Search Results: Titles starting with H from The Plantagenet King

Quality Press Ltd. London: Quality Press Ltd., 1939 8vo., black publisher's cloth lettered in  green to spine; preserved in the haunting black and green decorative jacket (unclipped, 8s. 6d. net); pp. [iv], 5-223, [i]; titles to spine rubbed, with some loss to lettering; light compression to spine tips; some mild spotting to outer edges and prelims; still a very good, fresh example, the dust jacket with a couple of small stains to lower panel, nicked and chipped along folds and spine; still also very good, retaining much colour.  First edition.   A comprehensive guide to the haunted religious buildings of Great Britain, with chapters divided primarily by County. Beginning with London and ending with a short chapter on haunted churches in America, the author devotes much of his time to the study of particular ghosts and encounters of the paranormal kind, which he has compiled together in one volume, and narrated with a particularly fervent quality. O'Donnell (1872-1965)… Read More

Cassell. First edition of this comprehensive collection of horror short stories, edited by Alexander Laing and published by Cassell in 1937. The book and wrapper are in very good or better condition. The wrapper has wear to the spine ends and corners but is all there. There is a patch of browning to the top of the front panel. It displays the correct price of 8/6 net on the spine. The book has a gentle push to one corner and the spine ends. Overall a nice copy. The editor Laing has put together a who's who of horror short story writers, for what the publishers claim is the first illustrated omniibus of ghost stories. Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Ambrose Bierce and Edith Wharton all contribute haunted tales. The real star of the show though is illustrator Lynd Ward who contributes 62 illustrations, either full page, vignettes or tail pieces to accompany each story.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1937.

Eveleigh Nash. O'DONNELL, Elliott  Haunted Highways and Byways London: Eveleigh Nash, 1914 8vo., maroon publisher's cloth, with blue painted title label to the upper board, and lettered in blue along the spine; in the uncommon original printed publisher's dust jacket; pp. [iv], v-219, [v, ads]; a little compressed to spine tips, one small nick to head, pages a touch toned in accordance with age, evenly so, just the hint of scattered spotting and offsetting to the prelims; near-fine internally, otherwise; in the seldom-found jacket which is sunned along spine, a little so too to the upper edge; nicked to extremities, some very minor loss to foot of spine; but very good, nonetheless. Provenance: Ex-Libris of S. [Hejdenfeld?] to the front paste-down.  First edition of this very early title by the ghost hunter Elliott O'Donnell, signed 'With all good wishes from Elliott O'Donnell' to the half title. Includes such yarns as 'The Garden of Shadows',… Read More

Secker & Warburg. First UK edition published by Secker & Warburg in 1954. This is a very good copy. The notoriously fragile wrapper is better than is usually found. There are small amounts of loss to the corners and some wear to the spine ends. The panels of the jacket are clean and it isn't price clipped. The book has a couple of faint marks to the front boards. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. Overall a very good copy.  The highly illustrative jacket design is by Anthony Baynes. Fielding's account of his activities as a wartime agent in crete during WW2. A rare book to find in this condition.   . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.

London: Scholastic Press. FIRST UK EDITIONS published by Scholastic between 1995-2000. The 3 volume set consists of: 1. Northern Lights (1995). There is a mark to the side text block and some light foxing to the top text block. There is very minor wear to the top of the spine of the wrapper. Otherwise the wrapper and book are is near fine condition. It has all the first issue points. 2. The Subtle Knife (1997) a sharp copy with no or very little wear. Fine overall. 3. The Amber Spy Glass (2000) a fine copy without wear. Overall the set is in very near fine condition.  Pullman's award winning trilogy, about an alternate Oxford and the adventures of Lyra as she tries to find the truth about her friends disappearance and the meaning of a mysterious entity called dust. The first novel won the Carnegie medal and the cut out medal is displayed on the front panel, as is called for. The series was initially adapted to the big screen under the name 'The Golden Compass' to mixed… Read More

George Allen & Unwin; Unwin Hyman; Harper Collins. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. [Christopher TOLKIEN, Ed.] The History of Middle Earth [&] Unfinished Tales  London: George Allen & Unwin, Unwin Hyman & Harper Collins Publishers, 1983-1996 8vo., 13 vols; publisher's boards, lettered in gilt along spines; Vols 1-4 with upper edge coloured to match binding; all in the unclipped dust jackets designed by Marilyn Carvell; with frontis maps and photographs in some of the volumes, on glossy paper; some in-text diagrams and facsimile pages of Tolkien's handwriting, along with appendices, indexes and glossaries to the rear of each volume; Unfinished Tales with large folding map to rear printed in red and black; Elvish border decorations to titles; jacket to Vol I and II repriced £12.50 to front flap, and Unfinished Tales repriced £7.50; Vol XI price clipped; Vol VIII lightly spotted to the upper edge; clean, tight, and apparently unread copies otherwise; light bumping to boards… Read More

Pan Books & Arthur Barker. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1979 [&] London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979 8vo., 2 vols; the Pan paperback edition in colourful, holographic-style card wraps; pp. [v], 6-158, [ii]; the hardback in blue publisher's boards, gilt to spine; in the original unclipped pictorial dust jacket (£4.95 net) designed by Patrick Gierth; pp. [v], 6-158, [ii]; both copies very good to near-fine, the paperback with pages evenly toned, as ever, slightly rubbed to extremities of wraps, the odd scratch to edges; the hardback very lightly spotted to upper edge, with some mild compression to spine tips; the jacket retaining, unusually, all of its brightness along the backstrip; ever-so-slightly toned and shelf worn to flaps; some mild spotting to the verso of jacket unobservable to exterior. Two copies of Adam's iconic work, based on the famous radio series of the same name. The true first edition, issued in paperback, is here signed by the author to the inside front cover 'Best Wishes,/ Douglas… Read More

George Allen & Unwin. CAPEK, Karel; [M and R WEATHERALL, Trans.] Hordubal; Meteor; An Ordinary Life. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1934-6 3 vols, 8vo.; green and pale blue cloth, Vol I blocked in blind to upper board, lettered in gilt along spine, upper edge stained green; Vol II blocked in vibrant orange with an aeroplane design dissecting diagonally across the upper board; and vertically along spine; Vol III lettered in red to upper board and spine; all in the original unclipped dust jackets (7s. 6d. net), Vols II and III with particularly striking dust jackets by Kirby; pp. [xi], 12-249, [iii, ads]; [v], 10-255, [i]; [vii], 8-245, [vii, ads] a very good set, unusual complete thus, with sporadic foxing throughout, splashmark to the upper edge of Vol I, rubbing and light sunning to edges of cloth and along spine; the jackets, nicked, rubbed and spotted, particularly to the lower panel of Vol I and the upper of Vol III; some larger chips and portions of loss to Vols II and III, with corresponding… Read More

William Heinemann. First edition published by William Heinemann in 1956. It is a very good or better copy. The dust wrapper is mostly complete with a tiny chip to the bottom edge of the front panel and a couple of tiny chips to the top of the spine. The spine is a shade faded. The book has two bumped corners. Otherwise it is clean and without marks. The pages are without foxing. A better than is usually encountered first edition.  Smith's classic children's adventure about Dalmatians, that has been made into an animated film by Disney and then latterly a film starring Glenn Close as Cruella. A rare book in this condition.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1956.