HUDSON WILLIAM HENRY
The man Napoleon. With fifteen illustrations in colour by Baron Myrbach.
London: George G. Harrap 1915. First British edition 8vo pp. 8 242; 16 color plates; publisher's full limp reverse calf embossed with a portrait bust of Napoleon on the upper cover within an inset panel the spine lettered in sliver t.e.g. yapp edges; very good. <br/><br/> George G. Harrap unknown books
Bookseller reference : 25430
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Hudson & Goodwin
The Connecticut Courant vol. XXXIV no. 1820
Hartford 1799. Folio newspaper pp. 4; the front page of the newspaper is entirely a catalogue for "books lately received from London Dublin and elsewhere" in 6 columns listing approximately 600 titles under ten headings Law Medicine Language Novels Arts & Sciences etc. "for sale at their store opposite the North Meeting House Hartford." An interesting look at a successful bookseller's stock at the end of the 18th century. Page 2 prints a 2-column speech by President John Adams. Central fold partially split some toning of the paper else very good. See Evans 35346. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 34138
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Hudson & Goodwin
The Connecticut Courant vol. XXXIV no. 1820
Hartford 1799. Folio newspaper pp. 4; the front page of the newspaper is entirely a catalogue for "books lately received from London Dublin and elsewhere" in 6 columns listing approximately 600 titles under ten headings Law Medicine Language Novels Arts & Sciences etc. "for sale at their store opposite the North Meeting House Hartford." An interesting look at a successful bookseller's stock at the end of the 18th century. Page 2 prints a 2-column speech by President John Adams. Central fold partially split some toning of the paper else very good. See Evans 35346. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 34138
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Hudson Moore N
Old Glass: European and American
New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1935. xvi 394pp with 265 illustrations index. Prev owner's details in pencil on the front flyleaf. Page edges foxed. Decorative cloth boards gilt with darkened edges and spine which is also lightly soiled with the titles barely legible and wear at the spine head and foot. Following a chapter on the art of glass-making the book's two parts cover European glass and American glass. New Printing. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo. Tudor Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025180
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Hudspeath William A
Beret Insignia Of The U.S. Army
Charlottesville VA: Richard W. Smith 1987. 142pp/illus. Coverets beret insignia. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Richard W. Smith hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007076
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Huenefeld Irene Pennington.
International Directory of Historical Clothing
Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Lists authentic clothing of various periods and countries found in museums art galleries historical societies libraries and churches in Canada the U.S. and Europe. 8vo hardcover blue cloth no dj. Op. Ex-lib markings to opening pgs. 3" scuff-mark on spine from label removal exterior soiling. Otherwise vg contents clean & bright. 175 pp. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 981104.17
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Hues Robert; Markham Clements R.
Tractatus de Globis Et Eorum Usu: A Treatise Descriptive of the Globes Constructed by Emery Molyneux and Published in 1592
New York: Burt Franklin. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Lviiii 229 37 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Binding slightly toned. Penciled notation on front flyleaf. Text is clean and sound. Undated. Appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. <br/> <br/> Burt Franklin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034688
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Huet C Busken
Het Land van Rembrand
Haarlem: Willink Zoon. Studien over de Noordnederlandsche Beschaving in de Zeventiende Eeuw Vijfde Druk Eerste Deel Nummer auf Titel Einband gelber Aufkleber Willink + Zoon unknown
Bookseller reference : 9083
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HUET PD. P. D.
Histoire du commerce et de la navigation des anciens. Par M. Huet ancien Ev�que d'Avranches sous-Pr�cepteur de feu Mr. le Dauphin & l'un des quarante de l'Acad�mie Fran�oise. Seconde �dition revue.
