Search Results: Titles starting with H from The Plantagenet King

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. FIRST UK EDITION. A excellent bright and clean copy. The wrapper in particular is a sharp example with no toning or browning to the spine. It has very little loss at all and isn't price clipped. It is a remarkable survivor and a jacket in any condition is rare. The book has some damp staining to the spine although there is no evidence of this anywhere else. The pages are very clean and without foxing except for very light marks on the side text block. There is one patch of browning to the first free end paper. There is no previous owner's ink. Overall a very good or better copy. An early science / speculative fiction novel about a super-genius child and the pre-cursor to superhuman fiction.  The author's second and his most sought after. Listed in Bleiler. It is particularly rare to find this novel with the jacket and in this sort of condition.    . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1911.

Jonathan Cape. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986 8vo., black publisher's cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, with publisher's device gilt to foot; preserved in the striking unclipped pictorial dust jacket (£9.95 net), with cover illustration by Fred Marcellino, and a black-and-white photograph of the author to the lower flap; pp.[xii], 13-324, a fine copy, essentially, perhaps mildly bumped to head, and pages faintly and evenly toned, as is common; jacket clean and bright, ever-so-slightly creased to the upper edge.  First UK edition, originally published in Canada the previous year. This edition becoming increasingly more elusive.  A pioneering work of dystopian fiction, The Handmaid's Tale is told from the perspective of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. In an age of declining birth rates, where women are forced to copulate against their will, and a repressive totalitarian state attempts to eradicate all hope and desire, the novel centers around themes of… Read More

Quality Press Ltd. London: Quality Press Ltd., 1939 8vo., black publisher's cloth lettered in  green to spine; preserved in the haunting black and green decorative jacket (unclipped, 8s. 6d. net); pp. [iv], 5-223, [i]; titles to spine rubbed, with some loss to lettering; light compression to spine tips; some mild spotting to outer edges and prelims; still a very good, fresh example, the dust jacket with a couple of small stains to lower panel, nicked and chipped along folds and spine; still also very good, retaining much colour.  First edition.   A comprehensive guide to the haunted religious buildings of Great Britain, with chapters divided primarily by County. Beginning with London and ending with a short chapter on haunted churches in America, the author devotes much of his time to the study of particular ghosts and encounters of the paranormal kind, which he has compiled together in one volume, and narrated with a particularly fervent quality. O'Donnell (1872-1965)… Read More

Cassell. First edition of this comprehensive collection of horror short stories, edited by Alexander Laing and published by Cassell in 1937. The book and wrapper are in very good or better condition. The wrapper has wear to the spine ends and corners but is all there. There is a patch of browning to the top of the front panel. It displays the correct price of 8/6 net on the spine. The book has a gentle push to one corner and the spine ends. Overall a nice copy. The editor Laing has put together a who's who of horror short story writers, for what the publishers claim is the first illustrated omniibus of ghost stories. Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Ambrose Bierce and Edith Wharton all contribute haunted tales. The real star of the show though is illustrator Lynd Ward who contributes 62 illustrations, either full page, vignettes or tail pieces to accompany each story.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1937.

Secker & Warburg. First UK edition published by Secker & Warburg in 1954. This is a very good copy. The notoriously fragile wrapper is better than is usually found. There are small amounts of loss to the corners and some wear to the spine ends. The panels of the jacket are clean and it isn't price clipped. The book has a couple of faint marks to the front boards. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Overall a very good copy.  The highly illustrative jacket design is by Anthony Baynes. Fielding's account of his activities as a wartime agent in crete during WW2. A rare book to find in this condition.   . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.

London: Scholastic Press. FIRST UK EDITIONS published by Scholastic between 1995-2000. The 3 volume set consists of: 1. Northern Lights (1995). There is a mark to the side text block and some light foxing to the top text block. There is very minor wear to the top of the spine of the wrapper. Otherwise the wrapper and book are is near fine condition. It has all the first issue points. 2. The Subtle Knife (1997) a sharp copy with no or very little wear. Fine overall. 3. The Amber Spy Glass (2000) a fine copy without wear. Overall the set is in very near fine condition.  Pullman's award winning trilogy, about an alternate Oxford and the adventures of Lyra as she tries to find the truth about her friends disappearance and the meaning of a mysterious entity called dust. The first novel won the Carnegie medal and the cut out medal is displayed on the front panel, as is called for. The series was initially adapted to the big screen under the name 'The Golden Compass' to mixed… Read More

George Allen and Unwin. History of Western Philosophy and its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day  London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1946  8vo., publisher's coarse cream cloth, contrasting painted brown painted labels, lettered in yellow, to backstrip; preserved in the brown, yellow and cream dust jacket (21s. net) designed by A E Barlow; pp. [iv], 5-916; very good, altogether, with the wrapper in far better condition than often found; a little shaky in the binding; spotting to outer edges; lightly offset to prelims; wrapper toned, with some brown marks to lower panel, rubbed and nicked at extremities, particularly affecting head and foot of spine; a couple of smaller closed tears here also, very discreetly repaired internally with tape.  First edition of this important work encompassing the scope of Philosophical thought, from the ancient Greeks through to Russell's own theories on logical analysis. Printed on… Read More

Cassell. A first UK edition set published by Cassell between 1956 and 1958. These four volumes, a complete set, are in near fine condition. All four volumes are first printings. Volume I The Birth of Britain has some mild wear to the top of the spine of the jacket and very occasional foxing marks to the wrapper and one or two to the side text block. Volume II The New World has dusty top text block and is mildly pushed to a corner. Volume III The Age of Revolution has a handful of foxing marks to the side text block. Volume IV The Great Democracies has rubbing to the top of the spine. All 4 jackets are not price clipped and there are no previous owner's names in the books or inscriptions. Overall a really smart near fine set.  . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1956.

William Heinemann. First edition published by William Heinemann in 1956. It is a very good or better copy. The dust wrapper is mostly complete with a tiny chip to the bottom edge of the front panel and a couple of tiny chips to the top of the spine. The spine is a shade faded. The book has two bumped corners. Otherwise it is clean and without marks. The pages are without foxing. A better than is usually encountered first edition.  Smith's classic children's adventure about Dalmatians, that has been made into an animated film by Disney and then latterly a film starring Glenn Close as Cruella. A rare book in this condition.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1956.