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Inquiries Respecting the Geological Relations of the Beds between the Chalk and the Purbeck Limestone in the South-East of England. [From the Annals of Philosophy, for 1824].

FITTON (William Henry) · 1833 · Forest Books

£295.63 (€354.41 | $390.63 | ¥62,387)

London: [Privately] Printed by Richard Taylor, 1833. First separately privately printed edition, 4to, [2], 26pp., presentation inscription from the author at head of title page, hand-coloured frontispiece, one folding table, first leaf of text loose, contemporary cloth-backed b…

Church Leases; or, The subject of church leasehold property considered, with a view to place it on a firmer basis.

GREY (William Henry) · 1851 · Forest Books

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.52 | ¥5,672)

London: James Ridgeway, 1851. Third edition, enlarged, 8vo, 106pp., disbound.

Notes on the Nottingham Records. With an Introduction by Alderman H. S. Cropper. Dedicated to the Corporation of Nottingham.

SMITH (William Henry) · 1890 · Forest Books

£48.38 (€58.00 | $63.93 | ¥10,210)

Nottingham: Frank Murray, 1890. First edition, large 8vo (260 x 160 mm), half-title, x, 84pp., 2pp. list of subscribers, 2 illustrations in the text, cont. half morocco, gilt lettering on upper cover, t.e.g., a good copy.

Short notes on the winds, weather, & currents, together with general sailing directions and remarks on making passages; to accompany a chart of the Indian Ocean. With two[=three] illustrations.London, James Imray and son, 1866. 8vo. With 3 folding lithographed charts (the first as frontispiece and the third possibly extra added). Modern brown cloth, spine with a long vertical leather title-label.

ROSSER, William Henry. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

[4], 64 pp.Second copy located of a compendium for sailing the Indian Ocean. As the title indicates it gives short notes on the wind weather and currents and general sailing directions. Including directions to Singapore and the Arabian Sea. For more extended details the author r…

Forty days in the desert, or the track of the Israelites; or, a journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. By the author of "Walks about Jerusalem".London, Arthur Hall & Co., [ca. 1862?]. 4to. With a steel engraved frontispiece: a view of Cairo and the valley of the Nile, and an engraved title-page with view on the Approach to Petra, typographic title-page, a folding map (228 x 264 mm) of "Arabia Petraea", embracing the Peninsula of Mount Sinai with the route taken by W. Hughes with a view of Suez in the lower left corner, 25 full page steel engraved plates with protective tissue paper by E. Brandard, J.C. Bently, J. Cousen, and A. Willmore, and 18 illustrations in the text by J. Cooper and others. Original dark purple gold-tooled buckram.

[BARTLETT, William Henry]. · 1809 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

vi, 204 pp.A fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty-day journey in October-December 1845 through the Egyptian desert. He followed in the footsteps of the Israelites, who were led out of Egypt by Moses, from Cairo, along the east side of the Gulf o…

Short notes on the winds, weather, & currents, together with general sailing directions and remarks on making passages; to accompany a chart of the Indian Ocean.London, James Imray & son, 1878. 8vo. With 2 folding maps. Original publisher’s blue wrappers.

ROSSER, William Henry. · 1867 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

[4], 71 pp.Extremely rare edition, probably the fourth, of a handbook for sailing in the Indian Ocean. As the title indicates, it not only contains sailing directions and descriptions of different routes to Singapore and the Arabian Sea, but also gives important notes for sailor…

New Hampshire as a Royal Province.

FRY William Henry. · 1908 · Bouquinerie du Varis

CHF 57.00 (€61.66 | $67.96 | £51.44 | ¥10,854)

FRY, William Henry. New Hampshire as a Royal Province. New York, 1908, 245x160mm, 526 pages, paperback. First edition. Cover and back little damaged. Some stains on the edge of the book.

An experimental study of expectation. Thesis. Reptinted from the American Journal of Psychology October 1909 Vol. XX pp. 530 - 569.

PYLE William Henry. · 1909 · Bouquinerie du Varis

CHF 22.80 (€24.66 | $27.19 | £20.57 | ¥4,342)

PYLE, William Henry. An experimental study of expectation. Thesis. Reptinted from the American Journal of Psychology, October, 1909, Vol. XX, pp. 530 - 569. Unknown, no year, about 1909, 230x150mm, paperback. Book in good condition.

FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO. A HISTORY OF MY EARLY LIFE

HUDSON, William Henry · 1943 · Charles Agvent

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.50 | ¥49,908)

Buenos Aires. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4"), illustrated with lithographs by Raul Rosarivo. Copy #960 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer, Alberto Kraft, and the illustrator. Perhaps the most unique LEC binding, the upper half consisting of smooth rawhide wi…

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1957 · Charles Agvent

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.29 | ¥24,962)

Mexico City. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Cop…

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1957 · Charles Agvent

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.90 | ¥29,945)

Mexico City. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Cop…

THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1967 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.10 | £70.99 | ¥14,980)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/4") bound in full cowhide leather, dyed a light tan and worked over backbone hubs and heavy boards with the title stamped in gold leaf on red skiver labels and the coat-of-arms of Ferdinand and Isabella blindstamped on…

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1957 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Mexico City. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Cop…

THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1967 · Charles Agvent

$81.30 (€73.76 | £61.53 | ¥12,984)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/4") bound in full cowhide leather, dyed a light tan and worked over backbone hubs and heavy boards with the title stamped in gold leaf on red skiver labels and the coat-of-arms of Ferdinand and Isabella blindstamped on…

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1957 · Charles Agvent

$168.80 (€153.15 | £127.75 | ¥26,958)

Mexico City. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Cop…

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550

PRESCOTT, William Henry · 1957 · Charles Agvent

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.29 | ¥24,962)

Mexico City. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Cop…

FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO. A HISTORY OF MY EARLY LIFE

HUDSON, William Henry · 1943 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.10 | £70.99 | ¥14,980)

Buenos Aires. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4"), illustrated with lithographs by Raul Rosarivo. Copy #834 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer, Alberto Kraft, and the illustrator. Perhaps the most unique LEC binding, the upper half consisting of smooth rawhide wi…

India Called Them

William Henry Beveridge · 1947 · Salsus Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good 1st Edition George Allen and Unwin London 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall ix 418pp hardback, blue cloth gilt, frontispiece ex-university library with usual stamps and labels, with the personal library stamp of the artist Howard Hodgkin

OLIVER CROMWELL: An Historical Romance. Edited by Horace Smith.

[Herbert, William Henry]. · 1840 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Henry Colburn 1840. 1st Ed. 3 vols. Lightly browned heavily thumbed and sl. spotted throughout, gutter margin of title page in vol. 1 chipped and sl. worn, new e.ps., rebound in dark blue/green half crushed morocco with dark blue cloth boards, some minor rubbing to cloth, raised…

HISTORY OF THE PORT OF SWANSEA.

Jones, William Henry. · 1922 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Carmarthen W. Spurrell & Son 1922. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xi + 383pp. 13 maps including 2 folding and many double page, colour frontis., 8 b/w. plates. Light age toning, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. bumped, minor soiling.