Search Results: Titles starting with H from Charles Lewis Best Booksellers

Chicago & New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago & Harry M. Abrams Inc.. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 212. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... One critic noted: "Westermann's sculptures reveal not only the influence of craft traditions, but also of varied art historical precedents. The artist's ability to convey subtle and uncanny effects through the presentation of seemingly simple objects has often led critics to compare his work to that of Surrealist-inspired artists such as Joseph Cornell. However, Westermann's work encompasses elements from a broad and diverse range of artistic practices, including Assemblage, Dada, and Folk Art. His sculptures, moreover, point to minimal and post-minimal art of the late 1960s and beyond, in terms of their rigorous craftsmanship, formal sophistication, unconventional use… Read More

Hamburg, Germany: Pegasus, 1984. First Impression. Paperback. In quite good condition. Demy folio [29.85cm/11.75inches], Heft mit Abbildungen und 97 Seiten. Bitte fühlen Sie sich frei wie auf Angaben und / oder zusätzliche Fotos zu erkundigen. Die Orgellandschaft zwischen Elbe und Weser bezeichnet die Orgeln im Elbe-Weser-Dreieck, also in den ehemaligen Herzogtümern Bremen und Verden. Der Begriff Orgellandschaft allein nimmt Bezug auf die historisch bedingten regionalen Eigenheiten der Orgeln. Rund 80 historische Orgeln vor 1900 sind zwischen den Unterläufen der Weser und der Elbe vollständig oder in Teilen seit dem 15. Jahrhundert erhalten und machen dieses Gebiet zu einer der bedeutendsten Orgellandschaften. Fast alle Originalinstrumente konnten seit den 1970er Jahren restauriert werden, sodass sie in ihrem ursprünglichen Klangbild zu hören sind.

København: Levin & Munksgaard , 1934. First Impression. Demy octavo, [22cm / 8.75.5in], papirbundet med billedbetræk, pp. 116. Fuldt illustreret med b-w halftone plader. Du er velkommen til at spørge om oplysninger og / eller yderligere fotografier. ... Johannes Valentinus Andreae (17. august 1586 - 27. juni 1654), aka Johannes Valentinus Andreä eller Johann Valentin Andreae, var en tysk teolog, der hævdede at være forfatter til en gammel tekst kendt som Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459 (udgivet 1616 , Strasbourg, som det chymiske bryllup af Christian Rosenkreutz). Dette blev et af de tre grundværker af rosekrucianisme, der både var en legende og et moderne kulturfænomen i hele Europa i denne periode.

Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1991. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 128. Fully illustrated with colour plates, b-w halftones, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2014. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full gilt-embossed ebony cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 303, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... HMS Bellerophon was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1786, she served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. Known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", she fought in three fleet actions, the Glorious First of June, the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar, and was the ship aboard which Napoleon finally surrendered, ending 22 years of nearly continuous war with France.

Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1998. First American Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed Cowles-blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 324, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 2011. First American Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 224, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Hamburg, Germany: Hamburg Ship Model Basin, 2013. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [12 by 9 inches], full gilt-embossed cerulean-blue cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 173. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The publisher's blurb notes: "In 2013 the Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) celebrated its 100th anniversary. This book commemorates its maritime research, innovation and progress driven by our clients and their projects. This book ist not a collection of scientific papers but is an enjoyable celebration of model testing and the resulting products – ships and maritime structures in stormy seas and freezing waters. Completely in English language."

Honolulu: Hawaiian Airlines, 2009. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 156. Fully illustrated with colour and b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian: Hui Mokulele o Hawai i) is the largest airline in Hawaii. It is the 8th largest commercial airline in the US, and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The airline operates its main hub at Honolulu International Airport and a secondary hub out of Kahului Airport on the island of Maui. Hawaiian Airlines operates flights to Asia, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and the United States Mainland. Hawaiian Airlines is owned by Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. of which Mark Dunkerley is the current President and Chief Executive Officer. Hawaiian is the oldest US carrier that has never had a fatal accident or a hull loss throughout its history, and frequently tops the on-time carrier list… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full chrome-embossed orange cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 196. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Chicago, &tc: Rand, MacNally & Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No dust jacket. Demy octavo, [18cm/9.25inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 160, indexed. Illustrated with 57 b-w halftones and schematics. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Wiki notes: "A handloom is a simple machine used for weaving. In a wooden vertical-shaft looms, the heddles are fixed in place in the shaft. The warp threads pass alternately through a heddle, and through a space between the heddles (the shed), so that raising the shaft raises half the threads (those passing through the heddles), and lowering the shaft lowers the same threads — the threads passing through the spaces between the heddles remain in place. This was invented in the 13th century."

