Search Results: Titles starting with T from D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA

Tales From Planet Earth by Arthur C. Clarke (Century Hutchinson, 1st edition 1989). A "For Review" slip loosely inserted. Hardback in dustwrapper. [6], 313pp. 8.75 x 5.5 inches approx. (223mm x 140mm). Slightly knocked to upper corners and tail of spine; pages toned to margins. Overall, a lovely, clean copy in dustwrapper. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Talyllyn Adventure by L. T. C. Rolt (David & Charles, combined edition 1971). Comprising of 'Railway Adventure' (1953) and 'Talyllyn Century' (1965), plus a new introduction by Rolt. Includes a publishers special offer wrap-round band. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xvii, [3], 289, plus b/w plates plus colour frontispiece. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 147mm). Dustwrapper a touch rubbed to extremities; foxed and spotted to verso. Wrap-round band foxed and scratched. Some foxing to endpapers; occasional foxing to pages but generally very clean throughout. Overall, showing some light wear from storage but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Tavistock Institute - Social Engineering the Masses by Daniel Estulin (Trine Day LLC, reprint).
"The real story behind the Tavistock Institute...".
Card covers. pp [6], 239. Size: 9 x 6 inches approx. (228mm x 153mm).
Showing some handling and shelf wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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The Taxonomy and Identification of Pipits (genus Anthus) by B. P. Hall (The British Museum, 1st edition 1961). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) - Zoology Volume 7, Number 5. Card covers. pp [2], 245-289, plus b/w plates. Size: 9.75 x 7.25 inches approx. (246mm x 183mm). Some wear and fading to covers; spine creased and slightly cocked/twisted, some wear to head and tail; previous owner's rubber stamp to front cover. A little corner curling to pages. Overall, showing some wear from use but otherwise a reasonably nice copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Tell Freedom by Peter Abrahams (Faber and Faber Limited, 1st edition 1954). South African novelist Peter Abrahams' autobiographical account of growing up in the slums of Johannesburg. Dustwrapper design by Berthold Ludwig Wolpe. Hardback in dustwrapper. 311pp. 8.25 x 5.5 inches approx. (208mm x 140mm). Dustwrapper worn and creased along top edge; light wear to spine ends; maybe a touch sunned/tanned to spine; a little dusty and marked in places but generally very clean. Offsetting to endpapers; age tanned and foxed to margins but pages generally clean, some waviness to edges. Nonetheless, a nice, clean copy in its strikingly designed dustwrapper. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Templar Legacy and The Masonic Inheritance within Rosslyn Chapel by Tim Wallace-Murphy (The Friends of Rosslyn, 1st edition [Not Dated]).
Well illustrated.
Card covers. 63pp plus b/w and colour plates. Size: 8.25 x 5.75 inches approx. (210mm x 148mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Terra by Mitch Benn (Gollancz, 1st edition 2013). Signed and with a doodle by Mitch Benn to the title page, with a signing event sticker to dustwrapper. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [8], 255, [1] acknowledgements. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inch approx. (222mm x 140mm). Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Territorial Divisions 1914-1918 by J. Stirling (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1st edition 1922). A record of the Territorial Army during the Great War. Hardback in dustwrapper. xiv, 224pp. 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (191mm x 130mm). Dustwrapper worn and rubbed to extremities with some loss; dusty; surface abrasion to spine where there has been an attempt to erase the original price: (6/- NET)?. Publisher's cloth boards nice and clean, gilt dulled to spine; offsetting and foxed to endpapers; upper corner of front free endpaper thinning where a pencilled price has been erased; pages dusty and a little spotted to edges but overall generally clean. Nonetheless, a particularly nice copy of this uncommon book complete with its delicate dustwrapper – lovely. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Terry Frost - The Radiant Moment | A Centenary Exhbition 8 October - 7 November 2015 with an by introduction by Andrew Lambirth (Beaux Arts, 2015). Exhibition catalogue, illustrated in colour.Card covers. 48pp including covers. Size: 10.75 x 8 inches approx. (275mm x 205mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

