Search Results: Authors starting with F from Tarrington Books

London: The Cresset Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Browning to spine and edges of covers. Slight loss to ends of spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Beige cloth binding. A couple of light marks to page edges, light browning to pages. A few spots of foxing to page edges and front endpaper. Offsetting from some of the plates to facing text pages. Important study on the Bai People (Min Chia) of Yunnan Province in Southern China. Includes a Min Chia grammar and vocabulary. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 280

London: Duckworth, 1927. 1st Edition . Good. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Marking and light staining to covers. Foxing and browning to page edges, top page edge dusty. Light tanning to free endpapers, clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper, includes numerous photographic plates. Scarce. Overall condition is Good. Size: 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 296

Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1958. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7.25 x 9.75 inches (18.5 x 24.5 cm). Grey card wraps. Slight wrinkling to front cover, otherwise excellent. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 7.25 x 9.75 inches (18.5 x 24.5 cm). Paperback

London: John Murray, 1838. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Complete three volume set. Mid 20th Century brown buckram bindings with blue leather title labels. Page edges untrimmed, some pages unopened. Tanning to free endpapers, a little light foxing, text is otherwise in very clean condition throughout. An excellent example. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.65; USA £27.60; Oceania £30.50; Rest of World £25.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xv, 343 + viii, 404 + vii, 408

London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1930. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 20 cm). Lacking jacket. First printing. Blue cloth binding. Spine faded with very slight wear to ends. A little light marking to boards. Page edges untrimmed. Very clean text throughout. Inked note to p30 regarding the poem 'Remembrance and expectations' being authored by Hopkins' sister (This is a reference to the second edition of Hopkins' works, issued later in the same year, where editor Charles Williams noted the incorrect attribution.) Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (New Zealand author Dan Davin). The first biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Includes the first printing 'Nondum' and 'Easter' plus extracts from several other previously unpublished early poems. Scarce. Dunne G41. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: viii, 172

London: The Transatlantic Review, 1968. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Fading and slight creasing to spine. One page has been folded to upper corner, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 144

London: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd, 1943. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18.5 cm). Signed by Author. Lacking jacket. Red buckram binding. Fading to spine, a few marks and light stains to boards. Foxing to endpapers, a few spots and light marks to text. Tear and crease to outer margin of page 99/100. Inscribed and signed by the author to front pastedown endpaper. A rare vintage crime fiction title, WorldCat lists only three copies in libraries worldwide. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 144

London: The Transatlantic Review, 1967. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Some rubbing to covers, very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 144

Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1949. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good. 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 23 cm). Offprint from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. XXIII, No. 3. Blue card wraps, bound into paper covered boards with title label to front cover. Light marking to covers, previous owner's name inside front board otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: pp268-306

London: Mudie and Sons, 1895. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm). Green cloth binding illustrated in gilt and read to front board, all edges gilt. Light damp marking to boards, very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18 cm). Hardback

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1901. Very Good Plus. 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Green cloth binding illustrated in gilt and red to front board, all page edges gilt, decorative endpapers. Slight fading and rubbing to spine. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1906). Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: iii, 141, 28 plates, vii (index), [8] (ads)

London: The New Leader, 1927. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 10.25 x 14 inches (26 x 35 cm). Includes articles: The War Danger - IV. Drifting to Niagara (F. Seymour Cocks); The Real Clydeside Revolution - Artistic Wild Men (P.J. Dollan). Browning and light foxing, some chipping to edges. A few pencilled margin markings. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 10.25 x 14 inches (26 x 35 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 16

London: The New Leader, 1927. 1st Edition . Good. 10.25 x 14 inches (26 x 35 cm). Includes articles: The War Danger - I. Chamberlain's Policy (F. Seymour Cocks); Criminals Against Society - The Owners in the Dock (P.J. Dollan). Soiling, browning and foxing, some chipping to edges. A few pencilled margin markings. Overall condition is Good. Size: 10.25 x 14 inches (26 x 35 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 16

London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co, 1894. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 6.5 inches (11 x 16.5 cm). Beige buckram binding. Light foxing to endpaper, slight browning to pages. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 6.5 inches (11 x 16.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 133

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Original brown blind stamped cloth binding. Slight wear to ends of spine, a few light stains to rear board and foot of spine. Ex Liverpool Chemist's Association Library with bookplate and number to front pastedown endpaper and a black lending label to rear pastedown endpaper. No stamps, very clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper (J.C. Sykes). A nice solid example of the scarce first edition. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 235, 12

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1915. Reprint . Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Pale green cloth binding. Browning to spine. Browning to page edges and endpapers, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 379

London: Faber and Faber, 2004. 1st Edition . Fine. 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Signed by Author. First impression. Signed by the author (without dedication) to title page. First class condition throughout. Overall condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0571221556. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 218

London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 10.75 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm). First printing. Quarter green cloth with paper covered boards, illustrated to front board. Boards have a little light marking Wear to corners, bumping to upper corners. Foxing to first few pages and to final page, a few light marks to text. Plate facing p16 has erased pencil scribbling, which has left slight marking. Later gift inscription to front free endpaper. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 31

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1912. Early Reprint . Very Good Plus/Good. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Rare original jacket. Section of loss to front cover, light staining and marking to spine, slight wear to top edge. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Early reprint of the author's first novel. Was not published in the UK until 1915 when it was issued as 'Chronicles of the Imp'. Green cloth binding with colour panel to front board. Small section of loss to lower margin of one page (text unaffected), one plate has slight damage to inner margin (an original binding flaw), the book is otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 289

Cambridge: Printed at the University Press for the Parker Society, 1845. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). Complete two volume set. Black blind stamped cloth bindings with gilt decoration. Page edges untrimmed, some pages unopened. Exceptional clean bindings. Browning to page edges and endpapers. A few occasional spots of foxing to text but overall a very clean set. Two inscriptions to front free endpaper (dated 1849 and 1882). Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: lvi, pp1-256 + pp257-559