Search Results: Authors starting with G from Tarrington Books

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt armorial to front board. Rubbing and light marking to boards, front free endpaper has been neatly removed. Foxing to pastedown endpapers, tanning to rear free endpaper. Light browning to plates and facing pages, clean text throughout. Account of the history and development of British zoos - specifically London Zoo, the Aquarium at London Zoo, and Whipsnade Zoo. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: viii, 240

London: Penguin Books, 1941. First Penguin Edition . Good Plus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Plain rear cover. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 288

London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., 1923. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). First printing of this collection of 21 short stories. Selected by J.D. Beresford. Red cloth binding. Light marking and rubbing to boards. Slight wear to ends of spine. Foxing to page edges and first couple of pages, clean text throughout. Lacking front free endpaper. Scarce. (Geoffrey H. Wells 'The Works of H.G. Wells' p222). Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 279

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1946. Reprint . Very Good/Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Dust jacket: Wear and tears to edges. Loss to foot of spine and top edge of rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Red cloth binding. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, very clean text throughout. Overall book 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: xvi, 294, 8 (ads)

London: Penguin Books, 1937. 3rd Impression . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Dust jacket: Slight wear to ends of spine. . Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Third printing in the Pelican series. This title is unusual in that it was originally issued as No. 31 in the Penguin main series (in 1936) but was then moved to the Pelican series in 1937. Slight wear to head of spine. Light crease to upper corner of the pages. Light browning to page edges and margins. Very clean text throughout. . Overall book 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: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 320

Aldershot: Gale and Polden Limited, 1956. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Spine browned and has wear to head. Clean covers. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing. Red cloth binding. Slight flecking to edges of boards. Head of spine has a short tear and slight fading. Slight bumping to corners. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 341

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1912. 5th Impression . Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Lacking jacket. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine. Fading to spine, slight wear to head of spine. Browning to page edges and endpapers. Clean maps and text. This edition is unusual in that it stands 6mm taller than the standard size of other volumes in the series. Complete with all 27 fold-out colour maps. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper (dated July 1913). . Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, xxvii (maps), 93

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1912. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). First (and only) printing. Lacking jacket. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt spine. Slight fading to spine. Browning to page edges, very clean maps and text. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 226

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1935. Revised and Reset Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Burgundy cloth binding. Slight fading to spine. Light browning to page edges. Scattered foxing to preliminary pages, otherwise very clean throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 268, 4, 16 (ads)

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1912. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). First and only impression printed in 1912, this example was bound circa 1935 in plain cloth and with ads at the rear listing 925 volumes in the series. Lacking jacket. Inked note to front pastedown endpaper. A couple of small rust spots to rear pastedown endpaper, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Includes an original Everyman's Library advertising bookmark (930 titles) . Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 226, 16 (ads)

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1924. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 7.5 x 9.75 inches (18.5 x 25 cm). Decorative blue cloth binding. Fading to spine and board edges. Good solid binding. Clean text throughout. Complete with eight tipped-in colour plates (one with creasing to lower corner). School prize volume with gilt design to front board (Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow) and prize of bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 7.5 x 9.75 inches (18.5 x 25 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 219

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1932. 1st Edition, 2nd Impression . Good Plus. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Second printing (making 40,000 copies.) Lacking jacket. Orange cloth binding with slight flecking to rear board. Foxing to page edges and first and last few pages, scattered spotting to text. The front panel of the original jacket has been pasted to the front free endpaper, and sections from the spine and rear panel of the jacket also pasted to the front pastedown endpaper. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 312

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1934. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). First printing of the second full length novel to feature Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Lacking jacket. Beige cloth binding with red lettering, red dyed top page edge. Browning and light marking to spine. Browning and foxing to page edges. Light foxing to endpapers and ads. Heavier foxing to prelims and text up to p12, occasional light spotting elsewhere. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 312

London: Mayflower Books, 1970. 1st Paperback Edition . Very Good. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Light marking to covers, slight creasing to spine, pages browned to margins. 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: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 175

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1896. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19 cm). Maroon cloth binding with black decoration. Rubbing and slight wear to spine. Bumping to corners. Light stain to rear board. Cracking to endpaper joints, rear joint is a little loose. Some margin markings and notes (in light pencil). W.H. Smith subscription library label to front pastedown endpaper, no other library markings, stamps or labels. Previous owner's name to title page. Several fold-out maps, all in very good condition. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiv, 295

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1974. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Dust jacket: A couple of short tears to edges. A little light marking. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Grey cloth binding. Very clean condition throughout. Scarce. . Overall book 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. ISBN: 0838777708. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 97

New York: Charles Scribner's School, 1942. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Spine worn and torn. Loss to ends of spine and corners of covers. Light soiling to rear cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: First printing. Green buckram binding. Tanning to endpapers. Light stain to lower margin of all pages up to the title page and to all plates. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Scarce. . Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 408

London: Penguin Books, 1951. First Penguin Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Overall book 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 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 317 + [3] (Ad)

London: Duckworth, 1929. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Very clean original jacket. Wear to top edge. A couple of short tears to edges of front cover with archival tape repairs to reverse. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing. Green buckram binding. A few light marks to page edges. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. Overall book 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 £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 1150

London: Penguin Books, 1951. First Penguin Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Overall book 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 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 317 + [3] (Ad)