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HARDYMAN, G[eorge]. [Manuscript lecture notes]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [136]pp. Occasional tipped in leaves of letterpress text extracted from contemporary medical publications. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, grey cloth boards, contrasting red morocco letteringpiece, lettered in gilt "G. Hardyman' to upper board, spine dated 1885-86. Rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33484
[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323
HARDING, Mrs. Edward. The book of the peony. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917. First edition. Quarto. 259pp, [1]. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, 40 further illustrated plates, of which some chromolithograph, some engraved, and some photographic, and one engraved map. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth boards, pictorial paper label pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with bumping to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34564
HARDING, G. Lankester. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual No. VI: Four Tomb Groups from Jordan. [London]. Published by Order of the Committee, 1953. First edition. Folio. xi, [1], 72pp, [4]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher’s printed light blue wrappers. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. From the reference library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27190
HARDINGE, Lt. H. R. von D.. The semaphore alphabet. With Letters and signs re-arranged so as to be more easily learnt. London. Forster Groom & Co., 1903. Revised edition. Dimensions 360 x 560mm, folded to 100 x 146 mm. Folding chart, mounted on linen and pasted into original publisher's cloth boards, paper lettering-piece. A little rubbed and marked, some splitting to joints of boards, some darkening to lettering-piece; the folding chart itself is remarkably clean but for a single pencilled correction, and slight occasional lifting from the linen backing at folds. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30272
HANWAY, Mr. [Jonas]. Three letters to the marine society, On the Occasion of their clothing Men and Boys for the Sea, pointing out the various advantages accruing to the nation from this institution... London. Sold by R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. Quarto. viii, 32, 23, [1], 67, [1], 14pp, [2]. Letter I is of the third edition, corrected and enlarged. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved vignettes. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25148
[HANWAY, Jonas]. A letter from a member marine society of the marine society. Shewing the Piety, Generosity, and Utility of their design, with respect to the sea-service, at this important Crisis. Addressed to all true friends of their country. London. Printed and sold by J. Waugh et al., 1757. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 117pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black. Near contemporary gilt-tooled polished calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, cracking to joints, upper board detached, loss to head of spine. Loss to FEP from earlier removal of bookplate, light spotting to frontispiece and title-page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 18020
HANSSEN, Helmer. Gjennem isbaksen: atten år med Roald Amundsen. Oslo. Forlagt av H. Aschehoug & Co., 1941. Attende tusen [i.e. eighteenth thousand]. 8vo. 218pp, [4]. With seven photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed tan buckram boards, lettered in silver. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of Arctic explorer George Back, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23451
[HANSON, Sir Levett]. An accurate historical account of all the orders of knighthood at present existing In europe. London. Printed for J. White, [1802]. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xlviii, 240pp, [4], 515pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of errata. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy straight-grain morocco, Rubbed, with significant surface wear to joints and edges, upper joint split. Book-label of Edward, Duke of Norfolk to FEP, armorial bookplate of James Russell McLaren to FFEP. Spotting to blank fly-leaves, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27544
HAMS, Lieut.-Col. H. A. The Post Office of India in the Great War. Bombay. The Time Press, 1922. First edition. Quarto. [6], viii, 430pp. With a half-title, a photographic frontispiece, and numerous photographic illustrations in the text. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, red cloth boards. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, leaves browned, small worm-tracks running throughout - touching text in places without loss of sense, occasional ink and blind stamps of the Elphinstone College Library, Bombay. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31018
HAMILTON, Walter. The east india gazetteer; containing Particular Descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of hindostan, and the adjacent countries, india beyond the ganges, and the Eastern Archipelago... London. Printed for John Murray, 1815. First edition. 8vo. xv, 862pp. With an engraved folding map. Contemporary gilt-tooled half- calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Hinges exposed, recent ink-stamp of E. Alistair Smith to recto of FFEP, with his inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32791