Titles starting with H from Antiquarian Bookseller

London: Dent, 1899-1903. 9 vols, roy. 8vo, full stiff vellum decorated in gilt with designs by Rackham, a fine set. Limited to 150 sets in the de luxe format with extra plates and the special binding. RackhamÕs designs were used for the bindings, the endpapers, and chapter headings and tail pieces. ... more information

London: Dent, 1899-1903. 6 vols. of 9, roy. 8vo, original green cloth decorated in gilt with designs by Rackham, a fine set. First trade editions; there is a duplicate copy of ÒShootingÓ, in blue cloth. RackhamÕs designs were used for the bindings, the endpapers, and chapter headings and tail pieces. ... more information

London: Constable, 1920. 4to, (xii), 159, (1) pp. 20 colored plates tipped in plus 28 black and white illustrations in the text. Original gilt titled blue cloth, spine a little dull. First separate edition. Originally published as part of GrimmÕs Fairy Tales in 1909. ... more information

New York: Viking Press, 1934. 4to, [64]pp. With black-and-white and color illustrations through, many double-page. Original decorated boards, cloth cloth backstrip, a beautiful copy. Brief gift inscription at front dated 1939. First edition of BemelmansÕ first childrenÕs book. Ludwig Bemelmans, author and illustrator of more than 40 books for children and adults, emigrated to America and, after studying art, in 1925, he decorated and became part owner of a restaurant known as the Hapsburg Hou... more information

[N.P.]: Ailsa, Inc., (Flagstick Books), 1997. 8vo, xiv, 264pp. Original red cloth, stamped in silver to top cover and backstrip. Fine condition without dust jacket as issued. First edition thus. D&J D7450; not in Yagi. A charming collection of essays from one of the foremost writers on the sport. ... more information

New York: WM. Penn Publishing Corp. [1944]. Oblong 4to, [22] pp. Spiral backed green pictorial boards, slight chipping along bottom edge, with matching dust-jacket, also lightly chipped along extremities. Some discoloration to title-page. Illustrated throughout with 4 pages of animations. A very good copy in the rare dust-jacket. An attractive and fragile book with four plates that are moveable. ... more information

London: Grant and Griffith, [1850] Small 8vo, 61 pp. + [2] pp. advertisements. Numerous illustrations throughout with frontispiece. Original blindstamped green cloth, very slight fading to spine and edges, giltstamped front cover, gilt edges. A very good copy. A lovely copy in original condition of this rare collection of fables, with beautiful woodcuts in the text. OCLC lists 4 copies (UC Davis, Florida State, Cambridge and V&A Libraries). COPAC lists 2 copies (Cambridge and V&A Libraries) and a... more information

London, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., [1922]. 4to, viii, 207pp. 24 color plates with 16 mounted onto thick paper, each with a tissue guard plus 20 line drawings in the text. Original white cloth, gilt-stamped on front cover and backstrip. Signs of wear. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Signed limited edition, number 435 of 600. ... more information

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1642. Fol., (4), 453, (3) pp. [A-Iii4]. Text in Ancient Greek (Koine). Strong contemporary mottled calf binding with minor restoration, top cover stamped in gilt with the insignia of the Earl of Coningsby, gilt lettering and decoration to backstrip. Engraved decorations throughout, including an engraved title-page by Claude Mellan. Page 291 (PaulÕs 2nd Corinthians, Chpt. 6) with stains, though text still legible. Very good. GaramondÕs Greek types from mid-sixteenth c... more information

Olney, Bucks.: The Blake Society, 1925. 4to, [24] pp. Six plates, additional illustrations. Original wrappers, a bit soiled and worn. Very good. One of 100 numbered copies. A scarce item from the eccentric Wright. Bentley, Blake Books, 406. ... more information

Olney, Bucks.: The Blake Society, 1925. 4to, [24] pages. Six plates, additional illus. Original wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn. Very good. One of 100 numbered copies. A scarce item from the eccentric Wright - not located in Bentley but probably there somewhere. ... more information

San Francisco: The Westgate Press, 1930. 8vo, 111pp. With facsimiles of original letters and documents. Original decorated cloth-backed boards with paper label on spine. Inlaid Grabhorn label in small manilla envelope: ÒFrom the Library of Robert Grabhorn, 1900-1973, Printer.Ó A very good copy. One of 350 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press in May 1930. BAL 8015. ... more information

Chicago: Western News Co., 1870. 8vo, nine lithographed cards in original, elaborately lithographed, envelope. Original envelope lightly worn & soiled, slit down one side, original cards lightly soiled, enclosed in a green morocco slipcase, backstrip faded to brown First Separate Edition, BAL's First Printing. The second set of cards has all of the first printing points, but it's a copy, obviously not lithographed; Card 6 of this set has been reproduced without a left margin, so that the artist... more information

New York: International Publishers, 1973. 8vo, xiii, 348pp. 18 black and white illustrations plus color frontispiece. Blue cloth, brightly illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. First edition. Bentley, BB, A2611: Òemphasis upon BlakeÕs consistent materialism and his social contextÓ. ... more information

New York: International Publishers, 1973. 8vo, xiii, 348 pp. 18 black and white illustrations and color frontispiece. Blue cloth, brightly illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, A2611: Òemphasis upon BlakeÕs consistent materialism and his social context.Ó ... more information

Metuchen, New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984. 8vo, v, 272pp. Original red buckram stamped in gilt to top board and backstrip. Fine. First edition. No. 6 in ÔThe Great Bibliographers SeriesÕ from the Scarecrow Press, Inc. Includes a commentary and and Index. Bradshaw (a native of London and a graduate of KingÕs College, Cambridge) is best known for his work on black-letter bibliography, as well as his examination of the Celtic language. ... more information

New York: AMS Press, 1967. 3 volumes 8vo, 1136pp. continuously paginated. Frontispieces. Orange cloth. Very good. Reprint of the 1938 edition. With much on Blake, especially in vol. 2. See Bentley, BB, 2535: ÒThese contemporary accounts of Blake, chiefly dating from 1825-1827, are of the very first importance.Ó ... more information

London: Tate Gallery, 1975. 4to, 143pp. 8 color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Light signs of wear. Very good. A well illustrated catalogue of a great exhibition. ... more information

London & New York: Academy Editions & St. Martin's Press, 1974. 4to, 88pp. Four double-sided color plates plus 84 text illustrations, many full-page. Full blue cloth with gilt lettering to backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket, clipped, with minor edgewear. 2-cm closed tear to bottom rear. Very good to near fine. First American edition. ... more information

1850 (i.e. 1872) Single sheet, matted. In fine condition. Second state of two. A fine impression in perfect condition. Lister 3.ii. The published state, as it appeared in The Portfolio 1872, Examples of Modern Etching 1875, and HamertonÕs Etching and Etchers 1880. ... more information