Hilaire Belloc

The Highways and Its Vehicles

London, The Studio Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. 888th copy of the first limited edition of Belloc's historical study of transport. The first limited edition illustrated copy of Hilaire Belloc's The Highway and its Vehicles. This is copy 888 out of the 1250 printed for this edition. Belloc outlines a brief history of transport all around the world and the simultaneous developments of vehicles and highways respectively.Hilaire Belloc was a French and English writer and historian. Other transport works include The Path to Rome (1902), but he was most successful in religious poetry and verse for children, such as Cautionary Tales for Children (1907). Illustrated with 25 colour plates and 105 monochrome plates.The book includes many pieces of historical art and illustrations.Gold engraved lettering to the front board and spine and illustrated pastedowns and endpapers.Collated, complete. Original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Some bumping on the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is faded and slightly worn. Minor marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. A few occasional spots to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Inscription on the verso of the half-title detailing the issue number as 888. Tissue guards are present and in-tact, except for the tissue guard for plate 94 which is working loose. Plate 45 is missing. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 823W8

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: History Transport Illustrated hilaire belloc Transport Various

Belloc, Hilaire

Hilaire Belloc

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d. [circa 1926]. n.d. [circa 1926]. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d. [circa 1926]. n.d. [circa 1926]. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are soiled & darkened with the tail of the spine chipped. There is an owner's ink name on the front wrap. There is a small piece out of the top corner of the rear wrap & 2 tiny chips out of its front edge. iv & pages 5-30. There is soiling to the front margin of 1 page & light staining to another. Good only.

First American edition.

A title in the series "The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry". Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 11261

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; BRITISH; HILAIRE BELLOC; THE AUGUSTAN BOOKS OF MODERN POETRY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

BELLOC Hilaire

Hilaire Belloc. An Anthology of his Prose and Verse. Selected by W.N. Roughead. FIRM COPY

Hart-Davis,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, terracotta top, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 28967

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, belloc, hilaire belloc,

Hilaire Belloc

Hills and the Sea

London, Methuen & Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this series of essays by Hilaire Belloc, a fascinating selection of thirty-eight pieces in total. The first edition of this work.A selection of thirty-eight essays by the Franco-English author Hilaire Belloc, many of which had been published previously in a variety of journals.Including 'The North Sea', 'The Inn of the Margeride', 'A Family of the Fens', 'The Cerdagne', 'At the Sign of the Lion', and more.Published in the same year that Belloc became a Liberal MP for Salford South. Forty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated August 1906. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Small chip to the spine. Odd spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 780P52

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Hills and the Sea essays Hilaire belloc the north sea essays the pyrenean hive arles None

BELLOC,HILAIRE

THE HISTORIC THAMES

London 1988, 128 pp., plates, dust jacket c164

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Book number: 220125

Catalogue: Topography

BELLOC, HILAIRE

The Historic Thames

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1907. Hardcover. Ill.: Quinton, A. R. Used, Hardcover (no jacket; decorated front board and spine). Exterior is marked; spine is sunned; edges slightly worn. Spine is worn at ends, with nick at head; slit down almost entire length of front spine side, exposing webbing beneath, but remains intact (cosmetic effect only). Corners are bumped and worn, slightly affecting pages within. Page block and endpapers are tanned; foxing, a few age-related marks and one or two further minor marks on pages within. Content is clear. TS. Good.

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Book number: 503619

Catalogue: Travel & Geography

Keywords: Quinton, A.R.

HILAIRE BELLOC

The Historic Thames

London, J. M. Dent -The Wayfarer's Library. 1922, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper darkened, frayed on edges, split and torn on spine; name on flyleaf, couple of lines in pencil on rear endpaper. Red cloth, tinted title page and portrait frontispiece, portrait reproduced on jacket, signature looks like W H Gaffyn or Gafeyn. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 005513

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Topography England History Thames Local History Literature, Essays Etc.

Hilaire Belloc

The Historic Thames

London , J. M. Dent and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical guide to the river Thames, charmingly illustrated in colour by A. R. Quinton. The first edition of the work. With a frontispiece and fifty seven full page colour plates by A. R. Quinton. Zion House has been bound incorrectly at page one hundred. Collated complete. In the original pictorial cloth. Hilaire Belloc was a Franco-English author, perhaps best known for his 'Cautionary Tales for Children&apos. Belloc also wrote a number of travel works, including this one, which offers a considerate insight into the history of the river and its influence as well as description of the geography and social history of the surrounding settlements. Illustrated by A. R. Quinton, a renowned watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes. In the original pictorial green cloth binding. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the boards and extremities. Slight bumping to the extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting, slightly heavier to the first and last few pages. Pages roughly cut. Very Good . Ill.: A. R. Quinton. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 822K3

Catalogue: British Topography

Keywords: Thames River Hilaire Belloc A. R. Quinton River A. R. Quinton

BELLOC Hilaire

A History of England. Vol. I. Pagan England. Catholic England: I: The Dark Ages. B.C. 55 to A.D. 1066 BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Methuen,, [1925]. 8vo., First Edition, with maps, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE. Cahill 87A.

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Book number: 28836

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, belloc, hilaire belloc

BELLOC, Hilaire

Isabel de Inglaterra, hija de las circunstancias / Traduc. de Miguel de Hernani

Buenos Aires: Ed. Sudamericana, 1943.- 271 p.; 4º menor (22 x 14,5 cm); Tela Ed..* El lomo algo manchado. HISTORIA Y POLÍTICA DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI E HISTORIAS GENERALES EXTRANJERAS Libro en español (Hardcover)

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Book number: 46317

Belloc, Hilaire

Die Juden. Übersetzung und Nachwort von Theodor Haecker.

München, Verlag Josef Kösel & Friedrich Pustet, 1927. Or. cloth, XV+I, 232p.Letters op back and frontcover vague; binding a bit discoloured; for the rest a good copy.

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Book number: 13640

Catalogue: Judaica

Keywords: Duitse literatuur Judaïca

BELLOC Hilaire

The Last Rally. A Story of Charles II.

Cassell,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, free endpapers lightly browned, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21912

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern firsts, hilaire belloc, charles ii, hilaire belloc, modern first editions, last, rally

BELLOC, Hilaire

Malplaquet

London, Stephen Swift, 1911. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in red cloth . 1st edition. Pages clean; binding tight; spine slightly faded. British Battles series. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS147933I

BELLOC Hilaire

The Man who made Gold. With Drawings by G.K. Chesterton. FRANCIS STEER'S COPY

Arrowsmith,, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 16 full-page illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly offset; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, maroon top, covers mildly age-marked else a good, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS W STEER FRHistS AND BEARS HIS ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN.Cahill 114.

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Book number: 28976

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, belloc, hilaire belloc, gk chesterton, gilbert keith chesterton

BELLOC Hilaire

Many Cities. Illustrated by Edmond L Ware.

Constable,, 1928. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 63 plates, fore-edges lightly spotted; original blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, clean, fresh copy. Sold from an institution with its presentation bookplate on front paste-down, neat number on front free endpaper and small blind stamp on title. Cahill, 101.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21322

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern firsts, hilaire belloc, edmond warre, hilaire belloc, modern first editions, many, cities