Search Results: Authors starting with H from Books That Expand The Mind

Ace Books, 1959. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1959 , LADY CHTTERLEY'S LOVER A NOVEL By D.H. Lawrence Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Ace Books, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 315 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0000885 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

MacMillan , 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1988 1st Edition , THE ABBEY THEATRE By E.H.Mikhail Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: MacMillan , octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 251 ISBN: 9780389206163 SKU: BTETM0000734 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Vista Books, 1958. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Signed by Author. Each volume contains 62 coloured and black and white full-page illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Original white cloth-backed patterened boards, spines lettered in gilt. Presented in a red slip case, white label lettered in gilt. A fine set. Please see photos as part of condition report 1958 1st Edition (Thus) , Presentation Set, Slipcase A BOOK OF LOVE/PLEASURE PRESENTATION SET By John Hadfield John Charles Heywood Hadfield (16 June 1907 – 10 October 1999) was a British author and publisher, best known for his 1959 comic novel Love on a Branch Line. Ltd Edt No 406 Signed by Author Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Vista Books, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 512… Read More

Watts & Co, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1939 , THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE By Ernst Haeckel Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Watts & Co, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 324 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0000715 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Element, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1991 1st Edition , DJ THE FIRE AND THE STONES: A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF WORLD HISTORY AND RELIGION By Nicholas Hagger Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good Published By: Element, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 877 ISBN: 9781852302245 PublisherÂ’s Outline The Fire and the Stones is Nicholas HaggerÂ’s monumental Grand Unified Theory of world history and religion. Written in the tradition of Gibbon, Spengler and Toynbee, it demonstrates how all civilizations are born and grow by means of a vision of the metaphysical Fire or Light which created the Universe; and how, conversely, when the vision wanes and the culture turns secular, civilizations decline and their stones (temples, cathedrals, mosques) become mere… Read More

Thorsons, 1997. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1997 , PRACTICAL REIKI By Mari Hall Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Thorsons, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 149 ISBN: 9780722534656 SKU: BTETM0000648 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

UK: Atramentous Press, 2021. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). Carolyn Hamilton-Giles. Signed by Author(s). Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine - Deluxe Edition: Solander Box. Quarter Moroccan style with black goat leather meeting nonpareil marbled paper. Dividing the two materials across the front and the back is a vertical line of gold foil block. The Solander box spine will have 7 raised bands with one coloured panel in red with the title of the book foil blocked onto it. Each band will be bordered by foil blocked lines. The inside of the solander box is green velvet with an AP blind embossed insignia on the left hand side. The Book: Covered in black goat leather. Green and Gold foil blocking to front and rear with a raised banded spine with a uniform design in each panel. End papers nonpareil. Where the nonpariel is attached to the hardcase on the inside of the book it will be clipped back and then along the edge where the folded leather… Read More

Icon Books Ltd, 2010. Softcover. Like New/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Like New - Please see photos as part of condition report 2010 , GOD'S PHILOSOPHERS: HOW THE MEDIEVAL WORLD LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN SCIENCE By James Hannam Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Icon Books Ltd, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 448 ISBN: 9781848311503 SKU: BTETM0000078 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Arrow Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Softcover. Like New/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Like New - Please see photos as part of condition report 2000 1st Edition , HANNIBAL By Thomas Harris Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Arrow Books, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 564 ISBN: 9780099297703 SKU: BTETM0001129 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street Bookseller in Ordinary to her Majesty, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). George Cruikshank. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Bumps and scuffing to boards and spine. Some spotting to pages although generally in good condition. All plates/engravings present. Please see photos as part of condition report 1840 1st Edition , THE TOWER OF LONDON By William Harrison Ainsworth William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife. Illustrated By: George Cruikshank Format:… Read More

New York: Bantem Books, 1988. 1st US Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Scratch to front paper cover (perhaps from sticker removal) and minor marks to covers, some early yellowiing of page edges. Spine uncracked, text block firm and tight. Please see photos as part of condition report 1988 1st US Edition , Rare uncorrected proof. Grey card wrappers, with titles printed in black. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME: FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES By Stephen Hawking Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.… Read More