Paris Chez Antoine-Urbain Coustelier 1716. 8vo. XXIV44650 index p. Old marbled boards. 17 cm Ref: Sandys 2292/3 Details: Margins uncut woodcut illustration on the title Condition: Binding worn. Back faded. 2 old paper labels on the back. Library stamp on the title Note: The French cleric and scholar Pierre Daniel Huet 1630-1721 was coadjutor in the tuition of the Grand Dauphin the son of Louis XIV future king. He was also general editor and organiser of the wellknown series of Delphin Classics. Among patrologists he is best known for his edition in 1668 in Rouen of Origenes' 'Commentaria in Sacras Scripturas'. In the preface to this history of ancient commerce Huet explains that it was commissioned by 'monsieur Colbert ministre et s�cretaire d'�tat'. Il ne falloit pas Monsieur une autorit� moindre que la v�tre pour me faire quitter les autres �tudes qui m'occupent . pour en entreprendre une autre si differente & vous rapporter l'Histoire du Commerce & de la Navigation des Anciens'. Colbert did so Huet tells in his quality of 'Intendant general du Commerce & de la Navigation de ce France Royaume'. Pr�face p. 1/2 Colbert 1619-1683 who was a kind of minister of Finance improved the state of French manufacturing and brought the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy during the rule of king Louis XIV who fought many expensive wars. Colbert succeeded in creating a favourable balance of trade and in increasing France's colonial holdings. Colbert saw that if his country wanted to compete with the Dutch Republic and England he had to promote French industry and commerce. He worked 'to ensure that the French East India Company had access to foreign markets so that they could always obtain coffee cotton dyewoods fur pepper and sugar. In addition Colbert founded the French merchant marine'. Wikipedia Colbert died in 1683 and Huet's histoire was only published in 1716 33 years after his death by the Parisian publisher Fran�ois Fournier who owned according to the 'Extrait du Privilege du Roy' the right to print this title. He apparantly gave his colleague Antoine-Urbaine Coustelier permission to publish another edition. At the end of the 'Privil�ge du Roy' has been added 'Imprim� pour la seconde fois le 1. Sept. 1716'. p. b4 verso In the 'avertissement du libraire' immediately after the title the publisher confesses that monsieur Huet then 86 years old thought this work 'si peu convenable � son �ge & � la profession' that he wanted it rather to lay buried in dust on the shelves in his 'cabinet' than publish it. It was only after the prayers of his friends lovers of literature and supporters of the interest of the state that he gave permission to publish this work of his youth. p. a1 recto & verso Huet apparantly took the trouble to revise his work and prepare it for an second edition. It was a success. It was reissued in France in 1727 and 1763 translated into English 1717 German 1763 & 1775 and Italian 1737 Provenance: Stamp on the title: 'Ex bibliotheca Comit. de Krassow-Divitz'. This book probably comes from the library of Karl Reinhard Adolph Graf von Krassow 1812-1892. There may however be other members of this noble family who once owned this book Collation: a8 b4; A-2H8 Photographs on request hardcover
Bookseller reference : 120065
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Huey GHH. photos; Houk R. text G. H.
Wild cactus
Artisan Workman Publishing Co. 1996. 1st edition. Hard covers dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used. Artisan (Workman Publishing Co.) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15563 ISBN : 1885183208 9781885183200
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Huey Tom
Misha Me and Wittgenstein. A Novella. SIGNED
Thorofare NJ: Xlibris Corp. 2011. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 155 pages. Soft cover bound in grey pictorial wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with clean text. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. <br/> <br/> Xlibris, Corp. paperback
Bookseller reference : 038421 ISBN : 1462881068 9781462881062
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Huey Tom; Chapell Fred
Forcehymn SIGNED
Chapel Hill NC: Carolina Wren Pr 1979. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated. SIGNED Softcover in white wrappers. Covers are toned/lightly foxed. Some rubbing/wear from handling. Author has signed half title page. Text is clean and sound. <br/> <br/> Carolina Wren Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 032265 ISBN : 0932112056 9780932112057
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Hufeland Otto
Westchester County During the American Revolution 1775-17783
White Plains N. Y.: Westchester County Historical Society 1926 Blue cloth. Volume III All maps present. Errata. 473 pgs Index. Illus. by With Four Maps. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Westchester County Historical Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00286713
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Hufeland Otto
Westchester County During the American Revolution 1775- 1783
White Plains N. Y.: Westchester County Historical Society 1926 Volume III With Four Maps. small tape repair to 1st foldout map some spine wear boards tight. 473 pgs Index. Scarce First edition. Owner's Name. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Westchester County Historical Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00284629
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Huff Mary Nance
Robert Penn Warren: a Bibliography
New York: David Lewis 1968 Blue & beige boards gilt titles; printed d.j. 171 pp. Library discard with typical ink-stamps rear pocket spine label; else nicely preserved with only sporadic light use evident. Extensive thoughtfully compiled checklist of both primary & secondary Penn Warren materials. First Edition. Paper-over-boards. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Literary Endeavour. David Lewis hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001210
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HUFFINGTON ARIANNA
GREETINGS FROM THE LINCOLN BEDROOM
New York NY U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group Incorporated 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. BLUE JACKET. 275 PAGES. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. UNREAD. Crown Publishing Group Incorporated 1998 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated Hardcover
Bookseller reference : W654 ISBN : 0609602276 9780609602270
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Huffington Arianna Stassinopoulos
Picasso
Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Color Portrait Frontispiece By Francois Gilot. Limited First Edition. Full Leather Gilt. Signed By Author. With Note By Author Printed Just In This First Franklin Press Edition. With The Note From The Publisher Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Franklin Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037469
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Huffman Linda Baker
Catawba Journey SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR
Newton North Carolina: Catawba County Historical Association 1982. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine. Barry Gurley Huffman. Oblong 4to. 54 pages. Hardcover bound in green glossy paper-covered boards. A nice clean copy. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator on the title page. <br/> <br/> Catawba County Historical Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031772
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HUFFMAN MARGARET ANNE
AN ANGEL BY YOUR SIDE
PuBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 288 PAGES. POWDER BLUE BOARDS. PuBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD. ALL EDGES GILT. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. SQUARE BOOK. FORMER OWNERS GIFT NOTE INSIDE REAR END PAPER. PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK DOES NOT HAVE A DATE. A DATE WAS ADDED TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM ONLY. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. PuBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : V241 ISBN : 078534893X 9780785348931
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HUFFMAN MARGARET ANNE & GARY WILDE
SIMPLE PRAYERS & BLESSINGS
PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. GLOSSY POWDER BLUE PICTORIAL BOARDS WITH CREAM LETTER BLOCK. 320 PAGES. ALL EDGES GILT. TOP CORNERS ARE VERY LIGHTLY BUMPED. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1999 FIRST EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : X147X ISBN : 0785337067 9780785337065
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HUG IL. I. L.
