William hale harkness (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. 124pp hardback, brown cloth gilt, limited edition being no. 59/100 well illustrated with bw plates and colour frontispiece, very good.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A scarce limited first edition of this privately printed collection of travel letters, richly illustrated with photographs, exploring temples and cultures across Asia by financier and traveller William Hale Harkness. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding.A limited edition, being copy number one hundred and thirty five of two hundred copies privately printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Press for the author.Richly illustrated with twenty nine monochrome plates ofcontemporary photographs, including a frontispiece, nine of which are double-sided. Collated, complete.A travel narrative presented in the form of letters from the author to his mother, recounting his journeys through Southeast Asia, China and Japan.William Hale Harkness (1900s1954) was an American financier and philanthropist of the Harkness family fortune, his father co-founded Wrigley & Harkness and helped finance Standard Oil. A Yale and Harvard Law graduate active in geographical societies and clubs. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine and extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd small closed tear and chip to the fore edges of the preface and first contents page from a printing fault, not affecting the text. Very Good Indeed. None Sttaed (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. First edition, 1/100 copies, this one inscribed by the author below the limitation statement. Tall 8vo. xiv, 47 pp. Illustrated with 14 plates from photographs. An engaging account of a marlin fishing expedition out of Bimini and Cat Cay in the Bahamas (featuring the use of bonefish as bait at one point), privately printed for the author and not for sale. Harkness was a financier and philanthropist; his father co-founded the Wrigley and Harkness Company and was a major investor in the Standard Oil Company. After graduating from Yale in 1922, Harkness attended Harvard Law School, receiving his law degree in 1925. A member of numerous clubs and organizations, he was at one time vice president of the American Geographical Society and the Boys Club of New York. In addition to this title, Harkness also wrote Temples and Topees, printed at The Derrydale Press in 1936. Bruns H-73. Siegel 150. Frazier H-3-a: "An extremely rare Derrydale, a hard book to find." Original gilt-stamped brown cloth, simulating leather (rubbed). Very good. (3017).…

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition, Number 117 of 200 copies. First edition, Number 117 of 200 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed for the author, and not for sale. The book is in the form of letters addressed to his mother on his travels. The author was a financier and philanthropist; his father co-founded the Wrigley and Harkness Company and was a major investor in the Standard Oil Company. William Hale Harkness graduated from Yale in 1922 and received a Harvard law degree in 1925. A member of numerous clubs and organizations, he was at one time vice president of the American Geographical Society and the Boys Club of New York. He also authored Ho Hum the Fisherman, published by The Derrydale Press in 1939. Siegel 105; Frazier H-2-a Original brown leatherette, spine slightly dulled , as usual, overall near fine. Bookplate Illustrated with photographs. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…

First edition, no. 119 of 200 copies. First edition, no. 119 of 200 copies. Illustrated with photographs. [16], 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed for the author, and not for sale. The author was a financier and philanthropist; his father co-founded the Wrigley and Harkness Company and was a major investor in the Standard Oil Company. William Hale Harkness graduated from Yale in 1922 and received a Harvard law degree in 1925. A member of numerous clubs and organizations, he was at one time vice president of the American Geographical Society and the Boys Club of New York. He also authored Ho Hum the Fisherman, published by The Derrydale Press in 1939. These are travels in Southeast Asia, China and Japan. Siegel 105; Frazier H-2-a Original brown leatherette, spine very slightly toned, but fine. IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti Illustrated with photographs. [16], 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…

1st Edition. First edition, no. 68 of 100 copies. Printed at the Cornwall Press. Illustrated, Color frontispiece photograph, the 33 others in black and white. x, 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches). A Trip in 1952 with friends to Egypt, Kenya & Tanganyika, etc written from the author to his daughter Anne on a photo safari. Brown leatherette, top edge stained brown. Light rubbing to extremities, minor foxing to endpapers and recto of frontispiece Illustrated, Color frontispiece photograph, the 33 others in black and white. x, 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches) First edition, no. 68 of 100 copies. Printed at the Cornwall Press.…

First edition, no. 12 of 100 copies. First edition, no. 12 of 100 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 47 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An engaging account of a marlin-fishing expedition out of Bimini and Cat Cay, privately printed for the author, and not offered for sale. Harkness records using bonefish for bait (pp. 9, 42-43), and seeing young tarpon, but being told by their guide that the tarpon would not rise to bait in that season (March). "An extremely rare Derrydale . a hard book to find." (Frazier). The author was a financier and philanthropist; his father co-founded the Wrigley and Harkness Company and was a major investor in the Standard Oil Company. William Hale Harkness graduated from Yale in 1922 and received a Harvard law degree in 1925. A member of numerous clubs and organizations, he was at one time vice president of the American Geographical Society and the Boys Club of New York. He was also author of Temples and Topees, published by The Derrydale Press in 1936 Presentation copy, inscribed by the author beneath the limitation statement, "To Ferg: Hoping when you go fishing it will be easier for you to catch a fish than it was for me to get ink out of this pen, Bill". Siegel 150; Frazier H-3-a; Heller 2:844 Original brown leatherette. Very good plus copy (joints slightly rubbed as usual). Inscribed by the author Illustrated with photographs. 47 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.…