Printed at Mackeys, Chatham Kent: Bantam Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Ron Millar. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Unread. In archival mylar dust protector. Near fine condition. Some minor shelf wear to jacket, light pen mark on front page. Please see photos as part of condition report 1988 1st Edition , DJ A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME By Stephen Hawking Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Illustrated By: Ron Millar Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). Arthur Rackham. Signed by Illustrator. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Fine in own presentation box, presentation box has some sun bleaching Please see photos as part of condition report 1922 1st Edition (Thus) , A WONDER BOOK By Nathanial Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he… Read More

UK: Folio Society, 2010. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Imperial octavo (8vo 8+1?4 × 11+1?2 210 × 292). Rebecca Thorne. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Quarter bound in leather with cloth sides and slip case. Some damage to slipcase, book in very good+ condition, unread Please see photos as part of condition report 2010 1st Edition (Thus) , BEOWULF A Verse Translation By Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney's prize-winning translation of Beowulf (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000, Whitbread Book of the Year Award) was considered groundbreaking in its use of modern language melded with the original Anglo-Saxon "music" Illustrated By: Rebecca Thorne Illustrator and Printmaker. Nature, history, folklore. Longlisted for #worldillustrationawards2022 Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No… Read More

Bluestone Press, 1998. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1998 , SUN, MOON AND STONEHENGE By Robin Heath Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Bluestone Press, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 239 ISBN: 9780952615170 Stonehenge is BritainÂ’s most famous national monument – yet few people really know anything about it. Packed with beautiful engravings and graphics, this book takes the reader into the minds of our distant ancestors and unravels their amazing cosmology. Robin Heath is the foremost expert on Stonehenge today. After an extraordinary career in engineering and microchip design he moved to Wales, grew vegetables, taught mathematics and began looking more deeply into neolithic culture. SKU: BTETM0001050 Approximate Package… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Royal octavo (8vo 6+1?4 × 10 159 × 254). W. Heath Robinson. Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine - Book in near fine unread condition. 15 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Please see photos as part of condition report 1982 1st Edition (Thus) , BILL THE MINDER By W. Heath Robinson William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives. His early career involved illustrating books – among others: Hans Christian Andersen's Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (1897), The Arabian Nights (1899), Tales from Shakespeare (1902), Gargantua and Pantagruel (1904), Twelfth Night (1908), Andersen's Fairy Tales (1913), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1914), Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1915) and Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie (1916). Robinson was one of… Read More

Paris: A Paris, Chez Mercier, Editeur du Furet litteraire, rue d'Angivilliers, no 151, 1800. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Marbled endpapers. With Bookstamp of Chez Melle Laurain, libraire rue montmartre, 3 passage St Eustache. Mild spotting throughout. Half-title, engraved frontispiece depicting flagellation in action, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces (one depicting cherubs with whips), 8 pages of advertisments in front., 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, lacking label, corners worn, narrow section of leather missing from upper cover, rubbed, but solid Please see photos as part of condition report 1800 3rd Edition , DE LA FLAGELLATION DANS LA MEDECINE ET DANS LES PLAISIRS DE L'AMOUR By Johann Heinrich Meibom Johann Heinrich Meibom (Latin: Iohannes Henricus Meibomius; 29… Read More

London: James Nisbet, 1871. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1871 5th Edition or Later Reprint , 9th Edition THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY By Philips Henry Gosse Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: James Nisbet, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 344 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001617 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Some minor bumping to boards and spine (top & tail). Boards in protective cover. Pencil inscription on FEP. Pages clean and bright. Please see photos as part of condition report 1876 1st Edition , MAGIC NO MYSTERY Conjuring Tricks with Cards Ball, and Dice; Magic Writing, Performing Animals, etc. etc. With Numerous Illustrations By William Henry Cremer Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: John Grant, Edinburgh octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 333 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001923 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. 3rd Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1958 1st Edition 3rd Printing, AKU AKU By Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation (6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between societies. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: George Allen & Unwin, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 367 ISBN:… Read More