Untersuchungen �ber den Mythos der ber�hmtern V�lker der alten Welt vorz�glich der Griechen; dessen Entstehen Ver�nderungen und Innhalt.
Freiburg und Konstanz In der Herderschen Buchhandlung 1812. VIIV3491 blank p. Half cloth 25 cm Details: Simple binding. 4 large folding plates 1: of the zodiac of the two hemispheres 3 & 4: 'Alter Tierkreis den man in dem Tempel zu Tentyra in Ober�gypten gefunden hat' and 4: engraving of the Egyptian zodiac. Four nice engravings in the text Condition: Back slightly damaged. Somewhat foxed Note: The German Roman Catholic theologian orientalist and biblical scholar Johann Leonhard Hug 1765-1846 was called to the Freiburg chair of Oriental languages and Old Testament exegesis in 1791. Hug published on the Synoptic Gospels. He further wrote on the origin of alphabetical writing Die Erfindung der Buch-stabenschrift 1801 on the antiquity of the Codex Vaticanus 1810 and on ancient mythology Untersuchungen �ber den Mythos der alten V�lker 1812; a new interpretation of the Song of Solomon Des hohe Lied in einer noch unversuchten Deutung 1813 on the Alexandrian version of the Pentateuch 1818. Works of him were translated into English and French. Source Wikipedia Hug's 'Untersuchungen �ber den Mythos der alten V�lker' examines the Egyptian origin of Greek mythology. We mention titles of some chapters: 'Verbreitung der �gyptischen G�tterlehre nach Ph�nikien und von daher nach Griechenland' or 'Persephone Hekate und Astarte oder Kypria Juno' or 'Titanenk�mpfe Typhon Pan Asklepios 'Die musikalische G�tter' or 'Die G�tter zu Schiffe' Photographs on request hardcover
Bookseller reference : 100610
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Hugelshofer Walter et al
Die Lithographie in Der Schweiz. Festschrift Zum 50jahrigen Bestehen Des Vereins Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer 1894-1944
Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer Bern 1944. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to. Original decorated brown paper over cardboard a very thick 4to 8.5 x 11.75 in. 356 pages plus numerous inserted plates and facsimiles including some folding and in color text in German. Text traces history and technology of lithography with examples. Paper is torn with pieces missing so that cardboard is exposed at corners along some edges and along spine; paper missing at top of spine for about 2" covers soiled moderately back cover lightly. Interior is basically clean and tight with only an occasional fingerprint smudge in a blank margin; plates maps etc. all in excellent condition. This is a heavy book which may require extra postage. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 6 lbs 0 oz. Category: Art & Design; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002014. . This is a heavy book and may involve extra shipping charges. Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer paperback
Bookseller reference : 002014
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Huggeons Thomas E. III editor The House of Collectibles
THE OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY COLLECTIBLES: SECOND EDITION
Westminster: The House of Collectibles c.1985. Very Good. 1985. Later Edition. Trade Paperback. 0876372809 . Second edition. "Over 25000 prices for every known collector's item!" claims the front cover. Pictorial wrappers 567 pages illustrated. VG copy spine creased and slightly cocked cover creasing cheap text paper tanning. . The House of Collectibles [c.1985] paperback
Bookseller reference : 17253 ISBN : 0876372809 9780876372807
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Huggins Leonard Victor. Edited By Roland Giduz. Foreword By Andy Griffith.
Anecdotes!
