Search Results: Titles starting with T from The Plantagenet King

Faber & Faber Limited. London: George Routledge (1924). A first UK edition. 8vo., original brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [xxxi] 223; A very good or better copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped and has very little if any loss. The top of the spine has some minor wear and rubbing. The spine has browned. The upper text block has foxing marks and so does the first four or five preliminary pages. An excellent copy and scarce. Boris Pilniak's (Pilnyak) first book to be published in the English language. It is a collection of his earliest writing. This book was published only two years after his first novel was written in Russia, the censored 'The Naked Year' about the Russian Civil War. This would be a continued theme in the 1920's, with many of Pilniak's works being censored or causing a scandal in Russia. It would not end well for Pilniak as he was falsely accused of… Read More

London: Stanley Paul. First UK edition published by Stanley Paul in 1952. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is pretty much complete. There is a tear to the top left hand corner of the front panel. The spine has faded by a shade or two. The back panel is marked. There is minor wear along the edges and corners. It is an extremely fragile wrapper and this is one of the better examples we have handled. The book is in very presentable condition. There is no previous owner's ink. The is some foxing marks to the first few pages and to the text block. Overall a very good copy. This copy is very rare as it has the signature of Alf Ramsey on the front free end paper. The autobiography of England great Alf Ramsey where he discusses his playing days for Spurs and England. He would of course go on to reach sporting immortality by managing England to its world cup victory in 1966. A very rare book to find signed.  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1952.

Sir Isaac Pitman. London: Sir Isaac Pitman (1926). 8vo., original beige card covers, with the original dust jacket; pp. 62; with 12 plates including that of John Logie Baird. A good copy. The upper card cover has a darker mark to the bottom of the card and a crease to the bottom right hand corner. The binding is exposed between p32 and 33 although holding firm. The fragile original wrapper has two tears to the front panel at the top and bottom and there is a split to the fore edge. There is general wear to the edges and a chip to the bottom edge of the back panel. The jacket in general is worn.  The first book on television. This book was written by Dinsdale to explain, mainly the work of John Logie Baird to the reader in plain language about how television works. There is a plate of the first picture taken by Television on p38.   . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1926.

Collins Crime Club. First edition published by Collins Crime Club in 1952. This is a near fine copy. The unclipped dust wrapper is toned to the back panel, with a few browning marks. With minor wear to the spine ends. The book is excellent with the binding square and firm. The cloth is bright and fresh, and contents clean through-out. A Miss Marple mystery.[Wagstaff & Poole p203] . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1952.

Collins Crime Club. London: The Collins Crime Club (1966). First edition. 8vo., original red textured cloth boards, decorated with gilt lettering to the spine and a hooded gunman motif, with the original dust jacket; pp. [iv] 5-255 [i]; A very good or better copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped displaying the correct price of 18s. net. There is light edgewear and foxing marks along the top of the reverse of the  jacket. There is a smattering of foxing marks to the upper and side text blocks along with some light foxing marks to the upper edge of the front free end paper and a small circular stain to the edge of the same page. A Hercule Poirot story. An aging Poirot looks to solve a mystery involving a young woman who appears at his flat claiming to be a murderer. An excellent copy. [Wagstaff & Poole p216] . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1966.

Heinemann. London: Heinemann (1950). First edition.  8vo., black cloth boards, silver lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [viii] 3-188 [ii]; A near fine copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped displaying 6s. net. The notoriously fragile wrapper is complete and rare thus. There is light edgewear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There are three small repaired tears with archival tape on the reverse of the jacket. It is an excellent example.  Graham Greene's novel that came after the classic film noir starring Orson Welles. Greene wrote the screenplay for the film and then decided, such was the film's success that he needed to write the novel. It is rare to find this book in near fine condition due to the fragile nature of the jacket.   . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1950.

John Murray. First edition published by John Murray in 1991. This is a fine copy. The jacket is unclipped and without wear. The spine is not faded at all. The book is sharp with no issues. The pages are clean with no foxing or ink marks. The author Patrick Leigh Fermor has signed his name to the front free end paper. A superb signed copy in fine condition.  . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1991.

Oxford University Press. London: Oxford University Press, [1938] Folio., highly decorative publisher's boards featuring a ship and the duo aboard, looking out to sea; together in the rare repeat dust wrapper; printed throughout with 36 charming lithographic illustrations in full watercolour, including to title page; [unpaginated]; on bifold leaves, printed on versos only; a wonderful example, one small crease to paper of upper board, slightly splayed at outer edge; with some mild rubbing to the extremities and the odd darker mark; internally very fresh, a touch offset with some mild dirtying to the gutters of endleaves; the jacket, seldom found at all, is here a little marked and rubbed, with a couple of small closed tears and one or two internal spots to verso; both flaps price clipped.  First UK edition. Ardizzone's third book for children. The author and artist initially published his titles in this pleasing large format - later stories saw a reduction in size, for practical… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg. FIRST UK EDITION. The book has mild pushing to spine tips and a small single penned name to upper front paste down. Bright crimson unfaded top stain. The wrapper has a little soiling to the rear cover with a very small chip to upper edge of rear cover. Light browning to spine. Overall a near fine copy. This one is particularly rare as it is signed by the author without dedication to the title page.  The novel is the first book of Grass's Danziger Trilogie (Danzig Trilogy). It is widely regarded as the author's masterpiece. Adapted to the big screen in 1979 to critical acclaim. This title is particularly rare to find signed.   . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1962.

Methuen. First edition published by Methuen in 1929. A near fine copy. The wrapper is complete with no loss. It is not price clipped with the correct price displayed on the spine of 5/- net. There is the odd dirt mark to the front panel but overall it is remarkably clean and more so than is usually found. The spine is without any browning at all. The book has a neat contemporary inscription. There is the odd foxing mark and patch of browning but again overall it is in excellent condition.  Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne's play based on The Wind in the Willows. On the inside flap Milne says "Theres enough of Kenneth Grahame in it to appease his many admirers, and enough of me in it to justify my name on the title page". Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger all make an appearance.   . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1929.

Faber & Faber. London: Faber & Faber (1932). 8vo., mint cloth boards, decorated with blue lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. 45 +[3]; A very good copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped and is without loss. It has a tear to the bottom edge of the back panel and two short tears to the bottom edge of the front panel. There is minor wear to the spine ends. The upper board has a smattering of foxing marks. The spine ends have some light wear.  The first UK edition of Joyce's two short tales that would go on to make an appearance in Finnegans Wake in 1939. [Slocum & Cahoon A37]  . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1932.

The Egoist Press. The second of only two Journals published by The Egoist Press. Editor Wyndham Lewis' short lived review journal of the arts, sculpture and design. The first journal was published in 1921. This copy is scarce as it is fine. There is no wear at all and it presents as new. A wonderful copy with no marks or wear. There is no pen or bookmarks. It is a highly collectible copy.  The journal contains essays from Wyndham Lewis including an 'Essay on the Objective of Plastic Art in our Time'. There is also an essay from Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot. A scarce title in fine condition.  . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1922.