Search Results: Titles starting with H from Bountiful Books

Madras: Pharoah and Co.. Contemporary bindings, with brown calf corners and spines, marbled boards, all show rubbing, with bumped and rubbed corners and spine ends. Ex-library, with number stamp on the last page of each volume, else no library markings. Name inked on rear paste-down of each volume, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked, bindings are sound. First published in 1763 as a one volume edition, Orme continued to revise and expand his work through 1778. The 3 volume 4th edition was first published in 1803, and reprinted in Madras in 1861. Vol. I: 436 + xcvi (Index); Vol. II: 740 + unpaginated Alphabetical List of Geographical and Proper Names; Vol. III: 35 fold-out maps and plans referenced in Volumes 1 and II, all in very good condition. . Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 4th Edition. 2nd Printing. 1861.

Paris: Librarie d'Amyot. Brown calf spine with gilt and red stamping, and corners are rubbed, with a 1" chip to leather at spine foot. Hinges tender, marbled boards rubbed at edges. Foxing throughout, inked name on ffep, else unmarked. A frontispiece illustration shows the various medals containing elephants that are cited in the book. "Avec des observations critiques sur quelques-uns plus celebres faits d'armes de l'antiquite". . Very Good -. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 1843.

Bordeaux, France: Chez P. Beaume. Brown leather boards with gilt trim are clean and sound, with rubbing to edges. Marbled edges and endpapers. Name of previous owner, dated 1824, written on half-title page. Ex-library, with small, barely visible stamps to top edge and front paste-down. Text has a few small ink dots, else unmarked. A comprehensive history of jurisprudence in Spain from the earliest, pre-Roman times through 1815, with a vivid portrayal of the politics of its rulers and their international relations. 415 pages. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 1815.

Paris: Marc-Aurel. Marbled boards are clean and sound, brown calf spines with gilt trim show minor rubbing. Probable ex-library, with small stickers and evidence of bookplate removal on front paste-downs of each volume. Marbled end papers. Bookstore stamp on title page of Vol. I and on half-title page of Vol. II, and occasionally thereafter. Light foxing throughout. Vol. I 435 pps.; Vol. II 448 pps. A handsome set offering a detailed analysis of the Conquest of Algeria during the years 1830 - 1847. . Very Good. 1/2 Leather. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1847.

London: Longman's Green and Co.. Hinges starting, else a sound copy with chipping/wear to spine ends and corners, fading to fore-edge of front board. Owner's name in pencil inside top back cover, else no interior markings. Illustrated with 15 color plates, numerous black & white drawings and maps. xxiii + 632 pages. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1901.