Search Results: Authors starting with T from GN Books and Prints

The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore, translated into English by the author.

















Hardback, 1918, second reprint (first published 1914, reprinted 1915), published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 200 pages + 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/4" by 5 3/8" by 7/8". No dust jacket. Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and faded gilt lettering to spine. A little scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid. Signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little strain to binding, the odd crack, some slackness but holding quite well. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Lower and fore-edges deckled, fore-edges opened with some rough edges. Some marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Page surfaces otherwise quite clean, a pencil mark to one page but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

English Love Poems, edited by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor.
Hardback, 1957, illustrated, published by Faber and Faber, London, 220 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 1/8" by 5 15/8" by 7/8". Patterned dust jacket which is price-clipped, displays some marking, scuffing and some tattering, with chipping. Red patterned cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine, clean though with signs of shelf-wear and tearing at top of rear board. Binding firm. Page edges a little foxed and slightly browned but reasonably clean. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Roe Deer: Their History, Habits and Pursuit by Henry Tegner

















Hardback, 1951, with 16 illustrations and eight line drawings in the text, published by The Batchworth Press, London, 176 pages.











Octavo/8vo. Measures around 10 1/8" by 7 5/8" by 5/8". No dust jacket. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners, patchy discolouration to front board. Binding firm. Page edges browned, marked, slight foxed and scuffed. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, a little marking to preliminaries. Creasing to some early pages, occasional marks throughout, but otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day, compiled by Paul Tempest.

















Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 234 pages + viii.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Book has a very slight forward tilt. Binding firm, very slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, a little foxed, marked and scuffed. Some foxing endpapers, the odd mark throughout but page surfaces generally clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Alfred Tennyson by his Grandson Charles Tennyson Hardback, 1949, first edition, illustrated, published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 579 pages + xvi.
Measures around 8 1/2" by 5 3/4" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Grey cloth binding, faded gilt lettering (with blue label) and detail to spine. Some scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges, slightly bumped corners. Some slackness to binding but contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Iron Stove and Other Fairy Tales from Grimm, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Laite.
Paperback with cloth covering, 1924, published by Ginn and Company, Ltd., London, 96 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 6 7/8" by 4 5/8" by 1/4". Blue cloth and paperback binding, black lettering, pictorial detail and patterning to front cover. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges, corners a little bumped. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit foxed. Some foxing to endpapers and insides of covers. The off bit of foxing to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Civil Service Motoring Association Limited: A Road Atlas of Great Britain on a scale of four miles to an inch and coloured to show contours, in four volumes, in a leather/leatherette folder.
Softback cloth on card covers, string-bound, circa 1930, published by The Civil Service Motoring Association Limited, London, each volume containing 32 pages of maps and gazetteer.
Each volume measures around 10 7/8" by 8 1/4" by 1/8". Some wear to folder. A little wear to volumes at edges and on spines, with some marking to first volume. Some reference numbers written on publisher information pages and some hand-written notes on inside of rear covers of volumes one and three, but otherwise page surfaces clean. See pictures for further information.

The Locks of Norbury by The Duchess of Sermoneta

Hardback, 1940, first edition, second print, with black and white illustrations and genealogical table, published by John Murray, London, 390 pages.

Measures around 8 3/4"/22.3cm x 6"/15.2cm. Sky blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and marking with shelf-wear and small tears to upper and lower edges of spine. Slight crack to front outer hinge. Binding reasonably firm though strained here and there. Corners a little bumped. Browning and scuffing to page edges, a little staining/marking to outer edge. Page surfaces generally clean, the odd mark and some pencil writing to title page and genealogical table. Penned gift inscription to FFEP. There does not appear to be any further marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Life and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D., by the Rev. John Sargent, M.A., a new edition corrected and enlarged.
Hardback, 1881, illustrated, published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London, 463 pages + xvi.
Measures around 6 7/8" by 5". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing, a little marking, signs of shelf-wear, some tearing to upper and lower edges of spine, slightly bumped and torn corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to binding, cracking to front and rear inner hinges. Page edges a little browned and scuffed. Foxing to endpapers, inscription to FFEP, some pencil marking to the odd page but otherwise page surfaces reasonably clean. Small tear to page containing frontispiece. See pictures for further information.

In Search of Peace: Speeches 1937-1938 by the Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain, M.P., Edited by Arthur Bryant

















Hardback, undated but 1939, published by The National Book Association / Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, 303 pages.











Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 5/8" by 1 1/8". No dust jacket but the front portion of the jacket is contained loose within the book. Cloth binding, black lettering to spine. A little marking but quite clean. Signs of wear. Bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some marking to endpapers, previous owner signature on front free endpaper. The odd mark to page surfaces, some marking and slight foxing the preliminaries and hindmost pages but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Elgin Affair: The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused by Theodore Vrettos

Hardcover, 1997, first edition, first print, illustrated, published by Secker & Warburg, 238 pages + xvi.
In very good condition. A little scuffing to dust jacket and a small tear at lower end of board edge. Binding firm. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Page edges slightly marked but overall quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

The Political System of Napoleon III by Theodore Zeldin.
Hardback, 1958, first edition, published by Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 196 pages.
Ex-school library book with typical markings, stamps, etc. and bookplate to front pastedown. No dust jacket. Protective clear plastic cover applied over dark blue cloth boards and spine. Generally clean, signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Some marking and browning to page edges. Page surfaces clean (apart from library markings) with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Thesaurus Librorum: 425 Jahre Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Ausstellung, Munchen, 18. August - 1. Oktober 1983 / 425 Years of the Bavarian State Library, Exhibition, Munich, 18 August - 1 October 1983. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden. Dual language, German and English.








Paperback, 1983, illustrated, 441 pages.





Measures around 11" by 7 7/8" by 1 1/8". Card binding pictorial front cover. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. No creasing. Minor marking to page edges but overall very clean. Page surfaces but generally clean, no inscriptions, underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Young and Old by R. S. Thomas [Chatto Poets for the Young]

















Hardback, 1972, first edition, published by Chatto & Windus, London, 32 pages.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 1/8" by 3/8". No dust jacket. Paper on card boards, pictorial front board. Some discolouration, marking and staining. Binding firm. Page edges a little marked but reasonably clean. Page surfaces very clean, apart from some signs of staining towards upper edges of early pages, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Seasons by James Thomson with Engraved Illustrations from Designs Drawn on Wood by Various and with the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch, D.D. F.R.S.
Hardback, 1842, published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, xlviii + 320 pages and two 16-page publisher catalogues at rear.
Quarto/4to, measures around 8 5/8" by 6 1/8" by 1 1/4". Blue cloth binding, gilt pictorial detail to front board, gilt detail and lettering to spine. Considerable marking and scuffing to binding, discolouration in particular to spine. Clear signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, tearing to head and tail of spine, bumped and torn corners. Slackness to binding, cracking to inner hinges and a little strain to textblock elsewhere. Page edges browned, scuffed, marked and slightly tanned. Label to front pastedown, previous owner inscription to verso of front free endpaper. The odd mark to page surfaces but reasonably clean for age, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Economic Interpretation of History by James E. Thorald Rogers

Hardback, 1909, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, seventh edition.

Some discolouration, marking and scuffing to boards and spine though lettering and patterning still visible and gilt detail on spine is clear. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Crack to outer rear hinge and chipping at top of spine. Slightly bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm, though a bit strained in places. Page edges browned and foxed. Some marking and foxing to endpapers and some pages contain a little foxing but generally page surfaces appear to be quite clean, free of marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Thurber Album: a new collection of pieces about people by James Thurber.

Except for "Conversation Piece", all the articles in this book appeared originally in The New Yorker in somewhat different form.

Hardback, 1952, US first edition, published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 346 pages.












Dust jacket is scuffed, rubbed, a little marked and has a few slight tears. Paper and cloth boards and spine which are very clean, though with small signs of shelf-wear and slight creasing to spine. Binding quite firm. Page edges deckled, a little tanned and scuffed but quite clean. Upper edge has deliberate black hue. A little marking to endpapers and front free endpaper contains lengthy gift inscription. Otherwise page surfaces very clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Growth of Mechanical Power [Methuen's Outlines] by Miles Tomalin Hardback, 1954, first edition, illustrated, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 72 pages. Measures 8 1/2" x 6 3/4". Dust jacket has a number of tears and chips with some scuffing and a little marking but generally clean and has largely retained its colouring. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to front board and spine, though it is somewhat faded. Binding otherwise shows some signs of wear and a little marking but is generally clean. A little browning and light foxing to page edges. A little marking to endpapers but page surfaces are otherwise quite clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Book of the Labour Party: Its History, Growth, Policy, and Leaders, Edited by Herbert Tracey

















Hardback, undated and no edition remarks but preface dates from 1925 and believed to be a first edition set, illustrated, published by Caxton Publishing Company, Limited, London.

Volume I - History, Economic Policy - xiii + 305 pages;
Volume II - Economic Policy (continued), General Social Policy, Financial Policy - vii + 344 pages;
Volume III - Financial Policy (continued), Biographies - vii + 354 pages;











Octavo/8vo, measures around 9 1/2" by 6 1/2" by around 2". No dust jackets. Red cloth binding, embossed/blind-blocked, with gilt lettering to front board and a little faded on spines. Minor marking and scuffing to binding but overall very clean and colouring vivid. Small signs of wear, corners a little bumped. Bindings quite firm. Page edges a bit browned and scuffed, with a little foxing and marking. Light foxing to endpapers and the odd mark to page surfaces throughout… Read More

The Youngest Brother of Li-Tuan-Dinh by Noele Edmond-About

Hardback, 1940, first English language edition, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., London, 187 pages.

Duodecimo/12mo size (5" x 7.375") with grey cloth boards and spine, also with pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some wear with some small tears and chips and some marking. Small signs of shelf-wear but boards and spine very clean. Binding quite firm. A little browning to page edges. Previous owner name to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces quite clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.