‎Noël‎

‎Humphreys, H Noel and W B Cooke Illustrated by W B Cooke‎

‎Rome And Its Surrounding Scenery‎

‎London: Charles Tilt 1840. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with engravings by W. B. Cooke from drawings by eminent artists accompanied by literary sketches by H. Noel Humphreys. Bound in half brown leather and maroon cloth with blind-stamped decorations and title stamped in gilt on the spine. Marbled end papers. Occassional foxing to plates extremeties rubbed otherwise very good. <br/><br/> Charles Tilt hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 9789

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎Sentiments and similes of Williiam Shakespeare. Papier mache binding with terra cotta cameo of Shakespeare inserted into front and rear covers‎

‎London: Longmans & Green 1851. <p>Humphreys Henry Noel 1810-79. Shakespeare William 1564-1616. Sentiments and similes of William Shakespeare. Edited by Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-79. 6 100pp. Elaborate chromolithographed border by Humphreys on the first page remaining text pages printed in black and gold with 2-color initials. London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1851. 194 x 147 mm. Pierced high-relief papier-mâché covers over gold foil featuring a cameo bust of Shakespeare on the front cover and the initials "WS" on the back gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Skillfully recased and rebacked; boxed. Minor soiling and fore-edge wear on first few leaves but very good. 19th-century gift inscription on the title. Bookplate.</p> <p> First Edition. "According to his preface Shakespeare was the first author Henry Noel Humphreys thought of honoring with a modern printed illuminated book . . . Humphreys's enshrinement of Shakespeare's words is completed by the black papier-mâché binding with a terracotta cameo portrait of Shakespeare on the front cover and Shakespeare's initials in a similar oval on the back cover. In the first edition the pieced strapwork is placed over a striated gold foil while the second edition 1857 has a red background and an indented bevel at the outer edge. This cover the illuminated first page and Humphreys's remarks about selecting ornament that Shakespeare might have requested himself reflects the emergence of an understanding that there was a difference between the style of the Middle Ages and that of the 16th and 17th centuries" Beckwith p. 43. A. Beckwith Victorian Bibliomania: The Illuminated Book in 19th-Century Britain no. 30. </p> . Longmans & Green unknown‎

Référence libraire : 46518

‎Humphreys, Christmas, 1901-1983‎

‎Seven murderers by Christmas Humphreys Circumstantial evidence.--The Chinese murder.--The murders on the moor.--The "lonely inn" murder.--The murder round the door.--The button and badge mystery.--The Bournemouth murder.--The Gutteridge murder‎

