Search Results: Authors starting with H from Missing Books

Published by Bracken Books, London, 1994, reprint. Paperback. Illustrated card covers. 8.25ins x 5.25ins, 392pp plus 40pp plates. Foreword by Paul Jennings. Reprint of a 1909 book. G+.

Published by Spring Books, London, 1969, 1st thus (being a revised edition of a 1960 book titled ""Gardening in Britain""). Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, endpapers depict garden plans, 483pp plus frontis and 32pp black and white plates . Slight sun fading to spine. VG / G+ nr VG.

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1956, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering on red patch to spine and front cover, under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, decorative endpapers, 296pp. Contributors include John Betjeman, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Gibbings & Kenneth Tynan. Gift inscription to oval blank space on front free endpaper. Dw chipped with loss to top & bottom of spine. VG / P.

Published by Heinemann, London, 1973, 1st edition. Yellow cloth boards, black lettering to spine under yellow, illustrated dustwrapper. 11.25ins x 8.25ins, decorated endpapers, 144pp. Illustrated throughout. Two line gift inscription to title page. Dw creased to bottom of front cover. spine of dw sunned from yellow to white - still legible but sunned. VG / G.

Published by Hutchinson & Company, london, 1956, 1st thus. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering on red patches to spine and front board under illustrated dustwrapper. Book in its original box which has the same design to the cover as the front of the dw. 9.25ins x 6ins, patterned endpapers, 280pp plus16pp. Contributors include John Betjeman, Richard Church, Evelyn Waugh, L.T.C. Rolt, Robert Gibbings, David Piper and Laurence Whistler. Gift inscription on ""To"" box to front free endpaper. Dw has three old tape repairs. Box rubbed and split to one corner. Contents VG. Dw and box G.

Published by Hutchinson, 1966, 1st edition. Brown cloth, with red & silvert label, under dustwrapper slightly rubbed to top of spine.. 9.25ins x 6.5ins, 256pp. Contributors include Edmund Blunden, John Moore & Miles Hadfield. VG / VG.

Published by Hutchinson, 1970, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering on green label to spine and front cover, under illustrated, priceclipped dustwrapper. 9.25ins x 6.5ins, illustrated endpapers, 256pp. Contributors include L.T.C. Rolt, Laurence Whistler, Miles Hadfield and George Mackley. Inside front flap of dw creased. VG / VG.

Published by John Russell Smith, London, nd, new edition, ie subsequent to the first edition of 1848. Later black quarter leather spine with green pebbled cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 15.25ins x 11ins, [iv], 42pp text, 80pp plates. All but 3 of the plates are architectural drawings – the other three are views of churches. Nb there is no plate no 19, but equally the is no plate number 19 referred to in the subject list. Heavy foxing to first few text pages and first few plates. Externally VG. Internally G to G+. Nb heavy book (2.3kg pre-packing) overseas customers please ask for postage quote.

Published by John Williams and Co, London, 1848, 1st edition. Original blind stamped, brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine and to front cover within an oblong gilt frame. 15.5ins x 11.5ins, [iv], 48pp text, 80pp plates. All but 3 of the plates are architectural drawings the other three are views of churches. Nb there is no plate no 19, but equally the is no plate number 19 referred to in the subject list. Light foxing to some plates, heavier foxing to the drawings of Leez Priory and Boreham Church. Original spine has been relaid with small amount of loss. New endpapers. Scratch marks to front board. G+. Nb heavy book (2.5kg pre-packing) overseas customers please ask for postage quote.

Published by Anglian Publications Ltd, 1964, 1st edition. Yellow card covers with black lettering to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 8.5ins x 5.25ins, 159pp including large number of full page photographic illustrations. The six authors are John Hadfield, Norman Scarfe, M.E. Lowe, Simon Dewes, Allan Jobson and Michael Watkins. VG.

Published by Hutchinson, London 1967, 1st edition. Blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering on dark blue label to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 9.25ins x 6.25ins, illustrated endpapers, 256pp. Contributors include James Laver, Clifford Musgrave, Miles Hadfield, Olive Cook & Fred Bason. VG.

Published by Peerage Books, London, 1985, reprint (revised edition). Illustrated laminated boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 6ins, illustrated endpapers, 384pp plus 16pp colour plates. Other illustrations within the text.Contributors include Ronald Blythe, Alec Clifton-Taylor, Olive Cook, W.G. Hoskins and ""Miss Read"". VG / VG

Published by Anglian Publications Ltd, 1964, 1st edition. Pink card covers with black lettering to spine and front cover under dustwrapper with illustration of Dedham church. 8.5ins x 5.25ins, 159pp including large number of full page photographic illustrations. The six authors are John Hadfield, Norman Scarfe, M.E. Lowe, Simon Dewes, Allan Jobson and Michael Watkins. A trifle rubbed to the edges but generally VG.

Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1980, 1st edition. Illustrated boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 6ins, illustrated endpapers, 384pp plus 16pp colour plates. Other illustrations within the text. Contributors include Ronald Blythe, Alec Clifton-Taylor, Olive Cook, W.G. Hoskins and ""Miss Read"". VG / VG

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1965, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to green patch to spine, under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.5ins x 5.5ins, 133pp plus colour frontis and 16pp plates.An account of the restoration of, and life at, Barham Manor in Suffolk. Brown stain to free endpapers, else VG / VG.

Published by Desert Island Books, Westcliff on sea, Essex, 2002, 1st edition.Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.5ins, 160pp. Illustrations within the text. Foreword by John Motson. VG / VG.

Published by Kyle Cathie, London, 1991, 1st edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, 157pp including 32pp colour plates. VG / VG.

Published by Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1912, reprint. Maroon cloth boards,black lettering to spine and front board,gilt images of animals head to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 6.75ins, xiii, (i), 299pp plus frontis portrait. 99 illustrations within the text. This is an abridged translation by Hugh S.R. Elliot and A.G. Thacker. Introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell. Margins of portrait foxed. Previous owners signature to front pastedown. Corners and edge of spine rubbed and worn. G+.

Published by Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1905, 1st edition. Original red cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. 7.75ins x 5.25ins, xli, (i), 157pp plus 6pp illustrations (12 illustrations - 2 per page).Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Occasional light foxing, else contents VG. Externally two corners are a bit bumped and one is rubbed. Two small indentations to the top and bottom of the front board - overall G+ near VG.

Published by Guild, London, 1985, reprint. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 10.5ins x 8.25ins, 392pp. Many illustrations within the text. Britain's history divided into 7 sections covering c100 BC to 1975. Remnants of a sticker to front free endpaper. Spine of dw sunned. VG / G+