Chapel Hill North Carolina: Leonard Victor Huggins 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Rebekah H. Proctor. 8vo. 315 pages. Hardcover with a white dust jacket. The jacket shows some wear and the jacket's front panel is a bit wavy or wrinkly as if it had been a little damped but there is no evidence of damping on the book beneath. The book shows light wear and is sound and clean within. Inscribed on the front flyleaf "To Collier & Emma Love Vic." This is the author's signature; we've had a number of signed copies of this book and the signature is similar. To be clear the book is signed by Leonard Victor Huggins as "Vic". It is NOT signed by Andy Griffith who did the Foreword. <br/> <br/> Leonard Victor Huggins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041333
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Huggins Maryalice
Aesop's Mirror: A Love Story
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 270 pp. . Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS046073I ISBN : 0374101035 9780374101039
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Hugh Father SSF. S. S.
Nineteenth Century Pamphlets at Pusey House: An Introduction for the Prospective User
London: The Faith Press 1961. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is entirely intact albeit price clipped. NO tears. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked - probably never read. NO foxing. First Edition with "First published 1961" so stated on the copyright page. Author anonyms and pseudonyms corporate bodies index. Subject index. Bound in the original tan boards stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 98pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Faith Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021560
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Hugh Acheson
A New Turn in the South Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen
New York NY: Clarkson Potter/Publisher 2011. NF/first printing/Signed. A nice copy clean and tight no writing or marking certainly not a ex library or a remainder. Signed on the titile page twice-once with an inscription once under his printed name. 299pp. many full color pictures acknowledgements index. Recipes with Southern items and a new slant on cooking them. Blurbs on the back from the Lee Brothers Martha Foose Frank Stitt and others. A large cookbook. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Cookbook/Southern. Clarkson Potter/Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0022824 ISBN : 0307719553 9780307719553
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Hugh B. Cave
Murgunstrumm And Other Stories
CHAPEL HILL North Carolina: Carcosa 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Lee Brown Coye. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Copyright date is 1977 first edition SIGNED by the Author and Illustrator on a glued on label on the inside cover. Black cloth over boards with red lettering and design on the spine. No tears or bent pages nor any writing. Two finger smudges on the post flyleaf. Light foxing to the page edges. Dust Jacket No tears or bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Text remains bright and clean binding is secure a solid collectible SIGNED book. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall Carcosa hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0004343
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Hugh BARTY KING
Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The Story of the First 200 Years 1786-1986 FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
HMSO 1986. 8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; blue cloth gilt back blue endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A presentation copy from the Director of Supply HMSO 1986 with his signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. [HMSO], hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35974
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Hugh Blair
Service of Thanksgiving and Memorial . Compiled by H. Blair
W. Paxton & Co 1924. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1345417</p> W. Paxton & Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 1345417
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Hugh Chesterman
The Merry-Go-Round the Children's Magazine Volume V No. 4
Cowley Oxford.: C. A. Press. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1928. Single Issue magazine. COMMENTS: 37 pages of stories cartoons poetry and a painting competition. Advertising for Brownie Girl Guide Books Fountain Pens Bewick's Woodcuts to the first and last pages. Contents include: Editorial The Sacred Cat by Cheserman Illus by L. R. Brightwell; Do Tell Me by Hilda Finnemore. Illus by Marjorie Fry. The Wolf as Bridegroom by Valery Carrick illus by the author. Nicodemus Naylor by Wilfred Thorley. The King of Horses by Eleanor Farjeon Illus by Hugh Chesterman. Alexander to His Horse by Eleanor Farjeon A Page for a Wet Day by Uncle Caspar Purchases by Rachel Macandrew The Adventures of Sir Ding and Sir Dong- color centerfold cartoon Toto and the Radio Party by Beatrice Flint Illus by Marjorie Dawes; The Wolf and the Stork Translated by Paul Hookham; The Cobbler's Son by Elsie Byre Illus by Benjamin Warren; Good Dog by E. C. Brereton; The Temple of the Goddess by Dorothy Frances Gurney Illus by M. H. Ballance Competition and Letters to the Editor. CONDITION: Lacking the rear cover. The front cover is detached. There is chipping closed tears soiling and light age toning to the front cover. Very light age toning to the rest of the pages. 8 1/2 by 11 Inches. Magazine.; Color and Black & White Illustrations . C. A. Press, unknown
Bookseller reference : 080959
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Hugh Cleveland
Clevelands Bottle Pricing Guide
Collector Books 1997-07-01. Paperback. Very Good. minor wear and yellowing Collector Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 110406018 ISBN : 0891451374 9780891451372
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Hugh Downs
Perspectives
Atlanta: Turner Publishing 1995. Minimal wear clean and unmarked. Jacket shows slight rubbing to back not price clipped. Signed by the author on tipped in bookplate. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Turner Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006452
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HUGH GUION MACDONELL
1870s ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND CATCH-ALL OF THE BRITISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES FOR ARGENTINA WHO DETAILS THE YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE OF 1871 AND HIS PART IN THE NOTORIOUS VIRGINIUS AFFAIR