Concord, Massachusetts: Concord Antiquarian Society, 1937. Second Edition. Paperbound. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [22.5cm/9.75inches], paperbound with green pictorial covers, pp. 61. Fully Illustrated with sepia halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Cummings Davis (1816–1896), the Museum’s founding collector, moved to Concord, Massachusetts in July of 1850, a few months after the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. After moving to Concord, Davis opened a refreshment saloon, first at the train depot and later in the center of town, selling pastries and newspapers. By that time, Concord already had a history of celebrating the past. The visit of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824, the fiftieth anniversary of the North Bridge Fight, and the 1836 bicentennial of the town’s founding were all made occasions to reflect on the town’s past, which was further… Read More

New York: Attic Books, Circa 1970. fascimilie Copy of the 1909 Egyptian First Edition. Paperbound. VG Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 27, indexed. Illustrated with 54 b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Ancient Egyptian amulets ollected by Ralph Huntington Blanchard (1875-1936) proprietor of BlanchardÂ’s Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and purportedly "given" by R. H. Blanchard to Maribel (Mara-Belle) Davis Carroll (1886-1962) in Cairo, Egypt, about 1907-1910, and in 1930 given by her to Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire ... "Ancient Egyptian amulets represented animals, deities, symbols, or objects in miniature. In addition, certain things found in nature, such as a claw or shell, were thought to be imbued with magical power and therefore could function as an amulet as well. So-called textual amulets also occur; these usually consist of a short magical spell written… Read More

London & New York: George Bell & Sons, 1896. 7th Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Demy octavo, [18cm/7 inches], full gilt-embossed olive-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 419, indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. In exceptionally good condition. ... Mrs. Alexandra Sutherland Orr,(1828–1903), the biographer of Browning, born on 23 Dec. 1828 at St. Petersburg, where her grandfather, (Sir) James Boniface Leighton, was court physician, was second daughter of Frederic Septimus Leighton (1800–1892), a doctor of medicine, by his wife Augusta Susan, daughter of George Augustus Nash of Edmonton. Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton [q. v. Suppl. I], was her only brother. She was named Alexandra after her godmother the Empress of Russia. The family travelled much in Europe, and Alexandra was educated mostly abroad. Her health was always delicate. On account of her defective sight, most of her very considerable knowledge was… Read More

Garden City, Long Island: Garden City, March 1936 [Harper's Code "CL"] . Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full ivory-embossed blue pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. , indexed. Illustrated with colour plates by N. C. Wyeth and Peter Hurd. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905) was an American children's author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century.Dodge was associated with St. Nicholas Magazine for more than thirty years, and it became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 copies. She had the faculty of suggesting, creating, obtaining the contributions she wanted from just the people she wanted to write. She was able to persuade… Read More

Los Angeles: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 2008. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 87. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The exhibition press release noted: “Hans Burkhardt - Paintings of the 1960s” includes early works of that decade which extended Burkhardt’s uniquely poignant abstract expressionist paintings of the 1950s. He was one of the few painters of that period who steadfastly flaunted, and indeed thrived in spite of, the political censorship and hostility toward modern abstract painting that informed much of the 1950s and reached levels ofhysteria in the McCarthy era in L.A. That political hostility may partly suggest why the younger generation of L.A. artists of the 1960s might have been inclined toward popular imagery and minimal art as their primary sensibility. Their artistic response was… Read More

Cologne: Könemann, 1999. Hardcover. As new/as new. Demy table, [32.5cm/13inches], full gilt-embossed ebony cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 140. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Goodreads noted: "Hans Holbein (1497/98-1543) is one of the most important representatives of Renaissance painting north of the Alps. His paintings of religious subjects were as much in demand as his outstanding skills as a portrait painter, which later became the primary basis of Holbein's reputation. It was Holbein who immortalized the features of Erasmus of Rotterdam, the most brilliant scholar of his day, and Henry VII, king of England, for whom Holbein worked as court painter. His work falls into a period of great political, religious and spiritual change, the age of the Reformation and Humanism. Holbein's lucid compositions demonstrate first and foremost the painter's extraordinary ability to reproduce nature… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed chocolate-colured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 255, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The publisher's blurb noted: "Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543), one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance, trained under his father in Augsburg and then worked for leading patrons in Switzerland before settling in England as Court Painter to Henry VIII. To commemorate the five-hundredth anniversary of the artistÂ’s birth, Oskar Bätschmann and Pascal Griener offer this richly illustrated book — the first comprehensive monograph on the artist to appear in more than forty years — which is a major advance in our understanding of HolbeinÂ’s contribution to European art. The… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 1986. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], full blanc-embossed ebony-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 360. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Har Karkom ( "Mountain of Saffron") is a mountain in the southwest Negev desert in Israel, half way between Petra and Kadesh Barnea. On the basis that the Israelites travelled across the Sinai peninsula towards Petra in a fairly straight line, a number of scholars have contemplated the possibility of Har Karkom being the Biblical Mount Sinai. Following this theory, Emmanuel Anati excavated at the mountain, and discovered that it was a major paleolithic cult centre, with the surrounding plateau covered with shrines, altars, stone circles, stone pillars, and over 40,000 rock engravings

New York: Delacorte Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 380, Signed on title page. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Kirkus Reviews notes: “Another tangy Florida thriller from Hall (Bones of Coral, 1991, etc.), this one about long-buried treasure—and murder. Once again, Hall works expertly within the rules of the genre, pitting a misfit hero against fever-dream villains. His new protagonist is Hap Tyler, grandson of one of Miami's founding fathers but no prize, a wenching layabout who carves surfboards when he's not locked up at the local asylum for hearing voices. It's Hap's older brother, Daniel, an archaeologist, who upholds the family name—until Daniel is murdered, which sets Hap against four of Hall's nastiest villains yet. They're Ray Alvarez, a brutal ex- cop; Ray's sidekicks, lifetime loser Glenn Hollings and vicious Martina Phelps—Glenn's… Read More