3261. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

3262. Hill, Geoffrey.

Lachrimae, A Sonnet Sequence containing Lachrimae Verae – Pavana Dolorosa – Martyrium – Lachrimae Coactae – The Masque of Blackness – Lachrimae Antiquae Novae – Lachrimae Amantis – In: Agenda – Fifteenth Anniversary Special Issue – An Anthology of New Poems.

First Edition. London, Agenda, 1975. 8°. 134, (2) pages (overall volume). Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Volume 12, No. 4 – Vol. 13, No. 1. Winter-Spring 1975].

3263. Hill, John Spencer.

The Last Castrato.

New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1995. 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm. 269 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3264. Hill, M.F.

The Dual Policy in Kenya. Being a collection of articles, published in the Kenya Weekly News, between July, 1943, and March, 1944, on the past, the present, and the future of Kenya Colony.

Nakuru, The Kenya Weekly News, no year (c.1944). 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 276 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth]. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Corners bumped. Boards show smudges and fading. Tears to gutter between pastedowns and endpapers. Binding somewhat shaky but book block intact. Internally clean and bright with sharp corners.

3265. Hill, Nathan.

The Nix.

London, Picador, 2017 Octavo. 625 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

3266. Hill, Peter.

Whithorn & St Ninian. The Excavation of a Monastic Town 1984-91.

Stroud, Sutton Publishing Limited, 1997. 30,5 cm x 21,5 cm. XI, 643 pages. With many black-and-white drawings, maps and several full colour photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. In protective mylar.

3267. Hillaby, John.

Journey Through Britain.

London, Paladin, 1971. 11 cm x 19.5 cm. 238 pages. Several black and white photographs in centre of book and maps throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing and discolouration to the edges and endpapers only.

3268. Hillaby, John.

Journey Through Britain [The amazing account of Hillaby’s walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats]. Photographs by Tim Stephens.

London, The Folio Society, 1987. Small Quarto (19 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). 174 pages with photographs interspersed. Hardcover in slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing, as usual to slipcase and binding only. Interior excellent.

3269. Hillegas, Howard C.

Oom Paul’s People – A Narrative Of The British-Boer Troubles in South Africa, with a History of The Boers, The Country, And Its Institutions. Illustrated with Eight Photographs and a Map of South Africa.

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1899. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 308 pages. 8 plates. Map of South Africa at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering and pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Preowner’s details on front endpaper.

3270. Hillman, James.

The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling.

New York, Random House, 1996. 14 x 23.5cm. (12), 334 pages. Original softcover. Mild foxing to edges, text annotations and underlining, otherwise good condition. Inscribed with previous owner’s name.

3271. Hillsborough, Romulus.

Shinsengumi – The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps.

Tokyo, Rutland (Vermont), Singapore, Tuttle Publishing, 2005. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XXV, 230 pages. Illustrated with four black-and-white photographs and four maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket illustrated with photograph of miniature Shinsengumi Banner. Cover image of Samurai courtesy of Masataka Kojima. Cover design by Horuga Yakobusu. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3272. Hilzheimer, Max.

Die Haustiere in Abstammung und Entwicklung [Mit Kapiteln zum “Kamel” und “Büffel”]. Eine natur- und kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung.

Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, ca. 1909. 8°. 100 Seiten. Mit 1 Tafel und 56 Textabbildungen. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Wenige Bleistiftanstreichungen. Fraktur. [Naturwissenschaftliche Wegweiser – Herausgegeben von Kurt Lampert – Band 11].

3273. [Himalaya / Darjeeling].

Collection of two (2) 19th century photographs of traditional tourist locations in Darjeeling / India. Included are: 1. View of the Himalaya from Plateau in Darjeeling / 2. The Loop at Agony Point Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway.

Darjeeling, c.1890. 20 cm x 15.7 cm. 2 Photographs, possibly produced by british photographers Samuel Bourne & Charles Shepherd. Original Prints on paper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interestingly: People in India can see the Himalayas for the first time in ‘decades,’ as the lockdown during the Covid-19-Pandemic eases air pollution. The view in this historical 19th-century-photograph is a reminder of Nature’s need to breath.

3274. Himmelheber, Georg.

Biedermeier 1815-1855. Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Decorative Arts and Fashion.

Abridged and revised edition. Munich, Prestel, 1989. 23cm x 31cm. 272 pages with 386 illustrations, 194 in full colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3275. Himmelheber, Georg / Schneider, Ulrich.

Schönes Schach. Die Spiele des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums in München und des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in Nürnberg. Mit Leihgaben aus dem Münchner Stadtmuseum und dem Spielzeugmuseum der Stadt Nürnberg Museum Lydia Bayer.

Nürnberg, Verlag GNM, 1988. 27 cm x 22 cm. 113 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

3276. Himmelwright, A.L.A.

The Pistol and Revolver.

New York, J.J.Little & Co., 1908. 8°. 157 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration spine and frontcover). The book in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very few handwritten notes in the rear. Absolutely rare hardcover edition.

3277. Hinckley, Julian.

“E” – The complete and somewhat mad history of the family of Montague Vincent, Esq., Gent.

First Edition. New York, Duffield & Company, 1914. 8°. 387 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Ownership-notification on front and rear pastedown as well as on the halftitle. Overall excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / mild foxing to edges and pastedowns only (very good+/near Fine). Absolutely Rare publication.

3278. Hindemith, Paul.

Cardillac. Textbuch. Oper in drei Akten (vier Bildern) von Ferdinand Lion. Musik von Paul Hindemith. Opus 39.

Mainz, B. Schott’s Söhne, 1964. 13 x 20 cm. 36 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

3279. Hindemith, Paul.

Mathis der Maler. Textbuch. Oper in sieben Bildern. 1935.

Mainz, B. Schott’s Söhne, 1966. 13 x 20 cm. 56 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

3280. Hine, Montague L.

May and Worth’s Manual of Diseases of the Eye.

Tenth Edition. London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1949. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece (Colour diagram: Horizontal Section of Eyeball), XII, 548 pages. Several black and white drawing and diagrams. 32 colour plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen to free endpaper.