Harbour henry (22 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Fair condition hard cover, with poor condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, rips and chips to jacket, tanning to pages, spotting to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Zustand: Poor. First Edition. 8vo. n.d. wear to edges. Creasing and marks to cover. Tape to front cover. Rear cover missing. 230pp. Damp stained. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. creases ink price cover. Book.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. Previous owner name to ffep. No DJ.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial paper covered boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, boards slightly loose. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Tears to paper to spine. …

Zustand: Good. No Edition Stated. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative red cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. ?First edition. 8vo. pp. 182, [28, ads.]; coloured and b & w plates; slight marginal tears to one or two leaves, minor spotting, embrowning to endpapers, very good in the original decorative cloth, medallion portrait of Nansen to upper cover. An account of the two men for children.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated c1920s. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine, portrait to front boards, no dustjacket. 102pp + 2pp book catalogue to rear. B/w frontispiece and title page, b/w pictorial endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (76/3).…

First edition, 8vo, [8], 86, lii (adverts)pp., numerous illustrs., map in pocket at rear, publishers original lettered green cloth.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition, Illustrated Edition. Book Condition, Very Good: An unread copy that remains in fantastic condition for its age. Faint marks across the cover of the hardcover boards, visible wear/rubbing along the edges of the binding, but in excellent shape overall, artwork and gilt lettering crisp and clean. Now protected by a plastic slipcover. Dust-stained text block, but in great condition with good page edges. Tear to first page of front endpapers, also some foxing and marks, but otherwise pages are clean and tidy. All colour illustrations clean. Text block shaken though still sound structurally. A second edition hardback featuring six colour plates by Arthur Rackham, collectible as an uncommon early illustrated edition of Henry Harbour's adventure novel. Rackham's work from this period is highly regarded, and copies with complete colour illustrations are scarce in the marketplace, enhancing appeal to collectors of illustrated fiction and Golden Age book art. This illustrated adventure novel takes readers across Canada and beyond, combining energetic storytelling with vivid period detail characteristic of early twentieth-century fiction. Enhanced by six colour plates by Arthur Rackham, one of the foremost illustrators of his era, the narrative blends exploration, action, and evocative setting to capture the spirit of its time. A distinctive example of illustrated fiction from the golden age of book illustration, the volume offers both collectible charm and engaging reading. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A scarce edition of this novel by Henry Harbour, with a rare coloured frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, the famed book illustrator. Later edition. First published in 1904 under the same publisher.A scarce edition of this work with a rare alternative, vibrantly coloured frontispiece by the celebrated illustrator, Arthur Rackham. This edition also includes monochrome versions of the original illustrations from the first edition, with the original frontispiece now in the text.Illustrated with the rare colour frontispiece and title page with colour vignette of a flag and six monochrome plates by Rackham. Collated complete.This adventure novel was written by Henry Harbour and beautifully illustrated by the famed Arthur Rackham. Rackham was one of the leading book illustrators from his era and is best known for works such as 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' and 'Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'.In the publisher's original decorative cloth.Undated, dated by the adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Externally excellent with a very minor lean and light shelf wear and minimal rubbing to the pictorial design to the spine. Lacking front free endpaper with offsetting to the rear. Internally firmly bound with occasional light spotting, heavier to the front with slight offsetting to the half title. Very Good Indeed. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. The second edition of this fictional novel and early example of the famed Arthur Rackham's beautiful colour illustrations. The second edition.Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a colour frontispiece and five coloured plates. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth.This adventure novel was written by Henry Harbour and provides uncommon early examples of the celebrated Arthur Rackham's colour illustrations. Rackham was one of the leading book illustrators from his era and is best known for works such as 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' and 'Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with fading to the spine, a slight lean, slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and scattered damp stains. Slight marks to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the odd page. Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. The second edition of this uncommon to find adventure novel illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with six colour plates. The second edition.An uncommon to see adventure novel illustrated by Arthur Rackham, an exciting novel set across Canada and South Africa.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and five colour plates, by Arthur Rackham.Written by Henry Harbour.Rackham was a popular book illustrator, well known for his work during the Golden Age of British book illustration.Collated, complete.Undated, dated from WorldCat. In the original publisher's red cloth variant. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some light markers to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. A touch of discolouration to the extremities of the rear board. Spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Prize label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. The second edition of this adventure novel, with an early example of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrations. The second edition of this work in the blue pictorial cloth variant binding. Ink inscription to the verso of the frontispiece from St. Mary's Higher Grade Boys' School, awarding this book as a prize, dated 1909. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a further five colour plates by the Golden Age book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Collated, complete. This adventure novel was written by Henry Harbour and illustrated with early examples of Arthur Rackham's colour illustrations. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In the blue pictorial cloth variant binding. Externally, generally smart, with shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Small hole to the contents page, with a small tape repair to the verso, not affecting the text. Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). book. …