BUENOS AYRES AIRES SOUTH AMERICA 1875. On offer here is a fascinating original journal of Hugh Guion Macdonell who was British Charge d'Affaires to the Argentine Republic in the 1870s. The journal while not very long contains significant handwritten personal accounts; the yellow fever plague of 1871 and a notorious major diplomatic incident the 1873 Virginius Affair between the Spanish British and Americans during the 10 years war. In fact the rear cover is a title page from a U.S Dept of State publication regarding the Affair. In all there are a total of 15 pages of narrative and letter copies and six pages of press clippings for the most part regarding the 1871 yellow fever outbreak in the Argentine. Macdonell begins recounting his career: how in 1850 he was quartered at Williamstown Cape of Good Hope in charge of a draft of discharged men when he sustained a wound trying to rescue another man. In 1861 he was sent to Herzegovina and Bosnia to make a report; in 1869 he was appointed secretary of legation in Buenos Ayres also travelling to Uruguay "where civil war was devastating the country". "English vessels were arbitrarily seized and British property destroyed - there being no telegraph with Britain I had to act on my own responsibility.having been appealed to by British residents and the contending parties to mediate". This was apparently only partially successful though he did obtain compensation for destroyed property and the release of vessels. He then states: "In 1871 a most devastating yellow fever epidemic broke out" which is then detailed in five pages of letters from Macdonell printed in a contemporary newspaper. There then follow eleven pages of handwritten copies of letters to and from Macdonell. Here are some snippets: "B. Ayres Aug 1 1871 - Sir we feel it incumbent upon us after the sad ordeal through which this city has passed to express to you our high appreciation of your noble and determined conduct during the late visitation of yellow fever. In that distressing period when the mortality rose to such a height that the piles of coffins encumbered the graveyards waiting their turn for interment; when panic had seized every individual when friend deserted friend relative relatives - all who could fled the deserted city of the dead. Through all this like a good soldier you remained firm at your post". He writes that in November 1871 he obtained from the government of Montevideo payment of a debt contracted between that government and the British in 1834. The settlement of this claim apparently led to the breaking of all relations between the Montevideo government and the British government. In 1873 he was then involved in events leading up to the Virginius affair a diplomatic dispute that occurred from October 1873 to February 1875 between the United States Great Britain and Spain then in control of Cuba during the ten years war. In 1873 a British Yacht the Deerhound was seized by the Spanish who accused it of carrying insurgents - Macdonell was central from the British side in the diplomatic settlement. Similarly in late 1873 the Virginius an American ship carrying Cuban insurrectionists was seized by the Spanish and the Spanish began executing those on board as pirates. This is touched upon and Macdonnel seems to have had some involvment in the settlement. There are copies of letters from Lord Granville Lord Hammond and Earl Derby to Macdonell regarding this series of incidents. The 8 x 5.5 inch journal with blue paper covers marked 'Personal HGMacdonell' is overall G. BIO NOTES: from one online source: Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Guion Macdonell; M #510393 b. 1832 d. 25 January 1904; Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Guion Macdonell was born in 1832. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Hugh Macdonell and Anne Hughes. He married Anne Lamb daughter of Edward Lamb in July 1870. He died on 25 January 1904 without issue. He was educated at Royal Military College Sandhurst Berkshire England. He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant between 1848 and 1853 in the service of the Rifle Brigade. He was with the Diplomatic Service in 1853. He held the office of Ambassador to Brazil in 1885.1 He held the office of Ambassador to Denmark in 1888. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross Order of St. Michael and St. George G.C.M.G. in 1899. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor P.C. in 1902. . Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Manuscript. unknown
Bookseller reference : 0002215
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Hugh Hastings
High Tide Light House Gang
Mabecron Books Ltd 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall. Appears unread an almost fine 1st edition signed by the author on title page - D/j unclipped again almost fine - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from St Ives in Cornwall st172. Mabecron Books Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013275 ISBN : 0956435076 9780956435071
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Hugh Hastings
High Tide Light House Gang
Mabecron Books Ltd 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Signed by the author book appears unread text block white white - D/j unclipped in almost fine condition. Very minor shelflife to book - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from St Ives in Cornwall St229. Mabecron Books Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013176 ISBN : 0956435076 9780956435071
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Hugh Honour
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
New York NY: C.P. Putnam's Sons 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated with photographs. This book is a companion to Hugh Honour's Cabinetmakers and Furniture Designers. Bound in white cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Decorated end papers. Illustrated with photographs throughout the text. Indexed. 320 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition with light foxing on binding and page edges. Dust jacket is in very good condition with some shelf wear light foxing inside jacket and minor tearing around edges. Full refund if not satisfied. C.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060659
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Hugh MacDiarmid
A Clyack-Sheaf
London: Macgibbon & Kee 1969. Book condition: VG/Fine with light signature to front blank endpaper. Dustjacket: VG with light wrinkles to edges; small splash mark to spine; price intact. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Macgibbon & Kee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003781 ISBN : 0261621319 9780261621312
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Hugh MacDiarmid
At the Sign of the Thistle: A Collection of Essays
London: Stanley Nott Book condition: Fair/Good in green boards with gilt titles to spine; light rubbing to spine ends; fade to spine; 1cm x 2cm mark to rear board; light dust/spots to page edges; light foxing to prelims. Lacking dustjacket. No date 1934. Publisher's review slip loosely inserted. U.K. First Edition. A tight square copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Stanley Nott Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007941
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Hugh MACDIARMID. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Catalogue of An Exhibition in Honour of the Eightieth Birthday of Hugh MacDiarmid. Catalogue of An Exhibition in Honour of the Eightieth Birthday of Hugh MacDiarmid.
