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158. Hole, rev. s. reynolds. a Book about the garden and the gardener. Edward Arnold. 1892.
£700
8vo. original pale green cloth, green rules, lettering and laurel wreath design to front, green rules to back, gilt lettering to spine; pp. viii + 259 + [4, ads.], frontispiece with original delicate watercolour decorations of flowers by previous owner throughout, including ffep, dedication page, head- and tail-pieces, with calligraphic inscription in brown ink of isaiah 61.11 to verso of dedication page; spine a little sunned, very good, unique thus. Provenance: signature of t.P. newman to ffep. given that this handwriting is the same as that of the Biblical inscription, it is reasonable to identify newman as the artist behind the very colourful and attractive illustrations.
First edition. s. reynolds hole was the Dean of rochester and the author of a number of popular books on flowers and gardens. this book is written in his typical conversational style, with observations on gardening mixed with character studies and personal reminiscences.
159. HoWard, H. eliot. territory in Bird life. John Murray. 1920.
£150
8vo. original blue cloth; pp. xiv + 308 + [2, ads.], 11 b&w plates by george lodge and henrik grönvold, two plans of water meadows; spine somewhat sunned, previous owner’s signatures to ffep and rear pastedown, otherwise very good.
First edition. the British birdwatcher henry eliot howard (1873 - 1940), author of the celebrated British Warblers, was most noted amongst naturalists for this work on territoriality. howard observed that male birds, rather than competing for females as classical and Darwinist biology presumed, in fact fought over territory and status. this little book proved to be a ground-breaking and influential work; in its wake biologists such as Konrad lorenz and edward o. Wilson extended the study of territoriality and social hierarchy to other species, including humans.
160. HUBBard, Charles Henry. hubbard’s Poultry secrets. Lime Rock, Connecticut: Hubbard’s Poultry Secrets. 1915
£75
small 8vo. original green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, patterned endpapers; pp. 95, 17 b&w plates, text illustrations; tear to margin of p. 41 with loss not affecting text, otherwise very good.
First edition. this is a guide to the raising of chickens for show by a prize- winning breeder of Black
orpingtons.the illustrations show some fine poultry specimens as well as a vast array of Mr hubbard’s prize pennants.
161. HUGHes-stanton, Penelope. Wood engravings of Blair hughes-stanton. Pinner. Private Libraries Association. 1991. £98
4to, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. a fine copy.
First edition, one of 1750 copies. about 140 engravings are reproduced, almost all full-size. also illustrated with photographs. a fine copy.
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162.HUssey, Christopher. the life of sir edwin lutyens. Antique Collectors’ Club, 1984.
£70
large thick 8vo. Publisher’s cloth, dustwrapper; pp. xxii + 602pp., portrait frontispiece, 178 b/w photo plates, line drawings within the text; light abrasion to a small area of the edge of the rear board, affecting dust jacket, otherwise a near fine copy in very good d/j.
Provenance: Patricia gibberd with her book label to the front pastedown. reprint of the first edition of 1950.
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