Search Results: Authors starting with H from Pegasus Book Orphanage

B A Seaby Ltd, Great Portland Street, London 1959 Hardcover, 23cms x 16cms, with dust jacket Good book in good unclipped dust jacket with some shelfwear to top,, minor foxing inside covers and ffep Gilbert Askew writes: 'the present writer would offer the opinion that no coins can compare with the Greek for historical interest or beauty of workmanship … this catalogue will be some help to those collectors and students who find themselves attracted to the study of Greek numismatics.' A fascinating essay, The Origins of Greek Coinage, precedes the Greek coins used in its many dominions - value and rarity is indicated on each specimen shown (remember, this book was published over half a century ago)

Robert Hale, London - first edition 1960 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5", & dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket etc. Some marginal pencil marks. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Maroon cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, four maps, 14 illustrations, bibliography, index. The story of Hannibal's Carthage has been neglected until now - the first comprehensive account in 50 years - its seven centuries' history corrected.

Angus & Robertson, Sydney - reprint 1958 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5" (lacks jacket) Original bookseller's stamp to front paste-down. Corner dumped. Spine ends damaged. Binding still firm. Extensive pencil underlining (Helene Hanff, where are you?) Book in FAIR condition Grey cloth-bound boards with dark-blue type to spine & front, map endpapers, photographic frontis, 40 b/w illustrations, 4 maps, index. An authorative excursion through the rise of the British Colonial Empire.

Pitkin Pictorials 1965 Stapled soft cover, 22.75 x 17.7cms Booklet in VERY GOOD condition Originally built in the 14th Century, this beautiful cathedral church was reduced to ruins after an aid raid in 1940.The new cathedral, consecrated in 1962, runs south to north instead of the traditional west to east, and is linked to the ruins. The architecture of the new cathedral is inspiring. Many col and b/w photos.

Tyndale Press 1966 hardcover + dustjacket Very good condition with some small tears on dustjacket A symposium of 16 essays by an international team of scholars attempting to answer some of the questions often raised about Jesus.

Arrow Printery, Melbourne 1941 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5" Very minor wear to edges of boards. MM. Book in VERY GOOD condition SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR on free front endpaper. Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine & front. Presents a utilitarian theme - secular education for worthy citizenship, denominational education for moral culture, adult ed for richer lives.

Warner Books, London 1998 Paperback, 10.5 x 17.5cms Small creases to rear cover. Book in VERY GOOD condition.

Institute of Pacific Studies 1991 Soft Cover Book in VERY GOOD condition Narrated by an Unimane (man) of the Boti of Karongoa n Uea on Nikunau in 1934, transcribed by Tione Baraka of Taboiaki on Beru, translated by G H Eastman (Suva, Fiji). The story of the Karongoa clan from it origins and development in Samoa to modern times

Faber & Faber, London - first edition 1970 hardcover, 8¾" x 5½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine. In order to elucidate the nature of what Mahatma Gandhi called his Truth-in-Action, Erikson retells a little-known event in Gandhi's middle years - his assumption of leadership in a strike of textile workers in 1918. He explains Gandhi's method of concentrating on local grievances of high symbolic value as a way of mobilizing the Indian masses both spiritually and politically. Interviews with eye-witnesses. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps and pocket remnant.

Lawrence & Wishart, London - reprint edition 1951 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾" - lacks jacket Stained covers; illustrated endpapers; original bookseller's label inside cover; sound binding. Book in VERY GOOD condition Chamber music is the youngest of the arts - in its present form its not more than four centuries old. The essential attitude of the chamber musician is a kind of inwardness, a devotion to music for what it says to the player rather than for any effect on the audience, a devotion to the free, pure and self-sufficient creation of a seemingly abstract beauty. The greatness of early English chamber music has remained generally unknown to the English musical public. Book has 80+ musical examples in text - some complete, some quotation only.

self-published - 8th edition ISBN:086240000 n.d. stapled, photocopied booklet Book in GOOD condition Highly illustrated. This is a comprehensive handbook on vision and the eyes. Seeing is a dynamic process for vision affects, and is affected by, the whole body and personality. A greater reliance is placed upon it than the remaining four senses - this book helps us understand the functions and aberrations of our eyes, and what we must do to help and protect them.

