Search Results: Authors starting with H from Hewett's Books

This is wonderful edition of Butterflies part of the "Shown to the Children" series. In Plain and easy to understand language the book delves into a myraid of Butterflies native to Britian, accompained by 48 plates from Janet Harvey Kelman. Very Good Condition. Purple cloth boards with illustrated front board. Binding is firm. Pages and plates are clean. Boards have light edge-wear with minor bumping to corners. More notable fading to spine.

The Iliad by Homer, published by The Folio Society in 1996 translated by Robert Fagles and illustrated by Grahame Baker. Includes 8 colour illustrates plates and slipcase. Near Fine. Quarter bound in red leather with pictorial cloth and gilt lettering to spine. Pages and plates are clean. Binding is firm. Boards are clean with no obvious signs of wear. Slipcase is clean with only minor bumping to corners.

This is a very early edition of one of the most famous novels ever written in French, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Still relevant due to its myriad of modern adaptations, Hugo's novel continues to entertain readers and has solidified Notre-Dame de Paris as a French cultural icon. This edition, published by Richard Bentley in 1856, 23 years after the first English edition, features an engraved frontispiece and an introduction written by Frederic Shoberl, the original English translator of Hugo's work. Near Fine Condition. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book has been rebound with binder's ticket to front pastedown. Neat previous owner's inscription to front free end paper. Binding and hinges are firm. Pages are clean with minimal tannig. Boards have minor edge-wear with slight bumping to corners and light tear to spine ends. Light mottling to rear board.