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‎Humphreys Henry Noel‎

‎A Record of the Black Prince.; Being a selection of such passages in is life as have been most quaintly and strikingly narrated by chronicles of the period embellished with highly wrought miniatures and borderings selected from various illuminated MSS. referring to events connected with English history‎

‎London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Black leather spine papier mache boards decorated in blind inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Aeg. Very good. Unpaginated. 19 x 14 cm. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with six chromolithographed vignettes four chromolithographed borders two wood engraved borders with numerous wood engraved initials. The author a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist took advantage of the Victorian craze for for gift books as well as aquariums providing practical instruction for creating them at home. This work exemplifies the former as GORDON N. RAY 233 notes in his Chromolithography section: "'Not content merely to imitate his medieval predecessors he created fresh designs in their spirit thus producing the most attractive of chromolithographic books." Chips to back cover lower corner and front cover upper corner. ABBEY LIFE 228. McLEAN. Victorian Book Design p.104. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 22424

‎Humphreys Henry Noel‎

‎Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare‎

‎London: Longman Brown Geen Longmans and Roberts 1857. 12mo. vi 98 pp. Additional illustrated chromolithograph title page. 8vo 19x15 cm 7Ωx6" original black papier-machÈ binding intricately formed with central oval portrait of William Shakespeare in terra-cotta on front cover rear cover with oval bearing intertwined initials "W.S." red boards showing through the spaces in the design black leather spine. A scarce survivor of this inherently fragile binding style. In need of some binding repair: lower third of spine perished three of the four outer corners of the boards have chipped rear cover detached; good only yet an extremely rare Humphrey's title. <br/><br/> Longman, Brown, Geen Longmans and Roberts hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 2853

‎Humphreys Henry Noel‎

‎The Miracles of Our Lord‎

‎London: Longman & Co 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv1312pp. Thirty-two pages are chromolithographed by Humphreys in addition there is a leaf of the illuminator' s remarks and one comprising an index of the miracles. Bound in the original black papier-mache covers designed to look like carved ebony. The binding was based on one carved in ivory in the 12th Century and has medallions of the principal miracles intertwined with ornate decorations and the title. The front and rear covers are identical. The book is exuberantly illustrated using chromolithography on 32 pages alternating between hot bright colors and cool pages subtly tinted with various shades the whole combining to make both a magnificent tribute to Medieval illustration and to the then new and novel technique of chromolithography. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Nicely rebacked in plain black leather;; a few small cracks in the binding edges and corners neatly mended but a very good copy. The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 160-162. Housed in a custom slipcase. Longman & Co hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 17405

‎HUMPHREYS H. Noel‎

‎The Coin Collector's Manual. or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins: comprising an Account of the Origin and Progress of Coinage to the Fall of the Roman Empire; with some Account of the Coinages of Modern Europe, especially of Great Britain. REMARKABLE BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY‎

‎2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guards present), engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, one small hole cut in each frontispiece where small image excised, neat contemporary inscription on half-title of first volume; original terracotta cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 16pp of publisher's catalogue at front and rear of each volume, and trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of Gracechurch Street London on front paste-downs. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.‎

‎Humphreys, H Noel‎

‎A History of the Art of Printmaking from It's Invention to Its Wide-Spread Development in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century‎

‎London: Bernard Quaritch 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Issue. Preceded by a short account of the Origin of the Alphabet and of the successive methods of recording events before the invention of printing. Includes chapters on ancient writing methods the earliest Roman records manuscript and block books from the middle ages the origin in the West of moveable type Gutenberg Fust and Schoiffher the printing press in Italy and South of Europe Printing in France Printing in Flanders and Holland Spain and Portugal the advent of the press in England illustrations of the art of printing and more. Illustrated with 100 fac-similies in photolithography all plates are present but are not bound in numerical order. Bound in three-quarter brown leather over grey pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Ex-library with an embossed stamp to the title page and a sticker to the spine. Wear and rubbing to joines edges of boards and corners. Bumping to corners. Large scuff to rear board. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature in pen to front free endpaper. Clean and bright overall with toning to margins occasional spots of foxing and occasional smudge marks to margins. Folio. 216 pages plus plates. BOB/020623. Bernard Quaritch hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 36356

‎Humphreys, H Noel‎

‎A History of the Art of Printing: From Its Invention to Its Wide-Spread Development in the Middle of the 16th Century‎

