2971. Hawkins, Desmond.

Avalon and Sedgemoor.

Second edition. Cornwall, Tabb House Ltd., 1989. 21 x 15,5 cm. 192 pages and 30 illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear such as rubbed edges and minor stains.

2972. Hawthorne, James.

Two Centuries of Irish History. Based on a BBC Radio Series. Edited by James Hawthorne.

London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1969. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 136 pages, 27 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

2973. Hayashi, Tadayuki/ Jukes, Geoffrey (eds.)

Building Nation, State and Regime: Some Post-Communist Examples.

Sapporo, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 1997. 19 x 26 cm. 131 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of wear. [Occasional Papers on Changes in the Slavic-Eurasian World – No. 23].

2974. [Haydee, Marcia] Kilian, Hannes.

Marcia Haydee. Porträt einer grossen Tänzerin. Mit Textbeiträgen von Heinz-Ludwig Schneiders, Horst Koegler und John Percival.

Erste Auflage. Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1975. 23,5 x 30,5 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 100 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Leinen. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Enthält einen Zeitungsauschnitt bezüglich Marcia Haydee. Aus der Bibliothek des Margot Fonteyn – Photographen Keith Money ! / From the library of Margot Fonteyn – Photographer Keith Money !

2975. Hayes, John R. (ed.)

The Genius of Arab Civilization: Source of Renaissance.

New York, New York University Press, 1975. 28 cm x 32 cm. X, 231 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2976. [Hays, Mary] Wedd, A.F.

The Fate of the Fenwicks – Letters to Mary Hays (1798-1828).

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1927. Octavo (14.5 cm wide x 22 cm high). XVI, 248 pages (including Appendix and Index) plus 8 pages of a book-catalogue to the rear “Methuen’s General Literature”. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. The spine detaching. The binding otherwise firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minor signs of foxing. A very, very rare book !!

2977. Hayward, Richard.

Munster and the City of Cork. With pencil drawings by Raymond Piper.

London, Pheonix House, 1964. 18 cm x 26 cm. XIV, 354 pages, 120 half-tone illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Price-clipped dustjacket. Otherwise in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private gift-inscription (not by author).

2978. Hazlitt, W.Carew.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine. [Mentioning also Thomas Muffet’s “Health’s Improvement” from 1655 and a longer chapter: “The Early Englishman and his Food”] Essays also include: “Royal Fests and Savage Pomp” / “Cookery Books” [including a small bibliography of 38 important cookery publications from before 1850: The Book of Carving by W. de Worde / The Treasury of Commodious Conceits and Hidden Secrets by John Partridge / The Good Housewife’s Jewel by Thomas Dawson / etc. etc. / Also included is a chapter on “Early Receipts” – Select Extracts from an early receipt-book: “To make Dutch-Beef / To make a Ragout of Pigs-Ears / Meat-Pies and Puddings / Sweet Puddings / Cakes (To make Shrewsbury Cakes) / To make Whetstone Cakes / Conserves, Dried and Candied Fruits, Marmalades etc. Another essay is: “Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor” / “Meats and Drinks” / “The Kitchen” – “Etiquette of the Table”.

London, Elliot Stock, 1886. Wide Octavo. 271 pages including an Index. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Large paper edition (fine india paper) with extra – wide space next to the text for notes. Deckled Edges. Binding slightly rubbed with a tiny defect to upper spine. Very fine and only minor foxing to some pages. [The Book-Lover’s Library. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley]

2979. Headlam, Maurice / [Arland Ussher].

Irish Reminiscences [Association – copy between Maurice Headlam and Arland Ussher, not only signed and inscribed in length by Maurice Headlam but also including two 4-page-manuscript letters by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher, reflecting on Ussher’s publication “The Face and Mind of Ireland”].

First edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1949. Octavo. Frontispiece – Photograph, 244 pages. Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed on endpaper. Two manuscript letters loosely inserted. Manuscript entry, correction/explanation/annotations by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher on page 166 and page 175.

2980. Healey, Denis.

The Time of My Life.

London, Michael Joseph, 1989. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 607 pages. With 52 illustrations. Original Hardcover, with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.