Edinburgh University Library Edinburgh 1972. 8vo. First Edition; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good clean copy. The catalogue lists 132 items; the exhibition ran from 26th May to 31 August 1972. Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, unknown
Bookseller reference : 11501
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Hugh MacDiarmid
Speaking for Scotland: Selected Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid
Baltomore: Contemporary Poetry 1946. Book condition: Good with bumps to spine ends corners; slight dulling to spine; faint abrasion to front blank endpaper; light reading wear. Dustjacket: Fair with heavy wear and tear; loss to spine ends corners; browning/smudges. First Edition. A tight square copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Contemporary Poetry Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004965
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Hugh MacDiarmid
Stony Limits and Other Poems 1934 First Edition
London: Victor Gollancz 1934. Book condition: Good with very light foxing to cover spine; dust/spots to closed page edges and edges of boards; light spotting to pastedowns prelims; small bookseller's label to front pastedown; neat ink name/date to front blank endpaper. Dustjacket: VG with short closed tears to three corners; very light wrinkles to edge of flaps; very light smudges. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Victor Gollancz Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003563
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Hugh MacDiarmid
To Circumjack Cencrastus
Edgeware: William Blackwood 1930. Book condition: Good with neat library code to foot of spine; marks to front pastedown; darkening to closed page edges; small corner crease to bottom margin of a couple of pages. Dustjacket: Fair/Good with neat library code to foot of spine; short tears/tiny loss to spine ends and corners; dusty with some uneven browning. First Edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. William Blackwood Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011455
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Hugh McKnight
Waterways Postcards 1900-30
Shepperton Swan Ltd. Good. 1983. Paperback. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall 0906986044 96 pages. No inscriptions. Small mark to front cover. . Shepperton Swan Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 27236 ISBN : 0906986044 9780906986042
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Hugh Miller
Essays Historical and Biographical Political and Social Literary and Scientific
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 1862. Book condition: Good in marbled boards with leather spine and corners; heavy wear to leather; abrasions to boards; dusty page edges; some darkening to endpapers page edges; name to front blank endpaper D.M. Shepherd Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. First Edition 1862. A tight square copy. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005234
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Hugh Nicol
Microbes By the Million
Pelican Paperback #s28 1939 1939. Paperback. Used; Acceptable. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #1370810</p> Pelican Paperback #s28, 1939, paperback
Bookseller reference : 1370810
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HUGH OTTO WILLIAMS
1941 - 1942 EXCEPTIONAL RELIC OF WORLD WAR TWO FLIGHT AND PILOT TRAINING BEING AN ORIGINAL DIARY OF A YOUNG CADET AS HE MAKES HIS WAY WITH TREMENDOUS DETERMINATION TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR HIMSELF ONLY NINE MONTHS AFTER HIS OWN INSTRUCTION
AIR CORPS BASIC FLYING SCHOOL GUNTER FIELD. Very Good. 1941. On offer are two detailed and fascinating diaries of the early years of World War II told from the perspective of flight cadet and later Lieutenant and instructor Hugh Otto Williams. The books aren�t diaries exactly but books in which Williams wrote down the letters he sent to his brother Toby Williams of Kings Mountain North Carolina. The first diary depicts the daily life of Williams as a U.S. Air Corps flying cadet in training at the Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics in Jackson Mississippi. This diary goes from January to August 1941. The second diary follows Williams as a flight instructor at the Air Corps Basic Flying School at Gunter Field later Shaw Field in Montgomery Alabama. It goes from September 1941 to July 1942. In the beginning of the first diary Williams is a brand new cadet having just arrived in Jackson Mississippi. He describes in excellent detail what it was like to learn how to fly the difficulties the instructors written and physical exams the routines and drills that would make him a pilot. Along with the flying comes the rules regulations exercises inspections and all the other realities of learning to be a soldier and pilot. Only 25 days after he first arrives at the base after passing tests and exams and drills he �solos� supervised for the first time. �I soloed - yes all by myself - it did make me feel good. It is an almost indescribable feeling to be up there by yourself. Funny it didn�t scare me one bit. In fact I kinda had a feeling of peace as soon as I got off the ground.