‎London: Bernard Quaritch 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Nice copy in the original full dark red leather binding five raised bands all edges gilt. Minor shelfwear to the edges and a surface split in the back board gutter but no splits. Leather darkened. Completely flexible boards strong and tight binding which is unusual for this book. Light spotting in text seemingly as always. Strong VG. <br/><br/> Bernard Quaritch hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4465

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎A popular dictionary of Buddhism‎

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Bookseller reference : 087471737X ISBN : 087471737X 9780874717372

‎Humphreys, Christmas 1901-1983‎

‎A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism‎

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Bookseller reference : 1013944186.G ISBN : 1013944186 9781013944185

‎HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL‎

‎A Record of the Black Prince. Being a selection of such passages in his life as have been most quantly and strikingly narrated by chroniclers at the period embellished with highly wrought miniatures and borderings selected from various illuminated MS.‎

‎London Longman brown Green and Longmans 1849. 8vo. 198 x 138 cm. In original state with black pierced covers moulded from a mixture of papier-mâché and plaster to imitate a Gothic carved wood-binding. A few small bursts in binding but no loss of material. Spine in black leather with some demolition of the gilt lettering. Gilt edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Title-page in red/black. II4XCV pp. 1 pp. listing "Illuminated Works by H. Noel Humphreys". Black letters with headings printed in read. With 4 full-page and 2 in the text of fine chromolithograped illustration. Some textleaves framed with wood-engravings. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of Humphrey's finest production only printed in 1000 copies but not all bound as this with its imitation of a carved Gothic wood-binding. </em> hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 54257

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS: An Historical Sketch of the Orings and Progress of Coining Money in Greece and Her Colonies; Its Progress with the Extenstion of the Roman Empire; and Its Decline with the Fall of that Power‎

‎<p>London: Grant and Griffith 1851. Third edition. Hardcover. Spine heavily chipped front joint cracked rear board detached . vi 208 pp. engraved frontispiece and several engraved illustrations in the text. PLATES NOT PRESENT bound in at the rear are 6 sheets of blue paper in place of the plates; half calf and marbled boards all edges marbled. <br /><br />A reading copy with clean text no plates.</p> Grant and Griffith hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21277

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Both Sides of the Circle Routledge Revivals: The Autobiography of Christmas Humphreys‎

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Bookseller reference : 20110626-n ISBN : 0415531101 9780415531108

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Both Sides of the Circle: The Autobiography of Christmas Humphreys Routledge Revivals‎

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Bookseller reference : DADAX0415531101 ISBN : 0415531101 9780415531108

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Both Sides of the Circle Routledge Revivals: The Autobiography of Christmas Humphreys‎

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Bookseller reference : 0415531101.G ISBN : 0415531101 9780415531108

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎British Butterflies And Their Transformations Arranged In A Ser. Of Plates With Characters And Descr. By J.o. Westwood‎

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Bookseller reference : 1019306009.G ISBN : 1019306009 9781019306000

‎HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (illus); WESTWOOD, John Obadiah‎

‎British Moths and Their Transformations.‎

‎London: William Smith 1843-45. First edition splendidly illustrating the moths of the British isles in 124 hand-coloured plates. A collaboration with the leading entomologist John Westwood who contributed the insect descriptions this is one of Humphrey's most accomplished works as a naturalist illustrator. A skilled artist trained in Brussels Humphreys became interested in natural history after a tour of Italy. Upon his return he settled in London as a neighbour of a relative the landscape architect and prolific author J. C. Loudon. Humphreys wrote for a series of garden periodicals including Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. In the 1840s he published two entomological works with Westwood: British Butterflies and their Transformations 1841 and subsequently the present work on moths; both proved extremely popular. Westwood 1805-1893 was one of the first entomologists to obtain an academic position at Oxford University and he founded with Frederick William Hope the Entomological Society of London. In 1846 the name Westwoodia was given in his honour to a genus of Hymenoptera. He was himself a skilled insect illustrator contributing drawings to several publications between the 1820s and the 1840s. 2 vols large quarto 273 x 210 mm. With 124 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary purple mottled half morocco spines with gilt-ruled raised bands gilt lettering in compartments marbled sides and endpapers edges gilt. Patch of skinning on front pastedown of vol. I from removed bookplate. Spines slightly faded light wear to board edges and corners a few spots of foxing to edges extending a little into margins otherwise internally bright and clean. A very good copy. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 168902

‎HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel and John Obadiah WESTWOOD‎