3pp., folio. On two loose leaves, each with one torn edge. The blank reverse of the second leaf is addressed in manuscript to 'The Bank of Scotland, | Edinbr', with two postmarks and pencil docketting. The heading is followed by a long list of those present, beginning with 'Mr THOMAS MILLAR, for the Incorporation of Skinners and Furriers' and ending with 'ALEXANDER WRIGHT, Esq. chose Preses'. There follows a minute of the meeting by 'ALEX. WRIGHT', beginning: 'Colonel MACDONALD, after explaining to the Meeting the circumstances which induced Mr DUNSMURE and him to call them together, proposed that a Committee should be appointed to frame a circular to the Creditors, requesting them to be upon their guard not to commit themselves prematurely, or without due inquiry, to approve of Mr. LABOUCHERE's Report'. Wright's statement is followed by one by 'WM. MACDONALD, Convener', beginning: 'The Committee in reference to the prefixed Minute beg to acquaint you, that the Meeting in question was called in consequence of it having come to the knowledge of several gentlemen deeply interested as Creditors, in the affairs of the City, that parties opposed to the general interest of the Creditors were taking active measures to work upon their fears as to their prospect of ultimate payment, with the view of inducing them to accede to the composition proposed by Mr LABOUCHERE.' The third page carries a mandate form, which has not been completed. According to a parliamentary report, 'In January 1836, the Right honourable H. Labouchere, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, visited Edinburgh and Leith, in compliance with the wishes of Lord Melbourne, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as expressed in their letter to him of 25th September 1835, on the subject of the financial affairs of the city'. Labouchere subsequently produced a report, recommending the restructuring of the 'debt now due on account of the docks at Leith'. No other copy traced.…

Zustand: Very Good. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, n.d. [but 1904]. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); publisher's dark crimson pictorial cloth stamped in five colors, maroon glazed endpapers; 286pp.; color frontispiece, five leaves of plates (collated complete). Light shelf wear, spine a bit cocked, hairline crack between pp. 166 and 167, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Lovely contemporary (1907) prize ex libris to front pastedown of the City of Worcester's Rainbow Hill School awarding this volume to Winston Grimmer for attendance. Adventure novel illustrated by Arthur Rackham, though his bibliographer Richard Riall notes that the frontispiece (duplicated on the publisher's pictorial binding) is not by Rackham. However,the remaining five interior plates are signed by him in the image. Riall, p. 59.…

First edition, first impression, in the variant red cloth. Riall, p. 59, not in Latimore & Haskell. Octavo. Colour frontispiece and 5 colour illustrations by Rackham. Original pictorial red cloth, titles to spine red on gilt background, titles to front cover gilt, pictorial image stamped to front cover and spine in blue, black and tan, red endpapers. Contemporary gift inscription on half-title, struck-through with a mid-century inscription of one Betty Ledger beneath. Bookseller's blindstamp to front endpaper. Front board lightly bowed, cloth rippled at joints, creasing to spine ends, touch of soiling to rear cover, designs remaining bright, paper skinned with a little loss to front pastedown, occasional foxing to contents; a better than good copy.…

First edition, first impression, in the variant blue cloth. Title was not recorded in Latimore and Haskell. Riall, p. 59. Octavo. Colour frontispiece and 5 colour illustrations by Rackham. Original pictorial blue cloth, titles to spine red on gilt background, titles to front board gilt, pictorial image stamped to front board and spine in blue, black and tan, red endpapers. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Inscription to verso of the half title, spine faded and rolled. Front inner hinge cracked, glue residue visible at first 2 gutters, book block firm, a very good copy.…

Zustand: Very Good. [Paris], Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, 1861. A large engraved chart (printed surface 635 × 916 mm, sheet size 680 × 998 mm). 'Gravé par Chassant | Ecrit par A. Blanchard'. Vertical centrefold, as issued; some scattered foxing (generally unobtrusive); a few small splits and tears expertly sealed; in very good condition, recently archivally mounted behind Mylar and a window mat. A scarce large French nautical chart of Sydney Harbour, showing the city of Sydney in the late 1850s. The lower portion of the map contains an engraved elevation showing the approach to the harbour from the sea. The chart is number 1920 in the Dépôt de la Marine's published series, and this example is from the first issue. It was reprinted in 1869, with minimal corrections. The chart is based on British Admiralty chart 1069, published in 1859, one of the impressively detailed and accurate nautical charts produced from the surveys of Henry Mangles Denham during his Australian and Pacific voyage in HMS 'Herald' (1852-1861).…

First edition, first printing. A very uncommon Rackham title. Not in Latimore & Haskell. Octavo. With 6 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham. Original pictorial blue pictorial cloth decorated in dark blue black, drab and gilt, lettered in red on a gilt cartouche on the spine, and lettered in gilt in similar style lettering to the front cover, dark red endpapers. Spine rolled, corners lightly rubbed, light wear to extremities, occasional spotting, small label to front pastedown.…

Zustand: Very Good+. Very light surface wear. Original printed paper slip worn; A rare double sided album of a spoken word comedy sketch about the Sydney Harbour Bridge.