� Williams talks about almost every single time he flies up in the hour what it was like what he did what he learned etc. In February he is flying all by himself in the plane and continuing to learn more and more. He comments that a large number of cadets have failed tests and �washed out� meaning they were not good enough to continue. By February there are only 40 or so cadets left out of an initial 92. He graduates in March and moves to Gunter Field in Montgomery Alabama as part of class 41-F. His instructor here is a Lt. McIntyre �A southerner and seemed to be awfully nice� and later a �Lt. Salisbury.� The planes at Gunter Field are different as well: �There ships sure are lots different from what we have been flying. More instruments that you can shake a stick at. Sure will be lots of things to remember to do. They have two-way radio sets - wireless and all that. We take off and land only with permission of the Field Tower. The ships are lots larger than the others. I am really interested in getting started.� The ships he is flying at Gunter are called BT-13s. At Gunter Field Williams is still a cadet and more training is done both flying and learning on the ground. In one instance he takes off on a routine training flight that turns into a difficult and almost harrowing experience as there are problems as gale force winds make flying tremendously difficult for Williams and Williams has to be given detailed instructions on how to land the plane. A small newspaper clipping is pasted in on the next page: �Gunter Drama: Radio Saves 105 Cadets�. In April a newspaper clipping about Williams in pasted in: �Local Boy Soon To Graduate In Air Corps.� He does just that and moves to Maxwell Field in Montgomery. Still part of Class 41-F Squadron H. At Maxwell Field Williams is at the Advanced Flying school. The diary ends in August as Williams finishes his Advanced Flying course with a day-night long distance trip of hundreds of miles. The second diary in begins with Williams now a Lieutenant and instructing at Gunter Field at the Air Corps Basic Flying School where he had started flying only 9 months beforehand. The letters focus on the students that Williams is in charge of 4 in total and the progress that they make or don�t. In January 1942 Williams moves to Shaw Field in Gunter South Carolina and is in charge of six students from six different states. Again he speaks often and candidly of his student�s progress and difficulties. In July he is made Assistant Commanding Officer for a new flying class coming into the Basic Flying School. Finally in July the last entry is written. �Maxwell Field. Central Instructors School. Montgomery Alabama.� Williams is at the school to learn more about Flight instruction. The diary ends with 21 black-and-white photographs of Williams a woman who seems to be his girlfriend or wife and a few of the faces of friends or family. Most of the photographs are labelled with the date they were taken and the location. The diaries also contain bits of ephemera as well. These include: Grade school report cards for Williams in 1932 and 1933 Army cards signifying the completion of various courses in Flight School a membership card to The Officer�s Club and Mess at Maxwell Field Alabama a pamphlet for the �Air Corps Training Detachment Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics Graduation Dinner Dance of the Class of 41-E� and various photographs of Williams from the time period. The two diaries are in good condition. Both covers are free of any major wear. The pages within are almost all still in good condition without much discoloration or rips/tears. The handwriting throughout is easily legible and readable in black ink. All photographs loose or pasted in are still in very good condition. The first diary is approximately 200 pages and the second diary is approximately 150. The books measure about: 4 1/2� x 6 1/4� inches. OVERALL: VG. Text: �January 1 1941. This place is completely out in the country not even a country store! NOthing but the post. Every building is brand new and it is really nice. The first day we were issued flying equipment which is really �the stuff� - they issue to each man about $200.00 worth of equipment namely: A fur-lined jacket fur lined pants and shoes all leather on the outside. Helmet and goggles. Three pairs of coveralls jeans gloves and a mechanic's cap. So much in fact that a person don�t need except underwear and toilet articles. They vaccinated us for smallpox and typhoid in the same arm.We have a nameplate that we have to wear on our coveralls. It starts off one color and you have to polish it until it turns to another color. It took me all morning.�; �January 11 1941. The flying would be swell if it wasn�t for the Instructor. He told me yesterday that it would be a miracle if I ever learned to fly. But just between you and me I think I am pretty good. He has three of us. He takes us up one at a time. After all of us have been up we have a sort of conference going over our mistakes for the day. I don�t catch near as much on the ground as the other two do. I like to fly! I have four hours to my credit now. Am supposed to be able to solo in four more - that is if I ever solo!.We started off learning to do 90� turns. Climbing turns. 180� turns. 360� turns etc. Then we had to learn to follow a rectangle on the ground. That is you pick out a rectangular figure on the ground such as roads fences or something. Use a tree or something for a corner. Sounds easy. Would be if it wasn�t for the wind. You have to figure that on it will blow you off course.All kind of stuff like that.