Search Results: Authors starting with T from Zetetic Books

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. xi, [1], 504pp, original cloth, title and author in gilt to spine, black blocked border and floral device to upper cover, repeated in blind to lower cover, primrose endpapers. Chipped to spine ends with small amount of loss, cloth slightly split to outer hinges but holding well, spine faded, covers slightly faded, rubbed to extremities, previous owners name to front endpaper, otherwise internally quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

Colne: J. Wilkinson Photographic cabinet card of a group of tanners / leather workers, approximately 165mm x 110mm in size, n.d. probably between 1872 and 1896. Corners very slightly chipped, image quite bright and clean. Reverse is blank. Details of J.[oseph] Wilkinson of Colne appear in several directories, the earliest being Worrall's Directory of 1872, appearing again in Barratt's Directory of 1879, Kelly's of 1885 and Barratt's again in 1896. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 16mo (Oblong). Cabinet Card.

No Place: No Publisher Single sided printed poster, approximately 635mm x 955mm in size, probably printed in New York. Slightly curled from rolling, otherwise bright and clean. Unknown. Unbound. Good+. Double Elephant. Poster.

Munich: Projektgruppe Technologie Munchen, 1972. 30pp, with double sided broadsheet supplement, a single issue of PTM Info, approximately 295mm x 420mm in size. Edges lightly browned, slightly rubbed and creased with spots of light foxing, upper cover with small amount of staining to top right hand corner, but generally fairly clean. PTM Info was the journal for students of engineering and natural sciences at the technical college in Munich. This issue, number five, dated May 1972, has a front cover with pictures of Thomas Weissbecker, Georg von Rauch and Petra Schelm, members of various radical groups including the RAF and 2nd June Movement, all murdered by the German police in 1971/2. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. Elephant Folio. Newspaper.

London: Oxford University Press, 1947. [6], vii-xi, [4], 2-373pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine dulled, slightly chipped to corners. Hint of foxing to edges of text block, two notices from the T.L.S. pasted to rear pastedown, otherwise quite clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

No Place: No Publisher Carte-de-Visite of the interior of Crystal Palace at Sydenham, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1865? Quite bright and clean. Reverse is blank. Attractive image of the interior of the main gallery of the rebuilt Crystal Palace. Probably by Paul-Emile Chappuis (See the other CdV of Crystal Palace). Unknown. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

Columbia, Maryland: The Feminist Press Single sided printed poster, approximately 445mm x 570mm in size, n.d. c.1971. Creased from old folds, otherwise quite bright and clean. Both 'The Dragon and the Doctor' and 'Challenge to Become a Doctor' (described as 'new books') were published in 1971. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Illus. by Ashby, Gail. Elephant Folio. Poster.

London: The India League, 1941. 32pp, original paper covers. Spine lightly faded, light foxing to rear cover, pages browned. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: J. Tabby [Printer], 1831. Single sided broadside, approximately 215mm x 340mm in size. Slightly chipped to edges, small spot to centre and one towards foot, otherwise quite bright and clean. A benefit for Mr. [James] Wallack, an actor and later manager, with a Napoleon related play, 'The Little Corporal; or, the School of Bonaparte', relating to his time at the military school at Brienne and the celebrated snow ball fight led by Napoleon in the winter of 1783-4, with a 'terrific bombardment with snow balls!' Also appearing were Cooke's Equestrian establishment and his 'celebrated stud of ponies', promising a 'grand attack of Lilliputian cavalry'. The printer was (I think) J.[ohn] Tabby (whose printing of his own imprint doesn't act as a very good advert for his services), see BBTI. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadside.

Glasgow: W. & W. Miller, 1841. [4], v-viii, 436pp. Publishers green embossed cloth, title in gilt to spine. Spine worn, with damage to ends, corners bumped, covers worn with a couple of small amounts of loss of cloth to lower cover. Paper lightly browned throughout, with very occasional heavier browning, regular light foxing, but nothing too obtrusive. Issues 1-104, with a separate title page and index, each issue is 4pp. There were another forty-two issues, ie. one hundred and forty-six in total. It "propagated Chartist and democratic principles" (Warwick). Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals 506; Harrison / Thompson, page 101 and Ashton, Fyson and Roberts 396. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Folio. Newspaper.

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. xii, 308pp, contemporary full morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with volute corner pieces and cross centre piece, covers with dog-tooth roll bordering a double fillet framing an elaborate flower and leaf roll and a concaved side diamond centre piece, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, a.e.g., curl marbled endpapers. Worn to extremities, especially outer joints, minor chipping to spine ends. Internally lightly browned, with some light dampstaining to head of plates, but fairly bright and clean. With the bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to front pastedown, from the library of Eric Quayle. An "unusual example of mid-Victorian commercial book design .... the letterpress machining of Richard Clay is superb" (McLean - Victorian Book Design - Pg 68). Binding is by Bain . First Edition. Full Morocco. Good. Illus. by Shaw, Henry. 8vo.

