Search Results: Titles starting with H from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Hamish Hamilton, 2015. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. pp. 300. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Publisher's black boards, mustard-yellow lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. Appears unread; as new. "Destined to be a classic of nature writing, the story of how one woman trained a goshawk. As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H. White’s tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White’s struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs… Read More

[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]: Canadian Guild of Health, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. viii, 70. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Near fine. Not in Peel, University of Alberta, or the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collection. "This book is written for the enquiring layman - and the clergyman - who want to know more about the biblical basis of healing". Sections include: Exorcism, Healing from Guilt, Does God Punish?, Salvation and Healing, Methods of Healing, Services of Healing, Christ, the Spirit and the Church.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Reading Association | Nakladom ukra ns koho t-va chytal ni Prosvity, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 224. 8vo., measuring 24 cm. Illustrated bright-yellow card covers. Rich with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. With the exception of the title page, the contents are printed entirely in Ukrainian.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Reading Association | Nakladom ukra ns koho t-va chytal ni Prosvity, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 224. 8vo., measuring 24 cm. Illustrated bright-yellow card covers. Rich with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. With the exception of the title page, the contents are printed entirely in Ukrainian. See OCLC #81015289.

Reykjavík, Iceland: Utgefid af Galleri Fold [Fold Art Gallery], October, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 23, [1]. Square 8vo. Card covers. Richly reproducted, captioned, colour photographs of the artists' works. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Rare in commerce.

New York: The Viking Press, 1967. Third Printing. Hardcover. pp. 144. Square 8vo., measuring 7.25" x 9.25". Publisher's textured navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, publisher's navy-blue topstain. Richly illustrated with 140 black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in exceptionally well-preserved original, unclipped, dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, near fine.

Edmonton, Alberta: The Social Credit Association of Canada | Printed by the Hamly Press Ltd., Edmonton., N.D. [Circa 1954]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 134, [1]. Small 8vo., measuring 21 cm. Bright yellow, illustrated stapled card covers. Black-and-white drawings, illustrations throughout. A thorough examination of the principles of Social Credit including sections on the political origins, basis, and the practical, social and spritiual mechanics of the system. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Lopez Island, Washington: R.L. Shep, 1986. Spiral Bound. Near Fine. Unpaginated [pp. [9], 137]. 4to., measuring 28 cm. Illustrated card covers held with black spiral binding. Forty-four leaves of plates, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities without blemish. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state. Originally published: 3rd ed. London: Simpkin Marshall, 1866. With additional notes, material, and illustrations.

Edmonton, Alberta: The Social Credit Association of Canada | Printed by the Hamly Press Ltd., Edmonton., N.D. [Circa 1954]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 134, [1]. Small 8vo., measuring 21 cm. Bright yellow, illustrated stapled card covers. Black-and-white drawings, illustrations throughout. A thorough examination of the principles of Social Credit including sections on the political origins, basis, and the practical, social and spritiual mechanics of the system. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As New. Unpaginated. [pp. 29]. Oblong 4to. Pictorial boards, lovely illustrations throghout. Appears unread; as new.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The War Amputations Of Canada, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. xi, 371, [1]. 4to. Pictorial covers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, maps, facsmiles, charts, tables, et al. Light rubbing to the cover, neat ink name to the ffep, else, contents remains entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good+. "This is a Digest - it consists of personal commentary, together with other written material: Senate Sub-Committee documents; correspondence; background articles and research documents."

New York: Da Capo Press, 1995. Softcover. pp. xvii, 682. Thick 8vo. Black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ to near fine.

Harlem, Hollande [Holland | Netherlands]: H. Kleinmann & Cie., N.D. [Circa 1897-1907]. Hardcover. Folio. Eighty [80] leaves of gorgeous sepia tone reproductions of notable paintings by Hans Memling nearly always preceded with their original tissue-guards. Contemporary smooth tan utilitarian binding with new endpapers; untrimmed page edges. Slight bowing to front board otherwise the binding remains tight and sound. With the exception of a few date stamps to the margins of a few pages the contents remain clean and unmarked. A hand-written letter from the publisher (Heinrich Kleinmann) accompanies the title where it has been pasted to the verso of the title page of the first bound volume. Signed and dated by Kleinmann himself in "Harlem, 1901". Very good+ to near fine. Born in Selingstadt (in present-day Germany) no later than 1440, Hans Memling was a German painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition (also known as 'the Flemish primitives'). An apprentice of Rogier van der Weyden he moved to Flanders… Read More

Markham, Ontario, Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 440. 8vo. Publisher's orange boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Lightest shelfwear to the extremities, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+, to, near fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Labour History Series, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. vi, 265. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Labour History Series, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. vi, 265. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Charts, tables, illustrations, et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada: Derksen Printers, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. viii, 236. 8vo. Textured pictorial card covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the author. Accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, grour portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Light rubbing and edgewear to the covers, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+. Increasinlgy scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #3627016.

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada: Derksen Printers, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. viii, 236. 8vo. Textured pictorial card covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the author. Accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, grour portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Light rubbing and a few light spots to the covers, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages. Overall, very good. Increasinlgy scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #3627016. Affectionately SIGNED "Uncle Peter" by the author to the dedication page.

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada: Derksen Printers, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. viii, 236. 8vo. Textured pictorial card covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the author. Accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, grour portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved extremities, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine. Increasinlgy scarce in commerce. Corresponds to OCLC #3627016.

[Winnipeg, Manitoba]: Playhouse Theatre, N.D. [193's]. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 2. 8vo., measuring 9.5" x 6.25". Bi-folded programme booklet bearing an image, in black-and-white, of Samuel to the centre of the front cover. Comprises of a brief biography of the pianist, accompanied with "Press Comments", and other accolades attesting to his musical ability from critics. Some light spotting, and clean crease to the covers, otherwise, remains quite well-preserved; very good. Unrecorded in OCLC, UoM, UoA, et al.