‎Heinemann ltd. London 1931 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 1st ed. 1st printing ; xvi 292 p. front. plates ports. map. 22cm. LCCN 31011603 OCLC 4792836 LC KD371.M8 H867 1931 ; red cloth no dustjacket ; Contents: Circumstantial evidence.--The Chinese murder.--The murders on the moor.--The "lonely inn" murder.--The murder round the door.--The button and badge mystery.--The Bournemouth murder.--The Gutteridge murder ; In the Chinese murder In June 1928 Chung Yi-miao a Chinese Columbia University student murdered his bride Wai Sheung-miao Wai Sheung Sui Miao while on their honeymoon in Borrowdale Gates Hotel near Keswick England and she was found in Cumma Catta wood. Her body was found strangled with her expensive jewelry missing. Chung was convicted and executed at Strangeways Jail on December 6 1928 after his appeal was rejected. often referred to as the "Chinese Honeymoon Murder" was a notable early-20th-century case involving Asian tourists in Britain. ; In the Lonely Inn murder George Walter Frederick Hayward would be the last person to be executed behind the grim walls of Nottingham Prison. There was little doubt that Hayward was guilty of the murder of Mrs Amy Collinson wife of the landlord of the New Inn now called the Lantern Pike at Little Hayfield in the Peak District. The crime was discovered by Mrs Collinson's husband when he returned home from working in Glossop on an October night in 1927 to find his isolated pub locked and in darkness. When he got inside he found his wife dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor her throat cut from ear to ear. Evidence suggested she had been battered from behind as she cleared the fire grate then dragged across the floor - out of sight of a window - where the killer had used a carving knife to finish her off. About £40 - money used for the till float - was missing. At today's values Mrs Collinson was killed for around £2000. Jobless traveller George Hayward a friend of the couple but a man saddled with debt quickly fell under suspicion and when police searched his house they found money stuffed up the chimney. They also found blood on his clothing but the most crucial evidence was discovered thanks to a spider's web. A sharp-eyed constable searching around a cistern in Hayward's house noticed a broken web. He checked inside the cistern and there he found a piece of lead pipe. Hayward had used it to batter Mrs Collinson. Hayward's trial was held in February 1928 at Derby Assizes in front of Mr Justice Hawke. It was noted by the local reporters that each morning the judge had a vase of fresh flowers on his bench. On opening day it was white lilac and daffodils.The case became known as "the lonely inn murder". ; Wallace Benton a 70-year-old smallholder. of Ttlnev Saint Lawrence. Norfolk was committed for. tria lat Terrlngton Saint Clement Petty Sessions charged with the wlilful murder of Thomas Herbert Williamson. ; In the Button and Badge mystery On February 9 1918 16-year-old clerk Nellie Grace Trew left her home at Well Hall to change a book at Plumstead Library and never returned-her body was found strangled and assaulted on Eltham Common the next morning alongside a bone overcoat button and military badge threaded together with wire. When co-workers at Hewson Manufacturing recognised the distinctive Leicester Regiment tiger badge in newspaper photos as belonging to David Greenwood-who claimed to have sold it for two shillings-police discovered not only was the missing button matched by a tear in his buttonless coat but that he was a former neighbor of the murdered girl leading to his conviction despite protests of innocence that would echo through history. ; extremely scarce Humphries title ; FINE <br/> <br/> Heinemann ltd., London, [1931] hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 009799

‎HUMPHREYS, H Noel‎

‎Specimens of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century‎

‎London 1853 12mo 19 cm VI 12 chromolithographic plates. Leather-backed cloth boards gilt-lettered front cover some age-toning of paper. A rare chromolithographic survey of medieval illumination by Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 a leading Victorian scholar and popularizer of manuscript art. The work presents twelve plates faithfully reproducing original illuminated pages spanning a millennium of European book painting: an Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Hibernian page from the Gospels of Moelbrigid Mac Durnan at Lambeth Palace; a Carolingian Golden Gospels in the British Museum written entirely in gold; an example of opus Anglicum from a Gospel made for Canute; a thirteenth-century Bible at the Soane Museum; a Flemish missal from Bruges depicting King David at prayer; two fifteenth-century Italian missals from the Soane Museum; a missal attributed to Hemling or Hemelink c. 1520 in the British Museum; the Hours of Anne of Brittany from the Bibliothèque Nationale then considered the finest known illuminated manuscript; and a spectacular Petrarch manuscript made for a Cardinal of Rome showing Petrarch and Laura pierced by Cupid's arrows. The plates are richly colored capturing foliate borders medallion miniatures and intricate natural motifs with remarkable fidelity. An attractive and historically important example of Victorian chromolithography and the popular study of manuscript illumination. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 009743

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎Stories By An Archaeologist And His Friends Volume 1‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1347093222.G ISBN : 1347093222 9781347093221

‎Humphreys, Christmas,‎

‎Studies In the Middle Way‎

‎new. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1423741-n ISBN : 0700701710 9780700701711

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Studies in the Middle Way: Being Thoughts on Buddhism Applied‎

‎Taylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 176 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.45 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover‎

Référence libraire : x-1138405736 ISBN : 1138405736 9781138405738

‎Humphreys, Christmas,‎

‎Studies In the Middle Way‎

‎new. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 29944992-n ISBN : 1138405736 9781138405738

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Studies in the middle way;: Being thoughts on Buddhism applied‎

‎Published for the Buddhist Socie 1959-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Published for the Buddhist Socie hardcover‎

Référence libraire : mon0003189793

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎Studies in the Middle Way: Being Thoughts on Buddhism Applied‎

