Search Results: Titles starting with H from JimsOldBooks

Trondheim: F Bruns Bokhandels Forlag, 1952. No dustwrapper, some creasing to the edges of the card covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Norwegian language book. This was the author's Doctoral thesis dealing with the religious beliefs of the writer Hans Christian Andersen. Inscribed by the author (in English) on first page '' ... with kind greetings from the author. Stvgr, 24 Sept 1955''. 231pp.. Inscribed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robson Books, 1990. Minor creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being the autobiography of the Jazz musician Lionel ''Hamp'' Hampton who played xylophone with, among others, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, and many others. Also includes an extensive (but not complete) discography. 286pp, 16pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. No dustwrapper (as issued), somefading to spine and to top edge of back cover, original owner's name inside front board, but otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A companion volume to the authors' "Machine Stitch Perspectives", a collection of pieces by various authors on aspects of hand stitch from a historical or social point-of-view, and on communities and organisations that support handstitch. NOT a practical, how-to-do-it sort of book. A heavy book, packaged weight would be about 1250g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 224pp, colur illustration (and a few in b&w) throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Edinburgh: Macniven & Wallace, 1927. This is the original 1927 edition. Some bumping to the ends of the green cloth spine, with some wear to the edges of the same, and bumping to the two lower corners. Minor foxing to outer pages. Inscribed by author on f/ep ''The Rev D Macinnes/ with the author's kind regards/ Temple 23.7.31''. This book deals with the life and teaching of the sixteenth century German Anabaptist Hans Denck. 262pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Stockholm: AB Svensk Litteratur, 1937. Swedish language edition. Dustwrapper has some creasing and tears to the edges, with some small pieces torn away. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, an old ink stamp on first page ("File Copy, Must be returned to W & R Chambers Ltd"), though I suspect that the book had long ago been disposed of by that company. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's experiences as an agricultural student on a farm near Kelso in Berwickshire on the Scottish Borders in 1916-1917. Originally published in the UK by Chambers in 1937, this is the Swedish edition from the same year. 264pp, 6 b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Dufty, L M. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Johnstone: Funhouse Publishing, 2005. A good clean tight copy with no creasing to the spine of this soft-cover childrens story. Signed by the author on ''This Book Belongs To'' page ''To Matthew, Best wishes from Andrew Dickson''. Pages not numbered but 24pp, colour illustrations throughout.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Love, Iain. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pickering & Inglis, 1961. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, a previous owner's name, address label and date (1962) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine still clear, of this hard-cover book. A biography of the British missionary Harold St John who worked in South America and in North Africa between 1913 and the early 1950s. His daughter, Patricia, was a popular writer of Christian books for children. 182pp, 7 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Book Club, 1940. Dustwrapper is quite badly creased and torn, with some bits missing at the edges; minor bumping to ends of red cloth-covered spine and to corners of white paper-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. No publication date given, but the book was first published in 1937, so this Book Club edition would be maybe a couple of years later? 600pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Plattsburgh, NY: McClelland & Stewart, 2014. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the persecution and murder of Christians (local as well as foreign) living in Muslim countries. 184pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Salem, Massachusetts: Old Saltbox Publishing House, 1997. Some slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Not just haunted ships, but premonitions of disaster, vanishing passengers, and more. 88pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Virago Press, 1992. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the life and (more so) at the works of poet Sylvia Plath. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1921. No dustwrapper, some shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, original owner's initials and date (1923) inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover book. Contains the text of six lectures delivered by the author at the Royal Institution during the Christmas holidays 1920-21. The lectures are, ''The School of the Shore'', ''The Open Sea'', ''The Great Deeps'', ''The Fresh Waters'', ''The Conquest of the Dry Land'', and ''The Mastery of the Air''. 272pp, 19 b&w plates, 32 illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Calstock, Cornwall: Peterloo Poets, 1998. A tiny crease to the top corner of front cover, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this slim collection of poems by the author. Signed by the author on half-title ''... With love and thanks for encouragement and so much constructive help! Alison September 1998''. 70pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1925. No dustwrapper, minor creasing to the spine ends and shelf wear to bottom edge of black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine are still bright. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story involves a rich and handsome film star who is hiding on a remote Pacific island to escape his adoring fans, and then finds that some of them have managed to track him down. 320pp plus 8pp adverts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends and corners of green cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book in which the author looks at the origins of some English words. Inscribed by the author on f/ep ''To Eric from Ivor / We'll meet soon in Edinburgh anyway / Main House (?) North Berwick June 1950''. ''Eric'' was the Scottish writer Eric Linklater. 132pp.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949. Ex library copy with card packet inside front board, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev. No dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, part of the publisher's ''Yale Studies in English'' series. Deals with the novels left unfinished by Nathaniel Hawthorne at the time of his death in 1864, namely: ''The Ancestral Footstep'', ''Doctor Grimshawe's Secret'', ''Septimus Felton'', and ''The Dolliver Romance''. 172pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Mayflower, 1965. Mayflower paperback edition from 1965. Some creasing to the spine and yellowing to the pages, smells a bit of being kept in a shed or garage, otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover novel. Originally published in 1948 as ''Clarinda'', the story, set in the nineteenth century, deals with a German Countess who leaves her husband and runs off to Mexico with a penniless Spanish nobleman. 284pp.. Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Chest and Heart Association, 1962. Minor scuffing on the back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book, being a collection of pieces by different authors all originally given at the Sixth Commonwealth Conference on Tuberculosis which was held at University College, Ibadan, Nigeria. Mostly the pieces relate (understandably) to the disease in Africa. 248pp, 4pp b&w illustrations, tables and diagrams in the text.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books, 1992. A crease to the spine and some fading to same, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this paperback book. The author's account of her childhood in remote rural Victoria (Australia) in the years before WW2. 191pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1956. Only the front half of the dustwrapper remains. Minor bumping to spine ends of maroon boards, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Autobiographical account of the author's life as a writer and poet in 1930s Scotland. 255pp, 17 b&w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.