Methuen & Co, London - first English edition 1969 Hardcover, 9¼" x 6", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode etc. Very clean text, firm binding. VERY GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Light-blue cloth-bound boards with silver title to spine, 72 b&w illustrations (photos, diagrams, charts), extensive bibliography, appendices and further 8 diagrams, and index. Recent discoveries in the Arctic and Subarctic have shown that the Eskimos can boast a pre-history which goes back for at least several millennia. Professor Bandi firstly reviews the exploration and development of theories on this pre-history, then describes the sites which spread from the eastern tip of Siberia through Alaska and Arctic Canada to Greenland. His final chapter, 'A Mosiac with Many Gaps', gives his conclusions on prehistoric culture in the Eskimo area.

Cresset Press, London - fourth, newly revised edition 1952 hardcover, 10" x 6" (lacking jacket) Previous owner's detail to ffep. Original bookseller's label to front paste-down. Fawn cloth-bound boards with gold type to red spine label, photographic frontis, 27 b/w plates, 45 drawings, 12 maps. Traces India cultural evolution through 3,000 years, region by region - art, statues, architecture, drama, literature, education, rulers.

Smithmark Publishers, New York 1996 hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket Grey cloth-bound boards with silver type to spine, illustrated title page, 36 b&w photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index. From an agrarian land of isolated communities, the railroads linked the vast distances and ushered in the USA's industrial transformation. The story of the railroad, the people it served, and the country itself are so intertwined as to be inseparable. A social history of the American railroads.

Howell-North, publishers, Berkely, California - second printing 1956 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼" (lacking jacket) Book in VERY GOOD condition Two maps in rear pocket. 74 historic black-and-white photographs, maps and drawings plus illustrated endpapers and frontis illustration. Packed with incident and anecdote, here is the railroad builders' story in great detail.

The Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh - ISBN:-851513530 reprint ed 1983 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Very good book in very good dustjacket This volume traces the unforgettable events in Dr Lloyd-Jones' first pastorate, his wider ministry in Wales, his first visits to North America, and finally his settlement at Westminster Chapel, London on the eve of World War Two. The author of this biography makes constant use of hitherto unpublished material, and is able to present Dr Lloyd-Jones' own view of his life and ministry.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London - first edition © 1963 hardcover, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4", with dust jacket Front jacket blurb mounted to half-title page. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, and reinforced hinges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped DJ Green cloth-bound boards with gold type to red spine label, red tinted top edge, 80 b&w photographs, 5 maps, further reading, and index. This fascinating work outlines the story of European geographical exploration, trade and settlement outside the bounds of Europe in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It identifies the factors which stimulated expansion and briefly described the consequences which followed. Covers: Africa, Indian Ocean, Atlantic, South Seas, America

Adam and Charles Black 1958 hardcover + dust jacket A few small margin notes (minimal), previous owner's name on fep, otherwise good book in price-clipped and dust-stained jacket. A comprehensive account of the coming of the Christian faith to Britain and its later expansion. Covers the church from ancient times to 1952.

Edward Arnold, London - first UK edition 1963 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5", with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with gold type to red spine label, map endpapers, tinted top edge, 5 maps, 5 tables (family trees), notes, index. What makes a society suddenly dynamic, releases its energies & galvanizes it into life? And how can this same society lose its impetus in as short a period as it took to acquire it? Spain, greatest power on earth, master of Europe - its half-century of distinctive greatness. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Jacket blurb mounted on verso ffep. Tape stains. Erratum slip mounted p. 311. Pencil underlining to text

University of California Press, Berkeley 1968 hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6" (lacks jacket) Book in GOOD condition Dark-blue cloth-bound boards, five tables, maps, glossary, index. An interesting study of the Hindu and Muslim influences within Bengal during a period of immense struggle leading up to and following partition and subsequent reunification of their country. The attitudes and influences of the British, particularly in combating Hindu bhadralok exclusiveness, contributed greatly to the separatists' in a divided Begal. Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers to endpapers only.