‎Routledge 1995-01-17. 1. paperback. New. 6.14x0.38x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback‎

Référence libraire : DADAX0700701710 ISBN : 0700701710 9780700701711

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Art Of Illumination And Missal Painting A Guide‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1020622601.G ISBN : 1020622601 9781020622601

‎Humphreys, Christmas‎

‎The Buddhist Way of Action Mandala Books‎

‎HarperCollins 1989-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins paperback‎

Référence libraire : Q-0042941008 ISBN : 0042941008 9780042941004

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Butterfly Vivarium; or Insect Home‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1023613417.G ISBN : 1023613417 9781023613415

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Butterfly Vivarium; or Insect Home‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0526008180.G ISBN : 0526008180 9780526008186

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Butterfly Vivarium: Or Insect Home: Being An Account Of A New Method Of Observing The Curious Metamorphoses Of Some Of The Most Beautiful Of Our . Of The Habits And Instincts Of Many Of The‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1011158000.G ISBN : 1011158000 9781011158003

‎Humphreys, H Noel‎

‎The Butterfly Vivarium; or Insect Home: Being an Account of a New Method of Observing the Curious Metamorphoses of some of the Most Beautiful of our Native Insects. Comprising also a Popular Description of the Habits and Instincts of Many of the Insects of the Various Classes Referred to; With Suggestions for the Successful Study of Entomology by Means of an Insect Vivarium.‎

‎xii 1-288 pages contains 8 hand-coloured plates decorated capitals contains the bookplate for Eric Gowing-Scopes 1913-2007 an entomologist who contributed specimens to The Natual History Museum. Published by William Lay hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 72576

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collector's Manual Or Guide to Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1019388471.G ISBN : 1019388471 9781019388471

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collector's Manual or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins V1‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1498064981.G ISBN : 1498064981 9781498064989

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collector's Manual Or Guide To The Numismatic Student In The Formation Of A Cabinet Of Coins V2‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1162930551.G ISBN : 1162930551 9781162930558

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collector's Manual Or Guide To The Numismatic Student In The Formation Of A Cabinet Of Coins V1‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1425495044.G ISBN : 1425495044 9781425495046

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collectors Manual V1: Or Guide To The Numismatic Student In The Formation Of A Cabinet Of Coins 1853‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1165123436.G ISBN : 1165123436 9781165123438

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coin Collectors Manual V1: Or Guide To The Numismatic Student In The Formation Of A Cabinet Of Coins 1853‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1437324576.G ISBN : 1437324576 9781437324570

‎Humphreys, Henry Noel‎

‎The Coinage of the British Empire: An Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and Her Dependencies From the Earliest Period to the Present Time‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1357907729.G ISBN : 1357907729 9781357907723

‎HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel [1810-1879]‎

‎The Coinage Of The British Empire: An Outline Of The Progress Of The Coinage In Great Britain And Her Dependencies From The Earliest Period To The Present Time‎

‎London: Nathaniel Cooke 1854. 1854. 8vo. pp. 160. 24 lithographed plates incl. 12 chromolithographs of coins in gold silver & copper. 1 text illus. later half calf rubbed plates offset. armorial bookplate of Lord Avebury. First Edition. Masui 228 incorrect collation. 1st Edition. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. unknown‎

Référence libraire : elala1258

‎HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel‎

‎The Genera of British Moths. Popularly described and arranged according to the system now adopted in the British Museum. Illustrated by a series of picturesque plates. Exhibiting the insects in their different stages with the caterpillars and the plants on which they are generally found.‎

‎Paul Jerrard & Son London circa 1860. . 2 vols 4to 28 x 19 cm; 62 lithograph plates printed in colours and finished by hand some browning and spotting to a few pages mainly text plates very clean; recased in contemporary burgundy cloth gilt decorated and lettered new endpapers; a very good copy.<br /> One of the most attractive natural history books of the period the moths and caterpillars set against attractive backgrounds.<br />Henry Noel Humphreys 1810 1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist.<br /> Nissen ZBI 2054. Paul Jerrard & Son, London, [circa 1860]. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 112592