HOWARD-BURY, CHARLES AND MALLORY, GEORGE LEIGH

Everest Reconnaisaance : The First Expedition of 1921

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340556021) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one lower page corner, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 254pp. The story of the first expedition to climb the slopes of Everest which started the lengthy process towards eventual success thrity-two years later. Following the death of one member of the party and the retirement through illness of another, the bulk of the work of testing the mountain's defences was left to two men, George Mallory and Guy Bullock. Near Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005732

Catalogue: Mountaineering / Caving

Keywords: Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Himalayas, Mountaineering, Climbing 0340556021

(Conroy, L.F.; Landon, G. Warren; Smith, Dan; Abbott, Aimee Greene; Roth, Herb; Neiman, Howard S.; Cole, Dr. Carter S.; Rose, William H.; Polk, Blanche C.; Sass, Alek; Kahles, C.W.; Masterman, Kate; Freund, John C.; Leigh, Henry S.; Norris, Frank; Ament,

The Pleiad 1913-1914. (6 Issues of "the Pleiad" from December 1913 Through May 1914 Bound in One Volume)

(New York: Pleiades Club, 1914). 1914). (New York: Pleiades Club, 1914). 1914). Very good. - Small quarto, 7 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. 6 issues, each with their own original pictorial wrappers, bound together in light brown boards backed with a matching suede spine. An illustrated pictorial title label is mounted on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled and the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 150 & [2] consecutively numbered pages. These 6 issues are each illustrated with full-page color cover illustrations, numerous textual and full-page monochrome illustrations and a total of 9 tipped-in color plates, including works by Dan Smith, L.F. Conry, H.B. Eddy, Rollin Kirby, J. Stuart Blackton, T.C. Viall, and E.F. Foley, among others. The front hinge is cracked and the corners of a couple of the tipped-in plates are creased. Very good.

As early as 1896, a group of Greenwich Village artists, poets and other artistic and literary personalities were meeting weekly at Maria Del Prato's Italian restaurant on MacDougal Street. The group, which became known as The Pleaides Club, included Paul Du Chaillu, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, William Garrison, Clara Louise Kellogg and other luminaries among its early members. As it grew and needed larger quarters, the group first moved to the Black Cat then to the Hungaria, eventually settling in at the Hotel Brevoort in 1906. The club's mission was simply to provide a convivial and friendly audience to inexperienced artists through its weekly meetings and publication of their work in its yearbook, The Pleiad. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 21451

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; ILLUSTRATED; POEMS; ART; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; NEW YORK CITY; THE PLEIADES CLUB; DAN SMITH; E.B. EDDY; T.C. VIALL; ROLLIN KIRBY; AIMEE GREENE ABBOTT; HENRY LEIGH; FRANK NORRIS; THE PLEIAD; BOUND VOLUME; YEARBOOK; YEAR BOOK; 1913

(Conroy, L.F.; Landon, G. Warren; Smith, Dan; Abbott, Aimee Greene; Roth, Herb; Neiman, Howard S.; Cole, Dr. Carter S.; Rose, William H.; Polk, Blanche C.; Sass, Alek; Kahles, C.W.; Masterman, Kate; Freund, John C.; Leigh, Henry S.; Norris, Frank; Ament,

The Pleiad 1913-1914. (6 Issues of "the Pleiad" from December 1913 Through May 1914 Bound in One Volume).

(New York: Pleiades Club, 1914). 1914). - Small quarto, 7 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. 6 issues, each with their own original pictorial wrappers, bound together in light brown boards backed with a matching suede spine. An illustrated pictorial title label is mounted on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled and the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 150 & [2] consecutively numbered pages. These 6 issues are each illustrated with full-page color cover illustrations, numerous textual and full-page monochrome illustrations and a total of 9 tipped-in color plates, including works by Dan Smith, L.F. Conry, H.B. Eddy, Rollin Kirby, J. Stuart Blackton, T.C. Viall, and E.F. Foley, among others. The front hinge is cracked and the corners of a couple of the tipped-in plates are creased. Good.

As early as 1896, a group of Greenwich Village artists, poets and other artistic and literary personalities were meeting weekly at Maria Del Prato's Italian restaurant on MacDougal Street. The group, which became known as The Pleaides Club, included Paul Du Chaillu, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, William Garrison, Clara Louise Kellogg and other luminaries among its early members. As it grew and needed larger quarters, the group first moved to the Black Cat then to the Hungaria, eventually settling in at the Hotel Brevoort in 1906. The club's mission was simply to provide a convivial and friendly audience to inexperienced artists through its weekly meetings and publication of their work in its yearbook, The Pleiad. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 35842

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; ILLUSTRATED; POEMS; ART; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; NEW YORK CITY; THE PLEIADES CLUB; DAN SMITH; E.B. EDDY; T.C. VIALL; ROLLIN KIRBY; AIMEE GREENE ABBOTT; HENRY LEIGH; FRANK NORRIS; THE PLEIAD; BOUND VOLUME; YEARBOOK; YEAR BOOK; 1913

Howard, Robert E./ Brackett, Leigh

Conan the Conqueror/the Sword of Rhiannon

Ace Double. 1953, 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book, A square solid tight unresd copy. The text block is browning, lightish rubbing wear, light cover edgewear, light wrinkles in the spine area, crease to the Conan cover. Pretty nice copy of a book that is becoming quite scarce. PBO. D-36. Very Good +.

Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 033301

Catalogue: Fantasy

Keywords: / Science Fiction

HOWARD, LEIGH

Crispin's Day

London: Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 265pp.. G+: in good plus condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. Bookseller stamp to fep .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: bbh414aa

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

HOWARD, LEIGH

Crispin's Day

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1952. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 265pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Ex school library with label on fep .

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Book number: bbh414ab

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

HOWARD, LEIGH

Crispin's Day

England, Longmans. 1952, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Unclipped jacket is very edge worn and has tears to corners which have been repaired with archival tape internally. Very Good/Good.

Caerwen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 027028

Keywords: MOSQUITO FIGHTER/BOMBER WORLD WAR 2 ; DAM BUSTERS

HOWARD, Leigh

Johnny's sister

London, Longman's Green and Co. 1954. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First edition . Smart copy in tight binding; red cloth with gilt lettering on spine; pages appear clean overall; tidy dust jacket, not price clipped, a little discoloured on spine. Dust jacket protected in removable clear film Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_43880_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS267986I

Kirkby, Howard & Joyce. (Ed. Maxwell Leigh).

Still Upon a Frontier. A History of Kingswood College 1892-1993.

Grahamstown 1994 1st edition Red cloth boards. 355pp illustrated 4to. 2.0kg. No inscription. A VG+ copy in matching dustwrapper. Minor wear only. The story of 100 years of this prestigious Methodist boarding school located in the city of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Includes Roll of Honour, Register of Staff, etc. An excellent well illustrated volume.

Fables BookhopProfessional seller

Book number: 28373

Keywords: education private public school south southern africa african

HOWARD LEIGH

The Aircraft Modeller's Guide 1933, 1935 and 1936

Buxton, Derbyshire, Military Library Research Service Ltd. 2006. Soft Cover, 8.75 x 6.25 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscription. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Very good reprints of each guide. 106 + 107 + 119pp. A combined edition of the Aircraft Modeller's Guide for the three years of 1933, 1935 and 1936. Extremely well illustrated with drawings of a multitude of aircraft of the 1930s. Details of flying clubs, units and squadrons and their badges. Scarce. Near Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 020841

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Airplanes, Crafts, Models Military

Leigh, Howard [ed]

The new book of the air / edited by Howard Leigh

London ; New York [etc.] : Oxford university press 1937. New Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Missing the title page. Physical description; 224 p. : incl. illus. plates (part col.; incl. facsims.) ports. col. front ; 27 x 20 cm. Notes; Illustrated t.-p. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Aeronautics ; Juvenile literature.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 286305

Leigh, Howard [ed]

The new book of the air / edited by Howard Leigh

London ; New York [etc.] : Oxford university press 1937. New Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 224 p. : incl. illus. plates (part col.; incl. facsims.) ports. col. front ; 27 x 20 cm. Notes; Illustrated t.-p. Audience; juvenile. Subjects; Aeronautics ; Juvenile literature.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 286306

LEIGH, HOWARD WITH A FOREWORD BY W. E. JOHNS

Planes of the Great War 1914-1918

London, England: John Hamilton Ltd, 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Poor dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The top spine ends have spots of fraying as well. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. Each described airplane has a tipped in black and white illustration on the opposite page. The dust jacket is laid-in and is is in several sections. " Howard Leigh was brought up in Edgbaston, close to an RAF recruitment depot. Upon leaving school in the late 1920’s, it was his brother-in-law, and ‘Biggles’ author, W E Johns who had initially encouraged Howard to make the most of his artistic skills. Beside this ‘apprenticeship’, he received no formal art training. It could be argued that this is evident in the naïveté of some of his early artwork, and his reluctance to include the human form in his illustrations! Certainly his strengths lay more in the grace, and technical accuracy of his work. For a while he worked with Johns in the “Aircraft & General Fine Art Company” which had been newly established in East Grinstead, Sussex. The output of this company included amongst others, aviation Christmas cards, playing cards, jigsaws, postcards and calendars. If any APCC readers have details of items produced by this company, I would be grateful (the only postcards I am aware of are by the artist Frank L Westley with “A&G” written vertically alongside his signature on the cards). By the early 1930’s, Leigh had established his name as an aviation artist and was beginning to contribute to aviation periodicals of the day (including the early issues of ‘Popular Flying’). During these years, he made several attempts at writing, restricting himself to aviation non-fiction, mainly historical. Most notable was his stunning book ‘Planes of the Great War 1914-1918’ (published by John Hamilton in 1934). ". Very Good in Poor dust jacket .

S. Howlett-West BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36521

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Howard Leigh W. E. Johns Aviation World War I Illustration Illustrated Editions Aeronautics / Astronautics