The Textile Mill Engine by George Watkins (Landmark Publishing, 2nd edition 1999). Excellent photographic record. Originally published as two volumes in 1970/71 by David & Charles. Card covers. 232pp including b/w illustrations. 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (246mm x 173mm). Sunned/faded to spine.Overall, light shelf wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Textile Mills of Pendle and their Steam Engines by Geoff Shackleton (Landmark Publishing, 1st edition 2006).
A substantial work, well illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 432pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 10 x 7.25 inches approx. (253mm x 184mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Theories and History of Architecture by Manfredo Tafuri (Granada, 1st UK paperback edition 1980) . A detailed work, well illustrated. An English translation of the 1976 (4th edition) Italian publication. Card covers. pp [xxii], 324, including b/w illustrations . Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches approx. (234mm x 155mm). A previous owner's inscription in ink to opening page. Overall, showing some handling and shelf wear but otherwise a reasonably nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Hamish Hamilton, 1st edition 1954.Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 236pp. 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 130mm).Dustwrapper a touch worn and rubbed; some creasing to spine ends; light sunning/fade to spine; toning/foxing and offsetting however in the main only visible to reverse side; some dustiness. Boards a touch bruised to corner tips; lightly bumped to spine ends; offsetting to endpapers; label to title page gummed to left side only; foxed to edges of page-block but generally pages clean.
Nonetheless, a nice, bright copy – very attractive in its Val Biro designed dustwrapper.
The story 'The Third Bullet' was originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1937 under Carr's pseudonym Carter Dickson, this version in a shorter form together with six other short stories.Interestingly, although a publisher's edition this copy was supplied through a book club – see gum backed label to title page.International shipping costs outside of the United Kingdom are estimated and may incur… Read More

Third Party Risk by Nicolas Bentley (Michael Joseph Ltd, 1st edition 1953). Nicolas Bentley (1907-78), a popular author and illustrator mainly known for his humourous works also wrote several thriller/crime stories, this title being his third after 'The Tongue-Tied Canary' (1948) and 'The Floating Dutchman' (1950). Lovely wrap-round dustwrapper art by B. G. Yates. Comes with the wrap-round band anouncing 'a Nicolas Bentley thriller', with title to rear edge. Hardback in dustwrapper, priced ten shillings and sixpence (10s 6d) to flap . 240pp. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (191mm x 128mm). Dustwrapper lightly rubbed to extremities; sunned and tanned to spine and upper edges of flaps; age-toning to verso. Wrap-round band sunned and tanned to spine, a 'nick' with small loss to lower edge; surface abrasion/loss and marking where it appears a sticky label has been poorly removed; sunned/tanned to folds. Boards and spine clean and bright, sharp corners. Toning/offsetting to endpapers; pages a little toned but… Read More

The Third Voyage of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island 1578 edited by James McDermott (The Hakluyt Society, 1st edition 2001), Series III Volume6. A good study. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xi, 268 including b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 inches approx. (253mm x 180mm). A little sunning to dustwrapper spine but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Thornycroft by Alan Townsin (Ian Allan Publishing, 1st edition 2001). Well illustrated study. Hardback in dustwrapper. 128pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 7 inches approx. (241mm x 175mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1957). Number 118 in the Everyman's Library series. Hardback – publisher's cloth with gilt title to spine, in a dustwrapper. pp xvi, 353, 8 (publisher's catalogue), [2], including b/w illustrations, decorated endpapers. Size: 7.25 x 4.75 inches approx. (185mm x 120mm). Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and worn, especially spine ends and corner tips; a couple of short edge tears to bottom edge of front panel; spine lightly toned and faded. Spine ends a little turned-in; slight knock to top edge of front board. Pages a touch dusty but otherwise appear clean throughout; one page gathering less neatly trimmed to bottom edge. Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. ref. [569.0] A Guide to Collecting Everyman's Library by Terry Seymour (AuthorHouse, 2005) *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International… Read More

Through Airedale from Goole to Malham by Johnnie Gray (Old Hall Press, 1990). A facsimile reprint of the 1891 original edition. Hardback – cloth binding with gilt titles and inlay illustration to front board. 302pp including b/w illustrations plus adverts and fold-out map. 7 x 4.75 inches approx. (187mm x 122mm). A lovely, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Tibet and its Birds by Charles Vaurie (H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1st edition 1972). A good study. Hardback – publisher's red cloth with title to spine, lacking the dustwrapper. pp xv, 407, plus b/w and colour illustrations. 10 x 7 inches approx. (255mm x 177mm). Light wear and lacking its dustwrapper but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

London: Heath Cranton Ltd, 1st edition 1937. Illustrated throughout by Raine Inglis. Hardback – publisher's orange cloth with lettering in black to spine, in dustwrapper. 149pp including b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (225mm x 146mm). Dustwrapper showing some wear, tatty and torn to edges with some loss; dusty and marked; price label to spine. Cloth generally clean with just a touch of dustiness; boards a touch rubbed to corners, upper front corner slightly bruised; some toning to endpapers, gift inscription in ink to front; several pages with some staining but mostly generally clean. Overall, showing wear but otherwise a reasonably nice copy. Scarce. *International shipping rates are estimated and will likely incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*