‎British Moths and their transformations with British Butterflies and their transformations‎

‎London: Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith 1849. Three volumes quarto profusely illustrated with full-page plates exquisitely hand-coloured; uniformly bound in half morocco richly gilt all edges gilt with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne. <p><p>A very fine copy in a grand binding with excellent provenance of this remarkable collaboration an exquisite work of Victorian natural history. As one of the pre-eminent entomologists of the Victorian period John Obadiah Westwood 1805-1893 served as collaborator editor and consultant on many entomological publications. He was a prodigious author and researcher publishing some four hundred scientific papers and some twenty books as well as making numerous contributions to works by other authors. In 1833 he was one of the founding members of the Entomological Society and he became honorary life president in 1883 and a fellow of the Linnaean Society. It was for his study of Australian species that Anthony Musgrave author of the Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930 named the period 1831-1861 "The Westwoodian Period" in recognition of his great service during these years to Australian entomology Musgrave p. 345. </p> <p>Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 was an accomplished illustrator and scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing enriching even these simplest texts with exquisite chromolithographs printed by Owen Jones. He was inspired to embark on this ambitious planned survey of British insects following a trip to Italy. In the Preface he likened the person in the fields unacquainted with natural history to one placed in a library and unable to read. "He cannot read in the beautiful book of nature when in the summer it opens its brightest leaves". </p> <p>A contemporary review in The Lancet noted: The plates exquisitely drawn by Mr. Humphreys represent the insect in its three great stages-as the caterpillar the chrysalis and the butterfly or moth -all hanging side by side on the plants which furnish their ordinary food. The transformation thus seems to take place under the eye; and the metamorphoses are associated in the mind without any effort." In response to Humphreys' claim that "Entomology is a branch of knowledge more easily acquired than many imagine. The individual beauty of the insects in every stage the ease with which they are preserved and the comparative facility with which a complete collection of British species may be formed particularly of butterflies of which we number scarcely more than eighty distinct species render it a task of easy attainment" the same reviewer wryly noted "Mr. Humphreys throws out a suggestion which has perhaps a touch of the butterfly Utopia in it but which is ingenious and deserves trial."</p> </p> . Provenance: Each volume with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne with links to Australia through the Duttons of Anlaby South Australia; and the bookplate of Princess Despina Mary Karadja 1868-1943 poet writer on spiritualism founder of the White Cross Union and wife of the envoy to the Ottoman empire Jean-Constantin Karadja a distinguished diplomat and noted book collector. Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4505034

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide Pelican‎

‎Penguin Books 1951-06-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : Q-0140202285 ISBN : 0140202285 9780140202281

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Buddhist Way‎

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Bookseller reference : 026166932X.G ISBN : 026166932X 9780261669321

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Concentration and meditation: A manual of mind development‎

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Bookseller reference : 0722400403.G ISBN : 0722400403 9780722400401

‎Humphreys, Christmas,‎

‎Exploring Buddhism‎

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Bookseller reference : 20112512-n ISBN : 041553111x 9780415531115

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Exploring Buddhism Routledge Revivals‎

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‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎Goethe In Strassbourg: A Novelette 1860‎

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Bookseller reference : 1166030946.G ISBN : 1166030946 9781166030940

‎Humphreys, H Noel‎

‎HISTORY OF THE ART OF PRINTING FROM ITS INVENTION TO ITS WIDE-SPREAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.A‎

‎London England: Bernard Quaritch 1868. original cloth edges uncut. folio. original cloth edges uncut. xvi 216 pages. Second issue with the section on references at the end of the book in the first issue suppressed because of errors Bigmore & Wyman I 350. Preface to the second issue table of contents errata appendix. Contains 106 facsimiles in photolithography produced by Day & Son which are the highlight of this book. The text contains numerous errors but the fine color work done in the plates make the book a worthwhile addition to a printing history library. Covers worn separating at outside joints. Covers separated from text except back inside hinge. Cloth separating from board at lower front fore-edge corner. Back cover stained along fore-edge. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Leaves of text loose. Plates all present but out of sequence. Some spotting in text and on plates. Bernard Quaritch unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 126809

‎Humphreys, Christmas,‎

‎Karma and Rebirth‎

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Bookseller reference : 1423761-n ISBN : 070070163x 9780700701636

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Karma and Rebirth: The Karmic Law of Cause and Effect‎

‎Taylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 110 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.30 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : x-1138406082 ISBN : 1138406082 9781138406087