Search Results: Authors starting with H from ORCHARD BOOKSHOP

London: Jonathon Cape, 1932. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A beautiful signed limited edition of Hall's last novel. Limited First Edition [Jonathan Cape, London, 1932]; vellum spine with gold titling over yellow boards, top edge gilt, rough-cut block, marbled endpapers, corners slightly bumped, discreetly embossed ownership stamp; a fine copy. #81 of only 172 copies signed by the author. Radclyffe Hall was a renegade lesbian best known for The Well Of Loneliness [1928], which openly considered lesbian themes, was banned in the UK & generally caused quite an uproar.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Signed First Edition of Hanrahan's debut novel. First Edition [Chatto & Windus, London, 1973]; mauve cloth boards, gilt titling, a fine copy; in excellent unclipped [£2.00 net] illustrated dustjacket, slight rubbing to extremities, laminate lifting at hinges; an excellent copy overall. Hanrahan's debut novel provides a semi-autobiographical portrait of life in Adelaide's inner-west. Signed & dated by Hanrahan to ffep. ISBN: 7011 1926 8 / 0701119268

London: Macmillan, 1966. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Uncommon First Edition [Macmillan, 1966] of one of Australian Literature's great books, printed in UK for Australian market [hence $3.15 intact on front flap]. Navy cloth boards with silver title on spine; pink & purple dustjacket; some minor bumps and chips to extremities; a little rubbed but an excellent copy overall. Harrower's fourth and finest novel is a psychologically harrowing portrayal of domestic abuse.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First Edition 1st UK Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First UK Edition in FIRST STATE jacket [Jonathan Cape, 1962] of Joseph Heller's classic anti-war novel. Octavo; hot pink papered boards, gilt titling on spine; covers lightly marked & bumped; top edge a little marked; trifling signs of handling, ink name on ffep; a very good copy with the good, price-clipped, [rare] first-state dustjacket a little worn, chipped & torn with minor loss, thin blue ballpoint pen decorating the word 'Catch' on front panel, rear panel stained & marked. Dustjacket is particularly scarce first-state, with a 28-line section of the text reprinted on the rear panel [no reviews].

London: The Cresset Press, 1928. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Rutherston, Albert. Beautiful Limited Edition set of the works of this 17C English lyric poet. Four-volume Limited Edition [The Cresset Press, London, 1928]; original tan-coloured boards, gold titling on spines, rough-cut page edges, top edge gilt, bookplate inside front board, bookseller sticker; an excellent set. Limited to 750 sets [this being #596]. Decorations by Albert Rutherston. Robert Herrick [1591-1674] is best known for his poetry collection "Hesperides", which includes the "carpe diem" poem beginning "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent/Excellent. First book of Hesse's poetry published in the UK. First Paperback Printing [Jonathan Cape, London, 1971]; 94 pages; white card covers, silver titling to spine & front, gift inscription, an excellent copy; in like green paper jacket, a few grubby marks. First Edition of Hesse's poetry to be published in the UK. Selection & translation by James Wright. Contains 31 poems - original German & English translation on facing pages - from Hesse's complete works. ISBN: 0 224 00555 3 / 0224005553

Germany: Taschen, 2009. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Koons, Jeff. A catalogue raisonné to this point [2009] in Koons' career. First Printing [Taschen, Germany, 2009]; large hardcover in illustrated dustjacket; a fine copy. Comprehensive monograph of Koons impressive 30-year output. HEAVY BOOK May require extra postage for overseas buyers. ISBN: 978-3-8365-0328-0 / 9783836503280

Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2004. First Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Ward, Lynd. Beautiful full-leather Collector's Edition with illustrations by Lynd Ward. Collector's Edition [The Easton Press, Connecticut, 2004] in series The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written; black full-leather, ornate gold decorations, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers & silk marker ribbon; a fine copy. With over 500 illustrations by Lynd Ward. A truly magnificent production for one of Literature's great works.

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Cox, Peter. Handsome Collector's Edition of Huxley's shorter works. Deluxe Edition [The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981]; ix, 414pp; blue full leather boards, gold decorations & titling, 5 raised bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker, 5cm scratch on rear board [pictured], an otherwise fine copy. With 21 short stories, including The Bookshop, Part of Franklin's Collected Stories Of The World's Greatest Writers series. Portrait illustration by Peter Cox.