minor rub to bottom edge of back board. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Number in circle in ink to top corner of rear pastedown. Content clean and bright. Jacket price clipped with small loss to spine ends and corners, some small tears and creasing to edges, back panel sunned. Not ex-library. 212 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

The life stories of Queen Victoria, Elise Sandes, Florence Nightingale, Mary Slessor, Mary Jones, Margaret Wilson, Frances Ridley Havergal, Ann H. Judson, Sarah Robinson, Priscilla Livingstone Stewart, Grace Darling and Agnes E. Jones. Undated. Presumed first edition 1937 as per the British Library. Church prize plate to front pastedown dated 1940. B/w frontispiece of Queen Victoria and 8 plates. Binding tight. Blue cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Spine ends and top and bottom edges heavily sunned where jacket missing. A little light spotting to endpapers. Contents clean and bright. Jacket clipped, large piece missing from bottom 2.5 inches of spine and back panel, smaller piece from head of spine, tears and small losses to edges. Not ex-library. 95 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: The London Music Publishing Company Limited, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth boards with ornate black decoration and gilt titles to front. Binding tight with light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Boards clean with occasional small scuff mark. All edges gilt. Content clean and bright with no markings. Prize plate from The London College of Music to Mary Adela Summers dated 1891 to front pastedown. Previous owners ink name to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Not ex-library. 210 pages. All books are individually described.

London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. No date but c1955 (1951 mentioned on page 16). Four sections: The North Riding; The West Riding; The City of York; The East Riding. Nearly 150 b/w photographs. Front of jacket shows Knaresborough and the River Nidd. Green cloth boards. with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight and boards clean. Creasing to lower corner of front board. Content very clean and bright. Short ink inscription to front endpaper. Jacket clipped is edgeworn with 4cm tear to front lower corner, with edge tears and chips and small loss to head of spine. Not ex-library. 128 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Reprint Society, London. 1955. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering in black panel to spine. Binding tight. Dark grey top edge. Content clean and bright. Previous owners neat ink signature to front endpaper. Jacket has very minor edge wear and slight chipping to spine ends. Small hole 5 mm diameter in title panel to spine. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 320 pages. Overall very nice clean copy. All books are individually described.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Binding firm, boards and content clean and bright. Jacket has miniscule creasing to top of spine and is in clear protective cover which is torn down spine. Map to front and back endpapers. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. Jacket not price clipped £9.95 net. 184 pages. All books are individually described.

Undated but church prize plate to front pastedown dated 1948. Three colour plates. Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Binding firm with light bumping to corners. Fading to top of boards where dust jacket missing. Content clean and bright. Jacket unclipped (not priced), losses to spine ends and to adjacent panels, tears and creasing to edges, panels discoloured. Not ex-library. 149pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Andrew Farmer. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. 1976. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good +. No Dust Jacket as issued. First Edition. Andrew Farmer (Illustrator). Pictorial covers. Slight sunning to spine and either side of. Binding tight. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 63 pages. All books are individually described.

Inscribed by author 'With love from Jean' to title page. Pictorial card covers. Tight binding. Minor rubbing to corners. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. No notes, underlining or highlighting. 331pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.