New York: E. And H.T. Anthony Carte-de-Visite of Mr and Mrs General Tom Thumb, approximately 60mm x 100mm in size, dated ?1863, (possibly 1865). Image slightly rubbed, some browning, otherwise clean, reverse is printed with the details of E. and H.T. Anthony, with the facsimile signatures of both Charles Stratton and Livinia Stratton. For a full account of the Stratton's life and career, see Bogdan, 'Freak Show', pages 148-161. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

No Place: No Publisher, 1871. Single sided engraved ticket, completed in manuscript, approximately 75mm x 115mm in size. Lightly browned, very minor surface soiling. A matriculation ticket for John Geo. MacNeill, ?signed by Sinclair Manson, the librarian of the College from 1868-1878. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Ticket.

No Place: No Publisher, 1856. Single sided engraved ticket, approximately 100mm x 70mm in size. Light surface abrasions with small amounts of loss to colour, corners of reverse with minor glue staining, generally quite bright. A lady's admission ticket to the consecration of the new lodge in Blyth, Northumberland, which met on second Wednesday of the month according to Hyneman's 'Universal Masonic Record'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 64mo (Oblong). Ticket.

No Place: No Publisher, 1847. Single sided engraved ticket, approximately 90mm x 65mm in size. Browned, some light abrasions to surface with slight loss of text (?Sec.) to right hand side, reverse lightly stained with ink and soiled from handling. The membership card of Robert ???, No. 136, and signed beneath by the Secretary D.[aniel] Campbell for the years 1847-8. An early card, the Institute only opening on the 16th of November 1847, at 109 High Street, apparently with a library, news-room, rooms for classes and lectures and a suite of baths, the terms being a shilling for entry and eight shillings a year, and it was shut on the Sabbath. Daniel Campbell is listed as one of the directors, with the keeper being Daniel M'Kinley (Fowler's Paisley Commercial Directory 1848-9). First Edition. Unbound. Good. 64mo (Oblong). Ticket.

Edinburgh: No Publisher, 1881. Double sided ticket for the Review of Scottish Volunteers, approximately 140mm x 95mm in size. Slightly soiled, but generally fairly bright. A 'grand stand' ticket for Section C (shown on the map to the reverse). The review was a massive event, with some forty thousand troops marching and a rumoured four hundred thousand spectators. However, it rained heavily, and is known as the 'Wet Review', with Queen Victoria noting in her journal that "down it came! There was a perfect sea of umbrellas. The sky became white & grey, with mist in the distance, & the ground where the march past was to take place, which could be seen from the windows, & which had partially recovered from yesterday's rain, became like a lake of muddy water, too distressing. There was nothing for it, but to start with waterproofs & umbrellas, but the gentlemen & servants, & all the poor volunteers, had to remain without any of these protections ... The… Read More

London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1816. [6] vii-xxxii, [1] 2-412pp, [4]. Original boards, later rebacked with a new title label. Boards worn and (suitably) flecked with paint. Internally lightly water stained to margins, especially bottom margin, but not too obtrusive. P5 and P6 with closed tears catching text but with no loss. Slightly later ownership inscription of Geo. Cossham? to front pastedown, book label of Peter Stewart Young to front pastedown, and with a manuscript recipe for making an 'excellent azure' to ffep, and others rear free endpaper. With two plates (one folding) and a folding table as called for. First published in English in 1804, a translation of Pierre Francois Tingry's 'Traité Théorique et Pratique sur l'Art de Faire et d'Appliquer les Vernis', there was a third edition published in 1832. Five copies in Library Hub. Second Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

London: Burgess, 1918. Printed, single sided tissue, approximately 365mm x 340mm in size. Lightly foxed to edges, lightly creased, otherwise fairly clean. Wilson arrived on Boxing Day and visited London, Carlisle and Manchester, before returning to London and then on to France. [Sarah] Burgess specialised in the printing of these commemorative tissues, generally the decorative borders were printed in Japan, with the overprinting which was "commonly primitive .. and display a ... disregard for niceties of typography and spelling" (Rickards, page 221) done locally. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Commemorative Tissue.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. [2], 54pp, rebound in full calf by Zaehnsdorf, double title / author labels to spine, gilt border to covers, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine slightly dulled, rubbed to extremities. Internally text slightly browned, plates quite bright and clean. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Complete with sixteen colour plates by Thackeray. Thackeray's second Christmas book, Van Duzer 157. First Edition. Full Calf. Good. Illus. by Thackeray, W.M.. 12mo.

Various: Various, 1792. Sammelband of eight pamphlets on Methodism. Comprising: 1. 'An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Society in Newcastle', no publisher, no place ?(Newcastle), 1792, [2], iii-vi, 6-24pp; 2. 'An Account of the Trials of Alex. Kilham at Two District Meetings Previous to His Trial at the Conference Held at London 1796, Written by Himself', no publisher, no place, no date, [3], 4-48pp (lacks A1, title page, replaced in ms.); 3. 'An Account of the Trial of Alexander Kilham, Methodist Preacher, Before the General Conference, in London: on the 26th, 27th, and 28th, July 1796', printed by C. Sutton, Nottingham, n.d., [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-53p, [3]; 4. 'A Defence of the Account, Published by Alexander Kilham, of His Trial Before the London Conference, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six In Answer to Messrs. Mather, Pawson, and Benson', printed by Binns and Brown, Leeds, [1796], [3], 4-58pp; 5. 'Free Inquiry, Mutual Deliberation, and… Read More