�; July 24 1941. I have completed my last flight in Advanced flying. Now I am supposed to be ready for bigger better and faster ships. It sure is a great relief to know I have actually finished - and I can brag a little with the few that all during my Cadet-training of over 200 hours I have even put a scratch on a plane. Our Squadron took our day-night cross-country yesterday. We flew from Maxwell to Nashville to Chattanooga. A distance of 390 miles where we landed ate supper and waited for it to get dark. Then after dark we flew from Chattanooga to Atlanta to Maxwell. It was a real nice trip. Beautiful weather. The mountains sure did look good from the air.I was Officer of the Day yesterday and today until 11:30 AM got out of a lot of the work due to the Cross-Country.�; �September 23 1941. I started instructing today. Two British and two Americans. It is a funny thing. Both the Americans primaryed at M.I.A. One even had Mr. Firpprecht as an instructor. So far I haven�t ridden with my students because today they had a cross-country trip and since they fly these in loose formation My students went with another flight. I was assigned to squadron 4 which at the present is the under class or class 42-A. They have about 35 hours. Sure am glad they let me start with an experienced class. They at least know what it is all about and maybe won�t scare me too bad right at first.�; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF FLIGHT CADET HUGH OTTO WILLIAMS HUGH O. WILLIAMS TOBY WILLIAMS KINGS MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS JACKSON MISSISSIPPI AIR CORPS BASIC FLYING SCHOOL GUNTER FIELD SHAW FIELD MAXWELL FIELD MONTGOMERY ALABAMA WORLD WAR TWO FLIGHT SCHOOL WW2 ERA AVIATION LIEUTENANT MCINTYRE LIEUTENANT SALISBURY CLASS 41-F FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR SOLDIER TRAINING ADVANCED FLIGHT U.S. AIR CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY SOLO FLIGHT AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUIT� CONTRAT V�LIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D�ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIG�EDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0009131
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Hugh Scully Christopher Lewis John Bly Hilary Kay Stephen Somerville David Battie Simon Bull Ian Pickford Bill Harriman
Antiques Roadshow - Your Guide to Antiques
U K: BBC 1991 An excellent copy of this book. Bright clean pages. The jacket is also in excellent condition with no faults. -- A guide written by the experts. - this is a very heavy book and has been priced to include any extra postage needed above the set rate UK or surface. BBC hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011530 ISBN : 0563363150 9780563363156
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Hugh SEBAG MONTEFIORE
Enigma. The Battle for the Code. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Folio Society 2005. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece and plates; grey cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver red and black grey endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31022
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HUGH SMITH
1861 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER DETAILING TIME SPENT IN A GROWING MID-19th CENTURY TORONTO REMARKING ON ITS PEOPLE FASHION AND LANDMARKS
TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA 1861. On offer is a remarkable letter from a loving husband to his wife written from a man travelling in Toronto back to his wife in England. The letter is a fascinating snapshot of a foreigner in Toronto in the mid-19th century. Obviously far from home the sender Mr. Hugh Smith finds the city beautiful and amazing and shares it ecstatically with his wife. The letter however begins on a somber note. �You have no doubtedly before this time read a letter from George informing you of your father�s death.� He suffered greatly he explains of an ulceration of the stomach and was �miserable for a day before his death.He is in the cemetery in the city - a tombstone was put up yesterday upon his grave.� The letter then makes a quick turn. �I am in great health and I feel as if the journey has done me a great deal of good.� Hugh then describes the Toronto he currently inhabits. The �splendid affair of a devotion to the cultivation of fruit trees� and the University where he �saw a great collection of such quadrupeds four foot animals.� He finds Toronto to be a beautiful and interesting city. Then the letter focuses on the women in the city and the fashion that Mr. Smith finds so curious including �bonnets of undescribable shapes� and veils that �reach in some cases down to the nose.� Mr. Smith finds the shapes colors and patterns of the fashion to be �striking� and unusual. Finally Mr. Smith wraps up with pleasantries to his loving wife and children and signs the letter �your corny husband Hugh Smith.� The letter is a great example of how Toronto was seen through foreign eyes in the mid-19th century and would make a great part of a collection on the growing metropolitan city. The letter is in good condition showing minimal wear or discoloration. There are a few small tears and spots of discoloration along the creases. There is a bit more noticeable discoloration on the back page but it does not affect the legibility of the writing. Any tears do not affect the structural integrity of the letter which is still held together very well. The handwriting is legible throughout in unfaded black ink. The letter is four pages long. Background: In 1861 the population of Toronto was 65085. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Manuscript. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0009100
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